The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-03-22

to see your luxuriant hair growing gray |;
but must ask you: Why do you sup
pose such a man asked me such q fool
question:
"why shouldn't Yakima 90 ahesd?"
There is no earthly, heavenly. or other
reason why ii shouldn't 20 ahead. There
is every reason why il should 90 ahead
and it is going ahead. just put the prop
osition fairly to yourself. and syllogistic
addition at once forces itself ON you. as
thus: There is no reason why it shouldn't,
but every reason why II should; it is go
ing ahead, and therefore 1t must continue
to 30 ahead.
In times OF stress such conviction is
as sheet anchor that never drags OF
parts. And then such grace the gods have
given us. that as We see ourselves, so
others see us. We are an object lesson
in calm, solid, relentless development,
known aud read Of all men. Why then
should We, with false noiesty. seek to
deprecate. or fail to glory In the fact p
another of the questions not to be asked.
Let US rather step cheerfully to the foot
lights, hand in hand with blushing for.
tune. and frankly and gracefully admit
that we are the people.
Ingatitude is among the blarkest of
sins, and ingratitude to fortune speedily
brings its own punishment. Let us,
therefore, remember our benefits, not as
the miser covets his gold, but with a
lively apprehension OF the truth OF Roche
ioucauld's maxim that gratitude is but
secret desire Of receiving greater benefits"
Besides, rs the old Roman real estate
man used to say, 'I'Hlee et decorum est
pro p1trta deere" Let us leave the neg
alive and consider the affirmative side Of
the question.
Yakima is bound to go ahead, because
lin this CASEY not inscrutable fate has
ordered it. She can't help herself. But
she is willing, even anxious to help fate
out. She is swimming with the stream,
and using the racing stroke. In the fore
ible North American vernaculsr. "she is
everlastingly getting there" Mother
earth, from whose prolific womb all
wealth is produced, is nowhere more
motherly, more prolific than here. Here
she produces not grudginnly or with d
sparing hand, but gladly, lavishly, and
with variety evincing the plentit1de OF
healthful power.
The aneients said that Zus broke off one
II the horns Of the goat that nourished his
childhood, and endowed 1t with the power
to remain always full OF plenty. no mat
Ter how freely it gave out its wealth This
cornucopia was finally taken from earth
and placed among the stars. aud there
the ancients left it. In the fullness OF
time, however, when these grew old gods
lid die" it shot from its sphere. and fell
back to earth--and it fell in the Yakima
valley.
The skeptical stranger may look on this
as a myth; but II 30, a very short resi-
ience in the valley will undeceive him,
and make him an enthusiasts believer.
This is the experience OF the stranger
within our gates. He comes, sees, and
is overcome--not SO much by the crafty
tongue Of the real estate man, as by the
| inherent excellence Of the proposition
Here the conditions OF soil and climate
are such as to yield the richest and surest
return to the farmer. The range OF prod
ucts Is wide one--from grain and alfalfa
to hops and all manner Of fruit. With
the best supply OF water for irrigation In
the United States (see the report Of the
chief Of the U. =. geological bureau), and
an invariably long. warm, growing sea-
son, the labor Of the husbandman can
never fail. but brings its sure reward
And crops Of all kinds are not only sure,
but abundant. To the small truck gar.
dener as to the large hopgrower or orch
ardst success is certain, il he knows his
business and sticks to it.
The writer was talking the other day to
farmer, who came to the country last
spring and took ten acres Of land not far
from the city. The price at which he
bought was SIS an acre, and he paid $40
an acre down. He cleared the sagebrush
from bis land and put in vegetables and
melons. He assured me that from the
sales Of his truck ne paid 10 full for his
land, had put up good tvo-story farm
house. and had money and stuff enough
left TO carry him on to this season. All
this, lock you, In one years work from
ten acres Of unimproved land. He Was a
hustler and knew his business; but what
he did, others can do
Yakima is the supply district for the
Puget Sound markets, and is directly
connected by rail with the Sound cities. In
eight years Tacoma has grown from a
small town Of Eve thousand inhabitants
to CITY Of fifty thousand, with her orien-
tai steamship lines. her busy smelters
and manufactories. Seattle's population
during the same period has increased
from ten Thousand to sixty thousand; and
the development has only begun. With
it's wonderful resources of coal, iron and
lumber, and its magnificent harbors,
where the cars run up alongside the lsrg-
est ocean ships, Puget Sound cannot fail
to become one OF the greatest maritime
depots in the world. Yakima's market
is therefore assured.
Within two years Yakima has become
the principal winter feeding ground for
the cattle supply Of the Sound cities.
Thousands OF steers being now kept
through the winter on alfalfa hay. Tie
dealers pay "a a ton for this h.y; 49,