, 1889-04-25
YAKIMA NEWB.
Cautiously CulIsd and Clevsrly ClippsA
From the Herald.

From the Herald.
ID. A. Clement, Of Spokane Falls, has
been investing In Yakima dirt this week
The combined frontage Of the brick
buildings under construction and thoso
projected in this city figures ap an sggre
gate of 975 feet
The horse roundup resulted iu getting
together about a thousand head il the
Mckee corraIi last Saturday. The animAls
are in poor condition.
IL all the buildings projected materialize,
Yakima will do more building ,his year
than any two cities Ia Washington ter,
rltory outside of Spokane Falls. Tacoma
and Seattle.
The Cultivation of fruit, which was al
ways one OF the most promising indus
tries of the famous valley, has never been
so promising as it 10 this spring. The
scene in the orchardsis is beautiful. The
people, almost without exception. have
doubled their acreage 10 fruit.
The fruit on all OF the bencn land IL un-
blurred, and all over the pear, plnm, prune
and apple trees are all right and loaded
down with healthy bnds. la the city and
In orchards along the streams portion al
the peach ouds have been killed but ~ q
we'll posted man said, ''Had there been
no th ming out of the bulbs the trees coulA
not have supported the fruit.
"A prospecting party returned early this
week from the Natcheez river district and
reported 6nding coal in paying quantities.
The coal is of excellent quality. This new
discovery means the construction of rail-
road from Natcheez mines to North Yaki-
ma. The proposition of John Flynn, OF
Portland. to build railroad from Una
tilla to North Yakima, IL the people of oar
town would furnise a bonus VI $50. 900. has
not reached a satisfactory agreement.
Among the recent purchases OF Aeesrs.
Rodman & Eshelmsn, for the syndicAts
spoken Of last week. were seventy lots. the
property OF M. y b: Stacy, for which
$50. 900 was paid. Mr.. Stacy still hes
large interests here, and is now in the
Eat negotiating for 450 miles OF steel
rails and rolling stock with which to build
n system of narrow gauge roads centering
at North Yakima and extending through
the various fertile valleys which 90 TO form
the great Yakima country.
Judge J. X. Lewis of Seattle 10 to erect
a three.story brick building at the corner
of Yakima avenue and Second street.
Many other buildings are in the course q
erection. The capacious new Windsos
hotel will be opened May ID. Blythe way.
the hotels are doing rushing business.
They are all crowded. Proprietor Theo-
dore Steiner, Of the Hotel Steiner, ,is
negotiating for ses entJ J. five foot front o.
dklmd avenue, between FROM ana rtR8
streets where he will erect commodioAs
new hotel. to he three stories Ia heighk
and with a seventy 6ve-foot frontage. Il
will be built of brick. IiL.oAi
There is nothing sure In the po
situation of the future state OF Washing
ton. In the eyes of the unthinkiu9. ths
republicans are moving forward With =
placid certainty of organising the ne~
state end getting all the otices. There il
a self.satisfyinR memory in the average
republican mind OF large majofitV
achieved by reason of the clean character
and good work of John B. Allen. It does
not seem to ,cur to these hopeful many.
who sleep fondly in their supposed seosri-
ty, that the responsibility OF advisiaE
appointments is net nearly 80 good tbiaR
for a man who must 70 before the peseae
for the second time ia year - it is Ter
one who has u full term of actual congres-
sional work in which to even up Al he
favors, and with little political paro-
goric to mollify the sleeplessness Of snuebed
constituents. These hopeful ones think sf
the big Allen majority, the election sf
Harrison the territory full OF his seaeo-
tions for appointment, and that coess-
quent certainty of walk.over which far
nishes comfort for their political days aaA
niRhtg