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THE YAHIA HERALD. THITBHDA V. ..SEPTEMBER 28. IBM. A SPLENDID COUNTRY. Hoi lrrt|itloi Hu Vroipt Its Por tal Work 1> tb« TUtmi Contry. Tim Volcanic Aih~A Chemical Prth ■cm—The Maxes RaM I'arn— Profits Wall Invested. Special Cormpoodemv of the St. Lost* Ulobc Democrat. # t North Yakima, Wash., Sept. 11th - Tin re ire twinty n.ilea of invatin ditches in this little Hty of 3) at peoph These ditches completely encircle every block, making it an island. They ar. owne«l by tlie city. When a man buys a lot the right to free use of water from tie ditch in front of him goes with the titl* • C.tyolfh era regulate the d'atrihuikm o this watt r as in oilier municipalities tin y look after (lie ash laurels and th garlwge Ci hens *a> the system works smoothi and aathfactorily. One can staml in th* center of the city and look in f-air dire lima s mile or more, down avenues wit shadetr ea growing thriftily along l<otl aides of the roadway. This la more tha> can lie said of any other four-yesro-ol acttleim nt in tlie arid belt of the Unite States. No rain bus fallen hen* f months. The people do not rememU i when tlie last shower occurred. The; have no parti, nlar interest i i B|« uiatio as to whan tlie next shower will com* They do not bore the visitor with an ar ray of statistics designed to holster up u theory that tlie rainfall ia increasing They are in the arid belt, and don’t care how firmly that fact is iu-pnosed npo everybody wlie comes along. Betweet the Yakima country and the coast, wltl its damp winds and abundant rainfall, rises the Cascade range as a harrier to tlie surcharged clouds. The Yakima peo ple have no desire to reason that barrier out ol existence. They are independent of tlie Honda. They are wholly depend ent upon irrigation. Irritation in the ' Yakima country means something more than furnfshln moisture to the grow ing vegetation. It implies chemical changes in the soil. Mr L. 8. Howfett, who was editor of th« Louisville Comme.rial for ten years, and who came west about five years ago, re side* upon one of the heat improved sub urban homes of North Yakima. He says: “1 consider this Yakima valley th* most fertile lami known. Tlie soil is pe culiar. It is a kind of a volcanic ash. Combined with water it fertilises itself. There b enough ajkali always orbing to restore, with the help of the water, ail of the loos from the heavy t rope which are produced. That is the principle. The water combines with the properties pecul iar to thb vulcanic ash and tlie result is restoration of tlie strength of the land.” Tlil» Yakima country u not just like any other part of Washington. It Is a •cries of valleys, or, better, a aeries of groups of valleys. You ride along the Nortliern Pacific railroad through a gnrjn that Hart pmrlj*ituom.|y from the river eu one aide, and which crowds the track on the other. This continues for a few miles. Then suddenly tlie mountain* re*«<le on either aide and you are gliding along through a valley from Ave to ten miles wide. Tne valley, with its farms, la with yon for lialf an hour or more, and you have time to see othi r smaller valley*, opening iito it and narrowing toward tl* mountains. Then before you know It, you are in another gorge with only the river, rushing downward 3.* feet to the mile, for icmpsny. Tlkj* valleys are like basins. Looking from the «enter ot one of Ibeiu, oae s* ema to be hemmed in on every aide to mountains. The guegrs, by which the river enters and leaves tlie valley, are so tortuous they do not allow in the general outline of the mountain tope. The i Uy of North Yakima b in one of these atm# hea along the Yakima river, and also at a point where seven smaller valleys converge, each with its smaller stream, into the main valley. These ■even valleys are tbs Abtaaum, the Nstcbeex. the Cowyrhee, the Wenas, the Kelah, the Moxee and the Parker—a Ane collection of Indian names. Aa this b a new country, and as there was no town here until the railroad got in four years ago, the land-seeker naturally supplies he, will And‘snaps’ln the Yakima coun try. So he will, hot not of the kind be la looking for. New as the country b, there bno government land left around North Yakima. The mayor of the city took the writer out behind hb fa* team to ace the ctieape* piece of farm protecty near the city. The forty acres lay in the center of the Ahtaaom valley. As the owner < f the forty was anxions to sell to get the money for another investment, he oflared the forty for (1700-over |4J an acre. * “That,” said the mayor, “b tlie be* btryahi In farm property nesr the city that 1 knew of. The man who buy* it can’t loose on It.” All the fanning land w thin a radius of feor miles of the city is held at from |au to |IOJ an acre. Out ten miles prices range from to (40 an acre. The reas on this land oovuuands such prices 14 be cause “it will raise everything,” to quote tlie mayor. And Mr. J. K. Ward, who used to (arm near Warrenslsirg in the wheat part of Johnson county. Mo., added: “Ons acre hers will raise double what an acre in Missouri will." “Where la the heat land in Washington to he homesteaded T” was asked of Mr. L. 8. Hewlett, who, for quite a period, had charge of the United Ktatea land offi. e nt North Yakima, in the very heart of the new state. “fhe ls**t land for a man to homestead, la my Judgment,was the reply, ‘ la np| near the British line. In a tract as yet on I surveyed. It is known as the Col tint ha, or Moaea reservation, taking its name from qhl Mooes, who famous ladit n Href,. Bnt (he aettler who takea a Haim, time now will have to aqnatonitand wajt lie ibe government survey. The heat land which haa been surveyed and tain be taken at the United States land offices without delay is in the Bin Bend country, as it is called ou account of th» sweeping curve the Columbia makes around two sides of it. It is fifty milt* ■out h of the British line, and is acroas the Columbia. east from the Moses country. Riis Moaea country consists of fertile lot oois along the little creeks, with timber •long the hills. The Big Bend country i* i wrest table land covered with bunch rasa. It has no sage brush and doer lot look to irrigation for its development. I is like the Walla Walla wheat country.’ “Now what will you say ia the l«st hlng for the eastern farmer «>m> sella on md comes .to Washington with a few thousand dollars, prepared to buy ralhei ban homestead?” •That man,” said Mr. Howlett, “should •ettle in the I’alouse, Walla Walla or Yak : ma re ions. Land can still he had at 'pasouahSe prices, say from $5 to |£> an • re, and it ia found to im reaae in value t ia the kind of land which prodme Idr y-flve hushHa of wheat to the acre. There are many old retllera who came in >nrly ami who are willing to sell oat at pil-es w lihh are cheap, considering tin .-reductive value. 1 think that for years to come farms can he bought in th< regions I have mentioned at figures brlov er real values. For several years I •are been buying up old ran heo at fnm IV) to {4O an acre, dividing them a from soo to faio an acre. That is a .en rol I all atloo of the way things are .*oing.” Irrigation has made the Yakima conn* ■ry what it is. But thus far the use ol i.e aster has been upon a small scale compared with a hat is to be attempted. The present ditches lend fi >m the mono sin streams whi< h flow into the Yakima Th> re are only two or Uiree larger canal*, which take the water in considerable quantities from the river itself. As the result i f tb*" contracted way of doin>. things, hundred of thousand* of acres of land, as good as that which "raises every thing,” are left outside of tlie present sys tem of irrigation. Bat now that tlie ex- I* rimental stage has passed water is to lie handled in qnantiiie* and on level*- not heretofore attempted. Within the present week surveying parties have taken tlie field at North Yakima to run the lines for a big canal 100 miles long. Charle i. Gregory, William J. Bryson and O. A. Young, of Chicago, Walter N. Granger, Albert Kleinachinidt and J. I). Mclntyre, of Helena, and other men of means ars in the company, which proposes to appl> irrigation on a gigantic scale. The cum pany will operate in two localities to be gin with—the Yakima country in Wash ington, and between West Gallatin and Madinon in Montana. The plan of busi ness is simple. The company lisa par chased 1,0 0,000 acres of land now ntterly worthless for want of water. Tlie prop**- *ition Is to built tlie canals to supply these hinds with irrigation, and then sell the land and the water-right combined. The profit ia to come from the enhanced value of the land. When it ia aseo wh it water has made of the land now under cultiva tion in the Yakima country tlis specula tion seems to l« sale enough. At any rate, it ia well worth matching. It this company ami a few others succeed, there w ill be no demand for the general govern ment tc go into tlie irrigation Itosiness. Private capital w ill take poaaesskm of the >M. One proof of the Yakima pmldiog is found in the shipment of ljo car loads of *'ieh*nt this season. Yakima mel«»na are becoming known all ov r the new state. Hie other day Captain Gray, the Veteran navigator of the Upper Columbia rl.er, came from Pasco, his home, to Yakims on a vWt. He was conducted to Msyor Keed’a office. where lie gaud upon a, melon weighing Afty-four |K.nndasnd sev eral dther melons weighing something less. At that stage of the proceedings a big knife was produced, one of the melons was rut, and the captain was soon learn ing that Yakima melons taste as good aa they look. As he laid down hia third rind to pick op his fourth slice, Captain Gray seemed to think the occasion called for some defense of Pasco. He observed, In a matter-of-fact tone: ‘ The reason we don’t raise melons suc cessfully at Pasco b that the vinca grow so fast that tiny wear the melons ou dragging them over the ground. Our soil b too rich, I think, for melons." Every Yakima man in the room bopped eating and looked at the captain, but he was entirely serious. "Your soil b too rich, is It?*' retorted Mayor Reed. ‘ Let me tell you, Captain Gray, tlie soil at Phaco b so poor that you can’t raise an umbrella on two M-rea of It. Why, air, If lam correitly inform ed. your aoil b so poor that it taken two pee-dee bird#; to make one holler—one to holler ‘pee’ and the other to holler ‘dee.’ I am told that a child three feet high ran stand in a bole two feet deep and pick the top UooNoms off (he peach trees at Pb*o.” The captain was silenced. The man wlk) talks last usually has the best of It Jn these sharp comparisons of Washing ton towns. Over at Tacoma the other day some real estate men were telling visitors of lhe marvelous growth of their city. Private Cosgrove, grand command er of- the G. A. R. of the department of Washington, waa one t4 the listeners. When the Tacoma men had about ex hausted themselves, Cosgrove took an inning. “My town of Pomeroy, la Eastern Washington,” said he. “has had the moat wonderful growth < f any place I’ve yet seen. Why, gentlemen. Pomeroy grew so fart at one lime that it actually over I took the coyotes bluer lliey could get out ; on the prsirh s. and they had their young in the<-eHara.“ Only one man has appro irhoi the Grand Commander in marvelous illoetra t on of this country a'reaourcea ami.level opment. That was tlie settb r who was trying to impress on Mime newcomers an idea of the abundance of name in Wash ington. He told about reaching home after dark one frosty evening and flnd ing the wood bus empty and the fire lew. Without stopping to take off his coat ne rualied outdoors to the woodpile, grabbed up w hat he thought was an arudul 01 •‘ticks and hurried hack into the house “Blame me. gentlemen, ’’ said he, “if alien I got to (he light every one of those .4icka of wood didn't turn out to he a jack-rabbit.” A rather good one at the expense til 'battle and Tacoma, the rival citioa oi •Vestera Washington la told on the Hound Hiata. It seems that a Southern Califor da man cleaned up what he coukl inn. the remains of the boom down there am ■ ame up to Washington this summer to invAt. He visited Tacoma and the res' •state men there promptly took him in hand and showed him ia in town lots north of tlie city. He aahi he though: lie location was some distance from tht enter of tlie city, hat they insured him Trnoma was laaind to reach it inside o welve months. So the Southern Califor lia man said lie’d think about it and let he agents know in a slay or two. In the meantime be took a t«ont and -lipficd over to Seattle, only two hours liotant. Seattle agents immediately said they had just the property lie was look ing for. They put him into a buggy, Imve out south ol Seattle ami showed him the very spot'of ground he had been offered as Tacoma snlairliaD property. \a »mn as the Investor had partially re uvered from bin astonishment, he aaki: “Gentlemen, I came up here to piu« e uy money as near aa possible to tlie ren ter ef some Hty, hut I’ll be dogkoned if you ran get me to invest in the center be tween two cities.” A nephew of Gardiner Hnhhard, ol Washington, D. C., came out to North Yakima and settled on s ranch of HO acres. That was the beginning of the Moxee model farm, whi. h is one of the famous institutions of the new atate. Mr. Huhhard is the father-in-law of Alexan der Graham Bell, the inventor of the tele phone. He was wealthy to begin with ami the telephone profits made him mon so. He became interested in his nephew’s venture, invested more and more money, until now tlie Moxee farm, with l.*o s<tp» under cultivation ami twice as nun h not yet improved, with ita floe stock, with it* herd on the range, and with it* complete buildings represents an investment oi |o 0. M) of Hell telephone profits. Mr. Hubbard and his associates have not yet mad# any money out of the farm, hut they liave done a great thing for Wash ington. Their investment has been in the nature of a series of experiments which have demonstniti d how to handle tlie soil. The present manager of the Moxee i* William Ker. a stalwart Switch man. He came here from Ch : «-age where he conducted the Hell teleplmiie Isisiness. Under his management the farm i* likely to show some return* for the mone« spent, unless the experimenting goes on. The Moxee crop of alfalfa tills year h &)j tons. It represents Ave cuttings, ami ia worth a ton in North Yakima to day. From 14* acre* waa harvested a 'Top of lairley which gave forty-six bushels to the aim Wadiingtoi uni Montana barley i-oniniands a higher |*ri« e than any other in the Milwaukee market. I. corresponds to the No. 1 hard wh at o' the Oakotas. It is an much harder than raised in other states that maltstcra have to give it two days longer In the conrseof preparation for malt. Tills ad vantage in pri e ia more than the extra • oat for transportation. A |2OO Shire'stallion ia at the head of the Moxee stablea, and a thoroughbred Chester whV hoar, the gift of lt« s|dent Oakes, of the Northern Pacific, b tlie monarch of the pens. On the mountain aides and table lands hevond the valley, range 20U) head of cattle hearing the ! Moxee brand. The Indiana are now at work in tlie Moxee hop yard picking the crop. Hat this is not all of the di versified product of th; model farm. Tlie third successful crop of tobacco has just been gathered, a faitory has been erected and cigars are being i mnfactured on the farm at a proAt kj to the am, aa Mr. Ker calculates results from what has so far been accomplished. Nothing Isattempted without irrigation. And here comes in the most Interesting feature of the experiment. A dit h which i taps the Yskima river some miles shove I brings the water in a Ane stream to the | Moxee. There are two systems of Irrfaa-1 tion. One consists In plowing frequent furrows or laterals from the ditch, and j letting the water into them. The other: pisn Is flooding the whole surface of the j Aeld. The dilchee are built above the; level of the ground a few inches. The Aelda are divided into sect ions nr “checks” I hy small embankments with gates. These, • hecks vary in sixe according to the grade. Where tlie ground is almoet a dead level they may he made to contain twmty nr thirty acres Where there b qn'te a grade they may have to he red seed to an acre In sue to prevent the soil from w s-hin i away. Tl* w liter Is (urn# d from the elevated ditch into one of these che« ks antll It stamb from one to three Incites deep all over tlie surface. The length of I time it b allowed to stand varies a* cord | Ing to the crop and the hleas of the man s.*rr. The ,a?es in th» little dikes nr em lisnkmenta give perh-ct control. T!»e water can he drained from one check to j another, and distributed at will. Irrigation by flood in; h the moat ex pensive at Aral, ami it Is alsn the most dangerous lor amateurs. Many a crop has been drowned out by mistakes in al lowing the water In stand too long. Rnt when once Hie science •* learned flooding fa by far the most sati*f.tctory method. A bram-li of the Mover ditch is con dmied l»y a Hume to it*.* fe-d mill, where It furnishes twenty-s'x horse-posrer and grinds all of the fse I. A km-e of from thlrtr-ftre to fifty men > etnployrd in the variowi hramhee of { i the Mouc pl*c», end a store it conducted; fur thvir accommodation tad that of the neigh I-orhood. Adjoining the model farm a Boaton man named BcmWtr haa establtahed him aelf on a dairy (arm of IjoO acres. and is makiitic butter in largo quantities, -ah the my latest improvements in machin ery for that purpose. He raises corn and alfalfa and other forage crops, and pre serves them in treat silos. Looking upon >he big bams and line hones of the Maxes valley one has difficulty in resili ng that this is a new country. Pioneer 'd in Central Washington need inspire no terrors. W. B. 8. A Wanaa’s Discovery. “Another wonderful discovery has been uade and that too by a lady in this ounty. Disease fastened its clutches ipon her and for seven yean she witb *utod its severest testa, but her vital cr ane "ere undermined and death seemed inniinent. For three months site cougiied incessantly and could not sleep Bhe bought of us a bottle of Dr. King’s New •iscovery f.. r consumption and was so unch relieved on taking first dose thut she slept all night and with one bottle has iiren udruculunsly cured. Her name is Mrs. Luther Luta.” Thus write W. C. Hamrick A Co., of Hhelbv, N. C. Get a :rial bottle fne at L. V. Janack’a drug ■tore. • —Rheumatism is cnu»od by a poisonous m id in the blood and yield* to Ayrr’s 1 IHs. Many cases wl.i h aeem chronic -ind hopeless have been couipletelv cured by this medicine. It will coat bat little to i try what effect the Pills will have in your | f«t*e. We predict sucees. Bella, pimples and akin diseases of all kinds apeedily disappear when the Mood la purified by the use of Ayer'a Bar x iparilla. It has no equal as a tonic *l - the results being immediate and xatial M*tory. Ask your druggist lor it, md take no other. FAWCETT BROS, DEALERS IN Farm Machinery & Vehicles, Sole Areata (or the Celebrated MORRISON AND HEADLIGHT WALKING, SULKY AND GANG PLOWS, DICKS FAMOUS FEED-CUTTERS, RADGER STATE FANNING MILLS, VICTOR HAY PRESS ( Pje or ran prett f>om 10 to IS lon* per day), VICTOR HAY, StOCK AND WAREHOUSE SCALES. ■ :o; —— ANA THE CCLEBBATEB Moline and Weber Wagons. ■■ l : o: ————— They hare Joel reraised s ear load of the famooa and |>o|.alar WEBER WAGONS, And would reei erthulr re-j nest ell portlet Intendln* to purrl om> «a«on< to roll at their piece of baalueN end examine them before par. he.ln* eUewhere. They cell etpc.lei attention to their large end fine stuck of Bim Camajes, Half-Plain aid Moutain Spring Wapns. They ore the only dooiora in Yeklmo County who h>nd> foods direct from the factory. Corner of Front ft A Street, ■.'.V.Vmim. SOMETHING NEW. We have had placed in our hands for Sale SHUT PARK ADDITION. Thl« l*lM«l«7of a* sightly raaldeuee lota sa arc now on the market. Both toll nod water-tight, nrn of the beat To any person Building a Residence to Cost not less than SIOOO we will give a Corner and one Inside Lot Free. Them lota will ba.aeleeted In tha following manner: Partins ftrat btlldlng havn choice of two tota In either block M, 11. nr 3; anrood and third choice In block, T. H. or » IW Pins cai) le Seen at our {Kite. Wc Intend bnlldlnc np thia property with choice homes. thereby attra- rlnrc the beat < laaa of people: and partlss taking hold now win experience the bn.ief.t of o ir mo.t earnest cflbrta. Goodwin <fe Pugsley. nrn niurr hationai. rakk. Yakima Candy Factory. Antkdpatißff thn wants el mj nnmerooa and increasing customers, I hare per* iected arrangementa for (amishing OYSTCTtN! OYSTEHN! lAt moderate prices, and for public accommodation will keep OPEN AT ALL HOUR*. Abo a fall line of File Coin, litx, Ink Fntk lurted aid Onstic Cipn P. J. HERKE, 1 1 PloprWtor Yakima Candy Factory. Long-Standing Blood DUiain ora cured by •he persevering nee at Ajar's BjraaparlUa. Till, niwllrfn. i. Ml AlMratl.a, aad can... a radical cfcaaga la th« .jalaai. The prw«M, in some vs***, may not be •I'iite so rapid ss In others; I sit, with |HTHt*i4*iir<-. tbs result Is certain, (toad then* testimonials : •• Put two year* I suffered from a se vere (Milii in my right *!d«. and had •Cier truoMm caused by a lor|ild liver ami dy«|t.-|>ds After giving several m •divine* a fair trial without a mire. I began to take Aver** Sarsaimilla. I was greatly b.»ne.lted bv Hie drat bott'.n, and after taking It . a l satins I was von*, iiletely cured.” —Jo in \V. Deiuou. 70 letwreuue at., leiwell, Mae*. Last May a large varbnuvle broke out •n my arm. T.m usual remedies had no effect ami I era* coni tied to rav Imml for 1 rht week*. A frivn I in Inved me to try Vyer'a Sanuustrilla. Less titan tliree tflea beatf file wire. In all myeaiie . -e with mediciu i» I never saw in ■ e Wonderful Results. mother market! effect of the use of ibis inediviiie was Hie strengtlieiiinf of my sight.'* Mrs. Carrie Adams. Holly gprlugs, Texas. *‘l bad a dry waly humor for years, aad sniTeretl terribly: and. as my broth* or and sister were siiuilariy attikcte<l. I presume tbs malady is hereditary. l.ast winter. Dr. Tymn. (of Pernaudina. Fla.,) recommended me to take AVer's Sarsaparilla, ami uuntinue it fur a year. Pur live month* I took it daily. I have not had a blemish upon my holy for tbs last three months. —T. fc. Wiley, 1M Chambers It, New Vork City. •' Last fall and winter I was trouble I with a dull, heavy pain 'n my side. I did not noth* it mud. . * first, but It gradually grew worse until it became almost unbearable. Daring the latter part of this time, disorder* of the stom a h amt liver increased my troubles. I Ix-gas taking Ayer's Sarsaparilla, an I, after faithfully continuing the use of this medicine for some months, the p-tin disappeared and I was completely rnrmf." Mrs. Augusta ▲. Pnrlmsli, Haverhill. Mass. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, raarasao sr Or. d. C. Ayer 4 Co., Lowed, Mats VMmfil: «U beubs, s*. Worth fit a boois. Tit SnlMt Sll-ill and. Meeker’s Addition i="' :: ==to=== NORTH YAKIMA! ta’l■’w'r OH th. wx >Uk <X it. UM Fine Soil, all Cleared and Sown to Grass, Together with a complete water-right with each end every Lot, presents an opportunity to buy Cheap and Desirable Residence Property. That should be Immediately takes advantage of by all desiring flrst-eUaa paying Investments Terms, one-third cash, balance in equal pay ments in six and twelve months. Call at aar Of lie, aal let aaskaar ~a nil Mim, klin rantailai. FECHTER & LAW, Sol© -A^exrts, BEAL ESTATE A INSURANCE AGENTS, Olfce Over Yakima National Bank. North Yakima, Washington ENGLISH SHIRE HORSE, Has, since the time of Henry the Second, been considered The Best Draft Horse THE MOZEE CO. Have a Magnificent. Imported. Thoroughbred English Shire Stallion, of the Purest Strata— Holbeach Tom, sz; .ssevaas!: ftas-Masr Holbeach Tom will Stand this Season at Xoxee. TKHMN; INSURANCE, 125.00. SEASON, 120.00. SINULE LEAP, 1)0.00. Pasture, tl.tt per month after Ant two weeks. Moxee Co. Eg BO 60 The Largest Assortment of Builders’ Material in Central Washington, and Prices Lower Than the Lowest. Farm Machinery, Wagons. A. B. WEED, Corner Ist Bt. ft Yakima Avenue North Yakima. ZETortti. Yakima LUMBER YARD! G. 0. NEVIN, Proprietor. LOUSES, DOORS, SASH AND BUNDS, LATHS, SHINGLES, AC. imt fir tit Cdelntel Areffi Palm tie ltd hots ■ De Hotel, AND A LARGE SUPPLY ALWAYS ON HAND. OOra ud Y«d. Vat SMtM BOrnd Track. Mb c< DapM. NwtbVMte. W.T.