The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-09-09
THE MOXEE VALLEY.
Thomas w. Davis Appeals to Resi-
dents to Advertise Their Section.

A stranger coming to North Yaki-
ma on business or pleasure would
scarcely know that there IS such a
valley as the Mckee valley unless It
were inadvertently mentioned. So
little is said of the valley by it's in
habitants. by the press, by real estate
men or others that the strangers
coming and who visit other sections
and are delighted with what they see
may be excused for their failure to
mention Mckee. while loud in their
praise of Mob Hill, Wide Hollow, Tie
ton, Selah Parker Bottom and
Parker Heights. 1t is possible that
they did not, as before said, hear of
Mckee, much less visit the valley, and
learn of its great resources and see
for themselves as they would see It
this time of year the vast productive
ness of fields and orchards.
Any person visiting the valley for
the first time and unacquainted
would perhaps conclude that we We're
community largely devoted to the
raising of alfalfa, potatoes and other
farm crops, but close observer
would also notice that our orchards,
young and more matured We're rs
full of fruit as are the orchards of
any section of this famed community
and OF as great a variety They
would rightly conclude that while
Mckee could lay claim to being the
alfalfa and potato and other farm
crops it had as good a right to lay
o1n i'm tn hnino q ohio IN raiGn finn
fruit, of as good quality and as
diversified in production as any of
the famed communities mentioned.
hence we are surprised at the ranch
ers of the valley that they do not
make more effort to enlighten the
strangers and others as to the adj
vantages they possess as we'll as the
great productiveness of the land Of
their community.
The valley begins from the east
side of the bridge crossing the Yalli-
state fair grounds, located in or near
to North Yakima. Hence it may he
regarded as contiguous to the city
and extends for miles out into as fine
a farming and orchard country as a
person could desire. As proof of this
we claim to have seen growing in this
valley as fine apples, pears, plums,
cherries. peaches, apricots, prunes,
nectarines, almonds and berries Of
all kinds as grow in any community
contiguous to North Yakima or else
where
The writer has lived in the valley
,,,,-,
visited other sections and, while i'm
pressed with what he saw in all COM
munities, nevertheless. preferred
the Mckee for the beauty of land
scape. productiveness of soil and
orchard. And as a consequence is
surprised that the inhabitants are so
diffident about making these eondi-
tons known and diffusing as much
information concerning their COM
munity. its productiveness and posi-
bility as is usually TO be obtained in
regard to other communities.
In conclusion for this time I would
like to urge upon the ranchers and
orchard men Of Mckee to sing aloud
the merits of their community. We
have as fine a country for farming
and orchard purposes as can be
found elsewhere. and only our over
developed modestv prevents its
praises to be as loud and as long
sung as those of other communities.
So let us all cast aside all false no.
tions or over-sensitiveness about
singing aloud our own praises.
When we have done our part toward
giving Mckee that public notice and
notoriety that its merits entitle ii to
the piCss and real estate dealers,
strangers and others will want to
know where Mckee can be found ans
will gaut 10 visit us and viii MAI vel
at our production and In due time We
will come pfo our owl and be tho
Mecca OF the homeseekei. the specu-
lator ard possibly the pilgrim. Let
us pull together in making the name
of the Mckee valley name to con-
jure by and instead of being praciie-
ally an unknown community we shall
become world famous as North
Yakima now is.
THOMAS W. DAVIS