The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-02-27

Writing from Yakima City. . CORES
Psndsss ct the San EEancisco CArpsiels
[sps.ks<s follow. Of TIE I.re.. produc-
Asihs, people .nd y"la mines Of YAK ina
county:
o. arriving At the Upper Cascades
you again take . steamer, and about 5
O'Clock 10 To slbwneoo You arrive q
the Dalles. very thriving little place
OF 1900 inhabitants. Hers you will r.
msin ovse night and 1t daylight take
the Yakima aass. After crossing the
Colambis TO tho Washington Tesriseey
SIDE yus travel - niles 70 reach the
suaoa Of tie Klictitat hills. From
here you can take . bird'spsys view of
the grsst Klickitat Valley. In ths dis
tsncs 700 behold Col .endale. ths coun.
~ seat Of Khckitat county. To the
right and 70 the left for Is miles may
be seen here and there . cottage. with .
few acres under cultivation. After
traversing tbi, broad plain you enter
the Hjasc0e MIustains. which are we'll
covered With forests Of pine. fir and
taDsraek. aud - There y no under bsu,h
the hills are covered With psrfect
swasd of pine aud bunch grasses. On
arriving ct the summit of the Topulsh
spur OF thess mountains. you frst be-
bold the sY.kims river. At . single
glance you can trace its meanderings
for nearly on. hundred miles. Far
toward the north It apparently emerges
from the hill.ids. aud. Xix. . silver
thread giisteuiug in the sunlight, you
trace it aigzag course for more than
sixty miles to the sout b vest. until hid
den by high mountains near the Col
umbix- Directly in front Of you lies
the Siucers valley. about twenty i've
miles in width sni perhaps seventy
i've in length, N~srIy every acre Of
this Is very rich farming land. bu, i. is
" yet only desert waste. being the
Yskima Indian Reservation. For tbir-
~ miles You can travel aud not ~ .
house. not even IN Indian csmp. and
Oh this Journey you will not pass over
an acre. but which. II put under cult.
vstion would rails, forty bushels Of
wheat The Government supposss
that there are several thousa nd Indians
on this reserve, but in reality there are
only few hundred. the balance exist
ing on paper. Next in order is tho
AttSnum Valley. which is twenty five
miles in length, and FROM ono 10 seven
miles in width. This valley is tnickiy
settled and is . very rich agricultural
district. Yakima City is situated at
the junction III tie Attauum and Yeki.
ma rivers. Thii 10 q village OF about
3O0 inhabitants and building up very
rapidly. One days staging from the
Dalles brings you 30 this place. The
chief occupation Of the inn sLitanis 1t
present - stOck-rais,ng About fifteen
thousand head IT cattle will be driven
froo h~ss sAis esssisg sps.Rs - M...-
tsna aid Eastern markets.
Agriculture hersi il still in is iufaocy.
simply because wc have no market bs.
yoo4 homs oonssm pti.n FOR cereals.
Helps are raised quite extsnsivsly and
are the only crop tia. viii psy- h sx-
port. Tic land here u. tt tie mast
part. Of ~ excellent quality. but now
end then .pot is too strongly i'm
presnsted with alkali ID b. utilised.
The average crop Of wheat will yield
about thirty bushels. but some fields
yield - much ~ sixty Per sess. Thou
sands OF acrss Of good farming LAID are
yet to 30 reclaimed by ssstleFs. There
is QUE body Of land beginnine within
i've miles Of town, contaiaiu9 about
$50. 100 acres. that 10 oil vacant. end
ssversl Sther bodies u susller oinsas
sis1s ore inviting settlers. Our mi mes
are attracting considerable attsntion
this season Fer several years past o
few miners have been diligently 1t
work opening quar-, ledges. and aeveral
thousand dnlixssE wsre taken cut last
scason with arastrss. but this seasnu
two quartz mills will bs in operation.
Our placer mines turned out quite
Handsomely lest snmoer. and their
owners arc expecting "a do much letter
this year. This country is compare
lively unprospected. but numerous
lodges havo been found OF gold, silver
an( iced. saqd Anew of cisnabsr aud
aniinooy Thee Is 70 doubt thst be.
foss Ace years S6afl b ve rolled arousl,
Washington Territory will have yield
ed Up millions Of dollars of hidden
treasure.