The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-09-18
Observation-Disclosures.
FROM THE PEOPLE.
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Editor Yakima Herald, North Yaki-
ma. Wn.
Dear sir-I have just returned
from short visit to my old home
in Sunnyside. While there | not
only had the extreme pleasure of 4
good visit with friends and relatives
but enjoyed to the fullest extent the
luscious fruit SO plentiful in the
beautiful productive yakima val
ley" Having lived there for Is
years and HAVING helped the early
settlers to nurse Sunnyside in its in
fancy, ! feel in duty bound to COM
ment on the resolutions adopted by
the Good Citizens League of Sunny
side. 1t is so misleading to the out
side world An outsider would in
fer from the reading Of these reso-
lutions that three-fourths of the peo-
pie at Sunnyside were a lawless,
drunken. murderous set. Such is not
the case. and outside of the few fan
atics. and not over two, who would
keep saloons, the citizens of sunny
side are a law-abiding. peace-lovins
people.
The truth of this statement is
proven. by the positive fact that Mr..
\. T. Perry did see. and ate break
fast with Mr.. Nicolai at big Jim's"
restaurant in North Yakima on the
morning following his disappear
ance from Sunnysida
Mr. Holt. the Pioneer druggist, al
SO saw and did know Mr. Nicolai at
Auburn, where the passengers change
cars for Seattle. On date cores
ponding with the length of time it
would take Mr.. Nicolai to get from
North Yakima to Auburn. Again,
defy any man to take a person, es-
pecially man, conscious or uncon-
scious, overland or by train, from
Sunnyside to Seattle, without being
detected or even seen. Does it look
reasonable that any man could go
from Sunnyside to Seattle insane, or
unconscious. and wander around for
ten days without being taken care of?
Why did Mr.. Nicolai shave his whis-
keys of upon reading that there was
a reward offered for him or the re-
covery Of his body
All reports from Sunnyside were
to the effect that Mr.. Nicolai was
drunk, kidnapped and murdered. In
of the lion is so great that he would
be glad of few whiffs of the sweet
odor of the skunk
Sunnyside is and always has been
temperance town. The early set
tiers made 1t so. Sunnyside does not
need committee to dare someone
to put in blind pig neither does
Sunnyside need q law and order COM
mittee any more than a strawberry
patch needs flock of hogs. In the
first place, there Is no one at Sun
nyside who would harm anyone, be-
cause the people of Sunnyside can
not swallow the drugging story with
out gagging is no reason why they
should be called Liquor men" The
people of Sunnyside are almost all
solid for Temperance. and If the peo-
pie of Sunnyside do not want a sa-
loon, it is easy enough to keep II
out. They do not need to send out
challengers daring anyone to start
saloor
The Nicolai reminds me of a big
fire in Duluth years ago. The own
er of large dry goods house plan
ned to burn his store to get the in
surance, so one night he filled a pair
of rubber boots with coal oil. put
them in the basement and set fire to
the oil, then rushed to the street and
yelled fire. The department was
on the ground in jiffy. The man
led them to the two rubber boots.
but the oil for some reason did not
burn, and, alas. the poor man had
no kind friend at his elbow to whis-
per Tell them that you were drug
ged." consequently the man was
worried. He got thin, his hair
turned gray and he lost his insur-
ance.
Yours for temperance, improve
ment and honest.