The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-04-28
DUNkARDS FORSUNNYS|D[
That Location for C0loney Selected
After Careful Search.
THEIR AGENT HIGHLY PLEASED
An Interesting Letter iakima's New Depot
Again County Commissioners Proceed
ings-P. A. Resolutions
Bird Day.
THEIR AGENT HIGHLY PLEASED

The following is an extract from let
ter of G.. Rowland, published in the
Lanark M Gazette of April l3.
Mr.. Rowland is an influential Dunkard
the president of bank-a man OF
great intelligence and business ability.
With others he visited the state a short
time since and has given his impressions
of it in several letters. While he exam
ined carefully all parts OF the great state,
the following extract gives his final
opinion.
lie has about perfected arrangements
to purchase land in the Sunnyside, as
have those who came with him, and it is
thought this means the settlement OF a
the most valuable settlers for any coun-
try.
con our return to Yakima We stopped
off at the Hot Springs in the Cascades.
We find good accommodations here for
bathing, and oar party not only enjoyed
the hot baths, but all seemed benefited
and invigorated. ! regret we were not
situated go we could remain month.
eve now took another look at Sunny
side This time We went 10y rail to Pros
ser, which is a small town situate on the
Yakima river at the east end Of the sun
nyside tract. We took one day to drive
to the top OF Rsttlesnake mountain to see
large tract of grazing land. We were
surprised to find most beautiful springs
at this elevation The land is now vast
cattle and sheep range, leased by the men
engaged in this very profitable industry.
From thlsipoint we enjoyed scenery that
is as enchanting as.anything we ever saw.
There is no snow here at this season,
but plenty of it in sight on all sides some
hundred miles away. The climate in the
summer is delightful. i In fact it was
perfect day when We had the pleasure Of
this beautiful prospect.
"But this letter is growing lengthy. Our
second trip to the irrigation district under
the Sunnysde canal was confirmatory of
our first.
81 do not doubt but that the chances
here to get strong ioothold in what il to
he one Of the finest and most highly de-
vel oped spots in the United States are
very favorable. Fruits are without doubt
great success, but the industry that |
resard'as the safe and most satisfactory
to our.class Of people is the growing OF
alfalfa. This lis very profitable to pro
duce for the markets, but to make the
greatest gains one wants to grow cattle
and sheep and hogs and feed the alfalfa.
There are many propositions open here.
There are. chances for investment in bust
ness, in lands, in timber. in mines, and
in other lines that to mention would need
an explanation.
1T is sufficient to say that we made it
business to interrogate everybody over
the state from east to west relative to the
Yakima valley and the answer was in
yariably satisfactory to the territory
under investigation.
"People all over this state are very en-
thusiastic for their.own locality. but it is
a fact that We have been greatly sur
prised at that no difference where a man
be located or where his interests may be,
he invariably seems to know of the Yak
that it is generally regarded as the finest
location for agriculture in the state OF
WASHINGTON