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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-06-02
THREATENS STATE TO
SECURE ARID LAND
Hydraulic Construction Company Says
1t Controls Water Supply and Can
Make Certain Tract Arid.

PUEBLO, Colo, May 20 --I;igntecii
thousand acres # state lands living
east of Pueblo and between the city
and the Huetfano river, are desired
by the Ambur ian Iry 1raulic Construc-
ton company 90 add t. $1,000 acres
1t has already acquired as par1 Of
large irrigation Dr1jact now under
way in Pueblo county.
Accompanying The application for
the land is a letter fro II the comuany's
agent in which, among other things it
is said that if the stat, refuses to part
with the land at the minimum rrice
the company will purchase lands from
private owners add the state land viii
forever remain ari I ard barren, as 1t
controls "practic1ily the entire flood
waters of the Huereano river and is in
absolute command If thn situation"
The Ambursan Hydraulic Construc-
ton company is engaged IN irrigation
enterprises all Over the west, lis r. p
resentative says, and ona of the pro-
jects now on hand is the construction
of a reservoir for the government in
Wyoming, which is to have a dam 1875
feet high, one of the highest in the
country.
1t has taken over the old Orlando
Canal and Reservoir company's hold
ing in Pueblo county, and its project
is already financed and awaiting the
action of the state land board.
1t is the intention to colonize the
district, to place more than 500 fam
lilies on the lands, and workmen are
all ready to go into the field as soon
as the board grants the application.
1t has been against the policy of i've
present land board to dispose of the
states holdings in such large tracts,
but the representative of the petitioner
asks that an investigation be made
of the conditions in Pueblo county,
upon which investigation he is salts
fed the state board will recognize the
expediency of making the sale.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-06-02
HUNDREDS SEEK NEW LAND
From 80 to 100 Letters Received at
Local Office Daily Are
Forwarded.

SPOKANE, Wash, May 31.-TIal j.
Cole. register Of the local land office,
received a telegram yesterday from
James w. Witten. superintendent of
the opening of Indian reservations to
white settlers to the effect that all
inquiries regarding the opening of the
Spokane and other reservations should
be sent di ect to Mr.. Witten.
a letter addressed to the office of
the superintendent of opening and
sale of Indian lands, Washington, d..
c., will reach him.
Mr. Cole said
"At the local office we are receiving
from so to 100 letters daily regarding
the opening of these lands. The let
ters contain all manner of questions.
AS soon as we received the telegram
from Mr.. Witten we forwarded 400
or 500 letters of inquiry that had ac-
cumulated.
1.-THE first letters that came We're
from people in the Inland Empire.
Now we are getting them from all
parts of the United States.
"Mr. Witten has printed literature
containing all information regarding
the lands and tn enecessary steps to
be taken to acquire them. Persons
wanting the lands can register from
July 1 3 to August 3, inclusive.
"Mr. Witten will be in Spokane
about July | to make final arrange
ments preliminary to opening the reg
istration."
Thomas A. Scott an attorney. with
offices in room SIS Rookery building,
received a telegram from Mr.. Witten
yesterday notifying him that he had
been appointed a notary public to
serve in connection with opening the
lands
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-06-02
SN|VELY SAYS THAT
TRIAL WON'T HOLD
Convicted Clcin Had Not Proper
Jurisdiction.

II. j. Snively said last night in dis
Cussing the trial Of Paul Clein, con-
dcmned to death Sunday morning for
murder at spokane. that THE court
which tried him was entirely without
jurisdiction in the case. Clein was
charged with killing \. Lewandowslli
on the night of Mach l and the crime
was committed in the Fort Wright
Military reservation.
Mr.. Snively says that as the crime
was committed within the reservation
the case is one for the Federal court.
The United states has complete juris-
diction everywhere in such a military
reservation Mr.. Snively says he has
looked up the statute and that there
is no manner of doubt that the trial
and conviction of Clein just completed
has no standing whatever.
The only court. according to Mr..
Snively, which has authority to try
Clein on this charge is the Federal
court for the Eastern district of WASH
ington.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-06-02
NEW LAW HAS
PROVISIONS
FOR MANY FAULTS AND CRIMES
Punishment for Fools, Women will
HOrsewhips, Smoking Cigarettes,
Owning Vicious Dogs, Etc.

Peculiar provisions are abundant in
the new criminal code which goes into
effect June II. A slap is taken at the
prosperous business man, the news
paper, the physician, the small boy,
and even women. Human nature will
be turned topsy turvy if the law is en-
forced to the letter, and men who
of a misdemeanor at best. Punish
ment is provided for every crime from
tipping a good-loking waiter in the
restaurants to murder.
Laws for Fools.
The fool that rocks boat, points
a gun, loaded or unloaded. in a play
full manner at other persons, hampers
with a railroad switch, or overloads a
boat, street car or train, if found
guilty faces a long term in the state
prison. The physician who attends a
patient while intoxicated, and the
newspaper that prints advertisements
of medical quacks must face the law
from a felony and misdemeanor, re-
spectively. If you own vicious dog,
and he kills somebody, you must face
a charge of manslaughter.
Women Cans Use Whip.
A woman laboring under the i'm
preston of a real or fancied wrong,
can not horsewhip the author of her
trouble without the liability of draw
ing a ten-year term in Walla Walla.
Attempting to commit suicide without
making good, is a felony punishable
by two years in prison. Forming a
suicide pact and failing to live up to
the agreement is a felony punishable
by ten years or less in the "pen." A
policeman who accepts a graft is guilty
of misdemeanor, and selling a weap-
on to any minor under eighteen years
of age is classified the same. Muir
derers who plead insanity as defense,
and are acquitted must remain in an
asylum for life, escaping the death
penalty.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-06-02
EMPEROR TAKES
HAND IN ROMANCE
Pretty California Miss Nav Lose Her
Sweetheart il the Kaiser
Wills It,

Los ANGELES. May 22.-Emperor
William of Germany has taken a hand
in a pretty romance, and now the
chances are that young clerk in one
of the leading hotels of Los Angeles
and a pretty San Francisco girl must
wait a few months-possibly three
years or so-before they can be mar
ried
Otto Schroeder and Miss Taggart Of
San Francisco, a daughter of Thomas
Taggart, the well-known politician,
are the principals concerned. Schroe-
der's father is a rich copper manu-
facturer at Plau, Neck lcnberg Sch
werin, Germany. Otto, when Is years
old was more anxious to fight his way
to fortune in America than to bear
arms in a German garrison, and his
father secured a leave of absence for
two years and the boy sailed for New
York. At the expiration of the two
years, Otto was planning naturaliZa-
ton as an American citizen. His
father obtained from him four years
more of liberty But the full time is
up now. If Schroeder does not show,
by June 10, good and sufficient rea-
sons why he should not serve under
the German flag, as soldier, the gov
eminent will cut him off from his
share of his fathers estate, which is
large.
Otto Schroeder will leave Monday
for San Francisco to call on the Ger
man consul and undergo a physical
examination. If he can convince the
surgeon that he is not qualified to
make a soldier, he will be given a GER
tificate to that effect. If he is found
sound he may have to choose between
his sweetheart and his share of his
| fathers estate.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-06-02
JURY GIVES TEACHER
BALM FOR HER HEART
Miss Lcnora Shillig Is Awarded $3.50
as Damages Through Breach Of
Marriage Contract

A verdict in the sum of $3,250 was
awarded against John Il. Jackson of
this city and to Miss Lenora Shillig Of
Seattle in her suit for damages in her
breach of promise action against him
in which she alleged that he had brok-
en- an engagement to marry, made her
by correspondence. The jury which
took the case Saturday night, returned
verdict Sunday morning. 1t is I'M
derstood that the jurymen We're prac-
tically unanimous at all times for a
verdict for the plaintiff, but there was
a considerable difference of opinion as
to the amount. This caused consider
able hearty discussion. The noise thus
made was so great that at midnight
Saturday 1t was understood that
verdict would be a matter of time as
the jurymen had not arrived at a point
where they could agree. The case at
tracted considerable local interest, be-
ing of type which attracts some
minds. There was some surprise that
people of the type should be engaged
in such n suit.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-06-02
A,-Y,-P. BOOTH
ROW CONTINUES
IDAHO COMMISSIONER in c MIR
Ordered from Ground for Directing TO
Erection of Booth I'm Front of
State Building.

SEATTLE, May 29.-Because he OBJ
jected to the erection of a selling
booth on the grounds allotted to his
state. A. ID. Mckinley, commissioner
from Idaho to the Alaska Yukon-Pa-
cific exposition was arrested and es-
corted from the fair grounds by the
exposition guards today. After having
been elected Mckinley attempted to
reenter the grounds and to go to the
Idaho building but was stopped at the
gate with the request hat he sur
render his pass. He declined to obey
this summary request and sent for j.
A. Filcher, commissioner from Cali
fornia, and the president of the re-
Gently organized Commissioners Pro-
tective ssociation, the outgrowth of
the controversy between the fair off,
Gals and Oregon commissioners over
the location of selling booths a few
days ago. Mckinley and Filcher held
conference through the iron fence
surrounding the exposition grounds
after which Filcher placed the matter
before the exposition president J. e.
Chilberg, and Director General 1. A.
Dinerau. The result was an apology
was offered to Mckinley and the booth
ordered removed from the Idaho
grounds.
Director of Works Frank P. Allen,
Jr., under whose orders the booth was
placed on the Idaho grounds, was Or
dered to fill up the excavation and
replace the sod in the condition in
which it was found. Commissioner
Mckinley has wired a report of the
controversy to Governor Brady of
Idaho
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-06-02
FIND BODIES AND \ GOLD VEIN
Discovery in Old Tunnel Discloscs
Mineral Wealth.

PORTLAND, ore. May 31.-TwO
skeletons, supposed to be the remains
of pioneer English prospeCtors. were
found last week in an old mine tun-
mel situated i'm the Cascade forest re-
serve at a point about so mi cs from
Borang and 50 miles from the Sandy
river. Near the skeletons were n
shovel pick. AK, frying pan and two
rock d'ills. The finding of the bones
led to the discovery Of the existence
of a rich vein of gold and silver ore.
The bones were located by Peter
stone, a hunter ana trappcr who ac-
cidcntally stumbled into the old un-
mel
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-06-02
CHURCH REPAIRS.
EdiiiCc and Parsonage Are Being
Renovated and Enlarged.

There is great activity at this time
among local Congrega The
church building is undergoing extern
siVe repairs. IT is pclng remOdeled
on the outside, especially on the
front. The basement is to be used
hereafter for various church pur-
poses. There is to be installed a kit
chen and serving room, a dining room
and toilet rooms. The new rooms
viii furnish an opportunity for so
cials. entertainments and work by
Sunday school classes. The building
will also be painted The parsonage
on south Sixth street is being re-
paired and painted This shows that
new life is expressing itself ana that
the church is becoming a strong re
ligious and moral factor in the com
munitv
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-06-02
FRISCO HAS BIG BLAZE.
Grain Docks Burn-Propcrty Loss
Will Reach 81 .OOO, 900.

SAN FRANCISCO. May 3t.-Two
thousand feet of the Nevada grain
docks. located at Port Costa, were de-
stroyed tonight by fire. 1t is estimated
the loss was $1,000 900, besides 900
tons of grain, 100 tons OF hops, sew
eral cars of wheat and lumber burned.
The origin of the fire IS unknown. 1t
broke out about 3 o'clock.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-06-02
WOMAN IN VANDERBILT CASE.
Mrs. Ruis of Divorce Notoricty, Dies
i'm London.

NEW YORK, May 31.-Mary
Agnes O'Brien Ruis, who was di-
vorced by her husband, Antonio A.
Ruis, former attache or the Cuban
legation at Washington, following the
mentioning of her name in connec-
ton with the divorce of Alfred G..
Vanderbilt, is dead in London, accord
ing to advices received by her lawyers
here. The lawyers refused to give out
any details.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-06-02

Bill had won her-pretty maid,
A June bride she is to be;
Her peachy-cream complexion vii not
fade,
Because it's Rocky Mountain Tea
inlaid.
Cases Drug Store.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-06-02

The first application Of NanZan, the
great Pile remedy, viii almost instant
~ give relief. Continued use Of Man
Zan for "A few days Will effect cure.
The tube in which it is put up has a
small nozzle attached. so that there is
no Inconvenience whatever. ManZan
is for the cure of any kind of Piles.
1t is sold here by c. w. Camp. West
Side Druggist.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-06-02

country but in order to learn what
there might be of benefit to them in
the raising of fruit and other products
in Washington.-Editor Beason Jour
nal
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-06-02
Legal Phase Jeopardizes City

Mothers-Have YOU tried HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea? It's great
blessing to the little ones, keeps away
summer troub es. Makes them sleep
and grow. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets
Cases Drug Store.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-06-02

tracted by the matters relating to
: the original inhabitants After that
( they can he led to other matters and
shown what Yakima is capable Of.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-06-02

onies of the wasps appeared and the
crop of Smyrna figs has been sue
cess.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-06-02
WARRANT FOR CONTRACTOR.
Health Officer Fitch Swcars to Com
plant Alleging Connection Made
10 Sewer Without Permit.

a warrant was issued by the city
authorities Thursday afternoon upon
the complaint of Health officer j. II.
Fitch, charging j. j. Pettyjohn, a
prominent contractor in city work, on
the charge of violating the city ordi-
nance relative to the connection Of
private property with sub-sewers with
out first obtaining a permit from the
city. The specific instance on which
the warrant is based is the alleged
connection of the private residence Of
Fred Benoit, with the sub-sewer, with
out a permit, and therefore the ac-
ceptance of the work by the city.
Legal Phase Jcopardizes City.
The alleged action Of Contractor
Pettyjohn puts the city in the light
of having accepted the sub-sewer. The
sub-sewer was built by Pettyjohn. and
has not been approved or accepted by
the city council. Connection of priv
ate property with the sub-sewers with
out the obtaining of a permit tends al
so to tangle the records of the city
which show all sewer and sub-sewcr
connections The ordinance upon the
Pettyjohn warrant is a new one and
created considerable OPPOSITION at the
time in certain quarters
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-06-02
NORTH YAKIMA
HAS CHAMPION
WHO RISES 10 HER DtftNSL
Correspondent of Akron Paper Says
Nice Things About This City and
the Lands HcrcabOuts.

North Yakima finds a champion in
a correspondent of the Akron, o.,
Beacon Journal. A copy OF that paper
which has just been received by s. f.
Farris, the west side real estate man,
contains the following, which explains
itself:
a. Is. Norris Describes What lie
Finds i'm Washington
State.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-06-02

TWhile 1t NAV seem knocking" on
Ohio and Summit county in an indi-
rect way to publish this letter of Mr..
Morris, vet it gives Ohio farmers a
deep insight into what they ought to
know about the west. not only to meet
the competition of the products of that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-06
WIND PRODUCES WAVES.
It's Action Upon Desert Sand and
 Prairie SnoW


 From the Chicago Tribune.
 There are wind waves in water, sand and snow. The great sea waves are pro- duced at that part of a cyclone where the direction of the wind coincides with the direction of advance of the depression Along this line of advance the waves in their progress are accompanied by a strong wind blowing across their ridges as long as the atmospheric depression is maintained. So the waves are devel- oped until they become steep. The av- craze height in feet is about half the ve- locity of the wind in miles,
 A wind of 52 miles an hour gives waves of an average height of 26 feet, although individual waves will attain height of 4O feet. The prevailing wind in all longi- tudes is westerly, so wherever westerly wind springs up it finds a long westerly swell, the effect of previous wind still running and the principal effect of the newly born wind is to increase the steep ness of the already running long swell so as to form majestic storm waves, which sometimes attain a length of 1000 feet from crest to crest. The longest swells due to wind are almost invisible during storms, for they are masked by the shorter and sleeper waves, but they emerge into view after or beyond the storm.
 The action of the wind to drift dry sand in a procession of waves is seen in the deserts. As the sand waves cannot trav- el by gravitation, their movements are entirely controlled by the wind and they are therefore much simpler and more regular in form and movement than ocean waves. In their greatest heights of several hundred feet, the former become more complex owing to the partial con- solidation of the lower layers of sand by pressure, but they still have the charac- teristic wave features.
 In the Winnipeg prairies of Canada freshly fallen snow is drifted by wind in a procession of regular waves, progress ing with a regular and ghostlike motion. They are similar to desert sand waves, but less than half as steep, the wave length being 50 times as great as the height. The fatness of the wind-formed snow waves affords a valuable indication of the great distance to which hills shell ter from the wind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-06
TRAGEDY OF THE
 BASEBALL CAME As Told By a Veteran Ot The
 Diamond FALLS ON THE FIELD Sweet-faced old Woman Still Won ders in What Battle He Met
 With His Great
 Downfall.
FALLS ON THE FIELD
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 And how did you come to this forlorn condition?" inquired the sweet-faced old lady as she set down another chicken sandwich and a glass of milk on the porch rail You do not look like an or dinary tramp"
 His breast heaved with emotion. Mad ame," he declared, ravenously attacking the sandwich, q am not a common hobo, I am a man with past. l was lion. Alas! In a brief moment all my honors vanished and I became a broken-hearted has-been. Think what I once was and then look at me now.'
 "Tell me about it. Maybe I can help you to regain what you have lost" she suggested, kindly.
 No, madame" he said hopelessly. "It is too late. But don't mind telling you about it, although it is a bitter tale. I was Centre Gardener for the old Red Legs, Ma'a in the days when Pop An son and Brouthers and all of those old heroes were in their prime. I used to reach up into the clouds and pull out the high ones with one hand. and often l picked 'em off the top board of the fence with two fingers and a thumb, and the roar that went up from the bleachers sounded like a fat man falling down a coal hole.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-06
Expensive Mud.
Iccess Magazine.

From Success Magazine.
 America leads the world in the produce tion of mud-not cheap, low-grade mud but mud of a very expensive quality. Our mud is not packed in neat boxes, labeled Made in America" and pro- tected by tariff duties from the pauper mud of Europe. It is spread out thickly over millions of miles of our country roads.
 Only one mile in IA of America's roads can be said to be really improved. The rest are mud-deep, narrow streaks of sticky, oozy mud. The farmer fights with mud when he takes his load to market. It is said to cost him 25 cents a ton per mile to haul his produce while the thrifty Frenchman on mudless roads does 1t for half as much. The American farmer pays for his mud in decreased profits, in harder labor, in poorer schools; his wife pays in isolation and loneliness.
 Nor is the farmer the only one who pays the mud tax. The city man who thinks he Is buying eggs is buying also mud. Mud puts it's price upon our bread, our meat and our fuel. Three hundred million dollars a year is the estimated cost of muddy roads. We can think of no way in which our people could get less fun for the same money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-06
LOUIS PIZITZ
6bs Busy Corner
Pepperell Sheets at Gle
Any Trimmed Hat In the House $2.75 Stocks Must Be Closed Out Regardless
 of Cest and Previous Worth

On account of unprecedented of great mil nery sale have been holding for the past several days have decided to continue all prices Monday and will give all those visiting store tomorrow chance of buying the greatest bargains in women headwear ever offered
 This great sale of Trimmed Hats not only includes every trimmed hat in stock but will include recent big purchases of surplus stocks of Trimmed and Pattern Hats from leading millinery houses in New York and Philadelphia, and these purchases made at sacr
 fee of about onethird to oneffth actual values Every single hat offer is the most choice spring and summer styles and hat far values and styles are con cerned will speak eoquenty for itself when seen Hats made of the newest braid and trimmed in the newest and most ideal style Your choice of any Trimmed 9 7E