The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1891-08-27
THE GREAT MCKEE VALLEY.
What 4 Tacoma journalist Has to Say
ola Beautiful and Fertile Section.
sOmethIng Aboas the Farms % the
Mckee GO. and n. .. SeudaeEs.
origin 81 the well scheme.

almost due east rom North YAKIMA TO
Priest Rapids on the Columbia river. II
Is aDout 20 miles long ana mas an average
width OF three miles IL slopes gradually
nom tne iakima river on the West' until
the hignest part Oh the Valiey u about zOO
ieet above the warsefs oil the Yakima
Sno Oh tne Coiumoia' Inc surface Oh the
Valiey Is ~ places snsnty unduiating'
out the greater part Oh u Is as level as q
AVN 1hat poruon OF II aoutting on the
YAKIMA nVer mas peen reclaimed rom
desert Dy HrigAtlng dltcnes supplied nom
tne iakima river, out the rest o. 1t con-
ISSUING OIL a. least OWN acres hes above
tue Water hne Oh the Oolumoaa ana TAX
INA ana is' tnereiote' oeyond the posi-
OHi'y o. nrisauon oy uitches' deriving
wafer nom eitnei Oh THESE rivers
Ahe cuitlVa'eu part Oh tne Vaiiey u
o'eupieu ny tne iaIm Oh tne MCKEE com
Pany ana oy tne iaim Oh Mr. H. D. scud-
der' Vn tne moAee comPanyS iarm
enormous crops Of corn nay Vegetables,
nops ana tobacco nave oeen raised ana
mr. Aet' tne manager Of 'he company
ASSURES me 'nA1 1nis iahu SURPRISES any
thihg In the World ior Prohnc Huitiulness.
II Will RAISE llt'ie snort oil SOOO pounds oil
hoPs ana VIII yleld nVe ana SIX crops Of
nay Uothe acre Ane quantity oil PeacheS'
Pruhes' apples pears, berries ana WAFER
melons iaiSeu On TINS iano - alSo mosI
femaLAaole WINE the quaity Is OF tine
very nnest. Mr. H. D. ocuuoer mas a
iarm Oh oVO acres close 70 that Oh the
MoAee company nn Oafely Iour years
SINCE Mr. scndder let New England with
: charming iamiiy 70 ouild h,mseii ana
them = nome IN TINS western lana. ne
located IN the MCKEE Vaiiey IN the midst
Oh a wilderness OF sage brush and sand
II was ht'le snort OF a picture Of deSoia-
tion Out no" tine desert blossoms IKE the
rose the sage orusn mas gwen place 70
mowers ana rees on when hang large
ana luscious nut waving neids Of
Eoluen gram ana green pastures ana woe
extended nelds Oh meadow now siadden
the eye where three years ago nousM
could De seen out giaIine SAND.
Inc desert under MI scudders patent
toll ana skill, mas been transformed into
garden and in the happy nome where
ne lives with his delightful iamily' the
visitor Is entertained In true patriarchal
style and RECALLED with delicious iruit and
vlands and exquisite milk and butter
Mr. scndder is a wonderful enthusiast
auout tne ncnneSs Oh the sou ana the
sui'aaoiiity o. tne climate Oh tne MoAee
ior tne yea OF the choicest iarm ana
garden produc's' me winters there are
mild almost dellghuul' while the sum-
mers are long bright cloudiess days Of
sunsn'ne' io'lowed DV nights compare
uVely COOL ram rarely Ialls, ana the
land viii ever remain q desert TIL the
hirsty eafth DC supplied win wafer oy
artinclai means irngatng oi'ches oeing
impossiole' Mr. scndder Dethought nun
OIL aT'eSian water Inc eonnsuration OIL the
Vailey seemed 70 indlcate that q water sup
ply might Dc stored IN avas' suOte'ranaen
reservoir II teat natural reservoir lay De
neatn U cooid only oe soppiied from the
upper Columbia ana II snooio therefore
% eAhaustless IN quantity ana would %
more 'nan sumcient 70 'eIslh.e the zOO,-
wv acIeA IN tne vAiiey' tna' reservoir
snouiu Jay between Two Iayefs Oh imper'