The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-05
TAMP|CO IS
BEAUTIFUL
Sunday automobile Run Into the
Soda Springs Section Brings
Its Own Reward
FIVE CARS WHICH TRY
TRIP HAVE DIFFICULTY
But the Roadways Are Excellent
and the Sights, Scenes and 9th
er Attractions a Splendid Re-
cornpense for the Effort

Five automobiles that left Nortl
Yakima Sunday morning before
o'clock for Soda Springs pulled off
one after Rnothe, to the side of the
roadway and underwent temporary
repairs. Similar accidents may have
happened TO others which left the
city after o'clock. At any rate q
machine which had the good fortune
to get through without mishar
passed five others Temporarily i'm tho
docks. some of which go through all
right later and some Of which failed
o show UP at the other end of the
route. And the trouble. at that was
not with the roadways. for they were
excellent. everything considered.
There was one spot where some in
considerable person had broken bottles
light in the track and there were
several bad culverts. These were but
incidents however. and not to be con-
sidered in the days features as de-
tracing anything from it.
All Good But Fishing
Sundays weather was perfect. the
Ahtanum and Tampico valleys were
looking their loveliest and nature in
her various forms had much to offer.
The only thing which was not good
was the fishing. Some of the pro-
fessionals. the old timers VINO got
out early, stayed, late, flshed down
the stream and took the creek bed
as they found 1t. managed to get a
mess or two. But the diletante ele-
ment: those who cast into the easy
water from the open spots along the
shores drew blanks. Those spaces
have been whipped so often and dis
turbed so frequently that the trout
have disappeared. Anyway in fishing,
as in everything else worth while.
there is no royal road. Besides, work
ing creek is as much pastime as
taking the fish out OF It. Any old
Thoroughbred who has been over the
rocks knows that. So far as the fish
itself is concerned Governor s j.
Lowe at his lodge below Soda Springs
is the man who is working that
easiest. The governor has a fountain
in his front yard and has trout in it.
Sunday When the fish were not biting
even in response to the most enticing
invitations, the governor still had his
fish dinner. He went to his fountain.
selected n trout sized TO his appetite,
Knocked il on the head, dressed it and
fifteen minutes later he and the tist
We're one.
Soda Springs Ave Fine
Water has been piped at Soda
Springs, by the mana cement Of the
park there from a spring away up
the hillside and across the creek The
pipe is in the center of the grounds
and is a great addition to the equip
ment there. The grounds themselves
are in splendid shape There has
been plenty of rain this spring. the
grass is luXuriant and affords hnn
carpet for those who wish to lie
around in the shade of the beautiful
pine trees The hotanist and the
ornithologist can find plenty 10 inter-
est the mas they lie and look out
across the meadow. If they arc more
active there is something new at every
turn and behind OF on ton Of every
knoll or in every bush and tree. Be-
cause of the abundant rain there is
a profusion of bloom at this time and
there is nothing prettier in the coun-
try than the syringa bushes as they
are at present Yellow, red, purple
and white flowers are everywhere The
birds are prettier than the plants. and
as abundant, but require more care
tul watching to be discovered for like
Simple Simon's ducks. they will not
stay. But they are there and worth
looking for. Then there is the chat
tering squirrel and the elusive rabbit,
with here and there d brown lizard
and here and there a melting snake
Products of the soil
The orchards of the Tampico coun-
Try are not as filled with fruit as thov
have been other years but they will
yield good crop. Apples pears.
plums and cherries are adding their
quota to the income Of the ranchcr
and q very considerable quota ID will
he in osme instances. When that sec
ton goes more to fruit it may not be
better off than it is today bur II will
send some apples to North Yakima
which will make tho experts sit M
and consider Just nov it is the mop
ranches. the hay and grain fields ana
the flocks and herds which look best.
One bunch of lambs grazing in a pas
ture by the roadside Sunday were as
nice looking animals as any one
would wish to see except perhaps d
bunch of mature sheep in an en-
closure farther up among the timber
Lambs and sheep, calves and COWS
are all fat and in good shape aud
there is forage galore according Ia
the look of the distant hills. as com
pared with those nearer to town
Old Jesuit Mission
Several new homes have boon erect
ed near the main roadway and Others
are under construction at various
places along hetween Wiley City and
Tampico settlement and develop
ment are i'm progress even though that
section is as old as any i'm this valley
and has more history, connected with
the white man. probably, than any
other of the valleys. The OLD Jesuit
Mission in the Ahtanum is a remind
er OF this history carry the record
back AS II does over sixty years art
before the permanent settlement uf
the white people here and before Tia,
Indian wars which resulted in TIA,
present treaty with the Indians. Nh,
old building is an uupreteutiouS place