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NORTH YAKIMA, WASHINGTON TERRITORY, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1880, / Volume I. TEE TUB! HEBMJ K|ED « COB. .... ? ftogM* miiiißEvainn'MMi. _ <2.00 PER ANNUM. W ADVAJK*- Um&nt Utats* *»\u25a0"*?? E. M. R«i>, Editor and BunmoaiMaaa*'- PROFESSIONAL CAI:I>S. _ WHITE A SNIVELY. Attorneys at Law josmef tbs territory. CATON 4 PARRISH,, Attorneys at Law- ir»n a?*Jj jsaf I&m*NSthYaktma. W. JOHN G. BOYLE. Attorneys at 'sscrffss Takina. W. T. i a mv -v | c. * oaavaa j. s. sbavis. I a. ?- . 1 v REAVIS, MIRES A ORAfES, Attorneys at L^w. or-wIII P~rtlr. la *U Co*""' Ik isS??SSSS ST-S yl&i K \u25a0*» kaifk, W. T. \u25a0dwasd whitsob* 1 waUa! ALLEN, WHITSON * PAiKER, Attorneys at law. M>offlre In First National »a« Bnlldln*. North Yakima. W. T. I?- DAVID BOBBER, Mt>. HOW THEY KIM. Ms Olympia girt hows bar stately head. And ixaa bar stylish llpa Ina Arm bard way, and lata them go la spasmodic Uttla saipa. The Seattle girl ramovetb bar spec* And (reaerth bar fare with a smlla. And sba sticks out bar Ups Ilka an open book, And cheweth her gum maanwhlla. The Spokane girl says never a word, And yon?d tblnk she waa rather tame With bar practlaal view ol the matter la hand. Bat she gets thalr Just the same. Tacoma glrla, the pride of the world. In their clinging and soalfnl way, Abaorb it all In a yearn fnl yearn As big aa a bale of bay. The Sumner girl gets a grip on herself As sba carefully takes off her hat, Thea aba graha np the prise in a freusied way. Like a terrier shaking a rat. The Puyallup girl, so gentle and tweet. Lets her Ups meet the coming kiss With a rapturous warmth, and the youthful souls Float away on a sea of bliss. We bare sung you a song of the girls who kiss. And It seta one?s brain In a whirl, But to roach the helgbth of earthly bliss You must kiss a Townsend girt. With your arm around her waist, her fare up- turned In a sweetly rouflding way, Yon care not a rent for the whole wide world, Though the windthrongbyonr whiskers play. And close together your Ups do draw, Till they meet in a rapturous glow; And the small boy bidden behind the fence Crtee "Gallagher, let her go r ?Tacoma ledger. WuUigfaa?i Railrgad Sjfxtcß. Like ell new sections of the country, the railroad system of Washington is not yet thoroughly established. The main line of road of the territory is the Northern Pa- cific. which is the first transcontinental line completed through it. Its main line traverses the territory from its eastern limit westward through tiie Cascade range of roountaina to Tacoma on Puget Bound, thence southward to Portland, Oregon. Its main Hue is 048 miles in length and its branches? Rosiyn 5 miles, Bpokane A Palouse 104 miles, and three other short branches aggregating about 10 miles?l2s miles, making a total length of 702 miles of standard guage. The Oregon Railway A Navigation Com- pany lias 382 miles of standard gunge road in the territory, extending from the Oregon state line to Wallula, Walla Walla. Riparia, Dayton, Pomeroy, etc., making a total of 1,045 miles of standard guage in the territory of those two lines. In addi- tion to these two lines there is the Seattle, Lake Shore A Eastern that has completed 68 miles between Seattle and Spokane Falls; Columbia A Puget Bound line 44 miles from Beattie; Puget Bound A Grav?s Harbor 10 miles, making a total of 124 miles, besides the Big Bend branch of the Northern Pacific from Cheney westward to Davenport, some 60 miles. Of narrow guage there are 40 miles in operation, making a grand total of miles of both guages in 1888 of 1,107. This is an increase of 137 miles the past year. The present year the increase will le much larger and will continue until the general system of the territory is pretty well established.? Tacoma Real Ettale Journal. Vwfcn rf WulriigtN. Washington embraces all aorta of coun- tries?lofty mountains crowned with per- petual snow and more impressive than the Alps; enormous forests of pine, fir to rush to press with an extra edition of his Puyallup Porous Platter, announcing that America had discovered Christopher Columbus, [Laugh here.] be stumbled over a pile of greenbacks lying on the floor and wrecked his form. When the whole mass liad been cleared up and fired back into the case Ren wiped his hamls on his face in preference to the adult towel [Laugh here.] and yelled ?Pi-all- up!? [Laugh here.) and some people pre- tended to say that that named the plate. But it didn?t. The real ileflnitlon is ?Kloshe tlpso, coo-le pilton cuitan inuck- a-muuk memalonse,? meaning the valley where the caynse was fool enough to eat himself to death Just because he came from a hungry country and found every- thing growing luxuriantly in Puyallup valley.? Alfalfa fiftwMg. A correspondent of the Pacific Rural Prett gives his experience as follows: First, I always sow early in spring?- about' the time of the last frost?as it is very tender when young. After sowing I harrow in, same as for grain. For this reason it covers well and gives it a good chance to root before being exposed to the sun or frost. Put on plenty of seed?you need not lie afraid of getting too thick a stand. You cannot reap unless you sow; that?s the drawback to most of farmers. The first year you will be able to cut two crops of fine hay. After the first season, I take'a sharp liarrow when the alfalfa begins to sprout inspring and give it a thorough harrow- ing. This loosens op the soil and tears out all the foul seed. It does not injure the alfalfa root. You will find that it will pay you for all your trouble. I always cut my hay just before it blos- soms, for this reason: You willfind the stems much finer, and the strength re- tained inthe stalk instead of in the blos- som ; besides, it will stand up much I let- ter to mow. What you will lose in cut- ting early, you will gain in cutting it much cleaner. Of course it will not yield so much to the acre, but you will find it will keep mote stock to the acre, for they will eat every sjiear of it. I consider alfalfa hay the liost in exist- ence for young stock, as it always keeps the bowels regular. It is more like nat- ural grass. 1 feed noother hay, and when my neighbors? horses are all sick, my stock come in at night as they do in the spring of the year, withtheir heels in the air?you don?t know which end is going to get in-first. I have found from long experience that grass is not fit for mares which you want to breed, for as long as they feed on it you willfind they are very hard to get with foal. Cows are the same way. Put them in a dry pasture a few weeks before you breed them, and you will find your mares will get with foal much quicker. As to the best mode of curing alfalfa hay, I find it is to not let it lie too long after being mowed. Rake it into wind- rows and let it dry as much as possible in the windrow before lieing put in the cock, then haul it in immediately, for if too dry, the leaves drop off. Be sore to have it thoroughly cured before putting in the barn, for if the least moldy or damp it will surely give your horses the heaves or a bad cough. This I know from experi- ence of green farm hands. Balt it well when it is put in the barn?that will stop it from molding if too damp when hauling. X rf Wiu lm Since the Outlook has sojourned in the Okanogan region it has, inits intercourse withthe native Americans, learned some- thing of the meaning ol various Indian names applied to streams, localities, etc. The ?scholars? of Chief Moses? tribe say that "Okanlkane??now angloeired RICH IN LANDS. ditches an easy matter, and the sage brush land when watered is the most ;>n> dactive of any. It contains within itself all that is necessary for the growing of any crop without fertilisation, and there can be no drouth to harm where the water trickles down the corn row instead of hanging suspended in a cloud that fails to precipitate. The opportunity for the farmer, or "rancher,? is, of course, along the Talleys, though there is one exception to this rule?the Big Bend country. Here the land naturally grows bunch grass; and where bunch grass will grow wheat and the other cereals will flourish under cultivation. In fact, two-thirds of the land taken during the *>aat year has lieen in the Big Bend, as the greater part of Douglas county is called. Bo far aa I am informed the hundreds who fiave been cultivating the land in that region are doing well. The Wenatchee valley, where the Wenatchee river puta into the Columbia, is also a most remarkably good agricultural point. The climate is mild and winters short, and fruits of all kinds,' excepting tropical, do well. There are several fine vineyards there. In the Kit- titas valley, around Ellenaburgh, there are miles and miles of lovely fanning land, especially adapted to raising hay and grain. Kllenshurgh is itself a smart town, full of life and business energy. THE BEST ANDMOST EXTENSIVE THE CUMATK. To the man who wants to know about the climate: At this moment ray neigh- bor is plowing and it ia holiday week. How is that for a cocumber? What has Ijeen said to the stockman will give a faint idea of the open winters, and yet our Eastern friends arc slow to believe the fact w hen told them. In a ceuple of months from now the next year?s garden in the Yakima valley will he sprouting. This is God?s truth, because he built the country that way. Sweet potatoes and peanuts mature beautifully, and tobacco has been successfully raised on tbs great Moxee farm for the past two years. The climate ia perfect?better than that of Southern California for the reason that there ia a nice little distinct winter sea- son, w hen it geta as cold as sero and a few degrees colder sometimes for two or three weeks. It ia dry and clear so much of the time Uuu, as Longfellow said of some island or other: v«*f> rf tk WU Miu Lul Mrtrirt -1 flint* Sipmw U That rf Saitbcn Calibnii. A Lss4 sf Peace wart Plenty, Where Kveryharty Prospers, and Nst Oas Paaper Amany Them. In response to your request, I will endeavor to furnish you such facts as will be of general and particular interest concerning the North Yakima land district. In order to do this fully and within the space of a news- paper?s daily allowanceon one topic, I can think of no better way than to give, as nearly as may be. the pith and substance of such letters as I have from time totime written to personal friends of mine in the various walks of life. Such letters are free from the booming tendency, and (pardon the remark) free also from the newspaper's inky love for giving its own locality that full, round tone of importance that its local gods so dearly love to see. One does not write bis friend with a view of get- ting him into trouble, nor yet does he write him with a view to keeping him away from the country. The troth comes more nearly from knowledge it filtered through the fine and even texture of a friendly letter to one who wants to come and live cloee by us in Wsshington Ter- ritory. To save space, and avoid vain and use- less repetition, let the reader take It for granted that the subject matter replies to questions in a letter not produced ineach instance. Emerson says, "Give me friends inconversation who take many smaller matters for granted, that I may not weary myself and them ta> by saying over what we all ought to know." roa HIMWHO WANTS TO KNOW. To the man who wants to know how large the North Yakima land district is and how much of it is taken: It is 210 miles long, north and south, extending from near the Columbia river where that stream flows past Wallula to the northern lioundary of the United States, and it is 180 miles wide, with the , summit of the Cascade mountains for its western lioundary, reaching to the eastern line of Douglas county. It includes Yaki- ma, Kittitas,Douglas and Okanogan coun- ties, and lies in the very heart of the great territory of Washington. What is now Okanogan county was until about two years ago the Columbia or ?Moses? In- dian reservation. It was opened to set- tlement by an executive order, the condi- tion being at the time made that settlers could take the land only under the home- stead act. The Indians of the reservation who did not want to go upon the adjoin- ing reservation, in Stevens county, were permitted to select claims from the lands of their old home, and many of them did so. There is still one Indian reservation in the land district?that of the Yakima Indians, which includes within its boun- daries 800,000 acres of the beet land in the world. It ought to be thrown open to settlement, and why it is not, God and the sentimental statesmen are the only ones who know. These thousands of acres are now given over to the uses or non-usee of a comparatively few Indians ?not one to each 1,000 acres. Enough of them are prosperous ranchmen and drovers to prove that they can do better on a man?s-sise farm than to roam and loiter in town, while the rest are not worth so much more than an ordinary cuss as to be given a thousand acres apiece. The opening up of this reserva- tion at an early day is one of the things that is expected from an outfit at Wash- ington that is purely republican, from the brass woman on the top of the capitol to the underpaid roan who pulls out the drawers of the Indian bureau. At pres- ent the settler has no rights on the mag- nificent hay land of the reservation, though he gets there just the same, now and then. FOB THB STATISTICIAN. To the man who wants statistics: Dur- ing the year 1888 207,300 acres of land have been filed upon at the United States land office in North Yakima. This has l«en taken under the various acts of con- gress giving away land, as follows: Pre- emption, 644 entries; homesteads, 806; timiier cultures, 290; desert land, 19; coal pre-emptions, 6; coal land purchases, 3; mineral land, 2. llesides this showing, there have been applications to enter under the desert land act, which are now before the secre- tary of the interior on the question of price per acre?whether it shall be fljtf, as formerly held, or |2.60, as required under the Sparks ruling. These applica- tions cover some 50,000 acres along the left bank of tbe Yakima river. One hundred pre-emptors have proved up, fifty-one Immestcaders and eleven desert land claimants. To the man who wants to know about the prospects for a farmer: This district sliounds in demonstrations of success and is rich in opportunity. No one who has ever been here will dispute this, with, perhaps, the exception of the cattlemen, who dislike very much to see the land fenced and tilled on their former fine ranges. It requires a different kind of farming from that to which eastern men are accustomed, but the same that is practiced In tbe irrigating districts of California. This is the territory where irrigation is possible. The abundant streams flowing from the mountains, with their great (all, make the taking out of "Tbs ysto beslth-seeker flodetb there Tbs wins ol IlfsIs its pleasant sir." It woold be pleasant to tell more of this North Yakima Land District, concerning which yon have asked me to write, hut there is not room enough over in your land district to print all I might say on paper. When one talks the matter may expand upward, but in writing it keeps down to business, so I will now only tell an occurence of to-day, which will, 1setter than any amount of bracing argument, ?how how well people who come to this country get along: I waa standing this morning in the postoffice while the mail was being distributed, when a gentleman who makes glad each Christmas by a tree In the church, to which the town turns out without regard to religion or politics, said to me: ?Give me the names of some poor children who are not likely to be remembered this year, and we will see to it that our Christmas tree has some- thing for them.? For the life o? me I could think of none, and it struck me so strangely that I asked the gentleman, ?How many such have you on the list?? ?I declare,? said he, ?there is but one family In town that is poor enough to remembered on that account, and we feel a bit delicate about it in that Instance.? There are none who have not plenty to e«t; and not enough who go without drink to overbalance those who get too much. This Is the fact about the oppor- tunities of the Yakima valley. There are some gorgeous specimens of the dead beat, here and there In this land district, but not one pauper, so far aa I know, and I know them all.? L. 8. Howlett »n Spo- kane Fallt Review. ...m vnn, Hun, agricultural region in the district [and in the territory) lies about the city of North Yakima, and is known aa the Yakima val- ley, though it really include# several val- leys. Here you will find fruits and vege- tables in abundance. The land ia too valuable to be given up to grain, which should be left to the Big Rend, Walla Walla and Klickitat regions. The rail- roads take the garden stuff raised in the Yakima valley to the coast cities in a day, and there is never a time, from the middle of Jane to the end of October when the market is slow. In fact, the Bound cities ?re coming each ancceediag year to rely more and more upon the Yakima valley for those fruits and vegetables which for- merly came from California. Many of the newcomers prefer to stop in this val- ley and take land, rather than go farther away from iht railroads and city schools. Here ten acres will give »family as go*nl support aa a market garden near an east- ern city, witha surer thing of it, year in and year out, on account of the irrigation. While all tills is true, it is also true that the resources ol the valley are not yet one-twentieth part developed. The 160- acre ranches are gradually subdividing into sinsll farms as the origins! owners prove up. The city of North Yakima contains one of the best public schools in the territory, and has one of the best hotel buildings just completed. The streets are broad and beautiful, and lined for miles with shadetrees and little streamlets of clear water. It is generally believed that the capital of the new state will lie located at Yakima, it lieing in almost the exact center of the territory with reference to geographical lines and the distribution of population and having many other advantages, rendering it the most eligible for that honor. T. B. GUSH, i Physician & Surgeon. | OIBm In Pint Knlkmal , util in*. R.IOTIoW.*J"«*"«4? I?*?*',J 1 ?*?*' ,J ' I blbii, lonny clllmn *>l MOTnphlß. ] MISCELLANBOIf. ! \u25a0 FORWARDING AND ColN/SSION. 1 Th. handling of YaklM Pn>d«fO for H.iget Hound Markets a Special! yl Warehouse west of Batln»UTnfk.Jgt ?. 1 Block B, North Yakima. W. T. I oU ly Fire Wood & Iraying. I also ran two drars, and mWW* ao hauling at reasonable Scares. North Yakima. W. T. \u25a0 HOPI Will IDRSBRY NORTH YAKIMA W. T. All kinds ?>{ FINE FRUIT TREES Al moderate j>i ess. SHADE TREES A SI KCIALTY. b. u. tKiMimii - rmmr. Fffisf Mnom BAM of North Yakima. i. B. Lewis, W«. t?arpentor, A. W. Engle. Edward Ihttson. SSfti! !S$S J. E. Lewis. KoVABS WBITSOS. President Vice President. W. L. Htsibwm, Cashier. DOBS A GENERAL BANKINGBUSINESS. lap u4 Sells Eifhaage al ItMiariliKate. PAYS INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS. Jin w ?DBAtea is? FioeWioes&lipis The Rest Brands of Imported and Domestic Ciian. ___ Sooth Side Yah fas k Arena#. Field & 1 leyer, dig MW WHOLESALE AND IETAIL BOTCH- ERS AND Pi CKERS, aW-Sonn HUM. Wi nktogto. TaMMfr; ?Im, proptMon of lb. Wuhlnro. UukM, MUtte. Wtihlncton Tri Imtofr. Tk InigntiM EiO. The MU reported by the Ford commit- tee on contract labor and Immigration to ' the house propones to prevent the admis- 1 «ion into the United Staten of any person 1 who ia idiotic, insane, a paui«r, or liable to become a public charge; or who has < been legally convicted of a felony or any other infamous crime or misdemeanor in- volving moral turpitude; or who is a polygamist, anarchist or socialist, or is affected with any loathsome disease; or has entered Into a contract, expressed or implied, oral or written, to perform labor or service for any person, firm, company or corporation in the United States or any state therein; or whose passage was paid on the promise of labor. The biU also provides that alien laborers other than those excepted by the contract labor law shall not be permitted to labor for a lim- ited time with the Intention of returning. The section excepts professors inuniversi- ties and ministers. It provides for the levy of a tax of |6 on every alien coming to the United States, to be paid by the transportation agent. The secretary of the treasury is charged with the duty of supervising immigration. It vesta full jurisdiction inthe United States district and circuit courts in aU cases vising under the act, which takes effect July 1. The following well considered article is from the Colton EagU, of Eastern Wash- ington, and presents the grand future of Washington in a clear, correct and forci- ble manner, thus: In considering the future of Washington territory it should not be forgotten that one of the greatest factors in the develop- ment of our resource* and the populating our domain is advantage of location inre- lation to the commerce of the world. Capitalists of the East are beginning to recognise the fact that ultimately the greatest commerce of the seas will be on tbe Pacific ocean. Study the geography of the world and you will find for your- self that the raw material that is neces- sary for the sustenance of manufactories is to be drawn from the countries whose shores arc washed by the Pacific. Look again and find, if you please, that Wash- ington has the liarbor of the world?the great Puget Sound. Consider, again, that Washington, Oregon, British Colnm- Ida and a part of Idaho can produce the building, fuel and food supply that is necessary to support unlimited manufac- turing industries and a population too vast for us to comprehend by an expres- sion of figures. Consider these things and then tell ns not that we are too sanguine when we say that the greatest city of tbe world is to be built on the Mediterranean of Am- erica. We might go on and name reason after reason to support what may seem only a myth to many, but the reasons given are sufficient. You cannot investigate with- out reaching the conclusion we make, if you will use reason, facts and history for your?guides. j To the man who wants to know what kind of a country it ia (or stock: Before answering such an inquiry, I once turned to a friend from a remote ranch «nd asked him. His reply, couched inthe vernacular of the country, was: ?It is a good country for cattle and horses, but it's hell on sheep.?* I bethought myself that he had made a snug fortune in cat- tle, so I knew the first part of his remark must be true; and on inquiry I found that he might revera the phrase and still have it true. The one thing necessary to harmonise the statements is to kee; the sheep and the cattle apart, as they do the sheep and the goats in the ideal pasture. The valleys of this district have been a paradise for stockman for the past thirty years. During all that time there have not been over five winters in which it baa been necessary to bring the stock off the range to feed. It is an all-the-year-round cattle country. The roRTi Ncs or the runmm Will, however, have to be made in fenced pastures, and with a better grade of stock. Experiments inthis direction are proving very satiafactory and remunerative. and cedar; rich, rolling prairies, where more wheat is grown to the acre than anywhere in the United States; exten- sive plains too dry (or fanning, but good for pasturage; an ocean coast line of 300 miles and a much longer coast line on navigable bays on that beautiful inland sea called Puget Bound; mines of gold and silver and big navigable rivers. The climate to as mild in the eastern part as that of Virginia, and in the western part it closely resembles that of the south of Ireland. On Puget Sound they have to manufacture ice by artificial process, al- though the latitude to as high as that of Maine. Washington will make a superb state. Bhe hag coal and iron, lumber, wheat, fruit,'cattle, fish, oysters, hops, barley, gold and silver. Her people are nearly all of American birth. Her prin- cipal towns are Beattie, with 20,000 in- habitants; Tacoma, with 18,000; Spo- kane Falls, with 8,000, and Walla Walla, with 6,000. Olympia, the present capi- tal, to a pretty village of 2,000 people. The new state capital will probably be at North Yakima, because of its central lo- cation on the Northern Pacific trunk line road. The town to in a fruitful irrigated valley and has 2,000 inhabitants. Wash- ington to heavily republican. She has been represented incongress of late by a democrat, but he was elected on an anti- railroad issue, which was a temporary erase and played no part inthe last elec- tion, when a republican was chosen by a large majority. The present population of the territory to not far from 276,000. Nearly 40,000 immigrants have come in during the past year. Washington will support 1,000,000 peoplcrbefore her great area to at all crowded. In time she will be as rich a state as Pennsylvania.?A'. into Okanogan?is an Indian name, meaning ?rendezvous.? ami was applied to the Okanogan lake?the source of the river given the same name ?where the Indians or the various tribes in Wash- ington territory, British Columbia and even os far northward as Alaska, assem- ble in ?potlatch? and secure their supply of fish and game, a custom they still con- tinue. The name ?Booyos,? applied to a lake inthat region, means ?narrows.? The etymology of thia word has been corrupted into ?O Booyos,? which destroys its beauty. The lake is one of tlie finest flail- ing places in the territory. To the prospector: The new Salmon river mines are in the northern part of this district, and they are coming on well, as everybody knows who knows anything about them. The (act that ore has been found there is as much an accident as such things generally are. The great mineral field on this eastern slope of the Cascades bolds locked in its mysterious caverns wealth such as tlie lover of Ton Duchicela never saw in the Andean cav- erns to which the old girl led him. Within the past two years deposits of coal have been opened up which are supply- ing the market from St. Paul westward, and there are unopened deposits strung along from the headwaters of the Klicki- tat river on the south to the British lino on the north, many of which have been pecked at just enough to show that it is there. These finds will be developed by railroads, as the one ai Ruelyn was. The Notches valley coal is the moot promising layout known just now owing to Its near- ness to the railroad. It Is only thirty- five miles from the Northern Pacific, at North Yakima. The iron mines near Cle-Blnm will lie somewhat developed during the coming summer by a foreign company. The mines of the Peehastia range are known to be rich, and there is every reason to suppose that some old prospector will uncover gold and silver galore when be goes knocking at the rocks hard enough; but no land officer can tell him Just where to begin. The comet Indian name of "Conco- nnDj? ia "Sklow Onliman,? which means "money hole.? thus given by the Indiana becauae of the abundant beaver found in that locality in early tiroes, the akins of which brought them much money. But, the same locality?the Conconnully or Okanogan country?has proven to be a "money hole" for the white race in the way of the rich gold and silver mines found there. "Yakima? is an Indian name, mean- ing a "great socataah garden,? and also applied to a tribe of Indians thus named. "Klickitat? is an Indian name, mean- ing a "cove of salmon,? it also being ap- plied to a tribe of Indians inhabiting the eastern part of the territory along the Colombia river. I'. Smalley ia San Franeieeo Examiner. . t V Cmw Ft? > \u25a0?gry C?try. Col. J. W. Reddington, of the Com- merce, discusses the origin of the name "Puyallup? as follows: "The name Puy- allup is Indian, of course. It is a close cousin to potaah-a-le-ty-ee, which means a gift from Qod. When Benjamin Frank- linran a print shop here and was about And thus it is with all the streams, localities and objects in the territory bear- ing Indian names. They are tribal des- ignations, including Skagit, Snohomish, Spokane, Walla Walla, etc., which have a definite meaning, and are euphoneooa when properly pronounced. w- ?Call and inquire prices of saddles, bridles, bameas, etc., at C. E. McEwen?a before purchasing elsewhere. /The Yakima Herald. Number 1. w. stun mn. A lew aif Attractive Etiln that kan the Ay- yraraceaf trial Aali,aitv. Xt. Michael's church, which haa been built within the hut lew monthe, by the F.piacopal church olthlaplace,an]which ia under the paatoral charge ol Bar. Dr. Neviur, general miaoionary of the dioceae, war opened on Chriatmaa day lor divine worahip, though not formally conaecrated. There waa a good congregation though the number of peraona connected with the mieaion ia comparatively email and aeemed much in the minority. On thia account the alnging, which waa very good, aeemed rather thin. The whole aervice could not, however, have been otherwiae than It waa, very hearty and even enthneiaatlc. The Chriatmaa aenti- ment, joyful initaelf and fall ol worahip, waa colored through and throngb by the peculiar eatialactioa with which thia lit- tle congregation aaw the conanmatlon of their deairea and Inborn. Thia aatialae- tion found Ita expreealon all through the aervice in the manner of Dr. Nevfua. Alwaya eloquent and interacting he waa on thia occaaion more than uanally Im- preaaive and aeemed thoroughly imbued with a holy gratification and Joy at the reunite of Ida Inborn in organiaing a con- gregation anti building a place of worahip that waa a credit even to thin progteaaive city and which ia no well adapted for the purpoaen for which it waa built. The Joyful feeling of Ihankaglving which he felt efferveeced throughout the abort acrmon upon the text ?God with ua," and eaaily lent itaelf to hia purpoae of aaaociat- ing with the great doctrine of the Incar- nation divine approach through the wor- ahip and aacramenta of the chmeh far which they now had the deaired convenl- encea and opportunity. He impreaaed the thought that public worahip in not merely Himday ohaervance; the going to church lor inatraction or en- tertainment, Imt a great function in which both congregation and miniater are unitedly engager). And he urged the congregation to lone light of individual relation and to cultivate a conaciouaneea ol common worahip In a great united act.. The church in aurpriaingly attractive conaidering ita almple romrtruction, with- out ornament of any kind and the material of which it ia built?common field atone from the break down ol the baaaltic bluff. The atone ia need aa it came to hand and ia uncut throughout, even to the arch atonea, which are only choeen for three piacea and properly laid like all the real, in mortar, and painted deep with dark cement. To our aurpriae we found the inner wall left aa laid up, like the outer. The effect ia wholly oattafactocy, and all the prettier far ita Btrwngeneaa. The aeate and chancel furniture oo far aa auppliad are of choice cedar and oiled. At the Herald's request, Dr. Nevius gives the following description of the building: St. Michael's church, of North Yakima, ia Gothic in style, is built of rough atone and is a part of the nave of the greater church, for which we have the plant and which will be built in sections as neaded in the future. For this reason tbe chan- cel end ia built of wood and will be re- moved as the cbnrch is extended. The building is forty-eight by twenty- five feet, with twelve foot walls and high pitched roof. The chancel Is eighteen feet wide by sixteen feet deep, including the sanctuary, and ia apaidal with throe windows, the center of which Is a figure of the crucifixion. The front gable of the church (west end) is carried up above the planes of the roof in three equal stages of six feet each, and to surmounted with a large stone cross and haa throe long nar- row windows. The windows are all of cathedral glass, from Coulter A Sons, Cin- cinnati. The outer wall of the chancel to covered with shinies in cheram on tongue and grooved casing, and will wait for ita inner wall until the church to able to properly complete the same. The roof is supported on heavy trusses and to open to the peak and ia ceiled under the pur- lines vertically, with narrow tongue and grooved fir. The walls are massive, and the church is unique and quaint. In fact, Italready looks s hundred years old and when It is covered with ivy, as it Is Mg-'**, it may soon be, it will stand well for the hoary antiquity of the church, and will a present an anomalous appearance in a town not yetfive years old, still glittering in * fresh brick and new paint. Just so much of the future church as to needed for present use has been built. The enrichment of ornament and the enlarge- ment are left for the larger and richer con- gregation of the future. The church to seated for a congregation of 126 persona. The building has cost about S4OOO, ex- clusive of its two valuable lots, whlahsrjn, _ given by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. Of this amount about $460 wan supplied by the Women?s Guild of the mission. About f«00 has been given by personal friends (non-resident) ofthe mem- bers of the mission and the minister in charge. Four hundred dollara has lieen given by non-rerfdenl property owners. live hundred dol- lars will be carried by the mission on a long loan from our church building fluid. Seven hundred and fifty dollars, yal doe, we hope to raise without intermitting the efforts which have led to results reported **The minister in charge and tbe bufld- ing committee (Col. Prosser, Mr. Bcudder and Mr. Bteinweg) take this opportunity will be preserved in the records of the y mission. . ... .rff-JOE I

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NORTH YAKIMA, WASHINGTON TERRITORY, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1880,/ Volume I.

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PROFESSIONAL CAI:I>S._

WHITE A SNIVELY.Attorneys at Law

josmef tbs territory.

CATON 4 PARRISH,,Attorneys at Law-

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JOHN G. BOYLE.

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ALLEN, WHITSON *PAiKER,

Attorneys at law.M>offlre In First National »a« Bnlldln*.

North Yakima. W. T. I?-

DAVID BOBBER, Mt>.

HOW THEY KIM.

Ms Olympia girt hows bar stately head.

And ixaa bar stylish llpa

Ina Arm bard way, and lata them go

la spasmodic Uttla saipa.

The Seattle girl ramovetb bar spec*

And (reaerth bar fare witha smlla.And sba sticks out bar Ups Ilka an open book,

And cheweth her gum maanwhlla.

The Spokane girlsays never a word,

And yon?d tblnk she waa rather tame

With bar practlaal view ol the matter la hand.

Bat she gets thalr Just the same.

Tacoma glrla, the pride of the world.In their clingingand soalfnl way,

Abaorb it all In a yearn fnlyearnAs big aa a bale of bay.

The Sumner girlgets a grip on herselfAs sba carefully takes offher hat,

Thea aba graha np the prise in a freusied way.Like a terrier shaking a rat.

The Puyallup girl,so gentle and tweet.Lets her Ups meet the coming kiss

With a rapturous warmth, and the youthful

soulsFloat away on a sea of bliss.

We bare sung you a song of the girls who kiss.And It seta one?s brain In a whirl,

But to roach the helgbth ofearthly blissYoumust kiss a Townsend girt.

With your arm around her waist, her fare up-turned

In a sweetly rouflding way,Yon care not a rent for the whole wide world,

Though the windthrongbyonr whiskers play.

Andclose together your Ups do draw,Tillthey meet ina rapturous glow;

Andthe small boy bidden behind the fence

Crtee "Gallagher, let her go r?Tacoma ledger.

WuUigfaa?i Railrgad Sjfxtcß.

Like ell new sections of the country, therailroad system of Washington is not yetthoroughly established. The main line ofroad of the territory is the Northern Pa-cific. which is the first transcontinentalline completed through it. Its main linetraverses the territory from its eastern

limit westward through tiie Cascaderange of roountaina to Tacoma on PugetBound, thence southward to Portland,Oregon. Its main Hue is 048 miles inlength and its branches? Rosiyn 5 miles,Bpokane A Palouse 104 miles, and threeother short branches aggregating about 10

miles?l2s miles, making a total length

of 702 miles of standard guage.The Oregon Railway A Navigation Com-

pany lias 382 miles of standard gunge

road in the territory, extending from theOregon state line to Wallula, Walla Walla.Riparia, Dayton, Pomeroy, etc., making

a total of 1,045 miles of standard guage in

the territory of those two lines. In addi-tion to these two lines there is the Seattle,Lake Shore A Eastern that has completed

68 miles between Seattle and Spokane

Falls; Columbia A Puget Bound line 44

miles from Beattie; Puget Bound A Grav?sHarbor 10 miles, making a total of 124miles, besides the Big Bend branch of the

Northern Pacific from Cheney westward

to Davenport, some 60 miles.Of narrow guage there are 40 miles in

operation, making a grand total of miles

of both guages in 1888 of 1,107. This is

an increase of 137 miles the past year.

The present year the increase will le

much larger and will continue until thegeneral system of the territory is pretty

well established.? Tacoma Real EttaleJournal.

Vwfcn rf WulriigtN.

Washington embraces all aorta of coun-tries?lofty mountains crowned with per-

petual snow and more impressive thanthe Alps; enormous forests of pine, fir

to rush to press with an extra edition of

his Puyallup Porous Platter, announcingthat America had discovered ChristopherColumbus, [Laugh here.] be stumbledover a pile of greenbacks lying on thefloor and wrecked his form. When the

whole mass liad been cleared up and fired

back into the case Ren wiped his hamlson his face in preference to the adulttowel [Laugh here.] and yelled ?Pi-all-up!? [Laugh here.) and some people pre-

tended to say that that named the plate.But it didn?t. The real ileflnitlon is?Kloshe tlpso, coo-le pilton cuitan inuck-

a-muuk memalonse,? meaning the valley

where the caynse was fool enough to eat

himself to death Just because he camefrom a hungry country and found every-

thing growing luxuriantly in Puyallupvalley.?

Alfalfa fiftwMg.

A correspondent of the Pacific RuralPrett gives his experience as follows:

First, I always sow early in spring?-about' the time of the last frost?as it isvery tender when young.

After sowing I harrow in, same as forgrain. For this reason it covers well andgives it a good chance to root before beingexposed to the sun or frost. Put onplenty of seed?you need not lie afraid ofgetting too thick a stand. You cannotreap unless you sow; that?s the drawbackto most of farmers. The first year youwill be able to cut two crops of fine hay.

After the first season, I take'a sharpliarrow when the alfalfa begins to sproutinspring and give it a thorough harrow-ing. This loosens op the soil and tearsout all the foul seed. Itdoes not injurethe alfalfa root. You will find that itwill pay you for all your trouble.

I always cut my hay just before itblos-soms, for this reason: You willfind thestems much finer, and the strength re-tained inthe stalk instead of inthe blos-som ; besides, itwillstand up much Ilet-

ter to mow. What you will lose in cut-ting early, you will gain in cutting itmuch cleaner. Of course it will not yieldso much to the acre, but you will find itwill keep mote stock to the acre, for they

will eat every sjiear of it.I consider alfalfa hay the liost in exist-

ence for young stock, as it always keepsthe bowels regular. It is more like nat-

ural grass. 1 feed noother hay, and when

my neighbors? horses are all sick, mystock come inat night as they do in thespring of the year, withtheir heels in the

air?you don?t know which end is goingto get in-first.

I have found from long experience that

grass is not fit for mares which you want

to breed, for as long as they feed on it youwillfind they are very hard to get withfoal. Cows are the same way. Put themin a dry pasture a few weeks before youbreed them, and you willfind your mares

willget with foal much quicker.As to the best mode of curing alfalfa

hay, I find it is to not let it lie too long

after being mowed. Rake it into wind-rows and let it dry as much as possible in

the windrow before lieing put in the cock,then haul it in immediately, for if too dry,

the leaves drop off. Be sore to have itthoroughly cured before putting in the

barn, for if the least moldy or damp it

willsurely give your horses the heaves or

a bad cough. This Iknow from experi-ence of green farm hands. Balt it wellwhen it is put in the barn?that will stop

it from molding if too damp when hauling.

X rf Wiu lm

Since the Outlook has sojourned in the

Okanogan region it has, inits intercoursewiththe native Americans, learned some-thing of the meaning ol various Indiannames applied to streams, localities, etc.

The ?scholars? of Chief Moses? tribesay that "Okanlkane??now angloeired

RICH IN LANDS. ditches an easy matter, and the sagebrush land when watered is the most ;>n>dactive of any. It contains within itselfall that is necessary for the growing ofany crop without fertilisation, and therecan be no drouth to harm where the watertrickles down the corn row instead ofhanging suspended in a cloud that failsto precipitate. The opportunity for thefarmer, or "rancher,? is, of course, alongthe Talleys, though there is one exception

to this rule?the Big Bend country. Herethe land naturally grows bunch grass;and where bunch grass will grow wheatand the other cereals will flourish undercultivation. In fact, two-thirds of theland taken during the *>aat year haslieen in the Big Bend, as the greaterpart of Douglas county is called. Bo faraa I am informed the hundreds who fiavebeen cultivating the land in that regionare doing well. The Wenatchee valley,where the Wenatchee river puta into theColumbia, is also a most remarkably goodagricultural point. The climate is mildand winters short, and fruits of all kinds,'excepting tropical, do well. There areseveral fine vineyards there. In the Kit-titas valley, around Ellenaburgh, thereare miles and miles of lovely fanningland, especially adapted to raising hay andgrain. Kllenshurgh is itself a smart town,full of life and business energy.

THE BEST ANDMOST EXTENSIVE

THE CUMATK.

To the man who wants to know about

the climate: At this moment ray neigh-bor is plowing and it ia holiday week.How is that for a cocumber? What hasIjeen said to the stockman will give afaint idea of the open winters, and yetour Eastern friends arc slow to believethe fact w hen told them. In a ceuple ofmonths from now the next year?s gardenin the Yakima valley will he sprouting.This is God?s truth, because he built thecountry that way. Sweet potatoes andpeanuts mature beautifully, and tobacco

has been successfully raised on tbs great

Moxee farm for the past two years. Theclimate ia perfect?better than that of

Southern California for the reason that

there ia a nice little distinct winter sea-son, w hen it geta as cold as sero and a

few degrees colder sometimes for two or

three weeks. It ia dry and clear so muchof the time Uuu, as Longfellow said ofsome island or other:

v«*f> rf tk WU Miu Lul Mrtrirt-1 flint* Sipmw U That rf

Saitbcn Calibnii.

A Lss4 sf Peace wart Plenty, WhereKveryharty Prospers, and Nst

Oas Paaper Amany Them.

In response to your request, I willendeavor to furnish you such factsas will be of general and particularinterest concerning the North Yakimaland district. In order to do thisfully and within the space of a news-paper?s daily allowanceon one topic, Icanthink of no better way than to give, asnearly as may be. the pithand substanceof such letters as I have from time totimewritten to personal friends of mine in thevarious walks of life. Such letters are freefrom the booming tendency, and (pardonthe remark) free also from the newspaper'sinky love for giving its own locality thatfull, round tone of importance that itslocal gods so dearly love tosee. One doesnot write bis friend with a view of get-ting him into trouble, nor yet does hewrite him with a view to keeping himaway from the country. The troth comesmore nearly from knowledge it filteredthrough the fine and even texture of afriendly letter to one who wants to comeand live cloee by us in Wsshington Ter-ritory.

To save space, and avoid vain and use-less repetition, let the reader take It forgranted that the subject matter replies toquestions in a letter not produced ineachinstance. Emerson says, "Give me friendsinconversation who take many smallermatters for granted, that I may not wearymyself and them ta> by saying over whatwe all ought to know."

roa HIMWHO WANTS TO KNOW.

To the man who wants to know howlarge the North Yakima land district isand how much of it is taken:

It is 210 miles long, north and south,extending from near the Columbia riverwhere that stream flows past Wallula tothe northern lioundary of the UnitedStates, and itis 180 miles wide, with the ,summit of the Cascade mountains for itswestern lioundary, reaching to the easternline of Douglas county. It includes Yaki-ma, Kittitas,Douglas and Okanogan coun-ties, and lies inthe very heart of the greatterritory of Washington. What is nowOkanogan county was until about twoyears ago the Columbia or ?Moses? In-dian reservation. It was opened to set-tlement by an executive order, the condi-tion being at the time made that settlerscould take the land only under the home-stead act. The Indians of the reservationwho did not want to go upon the adjoin-ing reservation, in Stevens county, werepermitted to select claims from the landsof their old home, and many of them did

so. There is still one Indian reservationin the land district?that of the YakimaIndians, which includes within its boun-daries 800,000 acres of the beet land inthe world. Itought to be thrown opento settlement, and whyit is not, God andthe sentimental statesmen are the onlyones who know. These thousands ofacres are now given over to the uses or

non-usee of a comparatively few Indians

?not one to each 1,000 acres. Enough

of them are prosperous ranchmen anddrovers to prove that they can do betteron a man?s-sise farm than to roam andloiter in town, while the rest are notworth so much more than an ordinarycuss as to be given a thousand acresapiece. The opening up of this reserva-tion at an early day is one of the thingsthat is expected from an outfit at Wash-ington that is purely republican, from thebrass woman on the top of the capitol to

the underpaid roan who pulls out the

drawers of the Indian bureau. At pres-ent the settler has no rights on the mag-nificent hay land of the reservation,though he gets there just the same, now

and then.FOB THB STATISTICIAN.

To the man who wants statistics: Dur-ing the year 1888 207,300 acres of landhave been filed upon at the United States

land office in North Yakima. This hasl«en taken under the various acts of con-gress giving away land, as follows: Pre-emption, 644 entries; homesteads, 806;timiier cultures, 290; desert land, 19; coalpre-emptions, 6; coal land purchases, 3;mineral land, 2.

llesides this showing, there have beenapplications to enter under the desertland act, which are now before the secre-tary of the interior on the question ofprice per acre?whether it shall be fljtf,as formerly held, or |2.60, as required

under the Sparks ruling. These applica-tions cover some 50,000 acres along theleft bank of tbe Yakima river.

One hundred pre-emptors have proved

up, fifty-one Immestcaders and elevendesert land claimants.

To the man who wants to know aboutthe prospects for a farmer: This districtsliounds in demonstrations of success and

is rich in opportunity. No one who hasever been here will dispute this, with,

perhaps, the exception of the cattlemen,

who dislike very much to see the landfenced and tilled on their former fine

ranges. It requires a different kind offarming from that to which eastern menare accustomed, but the same that is

practiced In tbe irrigating districts ofCalifornia. This is the territory where

irrigation is possible. The abundantstreams flowing from the mountains, withtheir great (all, make the taking out of

"Tbs ysto beslth-seeker flodetb thereTbs wins ol IlfsIs its pleasant sir."

It woold be pleasant to tell more of this

North Yakima Land District, concerning

which yon have asked me to write, hutthere is not room enough over in yourland district to print all I might say on

paper. When one talks the matter may

expand upward, but in writing it keepsdown to business, so I will now only tellan occurence of to-day, which will, 1 setter

than any amount of bracing argument,?how how well people who come to thiscountry get along: I waa standing this

morning in the postoffice while the mailwas being distributed, when a gentleman

who makes glad each Christmas by a tree

In the church, to which the town turns

out without regard to religion or politics,said to me: ?Give me the names of

some poor children who are not likely to

be remembered this year, and we will see

to it that our Christmas tree has some-thing for them.? For the life o? me I

could think of none, and it struck me sostrangely that I asked the gentleman,

?How many such have you on the list??

?I declare,? said he, ?there is but onefamily In town that is poor enough to 1«remembered on that account, and we feel

a bit delicate about it in that Instance.?

There are none who have not plenty to

e«t; and not enough who go without

drink to overbalance those who get too

much. This Is the fact about the oppor-tunities of the Yakima valley. There aresome gorgeous specimens of the deadbeat, here and there In this land district,but not one pauper, so far aa I know, andI know them all.? L. 8. Howlett »n Spo-

kane Fallt Review.

...m vnn, Hun,agricultural region in the district [and inthe territory) lies about the city of NorthYakima, and is known aa the Yakima val-ley, though it really include# several val-leys. Here you will find fruits and vege-tables in abundance. The land ia toovaluable to be given up to grain, whichshould be left to the Big Rend, WallaWalla and Klickitat regions. The rail-roads take the garden stuff raised in theYakima valley to the coast cities ina day,and there is never a time, from the middleof Jane to the end of October when themarket is slow. In fact, the Bound cities?re coming each ancceediag year to relymore and more upon the Yakima valleyfor those fruits and vegetables which for-merly came from California. Many ofthe newcomers prefer to stop in this val-ley and take land, rather than go fartheraway from iht railroads and city schools.Here ten acres willgive »family as go*nlsupport aa a market garden near an east-ern city, witha surer thing of it, year inand year out, on account of the irrigation.While all tills is true, it is also true thatthe resources ol the valley are not yetone-twentieth part developed. The 160-acre ranches are gradually subdividinginto sinsll farms as the origins! ownersprove up. The city of North Yakimacontains one of the best public schools inthe territory, and has one of the besthotel buildings just completed. Thestreets are broad and beautiful, and linedfor miles with shadetrees and littlestreamlets of clear water. It is generallybelieved that the capital of the newstate will lie located at Yakima, it lieingin almost the exact center of the territorywith reference to geographical lines andthe distribution of population and havingmany other advantages, rendering it themost eligible for that honor.

T. B. GUSH, i

Physician & Surgeon. |OIBm In Pint Knlkmal ,

utilin*. R.IOTIoW.*J"«*"«4? I?*?*',J 1?*?*' ,J ' Iblbii, lonny clllmn *>l MOTnphlß. ]

MISCELLANBOIf. !\u25a0

FORWARDING AND ColN/SSION. 1Th. handling of YaklMPn>d«fO for

H.iget Hound Markets a Special! yl

Warehouse west of Batln»UTnfk.Jgt ?. 1Block B, North Yakima. W. T. I oU ly

Fire Wood & Iraying.

I also ran two drars, and mWW* *° aohauling at reasonable Scares.

North Yakima. W. T. \u25a0

HOPI Will IDRSBRYNORTH YAKIMAW. T.

All kinds ?>{

FINE FRUIT TREESAl moderate j>i ess.

SHADE TREES A SI KCIALTY.

b. u. tKiMimii - rmmr.

Fffisf Mnom BAMof North Yakima.

i. B. Lewis, W«. t?arpentor, A. W.Engle. Edward Ihttson.

SSfti! !S$SJ. E. Lewis. KoVABS WBITSOS.

President Vice President.W. L. Htsibwm,Cashier.

DOBS A GENERAL BANKINGBUSINESS.

lap u4 Sells Eifhaage al ItMiariliKate.PAYS INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS.

Jin w?DBAtea is?

FioeWioes&lipisThe Rest Brands of

Imported and Domestic Ciian.___

Sooth Side Yah fas k Arena#.

Field & 1 leyer,

dig MWWHOLESALE AND IETAIL BOTCH-

ERS AND Pi CKERS,

aW-Sonn HUM. Wi nktogto. TaMMfr;?Im, proptMon of lb. Wuhlnro. UukM,

MUtte. Wtihlncton TriImtofr.

Tk InigntiM EiO.

The MU reported by the Ford commit-tee on contract labor and Immigration to '

the house propones to prevent the admis- 1«ion into the United Staten of any person 1who ia idiotic, insane, a paui«r, or liableto become a public charge; or who has <been legally convicted of a felony or any

other infamous crime or misdemeanor in-volving moral turpitude; or who is apolygamist, anarchist or socialist, or isaffected with any loathsome disease; or

has entered Into a contract, expressed orimplied,oral or written, to perform laboror service for any person, firm, companyor corporation in the United States or anystate therein; or whose passage was paid

on the promise of labor. The biU alsoprovides that alien laborers other thanthose excepted by the contract labor law

shall not be permitted to labor for a lim-ited time with the Intention of returning.

The section excepts professors inuniversi-ties and ministers. It provides for thelevy of a tax of |6 on every alien coming

to the United States, to be paid by thetransportation agent. The secretary ofthe treasury is charged with the duty ofsupervising immigration. It vesta full

jurisdiction inthe United States districtand circuit courts inaU cases vising underthe act, which takes effect July 1.

The following well considered article is

from the Colton EagU, of Eastern Wash-ington, and presents the grand future ofWashington in a clear, correct and forci-ble manner, thus:

In considering the future of Washingtonterritory it should not be forgotten thatone of the greatest factors in the develop-ment of our resource* and the populatingour domain is advantage of location inre-

lation to the commerce of the world.Capitalists of the East are beginning torecognise the fact that ultimately the

greatest commerce of the seas will be on

tbe Pacific ocean. Study the geographyof the world and you will find for your-self that the raw material that is neces-sary for the sustenance of manufactoriesis to be drawn from the countries whose

shores arc washed by the Pacific. Lookagain and find, if you please, that Wash-

ington has the liarbor of the world?thegreat Puget Sound. Consider, again,that Washington, Oregon, British Colnm-

Ida and a part of Idaho can produce the

building, fuel and food supply that isnecessary to support unlimited manufac-turing industries and a population toovast for us to comprehend by an expres-sion of figures.

Consider these things and then tell ns

not that we are too sanguine when we

say that the greatest city of tbe world is

to be built on the Mediterranean of Am-

erica.We might go on and name reason after

reason to support what may seem only amyth to many, but the reasons given aresufficient. You cannot investigate with-out reaching the conclusion we make, ifyou will use reason, facts and history foryour?guides. j

To the man who wants toknow whatkind of a country itia (or stock: Beforeanswering such an inquiry,I once turnedto a friend from a remote ranch «ndasked him. His reply, couched inthevernacular of the country, was: ?It is agood country for cattle and horses, butit's hell on sheep.?* I bethought myselfthat he had made a snug fortune in cat-tle, so I knew the first part of his remarkmust be true; and on inquiry I foundthat he might revera the phrase and stillhave it true. The one thing necessary toharmonise the statements is to kee; thesheep and the cattle apart, as they do thesheep and the goats in the ideal pasture.The valleys of this district have been aparadise for stockman for the past thirtyyears. During all that time there havenot been over five winters in which it baa

been necessary to bring the stock off therange to feed. It is an all-the-year-roundcattle country. The

roRTi Ncs or the runmmWill, however, have to be made infencedpastures, and with a better grade of stock.Experiments inthis direction are provingvery satiafactory and remunerative.

and cedar; rich, rolling prairies, wheremore wheat is grown to the acre thananywhere in the United States; exten-sive plains too dry (or fanning, but good

for pasturage; an ocean coast line of 300miles and a much longer coast line onnavigable bays on that beautiful inlandsea called Puget Bound; mines of gold

and silver and big navigable rivers. The

climate to as mild in the eastern part as

that of Virginia, and in the western partit closely resembles that of the south of

Ireland. On Puget Sound they have tomanufacture ice by artificial process, al-though the latitude to as high as that of

Maine. Washington will make a superbstate. Bhe hag coal and iron, lumber,wheat, fruit,'cattle, fish, oysters, hops,barley, gold and silver. Her people arenearly all of American birth. Her prin-cipal towns are Beattie, with 20,000 in-habitants; Tacoma, with 18,000; Spo-kane Falls, with 8,000, and Walla Walla,with 6,000. Olympia, the present capi-tal, to a pretty village of 2,000 people.The new state capital will probably be atNorth Yakima, because of its central lo-cation on the Northern Pacific trunk lineroad. The town to in a fruitful irrigatedvalley and has 2,000 inhabitants. Wash-ington to heavily republican. She hasbeen represented incongress of late by ademocrat, but he was elected on an anti-railroad issue, which was a temporaryerase and played no part inthe last elec-tion, when a republican was chosen by alarge majority. The present populationof the territory to not far from 276,000.Nearly 40,000 immigrants have come induring the past year. Washington willsupport 1,000,000 peoplcrbefore her greatarea to at all crowded. In time she willbe as rich a state as Pennsylvania.?A'.

into Okanogan?is an Indian name,meaning ?rendezvous.? ami was applied

to the Okanogan lake?the source of the

river given the same name ?where theIndians or the various tribes in Wash-

ington territory, British Columbia andeven os far northward as Alaska, assem-

ble in ?potlatch? and secure their supplyof fish and game, a custom they still con-

tinue.The name ?Booyos,? applied to a lake

inthat region, means ?narrows.? Theetymology of thia word has been corruptedinto ?O Booyos,? which destroys its

beauty. The lake is one of tlie finest flail-

ing places in the territory.

To the prospector: The new Salmonriver mines are in the northern part ofthis district, and they are coming on well,as everybody knows who knows anythingabout them. The (act that ore has beenfound there is as much an accident as

such things generally are. The greatmineral field on this eastern slope of theCascades bolds locked in its mysteriouscaverns wealth such as tlie lover of TonDuchicela never saw in the Andean cav-erns to which the old girl led him.

Within the past two years deposits of coalhave been opened up which are supply-ing the market from St. Paul westward,and there are unopened deposits strungalong from the headwaters of the Klicki-tat river on the south to the British linoon the north, many of which have beenpecked at just enough to show that it isthere. These finds will be developed byrailroads, as the one ai Ruelyn was. TheNotches valley coal is the moot promisinglayout known just now owing to Its near-ness to the railroad. It Is only thirty-five miles from the Northern Pacific, atNorth Yakima. The iron mines nearCle-Blnm will lie somewhat developedduring the coming summer by a foreigncompany. The mines of the Peehastiarange are known to be rich, and there isevery reason to suppose that some oldprospector will uncover gold and silvergalore when be goes knocking at therocks hard enough; but no land officercan tell him Just where to begin.

The comet Indian name of "Conco-nnDj? ia "Sklow Onliman,? which means"money hole.? thus given by the Indianabecauae of the abundant beaver found in

that locality in early tiroes, the akins ofwhich brought them much money. But,the same locality?the Conconnully orOkanogan country?has proven to be a"money hole" for the white race in the

way of the rich gold and silver minesfound there.

"Yakima? is an Indian name, mean-ing a "great socataah garden,? and alsoapplied to a tribe of Indians thus named.

"Klickitat? is an Indian name, mean-ing a "cove of salmon,? it also being ap-

plied to a tribe of Indians inhabiting theeastern part of the territory along theColombia river.

I'. Smalley ia San Franeieeo Examiner.. t V

Cmw Ft? > \u25a0?gry C?try.Col. J. W. Reddington, of the Com-

merce, discusses the origin of the name"Puyallup? as follows: "The name Puy-allup is Indian, of course. Itis a closecousin to potaah-a-le-ty-ee, which meansa gift from Qod. When Benjamin Frank-linran a print shop here and was about

And thus it is with all the streams,localities and objects in the territory bear-ing Indian names. They are tribal des-ignations, including Skagit, Snohomish,Spokane, Walla Walla, etc., which have

a definite meaning, and are euphoneooawhen properly pronounced. w-

?Call and inquire prices of saddles,bridles, bameas, etc., at C. E. McEwen?abefore purchasing elsewhere.

/The Yakima Herald.Number 1.

w. stun mn.A lew aif Attractive Etiln that kan the Ay-

yraraceaf trial Aali,aitv.

Xt. Michael's church, which haa beenbuilt withinthe hut lew monthe, by theF.piacopal church olthlaplace,an]whichia under the paatoral charge ol Bar. Dr.Neviur, general miaoionary of the dioceae,war opened on Chriatmaa day lor divineworahip, though not formally conaecrated.There waa a good congregation thoughthe number of peraona connected withthe mieaion ia comparatively email andaeemed much in the minority. On thiaaccount the alnging, which waa verygood, aeemed rather thin. The wholeaervice could not, however, have beenotherwiae than It waa, very hearty andeven enthneiaatlc. The Chriatmaa aenti-ment, joyful initaelf and fall ol worahip,waa colored through and throngb by thepeculiar eatialactioa with which thia lit-tle congregation aaw the conanmatlon oftheir deairea and Inborn. Thia aatialae-tion found Ita expreealon all through theaervice in the manner of Dr. Nevfua.Alwaya eloquent and interacting he waaon thia occaaion more than uanally Im-preaaive and aeemed thoroughly imbuedwith a holy gratification and Joy at thereunite of Ida Inborn in organiaing a con-gregation anti building a place of worahipthat waa a credit even to thin progteaaivecity and which ia no well adapted forthe purpoaen for which it waa built.The Joyful feeling of Ihankaglving whichhe felt efferveeced throughout the abortacrmon upon the text ?God with ua," andeaaily lent itaelf to hia purpoae of aaaociat-ing with the great doctrine of the Incar-nation divine approach through the wor-ahip and aacramenta of the chmeh farwhich they now had the deaired convenl-encea and opportunity. He impreaaedthe thought that public worahip innot merely Himday ohaervance; thegoing to church lor inatraction or en-tertainment, Imt a great function inwhich both congregation and miniaterare unitedly engager). And he urged thecongregation to lone light of individualrelation and to cultivate a conaciouaneeaol common worahip In a great united act..

The church in aurpriaingly attractiveconaidering ita almple romrtruction, with-out ornament of any kind and the materialof which it ia built?common field atonefrom the break down ol the baaaltic bluff.The atone ia need aa it came to hand andia uncut throughout, even to the archatonea, which are only choeen for threepiacea and properly laid like all the real,in mortar, and painted deep with darkcement. To our aurpriae we found theinner wall left aa laid up, like the outer.The effect ia wholly oattafactocy, and allthe prettier far ita Btrwngeneaa. The aeateand chancel furniture oo far aa auppliadare of choice cedar and oiled.

At the Herald's request, Dr. Neviusgives the following description of thebuilding:

St. Michael's church, of North Yakima,ia Gothic in style, is built of rough atoneand is a part of the nave of the greaterchurch, for which we have the plant andwhich willbe built in sections as neadedin the future. For this reason tbe chan-cel end ia built of wood and will be re-moved as the cbnrch is extended.

The building is forty-eight by twenty-five feet, with twelve foot walls and highpitched roof. The chancel Is eighteenfeet wide by sixteen feet deep, includingthe sanctuary, and ia apaidal with throewindows, the center of which Is a figureof the crucifixion. The front gable of thechurch (west end) is carried up above theplanes of the roof in three equal stages ofsix feet each, and to surmounted with alarge stone cross and haa throe long nar-row windows. The windows are all ofcathedral glass, from Coulter A Sons, Cin-cinnati. The outer wall of the chancel tocovered with shinies in cheram ontongue and grooved casing, and will waitfor ita inner wall until the church to ableto properly complete the same. The roofis supported on heavy trusses and to opento the peak and ia ceiled under the pur-lines vertically, with narrow tongue andgrooved fir. The walls are massive, andthe church is unique and quaint. In fact,Italready looks s hundred years old andwhen It is covered with ivy, as it Is Mg-'**,it may soon be, itwill stand well for thehoary antiquity of the church, and will apresent an anomalous appearance in atown not yetfive years old, still glitteringin *

fresh brick and new paint.Just so much of the future church as to

needed for present use has been built. Theenrichment of ornament and the enlarge-ment are left for the larger and richer con-gregation of the future. The church toseated for a congregation of 126 persona.

The building has cost about S4OOO, ex-clusive of its two valuable lots, whlahsrjn, _

given by the Northern Pacific RailroadCompany. Of this amount about $460wan supplied by the Women?s Guild of themission. About f«00 has been given bypersonal friends (non-resident) ofthe mem-bers of the mission and the ministerin charge. Four hundred dollarahas lieen given by non-rerfdenlproperty owners. live hundred dol-lars willbe carried by the mission on along loan from our church building fluid.Seven hundred and fifty dollars, yal doe,we hope to raise without intermitting theefforts which have led to results reported

**The minister in charge and tbe bufld-ing committee (Col. Prosser, Mr.Bcudderand Mr. Bteinweg) take this opportunity

willbe preserved in the records of the ymission.

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