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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1907
Page
5
Business leaders rally to endorse Henry H Lombard as a mayoral candidate. The long time North Yakima merchant is praised for clean dealings and capable city management, with supporters predicting broad backing and decisive election support.
The Granger News reports citizens will build a fruit cannery costing about 12000 with a 25000 can daily capacity. Stock is raised by $100 shares. after four days, 4000 subscribed. Promoters aim to process surplus fruit for Yakima valley growers, boosting local incomes, property values, and infrastructure.
A Sunnyside line train ran late on Sunday, leaving at 11 o clock instead of 8 39 causing over 100 passengers to wait. The stated reason was a dead engine, a claim met with public scorn and a sharp jab at Northern Pacific for the delay.
Citizens in North Yakima and Sunnyside denounce a late Sunnyside train and accuse the Northern Pacific of public neglect. They warn that if the railroad insists on delays there, the public may withdraw support as competition could rise in the future.
A anonymous verse arrives at the office joking about a cannibal from Penzance who ate kin and livestock. The piece is tied to the Pirates of Penzance showing at a Yakima theatre, though no local cannibal pant-wearer is known.
The column expresses heartfelt thanks to a genial contributor who provided the above contribution. It notes a dash of humor comes from both inside and outside the office to keep the column lively.
Suburban, a longtime Yakima fruit grower and rancher, laments rising crime, divorce, drunkenness, and lewdness. He calls on city and county officials to enforce laws, praising valley prosperity but condemning indifference among the better element. He urges collective action for a cleaner city.
Harting and Larson Hardware Co. promotes a Kentucky cider press for processing apples and saving cull fruit. The ad highlights a durable press suitable for home cider making and encourages customers to inquire in store.
A card found in a Spokane saloon towel rack contains a confession by William Albert Davis of St. Anthony Idaho admitting he murdered John Lockman a 17 year old who ran away from Marcus Washington. Police are inclined to believe the confession as true.
Vice President Schlacks of the Denver and Rio Grande released a public statement outlining why the company will not reinstate operator Skeggs. Skeggs was discharged September 21 for refusing to test Western Union wires at Grand Junction, a move Schlacks says violates the railroad’s obligations to Western Union.
A local note touts using Herald want ads to obtain fast results. It promotes the classifieds as an effective method for reaching readers and achieving timely responses.
Mrs. W. W. Felton travels to Tacoma. Various society chapters meet this week including the Woman's Relief Corps W RC and G A R at Mrs Hinman's home and the Woman's Home Missionary Society with Mrs David Rosser. The B R A D society discusses constitutional study and a primary election law debate. Ahtanum wedding occurs at 11 30 a m with Justice Doust officiating.
The ceremony featured green and white crepe decorations in the front room and red and white in the dining room with a white bell and mistletoe. The bride wore white silk and net, carried bridal roses, and the couple plans a two week trip to the sound and Portland before settling on a nearby ranch. Attendants included Misses Anna and Alice Lee, Alice Burge, Arlila Crosno, Ruth Crosno, Madge Crosno, Ada Lysie, and EB Crosno among relatives. Dinner followed at noon.
Exposition officials pledge completion by June 1 1909 opening day. Grading expected finished by January 1 with several large buildings under way. Administration building already complete and in use. Exhibit division to be organized soon to allocate space and arrange displays and concessions in advance.
A historical letter argues that admitting labor here risks future riot and bloodshed. It urges future restrictions or quotas, including limiting admissions to certain ports and tying admission to potential citizenship. The author signs as W L Jones, urging prudent policy to prevent social tension.
Seattle news notes no official timetable for opening the Yakima Indian reservation to settlement. North Yakima office says entry likely not this year and possibly two to three years away. Tieton irrigation project completion is cited as delaying reclaimed land.
The Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho Sunday School association elected Charles J. Boppell secretary. The group, part of international bodies, is interdenominational and cooperative. Individuals needing contact or advice on Sunday school work should write. Boppell at E 612 Baldwin Ave Spokane invites volunteers to aid the effort.
In Sunnyside Washington Mrs R D Young reports harvests of grapes worth 16950 this season from a three seventh acre plot at half a mile south of town An acre would yield about 490 per acre at this rate Frank Kassebaum nets 250 per acre from three acres of tomatoes Brick for the Johnson Co stock block underway and will be the city's largest brick block Prof E T Elefson of Jackson Minnesota is hired as science instructor Sunnyside Methodists plan morning services in their new church while incomplete it will host services with improvised seating
North Yakima Oct 1 Congressman W L Jones declares in a letter to Gus L Angus secretary of the Allied Printing Trades Council Spokane that he is emphatically opposed to cheap oriental labor and will use his influence to bar it. He argues immigration laws should be stricter and calls the issue a menace to national existence and peace.
The article traces foot binding across Chinese society from imperial courts to common households. It explains origins tied to a deformed beauty of a concubine and notes how elites and commoners alike adopted the practice, spreading its grip across social strata.
The passage notes royal edicts failing to bend public will and describes foot binding as rooted in family life. It suggests tearing such practices would threaten the social system, highlighting tensions between reform efforts and entrenched customs.
The Southern Farm Magazine notes 1906 slaughter in Saxony of 12 922 horses and 3736 dogs an increase from 1905. Empire wide about 182 000 horses and an estimated 7000 dogs are slaughtered annually for food. United States Consul Ifft cites dog and horse meat ads in German papers and markets as common.
Ohio Magazine notes electric cultivation methods show field gains. A wire netting across fields raises crops such as strawberries by 60 to 138 percent and corn 35 to 40 percent, with potatoes up 20 percent and beets 26 percent, suggesting average yields rise about 45 percent on fertile land.
Judge E B Preble fixes the criminal docket with scheduled cases from November 5 to November 29. Included are burglary forgery grand larceny murder assault robbery and liquor license violations among others. Named defendants include Geo A Wilson Chester Spencer Edward J Hughes Charlie Matsui Y Fugi Joseph Eyre and Joseph Flanney.
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