The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-15
the STATE Of WASHINGTON.
Varied Prodacfs Of The Fertile
Yakima VALLEY.


The citizens Of North Yakima send
oat handsonzs photograph Of Yak
insa valsey products exhibited 1t the
last county fair. Represented in the
gronp are. A solid ci1stSr 81 hops ~
feet long. hemp IA feet high. corn Ii
feet hfeb. oats 9 fess high, heads 2
feet loslg wheat that yielded 20 bash
els per acre, czbtagsa weighing - and
AZ pounds. fosnxto<s, tobacco, peaches.
pears, q s4-pound Watermelon. AZ
Stpound squash. an lspoasd esaii-
flower. sweet potatoes. apples, tssfs.
sorghum, peanuts, snioas. pepper.
etc. Accom- pAnying the picture 10 the
following descriptive article ON the
Yakima country
Yakima i . sunny. fruitful country
that has attracted much attention on
ACCOUNT ef .fs aost, basmy climate IL
ur,dactiye soil and the thrift Of sts
chief city North Yakima. This place
Ii scarcely fear years old yet i lays.
claim 70 . population Of zoo people.
has attractive residences srlss brick
and stone business blocks that would
do credit 10 towns os ten times iss5
size.
North Yakima Ii lad oH with regn.
lar broad streets. down each side OF
which course streams Of Hmpld water
giving life 20 1000 trees OF the locust
balm, silver poplar and box-esder va
rlsties, The toHn has two large briek
srhool houses and q third Is soor 70
he bniit fire churches. iiaclEdtng one
OF native stone. and another one OF
brick il under contract: q large two
story brick opera house with . Eeat1ng
CAPACITY Of 100, four hotels, one %
which l. q tEo-story brick sD0xlzB
fest two banking corporations, cceu-
pyiug magnificent brick and stone
bsiidinEs. and many other costly and
attractive private and public STRIFE
tares.
Yakima Is highly favored in geo
graphical location. in unsurpassed
ciimate. I'M water power sufficient for
dozens of large factories Ia soil cap
able Of varied and extensive agrlcnl-
sarai development Ia wheat fields
that are irsexhasistible granaries; Ia
fruit lands that have bo8ndless caIsae-
ity OF production: fn lands that viii
grow the best OF hops, in vast ranges
where thousands and tens Of thou
sands of cattle, horses and sheep null
tipIy and grows fat la lands that yield
large and excellent crops 81 tobacco,
the choicest Of vegetable broomcoru,
sorghum. sHeet potatoes. peanuts and
other products valuable fer shipment
abroad a. well as home consumption.
Yakima Ii ON the main line OF
great franscontinenfai railroad, and
several other lines are projected or
actually building this way, and every
indication points TO its becoming q
great railroad center. A glance at a
Typographical map OF Washington
viii convince the seeker after truth
thatNorth Yakima commands ali Of the
mountain passes between the Columbia
river and Puget Sound for more than
half OF the length OF the territory,
north and south. The mountains 20
the north Of this. the highest part of
which are called the Peshastin range,
viii not admit of the passage Of rail-
road. al from actual surveys the least
grade obtained Il 30 feet 10 the mile.
The Yakima river empfies into the
Columbia In tosnsesp 0 north. range
- east, and has is so,.~>@ some 80
heart of the Cascade mountains. All
its main tributaries come from the
west. 10 wit Nascheez, Ahtanum
and Topnish all of which head well
upon the summit of the Cascades, and
have easy grades 20 their sources.
North Yakima Is situated be-
tween the two largest Of these trihutar-
les III. e. j the NatcIiesx and Ahtanum !;
one mile from the mouth Of the one
and four from the mouth Of the other.
The Nateheez pass is = miles shorter
from the Yakima river to the Sount!
than any other pass ever surveyed II
has q narrower river To bridge and
easier grades % run than any other
survey 10 the sound The surveys
made by the Northern Pacific Railroad
will suhstantiate these facts. This
pass was the one NEST fasorably
recommended by the Northern Paeiiie
engineer and would have been adopted
had not the question of land con-
troiled. The larger double crooks
the more land the company got. Some
- miles from North Yakima the Tie.
tan river empties into the Satcheez
from southeastern direction. The
south fork of the Tiegan can be fol-
~
10 the summit OF the Cascade noun.
tains, and once on the summit, q
choice of reu.es is offered 20 descend
on the west side, either by the cowiisz
river or Down Lewis river, Hanfpln
river, another branch OF the Natchez
has iss source in the same pass with
one Of the main heads OF the Cowgitz
river. BY the Ahtanum river North
Natfr.zs IL he
pass, and pass hv the south fork OF
the Cowliiz
BEYOND question. then, North
Yakima controls all the passes by the
Natcheex and Ahtanum rivers. and
their numerous tributaries. But that
is not all. A railroad from any point
on the Columbia river to the Sound
eahnot run through or across the
Yakima valley without passing
through North Yakima.
From North Yakima there are twC
routes 60 the Columbia. First. down
the Yakima river. 81 miles. as ths
Northern Pacific now runs, and sec.
ond, directly eastward through the
Mckee pass, "a miles to the Columbia
Priest rapids, the head of steamboat
nayiyatl Ion This is perfectly prac
ticeAle route With an economic grads
As an indication of sssss s.as.l.isaMent,
the Yakima section has 10 offer 10 tn,
incoming Of railroads II + only neees-
saTy To say that in addition 10 mex
hauStlble beds 6i coal and valuable
mites OF gold, silver. copper and irot
which have been located and are still
open 10 location in the country trih
=. -
l .5saesn acres of arabic land. which. j
= estimated, wih give support ans
independence 20 81 500 families
Again, there are 300 square nNes q
stock range. and tAis with large bosiie
OF hay land will insure Yakima as
leading point for the shipment o
dressed hssef