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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-16
NEW MCKEE STRUCTURE
ALARMS THE ENGINEER
Changing Conditions of the Yaki-.
ma River Bring Up a Problem
Which Results in a Conference
of Experts for Solution.

Repairs to the west pier of the east
span of the new Mckee bridge have
been agreed upon and will be made at
once by Contractor Lum. This is the
pier which was broken off by the rush
of logs during the high water of last
fall. 1t is necessary to rebuild it and
make it fit to carry the burden which
will be placed upon it, Engineers
Noble and Marble have been in con-
sultation with County Engineer Nc
Intyre, Contractor Lum and the
county commissioners regarding the
situation and as a result a plan has
been agreed upon which, it is be-
lieved, will give an adequate protec-
ton to the pier from the rush of wa
ter and from the securing of the river.
Buttressed by Stone.
In addition to the work planned in
the reconstruction of the concrete
pier it has been decided that there
must be considerable bulwark of
rocks in the river at that point and
that 25 per cent of the stone so used
shall have a weight of at least 1000
pounds per stone. This barrier is to
extend for a considerable distance
from the pier so as to form protec-
ton against the tendency of the wa
ter to undermine the foundation.
Messrs. Lum and Marble have had an
experience extending over a number
of years with the Yakima and other
similar rivers of the northwest and
are convinced that the work planned
will be adequate. The plans of the
engineers are based on the necessity
for action. In other words they are
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-16
HE LIKES NORTH YAKIMA.
Says Yakima Valley Will Be a
Bee Hive of Industry in
Five Years.

l.. J. Bricker, who, upon the resig-
nation of c. w. Mott, became the gem
eral immigration agent of the North
ern Pacific railroad, spent yesterday
IN North Yakima it being his first
visit to this section since his appoint
ment. Mr.. Bricker had been in this
city decade or so ago and naturally
was astounded at the remarkab Bile
growth of this section of the state and
particularly the CHIEF city of the Yak
ina valley.
After viewing the town Mr.. Bricker
was shown the new depot upon which
occasion he remarked; This depot is
aute in keeping with the apparent
progress of your city; fitting step IN
line with your general progress. North
Yakima and the Yakima valley is a;
the present time attracting wide
spread attention in the east and the
real rush has not started.
This depot is only one of your
creditable improvements but it will
have its effect on the stranger who
alights from the train and finds MINI
self in a well-lighted, comfortable,
and commodious station. He will to
a certain extent be favorably impress
sed the moment he stands on the
platform and, first impressions of
persons and places are not easily
eradicated. Starting in with a favor
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-16

able feeling iowa d your city he will.
with what you are able to show him
later, leave with a desire to return.
THE stranger looking out of his
car window and noting the fruit ex-
hibit which l am told win be display
ed in the new depot will have his
curiosity whetted and will seek more
information. Advertising of this ma
ture cannot be too highly commended
within five years the Yakima val
ley will, / think be a veritable bee
hive of industry and your city will
reap the harvest. The opportunities
open to the investor at the present
time are bound to be seen and appre-
ciated by the thousa nds of home seek
ers who will travel westward in the
next few years.
Our colonist excursions, the usual
low one way rates, will go into effect
March 1 and continue daily until
April Is. These tickets will have I'M
usual stop-over privileges allowing as
much as ten days at points optional
with the purchaser. These excursions
with those of the home seekers which
are sold every first and third Tues
day of the month during the year as
far west as Ellensburg. will bring
thousands of desirable people into
this region.
your citizens and organized COM
mercial bodies can we'll afford to send
thousands of copies of your local pa.
pers to eastern friends as this is after
all the safest and best way to adver-
tise a community."
Mr.. Bricker departed for the east
last evening on No. 8.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-16
RANCHERS MAY TAKE DITCH.
Selah Water Users Spend the Day
in Discussing the Merits of
Such Proposition.

The ditch of the Selah Water COM
pany, which irrigates some $4,000
acres, is likely to pass into the hands
Of the water users. If it does it will
be great thing for the Selah valley
particularly in the point of view of
view of newcomers. People new to
this section apparently favor the plan
of the ditch being in the hands of the
water users and it may be SAID the
federal government does also as It
has directed its work towards that ul-
innate object. The question, so far as
the Selah is concerned will be con-
sidered from this time forward until
definite action is taken as there is
proposal to that end before the ranch
ers.
Ranchers Have Long Session.
All day Saturday ranchers of the
Selah were in session at Kings hall
discussing the question of the ditch.
Ira b. Englehart has asked the water
users to take over the proposition.
Two committees reported on Saturday
to the meeting. These were the COM
mittee on the mechanical or physical
condition of tn ditch and accessories
of the proposition. Both reported ia
vorably. That is they found both con-
ditions to be fairly satisfactory
1t was decided to organize tenn
porarily to carry on further lnvesti-
cation, to negotiate with the ditch
company and if satisfactory to carry
forward plans for Incorporation. A
committee was chosen to look after
this work consisting of Messrs. James
Lancaster, c. L. Bradley, George II.
Biehn, DR.. ]. S. Kloeber and w. B.
Armstrong.
There is a strong feeling among
North Yakima people interested in the
Selah valley that the taking over of
the ditch by the users will be a move
in the right direction and one which
Will greatly benefit the valley.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-16
CLINE FORMS LUMBER co.
Sunnyside Merchant Announces
Formation of North Coast
Lumber Company.

w. H. Cline of Sunnyside, while on
a visit in North Yakima Saturday, an
nounced the formation of the North
Coast Lumber Co. with a capital of
$4,000 at Sunnyside. He has placed
orders for thirty car loads of lumber.
Mr.. Cline thinks the general growth
of the Sunnyside country will justify
another yard at Sunnyside and with
his knowledge of the trade conditions
throughout the Sunnyside country, no
one is better qualified to Judge than
he.
The new business will in no way
affect the Cline & Young store at Sun
nyside, which will continue under the
same management, the merchant
simply adding another business es-
tablishment to his large connections
in the Sunnyside country.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-16
J. E. THOMAS HAS HIS
SKULL BADLY CRUSHED
In Half Paralyzcd Condition Drags
Himself Through His Gate and
Calls Attention of His Family,

Half conscious and partly paral-
lied, j. f. Thomas, a carpenter, living
at 3l4 South Eighth street dragged
himself through the gate at his home
early Sunday morning and managed
to call for assistance. He was carried
into the house where at five o'clock
in the morning it was decided TO call
Tor medical assistance. Examination
showed that the skull was fractured
on the left side, several pieces being
removed to relieve the pressure on the
BRAIN Thomas does not know whe-
Their he was struck from behind bv
some assailant or slipped and fell on
the icy walk.
Later in the day the injured man
was ordered to st. Elizabeth hospit-
al by the attending physician where
he was resting easily last night II
Thomas was struck by thug the po-
lice have no clue to his identity. Last
saturday a Swede was picked up in
an unconscious condition by Deputy
Sheriff Rightmire. The man had been
struck on the head by somc instrn-
ment cutting a bad cash in his scalp
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-16
President Helps Orphans.

Hundreds Of orphans have been
helped by the President Of the In
dustrial and Orphans Home at Ma
con, Ca, who writes: I'VE have
used Electric Bitters in this Institu-
ton for nine years. IT has proved a
most excellent medicine for Stomach.
Liver and Kidney troubles. We re-
gard it as one of the best family
medicines on earth" It invigorates
all vital organs. purifies the blood.
aids digestion, creates appetite. To
strengthen and build up pale, thin,
weak children or run down peaple It
has no equal. Best for female COM
plants. Only soc at c. c. Cases
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-16
REMAINS ARE
UNIDENTIFIED
No One Knows Man Killed in
Shooting ARRAY at Town of
Toppenish.
CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE
PECULIAR ASPECT
Coroner's Jury Composed of
Leading Citizens Exonerate
Officer Couddle-Dead Man
Not Wanted in Pasco.

peculiar shooting alteration be-
Waterman Tom Couddle of Topper
ish in a box car at that place, late
Sunday night, resulted in the death
of the former, a bullet from the Of
ficer's revolver piercing his heart. A
coroner's jury was impanelled by
Sheriff Lancaster Monday morning
which returned verdict exhonerat-
ing officer Couddle. The jury was
composed of the following well known
men of Toppenish: u. Y. Coleman, j.
ID. Cornet, Fred Palmer, L. J. Good
rich, Bryant and Stephens.
According to the story told by
officer Couddle to the jury he was
walking through the railroad yards
about 1 a. m. and hear a man snoring
He opened the door of an empty box
car and flashed on his light. In one
end of the car he noticed a man rolled
up in a blanket He said that he en-
tered the car and walked toward him.
the sleeping man rousing up at the
same time. He asked him what he
was doing, and the man replied that
he was sleeping. The officer testified
that the man reached for his Win
chester by his side and began firing
He returned with his revolver and the
man after two shots, dropped back
dead, apparently.
Had Second Life.
officer Couddle testified that he
then hunted up officer Gay and Depu-
ty Sheriff Wellington and the testi-
mony of the witnesses went to show
that it was over half an hour before
they returned to the car. When
they entered they declared that the
man again reached for his gun but
that they covered him with their re-
volvers and took his rifle away from
him. There was some conflicting tes-
timony as to the existence of empty
cartridges, officer Couddle testifying
that the man shot four times but only
one bullet hole was in evidence in the
car and three empty cartridges are
said to have been found in the rifle
and none in the car.
All efforts thus far to ascertain the
dead mans identity has proved of no
avail. He was apparently about As
years of age, comfortably dressed,
well supplied with rifle ammunition
and rolled in a sleeping blanket. Sew
eral paper covered novels lay beside
him. He was slightly bald, wore a
long thin moustache of light color and
his back hair was very long. No
marks Of Identification were found on
his person. 1t is believed that he be-
longed to a sheep herders camp and
that he was stealing a ride.
Not PascO Criminal
The Toppenish officers seemed to
have gained the idea at first that he
was the man wanted in Pasco for a
shooting encounter about three weeks
ago and for whom a reward is offered.
Pasco officers were communicated
with and upon their arrival dissipated
this notion because the description of
the man wanted failed to correspond
with the appearance of the deceased
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-16
YAKIMA MAN LIKED
BIG WRESTLING BOUT
Ernest Fear Says Roller and Orde-
man Put Up a Splendid
Contest Thursday.

One Yakima man at least, and that
is Ernest Fear saw the Roller Orde-
man wrestling match in Seattle,
Thursday night, and says it was
splendid exhibition with something
doing every minute. Sometimes the
sport was a little rough and both men
worked hard all the time Ordeman
according to Mr.. Fear, is the stronger
but DR. Roller is the quicker and bet
ter thinker and won out on his mental
alertness rather than on his mere
physical ability. Quickness of mind
is a strong point in wrestling always.
Roller, according to Mr.. Fear, is
hardly as strong as his opponent
though he has a better development
from the hips downward. Above the
hips, however, Orderman is the better
muscled and he uses his strength to
excellent advantage. He tried sew
eral times to stand the physician on
his head and spin him but the Seattle
athlete, who expects sometime to
make his home in the Wide Hollow
here, was well able to protect himself
from all such treatment. For an hour
and six minutes, Mr.. Fear says. the
wrestling was at its fastest and both
men were exhausted at the close.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-16
MONEY PLEDGED FOR
FRUIT INSPECTION
Growers Have Nearly Made Up
Number of Signatures Required
to Procure Experts.

Seventy-five of the 100 signatures
necessary on the guarantee of a salary
to fruit inspectors of Yakima county
had been obtained when the meeting
of the Horticultural Union sharehold-
ers closed Saturday afternoon 1t is
expected that the balance or the
names needed TO be procured can be
added merely by the work of seeing
various fruit producers who have no,
yet been approached. The inspection
is the best insurance for the future
of North Yakima and the Yakima
valley that it can have, but despite
that fact, a number of business men
have declined to guarantee the $25
asked from each individual on the
remote contingency that the state will
not make good on its own legislation.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-16
VARIANTS ARREST
FOLLOWS BROOKS
Man Implicated by Testimony in
Underworld Activity Taken
Into Custody.

The conviction of H. G. Brooks on
a charge of vagrancy and connection
with running a house of i'll fame in
North Yakima was followed Monday
by the issuance of warrant from the
prosecuting attorneys Office for the
arrest of Sidney Varian, the Chestnut
street saloonkeeper, on the same
charge. The warrant was sworn to
by Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
Moren from the evidence introduced
in the Brooks trial, this evidence
going to show that Varian was owner
of the lease on the Sam Chung house
known as the Blair hotel, where the
shocking conditions were unearthed.
Varian was arrested by Constable Pat
Jordan and was released under 5000
bail to appear for hearing on Fri
day.
Indications are that the county
prosecuting attorneys office has at
last gotten it's "dander up" and a
thorough probe is announced. An ef-
fort will be made to ferret out all Of
the charges that have been made
with reference to grating" by city
and county officials as well as the
conditions which surrounded the ope-
ration of the so-called redlight dis
trict. 1t has been freely asserted that
the toll which the women of the un-
derworld paid to someone" for the
privilege of carrying on their prac-
tees in the big house was enormous
Prosecuting Attorney Ward has
made the statement that his office Is
receiving no help from the sheriff
and the city police force. In answer
to this Sheriff Joe Lancaster stated
last night that the prosecuting attor-
ney could have all he help he wanted
If he would ask for it but that he had
not asked for any from the sheriff's
office and that he had seemingly pre-
ferred to work with ex-sheriffs and
ex-police officers. Sheriff Lancaster
says that IS out Of every 80 convic.-
tons secured by the prosecuting at
torney since he has been in office have
been confessed first to members Of his
force before ever being interviewed
by the prosecuting attorney.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-16
TAFT TALKS OF PANIC.
Serves Notice on Wall Street That
Business Methods Must Con-
form to Laws.

NEW YORK. Feb. 12.-"If en-
forcement of the law is not consistent
with the present method of carrying
on business then it does not speak
we'll for the present methods of con-
Quoting business and they must be
changed to conform to the law"
This was President Taft's answer
to Wall street and it's cries of panic"
that was made to a cheering audience
Of hundreds of prominent republicans
gathered tonight at the annual Lin
coin day dinner of the Republican
club Of this city at the Waldorf As
toria. Taft adhered to his purpose
Of discussing platform pledges and
how they should be kept.
1t was at the conclusion Of a de-
tailed argument as to how the re-
publican party is redeeming its
pledges that he came to discussion
on the antitrust law and Wall
street, on which his utterances had
been waited with great interest.
VIII Not Run Amuck.
The president declares that the adj
ministration would not foolishly run
amuck in business and destroy values
and confidence just for the pleasure
of doing so. No one" he continued,
has the motive as strong as the ad-
ministration in power to cultivate and
strengthen business confidence and
prosperity.
But there was no promise on the
part of the republican party to
change the antitrust law except to
strengthen 1t. OF course the govern
ment at Washington can be counted
on to enforce the law in the best way
calculated to prevent a destruction of
public confidence in business; but
that it must enforce the law goes
without saying"
Taft did not hesitate to discuss at
tacks that have been made upon the
administration and the party, or dan
ger to successful insurgent move
ment. The republican who feared
defeat at the polls next November, he
declared, however, should take cour-
age from the demoralized conditions
of their opponents, the democrats.
Taft Defends Tariff.
"It was Grant" said the president
who banished his own fear in battle
by thinking how much more afraid
the enemy was Taft came to the
defense of the Payne Aldrich tariff
bill. He did not hesitate, he said, to
repeat that it substantially complied
with party pledge for tariff regula-
ton and that through this bill the
party had "set itself strongly in the
right direction, toward lower tariffs.
Reviewing party platform, the
president spoke of the postal savings
banks, amendments to interstate COM
merce law, the anti-injunction plank,
statehood for Arizona and New Mex
leo, and the conservation of natural
resources, bills to carry all of which
promises into effect are pending in
congress, and he believed would be
passed.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-16

Mr.. e. A. Kelley, Belvidere. ILL.,,
writes us: Il am an ex-engineer
with % years active service to my
credit. About three years ago my
kidneys were so effected that l had to
give up my engine. First l was
troubled with severe aching pain
over the hips. Then followed infam-
nation of the bladder, and specks ap-
peared before my eyes. A sample of
Foley's Kidney Pills that 1 tried. so
benefited me that l bought more.
continued to take them until now
can safely testify they have made me
a sound and Well man." North Yak
ina Drug Store.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-16
SAYS RECORDS
WERE STOLEN
Secretary Ballinger's Counsel Says
That Important Letters
Are Missing.
WERE IN CLAWS TRUNK
LEFT WITH GRAND JURY
Documents Since Published in
Periodicals Disappear-Glavis
Says It's Trick of Enemies to
Compromise Him.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. IA
The Ballinger-Pinchot congressional
inquiry began to bristle with interest
today when John j. Vertrees, counsel
for Ballinger undertook the cross
examination of L. r.. CLAWS, the prin-
cipal witness for the prosecution"
The climax was reached late in the
afternoon, when Vertrees announcer
that a box belonging to CLAWS and
left with the grand jury at Seattle,
had been broken open a few days ago
and that number of letters missing
from the files of the land Office in Sc
attic, copies of which had recently
been published in weekly papers, were
found therein.
CLAWS angrily declared that If any
letters had been found in his belong
ings frame up" had been prepared
for him. His denunciaton of federal
authorities who would stoop to such
a trick to win favors of their superb
ors called out a demonstration of ap-
plause from the spectators Chair
man Nelson announced that a repeti
ton Of the outburst would result in
the room being cleared Throughout
the hearing the sympathies of the
spectators, a great majority of whom
were women, had been clearly with
CLAWS and they laughed with
satisfaction as he had made telling
points against his questioners. Ver-
trees announced that A. christensen,
CLAWS successor as field division
chief, will be called to testify to find
ing the letters.
No Charges OF Corruption.
At the morning session Vertrees
drew from the witness the fact that
he made no charges of corruption
against anyone in the land Office or in
the department of the interior. CLAWS
declared If he had found evidence OF
corruption he would have taken the
matter to the grand jury instead of to
the president. He said he thought
the facts warranted the opinion that
Ballinger and bennett had acted i'm
properly and he charged them with
official misconduct. Through a pro-
cess Of elimination the witness cleared
all other principals of wilful wrong
doing. CLAWS said that Assistant Sec
rotary of the Interior Pierce's decision
in the coal land case in 1908 showed
him unfit to hold the office he now
holds. Against Bennett CLAWS de-
clared, bennett was nothing more
than a tool" for Ballinger.
Makes Definite Charges.
At the afternoon session CLAWS in
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-16

such plans as make the best of an ex.
listing condition.
toEutN Engineer Doubts.
County Engineer Mcintyre is not as
certain of the results as his brother
engineers. He has no particular
doubts with regard to the pier which
is being repaired but he does think
that the trestle portion of the bridge
will play in great luck if its survives
the next very high water of the river.
He believes that the bridge will need
new piers and new spans to bridge the
240 feet now in trestle. He favors
two spans of 100 feet each. One end
of the trestle is on an island in the
river, part of which island was
washed away by the last high water.
Since then a crib work has been con-
structed to protect the upper end of
the island and because of 1t the bar
which had diverted the water has
been lowered two feet and is now, ac-
cording to Mr.. Lum, below the level
of the island, which, therefore. he
thinks is not in danger particularly, as
the flow of the river is making the
channel over the bar still deeper.
River Is n Puzzle.
In the opinion of Mr.. Mcintyre the
crib will not withstand a heavy rush
of water and IL 1t goes the island will
go and with the island the trestle. He
admits that he may be wrong but
thinks that it is gamblers chance If
the bridge, withstands heavy rush of
water. The conditions which resulted
with the high water of the fall
changed the situation with regard to
the bridge, making the plans under
which it had been constructed less
adequate than had been supposed
Mr.. Lum thinks Mr.. McIntyre's belief
will not prove TO be the fact but read
lily admits that it is mighty uncertain
guessing as to what the Yakima can
do when on a rampage.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-16

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