Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-02-02
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COZ try pTs-sy veil. was interviewed i.
Portland. the OTTER d ". by :. -Fezns man,
Yakima county, be said. lies VS.: OF the
co.unsia river, north OF hIickitat
c1asfy and soBth Of the Weastehss'
river, and hiss an area Of 9,2-t square
mics. In the county are several fertile
valleys, which the Judge thus graph
cally describes:
YAKr6A COUNTY
Has a. present population OF abo1.
90. vhish IL bnt small percentage
Of what they will have in few years.
The Yakima reservation ~ wholly with
in this county and contains something
like six hundred sectious OF the finest
agricultural lands on the Pacific Coast,
about 10000 acres Of which are natural
meadows that are we'll watered. and the
balance OF the arabic lands are SO 10.
Gated that they can be irrigated at a
sight expense. The lauds lay along the
Yakima river. tbs Jopuish. Setas aud
siucoe creeks. Ths SImcoe and Cas-
cade range Of mountains shelter It on
the south and west, and furnish an
abundance of most excellent timber.
This reservation CONTAINS what Is prop
,sriy termed the very cream of the lans.s
Of this county.
The white settlers are Impatirntly
looking forward to the time wGen this
natural garden will be occupied by an
industrious aud thrifty population Of
white men in place OF tho few Indians
whose scattering wi2wams are now 10
b. found there.
ATAHs IL AID Mo1EE WALLETS
Lay in tho center of the county. The
first is about 30 miles long, with an
average With of five niles, the whole
of which is most excellent agricultural
band, while the HILLS on eItne side far
nish the best of grazing. Ia this valley
ire grown the fines, hops of tho Tern
tory, which are inferior TO none raised
on tins Pacific coast, and IN the Portland
n.arket, where they are best known,
they command five cents per pound
more than hops from any other section
# the Northwest. The Carpenter BROTH
ors. who were the first to begin their
culture, have been unusually successful.
he value of the hop product of this
county for 1882 was over $4,000.
YAKIMA CITY
| Ia located ut the junction of the Atah-
nam with Yakima river, near the lower
gap of the Yakima, at the very edge OF
the reservation. IL has at present n pop
ulatiou of 500, which Ii rapidly increah-
| ing. La this young city the visitor 1T
unce wall notice Its fine public school
building, which in itself Is good index
of the enterprise of the people. Several
churches, the Catholic Sisters school,
which is iioeraily supported, several DRY
goods, hardware and other stores, car
rying stock Of goods, and two news
papers that snow thrift and energy
Here too is the United States land Office.
A bank AZ also in operation, which las
been consolidated with the First Ma
tlonai bank OF Yakima. which was Or
ganized January 8. 1888, with paid in
capital of $4,000 and large reserve
that can be had at any time. IL he stock
il about equally Owned by the citizens
Of Yakima and Seattle. Tie officers for
the present year are: Judge J. II. Lewis
OF Seattle, President; Edward Whitson,
Vice President and Cashier; j. Feuer-
bauph, Is okkespef. The bank will be
under the immediate Infringement of
Mr.. Whit, on. a man we'll known Tor his
ability and integrity. The Directors of
the bank are j. X Lewis, Edward Whit
son, Charles Carpenser and Ii. II Lewis.
The Directors have purchased Il lot,
dOxlD0, and will at once erect 4 good.
substantial building for the use OF the
bank, with fire-prDof vaults and latest
improved safes. Vault, doors, safes,
bonds, siatioHerv, cts, have already
been ordered and will soon be here
This bsnk will be- opened about the Istt
of March, and vii, be the 9Th Ma
liunai bank IN & . Territory.
There has recrntly been over $40, 900
invested III and around Yakima by pr
vato individuals from tie Sound, besides
the bank company and the large organ
ization known as the
YAKIMA FARM AND DITCH COMPANY,
Which WAS organized for the purpose of
oondusting water from the Yakima
river, some ten miles above the CITY, to
tho valley of the Mckee, which valley
Ii about twelve miles long by five wide, |
the whole of which Is most excellent
land and only needs to DO irrigated to
become productive. The ditch when |
will bs about twenty i've |
miles long and viii cnss in the vicinity
of $1,000, and furnish sufficient water |
to irripats Mt least 5000 acres of land. |
which Will easily preduce from foty 10 |
nifty tuseels OF wheat per acre.
In this valley, fruits. vegetables and |
of all kinds will grow in abaud-
ance. The incoiporators of tue Ditch |
Company hive entered at least 1000 |
acr, ut land in thissafity, under what |
Is known as the ''desert land act,'' |
which they will piien. ~ soon as proved |
up. by the AID of their ditch. The H. |
of the comp nv are BAILEY |
j. +. NcNaughr. q orse Kim |
near. w. Il. Brasiey aud X. Lewis. |
The officers of the company are George |
kinne,sr, President; Angus Macintosh, |
Treasurer. Howard Ii. Lewis, Secretary. |
The office of the company will be- At |
Seattle. The engineers are now at work |
'uaking surveys for the iine of the ditto
which will bs completed by the latter
part OF the coming summer.
THE KIrTrrAs VALLEY
Lay absut twenty five miles TO the north |
81 Yakima City. Ii Is the best watered /
md iovsliest little valley in the Terri
'ory. 1t contains over ons-h ,if milton |
scrus of line farming land. with a large
quantity of natural meadow lands.
Eiiensburg. u 1--we, thrifty town of |
about 5,O inhabitants. il located on the
vest side Ut the valley, near the fakims
'iver. At this place are to be found |
'hrse or four -four mills aud several
,swmiils, that furnish An abundance of
excellent flour aud liberal amount of |
lumber.
tnis valley IL destined TO be the great
yrain anu grass producing valley OF tue |
ierriscrs, and, next To the Indian reser-
WALTON, contains more productive LANDS
nan any other valley in the country.
GENERAL EXAMINATION
Ok the county shows that, az a whole. IL |
. Well waterea aud productive, also that
.he supply ut timber from the Cascade
Aodnt Inns Is comparatively inexhausti-
Die.
The county at the present. time il
sptrssiy settled, and bat little Of the
and ha- been reclaimed from its nat /
1rai Wilderness. and must SO remain nm
al q railroad IS built through il.