The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-08-02
PLEA FOR A
CLEAN YAKIMA
At Big Meeting in First Christian
Church Sunday Night DR.. Rose
Spoke for Pure City
DECADE OF SERVICE
IN NORTH YAKIMA
Many Changes in City Have Been
Seen by the Retiring Pastor,
Who Declares That Crisis of
Great Import Is Now at Hand

With a thrilling plea for a clean,
Christian, temperate Yakima, Rev NJ.
l.. Rose, the retiring pastor OF the
first Christian church, addressed Sun
day night one of the largest audiences
ever assembled in a church in North
Yakima the occasion being the testi-
monial of esteem shown him ty the
Christian people of the city assembled
under the auspices of the Ministerial
union.
Nearly thousand persons filed the
spacious auditorium of the First
Christian church, When Rev Alfred
Lockwood, rector of St. Michaers
Episcopal church. called the assem-
blage to order. Music was rendered
by a choir of sixty voices and short
addresses were made by brother PAS
tors of city churches all expressing
sorrow and regret at the severance of
ties OF more than decades standing.
Among those who spoke were Rev 8.
j. Kennedy. D. D., pastor of the First
Presbyterian church; Rev. H. l..
Boardman, d. D., pastor of the First
Baptist church, Rev. w. II. Sellick, D.
d, pastor of the First Methodist
church.
At the conclusion of their remarks.
Rev. Rose spoke in part. as follows:
Il cannot express the appreciation
which | feel tonight at the silent tes-
timony to the esteem of this commun-
ity rendered by your presence here on
this hot night I naturally come in
reminiscent mood, and | will preface
,,,,Ir, H., 4
North Yakima is by no means the
same as when | first began work here
nearly two decades ago.
"If ever therAsaas time when hui
man life seemed cheap, when spiritual
life is sold for pittance, surely that
time is now, and paradoxical as it
sounds, if ever there was a time when
human life and spiritual life were
priced, that time also is now In the
midst of stupendous sacrifices of ply
steal life, we are making tremendous
strides in the direction of saving life.
and surrounded by those who on every
hand would sell the soul for gain. our
schools, churches and other uplifting
influences are innumerable.
do not doubt that the fight is on
in North Yakima. The people here
are standing out for the right as
never before in its history. foe has
crept in which crowds the wages Of
the working girl down below the point
at which she can live, and then sug-
sests to her a means by which she can
make a livelihood. Yakima needs to
know what business men are thus
trampling on the souls of our woman
hood, practice even more unspeak-
able than that of the early days of
trade No community has greater
reason to be proud Of it's earthly pos
sessions, but you have been toying
with the things that destroy your
manhood and womanhood. I beseech
you. particularly the women of this
audience, to save your homes, your
sons, your husbands, from destruc-
ton. We men all these years proved
toyers with That sacred thing, the bal
lot. You woman can save the city if
you will. Will you do it? applause
from women.)
Beware that in your politics no
partisan political lines, no sectarian
religious lines, enter in to destroy the
future of your city and / warn you
to select the men for your new gov
eTilHleuI III NlloUl you can trust dD-
solutely--men who will not sell out
zone question must be settled be-
fore North Yakima can have what
she deserves in the way of civic de-
velopment. The saloon question Is
uppermost in this city today. You
are cherishing these destroyers, in
spite of the fact that they are out
laws, and you must GUST them ere
you are ready for the next step. MY
plea is that "A clean, Christian, temp
crate Yakima be the ideal of every
man and woman here | beseech you
to take this first step. Night after
night from that district below the
line the cabmen are carrying your
sons and daughters to the hotels of
this city, because there are hotel men
who do that kind of business. Do
you want that sort of thing Yes,
you do, or you wouldn't have 1t.
1.-THE thing this town needs for its
future greatness is not high buildings,
richer men, more fertile valleys,
though these all help but to get rid
of that which robs men of their souls
The city needs you, with cleanliness
and power, and I ask you to stand
for it, a community OF righteous and
eobrietV."