The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-09-05
North YAKIMA.
,ovs IS PHOSPHORUS, GROW
&c AID HerEFuL-
-, for the capitaI-A Cor
...s says 1t is Not Sup
!, The Railroad Company

4. 90 IN view OF ar''e'ea .''N''"
4 Yakima printed in your
: yssious times during the past
The Yakima valley is des-
81 IS Z L one d the most product,
- ! ,s,esIy populated agricultural
hi. or any other country.
4 /, tributary to the city of
D. v.tima Is being rapidly
90 - isio cultivation, aud is 81
49, ID and climate that il must
~ Z 0r. An unusually large pro-
~ p q .etslerg. The best paying
i he ero#n. and thus the
q land wilI support the
- Cereals. fruits, hops and to-
.;n their finest growth. and
ssrnr Alfalfa grows luxuri-
~ - crops having been raised
~ sssr Cattle, hogs, fruit AMI 70,
80 IN apsser for the agricultural
80 - a Yakima - 20 hef mineral
fzu.s = shey are unknown, except
$500 $3.50. = Z ueyiect debouch OF fine
thst u,e.s z wsnatehees. Though un-
pa = s ~ unauesfionably exist, and
knVA' ]. ~. q immediate factor in
81 fasarraeflt Of the country. Al
" !. .s;,;sa write, specimens oi3ore
80 hssfs brought IN, GIVING evidence
= = shenosnenally ricil silver ma.
2 r.Eina bas excellent water power.
1 - central location and transport
.a. = fsclitie. make Ii surely GER
. 80 farfories will be established.
~ 80 lsnd m this county can be
- ~ from $50 to 50 an acre,
n ! e-rp raised the first year. The
- ~ AMI needs no fertilizers
~ ssutsf Of this country Il the town
y xartb Yakima, and the people Of
4. rnsnfy sre proud Of il, and not
'.;,tsssf reason. It's school facilities
~ bsril,sings are not equalied by any
- il the territory OF more than
-. Il. s,zs. Nor il any town in the
s,rr;tafy laii out on so liberal a scale.
x strests and avenues are vide and
<ssI III water courses and shade trees.
Whsa he handsome brick hotel. now
L>sas erected, is completed, it will
ssp,sare not altogether unfayorabiy
~ lhose Of the Queen City herself.
Il Esef North Yakima j. going to be a
Trsn. comfortable, well built and self
vliar,, town. The townsfoik don't
afu % anxious 10 advertise a to lay
nm ihr foundations of their city, and
4 ri:js little more doom would do
4 harm. still the people. II quiet.
sxa pefsistant people, and have an
liking conviction that they "will get
aere Inst the same Their motto Is
as,eady does IT," such a. ! see them
81 the country, the town and the peo-
IL. | am aware that IN some respects
AID the Posr-isTELLiGEscE have not
sueed
There must be something wrong
nneuherc. You seem 20 have blamed
o. fown because il was moved by the
nzrpsd from the lower gap. You
taBn the town as a railroad town.
Again. you profess to sympsthize With
ihe people, and make them text on
Which you discourse most feelingly on
he brutality of the railroad. Either
nv son have your text, but how
about Yakima1 II IL q fact. as you
car easily satisfy yourself. that the
citizens Of North Yakima are mainly
tie iormer inhabitants OF the old town.
sow. II the railroad has smitten them
Oh enc cheek, why should the PosT-
isfElilGEScER smite them on the
CHER
lis a fact tas you can easily satisfy
yourseiif that the railroad owns less
bad in North Yakima than in any
5ksr town on their road that could
possibly pretend 90 the capital. ! be-
Ass ] am strictly right when | say
ihik
North Yakima thinks che should be
ihsfapital OF the territory. This very
mnFal aud laudahle desire on the
@sot Yakima to relieve the territory
4 ihc olympian anomaly and incon-
seaiepce, seems to be the red rag that
hing the PosT-iNTELLfGENcER' s
Frath down on the devoted little city.
Bot why should ii be soY Yours il
laSiIy the first journal Of the terri
'ary, Your duty is therefore 10 en-
courage any part Of the territory in
my praiseworthy effort il may be
making. and to give IL, under any cir
fair play. Yakima i
yoang and youth Is generous. Listen
10 shat she has to say for herself and
/ you can't back her, give her fair
bghtlng chance, 1t Is your policy rs
vel as your duty
II you should have bone to pick
viii the railroad. and wish to strike
nal convenient monopoly through "a
railroad town, " pray look where the
Iosd has its chief interests that is,
another way thirty five miles north
q a.. for instance. Ask your core.
sTendents who we're at Olympia last
sesann, whether the railroad influence
vas 10 iayor OF North Yakima. They
sili tell you that the contrary was the
case,
y the growth and prosperity OF the
Yakima country the railroad is an all
lmportaatiactor, and TO North Yakima
ne railroad has been just, and even
generous.
The outrage" may serve as sore
temptation 20 Inflated sehoolhoy rhel.
o., or campaign utilization, but in
1ae liie oI this section IL should be
mefeiy a memory. itwould be u good
issios the ealibre Of any man here TO
eo.erYe bis attitude in this respect
TIE Yakima country, knowing her
een interests and reaching forward to
is,hat Is before, has drawn a veil across
lae picture The hand that uncovcrs
We picture Is uniriendly 10 those in
setesG, Into the merits OF the name
n Rot Necessary 70 enter. Opinions
AaS honestly differ; what possible
FVod can argument dof 10 must not
= iorgotten that the North Yakima Of
e,-'iAs s simply the old town plus the
nee ste and the growth and improve
a lss that have come. and minus the
81 ste and few of the old resident
efs aud buildings.
As regards the only reasaSable ar
SaMeA' against making North Naki-
"a ,he capital, viz That the trans
iefsauen lines OF the Territory are
!; 81 yet axed and built, there Is force
y y As in the old Chaldeaa image,
seseser, there is more Of weak
- than strength. True, all the
saes are not built. They are not
IN Planned, But what Of it7
sasi viii not be built in a generation
y se'ae enc said somewhere. What
- resierlty done for as that We
;a-oSia sacrifice ourselves IA poster
~ Arr We to suffer present incon-
sealcaee for a lifetime and
AZ vi an the transportation lines
- built Ii not. who shalt
= thsi nov sufficient number OF
.-'isS have been built. and the change
!. ~ take place. The fact remains
~, IA tae main line has tcen huilt
s.soagh North Yakima Further, il
- % The people ut Yakima that
,,se.aaAhlf probable railroad develop
az Is ssselll only strengthen their claims.
~ ~ intelligent and careful study OF
~ ~ geographical position will enable
N AZ y Judge vi the correctness OF
= - view In any ease il i difficult