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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1912
Page
4
The North Yakima city on cash basis for the first time in eleven and a half years pays warrants as presented. The city commission restructured debt by issuing $60,000 refunding bonds and raising the rest by levy with a 5 percent rate, saving 2 percent overall.
The house passed a compromise wood and excise bill amid a Democrat Progressive Republican coalition. Taft faces a choice to sign or veto, with tariff revision as a key campaign issue, and a permanent nonpartisan tariff commission attached to the measure.
The text discusses pushing for higher government support to raise farm production and links this to national political platforms. It emphasizes financing producers as a core issue in policy debates.
A revision of the national banking act emphasizes rural credit for farmers to boost profitability. Advocates propose cooperative rural credit systems modeled on European successes to improve farms, production, transport, and market access, with hopes for U S legislation soon.
Third party factions in Washington urge Roosevelt to intervene and send a representative to guide progressives. The plan is home rule with rule by the people and no bosses as delegates seek to avoid a bossed convention. In Illinois Roosevelt will attend the progressive convention to curb Governor Deneen and favor the new guard.
Kansas supreme court rejects Taft allied leaders bid to block Roosevelt electors by a court injunction. Case shifts to federal courts to decide if progressives may swap electors to defeat Taft, shaping November electoral plans. Dr Paul Ritter praises Mount Tacoma scenery as superior to the Swiss Alps and laments American tourism knowledge.
The piece warns that progressives in Washington and other states will try to steal electoral tickets, risking loss of state and county tickets. It asserts loyal Republicanism will rise in the campaign and demands will be statewide and respected, with Republicans not backing disloyal candidates.
Public opinion supports the prosecutor in demanding a full search for Rosenthal murder suspects, despite Mayor Gaynor resisting and urging restraint as the investigation risks implicating the police department.
The article notes the 1912 nominee search in the Democratic party while looking ahead to 1916. Clark and Underwood are planning forward, not back, and their current policy disagreement in Congress is a prelude to a four year struggle.
The rivers and harbors bill ed passes Congress and is signed by President Taft providing over 2.6 million dollars for Columbia basin river improvements. Of this, 700 thousand goes to continue The Dalles Celilo canal work to open water navigation and lower inland transport costs. The move aims to boost inland empire shipping with a free waterway to the sea.
Officials note that over eleven and a half years interest on current expense warrants totaled 26 149 77 dollars. Maintaining a cash basis could have saved enough to own and improve a fine city park.
Progressives in Congress vow to challenge confirmation of Taft loyal administration appointees. Administration struggles as officials use power to oppose the president and party. Record crops promise farmers another billion and a half in money, boosting national prosperity despite lower prices for consumers.
Five Republican candidates and seven Democrats have announced for the governor race. The field is crowded with widespread competition likely to fill nearly every state ticket. The primary is expected to resemble a blanket slate with extensive hotel regulations.
Only 888 of 34,819 bills introduced in this session have been passed, yet critics argue too many have moved forward. The excess of legislation wastes time and drains legislative energy, appealing to reformers seeking efficiency.
A Senate favored bill aims to standardize grain grades and uniform standards nationwide. The measure is described as of great importance and follows regional interest in the Pacific Northwest where states support its aims.
The woolen schedules revision faces opposition from industry supporters and may prompt questions from Senators Poindexter of Washington and Borah of Idaho during their re-election campaigns.
The article notes the old west gunmen have vanished from national history and contrasts them with modern New York criminals. It warns of criminals who plan to use automobiles for robberies or murders and predicts future headlines featuring an aircraft getaway.
The Washington Herald notes James Bryce warned that as a nation grows the public may favor a strong leader who can override the law, a danger he feared from a future president like Roosevelt. Bryce’s century old observation is seen as prescient about minority protections and constitutional limits.
The New York State Department of Labor issues a quarterly bulletin noting a hopeful business outlook with only a small drop in total idle trades union members for March and the first quarter of 1912 versus 1911. Idle due to lack of work has fallen, strikes and lockouts remain unfavorable, and labor demand has improved with building and transportation leading gains. Wages for union men continue rising and the 1912 index stands at 128, up from 125 in 1911, with no sign that the presidential year has harmed industry.
The Massachusetts bill establishes a commission to organize boards in industries with wages below decency and health levels. These boards can recommend a wage scale and name employers who refuse to consider the recommendations, but cannot enforce adoption. Public opinion must drive its effectiveness, and the law may still do good in an era of rising conscience.
A poem from the Chicago Record-Herald questions belief in magical figures and mythic helpers. The speaker recalls his mother’s insistence that there is truth to knowledge, while wondering if anything is truly real.
A wealthy American girl at a country house in England is told that American girls have healthy complexions. The duchess notes noblemen’s interest, and the girl replies that it is their money, not faces, that attracts them.
H Stanley Coffin reports Twin Falls Idaho farms cover 173 000 acres producing alfalfa 2 264 000 tons wheat 1 500 000 bushels oats 1 000 000 barley 500 000 potatos 1 500 000 bushels Fruit crops like berries apples show promise with clean fruit and few pests. Farmers shift from alfalfa to wheat then back for best yields and long term profits while livestock grows with tens to thousands of sheep hogs and dairy cattle.
A manifesto urging the producer to restrain speculative finance and shape market conditions for peaceful progress. It calls for rewarding serious workers, teaching refusal of idle gain, and linking wealth to responsibility while condemning parasitic profit and obstructive tactics.
A quoted dialogue debates whether the automobile will replace the horse with a reply criticizing traffic and pedestrian congestion. The exchange highlights optimism for progress met with practical transport challenges and road safety concerns.
A Baltimore American quip notes there is one class of business men who always take the pledge and generally keep it. The answer given is pawnbrokers.
A Topeka State Journal quote shares a dramatic line about correcting historical memory. The exchange highlights a claim that George Washington is dead for 112 years, paired with a blunt street sighting remark, reflecting the paper's tone on contested history.
James Hamilton Lewis rose from poverty to prominence as a lawyer and speaker and will be the Democratic nominee for governor. Known as Dude Lewis for his dress, he remains a steadfast friend of the workingman while pursuing ambition and political influence. A rattlesnake killed near Naches measured thirty five inches with eleven rattles and a button. Yakima County tax footings show farm land value at 1 928 674 and North Yakima realty at 797 875 up from 1891. Northern Pacific track values stand at 620 150 and irrigation ditches at 171 900.
Instructions for a squash based yeast dough start with boiling squash and butter sugar, then mix with yeast and milk. Combine with flour to form stiff dough, let rise overnight, fill cups or tins three quarters full, and bake once dough reaches top height.
Simple biscuit method uses flour salt baking powder fat milk or water to form a stiff batter. Half fill warmed buttered gem pans and bake in a hot oven for 20 to 30 minutes.
Prepare a pie shell and arrange sliced apples in the dish. Sprinkle a sugar flour and cinnamon mix over the fruit. Add enough rich cream to cover the apples. Bake in a moderate oven until tender.
Measure one quart of flour and sift three tablespoonfuls baking powder. Mix with cold milk or water as for biscuit. Add two quarts of prepared apples with one pint water. Roll crust an inch thick, cover apples, steam boil till done. Serve with nutmeg and sweet sauce or cream.
Ingredients list shows Franklin Entire Wheat Flour two cups baking powder three teaspoons salt one cup milk two eggs three tablespoon measures. Notes incomplete with final item cut off.
Four day county commissioners session concluded with land appraisals at 19 per acre for sections 16 28 18 and 36 13 17. Lands sold in 40 acre tracts totaling 61967 30 with most near Zillah. Purchasers include Walter N Granger N P Irrigation Co Seattle John Collins Tacoma Judge Frank Allyn and others.
Instructions describe a batter with melted butter dates and flour mixed with baking powder and salt. Add milk then egg yolks and melted butter, fold in dates, beat egg whites stiff and combine. Bake twenty five minutes in buttered gem pans for a light sweet treat.
A recipe mentions six large sweet oranges peeled and sliced one pineapple peeled and sliced one large coconut grated. Alternate orange and coconut layers and sprinkle powdered sugar. The combination of oranges and coconut is praised as very nice.
The verse playfully lists telltale signs of summer such as hot days the ice cream carol and hard sleeping nights. It asserts the arrival of sweltering hot weather with vivid images of perspiration and crowded clothing as indicators.
In a Washington Star exchange a bar barian asks if, in their civilization, the people select a candidate. Sorghum explains that the candidate often selects himself and then campaigns to persuade the people to endorse him.
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