The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-12-16
LEADING MEN TELL NEEDS
Want Meiss To Help Local Option
Rev. NJ. l.. Rose Raps Saloons
and Vaudeville Theatres.

Eight hundred men of North Yaki-
ma and vicinity united in an infor-
NAL mass meeting held Sunday after
noon at the Methodist church, the
outcome and final meeting of the
Newton Riddell lecture course. At
the same time. several hundred wo-
men assembled at the First Presby-
terrain church and, under the leader
ship of Miss Louise f. Francis, effect
ed a similar organization.
The movement for the organiza-
ton, which will be perfected through
a committee composed of all the pas
tors Of North Yakima and a cores
ponding number of business and pro-
fessional men. followed a series of
talks by leading men of the city on
the needs for a Greater Yakima.
T. S. Lippy OF Seattle, state presi-
ISOLATION. presided and the meeting
was opened with the invocation by
DR.. Gibson, solo by Miss Swan and
a welcoming address by Miss Fran
els, business manager of the Riddell
lectures.
Cooperation Is Needed.
Postmaster W. l.. Lemon, who rep
resented the business interests in his
address. was the first speaker and
urged the need of high character
in business and greater cooperation.
Supt. D. c. Reed of the North Yak
ina schools spoke on educational
needs, and during his address said
that North Yakima needed a number
of school buildings Immediately, that
it needed technical high school,
college, and other educational i'm
provements. Cooperation OF parents
and teachers was also urged.
Attorney Logan H. Roberts spoke
for the legal profession, and declar-
ed that while there We're enough laws
on the statute books. they needed en-
forcement and that the people should
urge the officers TO enforce them and
approve of the enforcement.
Asks Meigs' support.
Request of l.. o. Meigs, prospective
speaker of the house of representa-
tives at Olympia, to select commit
tee that will give square deal to the
local option bin was urged and
general assent 10 the desire of the at
torney was given by the audience.
Rev. Morton l.. Rose, pastor of
the Christian church. fairly made
the fur fly" in short talk in which
he said that the immediate needs of
the city were the suppression and
elimination of the saloons and pool
rooms, as at present conducted, and
OF vaudeville theatres in the city.
L. o. Janeck. secretary of the
Yakima Commercial Co., spoke on
civic needs and especially emphasized
the need of Yakima voters taking an
interest in all elections He declar-
ed that in some elections only one
tenth of the voters took part. He
touched slightly on other needs, in
Guiding street improvements and ex-
tensions of sewerage systems.
President W. E. Sweet of the Den
yer Y. NJ. c. A. spoke for that organ
ization and urged the men of the
city to use that Y. NJ. c. A. as gen.
eral social and business center.
The addresses by these men was
followed by a rally call from New
ton c. Riddell. lecturer and author,
who suggested the organization plan
and carried it through successfully.
Women's Meeting.
Miss Sue NJ. Lombard presided at
the womens meeting and the follow
ing took up the various subjects and
thoroughly discussed them: Club
Women, Mrs. J. NJ. Thompson; Moth
erhooA Mrs. Charles E. Gibson: Ed
ucational, Miss Annie Wright: Bust
ness, Mrs. D. W. Worries: Profession
al, Mrs. E. Howick, D. O.; Christian
Worker. Mrs. y. F. Turner; Young
Womanhood, Miss Dotha yarker
Miss Francis Advice.
Miss Louise E. Francis closed the
afternoon's symposium on The Wo-
mans Side of What Is Needed for a
Greater Yakima Her keynote of
thought was that self-sacrificing love
was the most universal solvent of all
human difficulties. She said in part:
Most of our real trials as individ-
uals arise from some form of self
fshness, self-protection or personal