Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-06
,,oyeEgINC IN YAKIMA.

.,,,ouino from tho Yakima Signal
ine Low things were managed In
saoSs osasr DAYS in that region. The inter
p.G;r p;nc feature to Us Is the facs that only
es sasE Years ago an embryo merchant
siS~ ssd merchandise over the CASCADE
pacnosa from Seattle, which was en-
roul;;o r.;s;no ia the extreme. The sketch
EIp.e s 2 very pretty picture OF kittitas
gvsr gsSs in its early day, and 1t isn't a
.snVI iata psriod there now. The Signal
s''i. .ou wears ago blunt and honest
csn,e across the Cascade Noun
VA nan r.roe through the Snoqualmie Pass
ssa., n Seattle. with some pack animals
iIym Nth merchandise. On arriving
isusi h;s s;da ne found q great fertile val
=, - 'snreaoing ont on both sides OF the
=, Tstima river. about fifty miles aorth OF
.h;s nIace. The valley had IN 1t ut that
.;ma @ scarcely any settlers; but the
Ia.e I.swd trader who had toiled over the
sa.v s.sauntains with his merchandise saw in
!. : Iaiid of great posi- ibllity and prom
~ Proseeding to a point near the CEN
- ~ of the valley he dismOunted and un-
:,a5 his bundles. As soon as he could
- hnilt a small log house In which he
Dy .s,a h;s GOODS and which the Indians
IA stockmeu and scattered settlers
80 nleased to regard az a store. Ihe
."nulv of goods in time became exhaust
sdrp nj the pioueer merchant had mot
u;th sufficient success to encourage MIN
IN replenishing his stock, which thence
forward from year to year gradually
bnt steadily grew larger until ne found
!. = necessary to enlarge his building. He
haS + nre-empted the land on which his
hu;ldinp stood and in his dreams lie
nav have begun to discern that bis pack
saddIs of by gone days was to become
ss II were. the corner stone of a thrifty
inland town. Intelligence of this fer
tia valley spread abroad, and home
ssskers poured into it with great rapid
itv To all of them the sturdy mer-
rbant sold his wares and provisions and
n MANY of them who were needy he
extended helping hand by furnishing
them with the necessaries OF lie ana
immediate employment. All who dealt
With him found him to be a man of his
word. In consequence of this his busi-
mesa grew and prospered, and as the
great valley in the midst OF which he
vas located became moro thickly set
tied he became more and more cOnspic-
nous as the central figure in its indus
trial Development. Mechanics came
,uc other tradesmen and bought small
portions Of his ground on which to
erect buildings and carry on their busl-
ness. The dream of the blunt merchant
ia no longer dream. His pack-saddle.
as if by magic, has been transformed
into thriving, busy town. with numer-
ous large stores, hotels. restaurants,
furnished saloons, livery
stables, blacksmith and wagon shops,
saddle and shoe shops, ii fine school
house, and great many other business
Enterprises which gotO make up place
Of considerable business variety. In
1icative of the fact that beneath tho
blunt countenano, of its founder dwelt
hose kind impulses that only flow from
/ true and chiyalrous heart, the grow
ng town was named IL honor OK his
worthy and devoted wife.
The valley to which we have hore al
uded and which is now dotted over
9Th fine farms and mills and school
Houses, is called Kittitas; and next win
or, when the roll is called in the ie2ls-
alive hall at Olympia, our blunt mer-
hant and town proprietor Will answer