The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-09-13
THE QUEEN CITY VISITORS
Seattle and Yakima Cement the Bonds
of Friendship in Happy Way.
A LOVE FEAST AT THE CLUB.
Yakima's Guests Are Surprised ana Delighted
at Our Prosperity. Wonderful Agricultural
Resources. and Accounts of Our
Shipments.
A LOVE FEAST At THE CLUB.

About fifty of Seattle's business men
arrived on Sunday under schedule time
and were met at the train by committee
from the Commercial club and taken to
the Hotel Yakima where they we're
splendidly entertained. They were a
| fine body of men and thoroughly repre-
sentative of the great business interests
of the Queen City. Those composing
the arty were g. l.. Benninghauser, Jno
Schram, j. W. Hughes, A. NJ. Brooks,
G. Davis, A. B. Graham, Chas. Black,
w. 7. Whitney, S. Wylde, +. FeIitz,
VIM. B. Nobutson, VIM. l.. McCeangue,
Jno. W. Roberts, II. A. Chadwick, Geo.
w. Hummer, s. p. Weston Jas. Lee, G.
r. Collins, T. W. Prosch, T. W. Hurtbut,
II. g. Eversole, l. A. Nadeau, Chas. E.
Crane, II. I. Rudow, Warren Green, j .
w. Kahe, j. A. James, Geo. H. Stone,
F. E. Kaufman, 7. j. Thorsen, S. Aron-
son, Geo Doors, Sol Prudential, L.
Kohn, l.. NJ. Wood, A. b. Wyckotf, j +.
Adams, j. s. Richards, q. o. Guy, G.
III. Bacon, r. H. Harm. G. II. Lilly, w.
tine, J. F. McCiyer, Walter Bowan and
j. w. elise.
On Monday at a reasonable hour car
riages were provided and the visitors
were taken around the city and to neigh
boring farms, orchards and points OF
| interest. The Mckee was one of the OBJ
iective sections as 1t is believed that the
money will be furnished by Seattle in
vestors to build the canal projected for
| the reclamation of large body of the
q 10 ot "a AT q
visitors made careful investigation and
| inquiry as to the resources of the coun-
try, costs of building, maintenance,
supply, taxes and all those various points
which go TO show the successful and con-
sentative business man and investor.
| In the evening an informal reception
was held at the Commercial club rooms
where small but very creditable dis
play of fruit had been arranged by Fruit
Inspector Beck. The visitors admired
and were highly enthusiastic in their
comments and each Que was given bss
ket of choice fruit to take home with
him. Hon. Edward Whitson was called
upon to preside over the meeting and &C.
Quilted himself in very happy manner
In the course of his remarks Mr.. Whit
son stated that this valley of Yakima
had produced this season leo, 900 tons of
hay, 5000 bales of hops worth Is cents
per pound, potatoes to the value of $780,,
600, the sales of sheep, lambs and wool
bad reached the sum of 100000 and
cattle $50, 900. The fruit shipments so
far from Simcoe station we're 80 carloads
Toppenish 8, Prosser 2, and from North
| Yakima As carloads besides an addition
al 45 cars in broken lots. The express
company handled one carload of fruit
per day for thirty days for the Seattle
trade alons beside nearly as much ship
ped to other points. These figures were
received with surprise and favorable
comment by the Seattleites. His address
of welcome was responded to by Thos.
w. Prosch, one of the first citizens OF
Seattle, who told how pleased all his
friends were with their visit and enter
taiument and OF their admiration for the
beautiful and enterprising city of North
Yakima, and above all else of their I'M
bounded wonder at the resources and
/! fertility OF the soil. There were num-
Der OF speakers called upon and among
| those who responded and acquitted them
selves with much credit were Mayor Red
man, Hon. Ira z. Englehart and DR.. W.
| ii. Hare.
Farmer Hare when called upon for a
speech, set lOrtn IN Few well CHOSEN
words the fact that there was a world
below Union gap. He intimated that
North Yakima In jealous manner had
shown the visitors the beautiful farms
in its vicinity but had utterly failed to
mention the country that the big canal
waters. He gave some interesting figures
of the shipments from the little station Of
| Toppenish which he predicted in five
years would have 5000 people while
North Yakima would be rival of Seattle.
His remarks were interrupted with laugh
ter and applause, especially when he
stated that as an experiment he once
( shipped to Seattle to firm with very
pretty letter heads fifteen boxes of pea
ches, only TO receive notice from the
express company that they were unable
to find it, The speaker also stated that
the larger portion OF the products of this
valley were being poured into Seattle's
lap and that If Seatte's business men
did not have enough money to pay the
freight Yakima had Jones that would.
| The address Of Mayor Redman was as
| follows:
: Business men and gentlemen of Seattle
North Yakima is fifteen years of age
and having enjoyed a healthy growth
from her birth to the present she casts
aside her short dresses, and recognizing