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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-07-08

to the buffetings of fate. A young
green slab thrown out on the desert
soil at Indio. exposed to the fierce
rays of the tropical sun. without .
drop of moisture save what it could
seize from the air, was after six
weeks of such neglect thrust a few
inches into the ground. 1t immedi-
ately grew green again. budded and
reproduced. Plants accidentally
blown over. mutilated or uprooted.
showed no concern nor injury what
ever. no arrest of growth nor deterior-
alton in quality. One slab was cut
up into strips and the strips planted
separately. Each section of this leaf
went right ahead growing and pros
pering. Several hundred of the
leaves were set out in the sun-baked
soil and left alone for ten weeks with
out a drop of water They all bud
ded and reproduced Just the same.
These facts have established all of
Luther Burbank's claims for his
thornless cactus and have convinced
agricultural experts that the cactus
is indeed destined to produce a new
era III stock raising over wide area
of the now cultivated lands of the
United States and Mexico and to re-
claim millions upon millions of acres
of now unproductive coil.
The Thornless Cactus Farming
is now preparing for its first
of plants next spring.
Orders are being taken from every
part of the civilized world They
come from England France and Rus
STA: from Cape Colony. New Zealand
and the Canary Islands; from Min
nesota, Mexico. Texas, California
and Oregon. Scarcely state in the
Union but has already been enrolled
upon the cactus roll of honor.
One government expert told Or.
Frank ~ Doud. vice president and
of the Thornless Cactus
Farming company. the other day that
the company and the United States
government together could grow
enough of the Burbank thornless cac-
trs to satisfy the demand for the
next ten years. Verify. new era
has begun.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-07-08
DECORATIONS OF THE DAY.
Thousands of Flags Fly In the
Breeze and Bunting Is
Used Galore.

With thousands of flags and thou
sands of yards of bunting, North
Yakima was gaily decorated Satur-
day for its celebration. The city
placed on its holiday attire. CARRIED
itself with the symbols of patriotism
and independence, and then found
the visitors ready to say that they
had never seen a finer showing than
that of North Yakima.
In streamers that stretched across
the street Yakima avenue was deco
rated with flags from Second avenue
to Naches avenue, distance of over
a half mile. The side streets were
similarly decorated Not satisfied
with this the business men decorated
their store fronts and their windows.
The displays and decorations Of
Catalan company, the Boston Store,
Northwest Light and Water company.
Otter Bros, the Emporium and Star
Clothing company We're especially at
tractive, but there was hardly a spot
that did not have an attractive show
ing.
Many homes throughout the city
were decorated for the day, and dec
orations of various automobiles and
rigs were numerous.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-07-08
BEAUTIFUL PARK BEING
FIXED By w. L. STEINWEG.
Banker Is Arranging Immense and
Attractive Garden Spot
Near City.

An abundance of shade affording
cool spots secluded from the heat of
the summer sun, green grassy plots
and glens and nearby pools enticing
one away for an afternoon picnic,
springs bubbling up sparkling water
to quench the thirst and moisten the
parched lips and throat, quaint little
streams winding through the shady
and messy banks inviting young and
old to recline in canoe and lazily
loiter for hours, in fact rich in all of
the possibilities which the wealth of
nature bestows and the hand of man
brings to perfection. such is the spot
at the end of East Maple street
which w. L. Steinweg has purchased
and proposes to convert into a public
park.
For weeks Mr.. Steinweg has had a
force of men at work clearing out the
underbrush. building drives, dam
ming up streams and building
bridges preliminary TO opening the
park to the public. At the outset the
place was wilderness and thicket,
strewn with dead trees. logs and
drift wood, so tangled that one could
scarcely find way through. Today
evidences Of reclamation are very
marked and some idea of the posi-
biities Of development are to be
seen on every hand.
In company with Mr.. Steinweg and
party the writer visited the spot yes
terday afternoon and was greeted
with a pleasant surprise. Do not be
misled. four weeks of work on any
proposed park will not convert it into
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-07-08
BURBANK CACTUS
WITHOUT THORNS

LOS ANGELES, July 6. When Lu-
ther Burbank first announced to the
world that he had produced new
fodder plant which would revolution
ize stock raising and create new
era in agriculture, an interested
world believing thoroughly in Bur-
bank and his work listened for
moment, praised the wizard for the
thousandth time, and then forgot.
But only for a day, The wonders of
the Burbank Thornless Cactus had
not been half told, and the intelli-
gent press OF the country-dailies
weekies and monthly magazines
took ~ the story with accustomed
zeal and enterprise and are still tell
ing 1t today
40 wonder the Improved Thornless
Cactus IS dubbed Bnrbanks greatest
triumph This new creation in plant
life means more to the farmer and
stock raiser than any production of
~
sill grow without irrigation and
Ehich fourishes like the green bay
tree when given modicum of water
which will Weld four to eight times
as much in feeding value per acre
as alfalfa, which is superior to al
falfa in many respects and which
may be cut green the year around.
may vel excite the deepest and most
abiding interest among the practical
rapcters of the great west.
4 vegetable that bears fruit, it is.
4 plant that is relished by every ami
NAL from a canary bird to an ee-
Phant ~ feed superior in some or
All respects to any now in use An
excellent substitute for sorghum hay
for dairy stock A wholesome food
for man These are but few of the
virtues of the Burbank Thornless
Cactus that have come to be general
y known and recognized.
But the unfolding marvels OF the
Burbank cactus are intending The
experiments which have been conduct
I'd BY the Thornless Cactus Farming
company. which secured from Luther
Burbank the exclusive right 10 propa-
gate and distribute these plants. and
tests made 5y government experts
have established many hitherto I'M
KNOWN truths about the cactus One
Of the most startling of these is that
the improved, thornless. Burbank
plant not only grows much faster
than the wild cactus but it reproduc-
Is many times more rapidly The
Wild cactus often puts out many new
leaves each season but these new
leaves do. not bud and reproduce the
same season The Burbank cactus
reproduces new generation every
six weeks Nothing like this is known
in the animal or vegetable kingdoms.
To make this point plain On the
fhornless Cactus Farming company's
farm at Indio, California. in the sun
baked Coachella valley. the leaf or
slab thrust into the ground buds and
reproduces new leaves with buds on
them in six weeks, A single slab ire
uuently produces twelve to twenty
Young green leaves in two months to
ten weeks This IS such an astound-
ing rate OF reproduction that the
scores of visitors to the Indio nur-
sery every week 60 aaay amazed and
delighted
Another wonderful thing about
the Burbank thornless cactus is the
pertinacity with which it clings to
fife and the Indifference it displays
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-07-08
Abraham Lincoln

was a man who, against all odds, at
tanned the highest honor man
could get in the United States. Bal
lard's Horehound Syrup has attained
a place, never equalled by any other
like remedy. 1t is sure cure for
Coughs. Colds. Bronchitis Influenza
and all Pulmonary diseases. Every
mother should keep supplied with
this wonderful cough medicine. Sold
by D. H. Fry, druggist.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-07-08
1t Cant Be Beat.

The best of all teachers is expert
ence. c. NJ. Harden of Silver City
North Carolina, says; Il find Elec-
trio Bitters does all that's claimed
for it. For Stomach, Liver and Kid
ney troubles it can't be beat | have
tried it and find it most excellent
medicine. Mr. Harden is right; it's
the best of all medicines also for
weakness, lame back, and all run
down conditions. Best too for chills
and malaria Sold under guarantee
al c. G Cases drug store. soc.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-07-08

We people in the valley can AFFORD
the best. We drink the 100 per cent
pure cereal coffee, known as Golden
Grain Granules. 1t tastes, smells
and looks like coffee. but is more
nourishing for men, women and chill
dren. Children have a rightNto drink
1t. They crave 1t and it will make
them strong. All grocers can get 1t
from Yakima Grocery Co., jobbers,
North Yakima. Fourteen thousand
people fell in love with It at the Pure
Food shows. II
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-07-08
viii Cure Consumption.

A. 4. Heron, Finch Ark, writes
Foley's Honey and Tar is the best
preparation for coughs, colds and lung
trouble | know that il has cured
consumption in the first stages" You
never heard OF any one using Foley
Honey and Tar and not being satish-
ed Sold by North Yakima Drug Co,
A. D. Sloan, Prop.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-07-08
RANKIN Is HOME.
Will Make No Statement Until He
Appears to Report to the
Board OF Directors.

G. 5. Rankin. president OF the
Yakima Valley Transportation com.
pany, returned Friday from the east.
where he has been for the purpose OF
financing the construction of the
company's proposed interurban lines
Mr., Rankin declined to make an
announcement regarding the success
or failure of his trip. Il do not care
TO say anything until after make my
report to the board of trustees" he
said
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-07-08
BIG FRUIT CROP IN PROSPECT.
&. w. Davenport, Sunnyside, Esti-
mates Yield at 10000 Boxes.

SUNNYSIDE, July deputy Hor-
ticultural Commissioner George W.
Davenport of Belma says the pres-
ent prospects point to the best crop
of apples and pears ever raised in the
Yakima valley. He says: ~ find
there are only a few orchards still
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-07-08

While firing giant crackers at
Starbuck Wednesday Peter Lees had
the second finger of his right hard
blown OF by the explosion OF q
cracker in his hand The hand was
badly lacerated.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-07-08

One application OF ManZan Pile
Remedy, for all forms OF Piles,
soothes, reduces Inflammation, sore
ness and itching. Price so. Guar
anteed. Sold by c. w. Camp, West
Side Druggist.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-07-08

Bees Laxative Cough Syrup for
young and old is prompt relief for
coughs. Group. hoarseness, whooping
cough. Gently laxative. Guaranteed
Sold by c. w. Camp. West Side Drug
gist.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-07-08
FIRST PEACHES GO
FRUlTvaLe RAECHER
SHIPS A BOX TO COAST
Heavy Express Shipments of straw
berries and Cherries During
Month of June.

The first peaches to be shipped
from North Yakima in 1908 left the
express office Monday night for Sc
attic, having been sent by p. Ship
ley. rancher in the Fruitvale dis
trict They We're preceded by ship
ment Of he first box of plums on Sat
urday and will be followed today by
a shipment of a box OF apples by J.
f. Smith The apples are of the
Early Transparent variey. the
peaches Alexanders
During the month of June. accord
ing to reports of Agent Smith. the
fruit and vegetable shipments by ex-
press amounted to 24S.0S3 pounds
from this station as follows:
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17
QUESTIONS C. F.'s ANALooIEs
AND PROPHETIC COMPETENCE

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14-[Editor
HERALD: To speak in vulgar phrase,
1T really seems a shame to take the
money" 1t would be too cheap alto
gether to score off the other side on
the easy terms offered by &C. F. How
could anyone who can cite such UNI
tenable "analogies" as he does, be eX-
pected to estimate justly-even with
approximate justice-the compatibility
of the coming cooperative common
wealth organization with the govern
ments of today. Not one of his paral-
lels will hold even moderately true.
His very first one, Sparta, is absurdly
ill-ftting. Here was a state whose
members were bred, reared, drilled,
even starved and tortured at the die
tates of what might well be called
military superstition-''pa patriotism" it
was euphemistically called. Every hui
man consideration was rendered sub
servient to the cultivation of strength,
cunning, hardihood and brutality. For
the body--skill in arms and bloodshed;
for the mind-strategy in war. All the
useful arts in the hands of slaves
welding hand tools. The state every
thing, the individual nothing. And
this is held up by &c. F." as compare
BILE to the cooperative commonwealth
which our oet-philosophers, our
statesmen economists have glimpsed,
ana our HOSI IuOuSnlIul NATURALIZATION
citizens are looking forward to. A
state where instead of the triumph of
arms, human happiness shall be the
criterion and arbiter; where human life
and liberty shall be sacred, and the
advancement of knowledge and the
arts a commonplace of our social as
piration where slavery and the hand
tool shall be known but as an old
tradition, and the giant cooperative
machine the all-in-all Of our productive
outfit.
If such are the "analogies" from
which my opponents adduce their prog
nostications of the coming slavery
(Socialism) I don't think anyone need
worry over their assumptions.
VAL STONE.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17
DECLARES RECENT ELECTION
HoLDUP PURE AND SIMPLE

MILITARY HOME, Sawtelle, Nov.
11.-[Editor Herald: AS everyone Is
out with an explanation of how the
recent political decision came to be
handed to Mr.. Bryan, the writer has
concluded to ask permission to take
whack at it.
It was no more of an election than
would be held In Mexico under Diaz, or
than was held recently In Salt Lake
county under control of the Mormon
church.
1t was political holdup; nothing,
nothing less.
There seems to have been a thor
ough understanding among the en-
ployers of labor as to the course to
be pursued. 1t was simple. 1t was
effective.
Every man with a number of per-
sons in his employ simply called them
together and informed them, verbally
or by notices posted in his factory or
place of business, that II Bryan should
be elected the factory would be closed
down or the wages on the railroad re-
duced, or something else would occur.
Any way the penalty would fall on the
working class
Now, Mr.. Editor, since the first re-
public was crushed under the heel Of
a military despot has there ever been
a more thoroughly defined case of a
holdup OF a people than was exhibited
in this country November 3.
GEORGE RYLAND.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17
NATIONAL RESOURCES

I" ITH the completion Of it's inquiry
w into the resources of the coun'
try the national conservation
commission issues an appeal to Amer
leans to practice economy and prudence
1t is unduestionable that resources
have been wastefully used. Some OF
them, notably mines, are certain IN
time to be completely exhausted. We
may discover new mines, but cannot
hope to invent any magic by which q
mine may be made everlasting. But
the forests could have been preserved
and enough live timber still remains to
warrant the statement that by right
management the forests may be made
perpetually useful. Skllful management
and the afforestation Of waste places
have to some extent counteracted
The ruthless work Of destruction which
If unchecked would have used up all
the timber in the country.
The commission has collected all
available facts about the national re-
sources. Its reports contain exact and
indisputable information, in dollars and
cents, tons of coal. board feet of tim
Der, acre feet and horse power Of water,
acres of land. The final report to the
president will be the necessary supple
ment to the addresses at the White
House conference.
The note of these addresses was a
note Of warning. The report will show
conclusively the WARNING MUST BE
Needed If the exhaustion of natural
resources is not to impoverish the ma
ton. The findings of the commission
will supply a basis from which to con-
slider the important question of eco
nomical distribution of population in
the United States. This matter has
been left to luck, chance, mischance
ings and examples Of cities in the old
world, the government Of the United
States, disdaining what it called $50
cialist legislation" allowed overbuild-
ing, congestion and overcrowding. Then
It appointed tenement house commits
sions and commissions on the housing
of the poor and other similar commits
sions; and engaged in an attempt to
do what has been PARALLEL as lock
ing the stable door after the horse is
stolen" The one thing needful in the
United States is all around reform.
The work OF the national conservation
commission is in the nature OF reform,
and will have an important bearing on
steps which must be taken for the con-
servation of the most important part
of the natural resources of the coun-
try, it's men, women and children.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17
MAGNIFICENT CITY

XII HAD NO IDEA Los Angeles was
such a magnificent city," said
Rev. DIR. John A Rogers Of San
Francisco. who, after a three months
tour in Europe, thought he would take
a peep at little old L. A." before he
returned to his pastorate.
Although there is something comical
in the Idea of the discovery of Los
Angeles by a San Franciscan returned
from a globe trotting expedition, 1t Is
another illustration of the fact that
men will travel thousands of miles to
find attractions which cannot be COM
pared with something they might have
found by walking around the corner or
taking a short trolley ride.
IT have been more surprised and
astonished at what have seen in Los
Angeles than at anything I ran across
abroad" said DIR. Rogers. This should
help us to realize that Los Angeles is
one of the most remarkable cities in
the world. It grew quickly, but the
growth was solid There is nothing to
suggest the mushroom or the gourd In
the wonderful increase of built up area,
of wealth and of population.
We have not the slightest doubt that
most of our readers will live to see our
Queen of the South rechristened the
Empress of the West. the principal city
of the great Pacific domain. With San
Pedro harbor developed and fortified,
with an abundant water supply from
Owens river and with the great increase
in industrialism which will follow the
establishment Of transpacif1c and BIZ
oceanic trade routes with headquarters
at San Pedro, the supremacy of Los
Angeles will be undisputed and indis-
putable. The Panama canal will give
a great impetus to bioceanic trade, and
ships from Atlantic seaceast cities
bound for the orient will make San
Pedro port of call. If during all this
Industrial progress we remember the
motto which bids us ito our own selves
be true" we will not lose sight OF the
higher life, and Los Angeles will be a
seat of learning, home Of architec-
ture and art, and In the rush and
crush of material interests will not lose
its spiritual identity.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17
SCORES CRITICS AND SHOWS
HOW FARMERS COOPERATE

LOS ANGELES, Now. 14.-[Editor
Herald: Mr. White says: 1.-THE Social
lists say man may own a farm ana
TOOLS" What Socialists say so? Not
the Socialist party. Their platform de-
clares for the collective ownership of
tools and land.
Mr.. White says: &C. T. sprading has
proved nothing by quoting from the
Communist Manifesto. He might as
well quote from the platform of the
Socialist party" 1t seems to me that
it would be we'll for Mr.. White and Mr..
Stone occasionally to quote from either
some Socialist author of standing or
from the platform Of the party instead
of always asserting something that Is
at variance with the party's attitude.
1t is habit of these writer's to assert
their own ideas and then declare them
to be what the party stands for. 1t Is
as unsafe to take their statements
about Socialism as about anarchlsm.
You will seldom find anarchist
writer's using the term absolute
liberty" used in connection with the
press and the right OF aSsemblage. Mr..
Stone ought to study his own literature
that he may not hit his own partys
declarations.
know how voluntary Socialism can be
run without majority rule. Let me say
that it is now in operation in number
of country districts where the farmers
cooperate in the ownership or steam
plows, thrashing machines, creameries'
etc.
1t was unnecessary for politicians to
force this voluntary Socialism on them.
That is why we are opposed to force.
Religion used to be forced on people
for their good. Now the Socialists are
trying to force their political IDEAS on
the people for the same reason.
VIZ C. T. SPREADING.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17
THE WEST

n PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT says: II
shall. of course, urge a separate
n statehood for Arizona and New
Mexico in my message. Immediate
statehood for Arizona will be urged.
A statehood bill will be pressed, with
the hope Of passing It,"
Few states in the Union received
such a warm and ready national well
come as did California. For this rea-
son, Californians should sympathize
with neighbors who have had more
difficulty in being admitted to the ma
tional group. President Roosevelt
takes a keen interest in the westland
and border growth and progress of the
United States. He understands the
west and the border country as no
former president understood them.
When the band plays Yankee Doodle
his thoughts do not concentrate on
Boston, and he knows Ohio is not the
westernmost fringe of real civiliza-
ton"
1t is greatly to be hoped President
elect Taft may visit California, and
that while here he may have an oppor-
tunity of becoming familiar with local
needs. His experience in the Philip
pines of course gives him a Pacific
training and understanding which
should be of great value to the ma,
ton in developments which may be ex-
pected. But If he is to be an ideal presi-
dent he must think Pacific coast" rs
well as Atlantic.
The time is ripe for a more generous
and sympathetic appreciation of the
Pacific coast. The development of San
Pedro harbor is an important event In
the history of the far west and the
border country as well as in that of
Los Angeles.