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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1912
Page
4
North Yakima Washington newspaper brief issue details publishing schedule and advertising rates for one year six months and three months. The edition notes second class mail entry and Wednesday publication with no phone number provided.
The piece lauds Theodore Roosevelt as the world’s foremost citizen and a model of efficient action. It traces his life from New York politics to national service, emphasizing his practical work, governance, and duty driven philosophy as proof of his enduring impact. It frames him as a non dreamer who directs national energy through action.
A new movement by bankers to help individuals buy farms or land is gaining traction as part of a broader effort to repopulate rural areas. Discussions show twelve states have formed agricultural development groups to use capital and influence for national agricultural growth, alongside studies of foreign models for social uplift and home ownership.
A essay praises the Credit Foncier type home loan plan, noting it is a government backed bank aimed at expanding home ownership with low interest and long terms. It cites past loans exceeding $1.0 billion with $460 million still outstanding and compares to calls for similar systems to promote social welfare.
The piece notes how Japan shipping oak logs and coal to the United States reflects expanding global exchange and the depletion of U S forests and coal fields. It argues that reliance on imported fuel and timber reveals domestic resource dwindling and the profits of controlling timber and coal supplies.
North Yakima residents know The Men's Co-operative Club exists and who supports it. A visit shows faithful workers helping the less fortunate and demonstrates the club’s plan in action. The experience may foster gratitude and a greater willingness to assist others.
A fragment suggests banks across the line face false calm as a robber seeks an opportunity to tap the tilis. Local context and exact details are unclear from the text.
A reflection on how luxuries shift across generations. The writer notes that childhood tales like the Arabian Nights seem small next to contemporary wealth and grand social events, remarking that even Midas wealth pales beside today’s multimillions.
The text extols the Men and Religion Forward movement as offering greater social uplift than prior philanthropies. It emphasizes that each man is his brother's keeper and likens the cooperative movement to a universal brotherhood sweeping the country with irresistible force.
The piece argues world powers must finely tune politics in the Far East to preserve balance amid vested interests. It warns diplomats hold burdensome stakes and sees international peace as a precious prize secured by constant vigilance.
A poem condemns the man who avoids work yet seeks money and comfort. He refuses steady labor, wanders for seasonal tasks, and mocks a life of proper effort. The speaker urges the man to quit idle training and take real work to avoid poverty in later life.
Twenty years ago reports from Tacoma note Legh R. Freeman signing as a volunteer for Chillans. Co. C Woodhouse seeks state geologist job with endorsements from Cleman Whitson and Reavis. Indian Agent Lynch cites debate over Yakima river dam and Indian consent. Potatoes as a future valley industry mentioned. Col. Miller holds grand council at Fort Simcoe on allotment lands and boundaries. Births include a boy and girl to Mrs. Walter Griffith of Ahtanum. Weather matter: George Winter recalls Yakima climate. Levy in Yakima County totals about 69 900 dollars with 34 000 collected. Wines touted from volcanic soils supporting Yakima grape industry prospects.
Spain faces a large scale exodus as thousands depart from Galicia to South America, with estimates of 250 000 Spaniards yearly considering emigration. Officials seek to curb losses by promoting agriculture and internal development while addressing public health concerns. France weighs fashion shifts from skirts to hats impacting Paris milliners, and President Fallieres travels with a ceremonial train and extensive security detailing.
The Paris fortifications will be removed and the area converted into a verdant belt with parks and playgrounds. The League of Open Spaces works with citizens to establish superb English style gardens around the city. France follows the English model of garden cities, with a coal mine near Douai already building a garden village for workers.
The Pasteur Institute in Paris attributes the Berlin outbreak to botulism, a little known disease caused by a anaerobic bacillus. The illness is linked to the consumption of putrid pork and may arise in preserved foods that have not been properly treated.
A newspaper note discusses introducing a funeral car on the electric line to serve Yaki ma area. It would reduce costs, double as a chapel in winter, and run to the cemetery two and a half miles away. An extension from Young's corner to the cemetery may be pursued for summer use.
Hop roots in North Yakima command about 15 dollars per thousand, triple the usual price. Reports say buyers seek roots to plant in Oregon yards this year, as yards shrink then reappear with renewed demand. Old Snoqualmie yard stock, 100000 roots, moved from six to eight to fifteen dollars per thousand in successive sales.
Mr. Jas McCaffery manager of the Schutz Hotel in Omaha endorses Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, claiming it cures in every case. He says he has used it and recommended it to many who report cure in throat and lung diseases. It is urged for coughs colds and croup and can prevent bronchitis and pneumonia. For sale by North Yakima Drug Store.
Anson S. White of Cowiche reported heavier ice in the valley and urged a longer closed season for pheasants and planted birds in Yakima County. He noted birds seem sparse due to limited cover and said there are hardly enough for seed, advocating extended protection for a year or two to establish populations.
We have expended at least one hundred dollars in labor on the Black Jack Homestead and Edith Lewis mining claims in Yakima County Washington to hold them for 1911. If within ninety days you do not contribute your proportion, your interest will vest in the subscriber under section 2324 Revised Statutes.
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