Payette enterprise., 1924-07-24
AND
FAMILY RETURN
FROM COAST TRIP

The editor Is back on the Job af
ter a vacation of three weeks speni
with his family visiting at various
points in the coast section of Wash.
ington. The trip was educational az
well as one of great pleasure We
went nv way OF Council. New Mead.
ows and Lewiston over The North
and South highway and from there
to Seattle by way Of WaH Walla.
Pasco, Sunnyside. Yakima and Snoo-
uualie pass through the mountains.
After a stay of a week = Seattle,
visiting many places OF interest. in
Guiding boat ride around he sound
through the government 0nal into
Lake Washington, we continued our
trip to olympia. Aberdee', and Pa
cific Beach and from there south to
Vancouver and Portland nd home
over the Columbia high~H.
While the entire country covered
has suffered the severe4t lrouth in
many years we passed throagh some
very prosperous looking sections.
and they seemed not nearly SO bad
ly damaged by drouth rs bne re-
ports would indicate. At With Wal
la the fruit crop seems to = praeti-
cally a total failure. but otler crops
were good and the country present.
ed very prosperous APPEARANCE.
Fifty miles farther west In De coun-
try around Pasco, very sNdy sec
tion. some fine vineyards. Pre seen
along the highway. At Graiasiew,
short distance beyond rro. we
struck the paved highway pnd for
so miles on through to anyside
and the Yakima country pave
ment continued through sd OF the
finest country in the 4hvest,
with beautiful hs1se N {&%snrd-
ems. well kept orchards xf(Tsa fair
ly good crop OF apples and pears,
fine dairy herds. poultry farms, also
some beautiful vineyards. The most
striking feature in this particular
territory was the uniformity of thrift
ty appearance and good farming. The
land is different from that of the
Payette valley. all rolling, but not a
foot of waste land. and valued from
$1,000 to $4,000 per acre. Yakima
has tourist camp ground second to
none in the state.
From Seattle to Tacoma, distance
of 40 miles. land seems TO be owned
in small tracts and is pactically
all truck farming, poultry ranches.
dairy herds and berry farms. a very
thrifty looking section. The valley is
narrow and borders a heavy forest
Of excellent logging timber. From
Tacoma west s5 miles TO Olympia,
the capital of the state, the paved
highway leads through a heavily
timbered country with scattering
iairy ranches and berry farms.
Olympia is a beautiful little city of
about 10000 inhabitants situated at
he southern end OF Puget sound.
With numbering in different forms as
its principal industry. While at
Olympia we had the pleasure of be-
ng invited guests on a two days
fishing trip. Our principal difficulty
vas that a two-pound salt water
rout is just a little too fast for a
country editor who was only able to
and about one out of five.
From Olympit nearly due west to
Aberdeen, a distance of so miles.
Mostly over a paved highway. and
through heavily timbered country.
re enjoyed very pleasant visit with
elatives for several days. Driving
rom there north about so miles
Iorth to Quinslt Lake, beautiful
'leasure resort, with government fish
atchery, then to Pacific Beach, /
rhere we looked for the first time
n the Pacific ocean.
On our return home We stopped |
or short time at Tumwater where
-e had the pleasure of meeting Rev. |
;. Hopkins. pioneer circuit rider
( the Payette valley more than 40
ears ago. Mr.. and Mrs. Hopkins, |
5hile well advanced in years, are
ale and hearty and are nicely To-
ated in one of the oldest towns in
he state of Washington, and have a
indy feeling for the pioneers of
his place who made 1t pleasant for
hem during their stay here. At
olympia we also met Ebert Sts-l
ley. son of F. Stamey OF Payette.
Traffic in that section of Wash