The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-04-29

ths county asat 81 gsoti 81 counts ii & sssb,
! and The objscti w point of our Till
southward. Here M n,af h Is many
members q the y embina, colon u. 4 81,
every hand chat II WV not long / before
We TELL almost ~ much az home asi hive
were upon our own streets. Among
those residing there, from this locality,
were Mr.. and Mrs. e. g. Fioraln,ce.. Nj.
and Mrs. C.S. Florance. John Florance
and family, Ed. H. Dammerall and
family, JOS. Prentice and family former.
~ Of Humbolt, MINI. and MI. Glover
and family, the latter formerly station
agent for the q. Nat Donaldson, which
is a pretty good showing of Red river val
ley people in this town Of about i thous.
and inhabitants, and when We sized up
their social and business positions
we could not help but think..that they
had "made good." G.. y. Florance had
served as county treasurer and clerk 81
court and is now in the abstract and
real estate business and is doing well
Ed. H. Dsmmarell is the present county
auditor and we understand will succeed
himself at the ensuing election John
Florance is interested in the Florance
Orchard Co. Of Cleveland with the rest
OF his brothers and is clerking in q
general store. Jos. Prentice is employ
ed in a drug store and Mr.. Glover is
running hardware store. Asotin is
one Of the pleasantest home towns we
saw. It is located on the bank Of the
Snake river six miles from Lewiston
and hemmed in with hills which make
it picturesque indeed. Asotin creek,
furnishes water power that has been
harnessed by New York capital and
furnishes water for irrigation to the
surrounding country and electric power
to Lewiston and points hundred miles
distant.
Leaving Asotin Sunday evening, we
again joined Mr.Wardwell at Wenatchee
on Monday. We spent day here sight
seeing around the many orchards. We
natchee is one of the most wide-awake
cities of the west of It's size, and if it
keeps up the pace it is going it will be
hummer in few years more. With
population of about 5000 the real estate
valuations compare with cities many
times as large. Town lots are selling for
as high as s25, 900 and orchards in bear
ing as high as $1,000 per acre with still
upward tendencies. The citizens insist
that actual values have not yet been
reached. They claim to raise the finest
apples in the world and that from $1,000
to $1,000 are common yields, from an
acre of land-and why should values not
go up?
Wenatchee is another western city
where many former Pembina county
people now reside Mrs. Ira D. Edwards
and her sister Miss Nellie Parker, Mrs.
DR.. Culp.and her sister, Miss Lillian
Vaughn, Daniel Fisk and sister. Mrs.
j. Miller formerly Mrs. Rankin), Alex.
Baptie of Bathgate, as we'll as all the
Griggs family formerly OF Grand Forks.
We were indebted to Mr.. and Mrs.
Edwards for much of our enjoyment
during our stay. They own one of the
finest residences in the city and Mr..
Edwards conducts a very extensive real
estate business.
Wednesday morning we boarded the
steamer "Chelan" and started up the
Columbia river. The day was ideal
and though the progress up stream
owing to the rapid current was slow
and tedious yet the day was pleasantly
spent
At three o'clock we landed at Chelan
Ia Is, distance of fifty miles from
Wenatchee. From here we took
the stage for four miles to the city of
Chelan at the head of the lake and
dropped in on Mr.. G.. f. jackson and
family who are located there. The
meeting was one of mutual pleasure all
round and we spent a pleasant evening
rehearsing Pembina county topics.
They we're all we'll and comfortably
located, and wished to be remembered
to their many Pembina county friends.
Chelan is a city of about 500 situated
beautifully at the head of Lake Chelan
1t is gaming distinction as summer
resort and when the railroad reaches
there which is now being constructed
they will do big summer business
On the belated steamer "Okanogan''
we arrived at Brewster the end of our.
journey the following day. Here we
found brand new town of about four
hundred inhabitants. Brand new be-
cause 1T had been twice burned out
within the last two years. But Phoe-
nix like it has rizen each time stronger
than before. It has one Of the finest
locations on the Columbia where the
Okanogan joins it and is surrounded by
some of the finest fruit lands along the
river. The u. S. government il nlan.