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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-23

be safe from the infection of any and
every kind of disease; the blood of our
children viii be impure from the hour
of their birth, and a certain sure
retrogreson of the race is bound to
follow"
In other words, the germ the Dry Of
disease is done away with by Diana
with a wave of her pen, and in the
next b. cath the seru1ns prepared from
germs are injecting our children!
Dear creatures how much thew know.
Then New York Antivivisection society
has ranged itself as DR.. Flexner puts
it. against antiseptic surgery. and
has proclaimed it's desire to have
Brought back into the world such con-
ditions as post-operative gangrene
and suppuration, and puerperal fever.
which have nearly been banished. to
invite again into civilization the cpl
denies of smallpox that vaccination
has nearly driven out; yellow fever
and malaria that sanitary measures
based on knowledge of the germ
theory of disease, are rapidly elimin
ating; the frequent death by suffOca-
ton and the high mortality from
diphtheria; the most acute suffering.
extending sometimes over months, and
the high death rate and high degree
of Gripping and insanity, produced
by epidemic crebrospinal meningitis
For those who have no interest IN
human beings frequent attention
should be called to the numerous dis
eases of animals themselves which
have yielded to the same means of
study. DR.. Flexner recently pointed
out the eagerness with which this pack
of kind-hearted beings published the
lies of bribed and discredfted ser
vants-a noble means of hindering
scence-but thousands of kindly
women swallow the New York
"Hel AID" stories open-mouthed, or
with equal simplicity take in, appalled,,
the impossibly false and ignorant ex-
hibits of the "antivivisection exhib-
ition,' in which there is not one single
saving shred of honesty or informa-
tion.-COllier's
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-23
A NATION PAYS TRIBUTE.

A NATION PAYS TRIBUTE.
Here, standing on the pinnacle Success,
Strong in our might and of achieve
ment proud,
Leader in world affairs and hearing
now
The chorus of the nations plaudits
loud,
We, champion of liberty and right;
We pilot on the path to Progress
goal,
Pause on this day to proudly point to
one
Whose name is craven upon Fames's
great scroll.
Son of the sacred land that he so
blessed,
Her needs he learned to know in
early youth. \
He drew the breath of freedom from
her air
And lived to make her free in very
truth.
With faith in man and God, he faith
inspired
And led his armies by the bonds of
love.
He drew his courage from righteous
cause,
He owned no master save the King
above.
Great he in war, but greater still in
peace,
He ruled with gentle, tender, guild
ing hand.
He firmly laid upon the rock of right
Foundation of a mighty structure
grand.
And not alone this nation did he bless,
For not nation bides beneath the
That hath not more of hope and bless
ed cheer
Because he lived, our brave George
Washington.
Arthur J. Burdick.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-23
SMASH! BANG! GOES
GRANTS "WAR" RECORD

BOSTON, Mass. Feb. 21.-That
Glen Frederick Dent Grant bore a
wound received in n boyish escapade
instead of battle was the assertion to-
day of DR.. G. A. Blake of West Brook
field in commenting on the proposal
to honor the general for wounds re-
ceived in the service.
According to Blake, Grant was shot
by sentry after he had refused to
obey the sentry's warning to halt
Grant at that time was mere youth
in his fathers camp at Vicksburg.
1t seems that young Grant and a
friend had run the guard in order
to enjoy a canoe ride on the river.
The marksman, Caleb B. Perry, was
called to General Grants headquarters
to be reprimanded, hut when he eX-
hibited written order from his SUI
perior officer to shoot all persons who
passed without needing his warning,
Gen. Grant excused the sentry and
sent him back to his post.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-23
SHIP SUBSIDY BILL DISGUISED
TO LOOK LIKE WORKINGMAN

sands of American workmen, if their
bill ever passed Such a result. they
said, was the main purpose of their
efforts.
The Joker i'm the Bill.
An examination of the free ship
clause in this bill shows limit on its
operation to steel ships of $500 tons
and over. 1t now appears that ].
Morgan has some 1925 ships which he
is anxious to put under American
registry, and they are all steel ships
of $500 or more tons. They are the
ships of the White Star Red Star. Ley
land and Atlantic Transport lines.
Mr. Morgan is anxious to secure
American registry for these ships of
his because England has altered her
laws relating to seamen recently. to
the very great advant7 ge of the sea-
men. The workmen's compensation
act, for instance, requires a ship own
err to pay three years wages to the
widow or children of seaman whose
death occurs in service. England has
recently required an increase in the
number of sailors per ship, and an en-
largement of the quarters they occupy
inspections of the quality and quantity
of the food, and made other stout
regulations which make operation I'M
der the British flag more expensive for
Mr.. Morgan's ships than would be
operation under the American flag.
Hence the apparent concession of
free ships in this bill.
The measure itself has been report
ed favorably to the house, which it is
expected to pass during April The
bill is part of the Taft program-the
part, indeed, most pleasing to the
regulars of congress Humphrey Of
Washington has command of the SUBJ
sidy forces in the fight to pass It
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-23
DELICIOUS TO CONCENTRATES.

There is emily one fault to be found
with Professor Melander's talk on
typhoid fever. And that is, he is de-
iivering at time of the year when
people are likely TO forget it before
flies come again. The disease is
transmitted from the patients stool
to the Clubhouse and is carried thence
to the kitchen and the pantry and
the sugar bowl by house flies.
Dear pets. Ugh.
And yet there are few civilized
places in the world where more flies
are to be lfound in the summer than
in North Yakima. Flies breed in
stables. in manure and in filth.
Arising from the slime and offal, they
wing their way to the abode of man
and crawl their poisonous course
across his victuals and leave trail
of death in their wake.
Does It not seem nice to sit down
to the table in company with about a
dozen of them buzzing around over
the food?
But the fly seldom fails to get re-
suits, as the charts which Professor
Melander exhibited proved. or all
history of the country, he showed
that the record of this fcity is the
worst. All because we are filthy and
because We do not properly screen
our stables, manure bins. outhouses
and cesspools
One thing which the professor
failed to mention was that many
people will persist in using water
from surface wells. 1t has been
proved pretty conclusively from our
experience of last summer that the
soil under this city is Just like a sieve
and that water percolates through 1t
at will The water in the easements
all over the city proved that. Well,
what is to prevent the water from
seeping from the outhouses reeking
With typhoid germs right into the
well water that people use for do
nestle purposes? Nothing whatever.
It does seep into the wells and that is
an additional source of danger.
The trouble with North Yakima in
lighting typhoid is that we have too
many people who are either unac-
quainted with or who wilfully neglect
The sanitary precautions that are re-
quired in cities the size of this one.
Well water might have been justi-
fable when there was nothing else
and when this city was only a village.
But today, houses are set In close
proximity and there is a much higher
percentage of seepage from out
houses as well as a much larger
number of stables where flies are
bred than in the old days. We have
gotten to be city now and open
corrals and the other conveniences
of farm life are no longer to be toll
Grated.
1t is a financial proposition as well
as a matter of health. If people have
no regard for the safety and welfare
Of their children, they ought at least
to be interested from standpoint of
dollars and cents. We are spending
a great deal of money in bringing
people to the Yakima valley to make
their homes. Yet when they dis
cover the death rate from typhoid,
which is greater than in the Spanish
American war and greater than in
the Russo-Japanese war, they are
afraid. AS the matter now stands,
man who has never had it is pretty
sure to contract the disease in the
course of 25 years. That is, he has
no chance of avoiding it unless CON
ditions are changed.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-23
BITTER LIQUOR FIGHT
NOW EMBRO|tS CHICAGO

open until that time to receive the
document.
About II o'clock an express wagon
drew up before the city hall and from
ii were taken forty-seven pounds of
white paper covered with names.
Then it was found that not only were
there the required $1,000 names, but
1906 in excess-74,S05 in all.
Vets Copying the Petition.
Then the saloon men began to
show signs of activity. Meetings of
the various associations were called
and plans laid.
They began copying the names off
the petition, and, they say, for two
purposes-to enable them to chal-
lenge fictitious names and those of
non-voters and to obtain a mailing
list to help in the distribution of their
literature, which is legion. A large
force of them is at this work
That many bogus and illegal names
have been signed among SO many is
certain. But no one has dreamed
that as many as 11,00O names. the
number over the required can be
thrown out.
Here are few of the significant
things in the hunt for names:
Miss Mary Balloon organized y
corps of young people which turned
in 400 signatures.
One man got the signatures of
fifteen saloonkeepers who had their
places of business open after hours.
One man was put off the elevated
trains in the loop district twenty
seven times, but obtained 300 sigma
lures.
One man obtained 400 signatures
at the Sunday evening club meeting.
Seventy-five signatures were OBJ
tanned in the federal building,
twenty-five in the city hall, and
twenty-five in the county building.
The petition was signed by 1920
policemen.
One man stood in front of his home
in Wabash avenue all day. His wife
served meals to him on the gate post,
and he obtained seventy nine sigma
lures.
Why Is This Fight?
Why is this fight? Why are these
people enlisted in a war which SO out
of every 100 persons-be he wet
Some see in it ar example of people
fighting for a principle regardless of
the outcome. Others contend it is
an example of the persistent action
by any body of citizens which will
ultimately bring victory-and among
those Others are the dry" workers.
These people say that if they lose
this election it will nevertheless be
the greatest step toward universal
prohibition in this country. They
contend that manys surrounding
towns and counties will go dry as a
result of this fight, no matter how
it ends, and that from the ashes of
this campaign. If lost, will arise a
phoenix which will aid in running the
saloon out of other cities, and, in time
out of Chicago as well.
This is the largest and most i'm
portant prohibition campaign ever
undertaken in this country and is
fought on lines different from others.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-23
Vets and Drys Line Up for Battle
Royal-''Drys" Claim That
Fight Will Have Effect of
Carrying Other Communities.

CHICAGO, Feb. ga campaign
with the avowed purpose of closing
saloons in, Chicago has opened this
week and will continue with undated
fury till the April election.
The "drys" fired their first gun at
a meeting on Tuesday. The first great
mass meeting of their committee will
be held at Willard hall next FRIDAY
evening.
Next Sunday, February 81, is to be
set aside by many churches as a day
of protest against saloons and of
prayer for votes against them. In the
week following the campaign will be
fairly launched, each side will hold
meetings every night and voters will
be bonn barded with literature advo-
eating both prohibition and personal
liberty.
It's a Unique Fight.
IN making such bitter fight to
make large city dry territory the
ing something that has never been
equaled in political campaigning.
They feel, however. that even if they
have small hone of getting majority
against the saloon, they can make a
showing of strength and that the an
dacity of their fight will aid their
cause in other parts of the state and
country.
The "wets." on the other hand,
profess little fear of defeat, but they
will put forth every effort in order to
pile up the greatest vote possible
against the "drys" in order to make
the result decisive.
This fight has been brewing for
long time. The more recent days of
activity started when, several weeks
ago, workers for the "drys" set forth
to obtain the names of $1,000 regis
tered voters who wished in election
on the question Chicago wet or Chi
cago dry?'
The campaign for names to the
petition began with little show of en-
thusiasm outside the anti-saloon
meetings, and many persons accosted
in the Hobbies of railroad stations,
on the street corners, in the public
library, and in all places where
registered voters" did not know what
was up
Cue From Political Parties.
These slow methods did rot last
long, however. The prohibitionists
viewed the matter in the same light
as standpat party men looked at
national or state political campaign.
And they began to use many of the
same methods-agitation noise, and
literature by the bale.
The $1,000 names had, according
to the law to he filed with the board
of election commissioners by Febru-
airy b. three months before the time
drew near ard the list still lacked
many thousands or sigma lures the
dry leaders began to get anxious,
Finally on February the leaders
marshaled their forces and planned
for the one great effort Several days
before they had obtained permission
of the elevated railroad officials TO
place workers on the 81" platform
and catch the men before they left
the downtown section
While the IL squad accosted the
voters homeward bound others in
vaded office buildings newspaper
shops and some even saloons. They
had until midnight to file the petition
and the election office was to be kept
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-23
MISUNDERSTANDING for Applause.


Isn't it somewhat surprising that in
this progressive age no substitute has
been discovered for applause?
Hand clapping is not only hard
work; it is, under certain circum-
stances, extremely irritating and out
of place. This is particularly true at
musical concerts.
After the last soothing melody of
the strings has passed away, it is re-
placed by a noise only comparable to
the sudden collapse of a china closet.
Couldn't some more esthetic and
fitting medium for the expression of
approval be devised? There is the
wireless telegraph, the smokeless pow
der; why not the noiseless applause d?
If a man wants to scare cat, or
a dog, or baby, he claps his hands.
If he wants to compliment a young
lady on playing the violin beautifully,
he claps his hands. Obvious incon-
sistency here.
As matter of fact applause started
as a joke. Tradition tells us that two
Greek comedians, dissatisfied with
Athenian conservatism, requested, in
spirit of banter, that the audience
ilol OIly Slllle, put cap luelT HdHuS
The audience falling into the humor,
did as they were bid. The Romans,
Initiative in everything, followed their
example. And so on to the present
time.
Isn't there some musical organiza-
ton in the country that would con-
slider 1t worth their while to investigate
his matter, and see if a scheme could
not be devised by which it would be
perfectly propert to listen to a con-
cert and let ''silence be the perfectest
herald of ?"--Spoke Review.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-23
CHILD DIES AFTER
PAINFUL ILLNESS

After suffering great pain since last
Thursday as the result Of eating sui
phur-tipped matches, Walter, the
2-year-old son of e. w. Steadman,
proprietor of the Barnes Grain COM
pany, died Monday afternoon. Every
effort was made by the physician In
attendance to save the child's life but
it was found impossible to arrest the
deadly action of the sulphur and pot
assium chlorate of which the little
fellow consumed a large quantity.
The Steadmans live at Fairview.
little south of the fair grounds.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-23
Press Opinions
Knowledge and Logic.

How mighty are the insight and in
formation which lie behind the agita-
ton against animal experimentation
may be indicated by one extract, il
Illustrating fairly enough the views on
general biological and medical sub
iects held and promulgated by the
chief opponents of the New York Anti
vivisection society, 1t is from an ad-
dress delivered by it's president, Mrs.
Diana Belais'
What is the way of salvation? 1t
SENS to me that the only real wav to
freedom not only for the suhhuman.
but for the human as well. lies in get
ting away from the unfortunate and
mistaken idea of the germ theory
of disease. with its filthy inoculations
of poisons into healthy blood and it's
sue. Fundamentally. I believe our
work and our battle are there The
insanity of serum therapy is increas-
ing so rapidly that soon no one will
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-23
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: 1--WE have
used Electric Bitters in this Institu-
ton for nine years. 1t 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" 1t 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, 1910-02-23
PIPES AND TOBACCO
IN CHURCH BONFIRE


Twenty-Five young men of =
# North Yakima deposited their
Il supplies of pipes, tobacco. cigars
and other smoking articles be- q
fore d.. S. NJ. Martin, the evan II
geNst, at the Christian church
+" Sunday afternoon, when an
appeal was made by the speaker
= for volunteers to giveup the habit
y of smoking. Aftcrward, the sup q
plies were used in feeding a bon
fire built in front of the church.
DIR. Martin conducted a service 4
devoted to discussion of personal
habits and scored many modern
tendencies from drinking OF in
tOXicating liquor to the use Of
face powder and paint. His
address was heard by an audience
that packed the church
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-23

When Editor j. P. Sossman, of
Corneliu,, N. c., bruised his leg bad
l. it started an ugly sore. Many
salves and ointments proved worth
less. Then Bucklen's Arnica Salve
healed 1t thoroughly. Nothing is so
prompt and sure for Ulcers, Boils
Rnrn.. Bruises, Cuts. Corns, Sores
pmples Eczema or Piles csc at C.
Q Cases
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-23

delightful for the following guests
Mesdames James Louden, Thomas
HILL Arthur Larson, l.. E. Campbell
Alfred Helton, Edmund S. West.
Charles Marsh, Frank Kuehn, Robert
Hawks. Nichols Gilman, Hugo H.
Luhman, William Kenyon of Tacoma.
c. A. Clark; Misses Marion Van Horn
Lucille James, Madge Cannon, Fahy.
Van Nliet, Betty Gamble. Heller
Wright.> Florence Scow, Elizabeth
Osborne, Ethel Dull, Pansy Mckee
Ethel Burns, Hester Gilman. Carrie
Young, Ethelyn Young, Lucy Scudder.
Florence Mccoy. Laura Burbank Ann
Erwin, Suzanne Erwin, Miss Hill
Miss Matti, Marion Miller. Jessie
Snively Lola Lowther, Mabel Low
Their, Susie Boyle, Mrs. Hopkins and
Mrs. Harvey Young.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-23
Police Cheer President.

NEW YORK, Feb. 22.-Six hun
dred police lieutenants of Greater
New York cheered President Taft to-
night as he appeared smiling before
them at the Waldorf-Astoria at their
annual banquet.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-23
SOCa ETY.
Susie Boyle
Schunann-Heink.

Schuma nn-Ileink.
OF prime interest to musical people
of this community is the concert to
be given Tuesday evening, March 1,
at the First Christian church by
Schumann-Hein the distinguished
artist, who through the efforts of
Mrs. Frank Horsley Miss Sue Lom-
bard and Miss Dora Swan, Yakima
people have been fortunate enough
to secure her for one evening. The
event will be the attraction of the
season unsteady and is. being awaited
with eagerness by ALI overs of true
music. Blocks of seats are being re-
erved by parties Of the lower val
leys and also by those in Ellens-
burg. Schuma nn-Heink is being
greeted byp large immense audiences
at New York. Chicago, San Francisco
and host of other cities both foreign
and American. The ticket price has
been cut in two under this manage
ment and seats can be reserved at
the She~man-Clay Company after to-
morrow.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-02-23
WOnan's Club.

WOman's Club.
The Woman's club met in semi
monthly literary session yesterday af-
ternoon at the Commercial club par
lors. The meeting, in charge of its
president, Mrs. Richard Strobach, was
n continuation of the study of 1.-The
Northwest" introduced by roll call
responses relative to washington"
Mrs. H. ]. Snively read a descriptive
paper on 1.-The Coast Cities of This
State" and an interesting outline of
the A-Y.-P.-E and it's effects in the
northwest was given by Mrs. ]. w.
Hill. Miss Lombard then conducted
the round table topic, Modernism,
It's Influence and Tendencies" con-
cluded by a general discussion. Tues
day afternoon, March 8, the club, the
mother of women's organizations in
this city, will celebrate its sixteenth
anniversary with a cafeteria luncheon
given at the home of Mrs. j. f..
Shannon on Mob HILL
Afternoon Card Party.
one of Februarys most charming
affairs was the George Washington
card party at which Miss Bertha
Getsch, Miss Ethel Larson and Miss
Gertrude Larson We're hostesses, en-
pertaining a quota of guests yesterday
from 2 till o'clock at the home of
Mrs. Charles Heath, 40 North Sixth
street, In compliment to Washington s
anniversary day. The appointments
were very handsome, carrying out a
patriotic motif. Huge American flags
draped the arches and above the wide
hearth and mantel tiny flags. cut
flowers and jardiniere ferns We're ar
ranged with artistic effect Ten small
tables We're employed for whist, which
entertained the guests till late, clever
patriotic touches appearing in the
little Ratchet score cards with tiny
flags as progression marks and the
same motif suggested in the elegant
luncheon served after the tourna ment
At whist Mrs. Robert Hawks received
the first favor, dainty lace FAM the
second. a hand-embroidered hand
kerchief, being awarded to Miss
Matti Smart afternoon froelIs and
hats were very generally worn.
The spirit of informal gaiety which
prevailed made the occasion especially