The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-19
AHTANUM OUT
FOR CAR LINE
Residents and Property Owners
Preparing to Make a Show
ing to Capitalists
IMPROVEMENT CLUB WILL
BE THE FIRST STEP TAKEN
When Data Is at Hand Picnic Will
Be Held, Probably at the Old
Mission, at Which Representa-
tons Will Be Made

Residents and property owners of
the upper Ahtanum and Tampico are
anxious to procure the extension of
the electric line as far west, at least,
as the store at Tampico, from its pre-
sent terminus at Wiley City They are
anxious. also, to get united action
upon such matters as road improve
ment and all other necessaries to de-
lvelopment. To this end they are PLAN
ming the organization of an Improves
ment club. This Improvement club, ia
its turn. proposes to procure from
the ranchers and property owners
such statistics as are obtainable re-
garding the character of the products,
their tonnage or measurement and
! their probable cost in the area within
the influence of the proposed extern
! sion of the car line and Improvement
district.
Is Now Large Producer
There are now produced in the All
tanum valley, above Wiley City the
| following crops: hay, hops, potatoes,
| fruit. milk, cream, cattle, sheep hogs
and lumber, and the tonnage today IS
large. Under better systems of trans
portation it will be greatly increased.
In order to obtain specifically the in
formation needed blanks are being
circulated asking that the character
of the crops, extent and value be
filed IN. Messrs Thomas B. Hill, Isl
dore Mondor, w. III. Peatross, p. ].
! Lynch, Fred. r. HecoX, B. F. Esch-
bach and E. B. Marks are a commit
tee whic.l has taken UP the matter. In
circular they say. among other
things:
| Best Hop and Fruit Land
1--WE all realize that we have the
best hop and fruit land, perhaps in
the world. Our hops, last year, sold
in the open market ahead of all other
districts or countries, except Bavaria.
The quality of our fruit and other
products is just as pronounced, and
the fact that our district is not fur
ther advanced is due largely to our
own inaction.
| Ask For Data
"In order to get the electric road
extended, it will first be necessary for
your committee to gather all the re-
liable information possible in regard
to our products and the amount OF
freight and passenger traffic that we
can produce. The only means by
which we can influence favorable ac-
ton by the railway company is 20
lay before the company the hard, cold
facts which will show them that the
extension of the road Will be a prof.
table investment To this end, we ask
that each person owning land or pro-
perty in the district shall furnish the
committee with exact information re-
garding the quantity of freight that
he now has, and also the proba Bile
amount of freight that he would have
if road were built through the val
ley.
| viii Hold Picnic
"A blank form will be found on the
back of this sheet, which each prop
erty owner should carefully fill out,
sign and send to the committee az
son as possible.
Mr.. John II. Lynch attorney II
North Yakima, has consented to let
us make his Office our headquarters
for the time being. Send all blanks
to Mr.. Lynchs office. where they will
be received by the committee and the
facts summarized. After this is done,
a general meeting will be called At
some convenient place where all can
bring their families and have a picnic.
We will endeavor to have a represen-
tative of the railway company to meet
us on that occasion, and there pre-
sent our argument for the extension
of the railroad"
Meet at Old Mission
The time and place of the picnic
above referred to have not been an
lnounced. The place will probably be
the site or the old Ahtanum mission,
THE date viii be the earliest possible
IThe people have got together ON the
EubJect and they feel that they are IN
a position 10 make a showing thai
win be convincing They are prepared
1t IS understood. To make some other
loffers to the electric line people,
Iamong them a terminal site at Tam
Ipico These are features which viii
develop later.