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

half IL set to orchards. mostly ap-
pies, while the remainder raises crops
Of potatoes. hops and alfalfa with
some grain. Very little of this land
is to be had for sale, everyone own
ing any preferring to keep 1t, knowing
its present and prospective value,
While SOME hay land is held as low
as 5000 per acre, the best of the
fruit land is priced at $1,000 per acre,
several sales having been made at
that price.
Most of the owners Of orchards de-
cline to place any price on their hold
ings. One owner of two hundred
acres, part of which is in orchard and
part in hay, has declined $1,000 per
acre, and says he would not sell for
considerably more than that. The
land on which the largest and finest
orchards have ben raised is above
the frost line, 1,400, which is in itself
great consideration. This whole sec
ton is watered by the Selah valley ca
nal, which takes it's water from the
Naches river at Oak Flats. East of
the river there are three thousand acres
u
few years Fifteen miles to the east
is Pleasant Valley, which is develop
ing into an orchard section, and to the
north is the Wenas valley.
Mostly American
Selah valley has the main line of the
rectly through it, and will soon have
connection with North Yakima by the
Yakima Valley Transportation. COM
pany. Selah, community of about
one hundred persons, lies in the STRAIT
egic center of the district. The valley
being shaped like bowl, the road
from every ranch is down grade to
Selah and the railroad station and no
one more than four miles distant.
Daily mail is delivered to every ranch
in the district and each has it's tele-
phone, having free connection with
North Yakima and the long distance
service all over the Northwest. The
population of the district is in excess
of $500, four-fifths of which are AM
orleans, the remainder being Scandal
navians, French and Germans. Four
district schools and one high school
constitute one of the best school sys-
TENS in the state, the upper grade
school standing especially high.
There are more than four hundred
children in attendance at the schools.
Saloons Not Tolerated
One thing that speaks we'll for the
community is that there is not sa-
loon in the whole district and there
never will be if the present sentiment
of a majority of the people remains
unchanged. Numerous attempts have
been made to invade the district with
a saloon but no applicant has ever
been successful in obtaining the re-
quired number of signatures to his ap-
plication. tgtt., .st.t, .-f a.
>a.. New and Progressive
The community is not an old one.
Five or six years. ago F. L. Charbon-
eau opened the first general store and
since then there have been numrous
additions on that portion of the Sc
lah Central and Wenas roads where
the little community is located At
the present time there are the follow
ing establishments in Selah; O. P. An
Choir, hardware; Sutorius e. Clark, Sc
lab Mercantile company; Agree &
Granholm, Sunset Grocery; Ostberg &
Johnson. store; Eric Anderson. jewelry
and crockery; Olson Brothers shoe
store; Selah Hotel, steve Friemann:
w. J. Boathwick, blacksmith; r. ].
Murray, blacksmith; Ernest Anderson,
livery; Selah Livery, Remington &
Peterson; Selah Trading company, real
estate and brokerage, G. N. Reming-
ton; Selah Pharmacy, DR.. c. A.
Riemcke; Henry Lott. restaurant; H.
F. Eilertsen, carpenter shop. ,s.=..
Postmaster and Justice
Ira S. King is the postmaster and