The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-09-10
WALLA WALLAS PROSPECTS,
NEVER MORE FAVORABLE.

With the condition of prosper
ity which prevails, particularly anon.
the farmers, in the Walla Walla valley
this fall, it is quite necessary that
certain policies should be avoided which
would have a tendency to retard tire
growth of the country rather than us
advancement There is an inclination
an nng some prosperous grain growers
who have acquired considerable wealth
IL the business, to raise wheat to buy
more land, to raise wheat to buy more
lefo, etc. This may To- beneficial tC
the particular Ii dividu1i Who has ac-
Cm1ulated plenty Of this worlds go"ds
y the raising IF wheat but it VIII net
be- of much assistance in pupularinS
tla country.
As has bee l frequently said what
Wa'la Walla needs is more divrrsi-
feh and more nteEs;'ic farming. EX-
to.rsjve holdings NAV bring wealth &c
a few individuals but it does not en-
courage manufact Iring industries.
Wholesale establishments and other
enterprises which are necessary in the
building Of city.
While Wala Walla has had a re-
marllahle growth in the past few year;
it really has not progressed as much
as the country Will justify. We are
not acquiring enough people who build
homes and become permanent resi-
dents contributing to our available
wealth and desirable population.
This is a condition and not theory
although indications are that improve
ment is being rapidly made. We are
building interurban railways which
will traverse the most fertile sections
of the valley thus opening to the
smaller farmer tracts of land which
will produce a good living for hundreds
of families. The faster these lines are
built and the ranches cut up into
small farms and sold off the faster
will the country be settled with wealth
producing citizens.
Better facilities are being establish
ed in the city for shipping and these
are great incentives to more diversi-
fled farming such as the growing OF
fruit and vegetables. Cold storage
plants are being erected which will en-
courage the raising of sheep. cattle
and hogs. Better railroad accommo'
datfnns are assured, not only by TIL,
companies now running lines through
the city, but also by transcontinenta
systems which are realizing the i'm
portance of the shipping to be dom
from the greatest valley in the north
west
We already have everything tina
could be desired for a home city, Elk
cellent schools, both public and pn
vate, carrying the students from the
common school branches into the COL
lege course where Old Whitman will
prepare them for any University ir
the land. Our churches are reverence.
ed and are becoming the pride of til,
city and have no superiors in an!
city Of equal size, Our climate i:
ideal. The Garden City IS the mos
beautiful of any in the state and ou
people the most refined and cultured
With these advantages there would
appear to be no reason why WanG
Walla should not become one of tn,
greatest inland cities in the United
States. The opportunity presents il
self and the ambition can be realized
However, such result will not be ac
complished without effort and united
effort, which is becoming more evident
every day.
Rather than the policy of raising
more wheat to buy more land to raise
more wheat to buy more land for a
few individuals let us work TO secure
more electric lines to divide more farms
10 support more people to build NOR,
electric lines to divide more Farms tc
support more people to build up the
commercial, moral. religious and edu.
cational interests Of Walla Walla.