THE WEST SHORE.
Thirteenth Yeah. MAKCiJ, 1KS7. Nint 'X
WALLA WALLA AM) VICINITY.
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ArCf4.?? Such is the fad
ii'h''Jj' regarding Wall
;NLY bylape of
time can large
cities be built,
jet the rapid
development
r" j Xji I ofourwetitern
--Sy- country greatly
shortens this time
jjiijj for many of them.
buch is ttte laci
la
Walla. rt not
him who now hears
JM-f of that city for the
Wiilltl firet "me -it sucn
all the broad
domain of the Union-imagine it to bo
one of those board cities of mushroom
growth, peculiar to the Weat, or that it
is situated on the "frontier" in any
sense in which that word is popularly
understood. It has a history covering
more than a quarter of a century, and
for the greater portion of that period,
has been a business center of imiort
ance, the metropolis of a large and
thriving agricultural region, whose pro
duct, wealth and population increase
yearly, at a rate surprising to thoe un
acquainted with the almct phenomenal
growth of the great Inland Empire
XI1I-M
rieatiantly situated on a level tract of
fertile land, in the midst of the Walla
Walla valley, ornamented with shade
tree, tasteful yards and handsome resi
dence, surrounded on all sidea by well
improved farms, and lying almt in the
shadow of the IMue mountain, it awtna
to lack little which the hand of nature
could supply. Through the heart of the
city flow Mill creek, a stream of clear
mountain water, running over a b-d of
jH'bbW The wide atrwU, lined with
imping buaine block. latlal real
dencea, elegant cottage, flowery gar
dens and long row of ahado tree, wear
a cheerful wjiect, but are rticularly
inviting to the weary traveler arriving
from the Kant over mile of dreary, dua
ty desert The tall Irnilrdy plar,
which are a culiar feature of the city,
lieckon the duUcovered wanderer on
ward to cooling shade, aa the date palm
of the oasis lckona the Ugritned nomad
of the Sahara. It is a city of home.
and this in our western region, wher
tlie charms of home life, of hearth aud
garden, are too ofU-n neglected, means
a great deal.
For the few years immediately prior
to Wi), the townaite was occupied only
by a few trailers, attract"! thither by