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The Yakima Herald.
Volume I.
THE YAKIMA HERALD.
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NORTH YAKIMA, WARN.
L. 8. Hewlett. ex Recelver of Public Money* at
the U. 8. Ijuid Office, will give
Special attention to tanking out papers for
Settler•, and to Land Contests.
a. t. catok, 11. c. PAaaisM.
Sprague. | North Yakima.
CATON A PARRISH,
Attorneys at Law.
UR Will practice In all the Courts of the terri
tory. Office on First Street, opposite the Court ,
House. North Yakima. W. T. I.
H. J. HNIVEI.Y,
hswiliac ithnej hr Mist a>( kiltiUs
('•utin, u(
Attorney at Law.
gU Office with County Treasurer, at the Court
House. North Yakima. WIU practice iu all the :
court* of the territory and I*, fl. land office*.
j. a. kkavis. | a. Minas. | c. u. oravc* ]
REA VIS. MIKES A GRAYER
Attorneys at Law.
practice in all Courts of the Territory. :
special attention given to all I', b. land office .
business, offices at No-th Yakima and Kllens
burgh, W. T. \.
KDWARD WHITSON, I JOKI I. ALUX
• rkd pakhkk, Wall* Walla. .
North Yakima. |
ALLEN, WHITSON A PARKER.
Attorneys at Law.
fl9*Oflleo in Fi(l | t National Bank BhlMlii*.
8. O. MORFORD.
Attorney at Law,
Practice* in all Courta In the Territory. K«
peeial attention to Collect iona.
Ofllee upataira In Hill Block. North Yakima.
wm. 0. COR. M. D. K. 0.880. M. t>. |
COE A lIEO,
Physicians, Surgeons and Acconchenrs.
Office Houra—s till 10 a. m., 2 till 4 p. m. and
7 till * o’clock p. m.
£9 Ofllee over Alien A chapman’* dm* atore. i
T. B. GUNN,
Physician & Surgeon.
Office in Flrat National Bank, flrat door up ,
stair*. Kefera to W. A. Cox and KabelmSn Hro* ;
alao, to any ettiaen of Memphis, Mo. * ,
O. M. GRAVES,
DENTIST.
All work in my line Orat-elam. 1-ocal aurndhrl
lea used to extract teeth without pain. No,
charge for examination.
gtf Office over Find National Bank.
MISCELLANEOUS. • |
Fire Wood & Draying.
I have a large quantity of excellent pine and
fir cord wood ana flr slab wood for aale cheap,
I also run two drays, and am prepared to do
b.ullnf.tr,**m»hle figure*.
An Economical Fence,
I HAVE now the aole rl*ht for Yakima Conn
tjr fpr one ol the best wire fence* ever pat
rr k vat mxmu as# imr.
Wire and machine for making on band. XhoM>
T7. KEPPLfOH,
City Scavenger,
NORTH YAKIMA, - • - ■ WASH.
Headquarter* at Tucker * I.lvery stable. <>n
nbntwnet. All order* promptly attended to.
• Charge* moderate. >
Ahtaniim I hdry.
lam now prepared to famish lamilie* with
I'nre Milk from the Ahtannm Dairy.
BATWICIIM niuimi!
My delivery wagon has a canvas cover, which
prevent* the *nn from beating down on the cans
and souring the milk.
W. H. CARPENTER.
MILK! MILE!
... 16 Qiart Tickets fer SI.OO.
28 ctm, per (Aallon.
Hotels and Restaurant* fnml*hcd at special
Ratea. by the Gallon.
AH ilttflumM Fire and Clean.
T» 111 nrilrtr Milk Twice Karh !>«»•
W. W. GARDNER.
CUt» mm MIRY, SORTS TABIMA. W. T.
FIRST,NATIONAL BAM
of North Yakima. |
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XlvHlQ9Dl. .11" 1 .I'.lOrul ■
W. L. Sramwao, Cashier.
DOBS A GENERAL BANKING BfSINESS.
tqi tad Mk Eifhaagc it BmmmUc Rates.
PATS INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSTIV.
HKR CON»’F.N«IAN.
u»si-*» ci-Anasc* ntkoman.
' l( ( bad bn*n n ri«-h man** girl.
W(tb my teso u> tuilr, and tbla wanton are
, Of lifting my aye* lu the evening whirl
And looking Into(mother's heart;
Had love been mine at birth, and friends
Caressing and guarding me night and day—
With doctor* to watch my finger ends,
j And a parson to teach ine how to pray:
i It I had been reared as others have—
With bnt a tithe of these look*, which cause
From my reckless mother, now In her grave.
And a father who grndged.me yen hi*name—
-1 Why I should have station and tender rare.
Should ruin men In the high-bred way.
Passionless, smiling at their despair.
And marrying where my vantage lay.
As it Is. I must have lova and dre««.
Jeweled trinket*, and costly food,
For I w as horn for pleoteonsnes*—
Music and flower*, and all things good.
To that same father I owe some thank*.
Heeiug. at least, that blond will tell,
And keep me ever above the ranks
Of those who walV»w where they (ell.
True, there an* weary, weary days
In the great hotel where I make my lair.
Where I meet the men with their brutal praise,
Or answer the women, stare for state.
•Tl» sn even fight, and I*ll carry it through
pit them against me. great and small
1 grant no quarter, nor would 1 ane
For grace to the roftest of them all.
1 cannot remember half the men
Whose sin has tangled them In my tolls—
All are alike before me then.
Part of my easily-conquered spoils;
Tall or short, and dark or fair.
Rich or famous, haughty or fond,
There arc few, 1 find, who will not forswear
The lover's oath and the wedding bond.
Fools! What is it drives them on.
With their perjured lips on poison fed—
Vain of themselves, and cruel a* atone,
How should they be to cheaply led"
Xnrely they know me as 1 am—
Only a ronkoo at the best,
Watching, careless o( bate or sham*-.
To crouch myself in another’* nc*t.
But the women—how they flutter and flout.
The Htupld, terribly vlrtuon* wive*.
K I but Chance to move about
Or enter within their buatlin* blvea!
But! bn*! In the keaudalona RaUaerinffo.
When a *tr*u*«* <|necn llsht* amid the tbrouß,
And their longue* have a tbomwnd angry Ming*
To aeitd her traveling. rißbt or wrong.
Well, the earth U wide and open to all.
And money and men are everywhere:
And a* I roam ’twill ill befall
l( 1 do not Rain my lawful share.
One drop* oft. but another will come
With aa ll*iii a head and heavy a pnr*c;
So lone aa I have the world for a home.
I’ll take my fortune, better or worae!
Ikeit liverrrft.
In Australia divorces liavc never been
sanctioned.
Divorces are scarcely ever known to oc
cur in modern Greece.
In Hindustan either party, for a slight
cause, may leave the other ahd marry.
Divorces are scarcely allowed in Tbibit,
unless with the consent of both parties.
Remarriage Is forbidden.
Among some tribes of American Indians
pieces of sticks given the witness of the
marriage are broken as a sign of divorce.
In Cochin China the parties desiring
divorce break a pair of chopsticks in the
presence of witnesses, and the thing ia
done.
If the wife of a Turkoman asks his per
mission to gp out, "and he says “go,”
without adding “come hack again,” they
are divorced.
Two kinds of divorces an* granted iii
Circassia. By the first the parties can
immediately marry again. By the second,
not for a year.
In Siam the first wife may be divorced,
but not sold, aa the others may lie. She
; may claim the first child. The others be
: long to the husband.
In Liberia, if a man becomes dissatis
fied with the most trifling acts of his wife,
he tears a cap or veil from lier lace, and
that constitutes a divorce.
In the Arctic regions a man who wants
a divorce leaves home in anger and does
not return for several days. The wife
takes the hint and departs.
In Chinn divorces are allowed in all
cases of criminality, mutual dislike, jeal
ousy, incompatibility of temperament or
too. muob loquacity on the part of the
wife.
Among the Tartars, If the wife is ill
treated, ahe complains to the magiatrate,
who, attended by the principal people,
accompanies her lo the house and pro*
nomice** a divorce.
U Mtapnlr Suk».
Owen Hatch, wlio keeps a grocery sa
loon in Marian coufity. Georgia, has#
stock of liquor on hand in jugs. One day
k two-gallon jog of corn liquor waa left
| sitting on the floor behind the counter.
Hatch rtepped behind the counter and
waa surprised to see a large black snake
colled around the Jug with Its head inside.
: He watched it for a moment and soon
1 discovered that the snake was drinking
liquor. It was not disturbed and after
, several minutes it slowly uncoiled itself
from the jug and attempted to crawl
away, but was too drunk, and stretched
itself ont on the floor, where it remained
apparently asleep until next day. The
gentleman examined the jug and found
that the snake had drank more than a
quart of liquor. Two days later the same
| snake returned and when it crawled under
| the counter Mr. Hatch watched it. By
! coiling itself around the jug and giving
its neck a twist around Uie stopper it was
aWe to remove the cork, and again thrust
its bead inside and lisgan to drink the
: liquor. It waa allowed to drink its fill
sgnin. after which it waa killed.
NORTH YAKIMA, WASHINGTON TERRITORY. THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1889.
RAILROAD "SPOTTIRS.”
All Sorts of Wijs for Robbing ud
Swindling Railroads.
■■greleao NMhed* ooff Kwplapn
Oaloldr Ikarport wise Mml frwm
•law uneallrM rerpentlewi.r*
Home railroad* two u «teel rail, and
I some nmdn on* of pure ideal throughout.
[ from first to lent. Many of them com
mence by swindling the public; then the
officer* nnd manager* swell their private
hank account* from the company'* earn
ing*; finally the conductor* and other
employe* “knock down.” Not Infre
quently the ritiaen, with a conscience a*
attenuated a* hi* real or *uppo»9d griev
ance i* exaggerated, *ati*fie* poetic justice
by getting a verdict f«ir large-sized dam
ages for a small-slxed injury to person or
property.
The gigantic fraud* on tax-payers, per
petrated by legislative and congressional
subsidies, are too well known to require
special attention in this connection.
Members of congress and
BUCOLIC LAW-MAJCKBS.
Have been paid millions in the aggregate
for their vote* given to insure the passage
enactment* legalizing these wholesale
plundering*. Living aa they are in each
a tainted atmosphere, where the tradi
tion* are against honesty and square-deal
ing. where double-dealing is considered
shrewdness, and where theft, robbery and
jobber}* are sugar-coated, gilt-edged syno
nyms of success, what wonder that the
conductors and other minor employes
should (all from grace? Hardly any
other class of men, of whom so much is:
expected in the matter of qualifies!iona
; as from conductors, whom* duties are ex- j
i ceptionaliy exacting and responsible, re- j
1 celve so inadequate compensation for,
| their services. They must lie shrewd,,
' sharp, affable, popular, must dress well;
1 and live in good style. In times past
“kNOCKUCU down”
By conductors w as more openly and easi
ly accomplished than now. It used to lie j
taken for granted n conductor would steal,,
and so long as he was good enough to
turn in a respectable percentage of his
cash faros the practice was winked at. It J
is only within a few years h tidal wave of |
reform In this reqpect has influenced rail- i
road managers to call their train officials I
to a stricter account, and has resulted in
the introduction of numerous safeguards;
against dishonesty.
The rule adopted by the Northern Pa-;
.cific cupipony of giving rebate tickets for j
cash fares as a precautionary measure to
prevent so much money being handled
by conductors, as veil as fiw other mo
tives, has a tendency to ham|>er the di*
honest ones; hut this Is easily gotten
around. The main thing pilfering con
ductors have to fear is
the "siwtebs,”
' Or railroad detectives, who ‘'check-up” a
car and send in their report, and if It does
not tally with the conductor’s report, the
latteHs liable to get the “bounce.”
The O. R. A N. and Northern Pacific
systems id roads employ their spotters
through Thiel’s detective agency, of which
M. C. Sullivan, of Portland, is the man
ager of the Pacific branch; and the fre
quent change of conductors on these
roads is an indication that (he spotters
are actively and constantly engaged.
THE OLD BTOBV
Is told of an Erie conductor whose train
hod been ' tested,” and whose cash was
found wanting. He was summoned be
fore the president and confronted with
the facts. “Yes,” said the man, who
was one of the oUeet and best conductors
on the road, ‘T have a handsome house,
finely furnished; my wile has ailks, laces
and diamonds; I have a span of trotters.
I associate with the best people, and
spend money freely in entertaining my
friends. I have money in the bank, and
1 own some shares in this rood. I have
had to he very economical to do all this
on SI2OO a year, for I have had no revenue
outside the Erie. I’ve got all I want.
You discharge the and put on a new man
and he’ll have to do the oame thing.”
They the kept conductor.
, I msnoNEfrr roKßCcnw
,; Encourage the payment of rash fare* on
j the trali\ in a variety of ways. One of
these is to paae a man whom thev know
i has a ticket, and purposely fail to collect
It during the entire trip. Thetnext time
he goes over the road he naturally sup
poses lie may lie neglected in the lame
manner and does not buy a ticket, hoping
to get a free ride. Then the conductor
“strikes” him for a cash fare. The first
thorough test hy skilled detectives, shows
.up the thieves, ami the stealing of faree ia
at once detected. So well is this fact
known and appreciated that .railroad
secret service operatives make a specialty
of this branch of the business, and all
first class, well managed roads.make con*
slant use of their services. The changing
of tickets hss been practiced to some ex
tant. The genuine'ticket for a short dis
tance is purchased; the destination ia
1 erased, and a station a long distance off
iis printed in its place. The resale of on
punched tickets is a great and growing
evil, from which roads all over the coun
try are buffering large losses. This
j met hoi o.' stealing la one of the
it lanear to owner.
It requires the connivance of the con
ductor and some outside party. The coo- j
I doctor purposely fails to punch the ticket#;
| be hands them to a “scalper,” and tha |
»two divide. There are almost innumer-
able other method* for defrauding rail
road*. Here, weftt, It i* a common nnd
lucrative industry in rural district* to kill
off sick cattle, superannuated homes and
other useless animal*, trusting to sympa
thetic jurie* for an award of damages ten
limes the real value. Then there are
freight robber*, large and small. Train
men steal tobacco, whiskey, dry good*,
gmcfflM; while many people alnox the
line never think of spending a rent for
wood. In addition to this petty pilfering
frequent combination* are formed for
systematic rah la on freight train*, in
which train handa. or ex-train hande, are
always involved. Knough has been Raid
to show that, between Wall streot, con
doctor* Mho “knock down,” freight
thieves, “scalpers,” an exasperated pub
lic which goes for railroad companies on
general principles, and all the horde of
hungry plunderers—between speculation
and peculation—the only wonder is that
the nomlter of receivers is only limited
by the number of railroad companies.
fcrfia* «T M. P. Mmi**.
At a special meeting of the Northern
Pacific directors at New York April 25,
the resolution agreeing to the arbitration
contract fur the control and harmonious
operations of roads in the northwest was
rescinded. This ends rbe scheme of ob
taining a guarantee of the extension of
Oregon Railway A Navigation stock from
the Northern Pacific jointly with the
Union Pacific, and throws the burden of
the lease on the Union Pacific.
After the adjournment it was announced
that Bray ton Ives, who is one of the most
active members of the Northern Pacific •
board, had resigned hi* office of vice
president of the Oregon Transcontinental
company, to take effect May 12. This is
understood to indicate that the relations
of the old Northern Pacific directors with
Villard have been fevered, and it is ex
ported that the representatives of the
Oregon Transcontinental in the Northern
Pacific will withdraw from the Northern
Pacific directorate.
tfpinMw »• •M***-
Scene—The lobby of any New York
: theatre, after the second act on any Unit
night. The critic* and the tlrxt nigh tors
! aaaembled in council,
i Critic of the Keening OW—Dreadful rot, 1
; eh, old man ?
| Critic of the Horning Magpie — Perfect
guano, by Jove!
Critic of the Daily Crow —Guano, dear j
< boy? Pshaw! Why, guano is a fertil
izer, yon know.
j Critic of the Weekly Poll Parrot—Pd j
I call it garbage.
I Critic of the Hourly ftrMJt muck, j
Critic of the Xoonday Vulture— Or truck.
Critic of the Sunday Buzzard— ln fact,
1 think it ia about the wont I ever saw.
Omnet —Oh, immeasurably.
(The curtain rings op and they disband
for the next act.]
Bxnucrs raoM rax canmnce.
“A triumphant aucceaa.”— The Owl.
j "A magnificent triumph."—TV Mag
r*.
"The hit of the season."—TV Crow.
"Art and genius excel themselves."— j
The Poll Parrot.
"Neat, polished, and fascinating."—;
The Hawk.
"A perfect morceau of its kind."— The
Vulture.
"The roost delightful modern drama it
has ever been onr good fdrtune to witness
•with enthralled interest."—TV Buzzard.
bbriaM kj Witfr. . .
A prominent military man who had
drank moderately during the war and
had abstaiued from that time on, while
attending a dinner with his old comrades
where most of them were intoxicated,
suddenly became hilarious, made a fool
ish speech and aettled hack in his chair
in a drunken atate. and was flnslly taken
home quite atupid. He had not drunk
any spirits, and had only'used coffee and
water, and yet be had all the symptoms
of the otbere, only his was intoxication
from contagion—the favoring soil had
been prepared long ago in'the army.
Another case was that of a man who
had l»cen an inebriate years ago, but had
reformed. He was recently elected to of
fice, aod gave a big dinner to some
friends. Among them was a physician,
| who had been greatly interested in these
| studies. He sent me a long report, the
1 substance of which was this:
On the occasion referred to many of the
company became partially intoxicated,
and the host, who drank nothing but
water, became hilarious and Anally stupid
with them. He was put to bed with ev
ery sign of intoxication, hut recovered,
and next morning had only a confused
I rfotion of these events.
| The third case occurred four years ago. i
! A reformed roan of twelve years’ oobrietv
, went on a military excursion with a mlli-
I tary company, and although he drank
nothing but lemonade, became as much
I intoxicated as the others. This event
; was the subject of much comment and
i loss to him, socially and otherwise, sl
! though he protested, and others confirmed 1
| his statements, that he did not take any |
spirits at this time.— Pnpnlnr Science
Monthly. _
—The value erf a remedy should Ire esti
mated by its curative properties. Ac
cording to this standard, Ayer's Sarsa
parilla is the best and most economical,
blood medicine in the market, because ■
[ the roost pure aod concentrated. Price!
1 sl. Worth $5 a bottle. •
; HOW ABOUT YAKIMA?
I
I •
Why. It's the Banner Section ot Cen
tral Washington.
A < Thai la mm I rultf «l mm the
»av«rr«l Parllasi •< i’sUfsrals
wllli m filwutte Far ftaprrlar.
1 ,
Of ail the different localities on the
Pacific coast whose claims upon the
future are made with supfiorting facts,
i none preaent letter inducements to the
settler and to investment than the Yak*
i ima country.
Owing to the lack of transportation fa-!
cilitics in the past and its great distance
from the older and more thickly settled
portions of the Union its peculiar charac
teristics as a country have not, until the
past few years, been known except to a
favored few. Hut of late, with the great
; influx of immigration, ita balmy climate,
prolific soil and adaptability, from a rail-
Iroad, manufacturing, and agricultural
j standpoint, to becoming a thickly settled
! and wealthy section, is being fast dissem
| inated. The following excerpts from an
! article in the Portland BVsf Shore, will
I give an idea of bow “The Great Yakima”
;is viewed with other eyes than those
which, on account of their greater knowl
edge of present condition* and future
possibilities, are wholly and thoroughly
liound up in Yakima:
i “North Yakima is the name of a flour
ishing young city of fully two thousand!
inhabitants, situated in the very central
| portion of Washington territory, on the
I west side of the Yakima river, near Its
: confluence with the Natchecz, and in one
of the most promising valleys in the west.
! It is not yet four years of age, but from
commanding position which it occupies
i with reference to the snrronnding rich
country its growth thus far has been
rapid, and all indications point to still
greater prosperity In the future.
“In order that then* may he a definite
conception of-tho region under considern
, tion let tlie reader understand that the
Yakima country, of which the city of
North Yakima Is the central and chief
commercial center, comprises that part of
Washington lying between the Cascade
I mountains on the west and the Colutn-
I liia river on the cast, drained by the Yak
-1 ima river and its tributaries. It includes
thirteen valleys, besides a largo area of I
, table land and hilly timber land, and I
also takes in a considerable portion of the
liroad plain of the Columbia. The main
| stream that drains this region is the
; Yakima river, which takes it rise In two
or three *mall lakes near the creat of the
Cascades and meanders down the moon
. . .. ,
tains and through the valleys in a south- j
easterly general course, joining the mighty ■
Columbia a few miles above its conAu-;
enee with the £nake, which comes from f
the opposite direction. From source to
month this is a rapid stream, having an
average fail of fully twenty feet to the
mile. It receives a numlter of tributaries
; from both sides so that when it emerges
from the foot hills and enters the great
Columbia plain it is a river of no mean
volume.
One of the principal merits of this Yak
ima country is a feature that is a serious
drawback to many sections, via: the ne
cessity for irrigation In order to success
fully prosecute farming operations. A
small portion of this country does not
need irrigation but is so essential to any
thing like a complete development of the
region that It forms one'of the chief ques
tions for the consideration of the prospect-
ive immigrant. In the immediate valleys
of the streams the soil is of a light vol
canic ash combined with alluvium and
in a wild stkte grows chiefiy sage broch.
The bench lands carry a heavier soil,
though its constituent ingredients are not
greatly different from that of the valleys,
and grow both sage brush and bunch
grass, the latter predominating and on
the higher benches being entirely alone.
Except along the immediate margins of
the streams this land needs the fructify
ing influen«-e of irrigation to make it -pro
ductive. Perfect irrigation may he ob
tained oo easily and kept within such
complete control at all times that it it
deemed better than the natural rainfall
of any region, and to thoee who can un
derstand the peculiar character of the
country this feature needs no commen
dation. •
All the streams of the Yakima country
supply irrigation for a greater or lees
number of fanners. The farmers them
selves at very small expense provide
their own irrigation ditches in most in
stances. There are several irrigation en
terprises ol greater magnitude, "however,
now in operation and more ore contero-,
plated to bring the land farther from the
streams under cultivation. The Bclah
Pitch Company has taken a canal twenty-'
four feet wideband carrying three feet and
depth of water out of the Natcheea river,
some thirty miles above its mouth, and
conducted it around the foot hills Into
the Selah valley just north of North Yak- i
ima, where twenty thousand acres of at
fine land as can be found anywhere are!
rendered fertile and being rapidly im
proved. The head obtained by going so:
far up the Nat dice* to tap the river ia
sufficient to lead the water oyer any ofj
the desirable bench lands of that ssctlon.'
Near North Yakima the Moxee Company l
takes a canal eighteen feet wide anil
three feet deep out oi the Yakima and
distributes the water through the beauti
ful Moxee valley, supplying some two 1
thousand acre* belonging to this company J
alone Iteslde* a large quant it; of other
land. Immediately aliout North Yakima
, are the Union, Hubbard, Ahtanum,
Schanno and other small ditchea, which
| supply the farmer* of that section and
, the city with an abundance of water for,
all purpnee*. There have been several
j scheme* for consolidating the numerous:
i small irrigating ditches into one system,
j and to bring the entire body of arable
j land about North Yakima, about one
hundred and ten thousand acres, under
ita influence, hut thus far this plpn haa
not been successful. The formers now
provide their own irrigation as they need
it, but it is likely that some extensive
and cheap system will before long supply
the whole valley with adequate water,
' giving to those located back from the
streams os good service a* those on the
river fronts. This will be necessary as
the land l»ack from the water liecoroea
settled upon more generally.
The climate of the Yakima country is
peculiar. It is a dry climate. No rain
fails in summer nor does snow in any
considerable quantity foil in winter. In
the spring there ore a lew aery refreshing
showers bat no very copious rainfall. In
winter time snow frequently ooveni the
ground to the depth of an inch or two bat
not enough to provide sleighing; th* earth
freete* a few inches deep and mercury
doe* not more than once in on ordinary
winter goes l«low aero—sometimes ten
or twelve below—but the dryness of the
atmosphere makes the cold anything but
disagreeable. One accustomed to the
damp atmosphere about the great lakes
jor on the Atlantic’* seaboard could
scarcely he convinced of the truth ol the
thermometer’s record In tbe Yakima val
ley, so used to the biting cold of a moist
climate hss he become. Zero weather at
North Yakima seems hardly more severe
than lisrely freezing temperature in a
humid atmosphere. The mild chinook
wind that blows along up the Obhimhia
river from the .>cean enters the Yak- 1
J ima % alley and keeps out the chilling
I currents from the north that would other
j wise prevail there. The natural features
iof that country seem particularly calcu
lated to secure a mild ami equable climate,
tl»e mountain spurs on the north serving
as a protection from' Arctic blasts and
the valleys so situated aa to draw the
warm winds from tbe tropical ocean cur
rents through them. Spring comes in
advance of the calendar, not several
weeks liehind it. In February the ground
(thaws and farming operations have a
I good start by the end of tbe month.
There are scarcely half a dosen days In
j the year when the sun does not shine.
In summer tbe heat is not oppressive.
The lingering snows and heavy forests of
the mountains lend to the breezes a re
freshing coolness; and then that current
from tbe ocean brings health and comfort
and makes the climate at all times de
lightful.
The Yakima country is capable of
, growing successfully a somewhat remark*
able range of vegetable products. Besides
the ordinary grains, fruits and vegetables
which are common to most of the Pacific
slope, com and tobacco are grown to per*
j feet ion, sorghum is an excellent crop and
even a fine quality of cotton has been
been raised. The cotton seed was planted
merely as a novelty and the matured pro
duct was so surprisingly good that there
are likely to bo more extensive experi
ments with that great staple of the south
in this most northern territory. But of
tlrase crops which are undoubted sno
eesses In the Yakima country there are a
great variety. All the small grains—
wheat, oats, barley, rye, buckwheat, etc.
—grow well. As has been said, com is a
successful crop and instances are reported
w here two crops on one piece of ground
malum] in one season, the second plant
ing being from the first harvest. Of
course sorb instances are rare and prob
ably would not ordinarily be practicable
on a large scale, bat they serve to show
the possibilities of this soil and climate.
Vegetables and root crops of all aorta,
even peannU, grow well and yield abun
dantly. The sorghum syrup Industry
promises to develop into an important
business. Tobacco baa proved so suc
cessful during the past three or four years
when considerable attention was devoted
to its culture, that it is now reckoned
among the surest and safest and ons of
tlie roost profitable for the producer, and
rigsr factories are being attracted by the
superior quality of the product.
All ordinary fruits flourish In Yakima
country, including the finest quality of
peaches, pears, grapes sad quinces which
can be grown to complete satisfaction in
comparatively few localities. Indeed,it is
not known where the line san be drawn
in growing semi-tropical productions as
the experiments in that line have been so
limited. Scarcely anything has been tried
that proved a failure. But the farmers
. have not been situated so they could en
gage in experimenting or even divide at
tention with one-half the varitiy of pro
ducts that are known to take kindly to
the Yakima valley. It Is still a new coun
try amt three or four years communication.
with markets under roost advantageous
conditions, will never suffice to bring s
vast area like that of the Yakima country
into a state of full development.
The bunch grass benches afford a range
for cattle and sheep that herdsmen were
not alow to take advantage of; now there
are pastured on the bunch grass range of
Yakima county alone—which by no means
includes all the region known as the Yak
ima coon try nor all that tributary to North
Yakima—about three hundred and tffty
thousand sheep, one hundred and twenty
five thousand borsss and two hundred and
Number 14.
fifty thouaand cattle.. Tide ta eupurb
paature land and the atockten an loth
, t" (in it up, bat when required by art
tiara it will bo bond that the bnnch-graaa
banchea are the aery baat (tain land.
! One ol theaureet indicaliooa of a rich
and prom lain* ration la afforded when
1 ratlraada aim to penetrate It to aacnra the
i patronage which ahravd manatera aae
moat flow therefrom. In addition to the
important line which now traveraaa the
entire length of the Yakima valley, there
ta now in oonrne ol cooatructioa the Van
conver, Klickitat t Yakima railway from
Vancouver on the Colombia river, only
aix mile* bom Portland, up the I-ewta
river, clearing tbe Caocodee at Klickitat
pace and thence travetabw tbe Yakima
valley to tbe city ol North Yakima. Thb
rood b important to the Yakima country
becanae it affords another outlet lor ite
paoducta to an extensive market and the
aecootl a hipping point on the Facilic
eoaet. Tbe Northern Pacific ta bpildto
a cut-offline from Cheney to Join the
main line again at North Yakima,
a junction aad and ol operating tfiviaion
at that point. There are numatona other
profacta mentioned in connection with
railroad construction In aaatorn Waahlng
ton, and it b evident that each ol lha
com pan ice b driving loe a portion at beat
ol the patronage ol the Yakima country,
and ta willing to aaabt in lb development
in order to aerate the reeuitlag buaioaaa.
The fact that all the paaaea in the anxui
talna where it b practicable to eater the
Yakima country lead tbe made naturally
to North Yakima, ta lull of prom be for
that town to become a railroad center of
considerable importance.
At present the Yakima country ia
t an empire in embryo. It baa not been
t widely boomed, bat it to attracting a large*
• number of steady, industrious and intei
i ligent people. They came from the east'
* em •Utw seeking homes, and were net
i attracted by the glamour ol booms or the
enticements of speculators in realty; they
: brought the customs of the older common
wealths with tl»ein and established in their
i new homes the the wholesome principles
that characterise true Americans. In the
, young city of North Yakima may be seen
the tendency of this newly planted clvilf-
I sat ion. Schools and churches were or*
i ganized as soon as there were people to
attend them. There are now in the city
I five nest and comfortable church atruc
-1 tures belonging to the Christians, Preaby
byterians, Congregalionalists, Eptocopal
iana and Roman Catholics, and tbs
Methodists are about to pact a fine
church edifice. Aa handsome a school
building aa there to in Washington terri
tory was erected in North Yakima last
■ year, and the need tor more room to ao
great that this st ructure will be duplicated
in another portion of the city. The Bo*
man Catholics maintain a parochial school
which has a good attendance That sect
also haa an Indian training school in tbs
; city, which to liberally patronised fay tbs
Yakimaa, a tribe located on a large resar
i vation a few miles south of tbs city.
There to no necessity for manufacturing
fictitious prospects in order to make.the
outlook for North Yakima unusually
bright. The enterprising spirit and sub
stantial character of its citizens would
alone push it to the front if the natural
conditions of the country did not com
mand special attantion. It to a vantage
point for numenua branches of manufac
turing that consume the products of tbs
farm, range, forest or mins. Waterpower
to cheap and abundant. The growing
prominence of North Yakima to attested by
the fact that it to conceded In many parts
of the territory to be the most eligible city
for the capital of the new state. Even
more than a year ago, when the city was
not more than half its present size, a bill
to transfer the present territorial capital
from Olympia to North Yakima lacked
but one rote of passage in the lower legis
lative house. In the original plat of ths
city grounds were reserved for the toate
capital and other public buildings. Thera
to plenty of room for growth on all aides.
The lumber mills a tow miles away and
tbe brick kilns at hand are busily am
ployed in toning oat building materials.
There are any number, of eligible lowa
loto and a large area of . country property
waiting for investors gad settlers. The
development of that country to certain.
Its growth will be rapid and free from
fluctuations, because it haa a real basis
that caprice can not augment or destroy.
The fact that the Northern Pacific recently
withdrew its lots from (he market to pret
ty strong evidence that the dty justifies
the fa*th that to reposed in it.
Lft ia tota*.
Mayor Rattler (of Plaen Creek, Dakota)
—Voting man, yon say yon are going to
start a red-bot political and personal pa
per in Plaen Creek. Whaf hare yon got
in the way of a plant for carrying on each
a paper.
Caller (producing ti*o revolvers and a
shotgun frpm a coffee sack)— There ie my
outfit, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Rattler (Snthneiastfcallr)—Part
ner, I see you are a good territorial news
paper man! Yon? paper will be a suc
cess. Put roe down far ten copies, and
m give yon an ad. of my Flret National
Faro Bank!
—elikay Arnica naive
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