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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01
TIME II BRING
Peg If HERE
AND TO MAKE THEM HAPPY
Suggestion That All Towns of Valley
BE Asked to Help This City
Entertain President.

I'VE have been doing a great deal
for Yakima in an outside way. / for
one think it is now time to begin to
consider ways and means of develop
ing features to attract people here"
said A. b. Cline of the First National
bank and of the Fifty Thousand club
Tuesday. I'VE have backed attrac-
tons at Spokane, Seattle and other
away from home. and it was good
work. 1t seems now, however to be
time for undertaking something
which will attract people into our
city and county instead of attracting
our people to go away. l am in favor
Of a few home attractions now and
as President Taft is soon to be here l
would say let his coming be the first.
Ask All Towns to Help.
North Yakima in my opinion,
should send out invitations to Gle
Elum, Roslyn, Ellensburg, Wapato,
Toppenish, Granger Sunnyside, Pros
ser, Parker and Zillah and all those
towns to send their people here the
day of the presidents visit Then we
should go ahead and prepare some
sort of entertainment for them while
they are here. OF course the pr"si-
dent will be with us for several hours
and the program prepared for him
will be of interest to all. There will
be, however, several hours after his
departure which can be utilized 20
good advantage by the citizens of
North Yakima in entertaining ~ jr
fellow citizens of the Yakima valley.
Good Time to Begin.
I'VE will have public ho,iGav, IN
all probability, on the day that Mr..
Taft is with us. We are t. have no
other holiday of general character
this fall and no state fair. We FRO
pose to celebrate anyhow and l am
prepared to propose to the members
of the Fifty Thousand club that they
ask the residents of the other towns
of the valley to come here and help
us celebrate We can all have d good
time together. AS | said, we must
begin to do something to make our
selves attractive and now is a good
time to begin"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01
MISSING PENNANT FOUND.
Missing Flag Shows Up i'm This City
by Reason of Threats.

The missing Yakima Valley league
pennant, which has been in hiding for
the past two weeks, showed up in this
city Monday and now occupies a place
of honor in the Pastime cigar store.
For awhile it looked as if the much
coveted rag would be placed in the
anne category as Charlie Ross and 9th
er things that have showed up missing.
AS soon as Ellensburg baseball lights
discovered that they stood to lose a
chunk of their 5000 forfeit money in
lieu of the pennant they produced the
same in a hurry 1t was forwarded
to this city by express, with the name
of the sender omitted, leaving the To-
cal baseball people without a clue to
who has been keeping the pennant in
the dark.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01
TO REDUCE MAIL
Time TEN HOURS
Western Railroads Plan 10 Cut Time
Between Seattle-ChicagU II Gov
ernment Accepts Proposition.

CHICAGO, Aug. 31.-The running
time from Chicago to Seattle will be
reduced to 81 hours, ten hours below
the present schedule, as the first move
in war declared upon all other west
ern roads by James J. Hill of the
Great Northern, according to a story
the Record will print tomor-
row. The Burlington, Great Northern
and Northern Pacific have made a
proposition to the post office depart
ment to put new fast mail train in
service between the two points and
notice was today served by the Bur
lington that it did not observe the
western passenger train speed agree
ment after September IL, but would
reduce the time of its main Chicago
Denver train by two hours If the
government accepts the proposition it
will result in the facilitating OF the
northwest mail service by fully half
day.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01
PRACTICAL IRRIGATION
At YAKIMA HOTEL
Manager Schroeder Insta'S Two Wptcr
Wheels to Irrigatc Green's
ward.

W. {. Schroeder has caused to be
constructed two water wheels which
ply in the irrigation ditch running
along Third street past the Yakima
hotel These offer practical lessons in
irrigation and incidentally have been
the center of attraction for n large
crowd of interesting spectators all of
Tuesday afternoon aud evening. Mr.
Schroeder plans II irrigate after this
fashion the little plot between the
walk and the pavement. 1t will be
set out to grass ana shrubbery and
strangers visiting the city will there
by learn at glance just how irriga-
ting is accomplished. Tho wheels
work perfectly ana ol1tmers produc-
ed pencils and papers to figure ont
Just how much wa;ar was raised from
the ditch by these two wheels in the
course of each - hours. The result
is said to be astonishing.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01
MUST SPRAY FOR
POTATO BEETLE
Nez Perez Prairie, the Only Infested
District in West, Is
Threatened.

NEZ PIERCE, Idaho, Aug 30.--If
the farmers and potatoe growers ex-
pect to get rid of the potato bugs,
which have become a menace to the
growers, they must get busy immedi-
ately and begin spraying in order to
rid the community of the pest next
year. Nez Perez prairie is the only
known district west of the Rocky
M curtains which has the Colorado
beetle. or potato bug, according to
Professor J. NJ Aldrich of the Univer-
eating the question of Nez Perez
prairie this summer.
The beetles have covered a district
which extends from the Clearwater
river west to the Craig mountain dis
trict and as far south as Grangeville
The pest-infested district has been
rapidly increasing. and unless imme-
date steps are taken to kill the lar
vac the district will be extended next
year.
Professor Aldrich advocates the use
of spray. The bugs now on the
vines will lay eggs which will soon
hatch. The young slugs will go into
the ground and hibernate in the win
tor, and when spring comes they will
take wing and fly to new districts,
where they will establish colonies BY
spraying now the bugs which cause
the extension of the infested district
will be killed and the plague will be
lessened next year.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01
RAPID WORK ON BRIDGE.
{. u. Lum Is Making Good Progress
With the East Yakima Structure.

Rapid progress is being made by e.
70. Lum on the construction work OF
the new bridge over the Yakima river
at the foot of East Yakima avenue.
Considerable difficulty has been ex-
rcrienced in handling the water in the
excavation made for the piers and sew
eral engines have been at work pums,
ing. TO date the water has succeed
cd in holding its own but present ar
rangements continued will get the
better of it, Large quantities of heavy
timber and flooring are arriving by
the Northern Pacific for the bridge
and are being hauled by teams to the
bridge site, Many visitors daily visit
the scene of the operations. The
present prospects are that Mr. ;.um
will make good his statement that tho
bridge Will be ready for the hauling Of
portion of the crop this season.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01
DRILLING OUTFIT
FOR POMONA HEIGHTS
Contracts Said to Have Been Made
With a Number of Land Owners
For Irrigation Water.

Shallow wells for water to be
pumped for irrigation purposes are to
be drilled on a number of the Pomo-
ma Heights tracts, the owners having
contracted for such. A Star drilling
outfit has been procured by c. A.
Clark and, will be at once removed
to the Pomona lands and operations
begun. 1t is understood that tracts
aggregating $4,000 have already been
made and that others are consider
ing the ACCESSIBILITY of having wells
drilled. After the work has been con-
cluded on the Pomona lands the drill
ling machine will be moved to lands
above and behind the Pomona tracts
where shallow wells will be bored and
the land put on the market in small
tracts.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01
INC0RR|G|BLE BOY
MUST Be CARED FOR
Mother Acknowledges Defeat and
Asks Court to Make Disposition of
10 Year Old.

ALIVE Gould, though but 10 years
old, is declared to be incorrigible by
his mother, Mrs. Josie Bacon, who
says that she has no control and ap-
parently no influence over him. She
has asked the probate court to con-
slider the question of the lads future
and make such disposition of him as
will be in his best interests.
ALIVE, according 10 his mother,
wanders about at will, remaining
away from home at night until after
midnight, associating with immoral
companions and is becoming a fire.
quenter OF places where undesira BILE
characters gather, among these be-
ing the local railroad yards. Alvie
also has some way, apparently, of be-
coming the possessor or custodian of
articles which he has not been able
to purchase and the possession of
which he has no means of explaining.
Because of the fact that she no long
er has an influence over him the
mother has asked the court to inter-
fere.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01
FIGHT GRIZZLY TO SAVE CHILD
Thrilling Encounter Near Nyack.
Mont. Where Forest Fires Dis
lodge the Wild Animals.

NYACK, Mont, Aug. 30.-News
reached this place this afternoon of
the probably fatal encounter with a
grizzly bear of a homesteader named
James Doolittle, living with his wife
and 4-year-old daughter about four
miles north of here. The child was
playing a short distance from the
house about 8 O'Clock this morning
when the mother was startled cries
coming from a thicket close to where
the child had been seen playing. She
ran in the direction of the cries and
saw a bear carrying the youngster
away.
Pursuit Is Begun.
DoOlittle was working close by and
also heard the cries. When he
reached the spot from whence the
screams came the bear had carried
the baby 200 yards and was making
for the mountains Doolittle mounted
a horse and, armed with a rifle, start
ed in pursuit, with two dogs. The
timber is thick at the place of the en-
counter and he dared not shoot for
fear of injuring the baby.
The dogs soon drew close to the
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01

bear and the beast dropped the little
girl and started for the dogs. He
killed one of them in a few minutes
and soon put the other one to flight
Leg Broken. Father Is Helpless.
Doolittle's horse became unmanage-
able at sight of the bear and threw
the rider up against a tree. breaking
his leg by the fall.
The bear, being only a few yards
distant, now turned on the rancher
and Wa soon on top of him. The
flesh from the shoulder down the
right &c to the lower abdomen was
torn to shreds, the bear almost dis
Doolittle. In addition to
this, the bear chewed both his arms
and legs in a frightful manner
WoOdcuttcr to the Rescue.
The barking of the dogs and
screams of the frantic mother attract
ed woodcutter close by. who sue
ceeded in shooting the bear. 1t is
thought Doolittle can not survive his
injuries. Aside from few light
scratches the baby was unhurt.
The forest fires in this vicinity of
late have driven the wild animals
from the hills. and numerous bears,
mountain lions and deer have been
seen within the last 10 days along the
boundaries of the Flathead reserva-
ton, and pigs, sheep and other do
nestle animals have been carried
away. Eight deer have been killed by
passenger trains near here within "A
few weeks.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01
C[0UDBURST
IN NEVADA
DESTROYS RAWHIDt SUBURB
Water From Mountain BUSHES Down
and Almost Wipes Out Whole Com
munity-Damage Uncstimated.

RAWHIDE, Aug. 31.-A sub-squat-
hide was swept by 10 foot wall of
water following a cloudburst in the
mountains tonight and 100 buildings
were partially or completely Destroy
ed. 1t is reported that two women
and four children are missing, but UP
to late hour tonight it is impossible
to secure verification of this report
as the cloudburst occurred at six
forty this evening. In a few minutes
three foot wall of water was pour
Ing down the slope with the speed of
a railroad train.
The flood rushed into the main
street which lies in hollow and
forms a drainage channel and every
business house on the east side was
flooded to the depth of from one to
four feet. Gathering force as it pour
ed down the channel the flood swept
into Squattertown half a mile further
down. The water formed a wall ten
feet high as it crashed into structures,
overturning them and demolishing
them. Before the wave had passed
500 persons were homeless and their
property piled in tangled heap at
the foot of National hill.
1t will not be possible to ascertain
the full extent of the damage until
daybreak.
A remarkable circumstance was
that the Fountain bar saloon located
in a small frame structure was swept
from its foundations and carried five
blocks down the street to be landed
high and dry on low bank, it's fix"
lures little disturbed by the journey.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01
SPLENDID RETURNS
FROM PRUNE TREES
Messrs. Olsen and Royce Sell Their
Crop From Their Parker Ranch
at High Figure.

For $12,5S9.S0 the prune output of
the Olsen r oyce ranch at Parker has
been sold to Messrs Richey & Gilbert
of Toppenish. The crop sold is the
marketable yield of the 40 acre ranch
of the firm at Parker. The output
sold has brought an average of So
cents box. One carload brought
$3.50. The crop of the orchard last
year was eight cars and this year was
80 cars. The difference is said to be
due to the use of orchard heaters
during the frost season of the year.
Messrs Olsen and Royce. who are
located ON the old Flint ranch, after
wards the Sanger ranch at Parker,
have had something in the neighbor-
hood of 200 hands at work in their
orchard during the harvesting season.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01
STEAMER WRECKED
ON OREGON COAST
Passengers and Crew Rescued Steam
er BandOn Strikes Spit on Coquille
River Bar-Elks on Board.
MAR SHEJEID

MARSHFIELD, Aug. 31.-The
steamer Bandon was wrecked this
afternoon on the bar of the Coquille
river. The passengers and crew were
all saved, but the steamer and her
cargo of lumber will probably be a
total loss. The accident occurred while
the Bandon was being towed out of
Coquille river on her way to Coosbay
as she was crossing the bar she struck
on a rock on the south spit, inside the
jetty. The tug and crew of the life
saving station got line from the
seeamer to the shore and passengers,
who consisted of twelve members of
the order of Elks, were brought safe
ly to shore. Efforts of boast to re-
cover the cargo have been fruitless
and as the craft has now slid off the
rock and is broadside across the bar
it is expected she will be hammered
to pieces by the surf.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01
OFFICIALS RETURN
THEIR BACK SALARY,
County Officers Will Turn Over Their
Warrants in Conformity with
Supreme Court Decision.

County officers of Yakima county
who We're allowed back salaries re-
Gently by order of the county COM
miSSiOncrS have decided to turn their
warrants back to the county. This IL
because of Il decision of the supreme
court which appears to indicate that
legally they are not entitled to the
money. The county officials raise no
question over the matter. Acting un-
der a consensus of the best legal ad-
vice obtainable, in which all the lead
ing lawyers Of the county were repre-
scented they procured the money Sub
sequently the supreme court decided
a case which made it appear that the
act was not according to law. There
fore, without question, the warrants
are being returned and the matter
will be dropped. In other counties
the situation which arose here was met
by the county commissioners at the
time by allowing the increases. This
action was not followed in Yakima
and therefore the various county ofh-
CialS will draw the ray allowed for an
eleventh class county, though Yakima
is officially a seventh class county and
in somcd apartments is doing more
work than IS done IN third class
counties.
The money to which the county Of
fiCialS appeared entitled in equity il
not in law was an aggregate of about
$4,000, running as high as almost
$1,000 in the case of the county su-
perintcndent of schools and as low in
some cases as $3.50. In the cases OF
those officials who are allowed "a per
diem" tn" amount they Will ultimately
receive will be almost as large as was
allowed under the higher classification
of the county.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01

Identifying of school grounds and
school rooms, James \. Keppel to
give a plan for the unihCation Of
science in the high school, and Pro-
fcssor Davis and Miss Anthem to con-
duct round tables on debating and
athletics Miss Baldwin will demon
strate To the institute how physical
culture and expression should he
taught. Prof sor Howard will cor
duct a class in penmanship, Miss
snyder in drawing, Miss Human and
Miss Kcppel in reading There will
be rural section. which will be Of
value to the country teachers, and
Professor Harry sharpe will give daily
instruction i'm music.
ON Tuesday evening there will be a
reception to the teachers, and later in
the week superintendent Busch plans
to form teachers organization.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01
HOP PICKING SEASON OPENS
Pickers Begin Work in SchOtt Yards
Monday-Other Yards Making
Ready.

Hop picking operations in the Yak
ina valley commenced Monday in the
H. H. Schott yards in the Selah with
a working force of 800 people, 60 of
whom are Indians. The Pincus yards,
in the Mckee, will begin the work
of harvesting their yield Wednesday
with working force of 200, and the
the other yards of this section will fol-
low suit by the middle of next week.
The Schott yard embraces ninety
acres, and ripened earlier there than
in other yards. A proportion of the
1909 yield is subject to five year con-
tracts at an average price of Is cents
per pound. The yield for the valley is
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01
dOOD PROGRAM FOR TEACHERS
County superintendent Busch Has
Many Strong Educators TO Assist
in the Work Here.

County Superintendent Busch has
completed his teachers institute pro-
gram and hopes to have one of The
best and most enthusiastic meetings
ever held in the county He has "A
large corps Of instructors, among them
being Professor Lull. Professor Nc
MahOn. and Professor Lapeer of the
state univers ~ Professor Wilson.
Miss Hoffman and Miss Housely of the
Ellensburg Normal School, and j. NJ.
Layhue of the state office. Among To-
cal teachers hc has asked Superinten-
dent ID C. Reed to give Il talk on the
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01
Lu~itania Total Loss.

LIVERPOOL, Aug. 31.-The survey
Of the Cunard liner Lusitania. which
caught ire at her dock here August
"a. and was sunk 10 put out the
flames, shows the damage to be so
extensive that the company probably
will not repair the vessel. II is esti-
mated it will cost more than 100000
TO reht the steamer.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01
WANT ANOTHER
FRUIT EXHIBIT
TO OPtN MINNESOTA MARKtT
Residents of City and County Called
to Assemble at Commercial Club
Tonight to Discuss It,

Residents of North Yakima and of
the Yakima valley have been called
to meet at the rooms of the CONNER
cial club this evening to meet oliver
ID. Hefner of Minneapolis represent
ing the l.. S. Donaldson company, to
discuss the matter of Il Yakima val
ley fruit exhibit at the Donaldson
store this winter. Beneath and be-
hind the meeting is movement to-
wards opening up in the territory
tributary to Minneapolis a market
for the finest quality of fruits pro-
duced in this section.
Move for Better Fruit.
Hitherto, though Minnesota has ta-
ken great deal of Yakima valley
fruit 1T has not been an extensive
purchaser of the better grades. In
stead there has been tendency there
to allow the best fruits to go to other
markets and buy an article of an in
ferior quality. The Donaldson COM
pany proposes to create a market for
the finest and to that end is to con-
duct a fruit display in which the Yak
ina valley is to be asked to take 100
feet of space. The total exhibit
space will be 500 feet but Wenatchee,
the Bitter Root valley and one or
two other sections are to be asked to
take each a section.
The argument has been made here
that this valley should avail itself of
the opportunity offered because of the
advertising opportunities which go
with the display and also because
rival fruit sections are to participate
and This section cannot afford to be
left out.
Want a Booster Also.
The Donaldson company own the
Glass block in Minneapolis and is to
build adjoining it large building the
first and second floors of which are
to be a fruit market. The exhibition
will begin in November but after il
is over the company will continue
t0 make a feature of high grade
fruits. 1t is desired that this section,
if it make a display. send its own man
with it. The display is to be as rep
resentative as possible and the man
is to be some person capable of ex-
pIdiliHS hot only tle IrullS Dut We
existing conditions under which they
were produced.
Mr.. Hefner. who was brought here
and introduced by Webb S. Safer,
travelling passenger agent of the
Northern Pacific railroad, met with a
number of the members of the Com
mercial club on Tuesday and as a re-
suit of that meeting the second meet
ing was called for this evening.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01
Forest Fire Under Control.

YOSEMITE, Aug. 30.-Forest fires
which have been devasting timber
along the westerly line of the Yose-
mite National park and which threa-
tened to destroy the famous MERGED
grove of big trees was brought under
control by soldiers and foresters late
today and unless it gains a new start
will be entirely eXtinguished in a day
or two.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01
STRIKE DEAD LOCKED.
Chicago Faces Crisis i'm the Strike
Problem.

CHICAGO, Aug. 30.-The surface
traction companies and their 10000
employees tonight reached a deadlock
on the wage question. Following the
failure to agree on any one of the
several propositions for settlement,
the companies formally offered ar
bitration. President Mahon repre-
senting the street car employees stat
ed he would reply to the arbitration
proposition after submitting the ques-
ton to the men. If the men are not
in favor of arbitration there is appar-
emily nothing for them to do but
strike.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01

Frank II. Bayne and family are
home again from a visit to the expo
sition.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01
estim ated by growers at between
L 1000 and $1,000 bales.
Need Help for Work

Men, women and children are need
ed to pick the yield. Many people are
coming from the Sound to combine an
outing with a money earning season.
and the beginning of the work is ex-
pected to act as lure for many Sound
residents who in the past flocked to
this section during hop picking time.
The size of the hops, according to the
growers insures a good financial re-
turn to the pickers. They place the
average for good fast pickers at 81
per daY.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01
Fruit Pickers Wanted.

The opening of the harvest season
has caused an increase in the demand
for labor, and fruit growers and hop
yard men are making a bid for avail
able hands. The fruit season receiv-
ed fresh impetus Monday by the be-
ginning of picking and packing opera
tons. Many orchards are arranging
for help and fruit boxes preparatory
to the rush of the season. The demand
for labor in the Yakima valley will be
strong from now until the middle of
October in order to handle the crops
with speed.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01

Irving Bounds has returned from a
two weeks visit on the Sound