The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-09-14

WAILA WALLA vALLEY
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WxrnAW Ax4A. VA OVERWHELMINGLY
1his city q q, q ~ Oldest M 80 kne.aS
IN ths Plefhe Northwest, bat eeena e r. .eese
hnes q tns Nosthss. ead Unlea sessns & ~ ~:
beanch oonnections throu3h n? OreguA Hest.S
way and Navigation syststn. y a otteA 9ayeaS
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tract 6y Jan. J. 1859. howevcs: I'll bsiss s.cs ss
70 PUGET 70 nd and tbs East. : project ac wiieh
tho citizen, savo : bcnue q eloS0o9 tgh oas.s
look. too. 10 good for the Manitoba Roed wh!ea
nom butte. Montana. through lOao Pass, q the
Rockies, along the Cleaswatsr. q Idsha thsHSe
1oeorsins % The oey..nmsns 9e.uns.s e
the court yard. Walla Wslle TIN latitude q de.
Ii dserees II minutes ana Z seconds west from
Washinston, q l1S degrees west oe 0reenwtch.
Tina city was laid out on . liberal ecele. With
bowered In shade trees. Theee are menyp pretty
homes and substantial stores and public bui!d.
i iHs'; :s sad r svssssyth1an s. S g sss S.s Sa. ga saos ost q
the prosperity and importance Of. ecttyi p shown
IN public improvements. Judged by this s:and.
. osS; w yea ,, Msa!e e,t %:ss; rh : s Court House Sssi e Is g
nnest in the TERRITORY. the City BuiidinI g :
model .tructure. while the Fire Depe.tmsnt is
are two electric.light companies, Q gas company,
. Telephone service, and other modern comforts
and convenience 2, and free postal delivery hss
varying little from forty-dye dasslees the year
s soolias S ssssam svs sGrs sSr' sa ass " W.. Sye slcns i tSs
streets. The natural surface drainage 10 into
Mn Creek . rapid stream Of 1000 I ches. hay.
furnishes power TO several large roller hourin8
other industries; but there e room fog mors;e
soap factory.s pepper MIN mutt csnnsri.s.s
!Ists.bss factory, eso:. and fe.r inducemsnts are
board Of trade 80 N the alert for whatever tends
to the public good, and Information IL promptly
eissn on saps soS ; ts9ss vigorous pns s; Ssi,y rs pspsr 3. Is Is
luton tmorning,, and the Gtatesntasi and Journal
evening pablicationsl. What Eastern city Z, Of
ssiss U.S. and Ddu ed aScst q sii fseiiitis.. . too, are N me :
par with larger Eastern places. Whitman
College. three public schools, two business col.
stitutions combine to give the city tho title Of
the Athens Of the Inland Empire.
disappeared. On tie ith Of july. Viii. b 1000
people In the city, no drnnkenness nor arrests
mavred the pleasures Of the day. No boom pre-
ply q substantial condition Of business exists:
the people pin I cir faith on the permanent
value Of g sound natural growth.
military posts in the country, is Q mile from the
city and contains Ave companies Of cavalry.
i haS n IL tie y en- assrso aSsn pla Tie e be Sisis; s RsTsioqi Il
being one Of the finest in the West. The terri
torial pcnitentiary is also located here: Thirty
Of the Northwest mect-the long, winding
s snsae :r, and q the ns,1 SrSsd Stl Rlssia 70 c tSs nassn sxS
The low rolling ground, the sand tho sage
brush and the bunch-grass may not strike tbs
c sss,'s ct Y ws shs nG foT 1 %slis @s iSsa' nut ~ e tic sns sosss
changes as he nears the city, whers . wealth Of
lanlscape-flcld, orchard. farm. and garden-is
haps, being the mountains, with foothills COW
cred with grain fields to their summits. just
now is the harvest. and the whole country is u
which tn, orchards and lroves appear like ISL
ands OF green, the city itself a great emerald in
this expanse Of productiveness.
Nothing less than q personal inspection can
convey to the reader the varying beauty OF the
valley Of Walla Walla--lsnd Of many waters"
erees, tilat Of santa Fe. 81. Louis. and WssS.
ington. winter rarely exceeds . month or
six weeks, with an occasional low fall Of tenn.
inches thick. Psnsies have bssn picked in the
open air at Christmas time. The rainfall
throughout this valley is ample and seasonable.
averaging about twenty-five inches annually.
the dry season coming on aftcr the cereal crops
9aIs q u o sscSssd IL @s asa.sly a nas as1ysss drG S9
and marketed' from the fields. Grain e sacked
vstor and storage rag Charges sa. " Wheat and wool s,oi
less Ms.s from N pslt., e ths Pseiae ;Northvsst:
for its superior quality aud large yield.
The sbience Of . failure q crops since the
earliest settlement OF the country, and tho sue
C006ful f0EuYna I'm lnr0e v3e1ia hnva rOk In thu
past called for that diversity found necessary In
more uncertain sections. The farmer has 8
fat ure. Besides. where there is more OF loss
tables. With ample 81, y.slds.. rsodae sasi govern a. sas
tobacco, melons, aud sweet potatoes mature like
indigenous crops.
The unfolding of the timber and mining re-
through to the great lakes has added an impor.
tant factor to the agricultural prosperity Of the
garden products. to green aud dried fruits, and
vegetables. Nowhere else east Of the Cascade
Mountatns is 4 possible to produce SO great 9
flavor. and yield proliiically. An acre Of prune
ssssrs' p rod u ,n nu am aye sna se " rs SeaI no1 1lal last st
fruit TO the trce, and selling at S cents = pound,
brought tho owner a total Of $4,000. These
year, nearly all varieties Of trees bearing the
second year after planting. An acre will hold
!,Vy0 grape vines, eacn producing from twenty
to forty pounds. Hot-house grapes of the East
grow ont of doors here. and come If the wine.
making varieties equal those of California.
Peaches, apricots, ounces and plums grow in
abundance and excellence. All tie small fruits.
berries and currants flourish world without end.
Strawberries have been gathered every month
from April to November. Berries usually pro.
duce . fair crop the same year they are planted.
and strawberries have YIELDED as high as two
tons to the acre. md single specimens have
measured eight inches around. Buds, bios.
SONS. and ripe app'es can be seen on the tree at
the same time, and often SO large that twenty.
Ave to. thirty will I'LL a busheI packinH.
box. Cherries grow as large Is tho average
Eastern plum. 1t ia not for Q tres
to yield from 80 10 $50 worth OF fruit, and when
an acre will contain leo trees It IL not hard to
approximate tho profits. Peas, beans. and
many score staples and delicacies are found on
the tables Of Walla Walla before the snow has
disappeared from the fields Of New Eng and.
Potatoes yield from 900 to GOO bushels to the
acre onions fifty tons to the acres, and 90
on. Isolated until rorently from easy access 10
the great markets.. the people havs mot been able
TO proht by the generous gifts of nature. and
familiarity with abundance has bred indiner.
ence and wastefulness.
The Walla Walla land district comprises over
5.00D,0OD acres, four times tho ares Of Rhode
Island, and ut least half Of 1t 10 still vacant.
Some OF 1t ts mountain land and bunch.Rrass
plains, whtre horses, cattle and sheep roam in
fatncss both winter and summer. Every year
the plow 10 subluing more and more Of tho land
marked on the plats Of the United States survey.
ors az Auniit for cultivation" lands which 70