The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1901-04-25
THE YAKIMA HERALD.
THURSDAY. APRIL ss, 1901.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY !


Z. w. Harrison of Olympia--I came
to your city from Olympia last Saturday
and I thought would freeze jumping
out Of the hot moist atmosphere of the
Sound country to the clear rarified. air
of this valley. You have delightful
climate, which buoys up ones spirits
aud makes one feel like living. Now
over with us, while we have healthful
climate, it is one that dampens the
spirit Of the most enthusiastic. The
damp gloom that forever pervades our
diversified district affects one like wet
sponge applied to the spinal column,
but I like its healing influence. In this
climate of yours people are more fiery
and impetuous, being SO from the brac-
ing ozone that sweeps down in goodly
quantities from the Cascades. But how
ever, don't think should like to ex-
change places with you, for you have
your disadvantage in more ways than
one, that is in my estimation, such as
plenty of contrary winds and dust; and
then irrigation, couldn't stand that
l am one of the states inspectors of
lands, and | came over here to inspect
some school land now up for sale. One
piece is in section 80 and the other is
down in the eastern end of the valley
The latter piece is wanted by the county.
The sale OF school land in Central Wash
ington is slow, not like it is over on the
Sound. Most of the school land is now
lying vacant on the barren hills and no.
body wants it, while on the coast the
land is covered with timber and it is
wanted for that one particular purpose.
Speaking about timber reminds me Of
an incident up near Snohomish, where
the timber land is being worked over
again like it is in Michigan. An ,appli-
cation was sent in to the department
for the cedar on certain section and /
was sent to inspect it. The section had
been logged off once or twice before and
when ! arrived on the field and took a
view OF the place l Immediately came
to the conclusion that the party had
made mistake in filling out his appli-
cation and thought it should have been
for the land instead. But he was there
and when gave him my opinion he de-
clared he was right. could see no
timber on the land and asked him what
he wanted with it. "The stumps,, the
stumps," he replied. 81 cut the cedar
into shingle BOLTS" And really there
wasn't tree on the whole piece of land.
x*x
Col l.. S. Howlett-The only answer
l have at present to J. P. Marks asser-
tions with regard to the water question
is that he failed to touch on the main
points at issue. l said nothing about
the smaller streams, which he paws
special attention to, and will say this
now that it is reasonable to suppose
that these streams will not run bank
full'' when all the water is used for irri-
eating purposes. You take any stream
with limited water supply, like the
Ahtanum and Wenas, and tap them at
dozens OF points along their course for
water to irrigate the land with, and see
what you have left to keep up the flow
in the main course. When those streams
run bank full' it was at time when
no irrigating, or very little of it, was
carried on along their course, and there
fore what could you expect after all of
it had been taken out to water the land?
As to the larger streams, there has been
no diminution of the water supply, and
the government photographer will bear
me out in this claim. | said before and
| say it again that the Yakima is fed by
lakes on the moutains and the Natchez
by the eternal snow. This is all have
to say on the subject until the other
side follows out the rule of argument
and sticks to the point. The remedy,
of course, in the case of these smaller
streams, where more water is used for
irrigating than they carry-or eyer did
carry-must be found in reservoirs to
conserve the spring flow, to be used as
it may be required.
x*x
J. A. Thomas-Yakima city is thriv-
ing this spring like Natchez cotton
wood. We have received number of
new settlers from the eastern states and
all of us have put our shoulders to the