The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-07-24
Draws Big Crowd With Speech on
Good Roads, and Blocks
Yakima Avenue
IS IMMEDIATELY RELEASED
BY COMMISSIONER REDMAN
Indignant, Is About to Cut Out
Yakima Entirely, But Later De-
cides to Make Speech at Com
mercial Club Monday

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the interest Of the Lewis & Clark ma
: tfonal highway from Seattle to New
York, was arrested while speaking at
the corner of Yakima avenue and
First street Friday evening, and for a
/. time threatened to cut Yakima off his
list entirely and said he would call
/ off his engagement to address the
commercial club Monday evening. He
Was almost Immediately released by
:. the police, however, when Commits
i sioner VIM. Redman, who was pres
ent at the time. and others. explained
the matter. and later reconsidered his
! decision. Colonel Thatcher left last
night in his mule drawn vehicle for
Toppenish, and will return to North
}, Yakima Monday, when he is sched-
J uled to make an address at the COM
merctal club rooms
i Drew Big Crowd.
4 Colonel Thatcher, who rides around
in disreputable looking buggy,
filled with an assortment of WORTH
less stuff, merely for the sake of at
tracing attention to his project, drove
into the city from Naches aobut sup
per time. He stopped at Yakima and
First street, in front Of Sloan's drug
store, and began to make a talk,
standing up in his wagon. soon he
had a crowd gathered, crowd that,
instead of melting away after the first
j few minutes grew and grew, for few
left when they got into the circle.
An officer, seeing that the crowd
was blocking the sidewalks, requested
i Colonel Thatcher to move onto a side
street, telling him he was violating: a
city ordinance. Colonel Thatcher, ac-
customed to much street speaking and
seldom disturbed, refused to do SO. He
was taken to the station, where Mr..
Redrnan, in the absence of Mayor
Splawn, secured his release.
\ Uses Flowery Language
Using the language of the poet,
1 Colonel Thatcher apostrophizes the
Yakima valley as one Of the fairest
maids he has looked upon, then pro-
fesses to discover blemishes, which he
finds out later are caused by bad
roads. He then descends to more
practical considerations of money
spent for, good roads. and the bene-
fits to be derived. Here is what he
said for the Herald after travelling
across the hills from Ellensburg to
Naches and from Naches down to
North Yakima:
I'm all Of my travels have never
visited any section where the possib-
il ilities were greater, Opportunities
face the observing traveller at every
turn in the road. You drive up the
valley in most any direction and a
wealth Of scenery greets natures en-
thusiast ON every hand
Agricultural wealth unexcelled Is
found everywhere. The soil, wnen
properly watered and cultivated
laughs with glee. and dances to the
tune Of $500 to $1,000 return per acre
in apples every year. The immense
return from the investment is as
founding to the uninitated On the
hills one looks down upon this wond-
rous valley, which causes thrills of
supreme pleasure to surge through
the being Of the beholder, with a feel
ing of reverence. The enchantment
J of the surroundings calls forth poetic
dreams to the nature-loving soul"
4 1.-THE Prettiest Maid.''
''And, before one realizes what he
20 hot
one Of the prettiest maids that I
have had the pleasure of meeting.
Dawn more closely by the chaste fea-
lures of this wondrously pretty nraid,
there is observed traces of tears on
her sweet face. Then all of sudden
the cause of the horn-pocked. sad
dened features dawns upon you. The
cruel, uncivilized monster, Bad Roads,
is the heartless wretch who has
despoiled this ideal piece of natures
wonderworks. And about this maid s
fairy form, like a funeral cloak, hangs
the besmirching cloud.
THE situation is sufficient to lire
the chivalry in the breast of every
gentleman. Naturally the gentleman
PUSHES to the assistance of this fair
maid, rendering sympathy and words
Of cheer But only a momentary smile
hovers over the features of the fair
Miss Yakima, and again the Same
gloom hovers there.
Don't feel startled, gentle read
err. for you and I, in fact everyone.
are to blame for these uncivilized
conditions, brought on by bad roads,
which make a country that should be
a paradise look commonplace"
Heaviest Tax Is Bad Roads Tax.
'rhis wonderful Yakima country is
Iofferins every year on the altar of
sacrifice To the cruel, thieving Mo-
| loch, Bad Roads, millions of dollars
u treasure troye, rich inheritance
| righA1s|sy AAlonging to your children.