Lyman's history of old Walla Walla County, embracing Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin counties . regulated rainfall, and frost which considerately stays away whennot wanted, and they will with diligence and careful culture produce grapes,pears, apples and most every kind of fruits and vegetables of such quality andsize as are seen in no other part of the Union. In 1899 the fair continued six days, but this year a full week was given,and the attendance exceeded that of previous years by over three thousand paidadmissions. The visitors were not restricted to Walla Walla and the imme-di
Lyman's history of old Walla Walla County, embracing Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin counties . regulated rainfall, and frost which considerately stays away whennot wanted, and they will with diligence and careful culture produce grapes,pears, apples and most every kind of fruits and vegetables of such quality andsize as are seen in no other part of the Union. In 1899 the fair continued six days, but this year a full week was given,and the attendance exceeded that of previous years by over three thousand paidadmissions. The visitors were not restricted to Walla Walla and the imme-diate vicinity; fully one thousand came from Waitsburg, Dayton and otherneighboring towns, and 500 from Pendleton, Milton, Athena, and various pointsin our sister state. The scope of the fruit fair is broadening and exhibits arereceived from an ever increasing extent of territory. From a financial point of view, the officers of the exposition have everyreason to be congratulated. The gross proceeds of the fair were somethingover seven thousand dollars, and about eleven hundred dollars of this is HEAVILY LOADED LIMB OF JONATHAX APPLES, CLARKSTON
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