The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-12-13
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Walter n. Granger-Novembe and
December have in the past been dull
months for the sale of Sunnyside lands
but this year our sales have been
greater than ever before and / have been
kept busy locating settlers. February,
March and April are the big months for
the sale of land and, judging from the
past two months the coming season will
be one of unprecedented activity in the
Sunnyside. The canal is now being
placed in perfect condition and we ex-
pect to turn water in by the Goth of
March, so that consumers can have it
by the first of April. When you come
to realize that the main canal and lat
terals extend for distance of rs miles
you also realize that it takes some time
to get water over the vast territory
covered. As to extending the canal in
1901 no decision has as yet been reached,
although the improvement is under
consideration.
w. H. Steele-I have been in Yakima
since 1885 and as farmer, stock grower
and mining man l have watched the
climatical conditions very closely. From
my observations have arrived at the
conclusion that we shall have an open
winter until February, when we are
liable to have seige.
Miles Cannon-I was quoted in
local paper as saying anent my recent
trip to the Sound that it rained con-
stantly while was there. To give the
Sound its dues, it never rained drop.
J. r. Coe-An amusing scene occurred
at the depot on the arrival of the be-
lated east bound passenger Wednesday
evening. Three Kittitas ranchers were
on the train all bound for the local land
Office to file on the same piece of vacant
land. My boy, carrying papers, sized
the crowd up and taking liking to the
youngest one put him on the right route
to the land office and he lit out up the
avenue like as if something was after
him. He got there breathless just the
same before the others and filed on the
land in the nick of time as the land
office was about to close.
A. F. Switzer-We had the same sort
OF Sound weather we are having now
when ! was doing some government
contract work at Fort Simcoe in the
winter of 1901. Afterwards the winter
grew quite severe, and look for very
cold weather next month.
d. E. Lesh-I remember fall some
years ago that resembled the damp and
foggy weather weare now having. l was
coming up from Parker Bottom by way
of the Mckee with my wife and child.
In the timber near the old ford of the
Mckee there were some drifts four feet
high, and in a short while after reaching
home, the thermometer went down to
40 degrees below.
S. j. Harrison-Our town of Sunny
side is dry town by vote of 40 to 10,
and we propose to keep it so. We will
not sell lot within one mile square of
the townsite unless it is to some men,
Der of an evangelical society who will
vote for temperance always. We desire
to make our town an educational center
after the manner of the Oberlin college
settlement in the western reserve,
Ohio.
Stanley Coffin-A recent letter from
Charley Wenner, formerly of this city,
speaks of the live stock exhibit at Chi
cage, as the greatest the world has ever
known. He mentioned especially a
mamoth steer from Texas and also a
sheep which weighed 800 pounds.
Fred Parker-I find large majority
of the people of my end OF the city are
anxious for sewerage. 1t certainly
seems to me that we ought to have more
in town of this size and that right
away. 1t would doubtless be the means
of cutting down the death rate from
| typhoid fever very materially.
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