The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-02-15
FROM KITTITAS.
PLEASANT GROVE, !
kTTTITAs VALLEY.
February :, 1877, \

e.. IyTE-LIGESCER:- Through the
medium Of your journal much has been
said snd represented regarding this To-
calitv, the magnifonce and grandeur
If the scenery, AID unlimited acreage
unoccupied AMI awaiting the hands OF
industry TO bring forth its wealth. Our
future has been equally set fnr,h, in fact
every statement has been made that
would g favorable and most likely TO
a.trac: Att cntiou. and induce the immi-
grant and others seeking q change OF
location 10 come and cast their future
among u. We arc like others in that
respect. We desire settlement. We
know population is wealth, and OF
course, our soil is inferior 10 none, our
climate IS healthiul and invigorating
the sick are secured a new lease OF life,
and the poor are enabled TO attain iude-
pendence. if no. made rich In truth,
we represent 70 all desiring a home,
that all the human family de.ire or
wish for can lie obtained, even to a
contented mind. and an easy conscience,
if they will but come and locate in
this beautiful valley.
1t i. quite natural that these favor
able representations should be made,
and not unfrequently by persons who
have a distaste for new countries on
general principles Yet while l am
satitfied with the country. I would not
counsel any one to break upa comfort
able home t. come here and undergo
the tolls and hardships which always
attend the settlement Of new countries.
To me there are no better inducements
offered to-day west of the Missouri
river, than can be found in kiititas val-
ley and in other parts Of Yakima
county 1t is the place for industry.
limited capital, and all the other ele-
ments that combine to make the civil
lied State. We have the soil, the eli
mate. oil the resources necessary to build
up a wealthy and thrifty people. What
We want is NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of
determination, whose ideas are liberal,
whose principles are just and purposes
upright.
This is no country for that class OF
people who expect riches without toll;
but give us the hardy, honest sons and
daughters Of industry who arObound
to build up homes, and have the taste
to besutify them. and the disposition
to make them attractive, agreeable and
pleasant for themselves and others.
Our future for veal or woe depends
upon the class that come among US.
We have much to do to secure the sue
cess of this locality and place ourselves
upon solid basis. securing q perma-
nency and insuring a market for our
productions.
We have an opportunity and have a
sufficient number Of inhabitants to JUS
tify the immediate action of the whole
to 60 at once and place the road in q
gOod condition to the summit Of the
SnoQualmie Pass. and even if we should
go short distance beyond the summit.
we would be amply repaid All it re
quires is labor. and there is scarcely .
man in this valley, if he has any iden-
tity With the country. and feels any in
terest whatever in his own future, to
say naught of his neighbors'. who
should not be Gf he is mott willing to
give from three to six days work
towards the constructing and req airing
Of this road
Mr.. Editor. can you in such "A public
enterprise meet us half ways If not
in wagon road to make a good trail,
so We can pack with security. The dis
lance we would have to pack would not
exceed twenty miles. If King county.
as o county, cannot. are there sufficient
number Of private citizens that have
the will and the capital to ente. into
this undertaking? am confident we
will take good care Of this side and give
q good wagon road to the very summit:
one that can be travelled at all seasons
of the year. The travel ut the present
would justify toll road, and it will
soon so come unless we avoid it by i'm.
mediate action and proceed to work it
as public highway
Our spring has come. The valley and
the hills begin to show their green GOV.
e,ing. The farmers are preparing for q
large acreage Of small grain. Quite a
number ara Launching fout sx,etSisely
into pork raising. with view of driy.
ing to Seattle next fall.
We have three schools. ali Of which
are we'll attended; two debat.
ing societies in which the peo-
pie take an unusual interest. Some
talk Of building graded school to be
established at Ellensburg. at which
place Mr.. John Shoudy has made a
liberal donation Of land for the build
ing. 1t is also under discussion to in
troduce u printing press aud establish
weekly journal 1T that place.
A large and commodious grist mill
- about TO be erected, and We have the
assurance Of . bridge across the Yaki-
ma. The saw mill is turning out lum
Der at the rate Of 10000 feet per day
and is sold IS fast as sawed. A com
pany is about to be organized under the
incorporation laws TO build a large ir-
rigsting canal and construct bridges
and Hood gates across the ditch. which
u. carried through as designed will wa
ter over 10000 acres Of the most valua
bic land in the valley. KIrrIrAs.
1900