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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-19

York; and they are as attractive in
their cleanliness and in the perfection
Of their paving as they are in their
brea .th.
But cortland has been mentioned
only As an illustration OF the spirit
that is working out on the Pacific
coast. II is thrifty, wide. fresh and
blossomy. One wins sense of the
warm. healthy blood that is beating in
it's veins. 1t is region for earn est
young people to migrate to. and par
ticipate in the fullness of its life.
grow up with its growth and flourish
in its prosperity.
In explanation of the fine features
OF life. as exhibited in the civilization
Of the far west. there are two facts to
be remembered. One is that western
enterprise is i'm the hands and under
the impulse of the choicest and most
progressive spirits of the middle west
and eastern states
A great deal of what Is best in the
older sections of our country has fol-
lowed the sun: and success and pros
perfty on the Pacific coast Is much
of 1t purchased at the expense of New
England and the middle states. Young
men of initiative are. by virtue of
circumstances and at the push of the
spirit of adventure. tlmbled ont of the
home-nest and left to find their
wings and to fill them with the winds
that are blowing.
To this should he added the fact
that the new cities of the great west
are not compelled to make bricks
without straw; that they have the
civilization of the past two hundred
and fifty Years of our country to
found upon, and that they are, there
fore. in condition to adopt into their
program of life and endeavor what
ever in those two hundred and fftY
years proved itself excellen., and to
exclude from their program whatel er
i'm those years issued disastrousl,
The west is always the child of the
east. and it becomes it in AL humility
t. acknowledge the indebtcdr .ss ~
its parenta ge.--New YORK Evening
Journal.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-19
MD \ON-WHATo

With a total vote Of only clever
1undren and eleven. North Yakima
yesterday registered it's inclination Il
embrace the com ission form of gov
eminent More important to the
cause of good government than this
election. is the choice Of honest. con
cientious. bic and sincere men To
sccupy the positions of mayor and
rom missioners. AS the comm iSsion
form is inevitably a system of the
-oncentration of power and the cen.
radiation of responsibility. SO is It
dependent absolutely for its success
'ul operation on two factors: first, the
election of the right kind of men for
he positions. and second. keen
'ense of interest in the public at large
the affairs of the city.
The first presupposes the second.
Tor if the average man cares hut
title about public affairs he will be
prone to vote for the man who makes
the most noise. or the man who
knows his children by name. or the
man who sent him flowers when he
was i'll. or the man who raised his
daughters voice when she sang at
commencement exercises at the high
.chool If, however. he Is awake to
nis responsibilities as part of the
government alive to his own power
md alert to take upon himself sense
IF personal responsibility for the way
public affairs are run. he will disre-
gard wholly all questions of friend
ship or personal interest. and refuse
to vote for any man from friendly
motives solely.
1t will not be difficult matter for
fhe people of this city to get the kind
of men that are needed for public
affairs 1t may he necessary to
shanghai some prominent citizen and
bear him away from his private af-
fairs and force. him into public Of.
fee If there is one man in this city
capable Of holding down this position
10 the satisfaction of the ma iority.
there are hundred. and il is safe to
suppose we can secure three of them.
The most important part of the
~ork is still t" come. The battle
mas been won 50 far without even a
sign Of resistance. But when the time
comes for the election of men to
serve in these Offices quite different
state of affairs is sure to exist.
We must not forget what is the
most important and the most vital
condition brought about by the COM
mission form, and that is the oppor-
tunity that ii presents toward power
and the abuse Of power. We do not
want tn have to recall our officials
and copy after the experiences within
recent months Of seattle and Tacoma
We can get the right kind of men
If we want them.
Do We want Them
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-19

sestion. A. the Herald is not in the
ON ploy of the reclamation service in
any capacity to secure jobs for 1t.
Anyway, we are glad to have this
discussion because the more said on
the subject, the greater the likelihood
o. the development Of the reservation
country in the near future which is
matter IN which this paper. as we'll az
every citizen of the county. is di-
rectiy interested. But it would appear
that before any great amount Of sur
plus flesh is lost by our citizens in a
frantic endeavor to get the Indian
service to do the work. we had best
be quite sure that We are not chas-
ing q rainbow. and that there is some
money, some where. that may be re-
Questioned to grease the wheels of
progress.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-19
The PEOPLES FORUM.

This column 10 opened to the
people to express their views,
so long as no personalities are
entered into. The opinions ex-
pressed herein are not neces-
sarily those Of the paper. Sig
natures will not be published
II requested not to do so. but
must always accompany the ar
ticle as evidence of good faith,
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-19
Riggie- Olson Case Dismissed

Judge Grady, in the suit of Frank
Risgle versus Oscar Olson. ism issed
the case in the superior court Mon
day on motion of the plaintiff, The
ease was dismissed with prsiudice
and without cost to either party.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-19

The Herald is DESTROYS OF obtain
ing copies of the Weekly Herald OF
the following dates June Is, July
3, NOV. % and Dec :, 1910. Any
one having one or more Of the shnve
dates will confer a favor upon the
office by informing it at once. 29tf
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-19

Two very big cittes in the country
very recently have interested them
selves in the fate of the confirmed
drunkard.
In Chicago 1t is suggested that to
catch a drunkard as YOU catch a mad
dog on the streets pound him with
policeman's club if he happens to
~, Alphabetically insane. throw him
into cell where he shivers all night
lock him up with criminals. and turn
him loose after a little while is not
$" very intelligent.
1t costs money to keep drunkarda
locked up, arresting the same mcu
month after month or even wees
after week. 1t even costs something
for the clubs that beat them It
' costs a great deal for the food that
they eat-especially in Tammany-
sized New York whore Boss Murphy's
ITammany understrappers sell tons Of
good meat to the city. then haul it
away hidden by swll barrels and sell
it over again to other people
And it is rather brutal to lock up
the drunkald. taking what money he
has in the way of a llno---.f there II
anything left--or sending him to ia |,
. for ten DAYS, worrying his family,
depriving his WIFE and children OF
what service he might render If he
We're at liberty.
Usually the drunkaid is caught AT
tho end Of debauch, when he Is
weakened and unable Ia care for
himself That is about the time
when he would return home. if Al
lowed To return home. and begin {,
do his best to work for his family.
The man who keeps sober need not
feel proud: he need not d,spise the
lunforotunatc drunkard. Far better
say as John Wesley said, pointing t,
the drunkard in the gutter. But
for the grsca of God there lies John
Wesley"
Whenever YOU see poor drunken
But for the grace Of God, there
am L."
Drunkenness, fortunately, Is de-
lcrcasing. For one hopeless drunkard
today th'are We're ten or hundred
two centuries ago.
Higher professions in which drunk
enness was the rule are practically
freed from il. The fashionable doc
tor today still writes his prescrip-
tons IN an illesible hand. This habit
desccnds from the days when the
fashionable doctor was usually drunk
in the evening. and wrote his pre-
|scriptions illagibly because he wasn't
a BILE to write them any other way
Newspaper mon now living remcm-
Der the time when II was unusual f,r
a first class newspaper man not to
be more or less Of q drunkard And
this applied to the printers as WCll
as the writer's. although rather more
to the writer's than to the printers.
And today the drunken newspaper
man. writer or printer. is the eXcep-
ton. and does not hold his job. row.
ever useful he may he when sober,
Men get drunk less often today be-
cause they are better paid and be-
cause life is more interesting, cut
down poverty and YOU will reduce
drunk eness, Cut down the monotonY
of life and YOU will cut down drunk
lenness
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-19

Men get drunk less often today be-
cause they are better paid and be-
cause life is more interesting, cut
down poverty and YOU will reduce
drunk eneSs. Cut down the monotonN
of life and YOU will cut down drunk
lenness
Meanwhile do what YOU can with
your hospitals for drunkards taking
the place OF policemcn's clubs; and
your farms for drunkards, taking the
place of the workhouse or the Bride
well. where the drunkard is made the
companion of the criminal. where his
time is wasted and his health shat
tered and his family left in need be-
cause of his absence.-New York
journal
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-19

For Sale
Eleven horse power Foos gas en-
CINE; good order and cheap. Robert
Ambold, r. r. d. No. /. 29-tf
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-21
British Justice a Model
ENGIANDrS METHOD IN CRIMINAL TRIALS FAR AHEAD OF OUR
OWN

was again put on trial and a second
time convicted of murder. On May
., 1906, the case vas again reversed
in the appellate court by two Judges
TO II on the ground that the jury
should have been told that IL the wife
shot the husband. the prisoner was
not guilty of murder. In the spring
OF 1906 the prisoner was once moro
convicted of murder by the jury. and
OH May. 10, 1907. the conviction was
affirmed.
"One month later the appellate
our grants IL reversal, overrules it
self and orders II new trial. this time
because the trial did not properly de-
line murder.
In the fall of 1905 the prisoner is
nee more tried and convicted OF MUIR
der. Again he appeals to the court Of
appeals. which in March. 1909. atf1rms
the conviction, but the next June 1t
repeats what it had done two years
before. orders a r%ehearin". revcrses
itself and grants another new trial,
this time on the ground that the
judge who tried the case was not
properly appointed to do so. In May
the prisoner is put IN trial again, but
the jury this time disagrecs. and in
July. 1911, he is once moro tried and
convicted. once more he appeals to
the court of appeals and once more
he is given Il new trial, this time on
the ground of an error in the wording
of the verdict. ON November 4,
1911. he is again put on trial. con-
victed of murder and sentenced to be
hanged.
I'm the Dickman casc the trial op-
ened on July 4. 1910. On July I the
prisoner was convicted and sentenced
to death. On July 80 at 10 o'clock
in the morning, his appeal was ar
gued before the court of criminal APP
peals in London. and at > o'clock in
the afternoon the judgment Of the
court was delivered affirming the con-
riction. On the morning Of August
10. 1910, the convicted man was
hanged.
I'm the Dickman case no time was
lost in obtaining il jury. The twelve
mel We're probably in the box when
the Judge entered. perhaps the first
twelve men that got into the court
room. There was no examination of
the jury on the voire dire and there
was not n single challenge.
AT a dinner given by an eastern
bar association few yeeks ago Mr..
Bryce told the lawyers that in Eng
land it hardly Yer took more than a
half hour to select Il jury, even in
the most important cases.
His statement was greeted with
a burst of laughter. for his hearers
seemed to think that the ambassador
was telling them a fairy tale"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-21
ELEPHANT TRIED TO KILL.
Keeper Had Narrow Escape Before
Ugly P%acllydcrm Was Slhackled.
(N-or. V1ry, Tr;I,~o

\ANcW 1oIh lIlUuIVcsJ
a Jewel by name. but not by nature.
is that warlike pachyderm in the Gen.
trail park menagerie, which decided.
after being surly for some time. to go
on one Of those peevish sprees cle-
plants in captivity SO often given way
to. Jewel lives in Il house with Hattie,
a less militant specimen, as we'll as one
more amenable to kind treatment.
Hattie 1t is who performs all the
stunts that nave made "Bill' Sny-
der. the head keeper, so well known
to many people in New York. Mo- SO
with Jewel. though. She has but one
trick, and it is to ''go bad" at frequent
intervals. Her shrill trumpetings and
~bloodshot eyes had convinced attend
ants she again was in an untractable
mood.
For four days the crouch has had
complete control Of Jewel. Finally 1t
of frenzy, the like Of which has not
been seen for many years in the Cen
trail park menagerie. Snyder went in
to see If she had improved any. She
had not. Then the keeper decided to
anchor the big animal to the floor of
her cage.
bob" Hurton is the regular keeper
acknowledges it. Jewel has never
cared for the keeper, try as he would
to be friendly with her. She has lever
shown particular antipathy to Snyder
unless in a bad mood. But that mood
being upppermost. Snyder was on his
guard as he re-entered the elephants
cage with the shackles.
He anchored her two hind legs with
out great difficulty. and had begun to
fastcn down n Of the forelegs when
Jewel suddenly came down on her
knees in an effort to crush the life out
of the keeper. 1t is an elephant trick
to he rid Of its enemy in a hurry.
Snyder saw the knees bend. He jump
ed. and the heavy body came down on
the floor. He quickly fastened the
There was no more leg, however. And
that n leg vas not shackled until
Jewel had. tried three times. in diff
ferent ways, to kill her keeper.
Reaching out with her trunk to
grab the keeper. he retreated. and she
caught Instead one OF the large beams
that fasten her door,. A heavy creak
followed, and people in the elephant
house thought the building was com
ing down. "BilI' stood back Of the
elephant and waited q chance to get
at the other leg. He warned Hurton
to keep away, as Jewel only grew wild
cr when the keeper tried to assist in
fastening her down.
Before fastening that last lef Sny-
der decided he must put on a martin
gale. 1t vas impossible to shackle the
elephants leg while her trunk was
free. This he did while a batch of
new hay attracted the attention of
Jewel. Once on, the martingale held
securely the trunk, and soon the last
shacklc was fastened.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-21

An interview credited to Mrs. w. E
Leeds. widow of the multi-millionaire
tinplate king, on the V of sailing
with her ~S-year-old son. William, for
England. where she intends to have
him educated, exhibits Il remarkable
distortion of view. She says she
wishes her boy raised with the View
point of an Englishman. which she
thinks is cleaner and more wholesome
than that of an American. Young
American men Of wealth, she believes.
are not a credit to society. Their
wealth makes them dissipated. In
England they have a lot OF healthy
amUements and grow up strong and
clean cut with a love for outdoor
sports" Paraphrasing q familiar
characterization Of life she declares
that consideration here Seems to he
just scandal after another. while
abroad they talk of music. art, liter
ature-things worth while"
With the utmost consideration for
Mrs. Leeds it must be feared from her
own declaration that it is she who
needs a new viewpoint. If she has
had the misfortune to discover a
"'sets' where conversation is just one
scandal after another and the young
men of wealth are not a credit to So
ciety because of their dissipation, she
should not proceed to seneraliZe for
a whole nation from her own limited
experience. AS the mother Of an
S-year-old boy she is doing exactly
right in removing him from the con-
tamination Of such influences. But to
oCc,1pSo &c she Coar,,S 70 have 3ora
that this requires repatriation is alb.
surd and incomprehensihle except on
the theory of social strabislnus.
1t is unnecessary to defend America
or ever young American men Of
wealth from an Indictment so sweep
ing that it ~overreaches itself. Occa-
sional scandals. such as Mrs. Leeds
says, m~onopolize such conversation as
she has heard, involving young -Ameri-
car Of wealth no more justify the
denunciation of all wealthy young
Americans than the escapades of some
young sprig Of her localized English
nobility warrant a general description
of her strong and clean-cut" young
EnSlishmen as inevitable rakes and
s~coundrels. In both countries the
vast bulk of society, whether wealthy
by inheritance, ability or as wage
carriers. is clean cut and strong and
wholesome If it We're otherwise
either nation must long ago have per-
ished.
AS a matter of fact in any conpar-
ison the American young man of
wealth must shine by contrast. In
stead of being educated in the view
point of a life of lazy leisure. dry
amusements. riding to hounds and.
promenading in the Row, the Amcri-
can. by precept n example, and
particularly national instinct, looks
rwa to taking his place in the
world and doing his share of the
worlds work. The, American boy who
through a mothers false conclusions
Is forced to lose the clean and whole.
some American viewpoint for any
other on earth is truly to be pitied.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-21
BENNER, BEGG & :GARVIl

massacred by the Sioux and C%heyennes
under Sitting Bull on the Little Big
Horn. Not a trooper escaped. and
history has had to content itself with
official correspondence and the story
Of Maj. Reno, who, instead of going
to Clusters aid, sought safety on a
high bluff several miles distant.
Two Moons. a Cheyenne brave, nov
converted to Christianity, who took
part in that battle; has told at least
the other side Of the story, and he is
of the belief hat had Clusters entire
command fought as bravely as the
Gray Horse troop there would have
been no massacre.
Custer's men charged pell-mell into
the Indian camp, he says. without any
semblance of order. No skirmish lines
were thrown out, and when the In
dams recovered from their panic it
took but a short time to surround the
cavalrymen. Then the soldiers be-
came panic-stricken. According to
Two Moons. many dropped their guns
and tried to break through the In
dams. Many seemed to have become
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-21
columbia (Mo.l Cor. ST. Louis POST
piSNutCh.l

lhSptltcu.)
"Ths dispatch with which the
Beattie case in Virginia was ON
cluded is adequate proof that the de-
lays incident to- criminal proceedings
in this country are not so much the
result uf faulty laws as they are the
result of faulty administration OF the
laws" said Judge John Davidson Law
son. dean of the Missouri university
law school. "Bcattie killed his wife
in July and Was e~lectrocutcd for his
crime in November. justice requiring
but four months to run her course.
and on circumstantial evidence. toe.
What is needed in this country is
primarily a higher standard of legal
ethics. English lawyers do rot uuih-
BILE: they consider hat beneath their
dignity. Some of the objections
brought and stated in our criminal
trials by your leading practitioners
in England. Allegations of errors in
procedure which rannot he shown Sc
riously to affect the Judgment are not
considered in English courtS.''
Judge Lawson contrasted the usual
delays incident TO criminal procedure
i'll the average American court and
the procedure of English courts in
such cases by reading the proof of
an EDITORIAL which will appear in the
4N-NS NNii't W LIZ <hItlCtlCitIl l.t"
Review. of which he is editor. With
his permission it is given below:
In a matter of speed English crim-
inal procedure is the hare and Ameri-
can criminal procedure is the tortoise,
and in the thousands Of cases which
are printed in II law reports the
Docket tJudge l-awson's nom dc
plutHc) has been unable to lind a,
single Il in which the tortoise has
undcr any circumstances passed the
hare ur even overtaken it. as it. did
in the ~well-known fable.
With King vs.. Dickman let us COM
pare the Texas case of State VS.. Oates,
reported i'll half a dozen current OIL
umeS of the decisions Of the court of
appeals of Texas. In November, 1904,
Oates was tried for having murdered
4 mar named Aronoft in Dallas, Tex.
The proof was that two mel entered
the store of the deceased to rob him,
and when his wife rushed to his res
cue II fired a pistol at one of them
they both shot at her husband and
killed him.
The prisoner was convicted of
murder. He appealed to the court Of
appeals and in April. 1905. that court
Il new trial on the. ground
there had been an irregularity
in drawing the names of the jurors
from the box to select the venirc.
I'm the fall of 1905. the prisoner
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-21
TURNING THE GUNS ON EUROPE

Democratic Leader Underwood's
objections to the modification and in
cidental extension of the maximum
clause, as urged by Secretary Knox
calls for e~lucidation. The Demo-
Gratis surely are not going to give aid
and comfort to foreign nations that
discriminate against American prod
ucts in the interest of monopoly. 1t
seems incredible that the ways and
means committee should take the no
sition that while a protective tariff
against Europe is wrong, q prohibi-
1--WE tariff against this country is a
boon for us. Open our ports, but let
foreign ports stay closed! We refuse
TO believe that second sober thought
VIII still find the committee uphold
ing worse things abroad than they
aliege to exist ut home.
Again, the Democrats are commit
ted. if going on record means ANY,
thing, to the policy Of retaliation rs
cnunciated in The maximum and min
1mum clause of the P~ayne-Aldrich
tariff. Senate Democrats voted to rat.
ify h hundred treaties negotiated
under that clause, and the prcsidcn,
was applaudcd on all sides for the di.
piomhtic skill displayed in smoothing
out veXatious tanglcS. Much was
gained. but for reasons satisfactorily
set forth at the time the clause was
suspended with respect to various ar.
ticles, which the secretary cnunleratcs
In his letter to the house committee
Jhc time has nov come, in the Sec
fetaISS opinion, when discrimination
asalnst American trade should cease
and seeing that, on the whole. less
drastic measures than are authorized
hH the maximum clause would accom-.
pllsh the purpose. he urges the pas.
sage of an amendment thai would
reach the object sought without in.
volving us in tariff wars. AS it is gen.
orally agreed that the presidents
course was wise and polite, it is diff.
ncult to understand on what ground
he Is opposed in his desire to ecure
the square deal all around.
The maximum clause has been the
n thing spared from attack durins
the present agitation. What, then
has happened that would justify
Democratic opposition to the carry.
Ing out of Il policy so universally rec.
ognized as II purposcd to enforce
our rights and thereby promote the
general welfare? BY all means 10,
congress authorize Il modern instance
OF the efficacy of our traditional pul.
icy of turning the guns on the
enemy"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-21
a E

THURSDAY, DEC. 81, 1911.