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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-26
MASONIC ELEVATOR ]:
DOES BIG BUSINESS.
Carries an Average of More Than
Z 1000 Persons a Day, Count
ing Up and Down Trips

The elevator in the Masonic Temple
carries an average Of more than 1000
persons a day, counting both up and
down trips. These figures are a re-
suit of a count kept by the chief engi-
neer on the car, Harold Peterson, and
his assistant, Luther Deiker, during
the last week, beginning Monday
morning and closing Sunday night.
The count was started as a result of
a remark made by members of the
Masonic Temple Building association,
who wondered how many passengers
the elevator would carry in a day. A
small automatic numbering machine,
suspended from the side of the car
near the driver seat, served for the
counting and insured an absolutely ac-
curate result,
The count was on an average of a
little more than Is hours a day, or
10S hours in all. On Monday the total
was 971, on Tuesday 1926, Wednesday
Gil, Thursday, 1882, Friday, 1,17s,
Saturday, 1918, and Sunday 1928.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-26
CHILD OPERATES WIRE
Kittitas Miss is Youngest Person in
United States in Regular Service

Kittitas county lays claim to pos
sessing the youngest telegraph oper-
ator in the United States in the per-
son of little Mildred Pearl Mathews,
the year old daughter of Postal
lineman T. J. Mathews, who il sta
toned at the Easton wire testing sta
ton between Ellensburg and Seattle,
in the Cascade mountains.
Matthews has charge of the wires
through one of the widest parts Of
the mountains and is often away from
his home at Easton for weeks at a
time. There is no regular operator
on the Postal between Seattle and
Ellensburg and Wire Chief S. C
Brown in spqkane often experienced
considerable difficulty in raising
the Easton office. Troubleman Math-
ews decided to teach the code to his
daughter. The little girl took to the
instrument like a duck to water and
in a few days had mastered the al
phabe..
For the past few days Matthews
has been in the mountains at La
coma, burning underbrush, and the
little girl has been handling the wire
in the absence of her father. AL
though she sends somewhat slowly.
she is fast becoming an adept. ac-
cording to the operators along tha
line, who listen to the messages be-
tween the girl and the Spokane Of
ce.-Ellensburg Record
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-26

The impeachment or a federal judge
Is forecast in the case of Judge Arch.
bald of the commerce court, who has
been under investigation and who will
probably be brought to trial on the
charges preferred. The trial will have
an added interest just now in the face
of a demand for recall of judges ir
similar instances on the ground thai
an impeachment proceeding is never
effective. The case against Judge
Archibald will have to be very weak
or public sentiment will influence g
conviction.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-26

great impetus is given to the doc
trine of government by the people.
and whatever happens, inside or out
side the republican party, this doc
trine will be made prominent and is
certain in the end to dominate the
national organization that is placed
| in control of the affairs of the nation.
The people have never been de-
prived of the right to govern them
selves, that is not the question, but
they have carelessly and negligently
allowed county, state and national
organizations to usurp powers that
they should have zealously retained.
They have been awakened to the i'm
portance of resuning the fullest con-
troll of their political rights and in the
future will take the initiative that
they have allowed others to usurp.
This is the real and important good
that is to grow out of the present
movement in politics, and we find that
the leaders imbued with this spirit are
divided into two camps. One leader
ship would remain with the party and
ultimately control it toward these ends
and the other more impatient would
organize a new party and make a
direct appeal to the people on the
issue Whether or not the new pro-
gressive party is ever launched will
depend on how much public senti-
ment rises to support the last of these
plans.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-26
CHICAGO RESULT
SUITS BOURB0Ns
Only a Few Radicals See Possible
Harm in Roosevelt's Candi-
dacy of New Party

BALTIMORE, Md, June 23.-Com-
ments today by the democratic leaders
here indicate a general satisfaction
with the result of the republican de-
alterations In Chicago.
While some of the more radical said
that Theodore Roosevelt, running on .
strong progressive platform, might
draw votes from radical democrats,
they asserted the democratic party
had nothing to fear if it nominated a.
progressive candidate. They agreed
that any losses from this cause would
be more than offset by damages to the
republican cause.
Can't Find Democrat to Run
That progressive democrat might
be asked to run on the ticket with Col.
Roosevelt was admitted but none here
either personally or through friends
would countenante the suggestion that
he would consider overtures from the
Roosevelt camp.
Senator-elect Vardan1an, of Missis-
sippi, was one of those who said the
nomination of President Taft would
have no effect upon the action of the
democratic convention.
Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, one Of
the Wilson supporters, expressed con-
fidence that the democratic situation
would be harmonious.
Harmon Men Come Back
Harmon leaders said there is no
foundation for the assertion Of the
Wilson people that the republican
situation furnished additional argu-
ment for the nomination of strong
progressive.
The position of the Harmon cam
paign organization was expressed by
I.ielIt Gov Nichols Of Ohio an fol,
lows.
THE denomination Of President
Taft by the national convention al
Chicago has clarified the situation in
Baltimore.
Gov. Harmon, am confident, will
be nominated not later than the
fourth ballot. Ohio is one Of the great
states that the democratic standard
bearer must carry next November"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-26

stand for many of the things for which
Roosevelt has stood in the present
campaign, but they are in supreme
command of the situation in their
home states. AS far as they are con-
cerned, Missouri and Idaho and Kan
sas and Illinois are progressive, and
chinery of the party. If they attempt
to form a new party they have every
thing to lose and nothing to gain. A
regular republican organization will
be formed to take the place of the one
they now control, AMI time has proven
that the political atmosphere is very
full of air holes as far as the launch
ing of third party is concerned.
Colonel Roosevelt asserts in his
statement and in interviews concern
ing his position that his ultimate de-
cision will be formed only after he is
certain that there is a strong demand
coming from the great body of the
plain people" whom he expects will
rise en- masse and demand that he
shall lead a movement which will de-
liver the government out of the hands
of the politicians We must conced,
that Colonel Roosevelt is a great poll
tician and strong with the people, AMI
he may feel that there will be spon-
taneous demand coming from the
great body of the American electorate,
but from the attitude of such leaders
as Hadley, Deneen, Borah and others
of equal prominence, who are also
shrewd leaders in not countenancing
the movement, leads the laymen to be-
lieve that the demand for third
party is overestimated.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-26
------O---------
THE RECONCILIATION OF PRESI.
DENT TAFT

The mination of President
Taft was the inevitable outcome of
the convention after it was demon
strated that the machinery of the or
ganization was controlled by his
friends. Everything considered, it
was, perhaps, the only thing the dele
gates could do. To repudiate Taft and
name a third candidate would be to
handicap the nominee with load that
he could never hope to carry. The
republican party is not any stronger
before the people than the work of
the administration, and to repudiate
the administration and go before the
people acknowledging the mistake and
ask for another chance would be a
weakness certain to defeat the party.
Granting that the party could not
be any stronger than the adnihistra-
ton of Taft had left it, the only logi-
cal thing to do was to renominate the
president, that is from a party stand
point. and with that in view the fight
for the control of the organization
was really the fight made in Chicago
To name anyone else but Taft would
be to confess weakness before the
country and to cripple the party m pre-
seriously than it is already crippled by
tha iptarnecina uu rfora that hoe baar
waged for the past six months.
The progressive movement will not
be set back by the defeat of Roose-
welt 1t has made too great head
way for that, while it did not capture
the national organization it has made
itself so strong in the principal re-
publican states and certain to be a
force in the future councils of the
party. The question of whether it has
anything to gain by assisting in the
defeat of Taft will bear careful
analysis with a probable conclusion
that it will have more to gain with
four more years of Taft and the re-
publican party in power at the end OF
that time than to defeat Taft in this
instance and take longer chance In
trying to GUST a successful democratic
administration at the end of four
years.
| The fight to elect President Taft viii
be the hardest fight that the repub.
lican party has had since the split in
the party that made it possible fol
Cleveland to win the presidency twice
and the democracy to have charge Of
the government for the first time since
the civil war. Much will depend OF
the work done this week at Baltimore
There is a feeling that the democrat.
have strong chance to win, but thu
democrats have the faculty of handi
Tapping themselves in opportune time,
/ like these and the odds cannot be
cast till they have cast the die a
Baltimore.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-26
COWBOYS ARE
READY TO WORK
Riders and Steeds Assemble at O..
w. r. & N. Stockyards Here
to Handle Cattle
NINE HUNDRED HEAD
BROUGHT FROM UTAH
Four Hundred Cows Have Arrived
and Been Taken to Wiley City
and Five Hundred Steers Will
Be Unloaded Here Today

Twelve carloads of cows arrived in
North Yakima Monday over the o. w.
r. & ~ from Utah for Wiley Brothers,
who will receive 10 carloads of steers
today. The cows were hauled right
through to Wiley City by the electric
line and unloaded there. The steers
will be unloaded at the o. w. r. & N.
stockyards in this city and driven to
different feeding goounds The train
load of cows which came through
Monday and which James Wiley ac-
|companied, made the trip through to
North Yakima from Huntington, Ore,
in 23 hours, which he considered to
be remarkably fast time. His best
previous time from the same station
to North Yakima with cattle was two
hours slower. The present shipm ent
came by way of the o. w. r. & N,
which is the first importation of cat
tie to this part of the valley over that
road, of any magnitude at least.
Cowboys Are Ready
1t was expected that the cattle
would be unloaded and there was
gathered at the stockyards of the rail-
road, south of the city, a fine aggrega-
ton of mounted cowboys ready for
their end of the business and a crew
of railroad workers prepared for their
end. AS stated, however, the cows
were carried through by electric line
to Wiley City. The steers will be un-
loaded here today
Have Sold the Steers
The Messrs. Wiley. have disposed Of
the steers, of which there are about
500 head, the cows, numbering 400,
making up the total Of 900 animals in
the purchase. Those which came
through Monday were in fine shape,
for they had not long been cooped up
in the, cars. and the heat. The ship
ment expected today, having more hot
weather to stand up against. will
probably have suffered a little by the
ride,
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-26

Some one suggests that the fate of
the progressive party will be settled
by what hapens this week at Balti-
more. If the democratic. nominee is a
new party less of paramount issue
But the democrats are going ahead ai
Baltimore on the supposition that the
republican organization struck an ice
berg a la Titanic and that there was
not enough lifeboats on board to make
those saved worth counting.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-26
DELAY PAVING AGAIN
Final Hearing on North First Street
Next Monday, After Meeting
Friday Night

!. The matter of the North First
street paving has again been laid over
for another week, in order to give
every one interested chance to ex-
press an opinion, and the city COM
missioners have requested that every
property owner on the street be pres
ent at meeting to be held Friday
night in the farmers room at the
court house. At that time the fullest
discussion of all the points at issue
will be held, and every one given an
opportunity.
At the meeting Of the commission
on Monday, July 1. the matter will be
finally settled.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-26

There were no great speeches at the
republican convention. Oratory played
very little part in the proceedings
or the sake of the art we hope it viii
be different at Baltimore. The change
will be refreshing if not any more ex-
pressive of sentiment. If Mr.. Bryan
has another Grown of thorns and
cross of gold speech ready as a
thriller there is no telling what Nigh;
happen in the way of a stampede.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-26
A Gard

This is to certify that Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound does not contain
any opiates, any habit forming drugs
or any ingredients that could pos
sibly harm Its users. On the con-
trary, it's great healing and soothing
qualities make it real remedy for
coughs, colds and irritations of the
throat, chest and lungs. II. L. Blom-
quist, Esdaile, Wis, says his wife con-
siders Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound the best cough cure on the
market. "She has tried various kinds
but Foley's gives the best result OF
ALL The genuine is in a yellow
package. Ask for Foley's Honey and
Tar Compound and accept no substi-
tute. For sale at the North Yakima
Drug Store. tti
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-26
GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE

During the time that Roosevelt was
given credit more than any other man
of awakening the public conscience
against the encroachments of preda-
tory wealth He organized and MAIN
tanned the fight during his admins
tration and awakened the people to
the dangers of the menace that
threatened the nation from this grow
ing evil. The fight against the trusts
and against fraud in high places was
welt influence.
The former president has come into
the political arena again and has SUI
fered a seeming defeat, but be the
outcome of the present fight as it may,
1t must be conceded that through the
leadership of Colonel Roosevelt the
public conscience has been awakened
to another great evil and that is the
encroachment of reactionary in
fuences upon the government by the
people. He has thrown picture on
the screen that is vivid and impressive
and that is that while nominally we
have had a representative government
that in reality it has been largely mis-
representative.
The progressive party may never be
horn, or il may become a great and
powerful force. but in either event a
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-26
Rudkin Acts for Hanford

PORTLAND, June 24.-Acting. as
he says, on request of Judge Hanford,
of Seattle, Judge William B. Gilbert,
of this city. has asked Judge Rudkin,
of Spokane, to hold the sessions of
the United States District Court in
Seattle until the charges against
Judge Hanford are settled. Judge
Gilbert has not yet received a reply
from Judge Rudkin. The hearing
against Judge Hanford will begin in
Seattle next Wednesday.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-26
Canadian Boom Bursts

SPOKANE, June 24-"I believe the
tide of immigration to Canada has
reached its crest said C. E. Wood
real estate dealer. of Soap Lake, al
the Occur d'Alene salt night. with
in the last Two weeks l have sold 52C
acres of Central Washington agricul-
tural and fruit lands to people from
Saskatoon. Saskatchewan. and ar,
now negotiating for the sale of sew
eral sections more to men from Cal
gary and Edmonton
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-26

Justice Hughes has lost nothing in
his stand in the question that has
come before him for decision DURING
the stress of the convention. He is
held in high esteem all over the coun-
try and had he been free to take an
active part in the preliminary canvass
there is hardly a question that he
might now be the nominee of the
party.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-26

ports on most of the inquiries under
way are expected to be surprising,
|andto result perhaps in radical re-
forms and the introddction, into gov
eminent business, of methods and
systems which make private business
successful. a,, Ek
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-26
NEED MORE ECONOMY
IN PUBLIC BUSINESS
Senator John Sharp Williams
Tell. of Some Government !.
Extravaganza Expenses -

WASHINGTON, D. c., June "a
In the effort to compel business-like
economy in the government depart
ments, and save hundreds of thous-
ands, if not millions of dollars year
for the people, number of senators
and representatives, as individuals
and as members of various commit
tees, are investigating expenditures
and attacking those in which it is evil
dent that there is a large waste OF
money.
They are showing by their argu-
ments, and also by comparisons, the
wide difference between the method
by which the government conducts
business, and the manner in which
the same business would be transact
ed by any successful private business
Incidentally they are furnishing ar
exceedingly strong argument against
government ownership of various
utilities which is urged from time tc
time by various interests, and indi-
eating that if the government has
nomical basis that government own
ership would likely result in further
reckless and wasteful expenditure OF
the public money in addition to in
efficient service
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-26
THE REACTION SETTING IN


ciated Press that Gov. Hadley would
stay with the republican party and
did not see his way clear to bolt is
no surprise to those who have made
a careful analysis of the situation.
The same days announcements bring
word from Governor Deneen of Hi
nois. and Senator La Toilette of Wis
consin that they would not leave the
republican party on the issues raised
at Chicago, but fought for the prin-
ciples they still maintained within the
republican organization.
Hadley state the conservative stand of
the progressives. He says: II believe
/ can render more useful public SER
vice as member of the republican
party than by joining in the formation
of third party He said further:
while I have in no way changed my
mind as to the correctness of that for
which contended, l undertake to say
that no political party ever did or ever
will exist in which at times men will
not use authority unfairly and to ae-
complish improper ends. In my
opinion the best way successfully 10
fight such men and methods and also
the best way in which to fight for cor
rect principles of government is with
in the party rather than by LEAVING
it,
This is Governor Hadleys second
sober thought after the trying times
of the closing hours of the Chicago
convention. Many other of the lead
ers and Of the followers of Colonel
Roosevelt. will be moved in like man
ner to reconsider their action in
launching the third party movement
and it will be credit to their judg-
ment and initiate nothing against
their zeal for the right as they saw
the right The progressive forces
came within a fraction of controlling
the republican organization at Chi.
cago. They control now some of thu
most powerful and aggressive repub-
iican states, which is vantage ground
they would throw away if thes
launched third party.
Governor Deneen's public express
sion was. along similar lines except
that he Mad not gone to the length
that Governor Hadley had done and
had less reaction to take. Through
his influence Illinois took part in the
national cdhtention And voted for
Roosevelt as it was instructed. The
republican organization in Illinois
will support Taft for president and
Deneen for governor and there will be
no divided interest
Senator La Toilette expects to
continue work in the ranks of the re-
publican party. He believes tina,
Il trough this party will be carried out
: the progressive idea is the an
nouncement of the great Wisconsin
leader. and his word will give the key
note to fight which in the next fou-
wears will deliver the republican or
ganization into the hands of the pro-
gressive leaders.
1t will occur to many progressive;
that these men are not sacrificing
principle to eNpediency. but are pro
ceeding in the most practical way Il
accomplish that for which they stand
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-26

At meeting called at the residence
Iof Captain Klickitat Peter, on the
reservation, Saturday, it was decided
to celebrate the Fourth of July with
appropriate ceremonies. A commit
tee on arrangements was selected con-
Isisting of the following named per-
sons: White Swan or Joe Stwire
Thomas Cue, Judge Hale. Captain
Peter, Pc YELL Show-K Kun, Louis
Ambrose and Homer James. The
celebration will be held at the Fort
and an elaborate program will oe
given together with parade under
the marshall of the day, Captain
Peter, closing with barbecue.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-26

While the people on this side of the
line have been busy watching the in
surrection at Chicago the backbone of
the Mexican revolution has been
broken. VIII somebody explain just
how it happened?
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-26

Phil Stanton has orlered a hand
some hack for the use of the general
public. This will be the first close
carriage to grace the streets of Yak
ina and will certainly present swell
appearance when drawn by Mr.. STAN
toms black Hambletonians.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-26

PA" asked the young hopeful
what does dining la carte mean ?'
the father did not know, but he
ala not wish to show his ignorance.
1T means, he explained, that is
er-it means eating in lunch wag-
on. Toronto World.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-26

There will not only have to be a de-
mand for third party, but some good
angel to come forward with a million
dollars to make the fight. All this
will appeal to the leaders who have
cast their lots with the new party
when they take an opportunity to
think it over.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-26

l.. r. Freeman has purchased the
lot on the northeast corner of block
10 for $4,000. The Odd Fellows had
made arrangements to buy the lot for
a building site, but in his usual pro-
gressive manner, Mr.. Freeman
crawled in ahead of them.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-26

Probably the largest watermelon
patch in the country is located near
Yakima and is cultivated by s. j,
Lowe and Henry Kampeter. 1t con-
tains twenty acres and is planted to
the most improved varieties.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-26

All eyes are now conferred on Balti-
more, where the democrats are busy
in the selection of candidate who
win unite the warning factions of the
party and defeat the republican
nominee.