The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-03-18

Nicols. of Parker Bottom, took &c.,
000 from 10 acres of pears in one
season. To say that fruit ranches
Of apples. peaches, pears, or cherries
would be to express conservative
view.
In the light of these facts ii is not
difficult to see how man may be-
come rich on a fruit ranch in a few
years These facts will also explain
the prices Of land.
Land that can produce for its own
err $1,000 per acre ought to sell for
$1,000 per acre or even $4,000 per
acre and still give the buyer big
profit from the investment. Much
Of our best fruit lands in full bearing
sell for $1,000 to $4,000 per acre.
Land just as good in same condition
! but farther out from this city sells
Z for $500 to $500 per acre, and other
lands still farther out from this city
but near markets in other parts of
the valley may be bought for $3.50
I TO $3.50 This is about the cheapest
of the good lands with water rights.
Such lands when cleared and covered
with one year-old orchard sell read
/ lily for twice the purchase price.
/ &c.
now building a great irrigation
! canal system, the Tieton canal, which
/ will irrigate more than 10000 acres
of choice fruit land This fact, to-
gether with two new railroads, vari-
Gus rural electric lines perfected into
the valleys, is giving wonderful
/ impetus to the development of this
section of the state, opening up new
lands to The tiller of the soil, tapping
rich forests and mines near here and
giving excellent market facilities to
! all
\ presume it can be easily seen
why the average ranch is from 10
to 90 acres. Consequently. our
country sections look more like a
village community. The country
graded school with several depart
ments takes the place of the isolated
district schools of Eastern states.
Country churches are likewise com
mon making the environments of
country life highly ideal and con-
dus ing to mans highest happiness
and prosperity. ! should say that
hay and hops are also very profitable
crops. The uplands are best adapted
for fruits, while the lower lands are
used for hay, grain, hops, cattle and
sheep. We cut three good crops OF
alfalfa each year. know of a mar
here who cleared $4,000 from
thirty acres of hops in 1905. How
ever. the hop indpstry IS very uncer
tain because of the very great fuctu
alton in prices To appreciate the
future Of the fruit industry here, one
must know the superior quality OF
our apples. pears and peaches ant
the increasing demand for them il
The best markets OF the world We
can positively affirm that we now
have a world market for our apples
have known four carloads to be in
one shipment all for England. We
also ship them to Germany, Russia
and the Orient. Alaska is already q
good market for our apples, pears
hay and potatoes.
For several years past our apples
have sod for a dollar more a box in
Chicago, St Louis and New York
than anything produced elsewhere on
the continent. These and other large
cities buy heavily of our choicest
winter varieties. With growing
country east, west and north, with
an established reputation for fruit,
we have nothing to fear in the future
from an overcrowded market. This
letter is already too long and yet
'the half has not been told" Wash
ington is already great and wealthy
state. Its geographical location is
most strategic in the matter of the
commerce of the world, and it does
not take the eye of prophet to see
in the next quarter century one of
the three largest cities of the land
located on the water of Puget sound,
To this point are directed all the
great railroads of the continent;
from here radiate all the great ocean
routes Of commerce to the Orient.
Very respectfully,
J. T. FRENCH,
North Yakima, Wash.