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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-12-16
WENATCHEE FIRST.

In the opinion Of the judges whc
made the awards at the National
Apple show. the Wenatchee car OF
fruit was superior to Yakima's. oWn
ed and entered by H. NJ. Gilbert.
All Yakima is genuinely sorry. FIR
returning visitors have said, and
most Of them are experienced frui.
growers. that Mr. Gilbert's dispa.'
was the finest at the show, in their
opinion However, no one can say
that Yakima IS a poor loser ana
though the award does not please,
there will be no one who can point
their finger and say Sour Grapes"
Yakima has made rea! name 10"
herself at Spokane and much good
will come from the advertising that
Yakima's delegation and Yakima S
exhibit accomplished. Everyone
should get in and work during the
coming season and there is no rea
son in the world why Yakima should
take second place with real prepare
ton
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-12-16
THE NEED OF PURE MILK.

The summary act of Deputy State
Dairy Inspector ADAMS in closing five
diaries and one creamery during the
last two days because of the stated
unsanitary condition of those dairies,
is to be commended
His action is praiseworthy. not be-
cause of any personal luminosity to-
ward the dairymen. but because the
milk and butter supply of a city must
be kept pure beyond any question or
doubt. The investigation of experts
along the pure food line has estab-
lished the fact that impure milk pro-
ducts in this country cause not less
than 80 per cent OF the mortality,
especially among infants. In many
places the percentage of mortality
exceeds this figure. but in very few
instances does it fail below.
When the Herald started it's cam
paign for a cleaner and more sani-
tary city, the attention of the au-
thorities was called to the necessity
or Investigating the milk supply.
When the committee appointed by
Mayor Lombard was gathering ma
teriai for its report. the Herald call
ed attention to the fact that any re-
port TO be comprehensive must in
Guide report on the milk supply
This was not done, or if it was done.
it was SO superficial as to amount TO
only tias1o At any rate the official
report 81 the committee failed to en-
body any mention Of inspection.
One thing is certain. it must be
made someone's business to see that
the milk supply OF North Yakima is
kept pure. if any Roadway is to be
made in safeguarding this city from
epidemics of disease. Perhaps even
the present methods of state inspec-
tion may be improved upon, but the
matter must have attention and the
conditions that cause and spread dis
ease must be fought and driven out
The fight is not the work of a day
but the work OF years. Life and hap
piness depend upon it.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-12-16
COST HIN $4,000
TO WIN THE PRIZE
MIKE AORAN'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
But ii. NJ. Gilbert's Was II Fair
Sample of the Way Mob Hill
Ranchers Grow Fruit.

Mike Koran, banker, cattle raiser
and fruit grower of Wenatchee, spent
$4,000 or more over usual orchard
cost to grow, pick and pack his car
load. exhibit for the National Apple
show in Spokane, the carload lot that
won by narrow margin over H. NJ.
Gilbert's exhibit from Mob Hill.
In contrast, H. NJ. Gilbert did not
spend any extra amount in securing
first class fruit and his usual force
of men grew and packed the fruit in
the usual way for the Mob Hill
rancher. Gilbert picked out a four
tier pack as his idea of a good ex-
hibit, he put up first class pack as
usual and he sent them to Spokane
to show what could be done.
These acknowledged conditions
were stated at meetings of fruit
growers at Spokane during the apple
show, and indicate how hard Wenat-
chez is willing to battle for it's scor-
ing at every fruit display that is
given, and how that section would
probably be beaten if they did not
use every crook and turn to perfect
their exhibits. Koran has made no
secret of his expenses, and he made
enough extra from his carload to pay
every bit of the cost. In addition, he
got the first award and saved the
day" for Wenatchee. And there is
some honor in that
So close was the contest between
Koran and Gilbert that the points on
packing determined the decision.
And the packing of Gilbert's was said
by many to excel that of Koran,
though the judges did not see it that
way. Horan's extra expense of over
$500 was necessary to gain these one
or two points that made him the
winner, and to give Wenatchee a
prestige after that fruit section had
exhibited about ten carloads of fruit
in competition against one from
North Yakima.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-12-16
FINE PIPE
ORGAN HERE
FOR the FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Gift Of Mrs. Is. +. Barge for New
Edifice Arrives and Will BE
Placed Immediately.

The building committee of the new
First Baptist church was informed
on Tuesday afternoon of the arrival
of the new pipe organ that is to be
placed In the handsome edifice at
North Sixth street and Yakima ave-
nue.. Arrangements were at once
started for the unloading of the in
strument and for its erection in the
church. Prof. Edwards of Seattle
will have charge Of this work.
The organ is gift from Mrs. B. F.
Barge and was secured from a Chica.
go firm at cost of $4,000. 1t is the
largest and most expensive musical
instrument in the city, and the dedi-
cation of the organ will be one of the
features of the Christmas week dedi-
catory exercises of the congregation.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-12-16

increased by means in which the snd
has apparently justified 1t.
The other side of the question of
sensational Innovations and prac-
tees is taken b. many of the leading
pastors Of the country. Many heart
lily disapprove of the slangy language
and radical assertions of billy" Sur
day, and others of that ilk. Pew w.
II. Greistwit. formerly Chicago
pastor, now head of Peoria church,
in an address before an association
of Baptist ministers. denounced these
new and sensational methods, saying
they may bring people to church but
they do not make them Christians"
He asserts that 1.-The idea of getting
more baptisms is working the ruin
of real conversions, and Is making
the church mere ecclesiastical re-
frigerator.
Rev Geistwit states the cruy OF
the matter when asks of these SER
sationalists and advertisers. "Go
they take care of the religious health
of the baptized?' He asserts that
this is the case in a few, instances.
The Salvation Army is excused for
using sensational methods to attract
the attention and interest of the peo-
pie among whom they labor, but after
the outcasts and ne'er-do-wells are
taken from the streets and even from
the cutters and brought under her
influence, the sensational gives way
to earnestness and practical effort to
save souls and bodies, and what is
fully as desirable, to keep them saw
ed. If the sensational advertising is
followed by earnest Christian work
and guidance. much will be excused.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-12-16
Asparagus Farm.

William Lee, Jr, of Fruitvale has
left for White Bluffs on the Column
bia river for the purpose of estab-
fishing an asparagus plantation.
which will be the largest in the
state when set out. Mr.. Lee will set
out $4,000 asparagus plants. Two
four-horse teams were necessary to
transport the plants, and will be
sufficient to set out about ten acres
of land.
The enterprise of Mr.. Lee will be
a novel one, inasmuch as there are
few farmers in the state devoting SO
much acreage to the raising of the
tender vegetable. Mr.. Lee is one
of the heaviest asparagus growers in
the Yakima valley, and from time to
time will increase the acreage of his
Columbia river holdings. The crop
will be used for shipping and can
ming purposes. Work on setting out
the plants will begin at once.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-12-16
YAKIMA IN THE LEAD.

Yakima has done herself proud
at the National Apple show. Return
ing visitors have words of highest
commentator for the Yakima apples
on display. They say that the tune
of the whole performance is keyed
to the Yakima pitch and that on every
hand. in the councils of the horticul-
tural meeting and in the exhibition
corridors and the hotel lobby. every
one talks about apples and most of
all about Yakima apples.
1t is because of the bounties which
nature has bestowed upon this little
garden spot that many of the earth S
chosen, who, seeking a place where
the sun shines brightest and where
the most numerous advantages COM
of quantity and quality contained
therein, have made the Yakima val
ley their home and abode OF this
we are proud. And in addition to
these natural advantages, our peo-
pie. realizing what comes from a spe-
cialized study of the products suited
to this climate. have delved deep into
the mysteries of nature and revolu-
tionized fruit culture and evolved
varieties and qualities seldom APP
preached and not yet equalled in any
other fruit section in the world.
With this enormous advantage, it
is only fitting contamination to nat
ural advantage and scientific special
ization. that the people of Yakima
should make known to the fruit con-
suming world something of the merit
of this sections product. The Yaki-
ma apple which is now the idol OF
the worlds first great apple show
should be the idol. of the worlds great
markets. 1t should bring the largest
price and should be sought after in
every mart of trade. Indirectly the
Yakima valley will be heralded far
and wide as being foremost in the
culture of fruit and incidentally
more desirable residents will be Sc
cured for this valley than could be
secured in any other, way. Again,
may it be said. advertise the apple
and the apple will advertise the COM
munity.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-12-16
plant Modern Sanitation


THE McKeesport plant was placed
in operation early in October under
the most adverse conditions. The
long, dry season experienced in the
vicinity had made the Youghiogheny
river, from which the water supply
is sevured, exceedingly low. This
condition made the water harder and
more calculated than it ever was be-
fore, but the plant came up fully TO
the expectations in every way of the
engineers and water commissioners.
Every trace of the acid, which be-
fore was so noticeable to the taste,
has been removed and the water is
exceedingly soft. The filtration plant
is now filtering the output from the
softening plant effectually, the result
being water clear as crystal, with
out a trace of impurity and suitable
for all domestic purposes.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-12-16
CUP|D'S SNARE
LURES MANY
MARRIAGE LICENSES FOR 387
Leap Year Causes Increase in Bust
ness of County Auditors Office
More to Come.

Three hundred and eighty-seven
couples in this county decided to take
chance at the lottery of matrimony
during 1908. This number is sub.
stantial increase over the marriage
licenses issued in 1907, and the
county auditors office does not know
whether the increase is due to maid
ems having the prerogative of pop
ping the question" during Leap year
or to returning confidence on the
part of the men folks. The 3S7 is
expected to be raised to 400 after
the returns from the annual Christ
mas crop of brides has been turned
in.
June was the month that furnished
the most brides, and December gives
promise of being close second. The
end of Leap year has caused a
briskness in the matrimonial mar.
ket. and the old year will witness an
out of the ordinary number of cere.
monies. May also was month In
which the matrimonial germ was
busy, and is close third to Deem
Der and June Most Of the licenses
were issued to people residing in
Yakima county.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-12-16
PULPIT ADVERTISING.

While some pastors OF regular
churches are making use of modern
methods of advertising in the pews-
papers. and some even more novel, II,
order to increase their audiences.
other equally jealous ministers are
denouncing these methods, and char
acterizing the exercises as three
ringed cireuses." vaudeville shows"
etc.
There are good and earnest miuis-
tiers on both sides of this question.
No doubt the Walla Walla pastor
who advertised as the subject of his
sermon How Tom and Sallie Went
to He'll From Walla Walla" believed
he was adopting the proper method
In order to bring sinners to repent
aWe--the first step being to get them
to come to church and be told of the
road to hell-from Walla Walla. and
the other road.
There are some old-fashioned peo-
pie who object to these sensational
and what they call fiippant adver-
tisements Of pastors.
/ The pastor of one OF the oldest and
most fashionable Episcopal churches
in New York city has created SEN
sation By marching with vestrymen
and members of the congregation. at
night. under the light of an electric
cross. allie same Salvation Army. He
asserts that this is obeying the Mas
ter's call to "go into the highways
and byways." to seek sinners. Anoth-
er pastor. In Vermont. has turned a
moribund church society into a large
and live membership. by using the
local newspapers to advertise the SER
vices and the subjects OF his sermons
using display ads" to the extent oil
4 page at time.
Perhaps some of the hypocritical
may object to this. but II the subject
Of the sermons and the statements AZ
TO the services were made in tenn
perate language. void OF sensational
ism or fiippancy. there seems no gooj
reason why the advertising should
not be done and tire conercgatit u
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-12-16
SHOULD HAVE CONSIDERATION

The proposition made By l.. II. Lin
bargeg to the city council for the pur-
chase ~ 1t OF a site for a city hall.
central are department and police
station. should receive thorough con-
sideration from the finance commit
tee for one reason If for no other.
The Herald IS not prepared to go
into the merits of this particular
proposition at this time, but the
opinion may be safely ventured that
outside OF Seattle and North Yakima,
few cities have more vile and I'M
speakable places for the incarcera-
tlon OF their criminals ard suspected
criminal. A cily jail is. properly
speaking. aot a place OF punishment
but place of detention before crimes
charged nave been proven So far
as this asper's knowledge and in.
vestigat.ou of penal institutions goes
no stat. penitertiaries or prisons at.
tempt to make any convict suffer ali
the tortures OF the damned on the
first night OF confinement And vel
that IS practically what one night IL
the present city Jail would mean.
Without entering into any discus
sion IS to the merits or dement's Of
those who nay be unfortunate
enough to fall within the miniors al
the law. 1t Is only humane and fail
minded to treat humans as humans
and act a. swine, anu the Herald sub
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-12-16
Post Notice for Bids.

Notices have been posted bv the
postoffice department calling for
bids for the carrying of the United
States mail between this city and
wautona. by way of Blackjack. The
bids will be received by the govern
ment between January 1 and 25. The
notice specifies that the mail shall
leave twice a week. a bond of 5000
is required.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-12-16
INTO DAWSON
DURING KLONDIKE RUSH
Remarkable Business Woman, Bank.
er, Promoter Now Desires to
Reside in Yakima.

If success from financial point of
view is test OF real ability. then
there is in Yakima at the present
time a most remarkable woman. Her
name is Mrs. B. A. Charbonneau and
she is the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. MUIR
ray 3. Miles. having come here to re-
side
Mrs. Charbonneau "mushed" into
Dawson II years ago, accompanied
by her younger brother. Since that
time she has been In turn restaurant
proprietor. hotel proprietor. manager
of a 100000 mining company.
manager of bank, promoter OF tel
ephone system. promoter OF water
works system and connected with a
variety Of other ventures, all of
which have been highly successful.
NO CLINT OF the business woman Is
visible in Mrs. Charbonneau. who
conceals her varied experience with
pretty womanly modesty and re-
iuctance.
Charged - for BACON.
After an urgent request from the
Herald representative and insistence
from Dir. Miles. she consented %
speak briefly of her days spent In the
Yukon country. She said:
my first venture was a small res
taurant in a tent ON the river front
at Dawson in the spring of 1897. Our
bill OF fare was mostly bacon and
eggs without the eggs and the price
vas IS. knew nothing OF the res
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-12-16
FORESIGHT.

We've started bright and early on
our Christmas purchasings;
the doorbell rings,
And things are wrapped and hidden
underfoot and overhead.
And we look on one another With =
sort OF mutual dread.
But when the day arrives and all the
presents come to view
Well reap the great reward which
wise ones are entitled to.
All. then wen settle down with feel
ings peaceable and proud.
And quite disinterested watch the
hurrying Of the crowd!
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-12-16

A Christmas present that will
please: Handsome Indian Robe all
ready for mail or express. Coffin
Rundstrom Furniture Co. 49-lt
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-12-16

IL the removal OF the appendix BY a
surgeon. No one who takes DR..
Kings New Life Pills is ever sub
jected to this frightful ordeal. They
work SO quietly you don't feel them.
They cure constipation. headache.
biliousness and malaria. 25c at G. G..
Cases drug store.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-12-16


means l had in prospecting. locating
and grubstaking.
Struck Pay Streak.
"Our operations were successful.
for our claims were located in sec
ton which has produced more gold
than any other in the world. Late
in the first year of my Alaska stay,
built the Grand Forks hotel, located
at the junction of the Eldorado and
that section
At this point in her story Mrs
Charbonneau again insisted that she
was talking too much about herself
and Mr.. Miles related that when he
knew Mrs. Charbonneau in the north
she drove her dog team more miles
and more hours than any other per-
son in Alaska. taking no count If
the weather, which often remained
at so degrees below zero for weeks.
Built Big Hotel.
During the winter of 1897 Mrs.
Charbonneau secured control of some
of the richest mines in the Yukon
country and the following spring
built the Fairview hotel at Dawson,
which was a three-story frame struc-
ture. the first in that section, and at
cost of $4,000. This hotel Mrs
Charbonneau managed one year and
then leased 1t. In 1899 according to
her wonderful narrative. she secured
a telephone franchise and franchise
for water works, both of which con-
Germs were Immediately successful,
the charge for five minutes CONVERSE
ton over her telephone system be-
ing $40.
Mine and Bank Manager.
In 1901 Mrs. Charbonneau was
made manager of the Klondike Min
ing company. $2.000.000 corpora
ton. which position she held for two
years. After sojourn in Europe,
Mrs. Charbonneau went to Fairbanks
and, after looking over that terri
tory for a year. organized the Dome
City bank, 16 miles from Fairbanks,
making her brother-in-law. Jesse No
Bile. president, herself manager and
her younger sister, Margaret Null
rooney. cashier. This bank was the
only one in the north which did not
go on the 'script" basis during the
panic of 1907.
Mrs. Charbonneau has closed out
many OF her interests in Alaska and
says she will be contented to live In
/ Yakima.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-12-16

FOR sALE-Cheap. five-room mod
ern cottage: near high school:
easy terms. Other real estate to ex-
change for ranch. Address 109 Sew
enth avenue south. 4s-1tx
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-12-16
SOFT WATER CUTS
THE SOAP BILLS
PLANT ALTERS the QuAuT,
Invention in Use at Mckeesport, Pa.
Removes Every Trace Of Acid
From Substance.

SPOKANE, Dec. 15.--commission
er w. w. Witherspoon. who has beer
devoting some thought to the lime
problem accompanying the use of the
city well water. has been much in
terested in an article in Modern San
itation for November dealing with q
water-softening plant at McKeesport
Pa. The plant was designed by and
built under the direction OF Alex
ander Potter, consulting engineer Of
New York.
The softening plant. judging By
pictures. is much like a reservoir
Softening is accomplished by means
OF quicklime and soda ash twashine
soda). Machinery regulates the
quantity of the materials required fos
softening the water.
Saves Soap Bills.
1t is alleged in the article that the
saving in the cost OF laundry soap
alone has demonstrated the wisdom
of building the plant In Glasgow,
Scotland. It is alleged that by the
city changing from hard to soft wa.
ter the citizens were saved $3.50. 900
a year In soap bills. Regarding the
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-12-16

taurant business and so turned the
proposition over to theirs and directed
my attention to mining, using what
means had in prospecting. locating
and grubstaking.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-29
DAILY SHORT STORY.
Continued from Page Four.)

line OF the hills. The air was sweet
with the spiciness of the pines The
judge was thrilled with bygone emo
tions. and his arm was comfortably
about his wifeS waist
Then in the rapture of the restora-
ton to her place of romance Of ths,
Abbie Of long ago he forgot Oliver
forgot Roxane
He was brought back with shock
when Mrs. Vandiver said as they
turned toward home: I've been think
ing of RoXane. If she, really loves
Oliver l don't know but l ought
"Of course you ought said the
judge promptly. Give them your
blessing, and let them be as happy as
we are"
Il am afraid that Oliver has been
fooled by some of those firms who
hunt up lost heirs" the lady pursued.
"Of course Oliver was sincere. but
don't think much of the fortune sto-
ry."
No" mendaciously, st didn't Seem
probable
You can settle something on them
after they are married." said Mrs
Nandiver. I'VE haven't any one TO
leave it to but RoXane-and-and il
would be nice to have them engaged
on the same day that We were Jim
ME-
Jimmie! The magic of the youthful
appellation made the judge feel like a
colt.
Lets get them married and you
and l will go off and have another
honeymoon" he proposed jubilantly
I'VE will have the time of our lives"
The ripple that came from his wife's
lips was silver echo of the golden
laughter of other days.
I'VE Will" she said and lifted her
face to him in the moonlight, land
now let's go right home and tell the
children. Jimmie"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-29
Whistles Grocery Bill.

.Whistlers financial affairs were the
mingled JOY and terror of his friends.
and the Pencils, in their life Of
Whistler" give most amusing
glimpse into this side of his life, On
one occasion he had actually run up
bill Of 1900 with a Chelsea green
grocer, who at last called to insist
upon payment, Whistler came out
strong on that OCCASION:
"How-what-why-why, of course.
you have sent these things-most ex-
cellcnt things-and they have been
eaten. you know, by most excellent
people. Think what n splendid adver-
tisement! And sometimes, you know.
the salads are not quite up to the
mark-the fruit, you know, not quite
fresh. And if you go into these un-
seemly discussions about the bill
well. you know, I shall have to go into
discussions about all this, and think
how it would hurt your reputation
with all these extraordinary people.
think the best thing Is not to refer to
the past-Ill let il 60 And in the fu.
ture We'll have weekly account
wiser, you known
The greengrocer left without his
money, but received in payment tive
nocturnes, one the blue upright Val
paraiso.