The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-24
Letter From Robert Abel.

WALLA WALLA, WASH, March b.
Editor Recommendation Sir:-1
suppose by the time you get this you
will be enjoying spring weather. As1
told you in my last letter this part of the
country has been blessed with spring
weather all through the winter season.
Spring seeding is almost completed In
the Walla Walla Valley and the little
that yet remains is being pushed to
completion as fast as possible. Seed
ers are operated day and night on all
the large farms, two shafts of men
being employed. At night lantern
is suspended from the end of the
seeder tongue and seeding continues
all night. This is beautiful valley
and contains some Of the finest wheat
and fruit land in the world. There
are farmers in this valley who raise
all the way from 100000 bushels of
wheat up to 100000. OF course these
are exceptional, but the country is
made of large farms, although small
farmers are much in evidence. Labor is
very scarce in this locality at present
Twenty or thirty farmers may be seen
every day on the streets of Walla
Walla and they will tell you they are
looking for men. The regular wages
are $50 month until harvest, when
man earns all the way from $3.50
up to IS. 90 a day and board, according
to the position he fills.
There are good chances in the north
west for young fellows who are not
afraid of work, and anyone who is
familiar with this country will bear
me out i'm this statement. The low
rates in effect on the Hartman and
Hill systems are filling this country
with homeseekers looking for invest
ments. They all appear very pleased
with the country and a good many
are locating in this valley.
Walla Walla has population OF
about 6,OOO is an up-to-date thriving
town, has four papers and two colleges.
The Washington State penitentiary
is situated at Walla Walla, as is also
Fort Walla, the home of several
batteries of U. S. troops. 1t is on a
branch line of the o. r. and Naviga-
tion Co. and also of the Northern
Pacific. The city is contemplating
spending in the neighborhood of $780,
600 for paving this year. Gilbert
Hunt mayor of Walla Walla is en-
gagged with others in the manufacture |
of threshing machines. His factory |
is situated here and he turns out |
considera BILE amount of machinery.
His machines are used to great |
extent throughout the State of
Washington, as they have special
features which adapt them to this
part of the country. The prisoners
at the penitentiary are now busily |
engaged in the jute mills making
sacks for next seasons crop. These
sacks are sold to the farmers at the
rate of five cents each and contribute
greatly to the sinking fund of the
State penitentiary. Some day l will |
go all through the pen and send you
an account of what l saw. Two
deaths occurred at the pen last week,
both from tuberculosis. One of these
was an Indian and l will close with an
account of his death taken from the
Walla Walla Statesman.
SWIFT VENGEANCE.
SIN the death of Basil Adrian at
the State penitentiary yesterday"
says special from Spokane, "a horri-
BILE crime committed on farmers
young daughter of Spokane county
last summer is apparently avenged in
accordance with the expressed wish Of
the judge in passing sentence on the
young Indian.
When the Indian was brought be-
fore Judge Richardson for sentence
after admitting his crime and after
his victim had told her awful story
of the outrage, the Judge said: