The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1909-05-27
A LETTER FROM
PASCO, WASHINGTON
TISS LOLA LAMBERTON WRITES
FROM THE LAND WHICH
HAS MUCH SUNSHINE

the Columbia and Snake rivers six
miles below where the Yakima river
empties into the Columbia, fifteen
miles above where the Walla Walla
river empties into the Columbia. Pas-
co is 146 miles south west of Spokane,
23O miles southeast of Portland, 254
miles east of Tacoma and Seattle.
The Columbia river is navigable from
Kettle Falls, Wash, to Priest RaYids
part of the year, and from Priest Rap
ids 10 the Pacific ocean with the eX-
ception of the distractions at Cello
Rapids all the year.
The u. S. government is now con-
boat canal which is expect
ed to be completed within the next
three years.
The Snake river is navigable from
its mouth at Pasco above average low
water TO Imnaha river, Oregon. The
government boat Umatilla on the Col
umbia, and the Wallola on the Snake
are engaged in deepening these two
rivers. The stale of Washington has
three scows on the rapids of theColum-
bia. The locks at Cascade Rapids were
completed at a cost of $4 100000.
The two large steamers, Inland EN-
pire and Twin Cities, which ply be-
tween Cello Falls and Pasco, are now
carrying freight at Is per cent less
than the railroads, and on completion
of Cello Locks, when boats from Port
land will ply direct, Pasco must then
be given terminal rates.
Pasco is the passenger divisional
point for the main line of the Northern
Pacific Railway from st. Paul to Seat
tie, the W. Il G.. r. r. from Pasco TO
Walla Walla, the Pendieton branch
from Pasco to Pendleton, Oregon, the
Spokane, Portland and Seattle K. X.
from Spokane and Lewiston TO Port
land, Oregon. Making six lines di-
verging from Pasco.
The Chicago, Milwaukee q st. Paul,
the Great Northern and North Coast
roads have surveyed lines into Pasco,
work having been commenced on the
G. M. & St. 7. r. r.
PascO will be a wholesale distribut'
ing center in the near future; because
of its railway lines in all directions
and the river transportation up and
down the rivers.
The large irrigated tracks around
Pasco are producing millions of dollars
every year and rapidly increasing.
Where once the lone coyote howleu at
at night and the Red man chased the
wild horse over the rolling plains are
now fertile valleys and growing wheaJ
fields.
AS soon as the n. 2. r. 4. built
their branch from the local yards to
the wharf on the river Pasco will have
several warehouses, wholesale houses,
flour mills and cold storage plants one
of which is under construction at the
present time. The branch vii e fin
isheG within the next 80 or 70 ca
Pasc0's natural advantages are the
best on earth, 325 days of sunshine
each year, $50 feet above sea level, fer
tile soil, fine healthful climate, early
seasons, vegetables, strawberries, and
other fruits from ten days to three
weeks ahead of all out side points, and
the first and highest markets in all dl-
rections, with railroad and water
transportation TO all parts of the world.
There are Al 900 acres of the finest
soil in the world, which, when irriga-
ted, will produce from 5000 TO $1,000
per acre season.
There are two large companies with
millions of dollars behind them at work
in the field at the present lime and II
will be only short time until there
will be thousands of acres of this rich
land all under the irrigation ditch
Unir1igaled land is selling at the pres
ent time around close 10 Pasco from
S25 to S75 per acre. Land adjoining
Pasco when irrigated will be worth
from 5000 to S4O0 per acre.
-Four crops of alfalfa are cut off on'
field in a season: corn, wheat, rye, ,oats
barley and vegetables of all kinds; po
tatoes are exceptional yielders, turnin.
from twelve to sixteen tons to the acre
Pasco, the county seat of FRANKLIN
county, has two banks, five churches
public school, ten fraternal orders, on
monthly magazine, two weekly pa
pers, one daily paper, two theatres
one natatorium, four general merchan
disc stores, three clothing and gent
furnishings stores, three furnitur
stores, six grocery stores, two hare
ware stores, three dry goods stores
three drug stores, one paint and al
store, one sign shop, five hotels, tw