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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-11-15
Growing Alfalfa i'm Western Washing

Experiments conducted by the State
Experiment Station during the past
two seasons indicate that alfalfa can
be successfully grown in many parts
of Western Washington. Many for
mer trials by farmers have been I'M
successful. A few have succeeded and
the conditions under which a good
permanent stand has been obtained
are the same as those which have
been worked out in the stations eX-
periments. They are as follows:
The land must be well drained. AL
falfa will not grow on sour, water
logged soil, or on land which is over
flowed for any considera bic period OF
time. ...-
The soil must be free from hardpar
to a depth of at least five feet. AL
falfa is deep-rooting plant.
The seed must be planted early ir
the spring on well prepared soil (pre-
ferably fall plowed), and must be
seeded alone. Seeding with a nurse
crop invariably results in too dry sol
during the late summer months
The soil must be inoculated with
the alfalfa bacteria. preferably by
ONSI Tie ldiiu, at oCCuihS
time, 800 to 400 pounds of soil from
a field in which alfalfa has been grow.
ing successfully for at least three
years. The land should be narrowed
Immediately after scattering the inoc'
ulating material, in order to bury the
bacteria where the sun will not de-
stroy them.
The alfalfa must be pastured fol
the first season. 1t may be clipped
once or twice in order to prevent
weeds from going to seed. but should
be cut as high as possible.
Bulletin No. 80 of the State Expe'
riment Station gives full details as tc
methods of seeding alfalfa. Copies OF
this bulletin may be obtained free by
writing to the Experiment Station
Pullman, Wash.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-11-15
Reason Why Men Stay Single

We are always hearing about the
fitness of things, and ! thought of it
especially the other day as l walked
down the street in the pouring rain
just behind a woman who was wad-
ing through mud puddles, or rather
! suppose | should say trying to trip
daintily through the mud puddles,
with her white pumps on. White
pumps, good heavens, and the wind
was blowing at a forty mile clip, while
everybody was shivering and wonder
ing if it We're not time the winter UNI
derclothes were unpacked and the
moth ball shaken out of the winter
wraps.
The straw hat man who appears
with the summer lid" on in April or
insists upon wearing it until the win
ter snow is piled high upon the
ground, is always a subject of cheap
jokes. but he is not in it with a wo-
man for wearing unreasonable things.
! suppose if madame wishes to wear
her white shoes in December, she will
argue that they will look "just too
sweet" as she saunters down town on
the snow covered walks.
1t really would be very interesting
to go up and down street for
an hour and count the number of
women who were out of taste in their
dress. one day, l noticed a lady who
wore a neat fitting street costume, but
her hat! Well, it would have been
very beautiful for evening wear. In
fact, just to look at it made one think
of dainty creations with fluffy ruffles
and long trains. l suppose she was
trying to look swell" but she succeed
ed merely in appearing ridiculous.
Then on another occasion, ! saw a
lady down town doing her morning
shopping and she wore a very hand
some reception gown.
Sometimes / think it would be a
good plan to have a course in correct
dressing taught the girls in the pub
lie schools, then so many of them,
when they are grown, would not be
constantly breaking the laws of good
taste in the matter of attire.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-11-15
MCKEE LAND OWNER
MAKES NICE CLEANUP
Takes $4,000 Hop Crop and
$4,000 sale Price From a
$4,000 Investment

Herewith is a little Yakima story
1t isn't altogether unusual as similar
cases have been frequently recorded
1t is, however, an illustration which
the thoughtful will understand. Mr.
Prall, of the Mckee, who is already an
extensive land owner in this valley,
purchased a tract of land in the Mckee
for which he paid $4,000. On this
land he raised a hop crop which he
sold for $4,000 and a little later he
sold the land for $4,000, all within
six months and ten days of the time
he made his first purchase. Just how
much profit was made from the hop
crop is not known, but probably
enough to pay the original purchase
price on the land so that the sale
price can be figured as profit Mr..
Prall proposes to remain in this val
ley -.--
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-11-15
GAS PLANT AT FORT SIMCOE
Government to Light Agency with
Powerful Acetylene Plant

An acetylene gas plant of three hun
dred lamp capacity is to be installed
at Fort Simcoe to light the agency
buildings there. Bids are now being
called for by the department. There
has just been completed at Fort Sim
coe, at the agency, mess cottage
which cost Giles to $4,000 and which
is d very fine and comfortable build
ing. The installation of the gas plant
is the next big piece of work to be
undertaken. The selection of the
method of illumination was made al
Washington and provision is made foi
future growth in the agency demands
the plant to be installed to be suffi-
GENTLY strong to furnish the light
which will be needed for some years
to come.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-11-15
APPRECIATIvE LETTER
TO HOWARD ELLIOTT
President Of Cornme rcial Clubs
Sends Communication TO N.
F. President

communication, signed by H. c..
Lucas, president of the Yakima Com
mercial club was sent to President
Howard Elliott, thanking him and eX-
pressing the appreciation of the CHI
zens of North Yakima ana the resi-
dents of the Yakima valley in the sue
cess OF a valley contestant in winning
the prize offered by him at the New
York Land show last week. The let
ter, in full, is as follows:
North Yakima, Nov Ii, 1911.
Mr.. Howard Elliott. President North
ern Pacific Railway Company, ST.
Paul, Mimi.
My Dear Mr.. Elliott: The Yakima
Commercial club, the citizens of North
Yakima and the residents of the Yak
ina valley are highly elated by the
success of Mrs. Rowland of Zillah il
winning the prize offered by you in
New York City last week.
Il wish especially to thank you in
behalf of the Yakima Commercial
club for the opportunity you gave, t,
those Of us interested in one of oul
leading industries, to demonstrate that
the Yakima valley can produce the
finest apples in the world. We feel
pleased that your faith and our faith
in the productivity of the Yakima val
ey has not been betrayed.
THE fact that the Yakima valley
took first prize at New York is consi.l.
cred, by those who have had expa
rience in publicity work, to be one o.
the best advertising aazets we coult
nGSCihl,. have ,0btaiDa6
I'VE realize that it is through your
generosity that this thing has been
made possible and we want you to
know that we appreciate what you
have done for us.
Yours respectfully,
(Signed) H C. LUCAS,
president Yakima Commercial Club"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-11-15
DATE IMPRESSES ITSELF
A. e. Larson Has Three Experiences
on November 10 with Weather

November 10 has begun to impress
itself upon the mind of A. E. Larson.
Thirty years ago Mr.. Larson, back in
Minnesota, on November 10 went out
into the field to shuck corn and work.
ed in a temperature of ten below zero.
Eight years ago, in this city, on No
vember 10, when he was the manager
of the Pioneer Lumber yard he had
ten inches of snow to encounter and
this year the night of November 10.
he ran into zero weather. Eight years
ago when there was ten inches of
snow on November 10 there followed
three months of delightful weather.
there being no more snow fall until
February. In January Of that year
Mr.. Larson sold out the lumber inter-
ests and remembers clearly that while
working at invoicing he was in his
shirt sleeves.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-11-15
PURE LUCK WINS
PRINCETON'S SCORE
A Freak Play Where Luck Is a
Feature in Favor of Orange
and Black

PRINCETON, N. j., Nov. IL
Luck, purely and simply, decreed that
Princenton should beat Dartmouth al
football today by a score of to 0.
The play that won the game was a
freak and will give the rules commit
tee something to work on this winter.
Princeton's points We're scored by a
drop kick on the AZ yard line. The
ball did not rise more than ten feet
AT the start and after bounding twice
along the ground took freakish
jump in front of the goal posts and
cleared the cross bars.
Referee Langford decreed a field
goal had been made according to rule
six, section eleven.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-11-15
GROWERS ARE
GIVEN STATEMENT
General Manager Robbins of the
Association Makes Eleventh
Announcement for Year

General Manager J. IT. Robbins of
the Yakima aVlley Fruit Growers as
ISOLATION has issued Bulletin No. II
of the association for the year. in
which he calls attention to the rep
utation which is being obtained for
grade and pack and in which he gives
a table of present prices, taken at
random, from all parts of the valley,
as a fair indication of the present sit
uation. This table quotes Sunnyside
Rome Beauty and Jonathan extra
fancy at $3.50 with twenty-five cents
less for fancy, and black twig at $1.35
with ten cents less for fancy.
Prices on Winesaps
North Yakima extra fancy Wine
saps are $1.75, Selah Jonathans $3.50,
Prosser, Granger and Parker Rome
Beauty at $3.50, North Yakima Black
Twig and York Imperial at $1.35 for
extra fancy and ten cents less for
fancy, with 81 so for fancy WneSa ps
and $125 for fancy Rome Beauty.
Selah Winesap are quoted at $1.75
for extra fancy with $3.50 per box for
Rome Beauty and Jonathans of the
best quality and $160 for Stayman
w lHcSdp anu IOI L oIh LII peel L.
Four and four and half tier Wine
saps from Emerald sold at s1.40, there
being an aggregate of 500 boxes. Mr..
Robbins says:
Strenuous Apple Season
1.-THE apple season just closing has
been a very strenuous one for your
management. 1t opened with low
prices offered by local buyers with
practically no offerings from the large
eastern ccnters. The eastern crop
was very heavy and their markets
flooded with cheap barrel stock.
Soon after the crop began to move,
Mr.. Waite, our sales manager, resign
ed to again take a position with the
Florida Citrus Exchange, leaving the
sales department entirely in the hands
lof your general manager, who, with
the able assistance of Mr. ]. E. Shan
non of your executive committee, has
since October 9Th, personally directed
your sales, but with what degree of
SUCCESS we leave our m embers to
judge.
Apples were slew m coming in,
which, coupled with the light crop,
made it almost impossible for us to
quote out straight cars of any one
variety. We have, however, in spite
of adverse conditions, been able grad
ually to force prices up to figures gen.
orally regarded as satisfactory. The
following taken at random from all
parts of the valley is a fair indext of
present prices.
Careful Grade and Pack
h.n or n Of moi f,x,-
a higher standard of grade and pack,
which has been persistently urged by
your association is being fully dem
onstrated. You are rapidly establish
ing a reputation for careful grading
and packing that is bearing fruit, and
the association brand is being given
a preference by many discriminating
buyers.
Members who still have apples to
market this fall should list same with
this office at once, giving quantity of
each size and grade as the available
stock is about cleaned up"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-11-15
snenk. for Bird Protection

Frank Bryant, game warden has
been at work for the last two or three
days on the Yakima reservation He
visited the home Of A. c. Coburn at
Waite Swan. where private preserve
mas been established, ana SAYS it is Il
bsrd paradise. Mrs Bryant says he
wishes that half a dozen couples in
Yakima county would take the same
interest in birds THAI is taken by Mr.
and Mrs. Cohuru and that the people
would make some effort to protect
and encourage the birds
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-11-15
Caught in the Rain

Douglasville, Tex-"Five years AFRO
l was caught in the rain at the wrong
tlme' writes Edna Rutherford. of
Douglasville, land from that time
was taken with dumb chills and fe-
Vers' and suffered more than l can
tell tried everything that I thought
would help, and had four doctors
out got no relief l took Cardui. the
Womans tonic Now / feel better
than in many months" Cardui does
one thing, and does It we'll Tba+,s
1ne secret OF its so years of success.
Try Cardu
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-11-15
A Fatal Error

The proof-reader is blamed too
much, but the one who overlook ed
this substitution of a &C" for an 90
deserved all he got.
This item is the reason why the
newspaper lost a friend
Mrs. Brown, who underwent an
operation for appendicitis several days
.ago, is progressing rapidly toward re-
.covery. This will be good news to her
many friends who hope to see he1
cut again soon"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-11-15
CHINESE APPROVE OF
MERRY-G0-R0UND
Yakima Views illustrate Irrigation
Methods at Big Exposition
4 In Italy

Facts amusing and facts of CONNER
cial importance are to be CLEANED
from what may safely be termed the
governments most interesting pub
lication, the Daily Consular and
Trade Reports. For instance, It is
something to know that an enterpris-
ing American amusement man has in
introduced the merry go-round" to
the Chinese and that at Kowloon, in
southern China one is finding much
patronage. One has a mental picture
of the queues at an enjoyable tangent
as the pleasure-loving Celestials whirl
around on their wooden steeds.
Make Ice at Canton
An ice plant with a daily capacity
of "a tons has recently been com
pleted at Canton and the ice will be
placed on the market next year in
competition with Hong Kong. The
capital was subscribed by local Chi
nese and the promoter is said TO have
secured from the provincial authori-
ties a monopoly on the sale of ice al
Canton for Is years.
Irrigation in Mexico
An irrigation project Of size COM
mensurate with some OF the govern
ment projects in this country, is un-
der way at Chihuahua IN Mexico. A
dam is under construction on the
Conchos river near Santa Rosalia, a
cost of $8,500,000 to impounc
$4,000, 600 cubic meters of water
Anproximately 1000 horsepower vii
be furnished as well as water fol
goo. 600 acres.
Improve the Roads
- the province of Hermosillo il
go the government has determin'
stablsh primary schools II
town and village in order tina
one may learn to read anC
2. The government will also in
ct all officials to do what they
n to improve the public roads. Ja-
nan is also a recruit to the good ROADS
movement and has made d generous
appropriation for the work the com
Ing year
Many apples in Nova Scotia
The apple crop in Nova Scotia this
wear exceeds in quantity and quality
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-11-15
THANKSGIVING November 80.

The fact that there are five Thurs
days in November this year has lead
to some confusion about the fixing of
the national Thanksgiving holiday,
some contending that the day falls on
the fourth Thursday and others hold
ing that it falls on the fifth Thursday.
The presidents and the governors
proclamations call for a Thanksgiving
November 80.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-11-15

STANFORD FIELD. Calf, Nov. IL
With $4,000 spectators gathered in
the big stadium to watch the struggle
the Rugby fifteen of the University
of California yanquished Stanford to-
day 81 to 3, in the twenty-frst an
uual game between the colleges.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-11-15
GOTHAM GOSSIP
A BREEZY LETTER FROM THE GREAT HUB
DOINGs OF NOTABLEs AND wOULD-BE's

NEW YORK, Nov. 10.-Lloyd-
George in effigy was tried and &C
.itted of treason against the Brit
empire at a mock trial on board
'ca incoming liner Cedric at high sea
hc other evening. With straw taken
from steerage mattresses, frock coat
borrowed from the bo'sun, the chief
stewards silk hat, and mask paint
ed to represent the features of the
man who may be the next British
premier, an excellent effigy was made
and placed in the smoking room. The
Judge was Louis Oppenheim and the
jury was composed of six women and
SIX men. Thomas M. Alexander was
the foreman Fred Skull acted as
counsel for the prosecution and w.
Kelley represented Lloyd George.
The charges against the minister were
that he had destroyed the British
CONSTITUTE ton by Ubiquitous land taxes
and driven men like William M. FL
son. one of the chief witnesses for
the prosecution, who was emigrating
TO British Columbia, out of the coun-
try.
Mr. F,ison, who was conspicuous on
the Cedric by wearing long leather
coaf and cap, told how he had been
In the real estate business and had
to leave England because he had to
bear ali his losses and pay a tax of
20 per cent on his profits. and no bus
mess, he said, could be run that way.
The case looked bad for Lloyd George
when Q note was handed to the judge.
calling his attention to the fact that
st would not look well to hang a fu-
ture Prime Minister in effigy on
British ship. After consultation
with the prosecuting counsel, Fison
was recalled and asked in severe
tones II he had ever been guilty of
stealing a sheep. He replied Ger
teiniy not" Then the jury brought
in a verdict acquitting Lloyd-George
and finding Fison guilty of bringing
vexatious litigation and also of hav-
ing onse stolen a sheep at Noting
ham Goose Fair.
Later Fison was hung In effigy.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-11-15

The Rev. Reginald John Campbell,
pastor of the City Temple, London,
who has come across seas to rescue
us from perdition, has got himself
in hot water with business end of
the community by his assertion the
other day that it is impossible for
a business man to prosper and be
honest" Lewis Nixon, who designed
the battleship Oregon while Naval
Constructor in the United States
navy, and is now a large shipbuilder
here, and other representative bust
ness men of the city have taken a fall
out of the distinguished British domi-
nee on his statement and intimate
that he is indiscreet in discussing a
.jcct of which he patiently knows
little. The remarks of the clergy
IN which have stirred the ire of
business world We're these: "As
matter of cold fact, no successful
ness man in modern times can
honest. Conditions in business are
feh today that the business man
must take gross advantage of his
aOmpetitors every chance he gets or
go to the wall. Competition is too
keen"
Replying to this, Mr.. Nixon says
"Our reverend critic has built up a
case out of the depths of his inner
consciousness. The trade conference
held almost every day in the year,
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-11-15

CANTON, O.. Nov. 11.-Arthur
.Turubull democrat. won the mayor
alty of Canton over Henry Schiluug.
socialist tonight by "a toss of "a com.
TUESDAYS election having resulted in
tie vote
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-11-15
Gathering Evidence

SEATTLE.-Joseph Darling special
agent of the department OF justice,
has arrived here to gather evidence
against four Pacific coast trusts
Among them is the plumbers trust
rhe investigation will exten6 to Port
land, san Francisco and Los Angeles.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-11-15
Expensive Instruction

Experience" said the ready-made
philosopher, lis the best teacher"
Yes" replied the man who has
had troubles with Wall street. but
you're so liable to so broke paying
the first installment on tuition -
Washington Star
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-11-15

where competitors meet ana Discuss
means of increasing the sale of their
products and to better their quality,
freely interchanging Information, are
the best evidence of the wrongness OF
his conclusions.
"In the past we have heard of the
'gentlemens agreements being bro
ken, and much has been made of
such actions. But it must be remem-
bered that whenever such breaches Of
faith were discovered, those guilty Of
them suffered loss of respect, and were
objects of contempt ever afterward
"There is very high standard in
this country in general business com
petition. Great enterprises are car
ried. through on verbal agreements
which are almost universally lived up
to in a way not known in other coun-
tries. / have closed for thousands of
tons of steel at figures that had they
later been repudiated or questioned
by the seller would have greatly
profited him, and similarly l have
often bought when if 1 had refused
to confirm a telephone of week be-
fore I could have gained a great deal
otidHSt II may StGIl " Sutl liitII
as the Rev. Mr.. Campbell, there is
such a thing as business methods
apart from trickery. The American
business man is just like all other
men in his complete realization of
the fact that honesty is the best pol
ICY In no other country that | know
of do we find men standing by poor
bargain.
'To rail against the wickedness of
the times has always been popular
and perhaps may be of some service,
but to find that the good far out
weighs the evil should be an inspira-
ton. Our business men are the very
ones who expose those who are dis
honest, and it may ne accepted that
the man who is known to be tricky
soon finds his business falling off.
The business man in this country
whose word is not as good as his
bond is in a small minority"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-11-15

Second marriages, while sometimes
desirable, are expensive according tc
John Jacob Astor-the multi million
aire who recently married eighteen
year old Madeleine Force, in an affi-
davit to the tax department, seeking
to have his personal assessment re-
duced, says he is worth less in per-
sonal property now than he was be-
fore he married.
This year and for several years
back the personal property assess
ment against MI Astor has remained
100000 and he has paid taxes on
that amount. In making up the books
for this year the tax board, following
a general plan resulting from the new
law taxing unregistered securities of
certain sorts, raised the ante" on
Mr. Astor to 100000 and thereby
as it proved, LOST money for the city
Mr. Aston visited the department and
told Lawson Prudy, it's president, that
his personal holdings We're not worth
more than 100000. He made affi-
davit to this effect The amount is
composed almost entirely, it is I'm
derstood of money IN the bank the
greater part of Mr.. Astor's fortune
being in real estate and mortgages
and not in personal property. In ac-
cordance with the affidavit, the as
sessment against Mr.. Astor will be
reduced to $780, 900 and he will be
taxed on $4,000 less than this year.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-11-15
Views of the Yakima

''In addition to the fruit and veg
etables green and preserved, we have
been represented in the east by an
excellent lot of colored stereopticon
views of the various industries of the
Yakima country. These We're pro-
cured with the idea in view of show
ing something with regard to every
interest in the Yakima country which
has to do with the cultivation of the
soil and they have been shown with
great success at Omaha and will be
present also at Chicago"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-11-15

Better and cheaper than excelsior
for packing Ola papers at the Her
aid office. 10c per bundle.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-11-15
Matches in Sweden

One of the most important indus
tries in Sweden is the manufacture
of matches Swedish matches are en-
countered all over the world, despite
a very keen competition. Aspen wood
is used exclusively, and the domestic
supply is so much reduced that inn
ports are made from Finland and
Russia