The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-05-17
Seventy-Five Business Men Of
North Yakima Spent Most En-
joyable Day Thursday
GREETED WITH GLAD HAND
BY TOWNS OF THE VALLEY
Welcomed and Feted at ZilIah,
Granger, Sunnyside, Grandview
and Benton City by CONNER
cial and Civic Organizations

on the business mems ex-
cursten over the o. W. r. & y. rail-
way, returned to the city la = ever
ing enthusiastic over the country
ah >wn to them and over the aou:trsy,
kndliness and good comr. 1ehs .cs
The people sh,y met. W:tfiou. extep-
ton the n'emt ers of the party lie
Jared they had had an exc, ,cnt
time, We're ore than pl So. tliat
they hat; na3e the trip au;: regretted
only that ties had not sooner re-
rlcutod friendly relations with their
fellow WASH rgtonians Of Yakima
and B'f:on counties. TIL y learle3
more about this country than they
had ever known before, became ac-
quainted witt: some idea of its pos
5ib;iities, saw sisns of wealth anil ex-
panses of country which promise
more wealth and behed scenery
which, now that they have seen it,
they declare to be as fine as any in
the United States. The expanse of
country shown them from Suipes
mountain. according to one member
of the party made us all feel like
| millionaires."
Zi1lah, Granger, sunnyside, Grand
view and Benton City were the places
visited but the pleasure of the trip
began before the southern limits of
North Yakima had been reached and
lasted throughout. And each town
presented some special claim to re-
m EN- brance AT Zillah Rev C. G..
Weare. president of the Commercial
club delivered a talk which was
hearty and pleasing and his fellow
citizens backed up his remarks with
enthusiastic welcome to the guests A.
Granger the town was waiting with
open arms and open doors to the
High Line hotel ana everything was
free and the property of the guests
OF the day. At Sunnyside a score of
| autom obiles were in waiting and took
the North Yakima men out for an
hour over as delightful a country IS
it is possible for anyone to see. The
ladies, also, served fine repaS st
there. At Grandview was cheerful
gathering at the Commercial clue
with speeches by various people and
at Benton City, the farthest limit east
of the excursion, the station was
decorated in red, white and blue. the
only special decorations of the day
and the ladies were out as recep-
ton committee, this being the only
place where the ladies accorded the
excursonists that honor. 1t Will thus
he seen that every place offered II
special attra ction and it was impos-
sible last night to get any of the
North Yakima business men TO ex-
press prefer ance
1t was a linen buster brigade from
this city for L. Fl Dills- appeared on
The scene early with buster for each
member of the party which We're re-
tailed at cost and they were found to
be mighty comforta bile. W. \. Nc
Manis Of the Pastime and two Others
were compelled to sprint to catch the
train leaving Grandview. The Yakima
Trust company gave to each a uni
que three cornered pocket book and
with these and the busters the staii
and reverend business men became
hoyish and allowed such spirits to
prevail throughout the day.
Those with little fondness for
hunting and fishing were aroused to
enthusiasm at the dam at the intake
of the Sunnyside canal where Indians
We're spearing salmon while their
klootchman were spreading them OUT
| to dry to be cured after the Indian
| fashion. Those with a love for a good
orchard and a successful orchardSt
saw one of the greatest illustrations
along these lines near Donald where
brief stop was made within sight
of the ranch of w. =. Sawyer, the
nf va. neh
out the entire trip the surprise was
the fine class of country homes and
the manner in which the old farms
and hop ranches are breaking up TO
make way for the fruit trees and the
old farm houses giving way to the
evidences Of the horticulturists.
In addition to Rev e. G. Weare the
following citizens Of Zillah aided in
the committee of reception: Mayor z.
j. Jaeger and Messrs. j. ID. Cornell,
t. J. Hunter, j. B. Fox, $ Mcdonald,
J. F.. Townsend and a. S. Hillyer, the
last named being secretary of the
Commercial club and editor OF the
Zillah Free Press DR.. II. p. James
responded for the Yakima men to the
speeches cf welcome.
Messrs George Is. Eaton, f. B..
Jones and A. w. Johnson of the
Granger reception committee joined
the train at Zillah and accompanied
il to Granger where Charles p.
Bailey and A. p. Peterson. the other
members of the committee also took
hold and showed the city. the brick
plant and the hotel. Granger has
one OF the prettiest natural parks N
,
of an inspection of this feature
h. l.. kickerson. f.. n. Ragland, w
II, Wright, Hal Smith and Hal Web
her and Mayor j. r. George did the
honorS for Sunnyside and showed
that community tn be most alert
hen the opPnI tuuitS for hospitality
IL orreled IT, The automobile trip
WAS real treat and the repast at
the Planters hotel was necessity
and Was made a luxury through the