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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-13
INQUIRY MADE into
EXTENT OF SPRAYING
Deputy Horticultural Commission.
er Seeks to Ascertain Extent
of the Local Consumption

r. o. Morrison deputy of the state
horticultural commissioner. is now en-
gagged in preparing statistics OF the
quantity of spray material and in
secticides of one kind and another
used In this district last year This
IS IL somewhat difficult task, as there
is no way of arriving Mt ostima tss.
The lime and sulphur solution Is not
such a difficult problem. but the ar
senate of lead puts up a consider
able task. and the black leaf. cresol
and other things such as whale oil
SOAP kerosene emulsion and prep
arations of that kind make q neces-
sity for direct inquiry from the or
chard men each year. especially the
short crop seasons. emphasize the need
of careful and diligent spraying Of the
blossoms and of the Fruit. and beyond
question the time is rapidly approach
ing when the bulk of the spray mate
rial will be manufactured at home
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-13

Now and then Gov. Wilson does
say something which he would not
have said, or which he would have
expressed differently, If the desire to
be president had no place among his
dreams. The voice of the partisan
is heard in his definition of repub-
lican as a man who thinks that men
of property are a nations soundest
guide, and in his definition of a dem
ocrat as a man who thinks these
guides are the rank and file.
or course, Gov. Wilson does not re-
ally mean this. He knows. as every
body knows. that there are genuine
democrats in both the political par
ties, just as in both there are men
who dislike and distrust democratic
government. Senator LaFollette is
not only as democratic as Gov Will
son; he has longer believed in the
extreme democratic creed. X-Sena-
tor Aldrich is not more opposed to
thoroughgoing democracy than is Mr.
Charles F. Murphy.
We can easily understand how this
wish to be president must influence
Gov. Wilson. Nobody to whom ambi-
ton comes is ever quite the same as
he was before it's arrival, But we
do not understand why any motive
should lead a man like Woodrow Will
son to talk this old-fashioned clap
trap.-New York Globe
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-13
Native Wood in Cheap Paper

WAUSAU. Wis.--The problem as to
whether a commercial grade of paper
can be r. ade from native woods, 9TH
er than spruce, for the solution of
which the United States government
has established in this city a labora-
tory, has been partly solved, ac-
cording to announcement made by j.
II. Thickens, who is in charge of the
local laboratory, and the answer is in
the affirmative.
Tests of the pulp made at the lab
oratory have just been completed and
are highly satisfactory. Mr.. Thick
ems announces that it is possible to
make ground wood from hemlock and
jack pine mixtures of these woods
with spruce. which will be of high
enough quality for the manufacture
of a cheap grade If paper, such as
news and wrapping papers.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-13
Prepared in Office of the County
Auditor at Cost of
About $500
WHITE PRINTS WILL
BE SOLD AT SIS EACH
Believed That This Map Will
Long Be Authority by Those
Who Have Business With City
Lines and Divisions

An elaborate map OF the city of
North Yakima was completed Tues
day by A. l.. Ostrander for the use of
the county auditors office. It will
be copyrighted by County Assessor h.
r. McCurdy personally, it being inn
possible for Yakima county to obtain
copyright. The map is seven and
one-half feet long by six and one
quarter feet wide and is on a scale
Of 800 feet to the inch.
This map was commenced more
than . year ago by Max Nook and
Robert Bayne also did some work
upon II. Mr.. Ostrander has been de-
voting his whole time to 1t since the
middle of last August. The actual
money cost of the one map Is APP
proximately 5000.
Nothing has been spared in re-
gard to time. care and expense in
getting data, so 1t may safely be said
that 1t Is as near absolutely correct
AS 1t was possible to make it. j. w..
Sindall and others in the auditors
office spent considerable time in con-
nectiOn with reference to deeds and
other documents to the end that the
boundaries, distances, figures. etc, of
whatsoever character should be cor
rect to the dot. Its accuracy makes
1t all the more valuable.
The boundaries of the different ad-
ditlons are etched, thus showing at a
glance where one addition ends and
another one begins The exact size
Of lote Is given and the acreage of
tracts not planted is shown as per
the deeds
The map is right up to the minute,
the correct names of the streets and
avenues being given according to tho
latest action of the city commission
ers Thus, the streets on the east
side Of the Northern Pacific railroad
track are North or South Front street,
North or South First street and so on
consscutiyely toward the east. The
avenues on the west side of the track
are First avenue north or First
avenue south, etc, consecutively
toward the west.
All the school buildings. the fed
eral postoffice building and the court
house are shown.
All the lettering on the map, eX-
cept the title, was done in free hand
by A. L. Ostrander. a draughtsman
with six years experience. He is now
draughtsman in the office of the
county assessor.
Where additions to the city seem
to overlap or whore there are any
other apparent discrepancies. they
are shown on the map.
After the map has been copyrighted
white prints will be made of it and
sold at SIS each, In order that tho
county may be reimbursed for the ex-
pense to which 1t has been put.
Owing to the care that has been
| lavished In the production OF this
map It IL believed that 1t will for
years be the authority almost inval-
liable, as reference for the post
! office officials. lawyers. real estate
men, city and county officials and all
others who may at any time have oc-
casion to know how the city is laid
out according to the records.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-13
Pleads for Free Canal

WAsHINGTON.-A plea for the
free use by all nations of the complet-
ed Panama canal Is made by John
Barrett, director general of the Pan
American Union, in a statement to be
published in the official bulletin Of the
Pan merican Union.
Barrett has made n study of the ca
nal situation in it's relation to all the
republics in North and South America
and urges congress to make the canal
free to all commerce.
In case such plan is not favored.
he urges a minimum toll rate not 10
exceed so or 10 cents n net ton for
foreign trade and free passage for all
American ships engaged in coastwiss
trade
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-13
YAKIMA COMNANDERY NO, Is
knights TcmpIar Elect Officers Tues
day Evening, December ~.

The election of Yakima Com.
mandery No. 10. Knights Templar
took place Tuesday evening In Ma
sonic hall with the following result
Il. T.. McCurdy, excellent high priest;
A. NJ Dean. king; Norman Compton
scribe; j. w. Sindall, secretary; ]. A
Louden, treasurer. The following Of
flcers were appointed; Fl. II. Wilcox
chaplain; H. w. Sprague. captain OF
host; w. y. McNair principal so.
iourner; f. A. Morgan, royal arch
captain; j. Lenox Ward, master OF
the third veil: X. II. Hayden. master
Of the second veil: John II. Corbett,
master of the first veil; F. J. Jacroux
sentklel.
Installation of officers will take
place on the evening of Tuesday, jan
uary ?.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-13
Some Carload Movement West
ward But Most Growers Are
Advancing Prices
HOP CONTRACT OFFERS
FIND NO READY TAKERS
Valley Will Be Well Supplied
Throughout the Christmas Sea-
son With the Fruits of the
Southlands

Good potatoes are bringing $40 a
ton, and there is some business being
done at that figure. On Friday last
five cars were sent out from this val
ley by one firm and as many more by
other dealers. 1t cannot be said that
there is any great trade at that Right
ly or wrongly, a large number of the
growers are under the impression that
for them the very best thing they can
DO is to hold. They believe that the
scarcity throughout the country gener-
ally that has been reported here
will bring its own reward as spring
advances.
No Business i'm Hops.
Practically no business In hops is
in progress here despite the fact that
some 1900 bales remain unsod of the
1911 crop of this county AS mat
ter of fact, there liz little hop bust
ness ever during the holiday season,
and ordinarily there is no demand for
hops on the part of the consumers at
this time. the revived demand coming
in February. 1t 10 an interesting
fact that though contracts are offered
there are no takers. Twenty-one cents
a pound is offered for one year, and
20, 16 and IA respectively for the first,
second and third years of three
year contract. Fifteen cents pound
straight is offered for contract for
five years. These offers find no TAX
ers here. The contract has never been
very popular in North Yakima, and
Just now is In less favor than ever. 1t
is the belief of those who have yards
that they will make a good thing next
year, 30 good that there is no advan-
tage In a contract.
Bacon Is Cheaper.
Eighteen and 20-cent bacon was Of
fered on the retail market in this city
Monday by one of the leading butcher
shops The price ranges from 20 to
80 cents pound for local or the best
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-13
"Prcpare to Die"

VICKSBURG, Miss.-"Every negro
should be ready to die, because you
know not the day nor the hour, and
you may go right from this church to-
day to heaven or to hell were the
words Of Rev. Oscar Williams at ne
gro funeral in ~. David Baptist
church The words were followed by
a crash and screams. as 1000 persons
were dropped down - feet by ths
floor of the church giving away.
Fifty men and women were injured
in the all, and 1t is thought three viii
die Of internal injuries.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-13
Argument for World Peace

Whether true or exaggerated,
whether Justified or absolutely ila-
grant, whether In Tripoli or China,
these terribly tragic revivas OF the
lust for blood comprise an argument,
powerfully cIinching, for world peace.
Civilization can no longer afford TO
tolerate them, The impression they
leave on the mind is equally revolving.
whether coming from he followers
Of Christ, OF Islam, of Buddah, Of
Brahma Atlanta Constitution.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-13
May Overthrow Both Parties

II may that Mr.. Roosevelt still holds
nr could regain the place he once held
in the opinion of the American people.
and his Indifference to the limitations
OF law when he chooses to carry out
some great design, such IL inaugural
ing the actual. practical movement
for the Panama canal and his inter-
vention In behalf of the steel trust.
marks his fitness for leadership in a
movement that may revolutiouize the
politics OF the country and overthrow
both Of the old parties.-New Orleans
Picayune.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-13
Suffragcttcs in China

1t Is not only in the Uuited States
that universal suffrage is claiming
recognition, but in other countries as
we'll. In China the women have ex-
acted a pledge from the 9eyolutionists
that the women shall have political
rights when the revolutionary forces
come to set up new government
Therefore 1t seems that every forward
movement that is made carries with
u the political claims of the women
Nashville Tennesseean.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-13
Lands ut Other Extreme

CIICAGO.--A man in the United
States district court was fined l cent
today. Judge Lands heard his adj
mission that he had accepted check
Tor S1I for a money order, techni-
cal violation of the postal laws, and
named the fine as one cent. The
prisoner was Edward Komie, a drug
gist Ia charge Of a postal station.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-13
Tx Payers Ask Damage.

Il. r. Manning, James Bernie. ]. J.
Heas and SID Varian presented a pro-
test 10 the city commissioners Tues
day against the assessment roll for To-
cal improvement district No. 4z4. They
claim that the original grade OF the
street. In front of their property has
bsaa ch.-nSed and raised, and that
dirt has been deposited ON the parking
strip In front OF their lots on Sew
anth avenue. They ask damages in
ths S0H of $3.50.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-13

1t Is inevitable that the direct pri-
mary idea should be applied to presi-
Dental nominations, so rapid has been
it's spread throughout the country.
We are in a period of rapid remaking
of the editice of government The old
wigwam at Chicago, where Lincoln
was nominated in 1860, may yet typi-
fly all institution superseded as com
pletely as the old structure itself
Boston Herald.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-13
Ship Holstein Bull

A classy young Holstein bull was
sent out of North Yakima Tuesday
over the Northern Pacific railway for
Alfred Kern. Of Washhougal. The bull
was from Holstein Home, the Ahtanum
ranch of Messrs. j. P. and r. B.
Marks and is d fine specimen OF the
strain which is giving the stock from
that ranch a reputation
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-13

Half a dozen hunters left the city
Tuesday for the lower valley for n
few days after geese. Several good
bags have been reported lately, but 1t
is said they were made up in the Big
Bend country across the Columbia.
river to the east and north.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-13
Blast. Come From the Naches

Reports which have been heard in
North Yakima recently are the result
OF blasting operations near the Painted
Rocks in the Naches where workmen
are engaged in the construction Of the
Congdon ditch.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-13

eastern as the case may be. Butch
ers say that there Is nothing special
doing. There is to be nice lot of beef
and poultry on the Christmas market,
but the meat supply men are not look
ing forward to the trade with any spe-
cial degree of anticipation, for the
prices of meat are now to the point
where there is little profit to be de-
rived.
Butter Holds Strong
Butter and eggs hold up, and there
is no likelihood of a change before
the end of the holiday demand. The
very open season that has prevailed
has gone long way toward aiding the
local supply. and hay and such feed
has not taken its winters climb to
high prices. This point, like all 9th
ers in this state, is dependent upon the
outside for much of its dairy supplies,
and the price controlled by the de-
mands of the outside market.
There has been in circulation a re-
port that oranges were to be scarce
Christmas article his year, but this Is
not true with regard % Yakima unless
the unexpected happens There is a
supply of Japanese oranges now here,
and the Pacific Fruit and Produce
company Is expecting a carload of
sweet oranges from Lloyd Garretson,
who is now in California.
Valley Buys Freely.
The report is that the towns OF the
lower. valley are buying as freely in
Yakima Of the eastern and southern
products which they take through this
city as they have ever done at this
time Of the year. 1t Is reported here
also that business is much more alert
in this valley than 1t is in almost any
other portion of Washington or Ore
gon.
The general market is as follows
Dutch mill ..... LIS
Yakima Best flour. per sack ...$1.30
Prosser flour, per sack .......31.3 5
Washington hard wheat flour $3.50
Kennewick Best. patent -four ...31.20
Alfalfa, perton, wholesale .... $3.50
Potatoes, per ton ..... $40 90
onions, per ton .......... .$15 @$16
Fruits, Vegetables. Groceries, Retail
Creamery butter pound, 45c; for 85c
Ranch butter. pound ........... .35c
Fresh ranch eggs, dozen ....... $50
Cheese Wisconsin, pound ..... Csc
Brick cheese, pound .......... .25c
Imported Swiss cheese. ofund. 400
Linn burger cheese. pound ....... .25c
Dill pickles, per dozen ......... .20c
Bananas, dozen ...... ......... .35c
Lemons, dozen ..,... ........ .S5c
Oranges, dozen 3bc, Acc and soc
Florida grape fruit. each :. .... loo
Turnips, bunch ........... &c
Cabbage, pound ......... ........ SC
Tomatoes, pound 20; for 35c
Apples for table use. pound sc to &c
Sauerkraut, per pound ..s.... &c
Dried onions ........1O pounds csc
Beetsg bunch 80. ...............5c
Parsnips, bunch .... ........ SC
Cauliflower.y mead ......... loo q zoe
Green peppers, pound ..........I5c
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-13

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 12.-
Members Of the Mcnamara ways and
means committee, after a session last
ing two days, issued a statement con-
corning the affair, which denounces
the confessed dynamiters and their
crimes and also denounces the manner
of their arrest and transfer TO S;atf'
fornia. The claim is made that the
treatment of the prisoners gave rea-
son for believing that they were in
nocent and that the evidence against
them was flimsy. The statement is
signed by Samuel Gompers. president
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-13
SPRAY PLANT
TO ENLARGE
Yakima Fruit Products Company
Has Ordered Quantity of
Improved Machinery
HUGE TANKS EXPECTED
TO ARRIVE IN A WEEK
Manager Remelin Says He Sees q
Fine Opportunity for an In
creased Business Because of the
Greater Needs

A large quantity of machinery has
been ordered by the Yakima Fruit
Products company, better known To-
cally as the vinegar plant" for the
manufacture. the coming year. of lime
named its lime sulphur solution
STANDARD" and it's business already In
sight this season is many carloads in
excess OF that manufactured last
year. With the increase in the or
chards and therefore in the demand
for the spray material, 1t is the idea
Of the company that it can make no
better move than to prepare to sup
ply the growers. AS the company Ia
also buying fruit from the orchard
men for the cider and vinegar plant,
it is the conclusion that it will In
that way procure considerable trade
from it's patrons.
Character of Equipment.
Two large steel tanks of the latest
type and design have been ordered
and are expected to arrive in a week.
The contract has been let and word
has been received that the huge re-
torts are on their way here. Under
the system of manufacture to be fol-
lowed the tanks will be enclosed SO
that none of the essence OF the con-
stituent parts will be lost In the
process of manufacture. This IL ex-
pected to result in better and stronger
spray Another change which has
been decided upon is the centraliza-
ton of power in the plant. New ma
chinery and shafting are to be in
stalled and all the plant will be
woJ, : from the one central power
UNI
Manager Is Hopeful.
I (anager Remelin, of the company,
| speaks very enthusiastically over the
business outlook for the spray max
| ing department and also over the pros
poets that the ranchers will be able
to get their material at a rate which
will do away entirely with the home
manufacture. of which considerable
still prevails.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-13

of the American Federation of Labor:
Frank Morrison, secretary: James A.
Short president of the building
trades department, 1and William j.
Spencer, secretary oil the same de-
partment; James OEQnnell, president
Eof the metal tradesN department. and
sA..S'J. Berris, secretary and John b.
Lennon and Thomas F. Tracy, presi-
dent and secretary of the union label
trades department. Mr.. Gompers
showed Discrimination to have his
picture taken by covering his -, e
when a camera was aimed at him.
The Adair County news., 1911-12-27
TRAVELLING Stones.

Travelling stones,'' from the size of
Il pea to six inches in diameter. are
found in Nevada. When distributed
upon Il floor or other level surface
within two or three feet of one another
they Immediately begin to travel to-
ward a common center and there lie
huddled like clutch of eggs in a nest
n single stone removed to a distance
of three and Il half feet upon being
released at once started with wonder
full and somewhat cOmical celebrity to
join its fellows. These queer stones
are found in region that is compare
lively level and little more than bare
rock. Scattered over this barren re-
giOn are little basins from a few feet
to rod or two in diameter, and it is
in the bottoms of these that the roll
ing stones are found. The cause for
the strange conduct of these stones is
doubtless to be found in the material
Of which they are composed. which ap-
pears to be lodestone or magnetic iron
ore.-Harper's Weekly.
The Adair County news., 1911-12-27
A Legend OF Aqincourt.

For many centuries we English have
plumed ourselves upon the victory of
Agincourt. Indeed it is from King
Henry VS. address to his soldiers on
that occasion. as given by Shake
speare. that the motto of this journal
is taken. Familiar in their mouths as
household words" But the French
have an account of the affair not so
much to our credit 1t was arranged.
according to this fable. by the two
leaders that only the mobiles on each
side were to fight King Henry V.
then artfully ennobled his whole army
and hence got the best of the enemy.
Shakespeare unwittingly gives little
countenance to the legend when he
makes the king declare in the above
mentioned address. BE We ne'er so
vile. this day shall gentle your condi-
tion."-LOndOn Standard.
The Adair County news., 1911-12-27
Attractions OF a Malay Hotel.

We are so accustomed TO reading in
the guidebooks that the local hotels
are the best in the east that it is re-
freshiDg, says the Java Times. to come
across a description of hotel in the
little town of Kuala Lumpur. in the
Federated Malay States. Here are a
few points which our hotel proprietors
might notice: Bedrooms. 81 feet by "a
feet by 20 feet, each with two electric
twenty-five candle power lamps cleo
trio bell and electric fan: bathroom
80 feet by ~ feet attached to each bed
room and fitted with tops. floored with
colored tiles. walled with white Min
ton dittos: long. continuous CORR
dor 625 feet IN length by II feed broad:
each electric bell fitted with return"
ring. so that the visitor knows at once
whether he is being attended tO-Lon-
don Globe.
The Adair County news., 1911-12-27
The Dust Bath For Hens.

Have the dust bath where the sun
will shine on it the greater portion Of
the day. as it is absolutely necessary
that the hens be comparatively free
from lice, and body lice multiply rap
idly in cold weather. In cold weather
the body and head lice have their in
ming and in the summer the mites. If
given a good dust bath the hens will
usually keep the body lice off with
very little assistance, but the head
lice must be fought. as the hens can
not get to them. 1t goes without say
ing that the house should be kept
clean. The number Of times the drop
ping boards must be cleaned and the
litter renewed will depend on the
number of hens in a pen.-Western
Poultry Journal.