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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-09-25
NILE RETURNS JUGGLED
Explanation as How They
Came to BE Delayed in Reach
ing County Seat

Another chapter is to be written 20
the story of "rhe Mysterious Mail
Bag. or What Happened to the Returns
From the Nile" This time it is the
story of the denial that the Naches
postoffice was to blame for delaying
the returns l.. Smith, postmaster ut
Naches wishes to correct the story
that places blame upon him or the
service of the United States mails
through his office.
Mr. Smith says, THE sack contain
ing the election returns from Nile was
never forwarded through this office.
Ii was found in this office but how
1t got here is a mystery. 1t did not
come i'm the mail out was found in
the office and forwarded by express
to North Yakima the next day, when
! learned from the officials at North
Yakima by phone what 20 do with the
package. How the package came 20
be left here or who left it Is q
mystery"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-09-25
IN MANS CLOTHES
SHE RIDES IN CITY
With Husband Young Woman
Goes Through Streets in
Overalls

Because she rode into the city yes
terday in oVeralls, young woman was
stopped on the street by policeman
and taken to the station and question
ed. Her husband accompanied her.
both being engaged for the season on
work at hop ranch outside the city.
They left the farm early yesterday
and reached town early In
the afternoon. When an explanation
was made to the police, the young
woman was not detained.
In riding through the city streets
on their ponies the young couple at
tracted considerable attention. A
crowd began to tag on behind and at
South First and A streets the riders
were forced to seek refuge in a near
by building. A policeman was at
tracted by the crowd and when he
learned of the state OF affairs he re-
quested that the couple follow him
to the station.
The woman explained at the sta
ton that they were merely dressed
for hard riding, that she was not in
the best of health and the doctor had
advised her to ride horseback az
much as possible. Her explanation
was accepted and she was not held.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-09-25
NEW YORK CAPITAL
STUDIES KLICKITAT
Financiers Want to Be Sure That
the Farmers Will Pay for
the Water Rights

A party of New York capitalists are
again on the ground to further in
vestigate the Klickitat irrigation pro-
ject. They have gone over the lower
end in company with j. B. Early of
Grandview and are now inspecting
the upper end in company with
Engineer Rice. They are making
these Investigations in good faith, but
before they undertake such a big
proposition they must be sure of the
final outcome, and this necessitates
going into many details. The finan-
ciers want to be sure that the farm
ers will pay for their water right, as
they do not want the land. They
want to know that the country will
settle up with farming people. They
also want a fairly accurate estimate
on the amount of tonnage the country
will produce, figures based upon data
secured FROM other similar localities,
the number of people likely to make
homes in the territory and the esti-
mated amount of electric current to
be consumed. All this will require
much time, but capital will not step
in on such huge project without the
figures warrant the outlay. The fact
that they are still investigating the
proposition is an encouraging sign
that there will be something yet de-
velop along this line.-Prosser indie
pendent.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-09-25
CONSTRUCTION WILL COST
THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
Water Is to Be Turned Off To-
morrow and the Work Pushed
With a Hundred or More La
borers If Weather Permits

Another 100000 are to be expended
on the Congdon ditch this fall In
fact the work has already begun.
There remains mile and a half of
wooden flume between the reinforced
concrete work done last year and the
year preceding, and the intake
This is to be removed and to be
replaced by a reinforced concrete
flume similar to that constructed last
year. The water will be shut off
from the canal on Friday, September
20, and the work of tearing out the
old wooden flume will be begun inn
mediately. Several men are now at
work. 1t is expected that as soon as
the cement construction is undertak-
en- crew of 80 or 100 men will be
employed. A n'@
From the hcadgate to where irri-
CATION begins the canal is about six
miles. When the work now to be UNI
dertaken is completed. which will be
before another irrigation season, the
entire flume will be of reinforced
concrete, except the two huge wooden
siphons across the canyon at the
painted rocks and the construction
will therefore be permanent.
The siphons are to be repaired so
that they will carry water sufficient
for the needs of the canal for an
other year or perhaps two years and
then they will be replaced by REIN
forced concrete siphon, which will
cost about $1,000. One of the siphons
has been in use for nine years and
the other for IS. 1t is believed that
with some repairing they are good
for some time to come.
The ditch company, which is to do
the work itself, has already four
carloads of cement, carload of steel
and a large amount of other material
on the ground and is prepared to
push the construction if the weather
conditions permit of that class of
work. .es
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-09-25
LATE LAMBS PLACED
WITH SOUND BUYERS
Ellis Raglan and u. F. Diteman
Pick Up Nearly Seven Thous-
and Head in Yakima

Messrs. Prior & Son have disposed
of 4429 lambs. their late lot, to Ellis
Raglan for the Fry company, of Sc
attic, the price not being made pub
lie. 1t is understood that a good
sale was made, however, the western
dealers being compelled to reach
somewhere near to the Chicago fig
ures in order to prevent shipment
there as has been the case hitherto
this season. At that the eastern ship
ments for the year have not ceased
as Charles Newell shipped out from
Toppenish six carloads for the Windy
City stockyards.
Ellis Raglan, for the Fry interests
was receiving at Toppenish Saturday
a lot of feeding stock from Califor-
mia and Oregon, while u. f. Diteman
received at Tampico from the Rays
and Hussy interests $500 lambs FOR
the people he represents. In addi-
ton there arrived here from Weiser,
Idaho, in cars over the O.-W. r. &
N. a special lot of young bucks for
Thomas Smith and Prior e. Sons, the
animals being Hampshires.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-09-25
SALMON ENTITLED
TO CHANCE TO RISE
Game Warden Bryan. Will Ask
State Fish Commissioner to
Look After Prosser Dam

Believing that the fall run of sill
yer and dog salmon is entitled to a
chance to get over the dam at Pros
ser, Frank Bryant, game warden for
Yakima county, has written to the
state game and fish commissioner
asking him to come to the Yakima
valley and give his personal attention
to seeing that the dam is opened up.
Under existing conditions, Mr.. Bryant
says, it is impossible for the fish TO
get over the Prosser dam, which has
been closed to them. The opening Of
the fishway, he says, will do no in
jury to anyone. as there is ample wa
ter for all needs, including those Of
the fish and of the fish ladder
Throwing Small Fish Back
Yakima fishermen are engaged in
an interesting discussion as to wheth-
err a fish that has once been hooked
survives on being thrown back into
the stream. Humanitarian and law
abiding fishermen such as Henry II.
Wende, always throw the small fish
back because the law requires it, but
other fishermen say that little good
is accomplished as the fish ultimately
die. Their contention is upheld by
c. r. Thomas, superintendent of The
hatchery at Ester Park, Colo, who
declares that in fiinging fish back
few fishermen know enough to wet
their hands before handling the fish.
The result is that the slime, which
serves as a protection to the fish, is
removed and that a fungus attacks
the bare spots and ultimately kills
the fish
Fish Do Not Touch Water
1t may be surprising to people to
learn that fish do not touch the wa
ter, but that is the contention. The
claim is that the fish are coated with
a slime provided by nature to pro-
tect them from the water, the rocks
and other things, which is in the ma
ture of a skin between them and the
water. This is said to actually be the
case.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-09-25
WASHINGTON APPLES
SELL WELL IN CHICAGO
Auction Market Report Indicates
Strength Under Unusual
Heavy Offering.

Despite that the days offerings on
the Chicago auction market estab-
lished deciduous fruit record for
the season, the market held up well,
according to the letter of Denney &,
Co. and some good prices were re-
allied. The letter report of the day
is as follows:
The Offering of deciduous fruit at
auction today was the largest thus
far this season, comprising 50 cars,
lagas, 4 cars Tokays, 2ls cars Bart
let's, one car. B. Hardys, one car
Duchess from California, one car
Northwest Bartletts, 10 cars Italian
prunes shipped mostly from Oregon
and Idaho, / cars Northwest Elber-
tas shipped from Utah, Washington
and Idaho, 10 cars Northwest Elber-
tas from Colorado, one straight car
from New Mexico, cars of apples
from Washington and three from
Idaho, the balance mixed cars of
different varieties, of plums. peaches
and grapes, few pears from Califor-
MIA.
Market Holds Firm
THE market held very we'll under
the heavy Offering, especially so on
peaches, which was the heaviest va
riety offered in today's sale. there
being 81 straight cars in all. Italian
prunes were also in very good de-
1nand, selling about 10c higher
Michigan crop of peaches was very
short and is, at this time, practically
over. Michigan grapes are begin
ming to arrive very freely, home
grown pears also starting to arrive
in this market. Peaches from Utah
showed up best condition, for the
reason that these are the early ship
ments out of this state, this also APP
plies to 1dahos while the others are
showing more or less ripe on account
of the peach season being nearly over
in Washington and Colorado. The
different varieties of apples from
Washington are showing up in very
good condition, quality is also very
good, packing only fair.
General RecapituIation
424 boxes Bartlett pears, SENS to
s2.35, averaged $235 On. W. 1910
boxes Bartlett PEARS, $1.7O to $3.50,
averaged sails (Calif). 17206 boxes
Elberta peaches, 40ci to soc. averaged
ACC IN W.. 1893 boxes alberta
peaches, soc to f6Qc, averaged sac
On. NJ 1866 boxes Elberta peaches,
45c to soc. averaged CSC (Colo,). 14S
boxes Grimes Golden apples. $3.50
to $1.9O; averaged S1.73. 1853
Wealthy apples, soc to $1.35; aver
aged $1.07. IS boxes Gravenstein
apples, $1.05 to s1.20, averaged $1.14.
547 boxes Jonathan apples, $500 to
$3.50; averaged $2.06 80 boxes Wax
en- apples, s1.05 to $1.40; averaged
$1.13. 165 boxes Maiden Blush APP
pies averaged $1.35. 5S5 boxes Wolf
River apples, soc to $3.50, SLIT.
"One straight car. of Wolf Rivers
shipped from Payette, Idaho, showed
mostly good condition, averaged
S1.15. Waxens sold around $1.00."
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-09-25
GOVERNMENT CALLOWAYS
ARE ON THE RESERVATION
~ :
Professor Ceorgeson Has Ninety
Head From His Experiment
Station Because 1t Was Econ
omy to Bring Them

Ninety head OF government Gallo.
way cattle are on the Yakima Indian
reservation and will be fed there until
next May. They were brought from
the Government agricultural expert
ment station at Kodiak Island by
Professor c. G. Georgeson. to be win
tered in this valley. The reason for
bringing them is that the volcanic
eruption at Kodiak last spring COW
cred the grazing lands and the crops
with IA inches of volcanic ash AMI
destroyed the vegetation.
at was a question:" said Professor
Georgeson, "of bringing the animals
out here or of buying hay at ss5 a
ton at home and it was cheaper TO
bring them out | bought hay for IS
per ton from Charles Newell and have
the animals on the ground"
Asked If the deposit of volcanic
ash will put him out of business st
the agricultural experiment station
for any length of time Professor
Georgeson replied, II do not think so.
/ expect to work up the deposit, use
some fertilizer and plant a hundred
and fifty acres to oats and some other
crops and l expect to get results this
next season"
Professor Georgeson is the owner
OF fruit ranch in the Yakima valley
near Euclid, which ranch, SO far rs
the fruit trees are concerned. has
been declared by c. r. Paddock Of
the horticultural Union to be the best
kept Of any he has encountered in the
Yakima valley.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-09-25
HE BLAMES OFFICIALS
FOR DEATH OF AVIATOR
AT CHICAGO MEET

CHICAGO, Sept. 20.-"Officials in
charge of the aviation meet are all
millionaires and none know the first
thing about aviation. They violated
every rule that safeguard the lives of
aviators.'
VIM. Pickens, manager of Aviator
Horace Kearney so testified at the in
quest today of Howard Gill of Balti-
more, who was killed there at the
aviation field Saturday. Pickens de-
clared that if the officials had been
as interested in the moves of aviators
as in parading their badges and
showing authority the accident could
have beeA avoided He said Gill had
expressePN dissatisfaction at twilight
flying. pN
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-09-25

Fiscal Agent Of Large Money Con-
Germ Is Enthusiastic Over
the Prospects
THINKS MORE LIVE STOCK
OUGHT TO BE PRODUCED
And Says That One Portland
Company Alone Sent Over
Two Million Dollars East of
Rockies Last Year for Hogs

That the Yakima Indian reserva-
ton Is one of the finest stretches of
land he has seen anywhere west OF
the Rocky mountains and that the
next ten or fifteen years will work d
revelation there is the candid opinion
of H. H. Ward, manager for the
Pacific northwest of the Pacific Mu-
tual Life Insurance company, which
is loaning money in this valley. Mr..
Ward, who is now a guest at the
Commercial hotel, has been travelling
over the reservation the past day Or
~ in company with ]. D. Cornett,
MS representative iii this valley and
he Is enthusiastic. He has seen the
reservation before, but never at har-
vest time, and II would rather lend
money on alfalfa land there he said,
than on any other proposition l
know about. 1t is my conviction,
however, that there ought to be more
things on the land than alfalfa.
believe you ought to have something
to feed the crops to; more cattle,
more hogs, more horses and mules.
more animals of all kinds.
Millions for Hogs
Il heard the president of the Union
Meat company Of Portland say, and
1t was in a speech at banquet that
he unburdened himself, that last year
his company alone sent two million
dollars east of the Rocky mountains
for pork and that the Pacific coast
had sent in that year over five mill
lion dollars east of the Rockies for
hogs 1 have been told that your
fruit crop this season will total three
million dollars and your hops mil
lion dollars. Your livestock ought
to run to two millions. You ought 20
sell a large proportion of those hogs
for which people further east get the
money.
What Few Years Will Do
: "Our company has eight millions OF
dollars to loan annually and propose
to loan, in time. 20 per cent of it in
Washington, oregon, Idaho and Mon
tana. 1 have travelled hundreds OF
miles in Rogue River, in Hood River,
in Wenatchee, in this valley and in
other sections of the northwest and
the Yakima reservation is an empire
in itself and more impressive than
anything I have ever seen. In few
years homes like the Harrah home
will be found everywhere, the land
values will increase and you will have
a remarkable territory right at your
doors. I would not hesitate to loan
100000 there right now. The res
ervation, in my opinion, is one of the
best propositions in the northwest"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-09-25
INTERURBAN FAIR SERVICE
Yakima Valley Transportation G.
Announces New Schedule

Yakima Valley Transportation Co.
Announces New Schedule
The interurban car will maintain
regular schedule to Wide Hollow and
Wiley City, extra service will also be
provided to take care of evening
crowds If travel warrants.
Wide Hollow junction cars will
maintain regular service until 10:43
g. m. Car leaving Wide Hollow juno
ton at 1918 a. m. will go through to
fair ground, returning to South Moo
hill only, also car leaving Wide Hol-
low Junction at 10:4S a. m. will go
through to fair grounds returning
to South Nib hill. These cars will
maintain regular service to fair
grounds, leaving South Mob hill and
fair grounds on the hour and half
hour.
All city cars will maintain regu-
lar service until sos a. m. when a
stub car will be put in service leav-
ing Maple street 35 minutes after the
hour. Eighth street north 55 minutes
after the hour and Fourth street
north 10 minutes after the hour.
Car leaving end of Mob Hill line
1T sos a. m. South Hill line at S:15
=. m and Fruitvale at 1925 a. m. and
Wery car thereafter will go through
to the fair ground. Fourth street
passengers will transfer at Fourth
and Yakima avenue, Eighth street
passengers at Sixth and Yakima ave-
nue. and Maple street passengers at
Sixth and Maple street. Fairview
passengers at fair grounds.
During the morning and afternoon
rush to fair ground passenger flats
and extra cars will be put in service
to take care of travel to and from
fair ground.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-09-25
MINE OWNERS SEEKING
TO RESUME OPERATION
Civil Authorities Have Increased
Deputy Force, and Militia Is
Making Preparation to Stand
Siege in Case of Attack

BINGHAM, Sept. 21.--Nothing In
the appearance OF this mining camp
today suggested a reign or terror
such as was feared five days ago when
1890 men, chiefly foreigners ex-
changed tools for firearms and cele-
brated their sudden accession to the
mastery of mines by promiscious fir
ing and the intimidation of all who
attempted to climb the hills where the
mines are situated
Not shot echoed in the canyon
today nor was there any attempt to
interfere with the mine officials and
officers who inspected the surface of
the mining properties. All expensive
machinery remained unframed and
a check of the various explosives
ready for blasting purposes has proved
the story OF dynamite thefts was i'll
founded.
Preparing for Defens.
Despite of the appearance of calm
there is a sinister suggestion in the
activities of the peace officers who
are strengthening their forces, now
raised to 5000 armed deputies, and
the survey the dictrict with an eye
to military strategy by the officers of
the national guard. The interpreta-
ton of these preparations was that
the mining companies are about to
make an attempt to operate the
mines with non-union men. This, it
was known, would bring the strike
controversy to climax, which once
passed safely viii relieve the high
tension of the district.
VIII Resume Work
General Manager lacking of the
company has insisted ever since his
return 10 Salt Lake that the majority
of the men We're not in sympathy with
the strike ard has repeatedly declared
that all who wish work should have
the opportunity to do 50 without mo-
lestation but has RETAINED from set
ting a date upon which operations will
be resumed.
President Meyer, of the Western
Federation Of Miners, asserted that
there would be no trouble unless II
was provoked by deputy sheriffs He
is busily engaged III preparing a
counter strike at Ely. Nevada, where
he expects $500 men employed by the
Nevada Consolidated Mine controlled
by the Utah Copper Co., viii walk out.
Demands for higher wages and union
recognition have not been acceded to
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-09-25
GIRL IS BEST
POTATO GROWER
Edna Watkins Wins the Grange
Prize for Contest in the
Ahtanum District
GROWS 355 FINE TUBERS
ON ROD SQUARE OF LAND
All the Contestants, Though Old
est Was But Is Years, Have
Done Better Than Their Par
ents Have Done

Edna Watkins. aged Is years. Is
the best potato grower among the
young people of the Ahtanum. She
won the prize offered by the Ahtanum
Grange for the best showing of po-
tatoes grown by a school boy or girl
on square rod of land That gives
her the championship of her district
and puts her into competition at the
from the other districts where pota-
toes We're grown under the contests
of the Yakima Potato club.
Miss Watkins grew 355 potatoes on
her rod square of land and that is
the rate of 2s.4 tons per acre. accord
ing to the statistics as figured out
by those who weighed the exhibit.
Her prize was fi15.
Donald Austin, aged sixteen years,
was the winner of the second prize.
His yield was 81 pounds. He re-
ceived $40. -.
William Bailey, aged II years, car
ried off the third prize of SIS and he
Is a regular enthusiast. The class Of
spuds shown Is excellent and a SPLEEN
did illustration of what can be done
If proper selection of seed Is made
and good care given and ID. j. Wynn
koop, who has been giving close at
tention to the work, says he sees no
reason why, with the seed of this
year or other good seed as a starter,
a record of 35 tons to the acre can
not be made. The boys and girls
of the Ahtanum. in his opinion, II
they Will continue their efforts, can
arrive at results as surprising as those
attained by the corn clubs Of the
south. incidentally 1t may be said
that all the contestants did well and
even the poorest was ahead in his
yield of what his father has achieved,
in fact they all defeated their par
ents as potato growers.
Harvey Plum, Mrs. II. S. Palmer
and j. r. Henderson were the judges
and they had no difficulty in arriv-
ing at decision on the merits of the
potatoes offered in the competition.