The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-03-22
COL. /. s. HOWLETr N CALIFORNIA.
Excerpts From n Recent Letter-Par.
sErsphs Regarding People In
whom Yakima IL Interessed.

whom Yakima IL Interessed.
Col. L. S. Hewlett had a newsy letter
in the Tacoma Ledger OF the 10th inst.
regarding the midwinter fair and his re-
cent trip to California which he winds up
with some paragraphs, mainly personal,
which are Of especial interest to Yakima
and which The HERALD reproduces;
A Washington man cannot smother his
tendency TO all the time making compar.
isons, and looking forward to like con-
dition Of things at home; and the com.
parison made led me to note that the
Cslifornians have higher regard for
their land than we have; they accom-
plish more with it and hold it to be worth
much more per acre. They know the
value OF wafer for irrigation better than
we do, too. Across the bay from San
Francisco, the owner of q ranch near San
Leandro asked me what we paid for
water per acre in the state OF Washington.
| told him that the highest had ever
known to be paid was $50 for perma-
nent right. He thought it not very
much to pay for so important an element
in farming, and said he would gladly give
i've timss that sum for water on his
ranch during the months OF July and
August.
And set it was tract OF orchard and
field from which two generations have
each made q fortune. The statement i'm,
pressed me with the value OF water, and
| reflected in my thoughts the abundance
Of it in Yakima county, where it will do
every whit as much for the farmer as it
will in California. The time will come
when both land and water will be held
at higher figure here--probably after
more OF those California irrigators have
come in possession OF it. Down there
they have more to say about the value oil
water as fertilizer, and every little place
has its Windmill and tank, from which
the precious fluid Is taken, and as care
fully handled as though ii were tea or
coffee, so far as waste is concerned.
The pleasant personal incidents OF q
trip are always Interestingly linked With
the places; and, after all, it is the thing
one best remembers that is always best
worth telling. The readers Of the Ledger
know my old friend Judge o. F. Weed OF
Spokane and Yakima. Well, he is down
in Pasadena, mayor OF the city for the
past two years, with more millionaires in
his bailiwick than any other mayor In
Christendom in ratio with the population
He wears his honors gracefully, and
dwells peacefully in a oleasan; home.
Harold Preston and Judge Bond OF Sc
attic, with their families, were compan
ions at San Jose and again at Los Ange
les. AT the first place Of meeting we MI
went to call on Judge j. r. Lewis. Ht
has lett Washington to make San Jose
his permanent home. though he is presi.
dent OF the FIRST National bank q North
Yakima. Harold Preston was mendinl
his health and Judge Bond has reached
that happy condition where he can gc
here or there with no excuse or pretext
exec .Jt his own active mind.
Fred Parker of Yakima crossed our
path at Los Angeles, aud We had day
together. He 10, in company with hi:
brother. the Hon. Ell. Parker OF Ken,
lucky, overlooking q few thousands Of
miles of mail contracts.
G. F. -Rorkwood. who engineered the
great Sunnyside irrigatina canal, made
several days at Los Angeles more than
agreeable. He lives here with his family
though now engineering q still greater
irrigation project in southern California
Arizona and Mexico. He, too. was nj.
gays making comparisons between Cali.
fornia and Washington and believes in 9
great future for our arid region under
irrigation. Mr.. Perry. formerly Of the
engineering force here, is with Mr.. Rock.
wood.
Ralph K. Nichols, late Sc rotary of the
Washington Republican state central
committee, was hard at work in San
Diego Law Office. He minated that it
was only a side speculation. and that he
would come back some day not far dis
tant.
Gen. B. Ferguson. formerly Of this place.
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