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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01
FLOOD DEAD
LIST GROWS
NOW ESTIMATED AT 1000
Monterey Capitalist Fixes Total Dead
at Higher Figure Than Govern
ment Traffic DemOralized.

LAREDO. Aug. 3O.-Two thousand
dead in the Monterey flood is the esti-
mate of Saturdays disaster, made to-
night by Pedro Trevino, a prominent
capitalist of Monterey. The official
estimates do not go so high, ranging
around 1900 or 400. Certain it is,
however, that the list is constantly
growing. There are several little
Pueblo villages containing so to 100
inhabitants located along the banks of
the river to the south of Monterey, and
it is reported that these have been
completely wiped out and their inhabi-
tants drowned. 1t was on this ground
that Trevino places his estimate of the
loss of life. No American lives We're
lost, but several Americans suffered
property loss.
Officials are seeking the identifica-
ton of the bodies as they are brought
in by the searchers and others are see
ing to the sheltering and feeding Of
the homeless.
The National railway for the first
time since the flood secured telegra pin
connection with this city and Monte
rey today. A message was immedi-
ately rushed through from the latter
city ordering the master mechanic, To-
Gated in Laredo, to hurry forward all
available material. Indications are
that railroad traffic will be impeded
until Thursday or Friday.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01
OHIO SENSITIVE DROWN.
Steamship With 21O on Board Strikes
Rock OH Alaska COast-Passcngcrs
All Saved.

SEATTLE. Aug. 27.-The Alaska
steamship Companys steamer Ohio
with 21O passengers on board, which
left Seattle August "a for Port Ora
ham and Valdez, struck a rock off
Steeppoint on the east side of Hshkish
Narows. B. c. at ! O'Clock Thursday
m orning and soon afterwards was
swallowed up by the ocean with five
men. The rescue of the survivors was
due to a wireless telegraph operator
who sent out a call for help that
brought the Steamers Kingfisher,
Humboldt and Rupert iCty and was
himself lost. The dead are Purser
Frederick j. stephens of Seattle, Wire
less Operator George f. Eccles, of
Seattle. formerly of Winnipeg; the
quartermaster, a soldier and Storage
passenger The names are unknown.
The details are still meagre. Wire
less dispatches say the Ohio sank in
80 minutes. Pilot Snow was on the
bridge when the ship struck. The
boats were lowered and the women
and children taken off. The soldier
and steerage passenger We're killed by
the upsetting of a boat during the
rescue of passengers. Operator Eccles
was a big man who worked valiantly
in the rescue work and was drowned
while so engaged and Purser Stephen
likewise gave up his life for others.
Just before the vesseI made the
plunge Operator Eccles was seen TO
leap from the wireless station and
fell on his head and his apparently
lifeless body rolled into the water and
was carried down by the whirlpool
made by the sinking ship. Eccles had
not expected to make this trip, having
resigned to accept a position at Sitka
but as the company was short of men
consented to make one more trip
NEW YORK. Aug. 27.-The United
Wireless Co.. one of whose operators
G. f. Eccles of Winnipeg, persisted in
the sinking steamship Ohio, received
account of the disaster from OPP
orator Booth at Ketchikan late today
Booth says:
about 1 a. m, l was sitting with
my receivers clapped to my ears hav-
ing Just finished working with opera
tor Eccles on board the Ohio when ]
was startled by hearing him call, &C.
ID. COD 1 at once answered and
he sent the following message.
1.-The Ohio has struck a rock, steam
er sinking, send aid Immediately or
everybody will be lost"
The steamships Humboldt and Ru-
pert happened to be near and both
called the Ohio asking her latitude.
Eccles gave it Immediately and the
Rupert flashed back that they would
then change course and stand by the
Ohio as soon as possible.
Meanwhile Eccles sent another mes
sage saying: "Ohio is sinking fast.
Cannot hold out. Passengers are be-
ing taken off in small boats. Captain
and crew will stick TO the last"
The Humboldt and Rupert both re-
piled that they were headed for the
Ohio and would pick the passengers
up.
Then came the final message from
the Ohio. II was never finished:
Passengers are all off and adrift in
small boats. Captain and crew are
going off in the last boat Waiting for
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01
NORTH COAST NEW SURVEY.
Alternate Plan Now on File With
Land Office Changes Crossing
From Coyote Rapids.

Another North Coast definite sur
vey has been filed with the United
States land office in North Yakima,
making the second, third, fourth or
more now on file here. This latter
shows a crossing of the Columbia
river at Richmond's ferry and not at
Coyote Rapids, as did previous sur
vey 1t shows other changes of equal
importance, provided that the survey
means something and railroad
along those lines is constructed, for
it carries the line well back from the
Columbia and not near to the Han
ford country, as has been believed
Starting from the Horn" of the
Yakima river near Kiona the survey
shows a line running, first, west of
north from the end of the Horn"
then swinging past the Benson ranch
some IL miles back of Hanford. 1t
goes then across Cold Creek and
bearing northwest to Richmond's
ferry, where it will make a crossing
of the Columbia river.
There has been filed also a definite
survey of a proposed route of the
railroad north along the Columbia
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01
$4,000 CLUB BUTTONS ARRIVE
Long Looked for Booster EmbIcms
Received and are Being Dis
tributcd.

After long waiting the Fifty Thou
sand club was notified Thursday that
its buttons have arrived. They have
been promised for the past month and
the members of the club exhibited
great impotence to get them in time
to tell the A.-Y.-P. exposition visitors
to the city what will be the ultimate
population of North Yakima.
The buttons are the shape of an
apple, slightly smaller than a half dol
lar, and bear the inscription, North
Yakima, Wash, $4,000 club, 1916"
The buttons are at the Commercial
club and those who have joined the
club may secure them there. Others
who wish to become members may do
so by calling at the club, signing the
roll and paying so cents which covers
both the cost of the button and all
membership fees.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01
HOWARD ELLIOTT
BECOMES BOOSTER
Railroad President Talks of the Adj
vantages to the Settler i'm the States
of Pacific NOrthweS.

President Howard Elliott, of the
Northern Pacific railroad, who IS now
in North Yakima and who has been
plotting a party of seven eastern
friends through Washington for the
past three weeks or more, starting in
with the National Irrigation congress
at Spokane, is developing into a Pa
cific northwest booster of the first
water. Washington, Idaho, oregon
and Montana, according to his point
of view, offer unrivalled opportunities
for the settler. OF these opportunities
Mr.. Elliott speaks in detail taking up
each state for it's special advantages.
What Railroad Man Did.
After detailing numerous opportun-
tiles for the prospective settler Mr.
Elliott said:
"Or he can duplicate the experience
Of r. L. Stewart, who was a station
agent of the Northern Pacific Railway
company, and purchased 20 acres in
the Yakima valley near Prosser in
1895, and whose profits for six years
ending with the season of 1908 on six
acres of Spitzenberg and Red Cheek
Pippin apples, averaged $472. so an
acre. In 1908, the receipts from this
orchard were 6S99.40, and expenses
$1S29.40, leaving the net return S.
O7O, or $847.5O an acre. The land cost
$50 an acre in 1895, or $50, and Mr..
Stewart sold the place in 1908 for
$4,000.
"Ingwall Smith went to Kennewick,
Wash, in July, 1904, and purchased
10-acre ranch. This was planted to
both fruits and alfalfa, and has been
farmed ever since, one-half in alfalfa
and one-half in fruit. After the sec
ond year. Mr.. Smith has received
living for a family of five, and net
ted $1,000 a year. He raised aspara-
gus, apricots, peaches, apples berries,
vegetables, poultry and alfalfa.
Yakima Valley Results
''The following give some results
in the Yakima valley territory, and
the figures can be obtained in detail
from the publicity committee of the
Yakima Commercial club:
H. NJ Gilbert raised 1925 worth
of mixed fruit on 3 acres; w. I. Hulk
table raised $4,000 worth of peaches
on acres; ]. H. Forman raised $4,000
worth of pears on "a of an acre; Mrs.
w. l.. Wright raised $500 worth of
apples on acres; J. o. Shadbolt rails
ed 100000 worth of mixed fruit on
81 acres and Osborne Russell raised
$4,000 worth of appless on l 1-3 acres.
water, Snake and Columbia rivers the
cultivation and production of grapes
will, one of these days, equal the IA
nous vineyards of the Rhine and the
Rhone."
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01

ers has determined to make a display
John Smith of Spokane was in Yakima
county in the interests of the Seattle
stock exhibit and interviewed a num-
Der of the local men. For various good
and sufficient reasons, h owever. they
We're not prepared to lie exhibitors dt
this time.
Show Animals Too Few
Local fanciers have not kert any of
their animals in show condition and
ere not therefore pr pared - COM
pete against professional Fhowmen.
Another reason for not exhibiting Is
;hat the local herds are 81 recently cs-
tG.lished that they clnnnt make 4
selection lat this tine. IF Z sutTicicn ly
lai ge number of di5plsv aninals u
V warrant an entry. This means that
the cost of sending a few animals is
to, great considering their more linn
iteI opportunities of taking awards
arI the breeders ara not prepared at
t;.ic time to make extensive entries.
Same Is True of Other Stock.
1t is understood N 4 general way
that what is true oi the cattlomen is
al.'o true of the sheep, tpg and horse
men. All these int, csts in this sec
ton ere more or less lim,;rc1 when the
matter of a general ekhihi is concern
ed and cannot at this time be expect
ed to meet such competition as the
older sections of Oregon, California
and the entire east will put up.
\ good general exhibit of Yakima
poultry will be made in the feather l
stock department. The local fanciers
have had new coo2s constructed, their
birds are doing well in this glorious
climate and they expect to bring back
t'1,ir proportion of the ribbons.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01
". T.. SMITH GETS
ELK CONTRACT
Work Will Begin on New Temple
Immediately and VIII he Finished
This Autumn.

w. +. Smith, local contractor, is to
build the new Elks' temple, He was
a warded the contract at a meeting of
the building committee composed of
Messrs. Ryan, Riley, Janeck and
Andrae Friday evening for $1,000.
The building is to be two stories high
ana is 60xl14 feet. The FIRST story
will be of black basaltiC rock and the
second OF rough paving brick with
terra Gotta trimmings. The excava-
ton for the building has already
been completed and Contractor Smith
promises to begin work: Immediately
and says the lodge may repose in its
new quarters this autumn. There
were eight bidders for the contract
and the committee has experienced
considerable difficulty in making the
award.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01
Night on Bald Mountain,

On a lonely night Alex. Benton Of
Fort Edward, n. Y, climber Bald
Mountain to the home of a neighbour
tortured by Asthma, bent on curing
him with DR.. Kings New Discovery
that had cured himself of asthma. This
wonderful medicine soon relieved and
quickly cured his neighbor. Later it
cured his sons wife of severe lung
trouble. Millions believe it's the great
est Throat and Lung cure on Earth.
Coughs, Colds, Group, Hemorrhages
and sore lungs are surely cured by it,
Best for Hay Fever, Grip and Whoop-
ing Cough. soc and s1.0O. Trial bot
Il free. Guaranteed by c. C. Case.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01
Will Avoid the River.

1t has been supposed that it was
the intention of the North Coast to
build in Benton county, close up to
the banks of the river, the line pass
ing very near to White Bluffs and
Hanford. 1t now appears that a
close approach to the river is to be
avoided the road to run along the
base of the hills and well back from
the river. 1t is presumed that a spur
will be built in one or two places
running from the main line to the
important sections on the river.
The Columbia river section in and
about Beverly is now we'll provided
with railroad surveys, the North
Coast having a couple, the Hill inter
ests a couple, the Milwaukee one or
two, the Northern & Southern one
and one or two others of unknown
parentage.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01

CAMP PERRY. Ohio, Aug. IL
National rifle matches concluded to-
day. In the individual match another
worlds record was made. a young
rifleman from the United States naval
academy, midshipman. II. O.
Roesche of Oregon. who won the gov
ernor's match last week, made the re-
markable score of 1875 out of a posi-
BILE 200 at slow fire in the 200, 500
500 and 1000-yard targets, thereby
winning $40 for the highest slow fire
Roesche also won the match, defeat
ing 623 competitors with record
score of $50.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01
FARM CROPS AT HIGH MARK.
Diversified Farmers Will Have Pros.
porous Iear-Priccs Continue to
Run High Also.

SPOKANE, Wash. Aug. 2S.-Sixty-
five million bushels of wheat. 80, 900 =
600 bushels of oats and $4,000. 600
bushels of barley is the extent of the
grain crop predicted for Washington.
Idaho and oregon this season by mil
lers and bankers who have made a
close study of the situation in tn >
three states. The hay crop, including
alfalfa. will be the largest in the his
tory of the northwest, and in addition
the growers in the Yakima valley in
Washington will make Zoo bales of
hops. The crop is high grade and free
from defects
Yield Is Record.
The wheat acreage in WASHINGTON is
2,122, 200 acres this year. as against
1,72S,74S in 1908, when 29.5O0. 600
bushels We're harvested. The We'd
this year is estimated at from 39,OOO,-
600 to 100000 bushels. as against
3S,0OO,O0O bushels in 1907. Oregon
has S62, 900 in wheat this year. as
against S1S,5S5 in 1908, and IT is ex-
pected the crop will be not less than
16,500,000 bushels. If conditions had
been favorable throughout the state
the yield would be 21,OOO,O00 bushels
this years as compared with less
than 100000 bushels in 1908. Its
acreage is 474,00O as against 414,412
year ago.
Oats Continue High.
Farmers are holding their oats for
S25 a ton, which means from S9j to
$3.50 at tidewater. The barley crop
is large, with plenty of coarse grain
for feeding later in the season. Many
of the wheat ranchers believe they
made a mistake in holding tn cir -ia'n
When it was at the dollar max, as
"a 'ces have tumbled to from SO 20 sc
cents. Millers in the Inland Empire
do not expect a raise until next SPRING
the basis for this being that the far
mers in the c madam northwest are
cutting a bumper crop and the fact
that Russian and Danuoian countries
are ready to ship to Europe.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01
VERY FEW ANIMALS
FROM YAKIMA HERDS
Todd HOlsteinS and Dunn ShOrthOrnS
Will Represent the County at the
Seattle Fair.

The Todd and Dunn herds of cattle
are in all likelihood the only Yakima
herds which viii be presented in the
stock exposition at Seattle next month
in connection with the A.-Y.-P. fair.
Several of the Todd Holsteins have
been entered and the Messrs. Dunn
will make Shorthorn display. So far
as known no other of the local breed
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01
WIND HINDERS BUSY BEE.
Climatic Conditions and Non-Dcvel-
opment of Flowers Causes Slump
in 1909 Output.

Summer breezes played havoc with
ley. AS a result of unfavorable eli
matte conditions, non-ripening of
clover and other influences the busy
bees in the 10000 colonies gathered
10000 pounds of honey the past sea-
son. In 1908 with practically the
same number of colonies the output
was 100000 pounds-a record break
ing crop, which is far from equaled
the present season. Bee growers con-
tend that the heavy winds in mid
summer made it hard for the bees to
make their tour from the hives and
flowers with a load of pollen, and that
prevalence of this condition re-
suited in the output falling below the
average. Other growers say that the
flowers of the Yakima valley lack
the usual amount of honey produc-
ing material which deferred the bees
in the sweet work.
Complain of Taxes.
Bee growers complain that the
taxes fixed by law on bee colonies are
not right. The schedule calls for an
assessment of $1.2s per colony, which
is within % cents of the actual value
of the bees. This rate has also
worked a hardship upon the growers,
which they will endeavor to remedy
by a general appeal to the state board
of equalization by means of a state
wide bee growers protest. The aver
age yield for the season per colony is
estimated at 20 pounds. The pre-
vailing price for honey is from s2.25
to 1925 per case.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01

river, on the east side, from Bevcr-
ley, a previous survey covering the
tract between the crossing of the
river and Beverly. Present surveys,
so far as known, carry the line as far
up as Wenatchee.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01

For reasonable board and tuition,
the finest equipment and thorough
graduates, all employed. the state
Business College, Tacoma, has few
equals. Get a catalogue 211-tf
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01

me now. Goodbye" | was unable
to get him again and knew he had
gone down with the ship.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01

In any emergency where salves are
required use Pinesalve CarboliZed-
there is nothing better for cuts. burns
and bruises. Sold by c. c. Camp.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-07-01

"If he (the government had a
thimbleful of sense it would oc-
cur to him (the N,government)
that if he had to furnish the
money to buy the bonds and be
the custodian of the bonds he
might as well buy them himself
and draw the interest himself"
And yet, with a law so devoid
of justice and reason, made to
give class of mani pulators the
power of creating p$nics on give
prosperity, according as their
stock gambling interests de-
mand, the last congress- even
went further and allowed the
banks to use the watered bonds
of corporations as a basis for
bank note circulation. We can
not help wondering how long
the patience of the American
people will endure this kind of
legislation by those who have
been elected to serve them
Farm Journal.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-07-01

The Diaz government one of his
tory making.
Was it not in Constantinople,
long ago, that the grand vizier
formed his judgment of the pop
ularity of the governments
measures by counting up how
many bakers had been assassi-
mated over night?
By some means tn eattitude of
a people toward their govern
ment must express itself. A
small insurrectio min Mexico
calls attention to the exceeding
rarity, in later years, of such
events in a country where they
were once staple occurrence
published in set form, like the
base ball scores and receipts of
wheat at Chicago. That Diaz's
thirty-year rule-albeit not pat
termed to our taste-is satisfac-
tory to the body of his subjects
seems a lair conclusion.
In government revenue and
foreign trade Mexico now ranks
with Sweden. Her foreign trade
is two<thirds that of Spain. She
has more miles of railway and
telegraph than Italy.
This important Industrial po-
sition is almost altogether a Gre
alton of Diaz's government.
Under his beneficent regime our
merchandise trade with Mexico
has increased eleven fold.
The United States trade with
Mexico is as great as with China
and Japan combined; sixty per
cent as great as with Canada
very nearly as great as with
France; five times as great as
with Sptin. Excepting England,
Germany and France there is no
European country with which
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-07-01
The FavOritiSm Of the
Government.

"They will tell you that banks
discriminate in favor of the gov
eminent; that the government
exacts security for its deposits,
and that it should see that every
diwow and orphan has as good
security as it has. This is all
buncombe; you could rake Texas
with fine-tooth comb and you
could not find a widow, orphan
or anybody else that would be
fool enough to permit us to dis
criminate in their favor the same
as we do for the government.
Suppose man walked into your
bank and said: Here is $4,000
/ want to deposit, but l want you
to buy government bonds with it
and hand me the bonds to hold
as security for my deposit, which
will remain indefinitely, and you
can have the interest on the
bonds" Wouldn't you have
some doubt about the fellows
sanity? Because if he had a
thimbleful of sense it would oc-
cur to him that if he is to furnish
the money to buy the bonds and
be the custodian of the bonds he
might as well buy them himself
and draw the interest himself"
The above is not the idle talk
of a non-thinking man, illiterate
and inconsiderate, nor is it the
mouthings of a blatant dema-
gogue to array class against
class and catch the votes of the
unwary and unthoughtful.
This is the utterance of a
level-headed, successful banker,
Mr.. Pondgon of Texarkana,
Texts, and was made in an adj
dress before the last meeting of
the Texas Bankers Association
at Fort Worth. More than this,
it was made deliberately-even
written down in his address, and
no one in all that convention
rose up to deny the statement.
1t used to be that when a
farmer or laborer challenged the
right of the government to sin
gle out a class of non-producers
and actually pay them interest
to use the governments credit
for the purpose of issuing money
to loan to the people for more
intensive say that once when
this right was challenged onr
bankers, our congressman and
our political orators all chimed
in to show us the beneficence of
this great ssytem. Now, the
plain, unvarnished truth is adj
mitted by a gentleman in the
banking business, whose sanity
is not questioned and whose bus
mess success is we'll known.
Let us repeat his summing up: