The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-09-13
FORMER YAKIMA CITIZENS.
G. H. Moulton Writes from Huckle berry Noun
tain In Cosby Way and Tells of Sights
He Saw and Yakima Boys He Met

he saw ana Yakima Boys He Met
U. s. MARBLE Co.. QuARRY,)
HUCKLEBERRY MOUNTAIN,
Stevens County, WASH, Sept. 8, 1907
10000 Feet High.)
EDITOR HERALD You sometimes give
US news from the clover world" and
perhaps a few items from the upper
world" may not be amiss. For the first
time in years I boarded the cars last
Tuesday morning for Spokane aud be.
yond. thought the train stopped at
Prosser but when it Stacked speed and l
asked the con il we were at Prosser he
said, 'No. This is the water tank" and
soon after daylight we glided into Pasco
among long trains of freight cars and
human activity. "Hello old Teller 7"
yelled Curt Green. Hey, there =,
shouted Shellhammer. "Good morning"
remarked Frank Anderson from behind a
lunch counter, and stepping into the
refectory Frank was soon telling me Of
the "happy event" with smile on his
handsome face that illuminated the
whole shop. Noticing fat piece OF pie
tried to adopt it unnoticed but my work
was too coarse Il had to pay for it.
We were soon away and until Linn was
reached saw nothing but desolation
Ritzville is very pretty town and from
there to Cheney one sees evidence of
agriculture in cattle, grain fields and
hay stacks. Poor Sprague! The site OF
the car shops still renamed and l won-
dered what had become OF the officers
houses that million feet Of lumber was
stolen from the Ainsworth mills to build.
Cheney seems nice place with good
buildings and streets bnt from there to
Spokane is horrid stretch of sand and
scrub pines. But Spokane! Say isn't
it splendid city? Riverside avenue is
the finest street have seen and Sprague
avenue will soon equal it.
AS left the train, Mr.. Allen, whilom
landlord of the Centennial in North Yak
ina, quietly appropriated my grip and
made me his guest at the Gardner House
and am pleased to testify to the SUPERB
GRITTY of his treatment and house.
OF course l went down to see the ia
nous falls but after crossing six bridges
and discovering nothing but about as
much water as you will find in Ahtanum
creek, asked an old gentleman if he
would kindly inform me where the
Spokane Falls could be found. He an
swered, "this 10 the location but the falls
have gone on an outing down to the
Columbia to help out Priest Rapids. 1t
will be back in few weeks" / met
Marshal Grant and will confdehtially
inform you that he invited the whole
Spokane police force to Yakima during
the State Fair with the assurance of free
entertainment by the city and I hope
they will accept his generous offer for
they treated him very leniently while he
was there.
We met Billy Wren one evening and
he tearfully informed us his wife-the
daughter of Will Clark-had left him
that afternoon and taken the baby and
nearly all the furniture and he was hug
ging himself to prevent his heart from
breaking. Ed and Will White are do
ing fairly we'll but opine they will be
back IN North Yakima in the near future.
They wish they. had never left there.
Some other time will tell you about
this wonderful mine and my trip to it.
g. H. MoULToN.