The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-11-15
All Residents Who Came Prior to
1908 Entitled to Be Called
Pioneers
TIM KELLY'S NURSERY
QUITE AN INSTITUTION
Public Schools Are Pride of the
Town, With $28, 900 Central
Central Building, Five Outlying
Buildings and Real Estate
(Staff Correspondence

} (Staff Correspondence
WAPATO, Nov. s.-There is one
thing particularly noticeable In re-
gard to Wapato which clearly distn'
towns of the west, and that is that 9
person need not have arrived ano
been a resident since before the flood
in order to be classed as pioneer oil
+ old timer. 1t is believed that Sterling
/, Smith is the only one now living here
, who arrived before the town, and
that was only ten years ago, and he
, has watched it grow. He and his
brothers, S. D. and D. c., now conduct
meat market in frame building or
Wapato avenue, one of the first places
of business in town. From 1903, wher
Alex E. McCredy started the first mer-
camille establishment, until 1906, wher
the townsite was laid out and thrown
upon the market September 30, the
growth of Wapato was like unto the
. movement of a canal boat going uI
stream. Then the boom started, and
got under good Roadway by January
!, 1908, since which time it has been
: accelerated by the efforts of those al
Irfady on the ground and the arrival
. of outside blood. With these statis-
tics in mind it may be stated that if
a person has been a resident of the
town since before January 1, 1908, he
is entitled to be cassed as a pioneer
together with all the honors that &c
with the name.
Wapato Under Ditch
The first ditch to supply water to
1.-THE land close to Wapato on the west
and north, bearing to the south nearly
: 20 miles from where it is taken from
t the Yakima river a short distance be-
low Union gap, is what is known as
5 the Indian ditch. The first $1,000
= spent in it's construction was obtained
by the Indians from the sale of theii
fishery rights on the Colum bia. That
ditch is less than two miles west OF
the town, and has done much to dem
onstrate the value of the land fol-
fruit and vegetables and other pur-
: poses. Running parallel to the Indiar
ditch are laterals A. B. and C of tn,
. proposed big ditch to be constructed
) by the United States governm ent
: hands and the cook are anxiously
awaiting the commencement and com
pletion of this latter work, for il
D means much to those already on the
= ground, as well as to those who vii
= ultimately come in to take advantage
= of the wonderful possibilities.
KelIy's Nursery
in which every person takes a pardon
able personal pride, is the nursery o.
Tim Kelly, which almost adioins thC
, townsite on the southeast. Mr.. Kelly
has developed a nursery of consider
. able magnitude, the payroll from
!; which greatly assists in making time
good. 1t employs quite a force O
men the year around, in the differen
departments, office work, shipping
growing, grating, budding, etc. Th,
quality of the output Of the nurser,
is first class, proving that here arr
found the combination of land, watel
and sunshine that will produce frui
in it's most perfert form as regard.
| taste, color and size. Mr.. Kelly's eX
hibit at the state fair last Septembe
was a god advertiser ent for the en-
tire Yakima valley, for Wapato anC
for Mr. Kelly.
Commercial Club
| Like it's sister cities of the Yakim;
| valley, Wapato has a Commercial club
| This organization has been the means
| of starting and finishing a number o
| commendable enterprises for the up
building of the town in population anC
| business. Just at the present time tn
| Wapato Commercia club seems TO b.
inclined to rest upon its laurels, blu
| there is too much work TOR II to do 70
it long to remain in it's present som
nambulistic condition. The officer
of the club are as follows E. f. Car
yer, PRESIDENT; b. Schmidt, vice-presi
dent; A. Devries, treasurer; William
Verran, secretary; Alex E. McCredy
J Dr. c. r. Duncan, B. A. Banister AM
, w. N. Luby, trustees.
WapatO's Newspaper
Among the many events of import
ance to Wapata in the year 1906 wa
the founding of the Independent b.
Charles M. Schrader the first mum
Der being issued March %. 1t late
Development company, from whom i
was purchased in 1909 by William
Verran, graduate of the Yakim;
Morning Herald and other good news
paper offices. June 16, 1903, was thu
date of Mr.. Verran's first issue, anC
from that date to the present he ha
been upholding the merits of the towr
and vicinity with fidelity, appearing
on time once per week. Mr.. Verrar
is assisted in the office by his son
WILL who is rapidly developing into
newspaper man. The Independent
Is planning for monster special edi-
ton to be issued December 10, which
viii lcontain much news and informa-
ton that will be OF immense benefit
to those who have been contem plat
ing taking advantage of the possibili-
ties of the reservation The Inde-
pendent is we'll equipped for coun-
try office, having a cylinder press, a
job press, news and job type. impos-
ing stones, etc. The office is lighted
by electricity and the presses are driv-