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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1905
Page
9
The United States Government Building will occupy the peninsula at Guild's Lake. It will cover three acres and cost 250000 dollars. Two towers will rise 260 feet high each as part of the exposition project reported from The Pacific Monthly January issue.
The city council pushes a rerun of the sewer bond issue after a narrow defeat. Supporters argue sewerage is vital for residence health, while previous opposition has largely shifted. Taxpayers are urged to vote with public spirit for the city’s welfare.
The piece argues Japan’s victories at Port Arthur shift hostilities westward possibly to the Urals. It warns Russia’s autocracy faces rising demands for constitutional government, with the third estate awakening and possible internal revolt urged by the fall of Port Arthur.
The Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition will be held in Portland Oregon from June 1 to October 15 1905 commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Oregon country exploration led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. It covers Oregon Washington Idaho parts of Montana and Wyoming with 307000 square miles. Ten main exhibit palaces include Agriculture Liberal and Industrial Arts Foreign Exhibits Forestry Horticulture Mines and Metallurgy US Government Building Oceanic Building US Fisheries Forestry and Irrigation Building and Machinery Electricity and Transportation. The Forestry Building will be a striking structure made from large logs cut in Oregon forests.
A Bellingham dispatch reports Police Justice H B Williams backing a reform bill drafted for introduction by Representative Lambert. The act would punish husbands or fathers who desert their families or squander earnings depriving dependents of necessities with up to 300 fine or one year in county jail or both. It also permits either spouse to testify. The author warns such a law could benefit society if enforced.
State Librarian J. A. Gabel notes the library law urges strengthening Northwest history. The report traces milestones from Bartolome Ferrelo’s 361 year voyage along the Oregon coast to state formation milestones 56 years since organized government, 51 years since the territory, and 15 years since statehood.
The piece argues that states should collect and preserve local historical articles and manuscripts at the state capital. It notes eastern states’ active efforts and warns that pioneers are dying, urging Washington to boost a comprehensive, valuable regional collection for future generations.
The czar refuses to establish a Russian congress while Japan and the Baltic fleet loom and a home revolt grows, signaling the autocracy’s intensified strain and likely political peril.
The commissioner aims for improved immigrant distribution with multilingual handbooks printed in about a dozen languages. Handbooks will be given to each steamship with steerage passengers, guiding newcomers to suitable settlement areas. States urged to be modest about their attractions.
The Washington Star argues that keeping well means living properly with disciplined eating, temperate drinking, regular retiring, conservative dress, and cautious response to unusual conditions. The piece lauds the medical expert behind the advice and jokes about rewards for health discoveries.
A Congressman's letter notes inquiries to the Geological Survey about artesian investigations in central and eastern Washington. Officials say the reclamation fund cannot finance experimental wells since expenditures must be repaid by irrigated lands. Deep test wells require a larger or special appropriation, so no boreing will occur in beneficial Washington sections.
The Bureau of Plant Industry will spend part of winter producing an ideal cup of coffee. Expert E L Lewton and special lab equipment will be used. The department questions current grading by tasters, asserting that brewing method, not grade, determines a good cup.
The western Sumatra tests prepare coffee leaves by quick drying like tea leaves. It is claimed the leaves may hold more caffeine than coffee beans, hinting at a potential global revolution in the coffee industry if flavor proves satisfactory.
City Engineer McCulloh reports on crushed gravel macadam wood block brick sheet asphalt bituminous macadam and stone block pavements. He notes cost sanitary issues noise and durability and suggests 24 to 36 foot roadways with wider parking strips for 100 foot streets and wary caution on new technologies.
W. H. Patterson of the Club cigar store in North Yakima visited Prosser to assist brothers who own the Bon Ton and expand wholesale trade. Stanley Coffin of North Yakima visited Sunnyside this week. G. L. Allen plans to move to North Yakima with his family in February, costing Sunnyside a civic-minded citizen. James Bunnell visited Bickleton en route home to North Yakima after a Centerville trip.
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