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

OF Yakima. It II peculiarly and prodigious-
" productive. Fruit, vegetables, hay ard
hops are the crops on which the main
dependence is placed, although the In
crease In the growing OF cereals has been
very marked ir the past couple OF years.
and two large ard weil-equipped Touring
mills. one In Prosser and the other I'm
North Yakima. are kept grinding away.
while much grain IL being shipped TO Se-
attic and Tacoma. So diversified are the
products Of Yal<isnA.s soil that at one Of
the fair- held here Leg varieties OF grains.
grasses. vegetables, nuts and fruits were
on exhibition frcm single ranch. In
cluded among these were cotton brought
to the bloom this castor bean. chestnut.
peanuts. tobacco, max, hemp aud many
other things that are not generally con-
sidered indigenous III this climate. So
truly remarkable was this collection that
photographs OF Il then taken have ap-
peared in many papers and magazines
throughout the length and breadth 81 the
country, aud not always with the proper
credit. in fact. some boam sections have
intrepidiy claimed II a. their own.
IL may not be generally known but
Yakima In the greatest hop producing
county In the state. There are about a.50
acres under cultivation. and number OF
the yards yield q ton or more the acre,
The largest yard is on the Mckee and Is
owned by r. K. Hisccek. the youngest son
Of ex-senator Hiseock. Of New York.
Eighty acres Of the ranch are in hops.
and for the past tive years the crop mas
averaged ton to the acre. between
$3.50 eco and 100000 were realized by the
growers from the sales Of their hops last
year Even more il expected for 1854. a.
some contracts have already been entered
into on the basis OF IL cents per pound.
which IL the highest price offered thus
early In the season for number OF years
past. and most growers. with the knowi-
edge that they OLD crops have practically
been consumed. absolutely refuse to CON
tract, while these who have done so have
tied zip but fraction Of their harvest.
The hay crop IL another large revenue
bearer To Yakima county. but it Is I'M
possible to calculate upon the returns. for
of the haled hay shipped by tire North
ern Pacific the company Officials absolute
iy refuse 10 give any information regard
ing the number uf ears. and While IL Is
known that hundreds OF cars nave lett
North Yakima, tais Is only ene of eight
or ten shipping resnts in the county. The
shipment Of hay in not all, however. by
"A long sight Net only are the cattle
raised here fatteued for various markets.
but every fall thousands of head OF beef
cattle are driven here and fed on alfalfa
10 bring them he :. prime condition for the
markets of the Sound, spokane ana ether
points. Three or four hundred thousand
the extensive Industry nj raising horses
a realization can be reached of the I'M
ts,rtarss.e cf the hay crop. II alone would
he the making of less favored sections.
The reader may accuse the writer ~ ell
.ssavartng to enlarge upon The Importance
of Yakima county. bas this w9lt De cen
srayertsd ny all who have 9 knowledge n
tina facts The writer in these remarks
will srv 10 free himself from the news
yaper mans fuas prediction feg giving
his owm LEGALITY shat full rosnd tsae os
s.ssg,xeastef.cs that the local sesss 50 love
To see and Yet he is obliged TO say fhas
the truth has na; been hall field aud Ter
veglslcatian wtii again cali attention u the
ta.ftxnrfshle statement that, between the
,srpsini Of the Northern fafil}e, Spokane
is the enly station which @refds greater
revenue than North 1aiSala 10 tie eaf1g-
nany while there are numerous other
h.,ayv shipping p&Snts III ghe e013aty. Tbs
city il situated near the coaGatnes az tEe
Matches ara Yakima rivers fhe wafeTs OF
which are supplied largely sFom the sfer~
nal glaciers Of Aaaas Rainier. The streets
ARE bread. ard these running nartn and
s,s.tn are tined with shade trees. while
little streams ef snaTks}G& water FaS AZ
their base and furnish tae ute-@i@eG To
the roots IL taas particular ~ least
Ae~sA yskiass greats Te~e1seis sSst
Lake Tie hsssszsSs hsasss are mainly az
A Sa,A character thsse hetne ever s@s
raxf frontage eg e.fck anti stone buildings.
a nnrnh~r % which are three stories ia
height. oae hundred AID TWENTY-FIVE feet
additional frontage IL sser~ buildings *
already graes Saasraes. while the pros
peess are fasorAtsEs tnAx EsMisinss az
faese figures w.ai se sAe Fssasg 81 tass SEA-
SOFAS Msrk. The fsssss9se portions ef tssss
ssty are studded with handsome hens.
many ot which would De erss:ss - sassss.