The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-07-21
EDITOR FOLK
LIKE YAKIMA
Nearly Two Hundred Members of
National Press Association are
Shown Orchards.

Newspaper makers from all parts
of the eastern United States and with
them their wives, the party numbering
1856, were in North Yakima for 80
minutes Sunday morning and were
given a most hearty reception by the
people of the city through the Fifty
Thousand club and the Commercial
club. Automobile owners who had not
left the city turned out in force and
worked themselves. gave their maui
gladly and vigorously in order to take
each visitor far enough out on the
mills to see the extent of the valley
and get some idea of the orchard and
irrigation propositions as they are
worked in conjunction here.
Party Grows Rapidly.
Arrangements had been made Sat
urday for the entertainment of some
100 visitors, but the party had under
gone accessions after the Telegram,
had been sent to the railroad agent
here. The Dakotas alone added 40
from their press association. How
ever, there was no complaint possible.
Everyone was given a chance to see
something, was presented copies of
the boosting literature of the val
ley, of the newspapers and enough
apples were placed aboard the cars
for every person to be able to sample
the Yakima product.
National Editorial Body.
The visitors were all members of
the National Editorial association,
which meets in Seattle today and I'M
til Friday in it's twenty-fourth annual
convention. Among the number was
B. B. Herbert of Chicago of the Ma
tional Printer-Journalist, founder of
the association. Governor A. B. White
of West Virginia was another of the
visitors. Several women, who own
and edit their own papers, were also
in the party. Two of the number,
Miss Caroline A. Huling of Chicago
and Miss Perry of Winchester, KY,
are to participate in the program OF
the convention at Seattle.
In one respect the visitors differed
from any previous party which has
been entertained as body by the citi-
gems. A great many of them, prac-
tically all those from the middle
states, knew of people here and imme-
diately on the arrival of the train
stepped to the station platform ana
began to inquire for and about old
friends or acquaintance In not a
few instances they met those they
were seeking and in numerous others
met people who could give definite
and pleasing information regarding
those for whom they were inquiring.
Are Pleased With Yakima.
Though some of the visitors had
been through this state several times
and to some extent were familiar with
the western country none expected to
find development advanced to the
stage reached here. The city proved
to be much more substantial than
they had expected to find for so small
community and the signs of pros
perity and solidity revealed in the
orchard homes, buildings, etc, con-
WINGED them of the stories they had
heard of the wealth of this section of
the state Wisconsin, Minnesota
Illinois. Iowa, Michigan and Ohio peo-
pie in the party when told of the rep
resentation here from their respective
sections were astounded.
w. A. Steel and H. r. Roberts of
Seattle, representing the Press club
of the city, came to North Yakima to
meet the party and to travel with it
to Seattle where the Seattle and Ia
coma men will do the honors for the
next four days.
Ex-President Herbert, founder of
the association. distributed while mere
a number of autograph copies of the
itinerary and program of the party.
In it he says:
Sunday, July 1Sth-S:30 a. m.
reach North Yakima. One hour anc
thirty minutes for viewing the Won
derful water power, irrigated fruit anc
farm lands and many attractions"