The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1910-10-07


The Yakima valley has become famous for it's fruits and
vegetables and now that is likewise becoming famous
for it's live stock the fairs there will continue to
attract and more every year. 1t is beng adVo-
Gated by the Democrat of North Yakima that the city
of North Yakima remain city OF the third class until
special legislation be enacted to enable it to vote on
commission form of government The commission
form of government is becoming exceedingly popular
even before it seems to have been thoroughly tried
out. The people want change.
The Sun of Sunnyside recently issued special Or
chard and Fruit number in the interest of the orchards
in and around Sunnysde and it gives splendid &C
count of fruit growing in that section Sunnysde City
is only short distance from the famous Orchard
Tracts, which were plated and planned by B. f.
Blaine of Seattle
It has been estimated that the apple crop around
Wenatchee will bring the owners thereof in the neigh
borhood of two million dollars. The orchards are
about six years old.
Sixty per cent of the lumber mills of the Puget
Sound country are idle and the other forty per cent
are only running at half capacity. When the mills are
idle it is always safe to figure that hard times prevail
in the Puget Sound country.
The Pierce County Pioneer Society held its annual
meeting at the Puyallup fair last Wednesday and was
largely attended. The Puyallup annual stock show
and fair is one of the interesting annual meetings of
year.
Thomas Harlan, editor of the Oaksvie Cruiser,
G. A. R. man. and one of the old stalwart Republicans,
is canvassng the first Congressional district in the in
terest of W. w. Black the Democratic candidate for
representative in Congress against w. E. Humphrey,
the Republican candidate.
The fruit cannery at Shelton is said to be working
over time just and has contracted all the fruit
that has the capacity to put up. An increase of
both the plant and the fruit trees might good
deal more money for that community.
The Olympia Chronicle is of the opinion that Rep
resentave Humphrey is in danger of losing his seat
in Congress and the same be filled by Judge Black,
who is making vigorous campaign for the election.
From the publications of Davenport it is learned
that $40 900 hospital will be the highway to
completion that is if the plans mature rapidly as
they are giving evieence of doing at this time. There
should be we'll equipped hospital in every large city
of the state and most assuredy in every county of
the state and until that has been done it will be inn
nossible to care for the sick of the respective
munites as they should be-
But a few days ago the editor of The SEATTLE Re-
PUBLICAN informed the editor of the Seattle Daily
Times that his name is Cayton and not Clayton and
that he was not colored but born that way and now
the editor of the Lincoln County Times has to be post
ed on the very points Did you think your readers
would be more inclined to believe the reproduction from
THE SEATTLE REPUBLICAN by you discussing the per-
sonaity of the editor? We know all about ourselves
and so do majority of your readers. Cut it out.
With it's last issue the Cofax Gazette began it's
thirty fourth year. It'll of the strong weekle of
the state and is we'll patronized by the business
and farmers of Whitman county. While the Gazette
is pretty good weekly it has room for improvement,
and if it expects to continue to get the patronage of
the men of the community it had better add some
features to it's pages. The farmers of Whitman coun
ty said to have cash money on deposit in the
banks of the county than in any other community in
the Northwest and an up-to-date weekly paper will
run some of the befo de wah publishers out of the
field unless they get move on themselves.
After hot fight between the drys and the vets
Couee City by majority of one decided to abolish the