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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1903
Page
7
The district faces crowded buildings and inadequate facilities as enrollment rises with new compulsory attendance laws. The board has proposed improvements but faced no tax support. To be ready for September next year, citizens must act now to issue bonds and build new schoolhouses.
Four weeks ago discussions at the Commercial Club weighed irrigation water impounding in the local watershed. Debates were vigorous as officials considered the plan and its implications for the area.
Citizens unite across Yakima and Kittitas counties to urge immediate construction of storage reservoirs. They argue the state legislature failed to act despite clear need and cite federal reclamation funds and Northern Pacific rail support as potential relief sources.
The 1903 Northern Pacific booklet surpasses prior efforts as a fine art and literary work by Olin D. Wheeler. It covers sections of the railway with special attention to irrigation and Yakima valley scenes, illustrated in half tones. Copies available from Charles S. Fee, General Passenger Agent, St. Paul, with six cents postage.
Governor McBride faces Republican leaders anxious about a possible 1930s drift toward a Republican president and a Democratic governor. The piece argues George Turner of Spokane, a Democrat, is the state’s strongest, most capable choice to join the boundary commission resolving Alaska’s disputed frontier with Britain and notes Turner’s intelligence, breadth, honesty, and independence.
Edith Burnett Toy and Jung Toy were granted a separation by Judge Rudkin after a brief marriage. The piece calls for laws to criminalize misalliances and condemns interracial unions as against nature.
Pennsylvania lawmaker Blumble, father of 11, introduces a bill to subsidize mothers of large families with prizes from 10 to 50 dollars and to educate the seventh child born in the state at up to 500 dollars. He argues for fostering infant industries and hints the prizes should be more substantial to boost population growth.
A figure of ten to fifty dollars is deemed an absurd incentive for women to avoid bearing children. The passage suggests such payments would fail to influence personal choices and reflects contemporary attitudes on population and gender roles.
A summary of Consul General Patterson’s Calcutta report notes India’s ancient but expanded irrigation system, financed by Britain, with major and minor works, dams, and canals. It highlights economic returns, famine protection, and the goal of turning arid regions into productive land while drawing a parallel to United States efforts to reclaim its western deserts.
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