The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-11-29
GRANGER BUSY
ADVERTISING
A Live Commercial Club Carrying
on Thorough and Expensive
Publicity Campaign
BANKING FACILITIES
MEET REQUIREMENTS
Girl Editor of the Yakima Valley
Runs Newspaper and Woman
Manages Hotel High Line, One
of the Towns Advertisements
(Staff correspondence

(Staff Correspondence
GRANGER, Nov. 24.-The Grang
er Commercial club is attending
strictly to its Keusington work. 1t
seems that live commercial clubs are
the general thing, instead of the
rarity among the hustling towns Of
the valley. Everything is on the
go, and the local organization is able
to hold up it's head with any of them,
and point with pride to Its achieve
ments. The membership of the club
Is 40, and it meets once a week in it's
rooms in Hotel High Line. Unlike
some business organizations of SINH
lar character it does not throw all
the work onto the shoulders of the
board of trustees. Instead, the men,
bers turn out in goodly numbers at
every meeting, and join heartily in
the transaction of business. The pres
ent officers of the club are as follows:
A. ]. REESE, president; Charles F.
Bailey, vice. president: Roger Hewson.
secretary; Ray Moorhead, treasurer.
An election of officers to serve dur
ing the year 1912 is to be held the
latter part of December
The Commercial club goes after one
thing at a time, and never lets loose
until that object has been accom-
plished. Among the things which the
club hss done may be mentioned the
following: Provided a site and was
largely instrumental in having the o.
w. r. & N. company change the
location Of its depot from where it is
at present to the new one, several
blocks east of the old one, and close
to the business center of town; prac-
tically obtained the commencement of
work on the government work Of a
pumping plant at Outlook, which will
bring nearly 1000 acres OF land north
of and tributary to Granger under ir-
rigation and cultivation; by advertis-
ing in different ways has kept the
name of Granger well to the top
among the other towns of the valleys
particularly in those centers from
whence immigrants are expected to
come during the coming years, as
rapidly as they can be made to realize
what remarkably productive country
lies ready for them.
The club went after the Outlook
pumping plant with a rush, realized
its Importance. 1t sent two men to
Seattle to confer with and bring to
the attention of Secretary of the In
terror Walter L. Fisher the fact that
the work of the pumping plant would
be of benefit to many. Delegates
from the club also conferred with
Mr.. Fisher upon his arrival in North
Yakima after his return from Alaska
and Seattle last September until their
efforts were crowned with success to
the extent that a promise was obtain
ed that the pump would come on
forthwith.
Advertising in the east is being done
on large and systematic scale. A
j. Reise, president of the club, is at
present in Chicago with the Yakima
county exhibit, together with repre-
sentatives from North Yakima. Zil-
lah, Sunnyside, Toppenish and Grand
view Mr.. Reise prior to going to
Chicago, was at the Omaha Land
Show, and in telegram to the sec
rotary stated that the Yakima county
booth was one of the most interesting
Of all the exhibits, and that it was
surrounded by big crowd all the
time. Advertising is also being done
in a number of magazines. Hun
dreds of dollars have already been
spent and in addition $4,000 has been
pledged to carry on the publicity
work
The club was organized February
IL, 1911, being the successor of sew
eral similar organizations that had
gone to sleep.
Banking Facilities
In order to do business satisfactorily
adequate banking facilities must be
available. Granger has them. The
Union Bank came onto the ground
the year of the commencement of the
city, having been incorporated June
23. 1905, and at once commenced to
do business. The capitalization of the
bank is $4,000, with surplus and un-
divided profits of $2003.73 The de-
posts are s65.790.19, with cash on
hand and due from other banks s16.-
967.27. The loans are listed at s72.-
032.@1. The banks occupies its own
building of brick, built in 1905. at the
southwest corner of Main and South
First street. The officers are as fol-
lows; F. H. Gloyd, president; A. w
Johnson, president A c. Snow
the board of directors.
Naming of Streets
The first street north of the North
ern Pacific or Sunnyside branch IS
North First avenue, and from that
are numbered consecutively. The first
street south of the track is South Firs,
street, and so on. These streets run
east and west parallel to the track
Ordinarily. in most cities and towns
when South First street is referred
to it would indicate that the stree,
runs north and south. and that the
southern end of the street was re.
ferred to. Not SO in Granger, as will
be noticed when buildings, locations
and streets are spoken of.
The Granger News
No town Of any Importance is COM
plete without its newspaper, and in
this regard Granger is well supplied
There is popularity about the es-
adjustment of the Granger News thai