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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-03
CITIZENS PUSH
WAPATO CANAL
Landowners Meet in This City and
Undertake the Work Of Ad-
vancing the Project
WILL PREPARE THE DATA
TO INTEREST WASHINGTON
Senator Jones Present at Gather.
ing Which Hopes Ultimately to
Bring Splendid Are a Under
Cultivation

Promoting the Wapato irrigation
project was the impelling cause which
brought together in North Yakima
Saturday large number of reserva-
ton land owners, representative Of
the Yakima Indians, United States
Senator Jones and reclamation Off
Gals. Some Of those in attendance
are residents Of this city who own
land on the reservation. Others are
residents of Wapato, Toppenish and
other reservation towns. The inter-
est, enthusiasm and hope was a sur
prise to all. The data furnished was
also surprise and the prospects of
success appear brighter than they
ever have.
Will Work Together
1t was agreed that the canal should
be built, that those at the meeting
would work as hard as they can to
that end, that officials be placed in
the field to procure the data neces-
sary in making the proper represent
tations necessary for the procuring Of
storage water and the money for the
canal construction.
Between the gravity and the pump
ing sections of the canal to be con-
structed there will be brought under
irrigation approximately 10000 acres
Of land and 1t is some of the finest
land anywhere in the United States.
Moreover 1t is thought that it can
be reclaimed at a remarkably cheap
price. An acreage Of the extent
named dwarfs the Tieton, the Sunny
side and makes the proposed 10000
acre high line project in Kittitas look
like little sister. What is means to
this valley it is practically impossible
to estimate. @gfsN ~Hr
Means Much for City
There are now two transcontinentai
railroads operating across the reser-
walton. A third is not improbable al
the Milwaukee is fully expected to
make an entrance to this part Of the
state. Branch roads are to be con-
structed and electrical development
will reach the reservation at no dis
tant date. 1t needs no especial gift OF
imagination to determine what the
result will be to North Yakima ard
other portions Of the Yakima valley
when the Wapato project is carried
through.
Make a Definite Start
Whether the work will be projected
under the reclamation service or I'M
der the Indian bureau is matter for
the future. The men who assembled
here Saturday did not take up that
phase of the proposition to any great
extent. They did, however, start the
movement on a definite basis under
nh nh he infn
be obtained and the proper represent
tations made to Washington so that
the reclamation of the fine area now
lying waste will be possible at the
earliest possible moment.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-03
Facts About the Panama Canal

Length of canal from deep water to
deep water, 501a miles.
Length on land, 4019 miles.
Bottom width of channel (maxi-
NUM-, 1000 feet.
Bottom width of channel of Culebrs
cut, which is. nine miles long, 500 feet
Number of locks Gin pairs), 10.
disable length locks, 1000 feet.
Gatun Lake area, 1874 square miles
Gatun Lake channel (width). IS tc
As feet.
Total excavation necessary, 174,-
666, 594 cubic yads.
Excavation accomplished July IL
1911, 142,967,554 cubic yards.
Excavation by the French, 7S,146,-
$50 cubic yards.
Excavation by the French useful tc
present canal 29,908,00 cubic yards
Concrete total estimate for the ca
nal. 100000 cubic yards.
Time of transi through completed
canal, 10 to ~ hours.
Time of passage through locks,
hours
Canal zone area, about 44S square
miles.
Canal zone area owned by the
United States about 1922 square miles
French buildings. number acquired
2l5O.
Canal force. actually at work, about
IS, 0OO.
Canal force. Americans. about $500
Cost of canal. esti- IAtea total $685..
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-03
OF POTATOES
SUBJECT OF BETTING
Reports Are That Buyers Are Ac-
cumulating Considerable
Stocks Here

Half dozen bets have been made
in North Yakima over the price of
potatoes a month and two months
hence. The growers are betting on
the advance and the buyers are bet
ting the other way. But that is pure
ers are buying heavily at the present
prices, although betting against rise
and some of the growers, standing pat
on their convictions, are refusing to
sell. While the report has gone out
that the dealers are perfectly willing
to allow the growers to do all the spec
ulating this does not appear to be
the fact for, if reports are true, con-
siderable quiet work is being done
in picking up lots here and there and
accommodating them.
What Tacoma Says
The Tacoma News announces that
potatoes now are $27 per ton in that
city and says but $40 is predicted
for spring"
Tacoma and Seattle overplus, ac.
cording to the reports which reach
here are being exhausted and there
are more enquiries, but the loca
price remains between SIS and 500
Tacoma reports that three japanese
there have accumulated 5000 sacks
each and that other laps have two
and three thousand sacks each in an
ticipation of the raise. A yTacome
paper says:
Farmers are already taking ad.
vantage of the prospective scarcity o.
the tubers and are asking high prices
and, on top of that, commission mer.
chants report difficulty in obtaining
Yakima potatoes, The reason giver
is that producers do not want to tak'
a chance this cold weather on then
potatoes freezing when they are taker
from the pits"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-03
A Strenuous Time

Since his arrival in Yakima county
Thursday Professor Morris put in a
strenuous time. He was busy Friday
and Thursday telling the orchardisIs
of the Naches and Wenas what to do,
and was close to North Yakima Sat-
urday. In the morning he talked and
pruned at the orchard of Dr. A. H.
Henry, while in the afternoon he went
to the orchard of Ballard Brothers
in Fruitvale, and later to the orchards
of the Broadway district. At all these
places there was big attendance, his
listeners being treated to good advice
theoretically, and were shown prac-
tically how to prune. The hard work
of the three days taxed the endur-
ance Of the professor to the utmost,
and he was glad when the end came.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-03
INTERESTING ADDRESS
BY PROF. o. M. MORRIS
Nearly 100 Of the Leading Or
chardists of Yakima County
Were Present

Nearly 100 of the leading theoreti-
cal and practical orchardists of Yak
ina county were out at the CONNER
cial club rooms last evening to listen
to the address by o. M. Morris, pro-
fessor of horticulture at the Eastern
Oregon State Agricultural college and
Experiment Station of Pullman. II
was an address full Of practical points
After the professor had finished he
called for questions from those who
had something on their minds that
they wished to have solved, and ad-
vice became general. Rosette, pear
blight and the red spider were topics
for discussion. All were benefited
by what they heard.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-03
Manager Paddock Of Horticultural
Union Gets $3.50 Per Box for
Carload of Hubbardston
EASTERN FIRM PURCHASES
BECAUSE OF UNION BRAND
Came Back to Yakima and Paid
the Price for Fruit Similar to
That Which Pleased Him in
Former Purchase

Having sold a carload of Yakima
grown Hubbardston apples Saturday
for $3.50 per box, Manager c. r. Pad
dock of the Horticultural Union was
in cheerful frame of mind for he
was of the belief that he had consum-
mated the best apple sale carried
through in the state of Washington
this year. The apples were grown
by w. w. Scott and were of the Hor-
ticultural Union Blue Ribbon brand.
AS a matter of fact, it was the brand
that sold the fruit and brought the
price. The buyers, an eastern firm,
had purchased, a year ago, several
quantities of Yakima Blue Ribbon APP
pies, among them a carload of Hub
bardston. This year they came back
after some more of the same kind
and expressly said that it was the
brand they wanted.
Buyers Paying the Price
Mr.. Paddock quoted a good price
and sold. The buyer said frankly
that he wanted the apples and pro-
posed to have them at that figure ii
he could not get them at a lower one.
Manager Paddock of the Union, speak
ing of the sale Saturday said: ct am
greatly pleased with the deal for un-
less 7 am greatly mistaken it is prob
ably the best sale made in this state
this year. Not only that but it is a
satisfaction to us. The buyers, in a
far eastern city, had our fruit last
year and wanted more. They came
to us and paid the price to get it.
They said that they wanted nothing
but the blue ribbon brand and now
they have got it. 1t was a mighty
good carload of fruit that Mr.. Scott
produced and a credit to the valley.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-03
DESTROYER is DISABLED
Warrington Reported Anchored is
Miles Northeast of Hatteras

WASHINGTON, Dec. 80. - Caught
in the strong northeast gale blowing
off the Virginia capes today the tor
pedo boat destroyer Warrington was
reported to the navy department as
being anchored, disabled, about flf-
teen miles northeast of Cape Hatteras
No details have been received at the
navy department regarding the dis
abling of the Warrington. II is be-
lieved the heavy sea caused a strain
on the Warrington's engines.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-03
Northwestern Experts

Others prominent in the northwest
who are on the program are George
Crum of Lewistown, w. S. Thornber,
formerly of the w. s. c.; M. L. Dean,
Montana state horticultural associa-
ton; o. M. Morrow of w. S. c.; A. L.
Melander, w. S. c.; J. e. Kincaid,
|Lewistown; w. H. Paulhamus, Puyal-
lup, and others.
The Washington State association is
considered one of the best in the west
and is one of the best attended. AT
the last meeting held in Prosser, 739
members were present and it is ex-
pected that the one at Charleston will
draw even better. A fare of one and
a third has been offered from all
points in the northwest.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-03
APPLE BOX CRITIC
TALKING NONSENSE
St. Paul Man Attacks the Measure
of the Northwest Growers De-
claring 1t to Be Short

Rack in st. Paul there is a man
named e. Reiff who is deeply inter-
ested in Washington and northwest
ern apples Ills interest is so in
tense that he manifests it by COM
plants, and, as is frequent with COM
plainants, he is mistaken in his facts.
He says the western box is short
measure. He complains because at
the st. Paul Land show, as he says,
he was unable to find a packing case
which would hold a bushel. He says
In a letter published in the st. Paul
Dispatch:
Reiff's Complaint
81 was at the Land Show and saw
apples and apples l asked for the
price of them. The manager said:
This apple sells for 10 cents. Well,
if the apple growers can find enough
Creosuses. who are willing to pay
them 10 cents for each apple. it GER
tainly concerns nobody but the par
ties in interest But / really did not
go to the show to look at the APP
pies. but to look for packing case
which would hold a bushel, and failed
to see one.
Long years ago the east supplied
us with apples, and they were mighty
good apples. They came in barrels.
They do today in barrels of the same
size
When the western apples came on
the market they came in bushel
boxes. Then the western apple grow
ers had a bright idea. Why make
lao1 lo1 tNha n
same price can be got by shipping
short bushel boxes? SO the bushel
boxes shrunk until they now hold, I
do not know how many pecks, but
certainly not four. l know there are
many people who will not buy west
ern apples until the growers pack
their apples in bushel boxes, which
hold four pecks."
Box Contains Bushel
The answer to the complain OF the
st. Paul man is that he is wrong.
The northwestern apple box does
contain a bushel. Demonstrations
were given at New York by Mr.. Kin
sey, and at Chicago by Mr.. Morgan.
to prove it and time and again the
proof has been furnished. Mr.. Kin
Sey was unable TO ma a Dushel meas
ure in the city of New York but he
found two half bushels, which
amounted to the same thing. and he
made his tests before the weight
commissioner of that city, whom he
satisfied. Mr.. Morgan converted
many doubters in Chicago this year
and last. Those who know anything
about the apple box and the bushel
measure know that the northwest is
giving good measure. Those who
know anything about the apple box
fight know that most of the complaint
against the apple box of the north
west comes from people who know
the capacity of that box thoroughly,
but who have a personal interest in
obtaining more fruit for less money.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-03
WILL INCREASE CAPITAL.
OF J. l. CASE COMPANY
TO 1000, 900
Extend Company's Field to Include
Farm Implements and Aeroplanes

RACINE, Wis, Dec. 30.--Announce-
ment is made today of an increase in
the capitalization of the J. I. Case
Thresher Machine Co. from $1,000, 900
to $4o,000,0o0. The purpose of the
increase is to extend the companys
field of operations. Arrangements to
enable the manufacture of new lines
of farm implements are under way
says the announcement. The areo-
plane and its motive power are CLASH
fed as part of the future productions.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-03
Cache OF Dynamite Is Discovered

EEL CENTRIC. Calf, Dec. 30
Thirty-two sticks OF dynamite with
detonating caps We're found by boys
at BraWley near here, today. The
giles paper dated July s. The air
brake on the cars in the railroad
yards 1T Brawley have been cut on
two occasions recently.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-03
~esterGeld Out ON Bond

Martin Westerheld, charged with n
nous crime, who has been an in
te of the county jail, was released
bond Saturday. Westerfeld is the
IAN who had John Mcpherson az E
complaining witness Mcpherson now
says he svTore to things before tbs
Granger Justice Of the peace regard
ing the conduct Of Westertield that
Amere not so, and IS in jail charged
.Nith perjury in the first degree.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-03
Lets All Swear On

Tariff revision. 1tsANk&
Strap hanging. TlaF'sifsssFl%
Grating.
The public service commission.
Deceiving ourselves.
Laws delay.
Swearing off.
Tips on the ponies.
Buying gold bricks.
Losing our tempers.
Benevolent anarchy"
Farcial gambling raids.
Fruitless Investigations.
lndeterminate sentences,
Whitewashing politicians.
The dress buttoning crime.
Tongs wars in Chinatown.
Bomb throwing in Avenue A.
Heckling Uncle Joe" Cannon.
Smoking those Christmas cigars.
Cartwheel hats and dagger pins.
Dropping the whip off the waite
wagon.
Giving up 10 per cent of our in
come for tips
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-03

She1--AIiss Hawy's dirnpls Is sw
fully deep, isn't il? Looks Ike a
girnlet hole
He--Perhaps that's what gives her
such bored eXpression.--Boston
Transcript.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-03

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. so.-E. A.
Clancy. formerly business agent OF
the Structural Ironworkers union OF
this city, indicted at Los Angeles to-
day, is critically ill at his home in
this city.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-03

Frank and 1avelle Dudley came
oven from Aberdeen Saturday 10 at
tend the funeral OF their brother, A
F Dudlet, which occurred from the
Shaw undertaking parlors on North
Second street at II o'clock saturday
morning
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-03
FATAL SHOOTING AT SAN DIEGO
George Harrington, Fires Five Shots
Into q Local Barber

Into Local Barber
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 30.-After shoot
ing Frederick Kneebone, barber,
five times in the head as Kneebone
sat in a barber chair this afternoon
George Harrington, real estate
salesman, turned to the proprietor
and said: "Take me out and buy a
drink AL"
The proprietor led the way to the
saloon and Harrington was arrested
while drinking. He collapsed. Knee
bone is dead
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-03
DIR. ROSSER
Physician and Surgeon.

Office over Janeck Drug stors
Residence, Cor. Sixth and Chestnut.
Office hours--s a. m. to IL m. and
to p. m. Member of Psndoc
Board.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-03
Some of the Features

Burr B. Pratt, of the department of
agriculture of Washington, D. c., will
discuss the question of preceding
fruit and vegetables. There are now
four preceding plants in the north
west, one at Puyallup, one at the Sa-
lem and two in Yakima, and the fifth
is to be established at Freewater.
r. M. Winslow of Vancouver, B. c.,
Canadian horticulturist will tell of the
progress of horticulture in Canada.
Prof p. J. O'Gara, blight expert on a
salary of $4,000 a year at Medford to
fight blight, will deliver an illustrated
lecture on "Apple and Pear Blight"
Mr.. O'Gara holds two degrees from
horticultural institutions in the United
States and one in Germany. He was
employed by the government for a
number of years and is said to know
as much about blight as any man. He
has practically cleaned up the or
chards at Medford. j. Edward Tay-
lor, state horticultural inspector of
Utah, will also speak.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-03
YAKIMA MEN WILL
DELIVER ADDRESSES
Horticultural Meeting at Clarkston
Certain to Be Of Interest to
Fruit Growers

While no program has yet reached
here Of the annual meeting at Clarks-
ton of the Washington Horticultural
association, letter from the secre-
tary,, L. M. Brown of Walla Walla IL
Edward Remy of this city, gives some
idea of the wealth of matter to be
presented. Three Yakima men figure
n the formal program and it is ex-
pected that several others will take
part in the proceedings. Messrs T.
o. Morrison, Frank Kinsey and Rob-
ert Morgan are slated to represent
this section in the addresses. Mr.
Brown further says:
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-03
POLK'S GAZETTEER

A Business Directory Of each
City. Town and Village in Or
egon and Washington, giving
Descriptive Sketch of each
place, Location, Shipping Fa-
cilities and a Classified Direc.
tory of each Business and
Profession.
r. L. POLK q CO., Inc,
Seattle, Wash.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-23

rhages which would last for weeks and /
wrs not able to sit up in bed. Isuffered
= great deal with my back and was 80
nervous / could scarcely sleep at night,
and / did not do any housework for three
years
"Now / can do As much work ~
any woma Of my age in the county,
thanks to the benefit ] have received
rom Lydia E. Pinkham' Vegetable
Compound / recommend your remedies
to all suffering women. Mrs. MARTHA
I. HOLLOWAY, Odd, Va.
No other medicine for woman's ills has
received such widespread and unquali-
fed endorsement. We know of no other
medicine which has such q record of
success as has Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. For more thar 30
years it has been the standard remedy
Tor wornan's ills.
III yoU hi ivc the slightest doubt
that Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound will help you, write
Ia Lydia E.F inkham Medicine Go.
(confidcntia1) Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by q woman,
crE s>Ntd In strict confidence.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-23
BEDFORD

Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Heyers, of New
York. spent Sunday with Mr.. Heyer's
parents in town.
Frank P. Yarnall was in New York
on business Saturday.
Harry KolIock. who is employed
in New York, spent Sunday with his
family in town.
Frank Grant, of New York, spent
Sunday with his family In town.
William Smith, of New York, was
the guest at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry White Sunday.
Miss Rena Roop Is enjoying a
three weeks vacation from her
duties In the millinery store of III,
@. Fellows, of Red Bank.
Mrs. George Keefer has returned
to her home after spending several
days with relatives In Newark.
William Seeley, OF New York, was
the guest of his parents In town over
Sunday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-23
STEEL PROBERS
DEMAND BOOKS
Head Of Trust Objects to
Giving Away Secrets

Washington, JAM 23.-"It is most
vital that the committee get this In
formation and. come what will, we
will know IL. There is power enough
in this government to find it out"
This announcement was made by A.
O. Stanley. chairman of the special
steel investigating committee Of the
house, to James A. Farrell, president
Of the United States Steel corporation.
who had been served with a subpoena
asking for the books OF the company
and all of Its subsidiaries. cost sheets
and various other documents of I'M
portance In an examination of the steel
industry of the country.
During the course of his examina-
ton by the committee Mr. Farrell said
1t would be grossly Unfair for the com
mittee to place on It's records the cost
OF production of the steel corporation.
Like all the witnesses OF the steel
corporation who have appeared in this
inquiry. President Farrell was led into
the field of speculation and conjecture
and was finally invited to give his
views as to what laws had been passed
to correct alleged evils in corporate
management.
The upshot Of the proceedings was
an agreement that the steel corpora
ton would submit to the committee
compilations showing general average
costs and that the committee statis-
tician should have access. If he so de
sired. to the original records from
which these compilations were made.
President Farrell took issue with 9th
er corporation officials who have APP
peared as to the kind OF laws that
should be passed to regulate corpora
lions. He disagreed with the view OF
Judge Gary. Andrew Carnegie and 9th
ers that the government should fix the
prices for industrial concerns. He said
the exercise of such a power would
prove impracttcable. Mr.. Farrell rec
commended the creation of a board that
would give publicity TO the affairs of
corporations and suggested that such
a, board should have the power of for
feiture II 1t were shown that an Indus
trial corporation sold at unreasonably
high rates.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-23
MATAWAN

H. Eigard was a Perth Amboy vis-
itor Friday.
John Beers, who is employed in
the apple region of upper New
York state, visited his sister, Miss
Gertrude Beers, Friday. .
Miss Margaret Luthill was a Long
Branch visitor "Wednesday and
Thursday.
Charles =. Close was an out of
town visitor Friday.
Miss Irene v. Bower was a New
York visitor Thursday and while
there she took her vocal lesson.
Miss Lillian White entertained
friends at cards on Friday evening.
Among those present were Misses
Lillian Bolte, Ida Lisk, Helen Car
tan, Emma Cox, Edith Durand, May
Bergen, Elizabeth Fury, OF Mata-
wan, and Miss May H. Hancy, OF
Franklin~Furnace, N. j. Dainty re-
freshments were served.
Henry T. Clarke, Of New York
city. spent the weekend with his
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charles e.
Clarke, of Fountain
Harry Bolte, Sr., was a Perth
Amboy visitor Saturday.
Clinton Wymbs spent Saturday In
Perth Amboy.
Misses Lillian White, Edith Dur
and and May H. Hancy were Perth
Amboy visitors Saturday.
Miss Ena Cottrell died Friday af-
ternoon at. her residence on Main
street. The funeral service was held
Monday afternoon at $3.50 at her
late residence.
Miss Doris Brooks was a Perth
Amboy visitor Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Citizens are
entertaining the latter's sister, Miss
La Motto, OF Freeyille, n. Y.
The s. @. d. met at the home OF
Miss Elizabeth Fury on Saturday
evening, Those present were the
Misses Mildred Morton, Naomi Bed
lie, Florence Meyer, Mabel Emmons.
Ethel Lewis, Mary Lisk, Elizabeth
Fury and Nina Dominick. Dainty
refreshments were served.
The girls branc hof the Y. W. C.
A. held it's weekly meeting in the
Methodist lecture room Sunday az
ternoon.
A horse and runabout owned by