The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-08-23


that it will be able to support a pop
ulation of hundreds of millions of in
habitants in comfort.
Thrift and Happiness
The exposition will serve a useful
purpose in showing thousands of peo-
pie now cooped up in city flats and
paying heavy tribute in money and
health to the landlord class. how
they can secure health, happiness and
Independence, with the exercise of
thrift and industry, on small farms
where the climate is genial and the
soil responds readily to cultivation.
Farmers and city jewellers alike will
learn many things which will prove
of inestimable value to them. and the
knowledge gained through travel
and intelligent observation will repay
every man. woman and child who
crosses the continent to see the Won
derS of the exposition
Well Represented
The states of Kansas and Oklaho-
ma are ably represented in congress-
Whether one agrees with his pro-
Sressive ideas or not, ii must be adj
mltted that Senator owen is a man
of unusual mentality. Senator Gore
is one of the most remarkable men
in public life. His speeches hristle
with statistics and facts. which he
reels off with unhesitating precision
and with no aid but his retcntivc
memory SeSators Curtis and Bris-
tow. while of different types and not
always in agreement. are both men
of ability and integrity. In the
house. also these opulent states arc
represented by a body of law-mak-
ers who compare faNorablv in char.
acter, talents and industry with the
best who occupy seats in that leg
islative body.
lie Cut the Red Tape
Red tape or slavery to prece-
dent and methods of procedure in
the transaction Of public business, is
the bane of officiaIdom. Occasional-
~ an official has the strength of
character to shove precedent aside
when the public good demands sucl,
action. To be able to do this is n
distinguishing mark Of good exec
ulve. The Commissioner of the
General Land Office. Hon. Fred Den
nett having multiplicity of duties
pressing upon his attention, not in
frequently has to deal a body blow
to bureaucracy.
Here is an instance where admin.
istrativo skill was required on the
chippewa lands is a large quantity
or fir timber one of the best bodies
OF timber remaining in that country
III being his duty to cut anu sell MI
such timber for the benefit of the
Indians. Commissioner bennett had
already ordered the sale of the tim
Der and contracts had been prcpar-
cd. ON visiting the country around
the reservation last year he found
that there was likely To be poor
market for timber as much re-kilIed
standing timber had to be cut in or
der to save it from decay. fire and
other losses He accordingly chang
ed the specifications. put off The cut
ting one year and effected the sale
of 40O,0o0.000 feet Of timber at a
price around $50 per thousand.
board measure or total of $4,000
900.
The Black Eagle Screams
Senator CIapp of Minnesota. pop
ularly known as the Black Eagle, Is
powerful orator but he does not
often display his talents in the sem
ate. On August S, however. he de
livered strong speech on state
hood and defended the right of the
people to govern themselves. He
was given close attention by both
the galleries and his colleagues
President Works Hard
Few men in or out of public Of
flee. ever devoted themselves more
faithfully to their duties than Pres
ident Taft does to his Even when
he travels he takes his clerks along
and spends much of his time dictat-
ing correspondence, messages and
vetoes, His staff has no easy time
of it.
Food Prices High
Drought around Washington has
forced up the prices Of all food stuff.
and it has been remarked that every.
thing except sugar costs much more
now than 1t did during war times.
An Ice Stove
DR.. Alexander Graham Bell fam
! ed as inventor Of the telephone t.
which nearly every civilized person
pays tribute well deserved. has now
invented what he calls an Ice stov,
! to help make summer heat rndura-
bic. lie gives his Invention to th'
! world II consists Of box full o
| ice ana pipes through which the
chilled air is forced into any desr
! ed apartment BY electric fans