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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-19
CHARGES
UNDER DISCUSSION
Valley Fruit Men to Meet at Sun.
nyside Today to Take Action
Looking to a Reduction

An effort to bring about a read
justment of the express rates on
fruit east and west from the Yak
ma valley is to be made today ct
Sunnyside at meeting. held under
the auspices of the Sunnyside Com
mercial club and which will be at
tended by representatives of various
commercial clubs in the valley and
representatives also of the various
fruit growing associations The eX
press business OUT of this valley is
enormous though it has not grown
in proportion to the freight business.
The reason for this is that the arti-
cles which require an express speed,
when they came to be grown in
large quantities, went out in car lots
under different tariff
That the express business, however,
is of some magnitude may be gath
cred from the belief of those who
have given it some attention that II
runs up to about 100 cars annually,
If not greater. 1t is believed by
those who are meeting at Sunnyside
today that the express business out
of North Yakima amounts to a mill
lion pounds, at least. annually, and
that the aggregate from the other
towns of the valley is as much. 1t is
felt also that the charges for sound
and eastern Washington cities on
this business is too much AID works
as handicap against putting the
Yakima valley product into the nat
ural markets in greater quantities. 1t
is the desire of the meeting to go in.o
the facts to some extent for the pur-
pose of ascertaining If some ARA ~ =
ment for a reduction of rates cannot
be arrived at
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-19
FOREST RANGERS TO
USE AER0PLANES
With Wireless Stations on Noun
tain Peaks, Fire Protection
Would Improve

SPOKANE, wash, July INA
ior Frank A. Ft II. supervisor of the
Selway national forest embracing
100000 acres formerly part of the
Nez Parce reserve In northern Ida
no. predicts that the time Is not far
distant WIN the aeroplanes and
wireless telegraphy will he impor-
tant factors in protecting timbered
lands in the Pacific slope country,
a man in flying machine could
do more accurate and extensive sur
Vey work In the mountains in a few
hours, he believes, than is usually
accomplished by 90 rangers in
week when fires are raging in the
rough country, and with wireless sta
lions installed on the high peaks. he
adds, it would be comparative
easy task to assemble men and app
paratus at convenient points TO OK
tingulsh the flames and prevent
spreading.
Several hundred miles of tela-
phone lines have been constructed
this season TO protect the forests
and one big timber holding concern
Is making experiments with motor
cycles in northern Idaho. So cnI
this season there has been no Sc.
rious fires in any or the Northwest
ern forestk
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-19
NO NEW CHOLERA CASES
But Officers Arc Making Bacteria.
logical Tests of 600 Emigrants

NEW YORK, July 1.-THE cholere
situation at quarantine is reassurins
tonight to DR.. Doty, health officer OF
the port and his assistants. In the
last "a hours there has been one
death, but no new cases reported, and
several of the is persons in the Swim
burne Island hospital are reported
convalescant
Some of those now suffering from
the plague are seriously i'll. however,
and the death list may be swollen
within the next few days.
The task of making bacteriolog,-
cal examinations in the case of each
of the 600 persons from the steamer
Moltke and upon Peruga began to-
day. Tonight Dr. Doty issued a state
ment that he regarded the situation
as satisfactory.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-19
WORK
TOO COSTLY
Criticism of County Commission.
ers on State-Aid Work Being
Done South of City
COST TWICE AS MUCH
AS WORK BY COUNTY
Inspection of Road Building by
State Highway Commissioner
Roberts Opens That OhiciaPs
Eyes to Methods

W. J. Roberts, the state highway
commissioner, who was in North
Yakima last week, was taken to see
the state aid work being done In the
Vicinity of this city. 1t was on the
return of the party of county COM
missioners from the summit Of the
Cascades, that Commissioners Olson
and Lemay drove Mr.. Roberts out to
see the mile and half of road build
ing being done south of the city lead
ing to Yakima City.
The state highway commissioner
was not pleased with the way the
work was progressing and said so, He
found the street dug up from end to
end and impossible, and expressed
himself forcibly on the matter. Mr.
Roberts stated that he would go after
the contractor, w. w. Pcttijohn Ind
Continued on page egnD
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-19
TWO THOUSAND At
SUMACH PARK SUNDAY
Crowds in Search of Lower Tenn.
perature Break Record for
Average Attendance

The crowds in search of rest and
respite from the hot weather for
gathered 1000 strong at Sumach park
Sunday, breaking the record for at
tendance on any Sunday when there
was no special attraction to draw the
people.
There was difference of five de-
grees in the temperature at the park
Sunday and the temperature in the
city, while that on the lagoons was
considerable cooler still. All the boats
and canoes were in use during the
afternoon and evening until II .. m.
The evening traffic to and from tine
park is increasing and larger num-
bers are becoming habituated to the
park as a recreation feature during
the week.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-19
bitches AND
THE PR|v|ES
Two Sources of Infection That
Dr.Lwmsden Says Should Be
Done Away With
PLAN TO COMBINE
TWO BIG DITCHES
Schanno and Broad Gauge to Be
Combined and Put Under
Ground From Inlet to Broad
way

An Improvement that will in the
belief of DR.. L. L. Lumsden, the gov
eminent health expert, who has been
investigating the typhoid outbreaks in
North Yakima. and DR.. Thomas Tet-
reau, the city and county health Of
ficer, do much in the way of lessen
ing the spread Of contagion through
the western section of the city, was
)naugurated at the meeting of the
pouncil Monday night 1t is the mat
Ter of enclosing the Schanno and
Broad Gauge bitches. so that the wa
ter will not be permitted to seep
through the ground an dact as me-
dunn to carry and spread contagion.
The council, after some discussion of
the subject instructed City Engineer
Doolittle to prepare plans and speci-
hcations and figore the cost OF
combining and enclosing the two
bitches, from the intake to Broad
way.
Petition of Sanitary League
The matter came upon petition
from the Sanitary League of North
Yakima, recently organized, calling
attention to the necessity for elimin-
ating the bitches. which are declared
a menace to life and health. Dr..
Lumsden, who was present addressed
the council, stating that under the eX1
listing condition of soil pollution i'll
the west end the open bitches serve
to carry that pollution and, at times,
infection, throughout the districs in
which they flow. He mentioned the
numerous unsanitary privies in the
Modern addition, through which the
bitches flow, which because of the
subdrainage add pollution to the wells
in the lower portion of the city. The
privies are chief source of spreading
infection under these conditions, ar
gued the health expert. DR.. Lums-
den said that the privy conditions
should be corrected and declared that
this was even more necessary than
enclosing the bitches.
Goodman Ready to Pay Share
Dan Goodman, resident south of
town, stated that he was willing to
put up $500 toward fund to be
raised for enclosing the bitches in one
water tight pipe for he believed they
carried infection to his part Of the
city. This offer of Mr.. Goodman was
made because of the statement of the
city attorney that the matter of en-
closing the bitches could not be as
sessed against the abutting property,
but would have to be stood by all who
were interested in the matter.
The street and ditch committee,
which had the matter under consider
alton it was stated, was working out
a scheme whereby the taxpayers, the
city and the ditch companies would
divide the expense among themselves,
each paying one-third. The motion
instructing the city engineer to pre-
pare plans vas amended providing
that the street and ditch committee
cofer with the city attorney as ia
some plan for financing the project
and to to have a report ready for the
next meeting of the council.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-19
SUFFERING FROM DEMENTIA
Poor Woman From Vicinity of Fair
Grounds Sent to Asylum

Mrs. c. H. Enfield, a widow who
lived in a 6xS shack near the Fair
Grounds. and who was said to be a
menace to her neighbors because of
her strange Authorizations and ac-
tons, WIS committed Monday by
Judge Grady to the hospital for the
insane at Medical Lake. She was ar
rested Friday for shooting into a
neighbours house and at the examina-
ton Monday by two physicians, she
was deemed a fit subject for care at
the asylum.
The poor woman believed that
everybody was plotting against her.
According to her story the trouble
began when one of her chickens re-
fused to eat grain, telling her it
wanted something else and picked
her on the wrist.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-19
J,P. CLEARY COMMITS
SUICIDE NEAR WAPATO

John p. Cleary, a lessee on the
Yakima Indian reservation, killed
himself about I o'clock sunday morn
ing at his home three miles from
Wapato. It is believed that CleraY
was insane as a result Of continued
i'll health. He used .3S caliber re-
yolver with which to do the deed fir
ing a shot in one temple that passed
out on the other side of his head.
County Coroner Fred Shaw was
summoned. who went to the scene in
an automobile, but found such perfect
evidence of suicide that he did not
deem it necessary To hold an inquest.
Deceased was 4 years ~ age and
leaves a wife and three children. and
light sisters. He was a membcr of
he Royal Neighbours and Of the Mod
srn Woodmen Of America, affiliated
With the local lodge at Palouse
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-19
ELLENSBURG GROWING
Population 800 Greater Now Than u
Year Ago

The population of Ellensburg ID
about $500 people. according to tho
crew OF men who have been compil-
ing the Polk directory for the Kittitas
valley. Using II multiple of two and
"A quarter for every name they Sc
cured for the directory lists they
found approximately 800 more people
In the city limits than the United
States census takers.
The Polk count of the people living
on the immediate outskirts of the city
is. by using the multiple of two and
quarter about 1900. bringing the
and suburbs up to $500.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-19
Declares That Unless Greater
Economy Is Exercised Tax
Levy Will Be Increased
EXPENDITURES $3.50
EVERY DAY IN WEEK
Various Items Outside Running
Expenses of City Make $780,
647, With Current Warrants
$79,O77.55

The reports of the City Treasurer
Donovan and City Treasurer Donovan
and City Clerk Brooker were read to
the city council Monday night ana
referred to the finance committee
That of the city treasurer was for
three months from -1ril to June 80,
and showed receipts, including $16,-
1877 cash balance on hand, of $124,-
1891; and disbursements of $780,
323.09, leaving cash balance on
hand of $34,054.92.
City Clerk Brokers report was as
follows:
Current expense warrants have
been issued for the six months end
ing June 80, 1911, to the amount of
$102, 033.S3. This means an expense
of something like $3.50 day, includ-
ing Sundays. This amount was not
all used to pay the current expenses.
of the city, however, but includes
various items, as follows:
Half cost of bridge over waste
ditch of the Pacific Power
and Light company .......S III
Assessment for paving a
Slreet 81 I
Extending Hall avenue -. 1900
Union Ditch stock purchased 1850
Fire engine and hose wagon
com ined ...... ....... $500
Fire station. partial payment 1918
Scraper for street department 4S0
Webb Motor Fire Apparatus.
company -. ....... 600
Additional payment on city.
hall lots /, and 3, block
10 ...... .............. 1900
Land for dumping ground. 1,4O0
Stock in N and C. ditch 800. 500
Street Flusher ............ 1,150
IOldl Q Z % Z
Warrants have been redeemed by
the city in excess of $4,000 and upon
the return of the city treasurer from
his vacation probably $4,000 more
will be called in. Current expense
warrants outstanding July |, 1911,
are s79O7753. With the added ex-
pense necessary to keep clcal the
paved streets that are already under
contract, it Is evident that the tax
levy to be made in the fall vii have
to be materially increased unless
great economy in running expenses of
the city is practiced for the balance
of the wear. J. G.. BROKER, city clerk"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-19
Ma jority for ...........
EIcction of Mayor and Commissi'

Next thing on the progre,i - me
election of a mayor and two commits
sionars to carry out the law in re-
gard to the changed form govern
mcnt According to the terms OF the
law this election must be held with
In sixty days from the date Of the
election providing for the change. r.
seems to he generally understood thTt
Mayor Schott will call the election 20
be held about september II or -.
Nominations for mayor and com.
missoncrs will he by petition, it be-
ing necessary to have one hundred
names on said petition in order for
candidate to get his name on the
official ballot.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-19
JOSEPH KUNTz DIES
AS RESULT Of INJURY
Well Known Old Pioneer Struck
by Gasoline Motor Car July
8 Received Fatal Injuries

Joseph Kuntz, of Yakima City, died
at St. Elizabeth's hospital Monday
morning at 4 o'clock from injuries
received by being struck by "A saso-
line car on the O.-W. r. 81 N COM
pany line on the afternoon Of July s.
Funeral will be held at Sunnyside,
the former home of deceased, this
morning
Deceased is survived by four sons,
but only one. Frank of this city will
be present today when the old Dio-
neer is laid to res
Mr. KuntH had been a resident OF
this county for % years. coming here
from Knapp. Wis wheE he was well
known TO most of the old timers.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-19
DIVORCE SUIT FILED

Cruel treatment and personal in
dignities are among the allegations of
Mrs. Stella j. Snyder in a suit filed
by her Monday in the superior court.
asking for divorce from her husband,
Charles A. Snyder. whom she mar
ried in Couer d'Alene, Idaho. in 1909.
The plaintiff asks an absolute divorce.
the custody Of their only child, a
minox Mary Estela Snyder, and s25
a m oAith altmony.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-19
Commission Form of Government
for North Yakima by Ma
jority of sos
EVERY PRECINCT IN CITY
VOTED FOR NEW PLAN
Little More Than Fifty Per Cen
of Pip Voters Registere,
Thought 1t of Enough Interes
to Turn Out and Cast Ballo

North Yakima has taken anothe
step toward the commission form :.
government. At the election hel
Monday, July II. to decide the oues
ton, the vote was 500 to 1853 y
favor of it. settling the proposition
deoiisvely and leaving nothing in tina
regard in doubt as to the wishes C
the voters upon this important sub
1ect. Only few more than fifty pc
cent of the voters registered turnet
out and cast their ballots.
In not single precinct out of tn,
twelve in the city did so per cent OF
the voters cast their ballots agains,
the propos ton, and in only one, the
tlrst precinct of the NTH ward, did
more than one-third of the voters in
the precinct cast their ballots in OPP
position.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-19
Not Many Women Voted

1t is roughly estimated that of the
votes polled 10 per cent were cast by
women. y woman was the first to
cast her ballot in the first precinct
of the second ward, the city clerks
office in the court house being the
polling place.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-19

Miss Susie Erwin left Sunday to
visit with Mrs. O. @. Ellis of Olym-
pia for a fortnight.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-19
Vote by Precincts

Following is the vote by precincts,
together with the total vote cast AMI
the majority in favor of the COM
mission form of government.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-02-24
DIDN'T KILL wEEviLs.
Or. Knapp Gives Out Statement to the
Farmers. s.

rdTmerSs
Jackson-Dr. 8. A. Knapp, special
agent In charge of the Farmers Co
operative Demonstration work has
given out the following to the agents
in Mississippi the boil weevil terri
tory:
ut has been reported to this office
that an impression has been given out
and somewhat extensively circulated
that the extremely cold weather of
January tended SO to destroy the wee
wills that the cotton planters need fear
very little trouble from them for the
crop of 1911.
This is quite a mistake because in
January the weevils are in hibberna-
ton and a stand any amount of
freezing without great damage. II
such freeze had occurred before the
weevils had left the field 1t would
have been very beneficial because it
would have destroyed all OF the larvae
in the bolls and squares and a large
per cent Of the weevils that had not
gone into winter quarters. But dur.
ing the winter when the weevils are
in Information It has been shown by
the bureau of entomology that very
little effect will be had upon them.
In fact. weevils have thus been placed
in solid Ice and remained for n
siderable time without serious injury"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-02-24
ENDORSES HEALTH CAMPAIGN.
Governor oiyes Work Of Or. Leathers
Unqualified Approval.

Governor ciyes Work Of Or. Leathers
Unqualified Approval.
Jackson-Governor Noel has placed
the stamp Of approval On the work Of
the field agents OF the state board Of
health, who are operating under the
direction of DIR. w. s. feathers.
Governor Noel thinks the public
campaign being waged in this state is
bound to result In much good to Mis-
sissippi, and gives his unqualified en-
dorsement to the movement for bet
ter conditions.
Governor Noel has been following
the operations of the field agents
closely ever since they began this
work, and reports he has received
from those counties in which work is
being done are of the most f1attering.
mot only will this work promote the
general health of the people," said
Governor Noel, but 1t will increase
the average length Of their lives as
well as their capacity for work OF
our people.
eases that may be prevented by exer-
cising the necessary precautions. it
probably will lead 10 their complete
eradication from the state, which will
add materially to our progress and
prosperity"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-02-24
DAVIS A T
Finds New Features In Life Of Con.
federate President.

Jackson-After a stay of three
weeks in New Orleans. where he went
to look up the collection of Jefferson
Davis papers, which have reposed in
the Howard Library, as they came
from Mrs. Davis, DR.. Dunbar Rowland
has returned to his post here. DR..
Rowland vas gratifed to fird SO many
Of the letters and papers which throw
side and direct lights On the thoughts,
hopes and the real character of the
president of the C~onfederacy; letters
written in his most charming and al
together simple and winsome style.
He succeeded in securing copies of
quite a number of these important let
tiers. both from and to Mr.. Davis, as
well al concerning his last great work
in the compilation of THE Rise and
Fall Of the Confederacy," by others
with whom he was associated.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-02-24
STATE NEWS NOTES
Weekly Budget of News ltems Gathered BY Our
Special Correspondent at Jackson.
NEARING END OF SEASON.
Two Jackson OIL Mills Are Soon q
Close Down.

Two jackson OIL Mills Are Soon to
Close Down.
Jackson.-Two Of the four oil mills
In Jackson, the Mississippi Cotton OIL
Company and the jackson Oil and
Refining Company, will close for the
season next week. The other plants
will continue their runs until about
the middle Of March, and probably
longer. ..
During the past week a large num-
Der Of mills over the state have ex.
hausted their seed supplies and closed
down. The seaso has been somewhat
shorter than usual, good prices for
seed have been paid since the crop
movement, and the margin Of profit
for the mills will not be very large.
However, a majority of the plants will
be able to show profits, in contrast to
the 1S09-10 season. when very few. II
any, of the mills we're able to show
dividends.
Farmers are drawing heavily on
the oil mills for seed supplies for
planting purposes. Numerous orders
for seed are being booked. and ship.
ments will be commenced within the
next few days.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-02-24
NO DECISION TILL APRIL.
Interest From Jan. l to July I Will
Be Paid on Bonds.

DC rdiu OF ooHOSs
J~ackson-It will be late in the spring
before the supreme court will have the
opportunity to pass upon the man
damus brought by Mrs. Emma Ed
wards, mother of State Treasurer Geo.
r. Edwards, to compel her son to pay
interest on four state bonds from July
/, 1910, to January l, 1911.
While the court passed on the in
junction, the mandamus is where the
real tug of war comes. but those who
have studied the case declare the court
must sustain this mandamus, If 1t Is
called upon to pass on the question.
While the validity of the bonds was
not touched upon in the decision, some
say the wording of the decision indi-
Gates what the decision of the court
will be, as the question was argued
from all its angles by former Assist
ant Attorney General George Butler
and Mr.. F. NJ. West, representing the
hampton interests.
The court, it is contended, Is al
ready in possession Of the facts in the
case, and it is a mere guess, but some
of the ablest attorneys in the state,
who have read the hampton decision,
declare the court, to properly sustain
its position in that case, must sustain
the mandamus.
Interest on the bonds from January
1 will be paid July 1, but the first
interest coupon, which was due Jan.
uary 1, will not be paid till the courts
pass on the mandamus, it is under
stood.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-02-24
FAMOUS HOUNDS SECURED.
Pike County viii Have Two Classy
Man-Hunters.

Jackson-Spurred into activity by
the frequency of robberies and other
crimes and to aid In breaking up dep.
relations, F. B. Enochs, a Pike county
citizen. has ransacked the country for
pure bred and sure trailers, and has
apparently succeeded In finding a brace
Of hounds to his liking. In order to
get reliable dogs. Mr.. Enochs went
into Michigan, securing. from Ottawa
county a pair Of pedigreed blood.
hounds, Ottawa Red Terror and Jones
Lady, for which he paid $1,000. He
declares that the hounds will trail
q murderer, firebug, thief, safecrack.
ers or other criminals, or will trace
lost people.