The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-01-04
PROUD AND PRODUCTIVE.
The Great Yakima Valley end Its SsI.
eral Fertile Tributaries.
A SPECIAL WORD ABOUT PROSSRR.
Capt. Fred n. Reed Tells Ne OF she
New Town, Its Ambition and
Progress and the Character OF
she Country That surrounds u.

The time has gone by when a few spec
ulators can plat piece Of land into town
lots, advertise its grand and glorious
commercial future, sell their lots and
stand from under. The death knell Of
this class Of speculatibs has been sound
cd, and IFS well for all that such is the
case. There is, however, just as good an
opportunity TO make money out Of real
estate as there ever was, only 1t takes
hard cash 10 do il with. Consequently
real estate dealing in the future will be
on a more satisfactory basis.
In placing before the public Prosser
Falls and the splendid country tributary,
the writer desires to place himself on
record by saying that there are legitimate
reasons for its creation; that it is a nat
ural distributing point for splendid
agricultural and horticultural country Of
such magnitude that the soundness and
solidity Of the proposition cannot for a
moment be doubted.
Prosser Falls (now called Prosser) is
on the main line OF the Northern Pacific
railroad, in Yakima county, half way be-
tween North Yakima and Pasco. 1t is
fifty miles TO the nearest city North
Yakima) The same conditions that
have made North Yakima the pride Of
Washington and the best little city in the
state will be repeated here; surrounded
by thousands OF acres of irrigated lands
a country that has a national reputation
for producing hops, fruits, hay and vege-
tables; where crops never fail and irri-
cation is king. No reason can possibly
exist for failure, as the magnificent
country about Yakima has settled that
question forever-that crops do grow, are
harvested and successfully marketed with
rapidly increasing demand for Yakima
products. / will now say that in FIVE
years Pros ser Falls will be as large as
North Yakima is to-day and that North
Yakima will be fifteen thousand strong.
The hand-wri ing is on the wall and
nothing can stop the progressive msrch
Of this-the banner county Of the state.
The two companies who own Prosser
Falls are composed Of broad-gauged, pro-
gressive men Of wide and varied expert
ence; all OF whom have made regulations
for themselves as useful, clever men and
honorable dealers.
The companies will not boom the town,
but will build the town by developing the
country adjoining. and in a bonafide
manner create substantial support for
it. One hundred thousand dollars cash
is being carefully and judiciously ex-
pended. The improvement consists of
building an irrigating ditch eleven miles
long, retaining three Thousand acres Of
choice land and thereby creating imme-
date support for the town. When you
realize that this amount of land is to be
cut up into ten and twenty acre farms
you can see it means many families.
They have placed in the town pumping
plant using the splendid water power
furnished by the Yakima river. This
plant pumps water into the irrigating
canal delivering about fifteen million gal
Ions daily, besides furnishing city water
and power for an electric light plant.
The combined machinery and equip
ment, when fully completed, will cost
one hundred and forty thousand dollars.
At present 1fty-six thousand dollars will
be expended mean by that, before
April /, 1894. The Prosser Falls Irrigat-
ing company have sold one hundred
thousand dollars OF six per cent bonds and
got their cash. This money is being
used as aforesaid in actual developing the
country and town. Several very credita-
BILE buildings have been built by the COM
pany, including hotel built on the
southern plan, wide porches and plenty
of grounds, located on the banks of the
Yakima river-in fact hotel for comfort,
good treatment and moderate charges
All Of this work has been done quietly,
without any splurge, on cold business
principles. No one has been solicited to
buy lot or foot Of ground up to the
present time. Commencing on January
l, 1894, the public is invited to come TO
Prosser Falls and investigate and become
familiar with location that is sure
winner, good place to live and to make
money.
Finally, Prosser Falls is all that 1t is
represented to be. 1t is one of the proud
est days Of my life to be able to be par
tally instrumental in creating PROPOSE
ton that will afford such splendid results
to so many people.-Fred r. Reed, in the
Prosser American.
THE GREAT YAKIMA VALLEY.
/ have watched the progress of settle
ment and development in the Yakima