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Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-30
Our Great Sale Of Silverware 3

w. A. Rogers six Knives and six
Forks, IL pieces, worth $3.50,
at Sl.6S
Rogers & Bros Al Berry Spoons,
fancy handles, worth 50, at Csc
r. Rogers extra plate tipped
Table Spoons, worth $500 set
of six CSC
Rogers silver nickle Table Spoons,
worth 81, set of six ..,...5OG
w. A. Rogers extra plate Shell
Dessert Spoons, worth 50, set of
six for .75G
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-30

VIM. Rogers & Sons Table Spoons
Oxford design, extra plate on
nickle silver, worth $3.50, set
of six, for .......;....$1.OO
Rogers & Bros. Cold Meat Forks,
extra plate, fancy handles, worth
$1.25, at each ..........59G
Rogers Bros. Baby Food Pushers,
worth Use, at .29c
w. A. Rogers Table Spoons, extra
plate, worth $3.50, set of six,
for S1.20
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-30

w. A. Rogers extra plate tipped
Dessert Spoons, worth $2.25,
at $1.O5
w. A. Rogers extra plate Shell
Table Spoons, worth $1.75, set
or SIX 800
Oneida Community Dessert Spoons
Fleur de Luce pattern, worth SO,
set of six ............S1.49
E. H. Smith Silver Co., medium
Knives, warranted to wear rs
years, worth SO, set of 6 S1,25
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-07-28
take OUTINGS
NEAR At HOME
Yakima People Find Tent Life i'm Hills
Is as Good as Coast Resorts
Supported by Local Man.

7. Mason, proprietor of the Enter
prise Tent and Awning company on
North First street, supports the state
ment made a few days ago in the
Herald that there are few cities of its
size in the country which has the
outing fever so strong as has North
Yakima. But Mr.. Mason finds that
they are staying nearer at home than
in former years. Thus far this sea-
son he has supplied dozens of tents
to families and camping parties who
have gone into the hills and m curtains
near the city. and the hot weather
has not yet begun. Many are going
up the surrounding valleys for short
distances taking only tents as shell
ter. There are numerous outing par
ties, also for a few days at a time,
and if the weather becomes as hot as
usual in August, several families are
planning to spend a few weeks in
tent life at Sumach park and along
the Yakima river. Mr.. Mason believes
that when the park is further improv
ed there will be still less of an exodus
from the city in the summer.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-07-28
JONES URGES
INCOME TAX
STATE SHOULD TAKE STEP
Yakima Senator Asks Governor Hay
to Work for Ratification at
Special Session.

A Washington dispatch says that
Senator Jones has written to Governor
Hay urging him to exert his influence
towards having the present special
session of the legislature ratify the
pro posed amendment to the constitu-
ton making possible the imposition of
an income tax. The senator is much
in pressed with this sort of a tax, and
believes that it is held in high favor
by large part of the states. He
thinks that if the legislature at it's
present session would ratify the
measure Washington would probably
have the honor of being the first state
Of the union to take such action.
1t will be recalled as an interesting
phase of the income tax discussion
during the present session of congress,
President Taft was on record as stat
ing that an income tax could be
framed that would be constitutional
When the income tax bill was brought
forward he shifted his position and
worked for a corporation tax. The
difference between the two measures
Is that the income tax Is a direct tax
on men of means, while the corpora
ton tax is one levied on an industry's
earnings. 1t will be seen that cor
pOratiOns will be able to shift the
burden of this tax to the consumer by
adding it to the price of the goods.
1t would not be possible to avoid the
income tax.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-07-28
REALTY TRANSFERS
TOTAL $4,000
-Four Large Deeds Help Make Record
Day for the Scason-COvcrs
Several Districts.

Transfers of property amounting To
nearly $65, 900 were recorded Tuesday.
making one of the heaviest days this
summer. Four large deals amounted
to over $4,000. John +. Mcclure.
of Wide Hollow, sold 240 acres in sec
tions 2S. 80 and 80 to William A.
French for $4,000. Laura b. Davis
has transferred to the Northwest
Realty company one lot on the cor
nues for s12, 500. The legal descrip-
ton is lot /, block $50. II. NJ. Hell
liesen has sold to the Helliescn Lum-
Der company the property at the cor
ner of ID street and First avenues
north. The consideration named Is
10000
d. NJ. Drumheller has conveyed to
the MabtOn Orchards company for
$40 900 lots 4. and 6 in section 6-8-
23. Mr.. Drumheller is president of
the Mabton Orchards company, the
other officers as placed on record
Tuesday being Nellie G. DrumhelIer.
vice president and G. Il. Alexander
secretary and treasurer.
Another instrument Of local inter
est recorded yesterday was a mort
gage executed by Harry Catalan in
favor of II. II. Allen. for $3.50 Mr..
Catalan recently bought the Allen
block at the corner of east Yakima
and Second street for a consideration
said to be s45, 900.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-07-28
TOPPENISH SHOWS
INTEREST IN ROADS
Sam +. Kicfcr Says That Main Ar
terics of Travel on Reservation
Will be Improved.

Sam F. Kiefer, editor of the Topper
ish Review, was a Yakima visitor.
Thursday. He told the Herald that
Toppenish is forging ahead, paying no
attention either to the tariff or mis-
directed energies of the state legisla-
ture. Toppenish has sold the Parker
Toppenish bridge built in 1907 by the
business men of Toppenish to the
county, the commissioners having sig
nifed their Willingness at the last
m Getting to take the bridge.
Toppenish will in turn take the
money invested in the bridge and re-
invest it in the roads leading to Top
penish, over $500 will be spent on the
road from the Parker bridge to the
city limits of Toppensh. Another
road to receive attention is the road
from Toppenish to Fort Simcoe. one
of Toppenish's main arteries of travel
The Commercial club of Toppenish
under whose supervision the road
work will be carried on has $500 at
prt sent and 1t Is the intention OF the
scription from the business men.
At meeting of the Toppenish Com
m ercial cub Tuesday night the com
mittee on the Irrigation congress re-
ported that they would have a good
ready to go to Spokane.
Each business house in Toppenish TO
send a representative to the congress-
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-07-28
YOUNG FOLKS
BRAVE EXAM.
new SIAIt LAW IS OBtYtD
Little Effort in Yakima Court to Avoid
Physical Test Required for
Marriage.

North Yakima young folks are set
ting the state an example in obcying
the new state law requiring examina-
ton of both bride and bridegroom
before marriage. In other parts of
the state, notably near the border
where 1t is easy and cheap to run
over into British Columbia or an ad-
joining state, the law is being quite
generally avoided. This is partly due
to the expense of the examination but
IN ore so to the unwillingness of the
young people to submit to the cxamin-
alton itself.
But neither is the case in Yakima
county. The young folks here who
want to get married march bravely
up to the physician and undergo the
ordeal. They pay the costs just as
bravely. too. Local physicians say
that there has beer no great effort
on the part of the people of Yakima
county to avoid the law. The eXamin-
alton, they say, is not stringent and
the cost only nominal In fact they
say there is no good excuse for not
conforming to the law The physi-
clans as a rule think the law a wist,
one.
although | have made but three
examinations so far" said DR. A. j.
Helton, Il do not believe that the To-
cal people are trying to get around
the law. The law is good one, and
Is an easy one"
DR.. p. Frank said that there is no
objection to the law among the bet
ter class of people. Some go out of
the state he said. at is only a ques-
ton of educating the people of the
state to the law before 1t will be gem
orally observed" said DR.. Frank.
"There is no excuse for the people
trying to avoid the law" said DR.. Nag
Ter. 1.-THE examination Is inexpen-
sive and easy. / have had several
cases. I attribute the few marriage
licenses to some other cause"
DR.. Nywening, city health officer,
said a number of people had come to
his office for examination. The law.
he said Is not stringent and there are
no objections to 1t.
Since the new law went into effect
June II. there has been a notable de-
crease in the number of licenses is
sued in such cities as Spokane, Seattle
and smaller towns near the states
borders. Yakima Is one of the few
counties of the state which has not
reported a dearth of marriages since
the law became effective.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-07-28
A[VERSON
KNOWN HERE
INSANE IN CASCADE FOOTHILLS
Wandcrs from sheep Camp. Insane
Was Well Known In This City
Among Lodge Members.

w. r. AlVcrson, the Elcnsburg
man who is supposed to he dead or
aimlessy wandering in the foothills of
the Cascades. was known among the
old residents of this city and lodge
men. Four years ago Alvcrson, as a
bartender, worked in this city and Is
known to scores of pNople as Buck"
He had resided in the Kittitas valley
for fifteen years. and at odd times
made his home in this city. He was
a member of several fraternal organ
izations. and one of the most widely
known and best-liked men in central
Washington, his occupation enabling
him to meet men readily, through a
genial personality.
Alverson while spending a short va
cation at a sheep camp in the Nahum
hills, twenty-five miles west of Ellcns-
burg, suddenly became insane. The
sheepherder noticed nothing unusual
in his manner until he pointed to the
sky and shricked There comes the
devil" With these words AlverSon fed
into the underbrush near the camp.
and only the slightest of traces have
been found since. owing to the isoa-
ton of the sheep camp from telephone
communication, the news was re-
ceived in Ellensburg twenty-four hours
after his disappearance. Since that
time posses consisting of deputy sher-
ifs and members of the lodges to
which the unfortunate man belonged
have been searching the hills without
success. 1t is now presumed that AL
version is dead, the searchers hoping
only to find his body
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-07-28
lie MAY IS SANE;
50 COURT DECIDES
Young Barber Released BY Order of
Commissioner Cresap.

Dell LeMay, a young baT Ser. VINO
has been held in the county Jail for
several days on the charge of insan-
ity, was released Tuesday afternoon
on order of the court comm -ssioner.
E. B. Cresap. After considering the
evidence introduced. it was decided
that there was not enough to warrant
committing LeMay to an asylum.
LeMay is the young man who chal-
lenged Lawrence Wharton TO a duel.
because he believed Wharton was re-
sponsible for his failure to win the
hand of the girl he loved, a daughter
of o. Bergeron. Mr.. Bergeron was the
plaintiff in the case, having received
several letters from LeMay which
caused him to think that the young
man was a menace to his family.
The court commissioner discharged
LeMay on the promise that he desist
from annoying the Bergerons or
Wharton further
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-07-28
BARE THAW'S
DARK PAST
NEW CHAPTER IN PAST LIFE
Woman Testifying at Hearing Makes
Damaging Statements-Thaw
Winces Under Fire.

WHITE PLAINS, July 27.-Harry
Thaw sat in the supreme court room
today and heard a woman's testimony
that made his pallid face flush. He
saw a pearl handled dog whip exhib-
tied and he heard the witness swear
she had seen him WELD it on the bare
flesh of girls. The prisoners wife
heard most of the testimony which
was of such a nature that Justice Mills
preceded it's presentation with the
warning that mo woman should stay
in the court room unless she was will
ling to hear everything" Two girls
left.
The witness was Mrs. Susan
Merrill, buxom woman of about 35
years and she opened a new chapter
in Thaw's life. She told of alleged
acts of Thaw between 1902 and 1905
when he was a bachelor about New
York. Her testimony was in marked
contrast with that of the two alienists
who gave Thaw a clean bill of health
declaring in their opinion he is sane.
She testified that during the three
years named she kept in succession
TWO New L OTh iOuBli6 HouocS WIFI .
Thaw rented rooms under assumed
names and to which he brought at
various times more than two hun
bred girls.
After Thaws imprisonment, she
said, he paid these women at
least $4,000 as the price Of their
silence and to keep them from both
ering Thaw's wife or his mother"
One of them, whom she said passed
as Thaw's wife, received $1,000. The
money came from Thaw. She said
Thaw posed as theatrical agent and
lured girls to his rooms with promises
of engagements. She testified that
Thaw had frequently behaved violent
ly and she considered his acts irratisn-
al. She was subjected to a vigorous
cross examination by Thaw's counsel
who brought out the fact that recently
she has been arrested on the charge of
perjury after an unsuccessful suit to
recover 100000 damages from
man. Aside from RMS. Merrill, the
alienists took up the remainder of the
proceedings and testified in Thaw's be-
half. DR.. Britton d. Evans, who two
years ago declared Thaw insane, said
today he had reversed that opinion.
He admitted the report was prepared
to bolster up Thaw's side ofithe case
when he was seeking to avoid the
electric chair. Thaw may take the
stand tomorrow.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-07-28
NEW JERSEY MAN
GETS BOYLE RANCH
Pays $1,000 for Twenty Acres of Fruit
Land in Lower Naches
Valley.

]. E. Boyle has sold twenty acres of
his Naches valley ranch to w. NJ.
Currier of Newark, y. j., through the
Yakima Commercial company, the
consideration being $1,000. Mr., Boyle
has owned this tract which is the
remnant of considerably larger
ranch purchased by him about three
years ago, the sale price in this in
stance being indicative of the fruit
land values which prevail in the
Naches. Mr.. Currier came to North
Yakima several weeks ago and has
been investigating the fruit situation
here very thoroughly. This property
was his choice of the offerings which
were placed before him.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-07-28
FLIGHT ENDS
D|SASTROUSLY
AIRSHIP IN ENGLISH CHANNEL
Hubert Latham's MOnoplanc, Attempt
ing to Fly from Dover to Calais,
Drops Into Sea.

DOVER, July 27.-Hubert Latham's
second attempt to fly across the Eng
lish channel ended disastrously today.
Almost at the instant of victory his
monoplane fiuttered down into the sea
two miles beyond Admiralty Peir.
Thousands of persons crowding the
water front saw the fall, and for
nearly half an hour were uncertain as
to the aeronaut's fate. A flock of
large and small craft raced to the
scene of the disaster and the Pinnace
from the British battleship Russell
picked up the unlucky flyer and put
him aboard the French torpedo boat
destroyer Escopette.
After his injuries had been attended
to the destroyer brought Latham
ashore. His face was bandaged and
bleeding and his nose broken. The
machine was badly wrecked and was
hoisted from the boat to the dock.
Latham's flight to the moment of its
sensational finish in some respects
eclipsed Bleriot's. He made greater
speed, being only 20 minutes in the
air from the time he left the coast of
France. Apparently he steered more
nearly straight THAN bierlol, DIS ne was
making direct for Dover when he fell.
The rapidity of his flight was evil
denced by the quickness with which it
grew larger. Suddenly it began to
slacken it's speed and at the same time
gliding toward the surface of the
ocean. 1t fiuttered a few times and
then fell. Those who watched 1t
through glasses saw it did not sink but
from the, force with which it fell
fears were entertained that the aviator
might have been killed in the wreck
if not drowned. Signals from the
ships finally told of Latham's safety
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-07-28
MAYOR AND COUNCIL DIRECT
CITY ENGINEER TO PREPARE
PLANS FOR WATER SYSTEM
COST OF SAME IS TO Be WITHIN S3OO,OOO
Rejection of City's Offer of 100000
for Present Plant by Company Is
Reason for Immediate Preparation
to Pursue Other Alternative Mayor
Says He has ASSURE noes That Water
Bonds Can be Sold.

AT special chamber session
of the common council in Council
man Fred Shaw's office Tuesday after
noon that body promised Mayor Arm
bruster that they would direct City
Engineer Doolittle to prepare plans
and profile of an entire new water
system for the city of North Yakima,
the cost of the system to come within
100000, the state statutes permit
ting of an increased bonded indebted
ness to this extent. The engineer will
be ordered at the next regular meet
ing to proceed.
To Furnish Plans at Once.
1t is the purpose of the city fathers
to begin the work on the new system
Immediately and within few DAYS
city engineers office will be engaged
in the preliminary sketches 1t is
planned also to build "a inch main
to point in the Naches river in the
neighborhOod of the present intake of
the Northwest Light & Water COM
pany. AS soon as this main feeder is
built the city system will be constructs
ed. A reservoir will be constructed
on the bench overlooking the city
south of the Naches gap and probably
two main lines will lead from there to
the city, one crossing the avenue and
both paralleling it several blocks apart
throughout it's entire length extending
east from the west city limits.
May Issue Water Bonds.
According to the present plans of
the city administration, water bonds
for the Indebtedness incurred may be
issued covering a period of years
Mayor Armbruster states that he has
received advices rom bond brokers
that the entir issue will be taken if
the city decides upon that plan. This
feature of the water question has been
much discussed and some have claim
ed that no market for the water bonds
could ever be found. An alternative
Of issuing municipal bonds to cover
the cost of the new water system is
also presented in case the bonding of
the water system does not work out
satisfactorily.
COmpany's Demands too High
The rejection of the citys offer of
1922, 900 for the present system is the
cause of the city fathers counter
move, many members of the council
believing that the old system is not
worth anywhere near the amount
that the city has already offered for
it. Claims are made that it is in very
poor condition and that should the city
purchase it, the system would only be
an elephant on its hands constantly
requiring repairs and never adequate
to the needs of city of $4,000 or 3D.
600 people.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-07-28
VAST WEALTH IN
COLD HILL DIRT
Assays OF Free Milling Ore Runs Over
$3.50 in Gold-Plans for Ma
z chincry.

what they saw and believe that the
Gold Hill district will rival the Occur
dAlene and Cripple Creek districts as
soon as proper transportation facili-
ties are given for shipment of ores
and concentrates. Mr.. Mcdonnell,
and surroundings. said.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-07-28
The Markets.

LIVERPOOL, July 27.-September
wheat SO And.
NEW YORK. July 27.-Lead, cop
per unchanged; silver. 50sc
CHICAGO. July 27.-July wheat
opened S1.07% and $l.Og; closed
s1,O6A September.
s1.06h; September $t.05 4 and si.0s.
Barley, SIC and $40.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 27.-Wheat
unchanged.
PORTLAND. July 27.-Wheat I'M
changed.
SEATTLE, July 27.-Wheat I'M
changed.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-07-28

and concentrates. Mr.. Mcdonnell
speaking of the Elizabeth property
and surroundings, said:
Property Is Promising.
''In my more than thirty years ex-
perience in mining districts l have
never seen anything more promising
than the Elizabeth property. The
property has been worked sufficiently
so that one can get very good idea
of what is there, and | feel that | am
not using too strong term when |
say there is a mountain of gold. Sew
eral tunnels have been forced into the
mountain sides which have revealed
wealth that is simply amazing to me.
No 1 tunnel is about 80 feet long,
and the ledge is about seven feet wide;
No. tunnel is about 200 feet long
and the ledge is about seven feet wide;
No. 3 tunnel is about 500 feet long and
the ledge is from seven to eight feet
wide; No. tunnel is about 800 feet
long and the ledge from six to fourteen
feet wide. On the south side of Moore's
creek there is about 200 feet Of tunnel
work. They have several open cuts.
In all the company must have about
1900 feet of tunnel work and open
cuts. The lodges are all in place, and
have good walls which show that the
Lodges are permanent. The vein the
company is doing the most of the work
ION is true fissure. You can see the
iedge cropping out the entire. length
of the property which is about a mile
long. The Elizabeth company have
in all ten claims, and lots OF water
and timber, which is so very necessary
in mining
Need Wagon Road.
"The values of the ore are Of suf-
ficiently high grade. so that If they
had a wagon road they could ship the
ore and pay good dividends There is
only about 16 miles of wagon road to
be built to put these mines into the
district, and the people OF YAKIMA
county could not help a better cause
than to assist in opening the wagon
road to Gold Hill. I understand that
the last Legislature appropriated
$50, 90 toward this road. The 5O,ooo
club. the Commercial club and the
BUSINESS Mems Association should see
that the road be made at once; 1t Will
bring better results than any other
industry you may add to the city
All the supplies will have to be got
ten from North Yakima. and if the
district is opened up it will give en-
plOyment to at least 500 men. Miners
as a rule get good wages and spend it,
You get ready cash into your city
every day, because they can take the
ready cash out of the ground, ana
ready cash is what talks. The Occur
d'Alene district pays millions year
in dividends; SO can this district, and
even more.
Quantity and Quality.
From what we have learned
the ores are of hogher values than
they are in the Coeur d'Alene district.
and the quantity is there beside the
quality Don't forget that mining is
what made Spokane, and it can also
make North Yakima a greater city
than Spokane, with such a mining dis
trict together with the agricultural
district as we have before us, We
should get one of the best and largest
inland towns in the state What we
have seen on the Elizabeth property
would bring 500 men with their blank
eta on their backs in any other mining
CONTINUED on last page.)
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-07-28

Harry C. Benson, of Prosser. has
filed notice of appropriation of 5000
cubic feet of water from the Yakima
river for domestic, power and irriga-
ton purposes.