The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-01-03
The Resources Of Yakima.

Pacific hotel in this city as an in
ducement to eastern people to visit
this valley ana look over the chances
to make more money than they have
been making in the east. If you
have any friends in the east who
wish to know about this section of
Washington, send this to them and
give them some idea of the re-
sources and beauties of Eastern
Washington:
The Yakima valley is located in
the south central part of the state OF
Washington, extending from the Co.
lumbia river to the Cascade noun
tains, a distance of $50 miles. The
soil in this region is volcanic ash,
very deep and extremely rich when
watered, the growth Of plants, trees,
flowers, vegetables and grasses being
simply wonderful. 1t is difficult to
bring the minds Of the masses to re-
alize the wonders of this country,
where farmers get rich in few
years.
The writer of this article is not in
the real estate business nor has he
any property to sell, and only seeks
to induce immigration to this valley
because of the splendid opportuni-
ties offered in all lines, and because
of just pride in the splendid works
done and to be done in the near
future.
There is under irrigation in the
Yakima valley 10000 acres Of
highly productive land Much of
this lies tributary to the city of
North Yakima.
The United States government
will, without doubt, in the next few
years, irrigate 100000 acres more in
the valley, spending from $4,000.
900 to $6,00O,000 for irrigation
works. This land will support in
the rural districts $4,000 families,
or 100000 people, with 50,0o0 more
in the cities.
Crops &c wn here are hos, nay,
fruits, peaches, pears, rlums,
prunes, apples, apricots, berries.
etc, all Of which grow very prolific.
Land is worth from $40 to $1,000
per acre. The high-priced land is
covered with magnificent forest of
orchard, having fine homes. barns,
ETC.. on ten to twenty-acrc farms.
Population is very dense. The
farms do not average more than fif-
teen acres each, from which amount
of land a large family can be sup
ported in affluence.
We now have one railroad, which
is now taxed to it's utmost to move
the produce from the valley, but we
have two new railroads building, one
of which, we are sure, is a through
transcontinental line
Markets here are always good,
prices obtained for farm products
averaging very high. Our apples
are shipped to Montana, Mime
apolis, st. Paul, Chicago. New York
and to London, England. and the
best of them bring fancy prices here
in Yakima.
Our climate is ideal-plenty of
warm sunshine all summer, bringing
crops to maturity and imparting
gorgeous colors to fruit and flowers.
We have farmers who clear as
high as $4,000 per year from a 40
acre farm.
North Yakima, located near the
center of this splendid region. is
thriving city of 10000 people. wide
awake and hustling, with stores and
stocks of goods as fine as can be seen
in any city. With splendid
churches. some costing $4,000 to
$4,000, with five large schools,
saw mills. -four mills, ice plants,
etc., three banks, in which are de-
posted over 100000. most Of
which belongs to the farmers.
Wehave an electric light and water
system. with pure. sparkling water
brought down from the snow-capped
mountains, which in the summer
time send down cool. refreshing
breezes.
Yakima has miles of beautiful
shade trees. kept alive by streams
Of crystal water, which run con-
stantly down each side Of her wide
streets during the summertime.
The writer will never forget the
feeling of pride and Joy which came
over him on beholding for the first
time these streams of ripping, run
ming. hurrying water. with the long