The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-06-27
Y. AND Y. RAILROAD
RAN EXCURSION
TOOK CROWD OUT TO ROWE HILL
Sunday spent In the Quiet Woods.
Where the Picnickers Ate and
Slept and Rcjuvcuatcd.

Far from the madding crowds ig-
noble strife, out whore the cool breoges
stirred the leaves and the grass ana
flowers nodded and waved a welcome
and an invitation TO the tired city
man and his family. the one train of
the Yakima & Valley road carried
about $50 souls and one or two news
paper men Sunday morning The en-
tire rolling stock of the road was
called upon to transport the crowd, and
a coach had to be borrowed from the
Northern Pacific. But ride through
the green fields and the orchards that
fill up great spaces where a few short
years ago nothing but sagcbrush and
not very much Of that. grew, was a
reminder that we are getting along to
that stage in our progress where a
straight line of railroad through the
state won't do others are bound to
come, and when. few wears from
now the Yakima & Valley is a great
road, with feeders running up every
valley now uninha5ited. end with hum
dreds Of cars and engines we will look
back with = reminiscent glance and
smile to think Of the time whom the
people who wanted to see the works
at the end Of the line stood UP in a box
car because there wasn't enough seats
inside the coaches,
The Yakima & Valley train left the
Northern Pacific depot at $3.50 Sunday
morning in charge of Conductor w. y.
Kaufman, whose brakemen were
Frank Black and Carl Martin. Engi-
neer Wiley was on the right side of
the cab, and Fred White shoveled in
the black diamonds The thanks of
the excursionists are due to the mem
bers of the crew for their polite at
tention to the comfort Of the passen-
gers Arriving at the camp. at the end
OF the inc, the crowd grabbed their
lunch baskets and fshpoles and scat
tered through the timber each anxious
to get IL tho river and cast the first
fly. But the sun was on the wave and
in ones eyes and the woods looked so
cool and inviting, and-whv fish, any
how? There was plenty IF lunch iii
the BASKETS ana n stand where refresh
ments could be obtained. The stand
must have been we'll patronzed, for
one Of the ltt'c girls who served the
ice cream lnd lemonade, said the profits
ara me iec .ream sold was several doll
lars. It was good cream. though And
In the afternoon everybody slept
awhA, aid wondered how things were
getting along down In the hot. dusty
city, and ,hen took another try at the
elusive trout Some of the fishermen
were successful. and some weren't; but
it didn't matter: all they wanted was
fishing, and thev got it.
There are ipples. peaches. pears and
ali kinds Of small fruit and berries
growing or the right way of the
Yakima & Valley. One can reach out
Of the window ana gather in the fruit,
or ask the hraky 10 get it for you when
the train stops to take on a passenger
or let one of. The train passes through
well kept ranches, where bands Of
horses snd focks Of gentle-eyed cows
stand and rubber "A the cheering, wav-
Ing crowds GA board And at every
farmhouse the Youngsters get out and
wave han ikerchicfs-the novelty Of the
thing has NOT vet worn off.
SHndny gaursions viii be run reg
ularly hereafter; there is some talk of
fixing ua the grounds at the end Of
the lne-lt the present end Of tho
line, that Isl with swings and merry
go-rounds and seats and lunch tables.
and making a resort that viii attract
hundreds y people from the city every
Sunday