Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-09-13
WALLA WALLA VALLEY.
A Regiol Famous for Wheat Fruits. and
Garden Products.

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lines Of the Northern and Union Pncihc Rail-
ways with both OF which, however, it has
branch connections through thu Oregon Rail-
way and Navigation system, IT Is often gwen
the go by b cause the traveller dislikes to make
a change as long as his ticket holds out ana the
train goes ON. A new road, due here under con-
tract by Jan j. 1889 howeI or, will bring closer
traffic arran gements witch the Northern Pacihc
to PUGET SO md and the East, project to which
the citizens gave n bonus OF S1OO,O00 The out
look too is good for tla Manitoba Road, which
next year is 10 be extended 10 the coast, coming
from Butte, Montana, through Lolo Pass in the
Rockies along the Clearwater, In Idaho, thence
into The Palouse country and to the Walla
Waa valley.
the court yard, Walla Walla is in latitude 46 de-
grees minutes So seconds north, and longitude
Al degrees II minutes and seconds west from
Washington or ll8 degrees west OF Greenwich.
Th3 city was laid out on n liberal scale, with
broad stress, the residence portion teing en-
powered In shade trees. There are many pretty
hCmes and substantial stores aud public build
ings and everything beok character, solid
ity, and wealth. One OF the best eNtd noes OF
the prosperity and Importance of a city Is shown
in public imp 'ovC nlents. Judged by this stand
ard, Walla walla makes a showing worthy OF
| finest In the TeITitury tho City Rnildns ia a
model structure, while the Fire Department Is
/ the crack organization OF the Northwest. There
are d eodppsaes Eas e3mRanE
| and convenience s, and free postal delivery ms
/ been ordered. Two companies supply the city
with wal O coming from springs OF temperature
| varying little from forty-hve ceSrees the year
| round, Nearly every house has its hydrant ana
| cooling streams thread their way along the
streets The natural surface dGahase 6Sp ds haT So
| ing a fall q sixty-hve feet 10 the mile; which
| furnishes power to several large roller houllnS
| mills a threshtr factory n foundry, and several
| other industries but there is room for morej a |
wooden mill is wanted a pottery, an Oil mill |
soap factory plpr miii IrGit caisrt srs
offered all practical enterprises.
The people arJ u unit in local matters, |
board OF trade is OH the alert for whatever tends
| To the public good and information is promptly
given ON any subject The G,0OU people OF the
city support three vigorous daily papers, the
(evoning publicationsL What Eastern city OF
| equal size can boast OF three dai papers? Inc
religious and educational facilities. too, nre on
| par with larger Eastern places. The whitman
| College three public schools, two business col
| lepes a Sisters school, and several private IN
| stitutions combine TO give the city the title OF
| the Athens of the Inland Empire.
Frontier roughness and rowdyism long ago
| disappeared On tho 4th OF July, with lO,ON
| people i'm the city, no drunkenness nor arrests
| inaired the pleasures OF the day. No boom pre-
| walls, Lor is any effort made to create one SIM
| NV n Substantial condition Of business exists
| the people pin cir faith on the permanent
, value of a sound natural growth; -,
Nothing less than personal inspection can
convey TO the reader the varying beauty OF TIE
valley OF Walla Walla-"land OF many waters
The mean annnll temperature Is hfty-three de-
qrees that of Santa Fe, st. Louis and Wash
ington. The winter rarely exceeds month or
six weeks, with an occasional low lan OF teIl- en-
| perature. and dealers are lucky TO get ice hve
, | inches thick. Pansies have been picked IN the
open air at Christmas time. The rainfall
| throughout this valley is ample ana seasonapie'
| ayeraSing about twenty-five inches annually.
| The spring rains preclude any danger OF drought,
the dry season coming on aiteT nm tne s %
! | July TO October il usually uninterrupted by
: winds or rains and crops are generally gathered
? | and marketed from the fields. Grain Is sacktu q
!, | for shipment, and there are no expensive Gle;
| yator and storage charges. Wheat and wool
stand as tie chief staples Of esporNt Nt more OK
! The wheat OF the Walla Walla Valley is noted
4 for it's superior quality and large yield
y The absence Of any failure OF crops since the
ssgs If II the Sqrh Sq have We ndte e eGe
past called for that diversity found necessary in
= to the limit of his lthJHerV Vhsa s9Ep
y | fai ure Besides, where there is more or Tess
growth OF oats rye ari y naT nay anu tSe
y | supply by the demand. Corn does well, while
4 tobacco, melons, aud sweet potatoes mature hkt
T6e unfolding OF the timber and mining re-
- | gions ami connection with the vast country
through TO the great mas posnartv 5 o9 TN
~ Walla Walla region. This relates TO orchard ant
r. garden products to green and dried iruIts an.
vegetables Nowhere else east OF the Cascno'
Mountains is it possible to produce so great
variety of fruits. Apples, pears, prunes ans
cherries grow o an unusual size of the fines
aavor and weld prolifcally. An acre Of prun
trees 100 In number and seven years old las
year produced ali average OF 4Oo POUNDS
fruit TO the tree and selling at cents pound
brought the owner a total of $500. Thes
same trees have been bearing since the secon
| yaur
second wear after planting. An acre will hol
1000 grape vines, each producing from twent
to forty pounds. Hot-house grapes OF tne Eas
grow out of doors here, and some OF the wine
making varieties equal those OF California
Peaches apricots, ounces and plums grow y
abnndance and excellence All the small fruits
berries and currants flourish world without enc
Strawb srries have been gathered every mont
from April to November BerEes usually al pr
duce fair crop the same year they are plunteo
= and strawberries have yielded as high as Nv
z tons to the acre, and single specimens t hsN
= measured eight inches around. Buds, DIo
"a soma and ripe apples can be seen on the tree
| the same time, and often so large thaG twent
Ave TO thirty viii MI busheI pacKnn p1,trn,
q Eastern plum. 1t is not uncommon for tr'
to yield from $50 to $50 worth OF fruit ana wn,
81 an acre will contain 1G0 trees 1t 10 not hard
II anproxiInate the profits. Peas, beans, al
q many score staples and delicacies are found
= the tabIes OF Walla Walla before the snow HI
Sisanneared from the fields OF New Eng an
Potatoes yield from 300 to 600 busheis 10 u
acre. onions fifty tons to the acres, anu anu
on Isolated until recently nom easy access
the great markets the people have not been al
to profit by tho generous gifts OF nature, az
familiarity with abundance has bred indin'
rry The wheat output Of the valley last year
eat over 100000 tons, the average being thirty-h
ooD bushels TO tho acre. Instances OF large yiele
IT, | the records varying from sixty TO seventy-n
~ bushels are common in every locality Inc
the adapted to the OF grSn ~ whe
doe has been known to send out Stool Oh my
ion. more stalks, with heads each holding hunui
% | In no art OF the United States perhaps, c
a. | 40 much physical and mental labor be perform
arrv with SO Ii, tie fatigue or discomfort The al
I AZ | nyiporating u days never too hot or too c.
70 TO prevent LABOR the nights offer profound ho
J Ia | of rest the ater is coed and pure, ana lea
tor | is insured to reasonably careful people.
1ned dryness of the air renders this section compa
~ ~ lively free from lung and throat complain
y an rheunatism and fever and there has never DC
20 ~ an epidemic. The death rate at Fort wa
eo,d Walla for period OF thirty years has Deen
Al IN a 10 1000 making IL the healtllest military
waa In the country Tho fine climate OF the MOI
"a | vest is due to the winds coming from the al
current in the Pacific Ocean.
Three great railway systems are already IN
valley and another line is coming. Ihere
river transportation, too, and the ocean Is
far away Telegraph ana telephone lines rui
4 TO | ALI directions; roads are mad, bridges bt
and postal and express facilities reach sv
. point Manufacturing is developing, and no
roit, | and herds cover the hills and mountains =
the | withstanding all that has boon accomplished
m the people OF this fine region there Is great
developed future. This valley itself Is don
tunu cauabie OF sustaining hunireds OF thousa
he in more people and of unfolding an industrial
The tenn second to no part OF the Republic
n, of -O,--e