The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-01

~ 8 and stone milkhouse. lie raises
- cattle and horses of notable
- Il blood.
a. - aide of the Yakima river is
~ 3 e the Wilson and Nahum creeks,
49, - d;trhes from the Yakima river
. ss-.l small streams as yet unnamed.
b @..ru spreads out into innumerahle
~. running in general course to-
-. river. but scattering over
~ 3. n acres of rich meadow land and
- s;ne necessary moisture for field af-
- ~ n waving grain and hay. The
a ~ -sneh of go acres and the Walter
~ "a ,,sce of 500 acres are the two larg-
Z - IN this part of the valley. They
z a rell improved with commodious
6S -s.S farm houses, blacksmith shops,
- Bell raised 200 tons of hay this
a Is now milking sixty cows. He
81 fh churn. two hay presses. a feed
s., -. ana chopmill by water power. He
y. 9 lsrce warehouse 40x100 feet with
<<hern Pacific railroad sidetrack and
:. s.rh Office on the place. The Claus
y <-eruey Brewing Company, of Seattle,
ss;lding an ice house 10sxl56 feet with
- rails, on the place TO hold their sup
- iee for 1891
y 3 8 hne roller mills are located in the
- al capable of turning out first
s. ~. smaiifv of iiour Coal has been found
!. 9 abundance in the foot hills, one vein
ing 10 Canaday Bros. being eleven
r. T1Sirk. A wagon road is being con-
sI.sa 10 the mine and in few weeks il
y, i sold in competition with Roslyn
Iagned by the Northern PACING. The
- was at one time the bed of lake,
- IL outlet via the Yakima canyon, but
~ e river wore away its rocky bed the
s r;ftitas valley formed. Good school
a - are scattered throughout the valley
q IL Is settled by a superior class of farm
3 tho raise immense quantities of hay,
M - and live stock. their principal
ne rket being Puget sound. Forty miles
bof he east lies what is known as the
y wEyArcHEg VALLEY.
II fAisis quite an extensive iat lying along
u = rest bank Of the Columbia at the
j. nth Of the Wenatchee river, and as its
n Hxude Is but 600 feet above sea level, all
ut 1kds Of semi-tropical fruits are raised in
] 4 Isrpdance. Upon the farm Of Mr.. Allen,
II 4tbe lower end of the valley, have seen
~ = aud chestruts in bearing, tobacco of an
9 6eIlent quality, peanuts, shrubbery. ETC.,
is
n II net almost everything that will grow
middle California. John Caller, COM
roly known as Dutch John, has an inn
Sense vineyard from which tons of grapes
= eathered each year and pressed into
\ ~ hy his dusky family, for John has an
dian woman for wife, and has raised q
r. ~ number of children whose complex
- 6 ne Of q more swarthy hue than those
bis neighbors. His fine peach orchard
one of the best in the valley, and he
! rs large quantities of fruit each year.
4ilip Miller, who is a pioneer in the val
]. !. b, rnises each year from 1000 to 5000 bu-
= iss Of peaches, large quantities of grapes
= ID several hundred tons of alfalfa and
inothy hay which he sells to the stock
7 nisers from the adjoining ranges. He
NJ also built distillery on the place, and
1T year made 800 gallons of peach brandy
ian excellent quality. During the sea-
10 Just past, Jacob Bolenbaugh expert
rented with patch of sorghum cane,
wenty-seven yards by seventy-three yards,
md from it he made IO6 gallons of mo-
uses boiled down almost to the con-
istency of taffy. The cane grew very
nnk, many of the stalks being between
thirteen and fourteen feet high. These
talks when crushed make good feed for
aeck of all kinds. With the introduction
ii water from the Wenatchee river, the
puduction of the valley viii be quad
upled and as the Great Northern will
mere than likely select this route for its
passage through the Cascades. the Wen
otchee country will become tributary to
ne lower Sound, and its products viii be
zen in the markets of every city
n that wonderful region. Surrounding
he valley are mountains filled with
hon, coal, gold, silver and lead, which
only await the advent of capital for their
Development. Lime is found in abundance
and up the Wenatchee river, few miles
ltom its mouth, large deposit of onyx
has been discovered. The town Of We
nstchee contains several hundred people,
md all branches Of trade are fairly well
represented. The Wenatchee flows in a
sOuthwesterly course through a narrow
valley surrounded by high hills on each
rde. 1t is the boundary line between
Vkanogan and Kittitas counties, and is
ahout the same size as the Yakima. Twelve
miles from its mouth is the Mission Creek
settlement, containing many fine farms,
Al highly productive. Fine corn, vegeta-
mes ruit, tobacco, peanuts, etc, are
grown IN abundance. David Strong raised
ns year 2,l50 bushels of potatoes from
I'VE acres Of land, all of which he will sell
. the prospectors in the Peshastin, 0kan-
cyan and other mining camps for good
Gull farther up the river we find num-
g Of small valleys, notably the Icicle,
xenatchee lake and
PEsHAsTIS.
ms stream is small and enters the We
micnce river from the south. 1t drains a
Meuon OF country very rich in minerals of
" Kinds. The Peshastin is but thirty-eight
nhes nom Ellensburg, via the mountain
Has, but nearly three times that distance
us the Wenatehee river. Among the noted
Edges IN this district are the "Humming
mt, Golden Phoenix, '''tPole Pick and
Vulver." In the official report of the Spo-
nne Falls exposition the average working
ssne OF the Peshastin ore is said TO be
Wep per ton. Much of this is free milling
koa quartz. with considerable argentifer-
eus galens IN the district. William Dono-
aae owns an arastra, which be has been
running for several years with excellent
results. His gold retort is very fine, bring
ne sls.I5 per ounce at the mint. An ex-
@hslve belt Of asbestos of excellent quality
has been discovered, lying in parallel veins,
saen nom eighteen to twenty-iour inches
u J. width. Considerable copper has been
discovered; in fact, the entire vicinity is
men IN minerals and will one day yield a
Tt return for the investment of capital.
me Peshastin creek heads, near the
sNaak low divide only separating them,
Y ne latter stream flowing towards and