The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-09-23

EulIOT 1teTdlu.
notice in the Spokesman-Review
a dispatch from North Yakima
stating that committee has been
appointed to collect few boxes OF
apples to be taken by a delegate to
the National irrigation Congress at
Albuquerque, New Mexico, and that
this delegate would work to bring the
next congress to Spokane.
The proposition is for Spokane to
send two. cars of fruit and tons OF
literature to be distributed not only
at the congress but all along the road
and to have North Yakima, Wenat-
chez, Walla Walla and Charleston
gather up some little dabs of stuff
to play second fiddle to Spokane.
The game of Spokane at all times is
to belittle and knock North Yakima,
not only on special occasions but in
special magazines published in that
city. One of these magazines pub
fishes full page map on the last
page of the cover with all of the
towns from Spokane to Wapato
printed in red ink and North Yakima
left off the map.
Spokane advertises her interstate
fair in such a way that even the peo-
pie of the state of Washington are
led to believe that the state fair is at
Spokane instead of North Yakima.
Spokane is now advertising a
National Apple Show and Offering
liberal premiums which will give that
city a great deal of free advertising.
Yet no apples of any consequence or
1t, l.
Spokane territory.
In aspiring to capture the next
irrigation congress. Spokane Is as
greedy as she is in all other things.
Inc choice fruits of the Pacific north
west are produced IN Tie vicinities Of
Wenatchee, Charleston. Walla Walla
and North Yakima. in the state of
Washington, and at Hood River and
Rogue River, in the state of Oregon.
Spokane is no more entitled to the
National Irrigation Congress than
or to the pretense that the state fair
is held at hat place.
There is no considerable BODY Of
land under irrigation in the Spokane
territory and the insignificant tracts
that are artifically watered do not
produce first-class special crops of
any character.
We understand that Wenatchee
will send from one to two cars of
fruit from that district and dead
loads of publicity matter with a
| strong delegation of speakers and
active convention workers TO Albu-
querque with the intention of Undue
I ing the managers to hold the next
/ irrigation congress at Wenatchee.
| Two years ago. when I was at the
National Irrigation Congress at
Boise. and the session of last year
enough clear cash to almost foot the
conceded that not only was the state
of Washington entitled to the con-
gress of this year but that it should
come 20 North Yakima. because il is
the headquarters for the great gov
eminent canals and private irrigation
projects in this state. Last summer
asked the Yakima people to give me
proper backing to lead strong dele
cation to Sacramento and secure the
ering in this article are grown in
congress of 1908 for North Yakima
The plea of the local press was that
it would cost too much and that We
were not fixed to entertain body of
that kind. At Boise. the aceommo-
dations We're so inferior that trains
were run every evening to Nampa
and Payette to find lodgings for the
delegates. The Washington delega-
ton which attended the Sacramento
congress was quartered in the red
light district and the convention it.
self was held in a tent Z. C. Bur-
lingame went to the chairman of the
executive committee and stated that
nothing was too good for Washing
! tonians and he demanded and OBJ