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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-04-17
SCHROEDER HUNTS
FOR CLASSY HORSES
Manager of That Feature Of Boa
som Festival Parade Wants
All Owners to Aid Him

II there is GOOD horse in Yakima
which has not been entered as one OF
the attractions of the blossom festival
parade Manager w. c. Schroeder of
the Yakima hotel wants to know about
it. He proposes to have them all out,
and every time he gees a good looking
steed on the street he pursues it to
get the promise of the driver that tho
animal will be a feature Of the parade.
Practically all the horse owners have
been more than willing to add to the
attractions. One OF two have asked
payment for their services. To these
Mr.. Schroeder replied that Il their
civic pride was not sufficient 10 bring
them out he felt that q money induce
ment wouldn't be sufficient to make
them decorate their rigs so he would
have to get along without them.
What Parade Needs
Decorated horses and decorated rigs
are what Mr. Schroeder wants and he
expects to have them. He wants every
pretty grl in the county who has
saddle horse to ride it in the parade
and he wants her sweetheart along
with her as an escort And fathers
and big brothers. he says, will be ac-
cepted if presented by the young
ladies. What he wants is the horses
and the people. And he wants them
to smile their prettiest for the moving
picture man.
Every good horse in the county has
been requisitioned for the parade. The
floats have taken a large mum Der, but
several of the firms that n ,yo CLASSY
animals propose to make their own
display in the parade and are decorat-
ing some sort of rig which the ami
mails will draw. The automobile 10
having it's day, but ranchers and BUSH
ness houses are to prov lat the
horse has not yet been sN tho
discard. Mr.. Schroeder il that
some one will ride cayuse an OBJ
ject lesson between few years age
and today
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-04-17
GREAT PREPARATION FESTIVAL
Continued from first page)

From time to time the list of parade
prizes has been altered and added to-
a complete list to date follows:
Ten dollars to each school having
IS per cent of its pupils in the parade
Twenty-Five dollars to school hav-
ing the largest percentage of its en-
rollment in the parade.
Ten dollars to the school having
the best blossom display in the
parade.
Ten dollars to the best decorated
the Blossom Festival.
Five dollars to the best decora ted
Shetland pony and rider. in costume.
Ten dollars to the best decorated
Shetland pony, rig and driver, char
acteristic of the Blossom Festival.
Five dollars to the best decorated
Shetland pony, rig ana driver, in cos
tune.
Twenty-Five dollars to the best dec
GRATED automobile above the gap; $25
to the best decorated automobile be
low the gap; second best in the entire
group, $15; third, $1,000.
Ten dollars for the best decorated
saddle horse and ride Clady) over II
years of age.
Five dollars for the best decorated
saddle horse and rider in costume,
0adN) over > Years of age.
Ten dollars for the best decorated
saddle horse and rider (gentlemen)
over Il years of age
Five dollars for the best decorated
saddle horse and rider in costume,
(gentleman) over . years of age
Twenty-Five dollars for the best dec
Grated float, characteristic of the Yak
ina valley; SIS, second; $40. third.
Fifteen dollars for best decorated
carriage; $40, second SO. third
Three dollars for best decorated dog
and cart 81. second; 81, third
Thirty dollars to the boy scouts
disbursement of prizes to be deter
mined later by the committee in
charge
Fifty dollars 70 the Yakima In
dams disbursement of prizes to be
made by Y. V. McWhorter.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-04-17
Increase in PostOfficc ReceiDts

Postoffice receipts for North Yak
ina for the twelve months ending
March 3 showed a gain of $2554 over
the corresponding period a year ago.
The increase per cent is A. The gain
in Seattle was 2,S per cent and Walla
Walla and Bellingham gained 3 per
cent, their actual financial increase be-
ing 1920 and $147 respectively.
Everett showed loss of lis, or an
actual financial loss of $S254, and the
Tacoma decrease was 90, or S14,646.
Spokane showed S47 less business than
for the corresponding period year
ago. North Yakima, therefore, shows
the largest gain of any first-class post
office in Washington, Salem, Ore, had
a gain of l0S per cent, Portland a
gain of 81 or sG3.1 III cash Boise.
Ida, showed gain Of G.S per cent.
Billings was the only first-class post
office in Montana to show an Increase.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-04-17
MILTON Y. POINTER
WALKS OUT FREE

Milton Y. Pointer walked out of
superior court Monday a free man.
after having been imprisoned in the
county Jail for more than three
months past for failure to pay alimony
courts decree.
The title of the case Monday was
the state of Washington ex rel
Amanda Z. Pointer versus Milton Y
Pointer.
The Pointers have been mixed up in
legal warfare for more than a year
Mrs Pointer sued for divorce and
got it, together with d liberal allow
ance of alimony. The defendant paid
the alimony for the first month, but
failed to do so thereafter, and took a
trip to Seattle and over onto the
Canadian side. He came back to
Seattle and was brought back from
there on ii bench warrant for contempt
of court in not paying the alimony. 1t
seemed to be the general supposition
that Mr.. Pointer had several hundred
dollars in bank somewhere, so the
Judge ordered him to be Imprisoned
until such time as he should purge
himself of contempt.
William NJ. Thompson who was at
torney for the defendant, made such a
showing on constitutional grounds
that his client should no longer be
kept in confinement, and further that
in reality he had no money with which
to pay alimonN that the order for re-
lease followed,
Irwin J. Bounds was the attorney for
the plaintiff.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-04-17
POMONA


POMONA, April IA fine baby
boy was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
mond West Thursday morning. Moth
er and son doing we'll
j. S. Rankin contemplates putting
water upon Pomona Heights in the
near future.
Mrs. George Flynn entertained Mrs
Wilson and Mrs. Carney to luncheon
Thursday.
Mrs. Illness went to Parker Bottom
Thursday. Mrs Illness has e. posi-
ton as housekeeper in the family oil
an old acquaintance at that place
Mrs. Gibson was g Yakima visitor
Thursday.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-04-17
Great is the Silo and Silagc

Aside from providing succulent
palatable ration for every week in the
year, the siio stands ready to increase
the farm income, principally by re-
ducng the labor account and making
possible cheap gains to farm animals
The silo is not an experiem ent. 1t has
but only recently has it's great value
been demonstrated. That the silo is a
time-saver no one will deny. 1t makes
possible stock raising, and thereby Of
fers the farmer chance not only to
make more money, but also to in
crease the productive capacity of his
land. The farm which is hobbed year
after year by the selling off of grains
becomes less and less productive
These same grains fed to farm ami
mails produce rich fertilizer, which
when hauled back to the land keeps
up the fertility of the various fields.
Furthermore, the silo makes in
tensve farming possible. 1t opens
the way for securing a profitable re-
turn from land which has increased
in value from so to 100 per cent The
labor problem is largely solved
til ouSH Sllo because OF the TACT that
heretofore a farm hand has worked
during the summer and then been
compelled to remain idle until the
following season. The man with a
silo and farm stock can hire help the
year round. Then, too. by Offering
constant employment better help is
secured and there will be fewer
changes. With the farm growing bet
ter instead of poorer, with a more
reliable income, with better grade
of help, with employment SO weeks
in the year, profits from handling a
farm Will become greater each sea-
son, and the industry will be on a
much more stable basis The silo
Will accomplish all this.
The wooden silo was the pioneer.
and hundreds, of thousands of these
are now in use. Later the brick silo.
the hollow tile slo, the concrete silo,
and the concrete block silo made
their 2earance and are gaining IA
Vor day. What kind of a silo
10 depends somewhat upon cir
cum ees. No slo, whether 1t be
made Of wood or of concrete or any
other material will give satisfaction,
unless properly constructed On the
other hand any silo if properly put up
viii preserve silage in first-class shane
for long or a short period. The dis
astrous drouth OF 1911 was a great
incentive To silo building.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-04-17
The Candidate

In days of old
When men were bold
And asked to be elected,
They Went about
All DER the route,
No pictures we expected;
But now you see
There's not tree
Or board that's been neglected
They dump their cards
In all the wards,
Though some have been rejected.
They try to talk
With paint and chalk,
Great streamers they've erected.
They wonder why,
AS they draw nigh,
The people look detected.
So full of hope
And loads of dope,
They never have suspected
That honest men
Should run again,
Their methods be elected.
They try to show
Before they go
Just why they are deserving;
But when they're in
We're stung again
It's rum rule they are serving.
e. M. BrigsA
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-04-17
Yakima Vale
News
NILE
Fren Herald Correspondents

NILE
NILE, April ia farewell party
was given Saturday, April 9Th, in hon.
or of Bert Gray, who leaves for Van
couvercouver, B. C. Mr.. Gray has
been is this valley for some time, and
has made many friends who regret
his departure.
The valley was visited by q heavy
rain fall April 9th, which the farmers
We're glad to see.
Mr.. Sam Williams is in North Yak
ina on business this week.
Mr.. George Fontaine, of Columbus,
Ohio, is visiting his brother, John
Fontaine.
Mr.. Barkesdale, foreman of the
saw mill, was Yakima visitor last
week.
A party consisting of seven young
boys and girls climbed the hill west
of the Nile post office Sunday, April
18th. All report a jolly time.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-04-17
BRANCH LINE
IS BUILDING
Toppenish, Simcoe and Western
Graders Are at Work Near
to Toppenish

Construction work has commenced
on the Toppenish, Fort Simcoe and
Western railway, connecting the town
of White Swan on the Yakima reser-
walton with the Northern Pacific
tracks near Toppenish. The road is
generally believed to be a subsidiary
line of the Northern Pacific railway.
1t will be twenty miles In length,
seventeen of which have been graded,
the work running from a point three
miles from Toppenish to the White
Swan terminus. Teams started in
Monday grading the three-mie section
which will connect up the old right of
way and grade. constructed couple
of years ago with the existing North
ern Pacific tracks.
Right of Way Needs
1t has been known for some time
that work would be done this spring,
as the right of way, given some time
ago, has been extended once or twice
and the final word on the subject was
to the effect that if the railway desired
to make use of it to get busy and show
its intent, otherwise the property
would revert to the Indians Some
time ago it was reported by an officer
of the corporation that the work
would be completed by May LIST this
year
The new line. though but branch,
means considerable development and
much to the property owners on the
The section is good
freight producer and consumer. 1t will
become better both as to what it will
produce and what It will require for
consumption. The new line, connect
ing almost directly, as it will, with
is considera BILE of benefit
to that town and indirectly to the en-
tire valley. The inception of the work
Monday was good news to all who
heard of it.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-04-17
Hope From the Virginian

NEW YORK, April ia dispatch
from St. Johns received at 2:15 this
morning gives rise to a hope that the
steamer Virginia has some hope of the
Titanic's survivors on board. The
Johns such survivors as "she may
rescue" Hope arises from the fact
that the steamer is putting in there at
all, which she would scarcely do were
there not some necessity for this ac-
ton. She was outbound for Liver
pool.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-04-17
Wireless Tircicss Searchcrs

BOSTON, April 15.--Although wire
less operators all over the New Eng
land coast We're constantly on duty to-
night, endeaVoring to pick up mes
sages regarding the fate of the Titanic
not one has been able to learn any
thing at midnight. Conditions, the
operators say, We're far from idea l..
Not only was there an unusually large
amount of static disturbances, but so
many amateurs were operating their
instruments there was otherwise much
Interference.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-04-17
IF YOU ARE A TRlFLE SENSITIVE

About the size of your shoes, it's some satisfaction
To know that many people eau shoes size
smaAef ny shaking Aliens Foot-Ease, the anti
septic powder, into them just the thing for Dane
ing Parties, Patent Leather SHOES, aud for Breaking
III New Shoes When rubbers or overshoes become
necessary aud your shoes pinch, Aliens Foot Ease
glNes instant relief. Sold Everywhers, $50. Sample
FRbt. Address, Allen s. olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
lDo'rt dceept any substitute.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-04-17
Wrong Number

JuJdge-You have testified, Miss.
that You saw the mans automobile
run over the old gentleman?
Witness-Yes, sir; the auto was
AHA, n. j. took the number be-
fore the car got away.
You say YOU are a telephone girl?
YES, sir"
Prisoner discharged"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-04-17
Portland People on Titanic

PORTLAND, April 15.-Among the
Portland people on board the Titanic
were NJ Warren and wife. Warren
is president of the Warren Packing
company and rated as a millionaire.
Herman klaber. the millionaire hop
grower.
j. H. Hall, a Portland man, received
a cablegram that his mother and sis
ter. Mrs. l.. p. Parrish. and Mrs. Will
liam Shelley, respectively, were bound
from England to Deerlodge. Mont.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-04-17
GRANGER'S PRETTIEST

GRANGER, Wash, April 15.-(Spe-
cial to the Herald) Helen O..
Meloy has been voted Changers pref
TEST girl to represent the town at the
Blossom Festival held in North Yaki-
ma on the 18th. Miss Meloy is the
1S-year-old girl who so successfully
edited the Granger News prior to the
same being acquired by it's present
editor, Geo. p. Eaton.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-04-17
Vanderbilt Not on Board

NEW YORK. April 15e-Mrs. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt received a cable
gram late today from Alfred G. Van
derbilt her son, saying he had not
sailed on the Titanic, but was safe in
London. This announcement was
made at the Vanderbilt home tonight.
1t was first reported that Vanderbilt
was on board.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-04-17

Wnl Wilson Is homo again and ex-
poets to begin work for DR. Parker
Friday.
]. c. Wilson, che bridge cont
is working on the railroad bri
the Selah Gap.
Mrs. f. T. Stevens was a ca
Freeman's Wednesday.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-04-17
Starting the Strawberry Bed

For strawberry culture select a plot
Of old land. sloping gently toward the
south and east. First have a sample
of soil analysed. and if elements nee
essary to strawberry culture are de-
ficient supply them in the form of
fertilizer of your own manufacturer
We can produce the chemical ee-
ments in proportion as they are need
ed in the soil Never. under any
circumstances apply stable manure
where you intend to plant strawber-
ries, because it is wholly impossible
to procure any kind of manure free
from weed and grass seed. The
ground should ,be free from unde-
cayed vegetation before blowing. Pillow
the ground as early as possible in
the spring. Harrow the ground every
week for period of four weeks; at
the same time sow broadcast. previous
to each narrowing, a fourth of the
fertilizer intended for the plot
Work off in rows feet wide, with
Il shovel plow Harrow with a light
fine-tooth harrow. Select your thrifty
plants fresh from the soil. One man
can drop the plants in the drill. and
"''''i'Ni man WIN hiS ilshl ildiiC ulS
holes on the edge of the furrow so as
to freely admit the roots of the plants
Set each plant as soon as dropped
while hole is yet damp and fresh
Beginning one week from time of
planting, cultivate shallow but thor
oughly every other week until fall.
Keep al weeds out by using the hoe
During the summer replant any that
may have died. Using cornstalks. if
possible, mulch them for the winter
placing the stalks crosswise and not
more than 8 feet deep. Remove the
mulch after the thaw in the spring.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-04-17

Mr.. ELEPHANT have a mind to
hire you as my valet.
Mr.. Monk-What, and have to car
ry your trunk around for you all the
time? / guess not
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-04-17

Slate is being quarried commercial
~ in 10 state of our country, Yer
mont and PENNSYLVANIA leading in the
industry.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-04-17
Quotations Show a Decided Stiff.
ening Or a Marked Advance
in This Field
GRAINS AT GOOD FIGURE
AND GETTING STRONGER
Country Produce Holding Its Own
at a Time When Values Usual
ly Drop But Butter Is Expected
to Weaken

Feed quotations have advanced, hay
remains unchanged at the old quota =
tons and potatoes have slackened off
bit, $50 being a quotation now on
which buyers will begin to talk.
Flour, 1t is expected, is due for an
other advance at an early date. Ex-
port flour has gone up and the mills
are all together on the price of the
nome article. Bluestem wheat and
other grades are going forward stead
lily, The live stock market is holding
firm, but it is the expectation that
with the higher feed prices it will drop
because more stuff will be mark eted.
The arrival of the grazing period will
have the same tendency to lower
prices. Steers at $500 and cows at
$500 were the closing prices at the
Portland market Saturday. Hogs
brought $3.50 and the market for
mutton and lambs was firm and per-
slstent on quality stuff
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-04-17
ZILIiAH


ZiLLAH, April 15.-The stork WIS.,
tied the home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. E
Johnson and left baby boy early
Saturday morning.
Z. A. Beechwood received car OF
ice this week, which makes makes us
think that the hot weather will soon
be here
Mr.. Roy Mackey left last week for
Grandview, were he has accepted a
position in one of the stores.
The property owners Of the east
end of Second avenue observed Ar
Dor Day by planting nearly fifty Sill
Yer Leaf maple trees.
Mrs. X. o. Kittlesen and children
of Mckee were guests at the home of
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs e. X.
Joitel, and family last week end.
Miss l.. Donaldson arrived last week
end from Crayne. KY. to visit her
brother, A. f. Donaldson and family.
More than twice as many acres are
being planted to potatoes this year
in this district. Many ranchsrs are
blowing UP alfalfa.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-04-17
1900 LIVES ARE LOST
CONTINUED from first page)

20 the wreckage and it is possible
some may be saved in this way.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-04-17
NAOIIES CITY

NACHES CITY, April 13.-Mrs.
Shanks of this valley has returned
from an extended visit in the northern
part of the state. where she visited
her daughter, Mrs. Henry Hecox. Mr.
Hecox has been seriously i'll but is
now slowly convalescisg.
Mrs. Albert Trottier who underwent
an operation for appendicitis at ST
Elizabeth hospital a short time ago,
is able to be at home again.
Mr. Harry Painter took several
head of horses to the Meloy pasture
at Nile Sunday.
The apricot trees begin blossoming
April 1.
DR.. w. NJ. Brown had his soda
fountais put in his drug store Satur-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Elders and little
daughter spent Easter in North Yak
ima
Mr.. and Mrs Earl Griffin spent
Sunday in Naches.
Miss Leah kimble acts as clerk in
DR.. Browns new drug store.
Mrs. Wilson of North Yakima was
in Naches last week on her way to
Tieton headquarters to visit Mrs c. E
Crownover.
Mr.. and Mrs Will Clam and daugh-
tiers, Misses Effie and Eva, left last
week for Montana where they ex-
pect to make their home
Victor Japeck of North Yakima
came up to the Mt. View rach Sun
day.
The county assessor made his an
nual visit to this valley last week.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-04-17
SUNNYSTDE

SUNNYSIDE, April 1.-THE Re
bekah district meeting will be held on
Friday at Toppenish. The degree
staff eof the Sunnyside lodge are in
vited to eXemplify the work. Mrs
Harper of North Yakima is chairman
and Mrs. B. r. Atkinson of this city
is vice chairman.
The w. c. T. u. met with Mrs.
Swigert Tuesday.
Miss Grace Snyder of Granger was
guest of Mrs. A. C. Weber on Sat
urday.
Don't forget the Masonic drill on
Saturday afternoon, two thirty.
The |. O. @. F. had made elaborate
plans for dedicating their new lodge
rooms, but by referring to the new
laws they discovered they must own
the building before it could be dedi-
Gated. This disarranged their plans.
but they were not discouraged and
on Monday about two hundred and
fifty gathered in the spacious assem-
bly, room. The meeting was presided
over by V. o. Nicholson, noble grand,
after whose greeting, q most excel
lent impromptu entertainment was
given.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-04-17

Grocers, butchers, commission men
and others of North Yakima report
that the demand not only holds strong
Tor rod supplies of all kinds, but is
growing and that the town and valley
generally are purchasing more freely
as each week permits of a basis on
winch to estimate. 1t is a growing
characteristic of the Yakima market
that quality stuff each season and each
month finds more ready sale, while
that which is rough has to fight its
way.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-04-17
Feed Prices Advance

Wheat has advanced $2.OO ton
and is now quoted at $500 to con-
sumers. Barley is $3.50 and it is re-
ported that the Washington farmer
who raises barley will be wise man.
oats have advanced $500 and are
quoted at $41.50. Prices paid last week
to producers were on the basis of $40
sales on the coast. Middlings are
$3.50 and bran is $500, with shorts
at $3.50. Corn is quoted at $3.50,
all of which figures tell their own
story.
The butter market is weak and eff
forts to stiffen the egg market have
tailed Grocers report that eggs are
coming in as fast at the present prices
as they need them and very little ex-
ira effort will give any desired result
under existing conditions AS this is
the time of year when the country
market articles usually show a down.
ward tendency the fact that the prices
are holding their own so well. It is
freely predicted, however, that butter
prices Will have to give way a little.