The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-05-11
County Division.

Why? Just to have something
stirring in politics. 1t is too bad
when the political field becomes so
barren that the last resort must be
appealed to, in order to hunt few
jobs for idle politicians.
1t would be a shame after all these
years of labor and expense that Yak
ina county has put forth to get it's
irrigated section of the country east
of the Cascade mountains. For Yak
ina county is the best known county
west of the Rockies today, through
out the United States from Maine TO
the coast and Canada to the gulf.
This fame and recognition has cost
many dollars and much hard work
on the part of no one section of the
beautiful valley, but has come
about by the strength found only
in the united efforts of a large coun-
ty 1t is safe to say that haa this
county been one-half its present size
it could never have been accom-
plished.
Yes, Yakima is large county and
so is the United States a large coun-
somewhat of reputation for doing
things. We are living in big age
large day and it takes numbers and
strength now to accomplish what
once might have been done by few.
1t would be little less than fool
hardy to think of dividing this Won
derfu county. AS an outsider re-
Gently remarked, 1T looks very much
like family jealousy-the little
cause he is little taller and grew
more rapidly" North Yakima should
be the pride of the whole d fam
lily of small towns.
Mabton can say without hesitation
that although she is almost on the
other border line, she has always
had fair treatment at the hands of
the Big City.
A county seat fight has never failed
to carry in it's wake disastrous feel
ings and results, for which it taxes
years to cover and forget.
Why? Just at this vital point in
her achievement, must this disagree
able agitation be dragged forward.
There are many localities in the far
east where the distinction between
North Yakima and Yakima county is
unknown. This cannot be an ad-
vantage to the whole valley. What
ever advertisements the north end of
the county gets must have it's pro-
portional dn4uence over the entire
county.
What if separation should take
place and the county were called
Granger or Sunnyside county, would
not all the good work of the past
years have to be done over?
1t is unfortunate for a town as for
an individual, when they become so
conceited as to think that they are
as popular outside of their little ra-
dius as within it. There is such q
thing as getting booty with conceit.
All drunkenness does not of necessity
depend upon liquor We suggest that
some of our little brothers climb up
in the grandstand and watch them
selves go by, and they may be sur
prised to see how small the whole
that although she is almost on tn
Yakima county is, for so great a fame
as it is now celebrating.
But in the name of progress and
the future welfare of this beautiful
valley, which has had such a fight
and struggle to come as it has today,
into it's rightful own-don't let us
drag a dirty little county seat fight
before the strangers now knocking at
the door of Yakima county. We are
for unity and consolidation, not dis
fntegraaion. Forget it.-Mabton
Chronicle.