The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-10-11

proprietor of Kings hall Two COM
panies, the Cascade and the St. Paul
and Tacoma Lumber. have extensive
yards in Selah and furnish lumber for
the community. in addition to fuel and
building supplies. One of the prin-
cipal institutions of the community is
the Selah State Bank, organized May
z, 1910. with capital stock of s15,-
900 and having deposits of $4,000.
Elmer Dahlin, as cashier, has worked
up a considerable business for the
bank, which is growing in prestige
daily. c. S. Sundberg is the president
| and G. N. Remington is the vice-pres-
ident
Three Churches
The Selah district is we'll supplied
with churches. there being three pro-
testant institutions. Rev. John Craig
is pastor of the Selah Methods Epis-
copal, Rev. E. E. Francis of the
| Christian church. and Rev. c. A. Dam
ielson of the Swedish Mission. One
of the most important and far reach
| ing organizations in the valley is the
Selah Fruit Growers association, a
branch of the Yakima Valley Fruit
Growers association. Although only
organized about one year, the associa-
ton locally has about one hundred
members and is rapidly growing, so
well satisfied are the growers with the
first results. despite the bad year for
fruit. DR., A. j. Pressy is president,
G. L, Bradley, secretary and the other
| n IS r VIZ
Cornu. G. H. Stein and G. N. Reming-
ton d]i 81"
| Commercial Club Organized
There was recently organized, for
! the purpose of advertising the Sc
lah district, the. Selah Commercial
club, Jim Lancaster, the county COM
missioner, is president, and c. P. Su-
| torious is secretary. The executive
board consists of G. N. Remington,
o. B. Wood and T. r. Slusher The
| school board Of the district consists
of George Biehn, clerk; G. r. Banks,
and T. E. Fairbanks Prof. ]. A.
| Jacobson is principal of the high
| school.
Selah's Development
F. L. Charboneau made the first
plat of the place when he lived in
Selah several years ago, but nothing
was sold under this subdivision and
later G. n. Remington plated ten
acres on which most of the village Is
laid out. Muct of this has been sold,
with adjoining property, that has been
built on and there will be additional
building, especially after the extern
cin Vol nf hn
trio line of the Yakima Valley Trans
| portation company, which will come
very soon, as all the deeds for a right
| of way except three or four, for a
distance of nine miles from North
Yakima have been obtained by the
committee of Selah business men who
have been laboring for the extension.
Just as soon as these have been Sc
cured. the work of building the road
will begin and it is expected this will
increase the value of property gen.
orally and bring in new settlers to
the Selah district.
| New Railroad Station
The Northern Pacific Railroad COM
pany is making improvem ents to keep
up with the growth of the commun-
ity. A new station at Selah is to be
built very soon, plans for the same
being in the course of preparation.
| The need of such a building at Sc
lah is very apparent, and it will be
quite an addition to the village. T. r.
| Slusher, who is agent of the Northern
Pacific at Selah. is young man who
has seen six years service along the
line in the irrigated district. Before
coming to Selah he might have gone
in the same capacity to Sunnyside
and Wapato. but made Selah his
choice because he believed implicitly
in the future of the valley He be-
lieved the prospects of growth wre ex-
ceedingly bright. In addition to the
| prospects, Mr.. Slusher said he was inn
pressed with the class of people with
whom he came in business contact.
He said he found that a majority of
them are educated men of CONNER
cial or professional pursuits, who
know a business proposition and who
are easy to work with. For this
among several reasons, Mr.. Slusher
took Selah in preference to other po-
sitions offered. He was willing to
whose future he had faith
Leading Growers
| AS before mentioned, the leading
products of the Selah are fruit, hay,
potatoes and hops. r. N. Harrison.
with 400 acres. leads in hay raising,
and other large growers are p. e. Pc
terson, Russell Taylor, George Tay-
lor, the Taylor estate, and w. E. Band
most of whose holdings are in the bot
tom lands. Among the hop growers
are II. III. Schott, former mayor Of
North Yakima, with 1870 acres, of
which rs were in hops; e. B. Hender-
son, f. v. Taylor, j. 3. Schwaegler
and George C. Mitchell. Leading
/ among the most successful fruit grow
ers is DR.. J. S. Kloeber. president of
the State Fair association, who owns
'210 acres Of which 147 acres are
in trees, the remainder in alfalfa,
with the exception of seven or eight
acres of rough land. Other successful
fruot growers and the acreage of
each are as follows: F. r. Henry, "a
acres James Lancaster, thirteen
| acres; ]. A. Clearinghouse, 80 acres;
Peter King, 20 acres; j. A. Mcintosh,