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Title: The Beauties of the state of Washington : a book for tourists
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Giles, Harry F Washington (State). Bureau of Statistics and Immigration
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Publisher: Olympia : F.M. Lamborn, Public Printer
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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outh of Union Gap, where Sunnyside and Toppenish arelocated, two enterprising cities, vieing for supremacy over therich south half of Yakima county. Further south is Prosser,county seat of Benton county. Above the Gap is North Yakimawith a population of 18,000, the metropolis of the regionand home of the State Fair; while Ellensburg, with 6,500 peo-ple, is Queen of the Kittitas Valley. The south half of Yakimacounty constitutes the Indian Reservation where the YakimaTribes dwell peaceably by the side of the whites, tilling thesoil and occasionally entertaining the people with many aRound Up, or Wild West Show. At Fort Simcoe is theirschool, deserving of a visit from anyone interested. In this valley, where once was nothing but sage brush andbunch grass, is irrigable land enough to support a populationof a million people; for the total water capacity as surveyed bythe United States Government is estimated at 927,000 acrefeet, sufficient to water 600,000 acres. Less than a third of this
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3 a % < H x — Q K ffl H ^ 0) EC j3 a«< § Q ^ > « — o H -*-> a o iJ k - - State of Washington 67 is at present cultivated and watered from small canals, built byprivate capital, and from the two largest ones in the state, con-structed by the U. S. Reclamation Service. These latter arethe Tieton, with water sufficient for 34,500 acres, and the Sun-nyside, capable of irrigating 100,000 acres. A journey along the banks of these canals or the Yakimariver unfolds a panaroma of unusual breadth and interest. In-stead of the heavyforests of the westside, the sage brushstruggles for exist-ence just above themain ditches; but thecountry below i scheckered with or-chards, farms, andgardens; and cot-ton woods protectthe banks of thestreams. Impressiveis the sight in spring-time when fruit trees are all in bloom and the Blossom Festival,participated in by a hundred-thousand people, is ushering inthe full tide of spring; or in autumn whe

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