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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-04

aviator. With his motor working per-
fectly, Orville climbed into his seat
beside Foulers and. slipping the cable
which held the starting weight. the
aeroplane shot down from the start
ing rail, rising before it reached the
end. The machine skinned over the
ground a hundred feet or more and
then began to rise higher and higher
until it reached the end of the field
and turned and came back toward
the madly cheering crowds. 1t turned
again southwark at the starting tower
and swept over the heads of the
banked throng of spectators, down the
center of the field and a thousand
voices shouted they're Off" Straight
to the south and ever rising higher and
higher it disappeared just over Shutter
hill
AS the moments passed and the time
increased after it had disappeared
great beads of perspiration broke out
on Wilbur Wrights brow. and his agi-
tation was evident. Suddenly speck
was describe over the distant hill and
shout of there it is came from
everybody. a few moments later the
aviators were at home again over the
drill grounds. Orville landed easily
far down the field amid the deafening
cheers of the onlookers. After the
flight Orville said he found it easier
to travel cross the country than
around the field.
General Allen chief signal officer,
said after the flight that the training
of Lieutenants Lashm and Foulers in
the operation of the aeroplane would
take place at some convenient place
near Washington, where the ground
is more level and there would be no
more flights at Fort Myer. Tomorrow
the official board will determine the
speed made today. 1t is said to have
exceeded forty-two miles. The
Wrights. therefore. will receive $780,
000 including a bonus of $4,000 for
their aeroplane.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-04
SEES MOB HILL;
Is CONVINCED.
o. w. Morris, Iiorticulturist. Has His
Doubts About Power of IrriSa-
ton Dissipatcd.

Mob Hill and it's surrounding coun-
try has convinced O. w. Norris, hor-
ticulturist of the Oklahoma Agricul-
tural college, of the power of irriga-
ton. Mr.. Morris came to'North Yak
ina a few days ago with little know
ledge of irrigation and some what
skeptical about what it could do in an
arid region He left Friday for Ell
lensburg with all of his doubts dissi-
pated.
you have a wealthy country here.
very wealthy" said Mr.. Morris. And
judge that you have not reached the
climax of your wealth, either. 1t
certainly was an impressive sight to
me to see highly cultivated fruit land
and raw sage brush land, veritable
desert, side by side"
Mr.. Norris has come west on a va
cation trip but is taking advantage of
it to get all the information he can
on the fruit industry of Washington.
He has been very careful in his in
spection of the valley and has taken
a number of photographs which will
be used in his lecture and institute
work in Oklahoma.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-04
BUSY WEEK
At BIG FAIR
PRESIDENTIAL TIMBER on DECK
Governors Of Two Great States Par
ticipat" In Fcstiyitics-Tri-City
Day Tuesday.

SEATTLE Aug. 2.-Governor
Hughes of New York arrived Sunday
night at the Alaska Pacific ex-
position ready for the New York day
celebration on Monday. With Cover
nor Hughes is "A considerable party of
New York people, all of whom will be
entertained in the New York building
at the fair.
Another presidential possibility who
is now at the exposition is Governor
John A. Johnson of Minnesota. Gov
ernor Johnson took a prominent part
in the Swedish day program last Sat
urday He will also be the leading
figure on Minnesota day on Tuesday.
Tuesday will also be tri-city day,
when Minneapolis, st. Paul and Du-
luth will hold their celebrations A
large number of people from these
cities are present in the city and will
join in the big parade which will form
and march through the grounds
The second Everett and Snohomish
county celebration at the exposition
will be on Tuesday and Wednesday,
\ large number of excursionists from
that county are expected.
Missouri day on Tuesday will be
observed by a fitting ceremony. The
Missourians in Seattle have extended
an invitation to those in the other
cities of the northwest to attend the
fair on that date.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-04
SUIT TO GUST SHERIFF..
County officials Path Is Not Strcwn
With ROses-Admitted to Be
Wide Open.

PASCO, July 29.-No one who ever
Travelled across the state of Washing
ton on the Northern Pacific will fail
to remember Pasco.
The time has passed when Pasco is
called a tough town." incidentally, a
quiet, unassuming prosecutor, with
nice auburn curls, has, at least in this
section of the state, placed himself in
the class with Folk and Heney.
Pasco is railroad town. In the past
it was admitted to be a wide open,
drinking. gambling town. Not long
ago if any one had predicted that sa-
looms would be closed on Sunday, all
day, and that men would actually be
punished for gambling in Pasco, peo-
pie would have said he did not know
what he was talking about. Yet that
has come to pass.
Last fall the people of Franklin
county elected Judge and prosecut-
ing attorney who were in favor of en-
forcing the law. The vote in Pasco
was overwhelming against the persons
elected to those positions, but it was
more than offset in the county at large.
Meantime, Pasco has had boom
ed.
Prosecuting Attorney Human re-
garded his oath seriously and soon
started in to clean up lawlessness in
Franklin county. The saloonkeepers
and gamblers laughed and said: THAT
young prosecutor would learn some
thing before he gets much older" The
saloons were ordered to close at II
o'clock Saturday night. Some of them
did. Others thought they would have
to be shown. They were. Then some
were informed against for gambling
and for maintaining places for gam
bling.
And the efforts for reform go on.
The persons accused of violating the
law in regard to gambling were gen.
orally found guilty. They have now
appealed their cases. Every effort con-
ceivable has been made to check Pros
ecutor Human. but he goes right on.
Added to this, he has filed a petition
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-04
SMALL BOY STARTS FIRE.
Fireman Chas. COmbes Injured by
Live Wire-AftcrnOOn Blaze
Causes $500 Loss.

Fire supposed to have been started
by mischevious boys playing with
matches destroyed the barn of Fred
late Friday afternoon, entailing a
property loss of about $500, unin-
sured. Besides the loss of the
barn, the family COW and horse were
burnt to death, being tied in the barn
and unable to escape. A motor
cycle. a buggy harness, and 200 empty
lard cans stored in the barn were de-
stroyed. The alarm was turned in at
APO p. m. and before the fire depart
ment reached the scene the struc-
ture was mass of flames. The ef-
forts of the firemen We're largely di-
rected to the saving of nearby resi-
dences threatened by the flames.
Barn Burnt Fast.
The fire was first discovered by a
daughter of the Benoit household.
Owing to the nature of the contents
of the barn the flames spread with
great rapidity. Efforts to release the
horse and COW burnt to death prov,kl
futile. None of the contents of the
barn We're saved. One of the women
neighbors of the Benoit's claimed she
saw small boy, whose identity is
not known leave the barn shortly be-
fore the flames broke out. The ac-
lions of the boy aroused the sus-
picions of the woman.
Fireman Hurt.
Fireman Charles Combes, of sta
ton No. l was badly shocked and
burned by coming in contact with a
live wire during the progress of the
fire. A pole standing near the barn
had become ignited and a wire fell
to the ground. The wire carried
$500 volts. which fell in a
puddle of water. In getting out of
the way Combes stepped in the water
which was charged and sustained a
badly burned ankle. The heel of his
shoe was burnt off. After the acct
dent Combes was removed to his
home and medical assistance render
ed. Combes has been unlucky at fires.
During the burning of the Varian
hotel he fell to the ground with the
giving way of a porch and sustained
minor bruises.
AS a result of the blaze many
homes on North Second street were
without lights Friday night, and the
telephone system also emporarily put
out of business.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-04
PALOUSII LOSS IS
ATCD.
Heavy tain Gave Fine Chance to Test
Standing Qualities of Various
Grains.

PULLMAN, Wash, July 30--Today
the sun is Swinging bright and warm
and it is believed the rain is over.
Farmers are taking a more cheerful
view of conditions. Many believe the
first estimates of the damage are too
large. Professor George Severance,
head of the department of agriculture
at Washington State college, said:
II am confident the estimate of 25
per cent loss is entirely too large l
doubt If % per cent of the grain is
down, and | know all the grain down
is not lost. I believe fully 80 per cent
Of the grain down can be saved.
zone should remember that this
grain is all filled and that it will not
be injured as if it We're not matured.
Already some of the grain knocked
down is beginning to rise. and I see
the heads are turning up in some of
our fields and platS. A few days of
warm sunshine will arise much of this
grain.
There is no doubt there has been
loss, and a few farmers have probably
lost heavily, but taking the country
over. | am certain that the estimates
are entirely too large. We have a
lot of oats lying as fiat as a pancake
and l fear that these will not rise,
because they are so heavy and there
is so much foliage on the straw.
This has given us splendid oppor-
tunity to judge of the relative stand
ing qualities of different varieties of
grain. We have some plats that are
lying fiat, while on adjoining plats
the grain stands stiff and straight"
S. V. Meeks, living near Chambers,
has vast amount of grain lying fiat,
He estimates he has 5000 bushels of
wheat which will be almost a total
loss. Some of his neighbors think
that much of the grain can be saved.
and one man offered to cut and save
it on a guarantee. The loss depends
largely on the variety of grain and the
soil in which it grew. There is much
complaint about the college hybrid
wheat falling down. Professor Sever
ence said:
Yes. much of the COLLECT hybrid
wheats have fallen, but this is due to
two reasons. First, these varieties
We're among the heaviest and rankest
wheats grown, and only heavy wheat
with well-hlled heads has fallen. An
other reasons is that much of the hy-
brid wheats grown in this section
were of the variety known as mo.
63." which is variety | have never
recon mended. simply because it has
l. ct,. TO a
turkey red and club wheat, and the
straw is weak. We recommend Nos.
1913 and 143. and | find from inquiry
that little of these varieties has fall
len"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-04
CORPORATIONS MAY FIGHT.
Believed That a Big Row Will be Stir
red Up at Irrigation.

SPOKANE, Wash, July 29.-Sur-
face indications are that powerful
corporation interests, supported by
Senators Aldrich and Penrose and the
New England delegation in Congress,
are preparing to make the fight of
their lives against the United State
Reclamation service at the 18th ses-
sions of the National Irrigation con-
gress in Spokane the week of August
9. The apparent purpose is to des-
troy the cooperative plan Of lending
money without interest to establish re-
clamation plants hoping thereby to
put into effect a system by which pri-
vate individuals could become rich
on the interest of the funds necessary
to carry on these vast projects.
Scouts have been sent into various
parts of the western and southwestern
states, but their mission has been with
out success. Now it is purpOsed to re-
sort to other means The various
in which moisture is sup
piled to the land by artificial means
have been notified to send representa-
tives to thwart the plans of the
enemies of the service, and, as prac-
tically every one will send it's quota
of delegates, there is every reason to
believe that the coming sessions will be
the liveliest in the history of the con-
greSS,
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-04
WENATCHEE COIN
IN SALOON FIGHT
Expect About 900 Voters to Register
Books Close at Cashmere
on August 4.

WENATCHEE, Wash, Aug 1.-The
coming local option election to be
held August "a is exciting interest and
the registration totals $50. There are
about 100 more to register. 1t is ex-
pected that the largest vote in the
history of the city will be cast as both
the "wets'' and dries" are spending
considerable money for the fight.
During the last year the number of
saloons has been reduced from 10 to
three.
The registration books at Cashmere
close for the local option election in
that city on August 4 and the election
will be held August IA.
Regardless of the result of the vote
in Wenatchee the town will probably
go "dry' as the present city council
will grant no more saloon licenses and
the licenses of the three saloons ex-
pire in September.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-04
UPHOLDS DECISION
OF LOGAN MAN.
Commissioner of Land Office Decides
Against Plaintiffs In Desert
Land Cases.

Findings of the local land office in
the case of land above the Sunnyside
canal which is being contested by sew
eral claimants as not desert land have
been upheld by the commissioner of
the general land office at Washington,
to whom they were appealed
Presley NJ. Collet VS.. Ernest O..
Erwin is the test case which stands
for several other similar ones. The
others are Ellis a. Rich VS.. Miller E.
Galloway, Charles II. Williams VS..
James Alfred Gibson, George Gillian
VS.. Luther II. Nichols Austin S. Coon
VS.. Otto II. Schein Mead o. Coon VS..
Charles NJ. Fields, and William P.
Kelly VS.. August c. Schlien. The de-
PENDANTS in these cases had each taken
desert claim of 500 acres above the
Sunnyside canal and their claims
were contested by the plaintiffs on the
ground that the land was agricultural
instead of desert.
George F. MacAulay. representing
the plaintiffs, will appeal the cases to
the secretary of the interior.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-04
YAKIMA HELPS MISSOULA.
Montana Town Makes Use of Adj
vcrtising Originated in This City.

J. l.. Hughes is in receipt of two post
cards from his partner, r. E. DeKay,
sent from Missoula which reveals the
fact that the boosters of that section
have appropriated the well known
pictures of apples which were origin
ated here. One is the picture of Ex-
press Agent Smith drawing a truck
loaded with two large apples which
completely occupy the truck. The
other is the picture of leading fiat cars
with large apples, three of which make
a car load. The first is labelled, "Ex-
pressing the big red apple, Missoula,
Montana" and the other reads, Lead
ing the big red apple, Missoula, Mon
tana."
Mr.. DeKay suggests that the public
ity committee enter remonstrance.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-04
WRIGHT MAKES DARING FLIGHT.
Last of Government Tests Completed
Carries One Passenger In
Across Country Flight.

WASHINGTON, d. c., July Boy
completing a ten-mile across country
flight in IA minutes. AZ seconds to-
night in his famous aeroplane Orville
Wright, accompanied by Lieutenant
Benjamin d. Foulers, surpassed the
speed requirements of the contract
with the government and accom-
plished the most difficult and daring
flight ever planned for a heavier than
air flying machine. He assembled
nearly 500 feet in crossing the valley
in four-mile run. His average alti-
tude was about 200 feet, and his aver
age speed more than forty-two miles
an hour.
President Taft arrived at Fort Myer
just in time to see the aeroplane land
and to participate in the wild enthusi
asm which welcomed the triumphant
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-04
500 MEN CAN GET WORK.
Employment Offices of City are
Rushed With Orders and Unable
to Bill Them.

Three of the employment agencies
of the city have urgent demand for
500 men, but the men are no, to he
had. The wages are good and the
work reasonable, but that does not
help matters. 1t is a question if en-
ployment in all lines was ever 50
plentiful in this vicinity at mid-srm-
mer.
The Bell Employment Office on the
west side can use 200 men at unce
for ranch and camp work but cannot
get them. j. Edward Gregersen, #
the Yakima Employment office re-
ceived several orders Friday for hay
men, who are wanted at once to take
care of the hay crop in the valley. He
also has calls for ranch hands, fruit
pickers and teamSters. The Red
Cross Employment office is also rush
ed with orders which it is having a
hard time to fill, for ranch and camp
men. Manager Beauchamp said that
the supply of the men Is evid atty
short in the larger cities also, as he
telephoned both to the Sound and to
Spokane but was unable to get them.
The wages are slightly higher than
few weeks ago. Hay men are Ct
fered $3.50 a day and board. Team
sters get $2.25 a day without board
There are many idle men in the city
but they evidently % not wish to
work at this tir'
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-04
Take Notice.

If you are all run down Foley's Kid
ney Remedy will help you, as it
strengthens the kidneys so they will
eliminate the impurities from the
blood that depress the nerves and
cause exhaustion, backache, rheuma-
tism and urinary Irregularities, which
sap the vitality Do not delay, and
risk having Bright's disease or dia-
betes. Take FOley's Kidney Remedy
as it is healing and antiseptic and will
restore health and strength. Refuse
substitutes. North Yakima Drug
Store, A. d. Sloan. Prop.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-04
INDIANS KNOW THEIR BUSINESS.
5. f.. Farris Says They Are Justified i'm
Refusing to Sign Up for Water
Rights on the Reservation.

Interviews with a number of the
more intelligent Indians on the Yaki-
ma reservation has red S. E. Farris,
of this city, to believe that they are
justified in refusing 20 take advantage
of the Jones bill allowing them to sell
portion of their land to secure a
water right for the balance. Mr.. Far
ris has just returned from the reser-
walton and while there informed him.
self as fully as possible on the situa-
ton.
1.-The Jones bill is bluntly interpre-
ted to mean the giving of so acres for
water for twenty" said Mr.. Farris.
1.-THE Indians have always understood
that the treaty between the U. S. gov
eminent and the tribes here that IL
of the waters of the Yakima river was
theirs by treaty rights. They never
have been given to understand what
disposition would be made of the sur
plus money from the sale of their
lands.
"They object to having the irriga-
ton system already built largely from
their own funds and by their own la
Dor taken over by the Reclamation
service.
Indians Not Fools.
The Indians are not fools; a large
per cent of those on the Yakima reser-
walton are fairly well educated being
fully capable of looking after their
own affairs.
''It is hard to believe that Mr.. Jones
ever Intended this bill to apply to any
of the reservation lands except those
under the Teton project, for
surely it would be very great in
justice to charge such price for
building bitches to water their lands
1t is perfectly plain to every one who
will take the trouble to investigate
that this is a very cheap system of dit
ches to build, no fluming. no blasting
no concrete work, no hillsides of con-
sequence nearly all of it s1ipscraper or
steam shovel work. The drainage can
people $500 an acre for water sys-
tenn is an outrage; there is scarcely any
scab or waste land to be covered, so
the cost of covering the land would be
slight.
Want Use OF Money.
Another objection is that they are
given to understand that their land
would be withdrawn and under the
control of the Reclamation people.
Another one of their troubles is that
they are anxious to handle and invest
the proceeds of their lands sold. Many
of them understand the rates of inter-
est and it strikes them very favorable
and they would readily accept if al
lowed to sell their lands, say IA down
balance at regular interest rates, terms
to be stipulated by and under the
guardianship of the Indian department
and they fully realize that the interest
would make them Independent. II the
secretary of the interior can be pre-
vailed upon to look at the proposed
he will quickly realize the
injustice of the scheme as proposed.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-04

No matter how long you have suf-
fered, Foley's Kidney Remedy will help
you. Mrs. S. l.. Bowen of Wayne. w
Va, writes: Il was sufferer from
kidney disease, so that at times |
could not get out of bed, and when |
did | could not stand straight. | took
Foleys Kidney Remedy. One dollar
bottle and part of the second cured
me entirely" 1t will cure you, as it
has restored health and strength to
thousands. North Yakima Drug
Store, \. ID. Sloan, Prop.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-04
BEES ARE NEGLIGENT.
But Little Honey Made Thus Far This
Year in Yakima Valley.

Jesse w. Thornton says that the
bees have begun to make a little
honey, but not in any quantity. He re-
ports the bees in good condition, but
conditions unfavorable for honey ma
king. The alfalfa crop is now at its
best and there is not much time left
in which the bees can get in their
work, he says.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-04

Crops i'm Bottom Lands Are Good and
Harvesting Is Under Way on
Some Ranches.

Dry farmers in the Cowiche will
have scarcely any wheat this year. OF
the $500 acres in grain above the
bitches. it is estimated by Ed. Smith,
a rancher of the Cowiche. that there
will be fully 1900 acres which will
not be cut at all. Much of the wheat,
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-04

The proper way and method of
treating a cough or cold is to first of
all gently move the bowels. This you
can most conveniently do by taking a
dose or two of Bees Laxative Cough
Syrup. 1t is pleasant to take, acts
promptly. Children like it. Sold by
c. w. Camp.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-04

from office. All this section is anx-
iously awaiting the result.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-04
Tho Cough Syrup that
~ rids tho system Of q cold
by acting 40 q cathartic on the
bowels Ii
BE s
LAXATIVE
COUGH SYRUP

Bees is the original laxative cough syrup.
contains no opiates. gently moves tie
bowels, carrying the cold of through the
natural channels. Guaranteed to give
satisfaction or money refunded.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-04

ut, gentle. easy
are Rings Little
w. Camp.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-04-02
CONTEST NOTICE

Department of the Interior, United States
Land Office, North Yakima, Wash. February
II, 1909.
4 sufficient contest affidavit having been
filed in this office 10y jeremiah Crowley. con
tcStant, against homestead Entry, No. 1923,
made January $. 1905. for Mel. OF NE'4: SWl.
OF Mel. and Lot ], section /. Township 10 y.
Range ,. f.. w. NJ. 10y Louis \. Jocrden. Con-
tcstee in which it is alleged that said entry
man does not reside upon said land: that he
has abandoned said land for more than sin
months last past: that said entryman has moi
cultivated or improved said land said parties
are hereby notified to appear. respond, and
offer evidence touching said allegation at IL
O'Clock a. m. on April >, 1909, before the Regist-
er and Receiver at the United States Land
Office in North Yakima, Wash,
The said contestant having, in a proper
affidavit, lied February Ii, 1909 set forth facts
which show that after due diligence personal
service of this notice can not be made, it is
hereby ordered and directed that such notice
be given by due and proper publication.
Harry y. Saint,
uiStrr