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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-15
CURING ELEPHANTS
SUITS DR.. DUNCAN
Big Baby Has a Stomach Ache and
Local Veterinarian Finds 1t
Ready Patient.

When an elephant is sick with in
digestion what is the dose? If one
knows the dose for horse how much
does he multiply it for an elephant?
If one knows how to give medicine to
a horse does he dare take chances
with an elephant? These problems
veterinarian, in North Yakima this
week, and with the help of the ele-
plant, its keeper and a little guess
ing, he solved them. Incidentally, he
added an elephant to his list Of pa
tients. When the carnival company
came to North Yakima the elephant,
having had some sour fodder some
where, was complaining Of pain un-
der the surcingle. When an elephant
complains people In the neighborhood
are aware Of it. When it gets fretful
and decides to toss about in its bed
som ething is likely to break loose.
Likes the Practice.
When DR.. Duncan was called to pre-
scribe for the elephant, which had In
digestion, he decided that five times
the dose for a horse was about right,
but as that amount didn't relieve the
pain, he prescribed again. This time
his dope book read ~ and that Is
what the elephant got.
"There Is nothing to this elephant
business" said DIR. Duncan. ~
thought there would be trouble maxi
ing the brute take the cure but that
just shows what I didn't know about
elephants. I mixed the beverage and
put it into a/long bottle which was
furnished me. Then the keeper told
the pachyderm, that's the word isn't
1t, to help himself. Well, sir, that
double-tailed fellow Just reached
down the forward tail, wrapped it
about the bottle, crooked his elbow
and took all there was and smacked
his lips. I would like to treat ele-
plants the rest Of my days"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-15
A FILTERABLE VIRUS.

The Yakima valley has called upon
the state veterinarian for help in con-
trolling hog cholera, which has been
raging for about two weeks. From
the report of experiments made in the
last Year Book" of the United States
department Of agriculture, it is rea-
sonable to believe that the disease can
be controlled by the use of blood
serum from immune hogs previously
hyper-immunized The discovery of
the serum by Mr.. Dorset, chief of the
biochemic division of the bureau of
animal industry, is one of the most
valuable achievements of the kind in
the history of this or any other coun-
try. If the state veterinarian can OBJ
tain the serum, it is probable that the
disease will shortly be under control
and the farmers of the Yakima valley
will be happier than they are today.
Hog cholera causes a loss annually
of many millions of dollars. The sci
entists sought in vain for many years
for a cure. Now at last a cure has
been found and the department of ag-
riculture does not hesitate to make
the announcement that hog cholera
can be controlled and may be elimi-
mated from this country as a menace
to the hog-raising industry.
Mr.. Dorset found that hog cholera
was due to what is known as a filter
able virus. That is to say, the virus is
invisible or ultra microscopic" so
far as our present method of detect
ing small bodies is concerned. 1t was
found that the virus of the blood of
hogs would filter through pores Of
porcelain or earthen filters and when
so filtered would produce hog cholera
though not the minutest object could
be seen.
Inasmuch as the filterable virus ex-
listing in the blood of hogs sick of the
cholera has never been artificially
grown, the vaccine has to be prepared
from the blood of hogs. A hog that has
had the cholera or hog that has
passed through an epidemic without
taking the disease is called immune.
An immune hog is treated with the
blood of diseased hog in order to in
crease the power of immunity. AS
Mr.. Dorset expresses it: 1.-THE object
sought by the injection of the immune
with the virus is Of course the stimu-
lation of the defensive mechanism Of
the hogs body to such a degree that
protective substances will be formed
in excess and float free in the blood of
the immune. These protective sub
stances are then secured for use in
protecting susceptible hogs by draw
ing blood from the immune"
In order to ascertain the potency
of the serum after it is drawn from an
immune hog, pigs are injected with it
and the results are observed. The
injection of the serum produces i'm
munity for three or four weeks. If
practically complete immunity is re-
CURED an injection of disease-produc-
ing blood is made at the same time as
the injection of the tested serum. This
requires much more care than the in
lection of serum alone. When both
tested serum and the blood of a hog
suffering with cholera are injected, the
process is called "hyper-immunizs-
ton"
The report of a test made on 1000
hogs in Iowa is convincing. Just few
days ago Mr.. Dorset conducted anoth-
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-15
STATISTICS OF RELIGION.

Some interesting statistics of church
membership have just been compiled
in a bulletin by the census bureau.
Although the nation is supposed to
be Christian, only 100000 of the
population are classed as church
members, and of the church member
ship very considerably less than one
half are males. In the Roman Cath
Ollie church, however, 49.3 per cent
are males.
OF the total number of church
members 61.6 per cent are Protestants
and 36.7 per cent Catholics but in 16
of the states the majority of the total
church membership is Roman Catho-
lie. The proportion of Roman Catho-
lies to Protestants has increased since
the census of 1890. Indeed, the rate
Of increase for the Catholic population
is 93.5 per cent, which is more than
twice the rate for all the Protestant
bodies combined.
There are 5,750,000 Methodists,
5,662,00 Baptists, 2.112 900 Luther
ans, 1,S31,000 Presbyterians and L.
$4,000 Disciples or Christians.
The total seating capacity of the
churches is nearly SO 100000, or
something short of twice the total
church membership. The total
amount of money invested in church
buildings is a billion and quarter,
and the total amount of debt on this
property is less than per cent.
In these statistics there is nothing
discouraging to the churches. There
is much work for them to do, but
numerically and financially they are
in a strong position. That portion of
the population which is not enumer-
ated in church membership is not for
that reason to be deemed anti
Christian or even un-Christian. In
differentism, rather than denial, is the
attitude of most going
men and women toward religion.
Many of those who seldom or never
go to church still profess a religious
belief and consider themselves affil-
lated, as least nominally, with one or
another of the churches.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-15

has been recognized as a genius. For
greatest railroad magnate of the
century, and this is a railroad age,
and the United States is prominently
railroad country. II, therefore,
there is anything in success from the
SIS standpoint Edward II. Hartman
should be pointed out to our children
and children's children as an example
and model which all should
emulate.
But witness the paradox. Although
the foremost railroad magnate of his
day, Edward II. Hartman was not a
railroad builder. In fact. it is said
that he never built a mile of railroad
in his life. Did you ever stop to
think of that? Can you imagine the
greatest farmer in the country never
turning a furrow, the greatest news
paper man in the country never writ
ing a line of copy, the greatest mer-
chant in the country never selling
yard of goods in his life? No, you
cannot. 1t is just as impossible from
ordinary standards of conception as
it would be for the greatest baseball
player of the age never to throw
baseball. Then we must admit that
Hartman was not the greatest rail-
road man of his day, only the greatest
JUGGLER OF RAILROAD SECUR-
tiles. Quite a difference, is there
not?
AND THE DIFFERENCE
AMOUNTS TO THE DIFFERENCE
L, u-ruruI>N SIrCCESS AMI EAIU,
URE. A GOOD FARMER, A GOOD
NEWSPAPERMAN. A GOOD MER-
CHANT AND A GOOD BASEBALL
PLAYER ARE ALL CONSTITUTE
TIONISTS. THEY ACCOMPLISH
SOMETHING. THEY CREATE
SOMETHING THAT LIVES AFTER
THEY ARE DEAD. THAT THING
WHICH THEY CREATE is A
MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY,
A LASTING FORCE, IF YOU
PLEASE, WHICH WILL NOT
DOWN AS THE CENTURIES FLASH
BY IN KALEIDOSCOPE PRECIS-
ION. LIKE HIS ASSOCIATE II. II.
ROGERS, e. II. HARTMAN WILL
BE FORGOTTEN IN A FEW SHORT
WEEKS. ALTHOUGH THE WON
DER OF HIS AGE IN THE STOCK
GAMBLING ARENA, THE LUSTER
WHICH ENSHROUDED HIM IN
LIFE WILL DISSOLVE AND FLOAT
AWAY LIKE THE MIST BEFORE
THE MORNING SUN AND THE
BEFORE BIOGRAPHERS HAVE
HAD TIME TO CHRONICLE HIS
ACHIEVEMENTS.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-15
KEEPING MEN SQUARE.

Suppose you are elected mayor OF
your city. Or public works commits
sioner. Or councilman.
You are a lawyer perhaps, or a real
estate agent, a merchant, a clerk, a
contractor or a worker.
Anyway, you are duly elected and
go into office with the best intentions
of giving your people an honest,
efficient, economical administration.
You know that city offices have been
fhe graveyard of many good mems
regulations. They come out accus-
ed of graft, or of slurring over the
public needs, of allowing poor public
work to go in, of trucking to the
T. Iiticians crooked contractors.
And you say to yourself: 81 am 60
ing to be square with myself and the
city The other thing isn't worth
while"
All right, then.
You look around over the city. The
first thing to come up is the renew
ing of the contract with the electric
lighting company, or the building of
so miles of paving and sewers, or the
contract for a new city Jail.
It's a matter that runs up into hun
dreds of thousands of dollars. And
you, thinking of your promises to
yourself. are a little uneasy. Letting
red-thousand-dolla contracts is
thing you have no training for And
by your work in this After the peo.
pie in your town will judge you.
You feel you ought to do something.
You think of your vow to be honest
aAd efficient, and it worries you.
Once more, what should you do?
This leads up to the work of very
important and promising organization
the League of American Municipal
tiles, which has Just finished a session
at Montreal.
Many men who founded the league
did so out of a feeling like this-that
there ought to be a clearing house of
information for city officials; that the
people of Rochester ought to know
what the people of Atlanta were pay
ing for gas; that Seattle should know
what it costs Denver to lay asphalt
that Omaha is interested in knowing
what kind of a contract New Orleans
mas with her electric lighting company,
and what kind of service she gets.
Now the men at the head of these
cities could not be visiting all the other
cities-though at the expense Of a few
hundred dollars they might save theiA
city many thousands. So they estab-
lished a bureau.
And this was what was done: John
MacVivar, ex-mayor of Des Moines,
secretary Of the league, keeps records
of all the cities affiliated with the lea
que and as much additional informa-
ton as h acn get. He issues a bulletin
every month"; little booklet called
The City Hail." which gives facts and
figures,
An important part of the work of
the league" says Mr.. MacVicar, lis
the meetings held annually at which
we exchange experiences, talk over
our common problems and get the
mutual help of each other in our civic
problems.
But l think an equally vital part
of the work is this bulletin we get out
and the figures we keep for the new
mayor or commissioner, wherever he
may be. 1t keeps his conscience clear
and it helps him help his people"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-15

T. G. Warren, the man who was
seriously hurt while alighting from a
street car on west Yakima avenue a
week ago, is able TO be out. Mr..
Warren's home is In Grand Rapids,
Mich, and he has been in Yakima
since last March. Although much i'm
proved, Mr.. Warren is far from we'll
and says that he has lost over 20
pounds since the accident. He has
been staying at the home of Mrs.
Cramer on Capitol Hill.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-15

er test in conjunction with represen-
tatives of the Kansas City stock yards.
Every hog treated was saved and
every hog not treated died of the
cholera. Aside from IT'S economic i'm
portance the discovery of a hog
cholera serum is interesting as an evil
dence of the achievements of modern
science in the treatment of disease.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-15
CHOOSING PUBLIC SERVANTS.

Within the next few months the
voters of the city Of North Yakima
will be engaged in a municipal cam
paign. Already the politicians are
busy in an effort to arrange matters
so that they will continue In control
of the city government.
1t is the politicians who always be-
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-15

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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-15
EDWARD II. HARTMAN.

Edward h. Hartman, railroad
king, financier, wizard of Wall street,
capitalist and millionaire, is dead.
The places and people that knew him
will know him no more, for only
few hours will elapse until the funeral
cortege will form, the procession will
fall into line and the horses will walk
slow to the place of burial where the
family clergyman will pronounce in
solemn tones, Ashes to ashes, dust
10 dust" and the man who was feared
in life will have been forgotten in
death.
Feared did we say? Yes feared is
the word, because the financial world
worshiped at his shrine. Although
the son of humble parents, he rose to
a position which enabled him to exact
homage from the ablest financiers of
his day. Not because they loved him
or trusted him but rather because
they believed him capable of crushing
them through the exercise of his ire
mendous power. For weeks the
stock market has wavered at each ad-
verse report as to his health, and the
pack of hungry wolves has howled,
only awaiting a favorable opportunity
of battering down the financial bull
warks that he built up. 1t was fear
and fear alone that made his position
secure.
But today he is no more. Trains
speed along on the iron way just as
before. Men toll in factories and on
the farm. Miners delve miles under
ground to extract the precious wealth
of old mother earth. The sun will
rise just as usual and the birds will
sing the songs of September just as
they have done for a thousand CEN
turies. His demise has made little i'm
preston in the world of action be-
cause the loss of one spoke in the
wheel of fortune has already been re-
placed and the reimbursement is but
the matter of a little while.
Yes, the span of life is brief And
as the exponent of the ambition which
leads men to live for the Almighty
Dollar, and that alone, there have
been few men who have achieved a
greater success. For years Hartman
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-22

In theatrical circles tho summer has
been unusually short. Perhaps never
in the history of the American stage
has the season opened so early or with
such excellent prospects for n good
year for the theatergner. The Amcri
can public is beginning to demand
more and more every year Of the pro-
Queer. and one of the effects of this
demand this year is the early season.
Not "a month has elapsed since the last
of the ls0s-1SO9 bookings was pre-
scented here. and yet already the new
season Is fully opened. Last week saw
the preliminary stages. The coming
week presents to the Missoula public
three of the best bookings of the sea
son. The Time. the Place and the
Girl" which is admitted by all critics
to be one of the most successful comic
operas ever produced; The Gentleman
From Mississippi" "A light comedy.
which was one of the big hits of last
season i'm New York. and a knight
for "A Day" comic opera full OF
catchy music and pleasing situations.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-22
4 KNIGHT FDR / DtI.

At last tho record breaking musical
sensation. "A Knight for Day" is
to be seen here. coming to the Harnois
theatcr on Friday. August -. and in
all its scenic picturesque garb. After
"A whole years run in Chicago this OPP
cratic comedy craze il to be shown in
a few of the larger cities. The scheme
of the book involves will leaving an
immense fortune la be shared by tha
holders Of two identical CorsIciIn med
ais. Their" you have simple plot
around which has been woven many
pretty songs. some grand choruscs ana
incidents So fast and furious II re-
quirts company of over 70 people tc
unravel it, Robert Il. Smith. whose
efforts as a lbrettist Is faForahlH rec
oynized l. responsible for the book
and he had a worthy coadjuutnr in
Raymond HubbeIl. a composer of the
first rank who has surely supplied
more than the usual portion o. catchy
airs. pretty Choruses. etc. some OF
which are worthy of grand opera. the
central characters in "A Knight Tor Il
Day are all young persons. The nero
himself is an understood waiter VINO,
having laid hands ON certain legal doc
uments cndeavors tn pass as law
Yer. His comedy partner Is "serN-
ant lady of a type that might be
imagined in "A nightmare after search
ing intelligence bureaus. The balance
Of a long energetic cast OF capable
PRINCIPALS are busy all evening help
ing out with the fun which at times
seems as if tornado had struck
the theater. 50 great is the applause.
What seems la he the real kernel 0l
the entertainment, is by some regard
ed as the famous American Beauty
chorus. The dazzling display "i en-
ergy and life of the Chnruses, eSpe-
ciaIIy the antics of the songs. Lie
IL "A See Saw" Little Girl in Biue'
whistle as you Walk out" and 9th
ers. all will be remembered ana
hummed with pleasure. The electro
effects used in Che finale Of both acts
are surprisingly ingenious. even IN
, these days of skilled inventions along
this line of industry. which seems l"
have reached no limit in stage produce
lions of the generous costly kind.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-22
THREE DAYS .HORE.

BY special request the Van Dyke
company has been induced t. remain
IT the Family three days this week
before SAYING g"oi bye /" Missouri.
Al the end Of the three days the conf
puny. which has delighted the largest
audiences that ever turned out in Mis-
snula. will leave fer Denver, where, As
previously stated. Nj. Van Dyke Will
b. permanently located as director 1T
a chain of houses in that city. Sal
LAX" and Los Angels. During til"
three days cr its continued appvaranr"
in MlSsoul 4 the company will Present
u beautiful four-aCt rural drama.
Mabel Heath" This il a ricrc with a
charming heart story Whish carries
with ii an impressive lesson. The
happy climax brings the vindiration of
the innocent and the punishment nf
the guilty Monday. Tue s.luy and
"Wednesday this piece will hNv" the
boards. and the Wednesday, night per
furmancy Will hc t.r farewell ri the
Van Dyke company.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-22

trate the hit of this play on the OcCa-
sion of its New York production on
Tuesday night. September 20, than the
following extracts from the newspa-
pers of the next day:
our stage has known nothing bet
ter. and little else So good. New
York Times.
Perfect Of its kind. and its kind is
right. 1t is "A clean. wholesome, witty
play. of genuine merit. William Win
ter in the New York Tribune.
The best American play since The
Senator. e Frederic Edward Mckay i'll
the New York Evening Mail
We agree with President Roose-
velt-it Is bully,"-F. +. Shradcr in
the New York sun.
The kind Of a hit lasC hight that
surely means an all-season run. The
New York sun.
Thanks are due Mr. Brady and
MIR Grismer for giving US this kind OF
a play! 1t will be a year. NE predict.
before ii leaves this city. Louis '.
De Foe in the New York World.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-22
EDUCATION AND MARRIAGE

ttSy Jessie Huston Of The Time, the
Place and the Girl'D
1t is feared that education is caus-
ing "a decrease in III" number of mar
riaEcs in proportion /" the popuia-
ton Assuming that this fear is justi-
fled. what are the reasons for this ef-
feet at additional instruction. IL may
h, said IN outline that education
makes lc"plc think more and thus
causes them t" shrink from tho re
~unnSihilltIr~ "f welded life. In some
Instances this is As it should he. but
in others it il quite "A Wrong tendency
and should not exist.
The, educated classes are apt IL jump
into Inntrtmnny at AN early ag" ana
without in any Nay considering
n hrthvr the husband earns enough 10
keep lw". IL leave III" prospective
family entirely out at the question:
This occasionally leads /" d"pl"rthle
results although in many cases IL in
du,rs effort Witch ultimately ends IN
intlrnNiuss conditions
~ rr"plr acquire more knowledge
they NlIl net rush :" hurrl"dly int"
marriage. but viii wait ami work a
Wear or tNsu l"ugvl. sn that they may
start under better conditions. w can
scarcely ind fault With such u ,t"-
,.f>tnn. which IL. nevertheless, an eN-
amltl,, IF education decreasing the
marriage rate.
The educated classes often shrink
from marriage fer r..,>"u> which are
u"t 81. laud ,hls. They Want more
~.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-22
FOR MONDAY AIGHT.

Quite the best III. ag that ind"fatiga-
bile trio, Huugh. Adams and Howard.
have done Is the musical play. The
Time. the Play and the Girl" which
will be offered at the Harnnis theaier
tomorrow night. This play must lie
placed In IA class by itself. story
with music, fairly hubhltng and
sparkling with witty lines. clever
plot and many catchy and popular
airs.
The scene IL laid In Il sanitarium in
Virginia, where Johnny Hicks and his
pal. Tom Cunningham. are forced Ia
flee having gotten into trouble the
night before in IA Boston gambling
house where Cunningham. while in
an argument. struck on" al the in
mates ON the head with hottl" al
wine. The polio" are getting after
him, they manage IL reach the SAM
tarium ahead nf the police. and before
the Officers can make any arrest IN"
sanitarium is placed under uuaranttn"
for smallpox.
Tom Cunningham. rich man. son.
wants to marry Margaret simpson,
the girl of the title. a farmer :
daughter. who l. ALSO at the sanitariuu'
with her father and brothers ana
others After the smallpox quarantine"
Is declared the servants of the hotel
and sanitarium desert and the guests
are forced Ia lnnk after their own
wants. Cunningham hetng chosen die
tatnr If the place. assigns certain
task t. each uf tn" guests. TIL" tun
grows fast and furious. when Johnny
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-22
/ GEN TIE \.

The most pronounced success In pure
American comedy eur stage has kH"N n
in - years will he shown here NEXT
Thursday night, August -, in IN" Har-
u"Is theater. -, hen William \, brady
and Joseph K Grismer's special east
viii appear in A Gentleman From
Mississippi" the play that wrung from
Nj Roosevelt. when president. thc as
sertion that Il Was Perfectly cork
ing comedy Bully! y ripper IL IL
IN" work ~ Harrison Rhodes. wh" has
v"llab"ratet With Sir Anthony Hop@
in the past. and Thomas \. Misc. thu
distinguished American author. Tn"
comedy ran all ~casun-by which -
meant all year~iu the Bij"u theater
and thu Aerial theater. Nsw York city.
while second cas.st carried It through
d notable record breaking all-summ"r
run Ia Chicago
Nothing. ia-rhal~ ,"uld better illus