The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-09-13
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Editor Wood, Seattle Trade Register
My visit to Yakima with the Seattle BUSH
ness men is an eye opener to me as well
as many OF the gentlemen with the excur-
sion. visited the state fair in 49, and
at the time was most fayorably impressed
with the Yakima valley, but now miss
some of the old land marks noted at
that time and see in their places good
substantial business houses. | have
visited many of the merchants, and find
they have exceptionally large and clean
stocks.
7. L. Stephens-I arrived from Nome
last week, coming down on the Santa
Anna, the same vessel / went up on
last May. The trip up was an eventful
one consuming q month. The boat
caught fire and for q time things looked
serious. There were $50 passengers
aboard and such conglomoration of hui
mainly never saw before There was
without doubt the hardest lot OF gamblers,
tinhorns, blacklegs, variety actresses and
all around toughs that ever sailed from
port on board. At Nome we found little
to entice one to remain. went there on
contract as carpenter and came home
with little more than l took in with
me. The beach claims are principally
owned by c. D. Lane and other rich men
and there is little opportunity for poor
man to mine. Thousands of dollars
worth OF valuable machinery is strewn
along the beach. The government will
have it's hands full in caring for the hun
dreds of men who will have to have as.
81 stance.
e. H. Hoffman-Before deciding to
locate in North Yakima last week took
quite q tour of Washington, visiting the
principal towns as far North as New
Whatcom and as far south as Portland,
Ore. found no place that suited me as
we'll as your little city. Perhaps the
most telling argument in favor Of North
Yakima and the deciding point with me
as a place of location was the splendid
looking farms adjoining and the country
about. and that come rain or shine,
crop ls an assured thing under your fine
irrigating system.
Judge Carroll B. Graves, Of Ellensburg
I am convinced that the Northern Pa.
cific will built the Lind-Ellensburg cut
off, and that right away. Cross.section
work is now being carried on and ex
pect to see active construction work start
ed this fall and completed by spring.
The Northern Pacific wants to carry the
mails across the continent for it means
considerable profit to the company. Con-
tracts will be let next spring and if the
Great Northern time is the shortest, and
II will be as soon as the Cascade tunnel
is completed, unless the crooks and curves
are taken out of the Northern Pacific, the
latter company is liable to loose this ser
vice. The cut off road would hurt Yak
ina but little, aside from giving it only
one passenger train day and perha pc
loosing trihe on account of through
freights going bv the shortest route, and
there would be little or no benefit to
Ellensburg excepting from it's being the
end OF the division and thus securing the
trade and expenditures of few more
railroad employees. North Yakima is a
splendid town and will continue to i'm
prove.
Will Stewart-Governor Lowe and my
self spent ten days at Bumpin Lake and
on Goose Prairie looking for bear and
other big game and while we caught
plenty Of trout and shot lots OF grouse
and fool hens we saw nothing more for
midable. We ran across the govern
ment geological engineers and learned
that they had killed couple of bear and
q number of deer. 1t was raining much
of the time and on this account the engi.
neers expect to return about the 18th Of
the month. Among the most pleasant
recollections of the trip was the delicious
spring water we encountered and the
wonderful appetites created. No, we
brOupht no WhiSkey hack with ia