The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-21
I'm the Wonderland ..
OF North America.
Nineteenth Letter of Northwestern Travel.
Fertility of Washington State.
Written for The Tribune.


written Tor The Tribune.
North Yakima is situated on the
swiftly flowing Yakima river, between
the openings of the eternal hills. ard
her wide and tree lined avenues make
it n pleasant place of residence. At
North Yakima we end the home OF our
old friend +. T. Benson. superintendent
of Washingtons exhibit at the Worlds
Fair. who with Nelson Rich, county
commissioner, whom we met on the
train-furnished us large amount OF
valuable data as to the resources of the
Yakima district. Said Mr. Benson:
irrigation Is king, and under 1t we
raise larger and better crops of fruit,
vegetables. hops alfalfa and cereals of
every kind, and even tobacco, than any
other section ON this continent, viz
five crops of alfalfa and five crops of
clover; two crops Oh wheat, which al
ways yield from thirty-five to fifty-iive
ousheis per acre ana occasioha'iy
yieios siAty-hVe pusheis' from -oo to
800 bushels or sound potatoes. whiie
stray patches nave beeh known TO yield
'oo pusheis To an acre; from TWO SACKS
OIL cary rose we raise sevehty-s,H
Sacks hops from i'ouo 10 a'ooo pouhus
per acre, caopase 'hat Weisn SV' ~
anu oo pouiiuS euch' oiiiohs ina. WIN
measure an 'ne wa! from Ten 10 tweh-
S-o'e i"'ies "iou'iu '.iiu "e,sh ioui
pouit'S' , "eii''eio7' '0 W w poui'u'
eion' squ's"es ''s "a a,'i sc do oo' pouliu'
o''"' oo pa.''pN'ns, % poui''' 'ees'
po' s'' 'es "
~ ,s s,s ., -,
oan s.,i' ' .''d. ano po ,,
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49, o.. It'll, ,.ia,i;,, IL, -, 49,,
ocre Af,er tho nret .ron bos yro,,.n
,na o,,t ,,,r, ~, tbo ,,.a,ar ava Il, s;v
weols anotha, cror, hos ,,rov,n ond will
con,inue mill the snow dias in ;e-
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T,r;.,, y,s,,r,,,, orc,,ra
The tourist who. in summer time.
visits the large orchard of ex-Sheriff
ID. L.. Lesh. will be astonished at what
he sees. Hundreds of peacb. near MUM
and apple trees. literally breaking
down under the weirht of frnit ma.
turing while much is I,vino nm the
rround rapidIv roinp to decay.
simplv from inadeouate means of
handling One small mach free on,v
three vears old has horne two crons
which had realized ovo, s95 On Colonel
Hewlett's farm Urnitad Stotee land of-
fcn\ ara melons wairhi,c ror+y Gr+,,
and sivtv Mounds e.ch UbiIe bis no,ds
| of bar,av and oo,s viola ,ror, n,t, 30
sixtv-aigbt busbeI. nor nora ond ooo,
| siono, vio,ds roach ,oo bu.hoi, I,,,;o.,,, =,
| further erumorota did ,i,,,o o,,d &C.,
| pe,.mit A reiyhror T., .raa,.,,s. 30 -,
riga tion sold somowhot ,rra,,nn,I,. 80
| mo. poi, 10 y s,,t.,it',.a g., -, ~
tion and , n,ig,t,, nonn o W. go" So,
mop.ya - hattar .h
| for ne oftan so,ds 200 ,,,,,a,, Ivy
while wo onIv usa iust ,,.ta. ~ 49,,
and whom ,ya u,a,,t 4, w "''
mountain scenery
ms -,oith iakiina the rail-
80 ,' '"'o"sii sap INTO the We
n '"ite'' a'otier strlp OF agricui-
i'u' "io,,s 'he "ehass river, ana
Soo'' en'e' 'ahi'i!t canyon Il pro-
io".iu so &c vi ooiu anu impressive
| s.ee'S III '"e oi'ptahuin mountains.
| '''''' ""''''nt' ioi Solu Is uoie u!
S"'''''ieii ",o'is ,i'e river pahks' soon
we emerge rom inns picturesque de'lie
,I'o 'iie sra, h.'''.as ''asih' the largest
III eN'ei. u, .'e iei'iie Faiieys traVersed
| ny ,ne iahiiiia river ana after u run
Vi 'hii.s .se'eH ih'ies we come 10 an
other thriity town IN the midst OF re-
sion rich IN nhiherai wealth.. heaching
'.,,r 80 ,,,c,,,to;r, so,,,o,.,, ,.,,,et aa,,,.
-, ~ - - -, m,a,.i sa'''
yvhat do we sooo Or th, ,roet oro ,ho
Cascade r,ountoips above whose grcen
hnoa, r,sos 1of,i,v Tho white ton ,of ,no
oroot snon, neoI, M Ts,omo Iaaaa
| raat h;,,t, IN tha ,,orth oro ,bo po,-
b,st;n and Nerotcboo r,ount,i,s Tbo
for,,o,. r,nra 10 a ,,,ss ~ rooI, ,rd
cno,, ord ;ts bighest nooL NJ etu,rt
ho, ~, cleo t,on M oyar 10 ooo foot mo
yvoroto,,oo ronoa ora tip,bered IN tbeir
s,,rSrr,ts and roach to tbe CoIumb,o
y;ver Tbc Irmntonum mountains which
sbut In tho Kittitas basin on the South.
oro oOo feet high and covered with
buncb grass The Kittitas basin has an
attitude of 500 feet higher man the
yakima. basin. and as we ascenu .he
| climate has more of n mountain char
acter the temperat,Ire being noticcab,y
cooler This valley is watered by the
| ya,,i,n, river. and it's numerous tribu-
tory streams fed by springs and melt
;ng SHOWS from the Cascade mountains,
which carry the largest volume of water
| during the summer season. The soil is
Of n rich alluyial nature rather than
basaltic.
r,,, y;,,,,o ne r,,eusburab.
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