YAKIMA AND ITS 8UIU0USDIX(i&
aonght to maintain the prctige of the,
old town; but one by one, they recog.
niml tho handwriting on the wall, ami
were wiw enough to too a ormaneut
advantage in what appeared toln a tern
porary calamity. More contract were
daily let to the house mover, until tho
movement northward lecnmo a contin
uoua procension. Iargo building were
in some inatancea cut in two and taken
in section, while other were moved in
their entirety. Smaller building were
mounted on wheel, and drawn aero
tho prairie by twenty-mule team. Ho
quickly wa thia work done, and m gen
eral liecamo the hegira, that the Urge
IJarthobt Houae vu taker without in
terruption of iU hotel traflic Meal
were conked, and all the work of tho ho
tel discharged, while, the structure wa
in motion, the Kardera eating and uleep.
ing in the building continuously. In
the name manner, the national bank
building, with ita fctone vault and hngu
iron aafe, made, the four-milo journey
without interruption of iU huhttum The
name ipirit of energy and feveriidi netiv
ity waa displayed by every one. With.
in six week one hundred and fifty build
ing wero erected, and tho work of con.
atruction and removal continued with
out flagging. No one can comprehend
this without a feeling of aatoniahmcnt
Certainly no one can visit tho scene f
this wonderful transformation, without
being profoundly imprint! with tl. fu
turo Mibilities of a region mp!l
with such energetic, intelligent and pr
groaive men.
Within tLro month from tho time
when tho mingled tuft of bunch gra
and aago brush alone claimed iominn
of North Yakima, a thriving tovn, with
railroad dejmt and side track, Wc,
residence, a church, and even thousand
of ihado twa, were to ! an. Only
in the great Wrt d condition nut
which rend'-r isch thing M. IW
pled with an intelligent, enterprising
and active cla, constantly recruited
from the !et blood, brawn an I brain of
the Kant, it aommplUlie feat of ir.du
try and enterprise that may well chal
lenge the amazement of older communl
tie. The Wet i rapidly filling up with
wide awake, active and ambition young
men, who find here a broader and more
inviting field for the exhibition of their
jowem and energy than i juiblo in
the older and more im ttl.-d legion from
which they come. Th drone, the crip
pit a, the e nsily content!, and thi past
the era of their greatest activity, remain
at home, while the tnunger and more
energetic, filled with ambition and a de
termination b conquer nucvt-aa by un.
lagging e fTi-rt, are crowding lnt tho
newer Went, and daily armmplUhlng
thing that may well make their old
friend and neighlmr oj-n their rtea
with aiitoninhment The ial linking
illustration of thi i thn city whoe
growth, situation and prpcU wo aro
now considering.
Tho comjany did everything 'lbto
f(r the public welfare, to Introduce pro.
t sanitary and fire regulation, and t
prenervo order anI gmd (internment an.
til the town wa incorporated and Ugwi
l enjoy tho hneCta of a legnl and com
plete city government !noiragemrnt
wa giveti to etery legitimate rnbrpriw
a, king a lntin, and apteral imr.
tant induntri' wero In land to etftl.
lih them lie here. A Urgw irri;'it.
ing canal wa en true ted from tho
Nakl.e rlter to tho lwn, from which
trenrhe iww run down etery street
JUeh Itouwhi'l l-r wa giteri tho pritl.
lego of tapping ti n trench!, fre of ei.
i.im, for tho parpoM of o-nvetlrg wa
b r ujn hi ground. Tho itrr-U l.ato
Uni lined with shado tree - thlrty fiio
hundred cttnwoob birch, hot el Ir
an I map! l ing art ojt durir g tl.o f.rt
thre-j tonth -which gratify tho jw,p!