The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-03-17
FOR
KITT|TAS VALLEY

booster book for WASHINGTON and
Idaho and here is what it says of
kittitas county,
kittitas county is situated in the
geographical center of the state,
between the Columbia river and the
Cascade mountains on the east and
west respectively, and is bounded
on the north bV Chclan county and
on the south bv Yakima county.
1t is rich in mineral deposits and
timber, as well as in fruit, agricul
tural and grazing lands. 1t has an
area of 2 400 square miles and
population of about 20 900 people.
The northcn portion is almost en-
tlrely given ~ TO mining while on
the eastern slope of the Cascade
mountains are found some of the
most extensive coal mines in Wash
ington, as we'll as large quantities
of timber. In the eastern part of
the county are located some of the
best grazing lands in the state
The three Crcamcrics of the valley,
during the ycal 1908 manufactured
5l7, $40 pounds of butter. This
places it in the second rank of all
the counties of the state of Wash
ington as a butter manufacturing
district.
The live stock interests of the
county are as follows: Horses and
mules 5,732, value S277,5l2; cattle
O,672. value S162 .6l5; sheep 49,
us, value SlO5,755; hogs 1,9l4,
value 81, 40. The total value of
real property in the county, includ-
ing improvements, is SO, O24, 1875,
and of personal property 2,2l5,-
922.
During the past two or three
years kittitas county has come
rapidly to the front as a fruit
growing district. Thousands of
trees have been set out and hun
dreds of acres have been sub
divided into small tracts. Apples
of as fine flavor, color and size as
any grown in the state are pro-
duCed, and actual tests have shown
that the fruit keeps longer. First
class irrigated orchard lands with
perfect water rights are compare
lively cheap.
The climate is dry, the annual
precipitation, including both rain
and melted SNOW, being less than
ten inches. Bright sunny weather
is invariable the rule throughout
harvest time, and the danger to
crops from wet weather is reduced
to minimum The average tenn
perature at Ellensburg is 4S de-
grees.
TRANSFORMATIONS: The North
ern Pacific Railway traverses the
country from southeast to north
west, reaching Roslyn, where the
company 5 coal mines are located,
by branch which leaves the main
line at Gle Elum.
The main line of the Chicago,
Milwaukee, & Puget Sound Rail-
way also lraverses the county for
distance of about 100 miles.
PRINCIPAL Towns: Ellensburg
the county seat, is situated on a
level plateau near the Yakima Riv-
er, and has a population of about
$500 people. 1t is substan TALLY
built of brick and stone and has
many beautiful homes. excellent
public schools, and good churches
1t has Creameries, flour mills. saw
mills, fire water, and electric light
systems, banks, three newspapers,
a State Normal School, numerous
retail stores and other lines of bust
ness. 1t is a division point on the
Northern Pacific Railway. Roslyn
ca, 500 population) is an important
coal mining town. Gle Elum e.,
500 population), is another impor-
tant town, while Thorp and Galena
are smaller villages.
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