The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-03-16
THE YAKIMA sun"
Relic Of Early Days In Old Town-Some
Valuable "reminiscences.

Valuable "reminiscences.
Through the courtesy Of Charles Z.
McEwen, THE HERALD is permitted to
make some extracts from a copy OF the
Yakima Sun, volume |, No. l. dated
Yakima City, February IL, 1885. The
publication was short-lived, but while it
lasted registered lively protest against
the removal of Old Town to New Yak
ima," as it WAS then termed. There
were many prominent contributors to
but others still with us in the flesh. p.
j. Flint wrote communication protest
ing against the investment by property
owners in Yakima CITY of capital in
New NORTH Yakima. He said
"By far the largest number of the pres
ent citizens of Yakima City will remain
here under any circumstances" A pre-
diction, by the way, which didn't predict.
He believed that "those who have in.
vested on the strength OF false promises
and unmitigated lies, will be left like
the msn who holds the bag while the
other fellow goes off to drive in the
snipes. At least, after residence here
of seventeen years, this lie the firm be-
lief OF one who has had strong induce
ments held out to him to remove to the
new town"
The churches, namely, the Christian,
Catholic and Congregational churches,
vowed they would stay, through their
pastor of the Congregational church, con-
tributed column article entitled "Trutr
Crushed to Earth will Rise Again" The
writer, replying to statement in the
Oregonian hat Yakima City was about
to pack up its traps and move to a new
location" said in substance that Yakima
City would do no such thing, not in
thousand years. He said: "As to the
churches, we have three, not one of
which will be moved one inch. Not one
inch, gentlemen. What seemed to excite
the ire of the reverend gentleman most
was the assertion of the Oregonian that
"if the saloons can be persuaded to move
the whole town will grid up it's Joins as
one man and 90 hence" A prediction
that was eventually pretty well verified
Mr.. Dixon grew eloquent and remarked ::
1--WE as people are Injured to hardships !;
we are used to the yelp of the coyote and
kno" what the war-whoop of the Indian
means. Some of us have fought the saw
ages, some have lived in forts, and the
graves of some that have fallen by the
hands OF the savages are with US today
At last the railroad has come,
and, together with outside spectators,
proposes to crush the hopes and pros
poets of one thousand people and destroy
half million dollars of proper y, thus
making those who were their best friends
their bitterest enemies"
Among the contributors to The Sun
were ID. W. Stair, F. T. Parker, ID. B.
May, James Grieves, c. Schanno, Hos
cheid, Bartholet & Co. The latter firm
said anent the proposed removal to New
Town: 1.-THE man who threw away the
egg and ran after the shell found it a
very foolish piece of business on his
part"
Another article stated that portland
has the trade of the Yakima valley, and
| if the o. X. q n. would build road
| commencing at the mouth of the Klicki-
tat river and running up to the west line
of the Indian reservation and cross the
reservation to Yakima City she would
hold the trade OF the great Yakima basin
for years to come" A proposition that
holds as good today as it did fifteen years
ago. Altogether the Yakima Sun is a
valuable historical keepsake.