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

older and Weather municipalities The
btissnssss men are alert and progressive.
while the educational, social and religious
interests are fully maintained. North
Yakima. In fact. is n complete little cor
poration, and has fttingiy been spoken Of
as the Jewel city of Central Washington.
The thermometrical Statistics prove the
climate TO be about the same As that of
Northern California although not subject
TO such suddeg~ch changes The greatest
drawbacks q M VIVID os@early spring hss
this IL easily forgotten In the balmy
weather which follows and by many is
looked upon as a blessing In disguise
through carrying of miasmatic germs and
otherwise purifying the atmosphere The
seasons are regular--fhe winters shore and
cold and the summers long and hot~~hut
neither the heat nor the cold Is felt 4,
any severe extent owing 10 the drynsHs of
the atmosphere, To the regularity OF the
seasonl and the abundance Of water for
irrigation purposes is largely attributed
the agricultural produetiveness OF this
country. The productveness resulted IN
memorable tils between two we'll known
wits which will bear repeating II was
back in 1879 when Fred X. Reed was mayor
of the town. Now It must be- remembered
that Yakima is famous"for it's melons and
ships hundreds Of carloads every summer
Well. during the watermelon season Reed
met Capt. Gray. the veteran navigator OF
the upper Columbia. and one OF the main
push OF the then much doomed Pasco, and
took hsm 20 his. Reeds, ONCE where ne
Eazed upon melon weighing sifty-four
pounds, and several other melons weigh
Ing something less At that stage of the
proceedings big knife was produced. one
OF the meiens was eur and the CAPTAIN
soon learned that Yakima melons taste
as good as they look, As he laid down
his third rind IN pick up the fourth slice
Capt Gray seemed 10 think the occasion
called for some defense of Pasco and he
observed In matter Of fact tone: The
reason we dent raise melons In Pasco Is
that the vines grow SO fast that they wear
the melons out dragging them over the
ground, Our sell il too rich. think for
melons"
Every Yakima man In the room stopped
eating and stared at the eapsIn- He never
cracked q smile.
Your soil In too rich. is IT." returtei
Mayor Reed let yne tell you Capt.
Gray the sroii ~ paseo is ga poor thar yen
cant raise an umbrella ON two acres 81
IL Why. sir. Il am correctly informed
ycHr soil ix so poor that Ii takes TWO
ree dee birds 80 make ore heller. one 20
say pee and the other dec I am told
that 81 child three feet high ear stand in
a hole two feet deep AMI pick tAe tee
blossoms a- your fruit trees" The captain
was siteace3.
TO show go what ar extent Irrigation,
either than ny means ~ rainfall. has Oh.
;Ained in this county IT Is only naesss5fY
Il, say that there IA ro section NJ equal
area west a. Utah ard narth Of California
where the development work IN this ii1s
na. been a. great. aatl In al probability
II ia e.is exceeded in some districts under
the Nile TIE maia irritation canal Is
kssevn as the Sunnvsssse which Is nearly
ttfsv ra.laS long ~ thirty feet ~ 3e CO tas
hsstans sixty fret en- f@p ana cares
enough water 70 feat fair-ssxea vessel
This with It's iaterass, r~sisv, etc. has
cost nearly a million ~ dollars ara is cap
abb. - furnishing adequate water fss
atsssgss - esss acres - the richest Land tfsak
tie RAYS us the san ever warned It hAS
ssssn tisgsstesf <ssa a population nssTs@v-
gng IA gsss sc3ais eaB 10 supported ans cain
- competency ufstseF tbs csn8s. fne lsa,
Ahfansass Mckee. whte Hollow. PrasaeT
ard oss@r canals are slss fsnrsrssax
arteries for furnishing parche5 larss vita
ire v3vffysrr fuia ara the setai exreaai
sssre FOR these svssefxs reaches a vast
amount ard IS seH repaid ~ ENORMOUS
s.yTsp~ Aasthe~ means 81 iT~sgas3csf - ~
arfasta- waxes tssrteNr cf the s0Nfsx
wells having ssvU occurred in ssa Msxes
district afens. and others srs being ssFss
in various portions ~ tne county, which
A.,xs rat as.rs reached by the canals. Maj
sss~axIv sae reader would sAsnk that the
cnunfrv would sc rsassre xfsA wstsr bar
wasfa ~. pxszsee 20 CONSIDER thar Yakima
eSasllass = ahnsess IS large ss LIE Stale 81
SeassneStfc8t. Ne VIII eeS1n 20 Tesase tsat
~ssrv snan a sew Buckets sf ~sssF . re-s
sssalrxa 10 esseu~n SIS thirst Ir tsas rrsfcct,
hs~pver, Yakima u well fortified, Mayo
Fasesl. who ~ss ehses Of sne EseasSseAs