The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-06

#AYQfTH YAKIMA. May 6---Fourteen
IN Years ago where the hourishing
IN Dtie city OF North Yakima IN To-
f4ted 1naa one Of the most dreary
~ J6ssihie to be- imagined. There Was
n house 10 be seen and the only trees
- the stunted willows or the baims
- grew along the creeks. There was
- @ush everywhere, through which
- Aths made by cattle In going and
n1r9 from water. or hv the Indians
M 4lipA - and froiSS.4he IsetintainA
NsN desoIate-iooking country. and
In those days there was some talk
4t different status with the advent OF
Mlltfs with the means for the building
Irrigation canals the general impress
n ~ that the only lands worth having
AuN alpnss the banks Ut the streams. This
~ tNpeualiy changed with development
vssk seDds tina wonderful crops realized
Nm tn{tsvated farms. until now Yakima
Nuhty u known far and wide a. one Of
- most fertile sections OF the Northwest.
- her fame is resulting In 50 rapid an
nrrcsss n population that II II with diff
tusg that the newcomers are provided
viz haAtations. So true In this that In
she paal year the output OF the lumber
yafds bapa. been more thar double that
arr ysaf since the early sO~. and the
seusanees FOR 1899 are even greater.
e rsalsse the growth OF North Yakima
~ M surrounding country no more sim
e OF truthful statement can be made
uAn that which needs no verfsicatton and
saieh tells OF It's being the principal ship
Nnf and receiving point with the excegs-
uca Of Spokane. on the line of the North
dn Pacific between the cities OF the Sound
20 Minneapolis. There in much food for
usaxht In this when the age OF the town
g the trying financial conditions which
ase eeses the ccnntry In general for a
ten.
notwithstanding the early stesolase APP
Asance OF this section OF the country. IL
haw enc o! much beauty and pietur-
s1qasness. especially when Nature IL in
sa kinder moods. The town. or city. IL
. the center OF valley six miles long
.hH nearly as broad. which In surrounded
!" aus. through which there are passes
esa''ig 10 eight other rich valleys. Thes.
saaess are like the spokes OF great
srasei. with North Yakima as the hub.
sas Rasses are really purse strings that
~ never be united Without wealth pour
= mo the pivotal point Other towns
Msse are tn the county. some OF which
As GROW 10 be of considerable import
sass, our 40 we'll located is North Yakl-
IN and 30 favored by nature that IL is
sss.aed so always he the commanding
ssaRs and metropolis Of the Yakima valley
!. H.~ large Is it~ Well. that Is difficult
: as,ermine with any degree Of aecar-
- u covers "A large area Within the
- p"sase limits taere are t.fween four
..M eve thousand citizens. While no conf
:. .sess versus has been recorded since 1875
'As TAKEN BY she assessor and the city
Saoa Clerks would indicate THAT the tat
~ asafeS were meme too largo. In many
80 NORTH Yakima rs equipped to q bet
- efxree than the average city of much
saef population, IT has two excellent
*ssess, WITH otaefs r. lesser Importance,
.sssefags - sfvlu thar IL complete and
- .Assefy in every Way a splendid cleo
- asat plant. water works with roth
- and gravity pressure; the finest
49,. Win iwo exceptions. between the
!. 'a..ais az ia~ northern Pacific: eharea-
almost every denomination la 10
= m tals country excepting tire Senit-
e =. sarge ana well-sITnlsised mlcA school
c@issleUs warehouses;: three sub
.s>at'ai hanks. carrying deposits which
!. age bali million dollars; seed pub
y. ea'sssngs fog county and municipal
A.. ai;I. IN fact. almost everything
- - s*s 10 make op weli~eas,spnei and
uss M e.ts ot modest proportions
.~sss'e aof ~ wears ago thu tsck
.seiAs 'eanrt IL uHaiarmees freedom
rss.sk TIE SAG brush and .as ea1ss. tire
49, s'tsidsntiy niaaied The mere
- - sprouts ~ tha sparse vegetation.
. ssss coy e;.S sang N atrssofda ut sssssxan.
"sna~ffel revolution has taken place.
- S"asiss IL al directions has shown
sFasufe IL sso changed conditions by
- afas's responding 10 the eGerfs ct
~. s'1se" tsrssn. ana oae 81 native
- ~s1ss h's~as has gsvrp Away a eassr-
eaessh aa& gsad harvest Irrigation
I indssa king, Tor Whenever the frucssfy.
iadhene- ef water h felt by the got,