The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-27
On Foreign Soil.
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After leaving Connell, which
is located in the dry farming
wheat-growing district Of eastern
Washington. we spent several days
=. with Mr.. Fred Molm, brother of
the editors silent partner, at the
pretty little town Of Sunnyside in
the Yakima valley celebrated
fruit country of eastern Washing
ton. Since we visited here six
years ago the principal highways
have been transformed from long
stretches Of loose sand to we'll
graveled roads, so that motoring
on them is now a JOY rather than
an aggravation. We spent several
afternoons while here on these
roads, with mile after mile Of
orchards on each side of us
apples, pears, peach and cherry
trees, on every hand, with an
occasional vineyard or alfalfa
patch. The fruits, excepting the
late pears and apples, had Of
course been picked, but there were
thousands Of trees laden to the
breaking point with these late
varieties. A visit to the orchards
anywhere showed thousands Of
bushels Of these apples on the
ground, and Of course useless as a
marketable product, because fruit
for shipment must be hand-picked, !,
without the smallest speck or
hlemish and Of proper size and
shape to pass inspection. This
shipped fruit is nearly all market
ed by the fruit growers assocla-
ton. should judge from the
articles appearing in the news
papers and from conversation with
individuals that fruit growing is
far from being all profit, and that
many Of the ranchers are turning
their attention to alfalfa and live
stock rather than to fruit, and find
it more prol,san!c, particularly iii
this irrigated valley, where they
are getting large yields of fine
corn. 1t was while on one Of our
scouting trips from Sunnyside that
we had the pleasure Of meeting
the II. H. Green family, former
Grant county people. They have
delightful home about mile and
half from Zillah, with a fine
bearing orchard Of apples, pears
and choice grapes. Mr. Green
stated that from a few cherry
trees skirting his orchard, he sold
some $500 worth of cherries this
year His son Harvey Green, is
conducting a general store at Zillah.
From Sunnyside we journeyed
over the Cascade mountains to
Bellingham. where we enjoyed the
hospitality Of Mr.. and Mrs. D. B.
Nichols, formerly of Milbank.
This worthy couple had just a week
or so before we arrived celebrated
their golden wedding. and in
another column we copy mention
Of the affair made by Bellingham
paper. Their friends will be
please to know that they are as
vigorous and youthful looking as
when they were circulating among
their Milbank friends. They have
a comfortable home here, and their
daughter, Mrs. Ecker lives with
them. Their grandson Lester
Ecker also lives in this city. The
latter has fine little son and baby
daughter. On our way to Belling-
ham we had to make change from
railroad to trolley line at Sedro
Wooley, and while waiting connec-
tions had the pleasure Of meeting
Mrs. C. w. Cannon, another Of the
early day residents of Milbank.
Her youngest daughter Miss Bessie,
was married month or 50 ago
to a young man employed as
accountant IN one of the banks of
the city. Miss Gertrude, another
daughter, is engaged in the tele-
phone Office at Bellingham, and Miss
Nellie has been married for
several years and lives in a neigh
boring town.
At all of our various stops in
Washington we had the pleasure Of
more or less motoring through the
country. One of the striking
features Of all these excursions
was the ever present country school
house, many of these in the more
closely populated valleys being
high school buildings. judging
from their size, and all even to the
smaller buildings, being we'll paint
ed and cared for in manner that
would indicate that the public
school is an important part of the
life Of rural Washington. The
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