Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-09-21
,rA1LA WALLA VALLEY.
tin, Famous for Wheat, Fruits, and
Garden Products.

WAlLA, w 800. Iex,, Sept e 1900
Wv Is one OF tho Oldest aud best known
TINS l pacific Northwest, but being of the main
in tne - the Northern and Union Pacific Rail-
Ines INES % with both OF which, however. it has
branch nd Navigation system, it is often given
way MN NV h cause the traveller dislikes to male
the ,pe as long as his ticket holds out ana The
. e,ar roes on. 4 new road que here under con
tra. hhy Inn !, 1899 however, will bring closer
trsss ~ srr.n .einents with the Northern Pacifc
lrs,. at 50 ind and the East, project to which
10 citizens gave bonus Of 800 Oo0 The out.
the c' 700 is good for the Manitoba Road, whioh
looh, ,snr ia 10 be extended to the cost coming
ues, unite. Montana. through J.olo Pass in the
ron ioatiss along the Clearwater, In Idaho, thence
h i..n The Palouse country, and to the Wslle
"s snocording TO the Government monument in
oonrt ward, 'Walla Walla 10 In latitude 4S ie-
n Pc minutes S. seconds north and longitude
a .S;nston or lis degrees vest 81 Greenwcs
W.. city was mid out on q liberal scale. WITH
nload streets, the residence portion cling EN-
shSde trees There ere many
nas cni everything betokens character, solid.
~ and wealth. One Of the best e,id noes of
be p osperty und Importance of a city is shown
s-d pW nliu walla makes showing worthy Of
adsr md larger cities. Tho Court House is the
Snest in the Territory the City Building ia 8
ne crack organization of the Northwest. There
are two electric-light companies. . gas company,
a. telephone service, and other modern comforts
md convenience ?. and free postal delivery has
With wa,er, coming from springs Of temperature
carving little from forty-five degrees tho wear
.ound Nearly every house has its hydrant and
cooling streams tres thread their way along the
Mill Creek q rapid stream Of 1000 il ches hay-
nc a fall Of eixty-nve feet to the mi.e. which
furnishes power to several large roller fiouling
other industries; hut there 10 room fer more; .
woolen mill is wanted, a pottery an oil milf.
soap factory, paper mill fruit canneries, .
, utfered ali practical enterprises. -
The people are q unit In local matters, .
board Of trade 10 on the alert for whatever tends
10 the public good and information is promptly
riveu on any subject The sou people Of the
rity support three vigorous daily papers, tho
Union unorning), and the Statesman and Journal
evening publicationAl. What Eastern city Of
.eligious and educational facilities too, are on
mar with larger Eastern places. The Whitman
college, three public schools, two business col
eges, Il Sisters school, and several private in
.titutions combine to give tho city the title Of
the Athens OF the Inland Empire.
Frontier roughness and rowdyism long ago
On the 4th Of July, with 10000
na,red the pleasures of the day. No boom pre-
walls. nor is any effort made to create one, sim.
ply substantial condition of business exists;
value of q sound natural growth
Nothing less than personal inspection can
convey to the reader the varying beauty Of the
valley of Walla Walla-"land of many waters"
rhe mean animal temperature is fifty three de.
rces, that of Santa Fe, st. Louis, and Wash
ngton The winter rarely exceeds a month or
tx weeks, with an occasional low fall Of tenn
nches thick. Pansies have been picked in the
pen air at Christmas time The rainfall
throughout this valley is ample and seasonable,
.veraging about twenty-five inches annually.
nltY1n
he dry season coming on after the cereal crops
nave quite reached maturity The harvest from
July to October is usually uninterrupted by
md marketed from the fields. Grain 10 sacked
or shipment, and there are no expensive ele-
'ator and storage charges. Wheat and wool
tand as the chief staples Of export. more or
Inc wheat Of the Walla Walla Valley is noted
or it's superior quality and large yield.
The absence of any failure Of crops since the
essful returns in large yields, have not in the
'ast called for that diversity found necessary in
more uncertain sections. The farmer has sown
vi ' ure Besides, where there is more Of less
'rowth OF OATS rye, arl y. fax hay. and vege.
ables with ample yields, producers govern the
upply by the demand. Corn does we'll, while
obacco. melons. and sweet potatoes mature like
Indigenous crops. ~.
The unfolding of the timber and mining re-
!ions and connection with the vast country
ant factor to the agricultural prosperity of the
Walla Walla region. This relates to orchard and
garden products, to green and dried fruits, and
Mountains is it possible to produce SO great q
variety of fruits. Apples, pears, prunes, and
cherries grow 70 an unusual stze OF the finest
flavor and yield proliticaliy An acre Of prune
year produced an average of 400 pounds Of
Iruit to the tree, and selling at cents a pound,
brought the owner a total of $500. These
1~0-~ csr TO-
year, nearly all varieties OF trees bearing the
second year after planting. An acre will hold
1000 grippe vines, each producing from twenty
to forty pounds. Hot-house grapes Of the East
grow out of doors here, and some Of the wine-
making varieties equal those OF California.
Peaches, apricots, ounces and plums grow in
abundance and excellence All the small fruits,
berries and currants flourish world without end.
have been gathered every month
from April to November. Berries usually pro-
duce fair crop the same year they are planted,
tons to the acre, and single specimens have
measured eight inches around Buds, BIOS
SONS. and ripe apples can be seen on the tree ut
The same time, and often so large that twenty
box. Cherries grow as large as the average
Eastern plum. 1t is not uncommon for tree
10 yield from $50 to $50 worth OF fruit, anu when
an acre will contain $50 trees it is not hard to
approximate the profits. Peas, beans, and
many score staples and delicacies are found on
t e tables of Walla Walla before the snow has
olbuppGdfeU lLOlll VI NcW A1A6 Ill.,
Potatoes yield from 800 to GOO bushels to the
acre, onions fifty tons to the acres, and 30
on. Isolated until recently from eusy access TO
the great markets, the people have not been able
to profit by the generous gifts OF nature, ana
familiarity with abundance has bred lndiher-
ence and wastefuluess. -
The wheat output of the valley last year was
o. er 100000 tons, the average being thirty -nVe
bushels to the acre Instances OF large yields,
the records varying from sixty to seventy nve
bushels, are common in every locality. inc II
seems adapted to the perfecting Of cereals, and
such is the fecundity that single grain OF wheat
more stalks, with heads each holding hundred
or more grains or 600 for l.
In no nrt of the United States, perhaps, can
so much physical and mental labor be PsI1ormeo
with SO little fatigue or discomfort. Ihe aar 1s
invigorating t. days never too hot or too cold
TO prevent labor, the nights offer profound hours
Of rest, the ater is good and pure, and health
is insured to reasonably careful people The
dryness Of the air renders this sec,ion compare
lively free from lung and throat complaints
rheumatism and f1ver, and there has never Deen
an epidemic The death rate ut Fort Walia
Walla for period of thirty years has been only
in the country. Ths fine climate OF the Nofth.
west is due to the winds coming from the Japan
current in the Pacific Ocean.
Three great railway systems are alfeaUy ~ 1r !:
valley and another line is coming. Ihere IL
river transportation too, and the ocean 40 ho =:
fur away. Telegraph ana telephone nIcs run UNI ~
all directions roads are mad Drloees JUN,
and posta! and express facilities reach every
point. Manufacturing is developing, ana noc a
and herds cover the hills and mountains. MOI
withstanding all that has been accolnpnsneu os
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