Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-11-01
CHAT AsSrr waLIA wAaLA.
Mr. Philip R1sH OtseeuPses A6eaf the
Cenler Of the Wheas.G rowing
section.

Before leaving for walla walla, Mr.
Philip Ritz dropped into the Posi- liz
TxILroENcKn Office and was led by sc.
ries of artfully put questions TO tell Us
what he knows and thinks about the
fourishina city near which be makes
bis home. Before doing 30, however,
We drew from him an acknowledgment
that on each recurring visit to Seattle
whether he is absent one month or six,
be never fails ON his rsturn to note the
evidences of a growth and develop
Inent which Ia both surprising and graf
flying. We think Mr.. Ritz can be re-
lied upon to give q good report OF rs
when he reaches home.
Mr.. Ritz speaks enthusiastically OF
the prospects Of Walla Walla, and says
that he knows that manufacturing and
agricultural enterprises will be inaugu-
rated in Walls Walla during tho COM
ing year which will result in "a BOOM
20 Walla Walla such as the city has
never known. "We expect and indeed
hope" said Mr.. Ritz, "to have city of
fifty thousand people there right away.
We are the commercial and financial
center of a vhsat-Rrowing region which
will produce one hundred million bush
els OF wheat annually. We intend to
control that trade, TO mako 1t 70 the In
terest Of the producers 70 deal with Us.
As for any new town interfering with
our business, or robbing Us OF our pres
tige, that is something We do not fear
in the least. Wallrla Junction will be 70
Walla Walla what Lathrop on the
Southern Pacific il TO Stockton, and
that is all there il Of il. Our resources
are in no respect confined to wheat
Our fruit is unsurpassed. We raise fins
peaches, and our grapes. especially oul
Black Handbags and Isabellas, are en-
dorsed by competent California judges
OF the article az equal TO, il nor supo-
rior TO those grown in the semi-tropics
Our apple trees have 80 far escaped the
pest which ia doing so much harm on the
Sound, and il may be SGT down az a
fixed fact that when the aphis does
commence its ravages there war of OK.
termination will be vaged upon it.
Our cattle and wool trade il well under
stood. Strict regard will DO paid to oul
educational matters. st. Paul's Semi
nary for Young ladies'. under the man
aoement of Rev. II. ID. Lathrop, DID,,
and his accomplished wife, Is full to
OVERLOOKING and constantly. increasing IN
numbers. Moro room il necessary and
will be provided. Some of the wealth.
est men in that section will see to II
that an institution 80 admirably o0n-
Quoted shall not lack for support.
Whitman Seminary, presided over by
Professor Anderson formerly OF the
Territorial University, and wife, is
fiourishing exceedingly, and il we'll as
sured Of a hearty support. The public
schools will be kept up to high stand
ard Of excellence. =.
As marked evidence OF the boom"
ahead for Walla Walla and the region
roundabout it may be mentioned that
quite recently an Eastern Syndicate
purchased 100000 acres u the odd SEC
ton lands of the Northern Pacific Rail
road Company. These lands will be
graded and sold, possibly cOlOnized to
some extent. This means vast in
crease in population, new roads, new
school houses, churches and neighbor-
hoods, which as a matter Of course, will
render the government lands, the oven
sections, desirable to pre-emptOrs and
homesteaders, and as matter of course,
enlarge the scope of country and popu-
lation tributary to Walla Walla."
II will be seen from the above that
Mr.. Ritz ia rs enthusiastic about his
section as Seattleite is about his. We
are not bit jealous. With the compile
ton of the railroad over the Cascade
Range, Seattle and Walla Walla will be
near neighbors and good customers Of
each other. We are all working to build
up the great State, to be. Of Washing
ton. Let rs work together in peace and
harmony. We rejoice in the accumu-
lating signs Of our neighbours prosper