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The Washington herald., 1912-12-08

woodrow Wilson will be the sixth
Presbyterian TO occupy the White House.
Borax In the water in which they are
washed win free light-colored stockings
from leather stains.
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GOVERNORSPREPARE
TO BUILD UP G. 0. P.

Continued from Page One.
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methods adopted to produce the flow OF
capital to the farms and the return OF
proper security to the capitalist; but the
general plans adopted abroad can be
amended to suit the peculiarities Of the
present conditions and a convention OF
Governors, representing all the States OF
the Union, is the place where such meth
DDS ought to be discussed with view to
adopting uniform legislation in all the
States 10 secure the desired end.
In concluding, Mr.. Taft said:
There is no subject matter of great
er Importance to the people of the
United States than the improvement of
agricultural methods. keping them up
to date in all agricultural communities,
the securing of profit to the farmer,
the attraction of the young men OF the
country to farming as lucrative pro-
fession and lowering the cost of pro-
ducing agricultural products and the
lowering of their prices to the consup-
ers."
HerrIciS Also Speaks.
Addresses were also made by Secre-
tary Wilson, Senator Fletcher, and Am
bassador Herrick. who. in a report to
the State Department several months
ago, made the original suggestion on
the subject of land credit schemes
which prompted Peresident Taft to re-
fer to the conference of Governors a
consideration of the plan.
Sin the United States Mr.. Herrick
said. 1.-THE land mortgage business Is not
specialized except in the cities, and never
has an effective attempt been made TO
adopt the principle OF amortization with
out which a land credit system remains
an uncompleted and fragile scaffold. en-
dangering the good name and the public
welfare of any country trusting upon II.
Amortization, however, is the all-dom-
mating feature of the land mortgage sys-
TENS of all European nations. The av-
erage length of a loan is about thirty
years, and many run for seventy-five
yers. There is no land mortgage system
in Europe which could be transplanted
bodily into the United States. We should
have to take the best principles, such as
the associated guaranty Of the Land
schaften, the government supervision,
and amortization methods. and construct
new machinery adapted to American
needs and business habits"
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Visitors at White House

Continued from Page One.
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Conditions Different.

I am quite willing to agree that con-
ditions here are different from those in
Europe. and that such conditions may
make necessary q modification Of the
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-28
ALL RIGHT TO READ IN BED
English MetIico Says Idea That 1t is
Harmful is Wrong

Here is good news for the lazy
summer time. An English doctor
says reading in bed isn't anything like
as bad as the family have always told
us it was. In fact, done in the right
way it hurts the eyes less than read
ing sitting up.
Had it been the universal practice
during the last 20 or 80 years" says
this jewel of an authority, Ito give
careful directions how to read lyin2
down, instead of saying to one and
all, You must not read lying down,
there would be less nearsight and
better eyes in the community than
now exist
If you would read lying down with
out harm follow three simple rules:
Arrange the bed or sofa so that the
light comes from behind your head
and strikes full on the page Don;
hold the book close to the eyes Don't
tip It, Hold it so that the lines o:
the letters are at right angles to q
line drawn from your eyes
Not only may you read thus with
out injury, but you may have the add
ed satisfaction that your position IL
giving your body a tine for rest and
repair while you aniuse yourself
New York Evening " orld.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-28
|STANDARD|zE WORK
N PUBLIC SCHOOLS
State Normal Schools Have Inn
portant Problem to Solve
for he State ),

Ten thousand teachers in WaAhinK-
ton are needed to teach the common
schools now and only one thousand
for the higher schools of learning. Is
this not convincing evidence that the
great majority of our citizens get
their school training only In the COM
mon schools? This being true, it fol-
lows that the most important work in
the field of education is that of the
common schools The intimate rela-
ton between teacher and children
during the ages from six to fourteen,
the time when habits of life, ambi-
tions and ideals become rather firmly
fixed, should mako all thinking per-
sons see that the teacher should be
carefully selected individual to do
IA very important work in developing
and shaping the citizenship of the
commonwealth.
The normal schools of this state a.
elsewhere are the one standard means
for preparing teachers for this work.
The state normas here are now
ranked among the best in the United
States, ana are doing more to stand
ardize the work of the common school
teacher than all other forces COM
bined. The wonderful growth Of the
summer normal schools. recruited al
most entirely from the teachers actu-
ally at work the other nine months
In the common schools, proves this.
The normal at EllensburG has 1lb
students ct iH summer school thts
year, the one at Bellingham $40. We
are informed. and the one at Cheney
497. These students and teachers
were all Intensely earnest in trying 70
rise to the standard set by the normAl
and will be that much more efficient
next year.
The state superintendent, tells Ia.
that one thousand teachers come tAto
our state, from the middle west chief
ly. each year. These teachers are not
normal school graduates---they are tor
the most part sHfloaters'' and their
training has not fitted them tor, the
work of teaching in this state es-
pecially well. The state normals here
are doing exceptionally well IN ,atting
their students to goi forth into the
common schools of the state and raise
the standard of efficiency there. This
past year the normal at Cheney tssAed
1854 certificates to teach. RellingtJAm
about as many, and EAenshuxg tSS.
Bach year the number increases and
in each county these normal school
certifcated teachers form larger and
larger leaven In the whole mass aud
are gradually raising the STANDARD af
efficiency to such a degree that there
ID now active agitation to abolish the
annual county institute and suhsututs
attendance at a summer normal
school.
Do you think we should entrust the
training Of our children to properly
trained teachers, or to those who have
had no training for this special and
very important work Pm. e. Hinch.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-28
FROM KNow THYsELF,,

Fear not the goad, fear not the pace,
Plead not to fall from out the race
1t is your own self driving you,
Your self that you have never known,
Seeing your little self alone.
Your self, high-seated charioteer,
Master of cowardice and fear,
Your self that sees the shining length
OF all the fearful road ahead,
Knows that the terrors that you dread
Are pigmies to your splendid strength;
Strength you have never even guessed,
Strength that has never needed rest,
Your self that holds the mastering
rein,
Seeing beyond the sweat and pain
And anguish of your driven soul
The patient beauty of the goal!
Fighting upon the terror field
Where man and fate come breast to
breast,
Pressed by a thousand foes to yield
Tortured and wounded without rest
You cried. BE merciful Q Life! -
And from some source you did not
guess
Gushed a great tide of happiness
courage mlsntier THAN the sun
You rose and fought nd,fighting,
won!
1t was your own self saving you,
Your self no man has ever known.
Looking on flesh and blood alone,
The self that lives as close to God
AS roots that feed upon the sod.
That one who stands behind the
screen,
Looks through the window of your
eyes
A being out of paradise,
The self no human eye has seen,
The living one who never tires,
Fed by the deep eternal fires.
Your tanning self, with two-edged
sword,
Made in the likeness of the Lord.
by Angela Morgan.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-28
ASKS S5.OOODAMAGES
IN SUIT FOR ISLANDER
Councilman l. T. Parker Of Top
penish Objecfs>to Aspofsions
on Character

A suit for Islander, claiming 5000
damages, was filed in the superior
court Thursday by l.. I. Parker
councilman of the city of Toppenish
L. c. Keylon, a former member o:
the council. being the defendant.
The complaint alleges that on Aug
ust 81 the defendant in a public
place asserted that the plaintiff was
"A CRATER and that he was corrup,
US city councilman that he had cor
rl.ptly received money as city council
man, and had sold his vote as such
councilman, while voting on the ques.
ton of paving local Improvement dis
trct No. AZ in the city of Toppen.
ish.
1t is further alleged that defend
ant publicly stated that any person
who voted to award the contract fol
paving of local Improvement distric
No. As to the Barber Asphalt Paving
company was a thief"
Mr.. Parker alleges that these Elk
pr ,ssions by the defendant intended
to convey the impression that hi
(Parkers) vote in the council award
ing the paving contract to the Barbe
Asphalt Paving company on Angus
10 was because he was a thief an,
dishonest.
Another statement alleged to hav
been made by the defendant was tina
the plaintiff was corrupt and dislion
est and unworthy of occupying salt
position and cound not again be elect
ed, because of his corrupt and dis
honest acts as such councilman.
Englehart & Rigg are attorneys 70
plaintiff.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-28
WALLA WAllA ALSO
FIGHTS PEAR BLIGHT
District in Southern End Of State
Troubled With Disease o.
Apple Trees gnaaer

The Yakina valley, which 10 con-
Guiding = SUCCESSFUL campai6n to
eliminate pear blight or "fire- .btight''
from its orchards. Is not the only dis
|trict In the northwest which has been
forced to take measures to rid itself
of the fruit disease. The following ar-
|ticle from the Walla Walla Bulletin
tells of the situation there.
"Fruitgrowers Of the valley are up
in arms over the threatened invasion
OF the valley with "ire blight and,
as a result, $50 of the Observation-Disclosures
In this and Columbia county will
meet Monday evening for the nerfeo-
ton of an Organization to aid in pro-
!tecting the orchards from pestiferous
invasions, and to secure legislation
which shall enable them to see that
every orchardist and farmer in the
counties takes proper precautions to-
wards preventing the spread Of the
diseases already here. According to
II. H. Morrow, who Is leading spirit
In the proposition, the fire or pear
blight is present to some extent In
|every orchard in the valley In which
there are trees over FIVE years old, and
he stated positively that II steps were
not immediately taken towards stop-
ping its spread, the fruit industry IN
the southeast corner of the state
would be ultimately ruined.
"P. J. o'Gara, of Medford, Or, one
of the leading blight authorities In the
United States. has informed Mr.. Mar
row that he could be In the city Mon
day, and Monday afternoon at
o'clock the interested orchardists, will
be taken to trees where blight is
present, that they may become ac-
quainted with it at first hand in the
presence of an expert. Monday even
ing atr7:so o'clock Mr.. O'Gara will
lecture the fruit men in the CONNER
ciai club rooms. using lantern slides
to illustrate.
~. H. Morrow, C. L. Whitney and
John Langdon are the hackers Of the
movement for the eradication Of
blight"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-28
r. Of the Evening Aroused
lhusiaasn by Predicting
Success in November
Wa..SON AND MARSHALL
CLUB is THE NAME.
H. j. SniveIy Chosen President
and Mayor A. J. Splawn Vice
President, Former Announcing
He Had Doomed His War Paint

Democrats of North Yakima and
vicinity were present in goodly num-
bers last evening in superior court
room at the court house, called
there for the purpose of organizing a
democratic club. The purpose of the
meeting was accomplished.
Guy o. Shumate called the meeting
to order by virtue of his office as Sec
rotary Of the democratic central COM
mittee. He called Henry ]. Snively
to the chair. Mr.. Snively is one OF
the best known democrats of the state,
and was in excellent humor over the
political outlook. He announced that
he had donned his war paint and
would fight valiantly during the cam
paigp. He predicted democratic sue
cess in the state of Washington and
that Wilson would be elected presi-
dent.
Guy o. Shumate was chosen temp
orary secretary.
Rufus Wilson of Seattle was intro
duced as the speaker of the evening
being the only one from abroad. He
declared that he was not an orator
but made an effective speech never
and his stories generally carried a
sharp point.
On motion the name of the organi.
zation is to be the Wilson and Mar
shall club. ,y stst,tjit seI
Officers were elected as follows
President. II. ]. SniveIy, vice-presi-
dent, Mayor A. j. Splawn; secretary
WA. Cox; treasurer, John Ryan.
The officers as elected were called
upon for speeches and responded
Mayor Splawn said he was glad to
know that President Snively had put
on his war paint, for 1t looked like
old times. ~ tllttt,1 }3
The following committees we're APP
pointed by the chair.
Membership--Irvin J. Bounds, John
iMcPhee, Dr. c. H. Weir.
Finance--John Ryan, H. A. La
Barge, John Borgeson.
Speakers and Arrangements--Flo
Hatfield, Herb Shaw, G. A. Myers.
While these committees were being
appointed the meeting was addressed
by DR. G. H. Weir 4 ~
Floyd Hatfield candidate on the
democratic ticket for the legislature
was called upon for a speech and a
report of the Baltimore national con-
vention, which he had attended as a
delegate from this state. He is an
earnest speaker and made some very
strong points against Roosevelt, the
progressive candidate for president
and in favor of Woodrow Wilson, the
democratic candidate.
, All lthA speeches received liberal APP
splausA &nd every mention OF the
name OF woodrow, Wilson was re-
ceived With roilhds of applause. iy,
Head4uaftsfs will be provided for
the club Where the secretary will be
in atteridaMce.
Adjp,irnedst TO meet at the court
house next Tharsday evening, August
20.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-28
WOULD NOTIFY POWERS
OF OUR CONTENTION
Says That United States Does Not
Consider That Right to Use Its
Own Canal to Encourage Ito
Own Shipping Is Violation

k WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.--Rresident
Taft signed the Panama canal bill ut
7:1O tonight. He sent tor congress a
memorandum suggesting the adyis-
ability. of the passage of a, resolution
which would declare that, this meas
ure was not considered by this gov
eminent a violation of the treaty pro-
vision regarding the canal
Treaty Does Not Apply
He said the irresistible conclusion
to be drawn from the British protest
against the exemption of American
shipping from tolls is that although
the United States owns, controls and
has paid for the canal it is restricted
by treaty from aiding it's own COM
MERGE in a way that all other nations
of the world may freely do He says
the question is, HAS the United
States (by the terms of the Hay
Pauncfote treaty. deprived itself OF
the exercise of right to pass it's own
commerce free or to remit tolls for
the use of the canal? He declares the
articles of the treaty which is made
the basis for the British protest. were
adopted for a basis of the neutraliza-
ton of the canal and for no other
purpose. So. e..,l 800,
For Naturalization Only
The memorandum says. Thus IT
is seen that the rules are but the ba-
sis of naturalization intended to eff
feet neutrality, which the United
States was willing should be. the char
acter of the canal and not intended
to limit or hamper the United States
in the exercise of its sovereign power
to deal with it's own commerce, using
its own canal in whatsoever manner
it saw fit"
Dissents From Other Views
The president dissents from the
view that permission to register for
eign built vessels as vessels of the
United States for foreign trade and
the admission without duty of ship
building materials will interfere with
the ship-buiiding interests ct the
United States.
Move to Repeal Free Tolls
After a notification to the house
that the president had Signed the
Panama bill Representative Sine Of
Tennessee, ranking member Of the
house inter state commerce commit
tee, introduced a bill repeating the
provision of the law providing for free
tolls for American ships in coastwise
trade. He said the bill had the en-
dorsement of majority of the COM
mittee. That it was intended to avoid
threatening international complica-
lions. 1t will be acted upon among
the first bills taken up when congress
reconvenes in December.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-28
|CITY ASSESSMENTS
LOWERED BY BOARD
Fewer Protests From Property
Owners Than Ever Before in
History of County

The county commissioners held
their final session yesterday as a
board of equalization, and adjourned
until next Tuesday, when judges and
clerks for the primary election will
be selected.
The principal business in connec-
ton with the board of equalization
yesterday was the reduction of the
property within the city limits Of
North Yakima of Is per cent the
commissioners feeling that the assess
ed value of the property here was too
high as compared with that of other
portions of the county. In addition
to this reduction, some of the prop
erty on the west side, in the bushes.
district along West Yakima avenue
was reduced an additional Is per
cent, or about % per cent In all.
B. M. Gilbert's Mountain View ad-
dition and Gilbert's third addition to
Toppenish. also came in for favorable
mention and the assessments upon
them were reduced on a graduated
scale.
Judging from the small number Of
applications of property owners for n
reduction of assessment, the work
must have been carefully and con-
scientiously performed. Less2than 40
persons throughout the county made
any protest against the fairness OF
their assessments, which was mat
ter of satisfaction to County Assessor
b. F. McCurdy. Tt is the belief OF
the officials who keep track of such
things that fewer objections were
made this year to assessments than
in any other year heretofore in the
history of the county.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-28
GRANDvIEw is COMING
Live Community of Lower Valley De-
cides to Place Districe Exhibit
at Fair

The latest community to announce
its preparation of district exhibit at
the state fair is Grandview. Secre-
tary HI. B. Averili has received word
that the busting community of the
lower valley is preparing, through its
commercial club, to place an exhibit
at the fair and make a bid for the
attractive prize Offered for the best
district exhibit
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-28
Insect Bite Costs Leg

- Boston man lost his leg from the
e of an insect two years before. To
AVERT such calamities from stings and
bites of insects use Bucklen's Arnica
Ea1ve promptly to kill the poison and
urevent Inflammation, swelling and
6sitl. Heals burns, boils ulcers, piles,
ECZEMA. cuts, bruises Only 25c at
i - lroSnf,IBssf arme~
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-28

some learned professor may yet
discover that the wedding ring has an
origin common with that of the ring
put through wild animals nose to
make it lead well.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-28

For list of cheap lands ON easy
terms write i'll. w. GOFF. Coifaa,
Was
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-28
Is Governing Body

me board OF directors of the dis
tfict causes all assessments to be
made equalizes the assessments and
taxes has general control over the
affairs of the district, provides bv-
laws for the proper distribution Of
water, and performs all the functions
OF governing body, within the scope
of the powers of the district
Fhe district is given fun powers
to carry out the objects of its organ
ization, namely, to acquire water
rights and other properly IN con
strnct irrigation works and canals 10
distribute water to the lands of the
district and to raise money for oll
corporate purposes The law of the
state of Washington is modelled after
the Wright Act of California. thq
principles of which have been incor.
| porated into the laws OF the great
majority of those and territories Of
the Omitted States where agriculture
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-28
Two High Treaties

The concrete lined canal will have
side slopes of one to one: and the
earth canal will have side slopes of
one TO one-half to one. The tunnels
VIII be of rectangular sections with
arched roof, and will be lined with
concrete Two high trestles CARRYING
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-28
Big Construction Work

me principal approximate quanti-
ties in the entire work are as fol-
lows: Excavation, 100000 cubic
Yards; concrete masonry, 10000 GU
pic yards; steel. 100000 pounds
tunnels, 10000 lineal feet; and sy.
phons. 10000 lineral feet
The total estimate cost of con.
structing the canals. diversion dan,
and headworks. is S3,SO2,3O0.
The main canal will have a capac-
ity of about $50 second feet. 1t will
be located on side hill and will run
through timber for the greater par
OF its length, 1t will be twenty sly
miles long and include 114O linera
feet of tunnel 1890 lineal feet OF
concrete-stee flume. 5000 linera
feet of wooden stave pipe SYMPTOMS
9400 lineal feet of wooden fiume
1900 feet concrete lined canal; ane
ABOUT ftteen and one-half miles 81
| nnlinpn canal In rtl
The evening world., 1912-10-12
SAVED BY HEAVY SWEATER
WHEN DOG ATTACKS HIM
Police Lieutenant Battles With Big
Masliil in Darkness on Va
cant Lot.

Police Lieutenant Mondays wife adj
viscd lin not to wclr a swea cr under
his heavy uniform coat when ne started
for his desk In the Flushing avenue sta
ton. brooklyn. early this morning, but
he already had struggled ir,o It and
would not take lime to remove 1t arain.
Leaving his home he walked Gown
Wythc avenue, Williamsburg, ana tarn-
ed into Wilson street. Then he started
to take a srur, cut To Kent avenue
across Na,1n lot borGcrod by fa1-
tories. 1t WAS p!tch-dark In the lot, witt
the l1CS OF lamps and the mist From
the direction Of the car truck came the
clang of . bell and Monday broke into
run,
As he did 80 a 1.-THE shape sprang at
him from the darkrrsF ani almost
flung him from his feet Monday. daIrd
by the suddonness OF the attack, shook
the form away, only to meet another
and herccr rush. his enemy he made
out to he big dog, which seemed t.
be cross between a bun and mas
tin. Handicapped by the darkness
| Monday fought ana cried Tor help,
The dog, rushing away from clinch
circled around and attacked him from
the rear When Patrick sullivan. u
night Waterman in "A coal yard. came
| To Mondays assistance tao liGutcn'
ants uniform was In tatters. sullivan
| had no weapon OF olfensc, SO he RAJ
back to the yard and returned arme,
with "a heavy wagon wheel spoke. 20
Iiceman Bender of the Clymer stree
station came up and the dog nei
Dr. Poole OF the Cumberland Stree
| Hospital looked Lieut. Monday owe
and said only the sweater had save,
him from serious injury,