The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-30
= iption Of ; District BLESSED
With Great Prosperity.
.nanps ~ wEMATcHEE VALLEY.


sehn p. Hartman has returned from .
s1rd9ht's outing In the Wenatcbee val
w. AZ considerable pains he tnvesti-
ssSsSeod the fruit growing district adjacent
- - town Of Wenatchee. on tha Great
vfheyn. and returns much Impressed
xer1h the possibilities OF the district - q
sI..n raising regton. The Great Northern
$sr IafeIy completed q ditch which taps
- Wenatchee rivsr several miles from
- city. and Govern q very large area
E6 md land with its iaterals.
"a the fruit grown In the district, ana
20 nnslpess condition and prospects, Ar.
z5rvfunan said yesterday:
d = have heard . great deal OF the Wen
1880 fruit district, but have never Wis
25Ss1 the neid until last week, ana am
- convinced that its commercial bear
5S9 10 seattle In Of much Importance. Up
IT, di g ssu. vas net vsli assorted nor
21noed and was not Of the best quality
80 that, however. the best varieties
~ been planted. 10 that within the last
~ Or three years splendid varieties.
z&ssperiy picked and packed. have made
- appearance on the market, fmpress-
- the public favOrabiy. drove out 70
{2aSsnral OF the different ranches and found
- scenes. The train upon which ar
"a OF picked product. ana yet the sea-
- n not fully on.
Renely Flavorea Melons.
sPeaches. prunes. pluna and apples Ia
49, direct from the tree have the most
Ic3ous favor. and the melons are al
- :. ca, b produced :nywnsr@ I InsIs
1ngv the growers splendid returns The
5Soaon crop strikes me Al being one OF the
sSlnabie products for Seattle. A few years
<T remember that melons were 30 ex-
Ssive IN Denver that only the rich could
I'D 20 have them on their tables In
Rocky Ford district hundreds OF carr
~ wefe going TO waste every year.
= Denver 4 Rio Grande made rate on
G50fG each. In carload lots. The haul
~ n6fnethfng ike 800 miles. The grower
51I0o satisfied II he could get u cents to II
- dozen for his product. This made
olons 10 cheap that they were placed on
~ table nj from 10 cents 10 Il cents.
veryhody ate melons. and the entire
10 OF Rocky Ford. agEregating scores
~ carloads. n consumed at Denver. The
sSona4chee melon, I and. has AZ hne 4
sIsvcr = the Rocky Ford. which II ceie-
kfAtoA the country over Seattle should
Sfayo this product In carload lots. I I'M
slerstand that the Great Northern has
lade very satisfactory rate. It only
s1nanta TO understand the situation, and
31ope Introduce this delicious fruit. and Il
Nh b. benefit IN two ways
n overheard = conversation b>tween d
grower and a shipper at wenatchee. The
IFower, II appeared. had thirty acres,
F3Aieh would produce 100 or s00 melons 70
ne acre. and in all about thirty carloads
ne shipper offered q cents per dozen and
~ grower wanted 81. good profit for
- farmer at either figure. for melons
TIA be- grown an cheaplv ~ corn Prices
sIke this would make the mouths Of all
stw people water
Suep1fsea 60 Fina 0rapeu.
II MAS surprised to ind that large guam
stitlee 1t grapes were being grown In this
vicinity. These mostly find market IN the
Qtates east OF the Rocky mouutains Here
toforc the frrigatink bitches have been Of
q rather primitive character. Now. how
ever, a harmonious system Of handling
4eter n being put into force. 80 that
Il four or Ave years thousands Of acres
Eyal be reclaimed. which win produce =
bfgc revenue. Careful estimates indf-
seafe that the vicinity OF Wcnatchee would
leediiy support a population Of from .. :
70 $4,000 people engaged In farming the
seeunty will he organized from all reports,
within tina course OF two months. which
makes Wenatchee the county seat This,
znowever. viii not cause any boom. as
volues seem TO be conservatives Lands
IRE not held at the same rate that they
Sele IN many of the other irrigated dis
03ets in this county They are dis
peNec OF At prices at which they can h.
1fmed at n reasonable profit I was told
8 ~ half million bushels of wheat would
- brought IN wenatchee for shipment
0pon the railroad this year. While this Il
2ensidered fruit district. yet l found
mat large revenue Is derived from hay
md grain which r. grown NJ or near Wen