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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-01-19
THREE REQUISITES.

There are three questions connect
ed with the purchase of the water
system by the city. They are, first:
Can the city AFFORD to buy it? Sec
ond, will its management be in COM
petent hands under municipal con-
troll? Third, when will the city be
in position to take over the prop
erty better than at present?
There has been much discussion as
to the price that the company is ask
ing for the property. AS a practical
proposition, business is worth what
1t will pay interest upon. Mr. Ar
rowsmith claims that the property is
yielding a gross revenue yearly OF
over $4,000. He states that the op-
Grating expenses were $4,000 last
year. In stating these figures he Of
Tered to demonstrate their truth by
an examination Of the books and
urged committee of citizens to wait
on him FOR this purpose.
In determining this proposition the
citizensshould be interested enough to
take advantage of this offer and the
Business Mems association should en-
gage an accountant to go over the
books and verify Mr.. Arrowsmiths
statements. He has shown his fair
ness In making the offer. If his state
ment is true then the price that the
company is asking for the water sys-
tenn may not be too high.
In regard to management Mayor
Armbruster states that he is willing
to let the people say what sort of a
commission shall run the water sys-
tenn IL the city buys it. More than
that, he says he is willing that they
shall name the commission. Such an
agreement removes another bugaboo
and the whole proposition is up to
the people.
Then there is the contingency men
toned at the meeting Thursday night
to the effect that the city may never
have another opportunity to buy the
plant until the water company's
franQ)pfse expires twenty-three years
hence. The reason for this is that
our bonded indebtedness will per-
init of its purchase now. If the prop
osition is rejected, the valuation of
the plant will increase rapidly
because reservoirs must. and will
be built and altogether S140,-
600 will be expended three years
hence to care for the requirements of
larger city. This additional valua-
ton given the water plant Will make
1t too expensive proposition for the
city to-handle at any future time, it
Is said, If the bonds are voted down
at this time. Just how much weIght
this has is a question, but 1t is a con-
tingency that Is not improbable The
people must ponder upon these
things
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As far as the municipal ownership
Of water works is concerned there
are undoubtedly more people in the
city today who believe in the abstract
principle than ther~ have ever been,
but it is doubted IL many of them
would vote for it under the present
conditions. All of us would like to
own an automobile, out even though
we could muster enough ready cash
to buy one, we might be up against
it for money to buy gasoline and paw
for new tires, to say nothing of de-
priving ourselves Of the necessities Of
life in the experiment. We are
simply face to face with the cold
calculating proposition of the cost of
mere existence. I.uxuries have no
place in a proposition of that kind
even though few years later we NAV
regret that we were not in a position
to have acted differently. The ex-
pense of an election to determine the
sentiment of the community Is
needless expense. We might just as
well forget the whole agitation fo-
the present.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-01-19
WHAT A CONTRACT.

The late Robert G. Ingersoll In his
world famous GRAFTON on Abraham
Lincoln spoke these renowned words:
On February IL. 1909, two boys were
Born, one IN humble backwoods hut
In Kentucky, the other in the luxury
Of an expansive English estate. The
one was reared amid the hardships
and the privatiOns of a frontier home
in america. The other amid the
wealth. and influence of English aris-
tocracy. The one gained his educn-
ton in his association with the COM
mon people and by reading the life
of Washington" and the Bible: the
other in the renowned university of
Cambridge. The one struck the
sfackles from the slaves and set u
,lmillion people free; the other struck
-the shs c,xles from the human mind
and released us from the bondage Of
superstitition and ignorance. The ono
was Abraham Lincoln, the otho'
Charles Darwin Both were educated
men,"
On Friday night one hundred uni
versity men, who claim the "VaIlevs
OF the Yakima as their home gath
cred around the banquet table at tho
Hotel Yakima. Typical colegians,
they. college educated and college
bred. On Saturday, hundreds OF
pioneers, many of them being num-
bered among those who crossed the
plains in canvas covered wagon in
tile early eos and 70s' gathered in
North Yakima to celebrate the
twenty-fifth anniversary of this citys
existence. What contrast. Yet all
are educated men.
"New occasions teach new duties,
Tfnre makes ancient good un-
couth,
We must up again and onward
If we would Keep abreast of
truth
So sang the poet half century
ago, yet how potent is 1t in the light
of our present day experience. Can
we not realize the, wish of those old
pioneers inwardly voiced on Saturday,
backward, turn backward, Oh Time,
in thy flight and make me child
again, Just for tonight?" Was that
not what our beloved fellow citizen,
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islation. and for simplicity's sake the
members of this board are also the
assistant business managers.
This modification of the commission
plan will be watched as an interesting
experiment. There is question
whether the effort to center RESPONSE
bility in the mayor and at the same
time to have each commissioner head
a department may not result in some
confusion of responsibility after ALL
It Is said, however, that the Colorado
Springs charter shows better legal
workmanship than that of Des
Moines.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-01-19
All WHO
Would Enjoy

good health, with it's blessings, must un-
derstand, quite clearly, that it involves the
questa1inright living with all the term
kTR:oies wia proper knowledge : Of what
Nl @-p st each hoak r of recreation of enjoy
IS Dse' Il contenp ation and of effort may
nens ~.de to contribute to living Alright
" the use Of medicines may be dis
in'n Nth to advantage, but under Or
s;naTv cond' lions in many instances a
o,l ,yholesoroe fsniedy may be invalu-
&c takn at the proper time and the
con Fig Syrup Co. holds that it is
what is bett4portant to present the subject
returned. lily and to supply the one perfect
eau live to those desiring it.
asse.n Consequently, the Company's Syrup o.
igs and Elixir of SIENNA gives general
dissatisfaction. To get it's beneficial effects
Mo boy the genuine; manufactured by the
~ california Fig Syrup Co. only, and for sale
by all leading druggists.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-01-19
CANNON|SM ISSUE
AT SPRINGFIELD
First Open Stand of Progressive
Republicanism in the State
Is Expected.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Jan. 18.-The
lid is about to be blown from lll1nols
Republican politics. This forecast Is
greed upon by all of the observers at
Springfield. 1t is freely made by the
more active of the progressives and is
ingily conceded by nearly all of the
old time conservatives.
The situation at Springfield is such
rs to make it entirely possible the de-
velopments of the coming week of the
extra session of the legislature will be
crucial in determining whether a
belligerent insurgent movement aim
ed at Speaker Cannon and the bulk of
the Illinois congressional delegation
C. be longer restrained.
During the week the fight over the
enactment of direct plurality pri-
mary law will reach its climax. Upon
he result largely depends the politi-
cal future of more than one of the
present party leaders in the state, and
he end of the week is likely to re-
'ord the first open stand of progress
sive Republicanism against the ele-
nents which have been in control of
state political affairs during quar-
eT VI d century.
Primary Law Foreshadowed.
Judged by the sentiment which
senator's and representatives express
I'd when they started homeward at
the close of the last weeks work,
here is almost certainty of the en-
actment of direct plurality primary
Jaw, similar in all of it's technical pro-
visions to the last primary law,
which was declared unconstitutional
by the state supreme court.
In the two points found to be un-
constitutional, the method of nomina-
ion of representatives to the lower
branch of the general assembly and
the deficiencies in provision for the
registration of voters for primary pur-
poses, amendments of all varieties
have been prepared and thrashed
over during the discussions of the
week until an agreement has been
practically reached.
Unless the combined and Impressed
force of the influence of Speaker Can
non and that of the Republican mem
bership of the national house of rep
fesentatives is sufficiently powerful to
'ounteract the sentiment OF the state
or direct plurality bill. the pro-
sressive element will win and the
Cannon standpat contingent will face
| desperate battle for denomination in
ne congressional districts of the
state where anti-Cannonism is to be
made the one and only issue of the
coming campaign
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-01-19
Structural Steel Worker Drops
From Dizzy Height as Wife
Sails Up the River.

NEW YORK, Jan. 18.-The fate
that sooner or later comes to most
of the human spiders who work on
lofty bridges came to julius Hansen,
broad-chested, blue-eyed young
Swede today, when he shot like a
falling rivet to his death from the
new Manhattan bridge.
Almost at the same instant his wife
and two children were coming up the
bay on the steamship that had
Brought them from Europe. They
were gazing at the towering struc-
ture, of which Hansen had sent them
many picture post cards home to
Sweden.
To get at his work Hansen had to
get into shallow wicker basket
which was suspended from the bridge
by two slender steel cables.
The man reached from his saucer
Of basket to haul himself along the
structure to a particularly difficult
bit of wiring. The saucer tipped.
Hansen, with shout of surprise. slid
over its edge.
Fear of Death I'm His Eyes.
AS he fell out he gripped the edge
nf it and hung there, the sweat pour
ing down his face, and the fear of
the end that was to come in his eyes.
He did not dare shout Morton and
Richards, two other bridge workers,
ran to Shorty Ames, the foreman.
and pointed to Hansen, hanging on
there till the blood squeezed out of
his finger tips. Ames got long rope
with a running moose in 1t, and three
men began to lower the moose over
Hansen's head.
A puff of wind blew it out of range
the first time. Hansen looked up,
and what they saw in his eyes told
them they would have to work quick
ly.
The Loop Missed Him Twice.
For Gods sake, hold on!" shout
ed Ames. A second time they missed
him.
The man they were fishing for
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= We are hardly accustomed to that
new railroad station yet. It's just
like those little copper toed leather
boots that we used to wear some
years ago, we are so proud of It, but
1t does not feel quite natural to see
it there In a few days the novelty
will wear Off and then we will be ex-
planning It's beauty and commodious
accommodations to strangers with as
much familiarity as IL we had 1t all
our life. It's a satisfaction though,
to feel that the railroad company has
accepted our Importance at our own
estimate and demonstrated 1t by in
vesting so much money for our bene-
fit
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Notice for Publication.

Department of the Interior, U. 8.
Land Office at North Yakima,
Washington. December II. 1893.
Notice is hereby given that Alfred
L. Jenkins, of North Yakima, Wash.
(Black Rock route) who on Novem-
Der 1, 1904, made Homestead Entry
No. 1859. Serial No. 01590, for l.:
of NV IA and w IL OF ne Ia section
20, Township IL NJ, Range % e. Will
lamette Meridian, has filed notice of
intention to make final five year proof,
to establish claim to the land above
described. before the Register and
Receiver, at North Yakima, Washing
ton. on the 18th day of February,
1910.
Claimant names as witnesses, James
C. Skidmore OF North Yakima Wash
ington Isaac Vanderlinde, of North
Yakima. Washington; James A. Stay
ton, of Black Rock, Washington;
George w. Barron, of Toppenish
Washington.
HARRY Y SAINT,
Register.
Dec. 22-2s-Jan. g-12-1s-26.
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ANOTHER CITY WITH A
MANAGER.

Additional evidence of the desire on
the part of the American people 10
make the new forms of city govern
ment fit local needs as nearly as pos
sible is furnished by the recent re-
forms at Colorado Springs. The citi-
zens of that place, in adopting the
pes Moines plan. made a number of
changes to suit themselves, says the
Spokesman Review.
Their new charter places all legisla-
tive and executive functions in the
hands of five commissioners elected
at large for terms of four years. but
places strong correlating power in tn"
hands of the mayor, who in Des
Moines Is hardly more than munici.
pal publicity agent and reception COM
mittee.
The mayor of Colorado Springs ap-
points all municipal employees other
than the city clerk and unskilled
workmen. subject in some cases to the
recommendation of the head of the
department. involved and in the case
If the city solicitor to the approval of
TWO members of the council The
mayor may remove any employee and
may veto any appropriation ordi-
nance. He supervises all the depart
ments. has their accounts examined
by an inspector responsible to him
alone and may appoint experts at any
lime to inquire into the conduct of the
departments.
In addition he has the water de-
Dartment entirely under his control
This is his assignment as a commits
sioner. and as he is chief executive
zoo. the responsibility for the water
department. rests wholly upon his
shoulders The citizens of Colorado
springs wanted II so. Local condi-
ions make the water department the
most important of ALL
In short, Colorado Springs has a
business manager. with board of
control ito attend to finances and leg
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-01-19
TIE OMNISIENCE (?) OF OUR
COURTS

The superhuman wisdom of law.
yers the moment they get on the
bench is a tradition of our American
he pleases, but as soon as they be-
come judges they are above criticism
This is as it should be.
The omniscience of our courts IL
shown by a recent decision of the SUI
preme court of Virginia-and there
is story in it.
Years ago Mayor McCue of Char
lottesville murdered his wife. He
was tried, convicted and hanged. He
had in his prosperous days insured
his life, presumably for the benefit
of his family rather than for say
selfish purpose. But when he was
hanged, the insurance companies, or
some of them, resisted t.le payment
of the policies on the ground that
payment under such circum stances
would be an encouragement of MUIR
der. and therefore against public pol
icy!
Now a mere man, with only hui
man wisdom, would have said "Rats!"
the assured would be able to find
some more direct way of getting the
avails of his insurance into the hands
of the people he loved and wished
to benefit than by numbering their
mamma and trusting to the courts
to hang him for it,
Rrt the grave and reverend seniors
on the supreme bench of Virginia
pierce through the fallacy Of the man
who remarked "Rats!" with SUI
preme wisdom that commands our
reverence. NO." says the court, "to
let these babies have this money
that has been paid into the Golfers of
the insurance company for their ben
efit--would induce crime. We can
see in. the awful future q saturnalia
of battle, murder and sudden death
If men whose lives are insured find
out that they can get their insurance
money for their loved ones by the
simple process of getting themselves
hanged. OF coui Sc, a man to do this
would have to love the beneficiary of
the policy very dearly, but that's the
very danger. Our people love their
children and wives very dearly.
Therefore they would revel in muir
der for their sakec. The lovingest
are the murderousest It's clear
that these babies must go without
the money their father paid in for
whose fathers have not been hanged.
Decision for the defendant"
Daniel comes to judgment-a
whole Old Dominion benchful of Dam
iels!
Isn't 1t fine to think that the brains
of our courts work along those lines :?
wouldn't you think-honestly. now
that the buffers had emptied the
mush into the skulls of their honors
that morning, if you didn't know that
such an operation was physically so
difficult?
And-oh. no. Don't tell us that it's
a Jim Crow state court that did this
thing. The United States supreme
court decided the same sort of case
In the same way years ago, and it is
still the law OF that great tribunal.
1t is only fair to say that the Illi-
nois supreme court-made up of
elective judges, and not gifted with
the supreme wisdom of the federal
gave the babies the
funds that had been bought for them
They Say that the other decisions
border closely upon the absurd"
Absurd? Heavens-they are eithe~
abysmally idiotic or too wise for the
ordinary mind!
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HELD life BY F|NGER TIPS
THEN PLUNGED To DEATH

loosened one hand slowly. Carefully
they made one more attempt This
time the loop fell over Hansen's
head and he raised a feeble right
hand to slip it over his shoulders.
This was the last straw on the
overburdened muscles. Hansen's left
hand loosened its grip. With a shout
of terror he shot through the loop
down to the river, far below. The
body did not reappear.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-01-19
NOTICE TO INCREASE THIS CAPt-
TAI STOCK OF THU TTE7ON
WATER USERS Association.


NOTICE TO INCREASE THIS CAPf-
tai STOCK OF THE TTE9UN
WATER USERS Association.
To the Stockholders of the Tfetoa
Water Users Association:
You and each of you. are hereby
notified that specisi meeting of the
stockholders Of the Teton Water Us
erS Association. a corporation. has
been duly called by the Board of Trus-
tees thereof, to be held, and will be
held. at the City Council room in the
court house in the city of North Yaki-
ma. Yakima county, State of Wash
ington, at the hour of 100 o'clock p.
m. on Monday. February IA. 1910. for
the purpose of considering and acting
upon the question and proposition OF
increasing the capital stock OF said
Teton Water Users association from
twenty-four thousand (24,000)
shares of the par value of Sixty dollars
(s60.00) each, and OF the aggregate
par value of one million four hundred
forty thousand dollars ($1, 440, 00O.00>
to thirty-four thousand five hundred
(34,500) shares of the par value Of
sixty dollars t$60O0) EACH and OF
the aggregate par value of two mill
lion seventy thousand dollars (y2,-
o70, ooo.0O), and at which said meet
ing said question and proposition to
so increase said capital stock will be
submitted considered, acted upon and
voted upon; and
You are further notified that for the
purpose of said meeting and pur-
suant to the Bylaws and order OF
the Board of Trustees the stock
books and records of the corporation
will be closed for the transfer CT
stock and stock subscriptions, on
January 25th, 1910, at five o'clock ..
M, and no stock or stock subscrip-
tons will be transferred on such
books after said last named date, and
until after said stockholders meeting.
Dated and signed at North Yakima.
Yakima county, Washington, this 14th
day of December, 1908, py the under
signed, being all of the trustees Of
said corporation.
(SIGNED)
A. J. SPLAWN.
A. e. LARSON.
H. M. GILBERT.
w. I. HUxTABLH.
w. L. LEMON.
Dec. 5-22-2e-Jan. 6-12-1s-2s-Feb.a-s <
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FOR SALE OR EXCHANGED
splendid business: hardware, furni-
ture. farm implements, paints, oils
and groceries, to sell for less than
their value, or exchange for personal
property or improved land. Good
paper as good as cash. These goods
are all fresh and the business flourish
ing c. e. Spencer, Outlook, Wash.
Sit
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-01-19
SOC1 ETY.
Susie Boyle
acknowledgements Nuptials.

The wedding of Miss Lillian Hub
bard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Charles Hubbard, to Mr.. Ellis Bounds
son of Mr.. and Mrs. p A. Bounds, was
quietly solemnized yesterday after
noon at o'clock at st. Joseph's par
ish house, the Rev. Father Brusten
officiating. The ceremony was wit
messed by only the imm ediate families
of the bride and groom, who were at
'ended by Miss Hubbard, sister of the
bride, and Mr.. Curtis. The bride was
gowned in a tailored travelling suit,
cut on simple lines, and wore pic
ture hat. Mr.. and Mrs. Bounds left
on the afternoon train for a wedding
rip to the sound cities and will be at
home to their host of friends here
after the first of February at their
residence on South Fourth street.
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:, Nv the leading cluzens anu "'>'
,,,ars led bv MIR. r. C. Hall and Mrs
MA stair. Dancing was merriiy con-
timed at the club later until midhisn''
dainty supper being served In the
m ain dining room.
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the slfraudufeHr - uniiii ,''--- =.
tIa charged Taft only with lack OF IN
formation. It is untrue that me ="
aster was even technically 'nsnpo
d,nate But these charges are OF no
imnortance in Pnchots eyes. neA
10 efforts to substitute technicai TOT
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Mr.. Ratterman TO Wed.

An out-of-town wedding of interest
to large circle of Yakima friends
is that of the announcement received
here of the approaching marriage or
Mr.. Lander Ratterman, former in
structor of the commercial develop
ment of the North Yakima scnool
and Miss Clara Belle Cahill, of Wal
nut hill Cincinnati, Ohio. The we'd
ding will be one of social prominence
there this month. Mr.. Ratterman and
his bride will make their home on
East Hill, Cincinnati, where Mr.. Rat
terman is connected with the law firm
of Roebling and Roebling.
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Office from 118 e. Yakima Ave. to
Room 301 Hotel Washington Bldg. 2tf
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on the program of work uuae.ss...s'-.
Nv the american Civs Federation.
The creation of a national park at Nj
agara Fails is also contemplated anu
the association has Undertaken
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January Wedding.

Sunday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, the
wedding of Miss Pearl Meyer and Mr.
Eugene ID. Foster was quietly solem-
nized at the family residence. 100
Jefferson street. DR.. M. l.. Rose, of
he First Christian church. officiat-
ing. The ceremony was witnessed by
only few close friends and relatives.
Miss Renice Wiley and Mr.. Roy Eos
to- attended the bride and groom,
who will make Yakima their future
home.
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with the same result. Meanwnne
Edward Remy had been detained -
took after it and teiephoned TO kno"
n II could he down the next oaf
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Small Bridge.

Mrs. w. l.. Lemon entertained the
Tika Kumtux club very charmingly
a small bridge affair yesterday aft
crnoon at her home, 231 North First
street, the occasion marking another
of the fortnightly series of club after
moons. Bridge was the diversion, three
little tables being at play during the
hours and later a dainty luncheon was
served by Mrs. Lemon. Twelve ladies
we're entertained.
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now completely cured, after suirerine
with catarrh for eighteen years.
ssI think il those who are aflicteu
with catarrh would try Peruna they
vould never regret it."
In an Ideal Laxative