The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-08-25
Sumas, Wash, Aug. IA, 1909,

OUuIdS, w dSt aug. AZ, A~OS.
To the traveller coming through
the arid region east Of the Columbia
river into the Yakima Valley, North
Yakima looks decidedly good. Here
IS stretch of almost solid orchard
region reaching miles away to the
encircling hills, which are dry and
barren in sharp contrast to the val
leys. The city of North Yakima,
like Spokane, is not has-been but
city we'll built so far and yet in
the making, with large blocks in
various stages of incompleteness 60
ing up on the main business avenues
as we'll as in the residence sections.
In fact, we were informed that there
are more large business buildings
under contract there this summer
than there has been for several years.
But the readers of this paper are
probably not as much interested in
the business development of North
Yakima as in the progress OF a
goodly bunch of former Redwood
Falls citizens who are located there.
We first looked up Adam Alexander
who has a very comfortable resi-
dence within block of the main
avenue, and to whom we are in
debted for many courtesies during
our stay of over four days. Both
Adam and his wife are enjoying a
measure Of good health and are as
strong as ever in their faith that
North Yakima is about the best
place on the map, for home.
George Alexander has practically re-
covered from the effects of the vii
famous hold-up and shooting of last
year and has resumed his duties in
the hardware store in which he is a
stakeholder His family consists of
his wife and an exceedingly inter-
esting little boy. and they live on
the corner adjoining the elder Alex
ander's residence.
The evening of our arrival in
North Yakima, Mr.. Alexander drove
with us to the new home Of the Or
mie Mcmillan family, just outside
the city limits. AS we drove along
a somewhat elevated roadway and
happened to look over our shoulder
to the sky line on the left, we were
just little startled to see the clear
outlines of two snow-capped noun
tains in the hazy distance. One Of
these looked like an etherialized copy
of one of the popular creation:
served up by Mike and Joe to theil
patrons during the heated term anC
we were informed that this was Mt
Adams, about sixty miles away
while the summit of the other an(
more distant peak, wearing a snow!
and triple-pointed crown of white
was Mt. Rainier, nearly a hundred
miles. These peaks are not Away
visible on account of the varyins
conditions of the atmosphere. Ever
at Seattle, where Rainier is popular
ly supposed to be an ever-presen
attraction, we were unable to get
glimpse of this monarch of the hill
during the three days which W.
spent there.
We found Ormie as strong boost
er for North Yakima as ever, bu
not as strong physically as before
- his accident, which came all too nea
bringing his career as a booster t
an untimely close. Indeed, our oil
friend and everybody's friend wa
unconscious for nearly ten hour
after his shake-up. What happened
to Ormie during this period of sus
pended animation we will now tr'
to embody in print for the first tim
although it was not told us by tn
hero of the story but came to u
over the wireless and may be impli
city relied upon.
IT'S said that after Ormie's ampl
proportions had been precipitatet
upon the unfriendly rocks by tn
roadside, his shade passed into tn
presence of st. Peter, who turne'
to the recording angel for the usua
credentials. The latter referred t
his card index and reported that tn