, 1882-07-01

Olympia, that noa-iy all the business Of
Wal!a Nalia Is done On single street,
only preferable 10 many other beautiful
thorOughiarcs from whimsical notion
that the currents "f trade cannot, by any
possibility, be diverted from straight
line.
Ga Nam street, Walla Naila, We have
represented all grades Of business from
he mammoth operations If Re.s, Wnans
Il Co. and the Schsabachcr Bros 10 the
candy trade 0f a much less pretsntious
firm. The larger enterprises are carr, d
on in substantial, if not elegant, brick
buildings, but by lar the larger proportion
OF wares are kept in wooden tenements,
notwithstanding lumber commands about
twice the price 1t does here. while brick
are sold at about the same rate. The
number If brick buildings, devoted to
business, is probably thirty. Each resi-
dence has Its plot OF ground for the eulti-
vation Of fruit and shade trees, shrubbery
and tiowers. The streets are lined on
either sides with stately raws Of poplar
trees, which, though taller than our
naples, are far inferior for the purpose
intended, to present All attraction appear
ance and secure j COOLING shade. Among
the trees used d IN enclosures for embel-
li7hmeIt, We 0hacrvej the familiar outlines
Of eur mamng;h ash, and few naples,
transplantei fr0m y-ritable Olympian soil,
but they de- not serm 10 thrive ON alkali
diet, and like some ir.,Il human natures
torn from kinirei AMI home seem To
dro0p ami decline, and thus pine their
lives away for the Loss Of what is but Is
not
The pnpula,ion Of Ws!la NaIla is esti-
mated 10 b. about 500, and the total
assessed valae II city property as shown
by the roll, just completed, is s., lS4, GO,
of which amount 81 ,09S $50 is enumerated
as real estate and 81 .021, 40 as personal
property.
The trade Of Walla Waiia seems 20 be
of steady patuTe, less subj.c Ia iiuctua-
ton than that Of towns ~ Puget Sound.
This is probably o~inS L. ;he character
Of inhabitants and the na,'u. "i The pre-
vailing industry farming. i hu,ids up
permanent homes, ani iinisu.s Ii different
element of Growth from i;ir :isi,sie;l: pop
ulation here which depends manly upon
4 good price for lumber IL 4 iFi,s d mand
for coal or other commod.i'cs, /, insure
their presence As AIDS f"r Development al
our latunt rcsrulccs. /; RESEMBLES 'n',-
what the Population Of the Older states,
whose probable nuniber and ratio Of eX-
penditure To the IN iiv!ilial, may b. est
mated COR years IN advance lay the ordl-
nary rules OF mathematical computation
There eaDs Ia be NJ reason Why the
prosperity # Waila Walia sh md not be
considered as,ur-d. She !s the center oi
wheat producing reg;"n whose fertility Is
unparalleled BY any district Of equal
scope IN the World
1t is estima.eJ that Of the II ,250, 900
acres embraced III THAI region, fully one
half. or ,, ,62J ,005 acres are arabic land,
and This area, es'ima,ed al the low yield
of 20 bushels TO the acre, wall produce
ll2. 5OG. 600 bushels. or nearly 5000, 900
tons of wheat. 1t will be readily seeh.
when it il consi,irrei that with the .In-
proved facilities for transportation, but
about loo, ,0Go tons We're carried G"@a the
Columbia IN 1881. that the transportation
traffic is capable Of indefinite expansion,
and no matter IN what direction those ef-
sorts are made. Wal!a Walla city viii be
the gamer.
y
IS feet higher than the ROOF oi The Court
House. adds a finish 10 the building and
.fta-ds a delightful virK OF the surround
ing country, especially rnioyei by visitors
4 radius of fr..su 50 - 100 miles may be
sw-p. bv the we from This elrvated sta
ton. The landscape prsarsses SPECIAL
novelty for s-r&ng r. II seems Ike some
gigantic patchwork, prepared With care,
but not the order, Of the heirloom quilts
We occasionally lind handed down TO pros
perity. HIRE are handreds II farms IN
all stages Of cultivation Of the great
product, wheat.
The city l. noted Tor is humber OF
charchr. an,l the excellence Of its schools
Beside he public schools, private inst!-
,uti1ns al. maintained by the Ca.h"iIe
and the Episcopal churches Tie Whit
man Seminary promises 10 attain high
rank as a preparatory school Tor those in-
tending 4 college course Eight churches
represent an aggregate 4 -ek OF 900 per
sons. The Catholics have brick church
costing s20,0o0
Through the kindness Of Maj. Rees,
We we're treated 10 drive beyond the
limits of the city, and had the pleasure Of
a close inspection Of some of the wonder
ful wheat -ii=lds, whose productivenss.
has challenged the adm miration OF the
worll The sol i. very Light And dry and
se-ms 20 be thoroughly lmpregnaied with
alksh II appears 10 one who is &c
cu,;omed 70 the rich loan OF other dis
tricts, as unfit for agriculture, but that II
Is really OF rLe best whest-producing sod
on tthe continent is shown by the rank
growth Of waving fields Of gram