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Irrigation Will Bring Prosperity

Fourth of Project to Be Ready for Cultivation the Coming Summer By Frances Stone Burns %

Author Yelm History ProjectPosted on July 18, 2009July 11, 2013Categories Yelm: A Town Takes Root (1872-1940), Irrigation

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  • ►Prairie Days: The Land, the People, the Newcomers (264)
    • ►Natural Environment (4)
    • ►The First People (20)
    • ►Euro-Americans Arrive (1800 – 1872) (53)
    • ►Connections (1)
    • ►Little War on the Prairie (10)
    • ►Placing the Blame for the Conflict (3)
    • ►Education in Yelm (19)
  • ▼Yelm: A Town Takes Root (1872-1940) (948)
    • ►Nisqually People (40)
    • ►Yelm 1872-1910 (110)
    • ►Yelm 1910-1929 (86)
      • ►Album: 1924 – Fire (1)
    • ►Logging (30)
    • ▼Irrigation (18)
      • Development of District Is Progressing Rapidly Since Irrigation Ditch Project Was Completed, But it Required Much Hard Work (undated newspaper account)
      • 1911 - J. C. Conine on Irrigation
      • 1912 - Irrigation
      • 1916 - Irrigation
      • 1917 - J. C. Conine on Irrigation
      • 1917(circa) - J.C. Conine Letter
      • 1936 - Report of Thurston County Agricultural Agent
      • At Long Last, Yelm Gets Its Ditch - Each Property Owner Did His Bit
      • Coda: Final Words on Irrigation
      • Irrigation from Edgar Prescott's Memoir
      • Irrigation Puts Yelm on the Map
      • Irrigation Will Bring Prosperity
      • This is the Story of a Failure June 30, 1916
      • Thurston Ranchers Promote Irrigation December 31, 1910
      • Yelm Ditch Project
      • Yelm Irrigation District
      • Yelm's Irrigation System Had Drawbacks
      • [Irrigation] 1911-14
    • ►The Great Depression (1930-1940) (50)
    • ►Education in the Area (1872-1910) (69)
    • ►1900-1940 Education in Yelm (74)
    • ►1910-1939 – Education – The World of Teaching (26)
    • ►Houses (1)
    • ►McKenna (19)
    • ►The Great Flu Epidemic (1)
    • Development of District Is Progressing Rapidly Since Irrigation Ditch Project Was Completed, But it Required Much Hard Work (undated newspaper account)
    • Hoodoo Indian Doctor June 7, 1889
    • Horrible Double Murder at Rainier July 14, 1911
    • Nisqually and S’Kokomish Agency, Washington Territory, August 16, 1886.
    • Town in Grip of Flu Has Been Isolated by Flood Physicians Unable to Reach Yelm
    • YELM VISITED BY FIRE WHICH DESTROYS THREE LARGE BUILDINGS February 1907
    • "Selling Newspapers by Machine" October 14, 1910
    • $3,000,000 Claim is Heard
    • 'Wild Man” Captured and Sent to Asylum (December 6, 1906)
    • 'Wild Man” Captured and Sent to Asylum December 6, 1906
    • 1874 - Nisqually & Puyallup Indian Agent Report
    • 1875 - Teacher's Report
    • 1876 - School Laws
    • 1880's - In the News
    • 1882 - Indian Agent Report
    • 1886 - Indian Agent for Nisqually and S’Kokomish
    • 1887 Indian Agent Report
    • 1889 - Education in Thurston County
    • 1889 - Timber Industry
    • 1890 - The Climbing of Mt. Rainier
    • 1890's - In the News
    • 1891 - Religion and School
    • 1894 - The Institute
    • 1894 - Thurston County's School
    • 1898 - Taxes
    • 1898 - Education Around the County
    • 1901 - Exciting Ride
    • 1902 - Shooting Incident
    • 1902 - Yelm Described
    • 1902 - Yelm in the News
    • 1903 - Education Around the County - Our Public Schools
    • 1903 - Yelm in the News
    • 1904 - Yelm in the News
    • 1905 - Education Around the County
    • 1905 - Education Around the County
    • 1905 - Education in Thurston County
    • 1905 - Yelm in the news
    • 1907 - LUMBER COMPANY IS RUSHING BIG PLANT
    • 1909 - Education Around the County
    • 1909 - Yelm in the News
    • 1910 - Education Around the County
    • 1910 - Socialists in Thurston County
    • 1910 - Yelm in the News
    • 1911 - 1913 Yelm in the News
    • 1911 - Education Around the County
    • 1911 - J. C. Conine on Irrigation
    • 1911 - Yelm in the News
    • 1912 - Education Around the County
    • 1912 - Irrigation
    • 1913 - Education Around the County
    • 1914 - All in School Again
    • 1914 - Education in Yelm
    • 1914 - Education in Yelm
    • 1914 - Irrigation
    • 1914 - Untitled
    • 1914-15 Forest School News
    • 1916 - Irrigation
    • 1917 - J. C. Conine on Irrigation
    • 1917(circa) - J.C. Conine Letter
    • 1919 - Update on Dispossed Nisqually
    • 1922 Peppy Particles (from the annual)
    • 1923 - Yelm in the News
    • 1927 - Pages From An Annual
    • 1927 - Pages From An Annual
    • 1930s - Yelm Described (Part of a WPA Project)
    • 1930’s - Yelm Football Records
    • 1932 - Pages From an Annual
    • 1936 & 1937 - Yelm Football Records
    • 1936 - Report of Thurston County Agricultural Agent
    • 1937 - Pages From an Annual
    • 1937, WPA Yelm Creek Project
    • 1939 Pages From an Annual
    • 1940 - Entertains In Honor of New Teachers In Yelm School
    • 1940 - First Year Crops Indicate A New Money Crop For This District is Started
    • 1940 - School Will Open Monday, With Many Improvements
    • 2- lackamas 305 outline map.jpg
    • A Board’s Eye View of the 1930’s
    • A Letter on Behalf of Leschi’s Widow, 1915
    • A Short History of Yelm
    • ACREAGE IS IN DEMAND, 1906
    • Additional Local Washington Recorder June 7, 1902
    • Additional Local Washington Recorder June 7, 1902
    • Album - 1924 Fire
    • Album - Brown Bros. Garage
    • Album - Late 1920's
    • All in School Again October 1, 1894
    • An Early Environmental Debate Over the Destruction of Prairie in Pierce County
    • Arthur R. Sheckler's Letters McKenna
    • Arthur Ray Sheckler Letters From McKenna
    • At Long Last, Yelm Gets Its Ditch - Each Property Owner Did His Bit
    • Bald Hills #72
    • Balloon Dance June 22, 1923
    • Berry Production, 1927-31
    • Book List: District #28: September 13
    • Brevity Basket August 22, 1898
    • Business is Booming in Yelm Town; Railroads to Build New Sidetrack
    • Campbell Escapes Asylum (May 22, 1902)
    • Campbell Quickly Captured May 23, 1902
    • Changes in the Law, Changes in Practice (Rules for fishing)
    • Changing Indian Names
    • Chester Biesen: Teacher from the Twenties
    • City and Country December 8, 1911
    • City and Country May 14, 1909
    • Class History
    • Climbing Mount Rainier October 15, 1890
    • Coda: Final Words on Irrigation
    • Collins #12 (aka Freedom)
    • Committed to Asylum (May 19, 1916)
    • Correspondence Washington Recorder December 20, 1901
    • Courses Offered at YHS, 1935-36
    • Cushman Agency Annual Report 1917
    • Cushman Agency Annual Report, 1917
    • December 25, 1914 - McKenna School
    • December 25, 1914 - Timber Industry News
    • December 25, 1914 - Yelm in the News
    • December 25, 1914 -Yelm School
    • December 30, 1914 - In the News
    • December 30, 1914 - Yelm School
    • Declining Berry Production 1927-31
    • Democratic Convention May 10, 1889
    • Disease Among the Nisqually 1887
    • District #13 Outline Map
    • District #13 – Yelm (1900-1920)
    • District #28 – Deschutes/Morehead
    • District #305 - Lackamas
    • District #53 - Tebotten
    • Downtown Yelm in 1910
    • Earl & Merle McCloud-Yelm's Touchdown Brothers,1938
    • Early Crossings Over the Nisqually River
    • Echoes From Yelm September 5, 1889
    • Echoes From Yelm: An Ambitious Little Burgh (September 5, 1889)
    • Education Around the County - 1902 - The Teachers’ Association Meeting
    • Education Around the County: 1889
    • Education Around Thurston County: 1889
    • Education Around Thurston County: 1890
    • Education Around Thurston County: 1894
    • Education Around Thurston County: 1898
    • Education Around Thurston County: 1902
    • Education Around Thurston County: 1903
    • Education Around Thurston County: 1905
    • Education Around Thurston County: 1909
    • Education Around Thurston County: 1910
    • Education Around Thurston County: 1911
    • Education Around Thurston County: 1913
    • Education Around Thurston County: 1914
    • Education in Yelm (From: The Story of Yelm)
    • Education on the Prairie, 1860-1900
    • Edwin Stone and the Washington Alpine Club
    • Eureka
    • Eureka #43
    • Examples of Timber Related Accidents Statewide
    • Farm Industry Pervades Yelm
    • Farm Industry Pervades Yelm (1910)
    • Farm Industry Pervades Yelm (1910)
    • Farm Program to Aid Needy Farmers (Nisqually Valley New January 9, 1936)
    • Farming in Yelm
    • Farming in Yelm
    • Field Engineer’s Report - Valuation Section Washington #5 Northern Pacific Railway - September 23, 1917
    • Fire Sweeps Yelm Nisqually Valley News May 29, 1924
    • Fires
    • Five Rousing Meetings October 25, 1912
    • Forest School News 1914-15
    • Forests & Logging
    • French Distrct
    • French District #69
    • Game Warden Will Make Investigation Morning Olympian April 8, 1913
    • Game Warden Will Make Investigation. No Clue is Yet Discovered as to Assailant of Yelm Victim   April 8, 1913
    • GOOD OUTLOOK FOR BUILDING, 1906
    • GRUBER and DOCHERTY LUMBER COMPANY
    • GRUBER and DOCHERTY LUMBER COMPANY
    • Harts Lake School
    • High School Fire Article, 1932
    • History Of Church Activities In Yelm Dates Back To Days Of Civil War
    • History Of Church Activities In Yelm Dates Back To Days Of Civil War
    • In the Matter of Indians at Public Schools
    • In the Matter of Leschi's Widow
    • In the Matter of School Books for Indians Children
    • In the Matter of the Cushman School
    • Indian Education
    • Indian Stereotypes Used in the Press
    • Insanity Charge Against Manfredi Dismissed (August 14, 1912)
    • Irrigation from Edgar Prescott's Memoir
    • Irrigation Puts Yelm on the Map
    • Irrigation Will Bring Prosperity
    • Items Purchased at Robert Longmire Store, 1887-1889
    • J. C. Conine - Yelm Teacher & Much More
    • J. C. Conine: A Farmer in Yelm
    • James Longmire is Dead
    • James Longmire is Dead
    • July 7,1905 - P. B. Van Trump
    • Lacamas School Interview - June 2003 Michaela and Jessica Murdock Interviewing Dillard Jenson
    • Lackamas - PROPOSAL TO FORM A NEW SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THURSTON COUNTY COMPRISING A PART OF THE TERRITORY OF THE YELM SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 400
    • Lackamas - Only thing missing from restored school is kids.
    • Law & Order - Yelm Ordinances
    • Law & Order in Yelm
    • Leavitt is Taken Away To Asylum At Steilacoom (December 31, 1912)
    • Leisure Activities During the Depression in Yelm
    • Leisure Activities During the Depression in Yelm
    • Leisure Activities During the Depression in Yelm
    • Letter: Nisquallies as Farmers, 1914
    • Letters: Concerns About the Condemnation of the Nisqually Reservation
    • Letters: Concerns About the Condemnation of the Nisqually Reservation
    • Lindstrom
    • Lindstrom #70
    • Local Socialist Meetings August 2, 1903
    • Logger Sees Bugs in Air and Goes To Asylum (March 8, 1910)
    • LUMBER COMPANY BUILDS MODEL TOWN, 1908
    • Lunatic Thinks Yelm is Cincinnati, Ohio (February 20, 1909)
    • M.A.P. Mainly About People – Lessons hardest to learn are s (Morning Olympian November 2, 1932)
    • M.A.P. – Mainly About People (Morning Olympian June 5, 1932)
    • Man Returns to Yelm After Visit to U.S. (June 27, 1917)
    • May 8, 1914 - The Forest School
    • May 8, 1914 -Yelm in the News
    • McKenna February 25, 1914
    • McKenna District #341 – Pierce County
    • McKenna: The Former Logging Town Which Refused to Die, 1970's
    • Memories of Yelm
    • Mere Mention November 28, 1890
    • Mere Mention November 28, 1890
    • Michaela and Jessica Murdock Dillard Jenson Interview About Lackamas School - June 2003
    • More on the Condemnation of Nisqually Land
    • Morehead
    • Mountain View #42
    • Mountain View- District #42
    • News From Smith's Prairie January 4, 1935
    • News From Yelm March 2, 1903
    • Nisqually Graves Neglected And Unprotected
    • Nitro Used to Blow Open Safe in Yelm Store October 12, 1913
    • Nitro Used to Blow Open Safe in Yelm Store (Morning Olympian October 12, 1913)
    • November 22, 1902 - Yelm in the News
    • October 16,1896 - P. B. Van Trump
    • OFFICE UNITED STATES INDIAN AGENT FOR THE PUYALLUP, NISQUALLY, AND OTHER INDIAN TRIBES, Olympia Wash., August 20, 1878
    • Olympia Child Burns to Death June 7, 1911
    • Olympian News 10-20-1930
    • Personalized Grade Card District #28
    • Pioneers Meet Tomorrow Washington Record June 2, 1902
    • Polander Becomes Unbalanced at Yelm (June 20, 1912)
    • Portion of a Report on the Nisqually Relocation Caused by Ft. Lewis
    • Pranks and Crime in the Thirties
    • Pranks and Crime in the Thirties
    • Pulled Knife on Uncle is Charged (Olympia Daily Recorder February 4, 1910)
    • Rainier Monster July 28, 1911
    • Reading About Indians at the Cushman School, Stereotypes Abound
    • Red Cross Helps Many Families (Morning Olympian August 11, 1932)
    • Relief Committee to Meet Friday Morning Olympian (January 14, 1932)
    • Rock Fight Leads to Arrest; Woman Thrown Over Fence July 19, 1918
    • Roy to Mckenna to Yelm - A Guide to the Evergreen State
    • Safe Blowers Work at M'Kenna Office February 13, 1915
    • Said About Yelm (1910 & 1917)
    • Scenes At The Salsich Lumber Company's New Town Of McKenna, 1909
    • School Budgets of County Are Markedly Lower
    • School Districts - Consolidation July 8, 1906
    • School Districts- The Old Fashioned Way
    • School Laws - 1876
    • School Laws - Washington Standard April 15, 1876
    • Seniors -1932
    • Seniors- 1932
    • Serious Accident. John A. McKenzie of Yelm Badly Hurt by a Windlass ( (Morning Olympian November 2, 1895)
    • Snow February 25, 1914
    • Socialist Meetings December 2, 1910
    • Some of Yelm's Houses & Buildings
    • Some Thoughts on Roads
    • State Exams Given in 1931-32
    • State Exams given in 1931-32
    • Street Scenes #1(Twenties or Thirties)
    • Street Scenes #2(Twenties or Thirties)
    • Street Scenes #3(Twenties or Thirties)
    • Street Scenes #4(Twenties or Thirties)
    • Street Scenes #6 (Twenties or Thirties)
    • Teacher - Edith Corbett Stone
    • Teacher Salaries in Yelm, 1930-1932
    • Teacher Salaries in Yelm, 1930-1932
    • Teacher Salaries, 1900-1919
    • Teacher Test - 1900
    • Teacher Test - 1900 (Tacoma Daily Ledger – November 10, 1900)
    • Teacher's Insttute - 1894
    • Teacher's Salaries, 1930-1932
    • Teacher: Ada Woodruff Anderson
    • Teacher: Amelia Dittman
    • Teacher: J. C. Conine
    • Teacher: Chester Biesen
    • Teachers and Salaries at Yelm, 1888-1899
    • Teachers and Salaries at Yelm, 1888-1899
    • Teachers: Up Close and Personal
    • Teacher’s Report - 1875
    • Tebotten #53
    • Tebotten District #53 Library Record,1914-1915
    • Teen Hangout -1932 - Joe's Place
    • The Americanization of Indian Names
    • The Dispossessed: The Condemnation of the Nisqually Reservation
    • The Forest School (part of Yelm School District)
    • The Institute August 10, 1894
    • The Laramie School
    • The Property of Jacob Stone.
    • The Railroad as and Engine of Progress
    • The Reading List From the Cushman Indian School
    • The Reading List From the Cushman Indian School, 1915
    • The Staff - 1932
    • The Teachers of Yelm - Early Twenties
    • The Thirties - Yelm Schools During the Great Depression
    • THE TOWN HAS IDEA BEHIND IT, 1918
    • The View to the West (photo), 1940
    • The Yelm District #13 (1900-1919)
    • The YHS Band Program
    • This is the Story of a Failure June 30, 1916
    • Thurston County’s Schools September 6, 1894
    • Thurston County’s Schools - 1894
    • Thurston Ranchers Promote Irrigation December 31, 1910
    • TOWN MAY BE ESTABLISHED, 1907
    • Untitled March 4, 1910
    • Untitled April 21, 1905
    • Untitled April 26, 1901
    • Untitled December 15, 1911
    • Untitled December 19, 1902
    • Untitled February 2, 1901
    • Untitled July 28, 1911
    • Untitled July 28, 1911
    • Untitled June 17, 1904
    • Untitled June 9, 1905
    • Untitled May 15, 1908
    • Untitled May 20, 1910
    • Untitled Washington Standard April 3, 1908
    • Untitled Washington Standard June 21, 1907
    • Untitled Washington Standard March 29, 1907
    • Untitled Washington Standard October 18, 1907
    • Untitled Washington Standard October 25, 1907
    • UP ON MOUNT TACOMA - Edith Corbett - 1891
    • Usual & Accustomed Places III - The Depression, The New Deal, & the Indian Reawakening
    • Value of Treaty Fishing Rights
    • W.P.A. Workers Get Pay Raise Starting March 6 (Nisqually Valley News March 12, 1936)
    • Washington Recorder December 30, 1902
    • Willow Lawn #40
    • Willow Lawn #40
    • Women's Clubs
    • Women's Clubs in Yelm
    • WORK RELIEF PROJECTS DOING GOOD JOB (Nisqually Valley News December 5, 1935)
    • Y.H.S. in 1938
    • Yelm 1913
    • Yelm E. K. Fristoe, Cor. (Morning Olympian August 30, 1932)
    • Yelm February 25, 1914
    • Yelm January 29, 1915
    • Yelm January 31, 1913
    • Yelm January 5, 1905
    • Yelm November 8, 1912
    • Yelm Washington Recorder December 1, 1902
    • Yelm (1935)
    • Yelm - A Small Town
    • Yelm 1870-1910
    • Yelm Agricultural News - 1892
    • Yelm and Mt. Rainier: Fay Fuller’s Ascent
    • Yelm and Mt. Rainier: Fay Fuller’s Ascent
    • Yelm and Mt. Rainier: Faye Fuller's Ascent
    • Yelm and the New Deal
    • Yelm and the New Deal
    • YELM CREEK PROJECT IS APPROVED (Nisqually Valley News November 21, 1935)
    • Yelm Ditch Project
    • Yelm During World War I: “Workers Never Before Got Such Wages”
    • Yelm Grade School Dedicated, 1932
    • Yelm in the 1920s
    • Yelm in the Early 20th Century (From: A Guide to Historic Resources of Yelm)
    • Yelm in the Thirties
    • Yelm in the Twenties
    • Yelm in the Twenties
    • Yelm Irrigation District
    • Yelm News 1911
    • Yelm News 1923
    • Yelm News Notes Olympia Daily Record February 10, 1903
    • Yelm on Fire
    • Yelm People Benefit by Work Project (Nisqually Valley News August 8, 1935)
    • Yelm Personals (1910) Tacoma Ledger
    • Yelm Population Estimates
    • Yelm Schools in the Thirties: The Depression and a Fire
    • Yelm Teacher Salaries, 1900-1919
    • Yelm's Agrarian Past
    • Yelm's Irrigation System Had Drawbacks
    • Yelm's Pioneer Teachers
    • Yelm- A Small Town
    • Yelm: 1930
    • [A Theory on the Name Yelm] July 17, 1910
    • [After Fire] March 29, 1907
    • [Construction in Yelm] January 24, 1914
    • [Ducks] February 7, 1890
    • [Education News] May 22, 1905
    • [Education] August 30, 1889
    • [Education] February 14, 1908
    • [Education] March 1, 1907
    • [Education] September 15, 1905
    • [Fire] August 9, 1889
    • [Ghost Dance] November 28, 1890
    • [Indian Children] May 28, 1909
    • [Irrigation] 1911-14
    • [J.C. Conine] October 3, 1890
    • [James Longmire]
    • [James Longmire] August 16, 1889
    • [Logging] December 29, 1905
    • [Logging] March 11, 1904
    • [Olympia] June 4, 1909
    • [Railroad] August 16, 1889
    • [Railroad] Untitled November 3, 1913
    • [School Fad] October 26, 1906
    • [Shingle Mill Fire]
    • [Shingle Mills] December 18, 1905
    • [Shingle Mills] November 9, 1906
    • [Shooting Indian Doctor] June 16, 1889
    • [Socialists] December 2, 1910
    • [The Scene at Yelm]
    • [undated] Hear Consolidated School Appeal
    • [untitled] December 2, 1910
    • [Untitled] June 1, 1906
    • [Untitled] May 3, 1889
    • [Untitled] November 28, 1890
    • [Untitled] October 3, 1890
    • [Untitled] September 15, 1905
    • [Untitled] September 17, 1909
    • [Untitled] July 23, 1909
    • [Untitled] October 15, 1909
    • [Willow Lawn] August 9, 1889
    • [Yelm Creek] August 9, 1889
    • [Yelm News] April 6, 1904
    • [Yelm News] October 22, 1909
    • [Yelm] November 9, 1926
    • ACTIVITIES AT YELM HIGH SCHOOL TOLD GOVERNMENT AID (Nisqually Valley News August 26, 1935)
  • ►World War II – (1941-1945) (173)
    • ►1941-1945 (62)
  • ►Yelm: The Post War Years (1946-Present) (254)
    • ►The Forties (1946-1949) (14)
    • ►The Forties – Education (24)
    • ►The Fifties (1950-1959) (10)
    • ►1950’s – In the News – Fishing Rights (2)
    • ►Education in the 1950’s (25)
    • ►The Sixties (1961-1970) (38)
      • ►1962 – In the News – Fishing Rights (1)
      • ►1963 – In the News – Fishing Rights (1)
      • ►1964 – In the News – Fishing Rights (1)
      • ►Fishing Rights – Editorial Opinion, Columns, & Letters to the Editor (12)
    • ►Education in the 1960’s (4)
    • ►The Seventies – 1971-1980 (12)
    • ►Education in the 1970s (9)
    • ►The Eighties (1980-1989) (3)
    • ►Education in the 1980’s (7)
    • ►Education in the 21st Century (1)
    • ►News of the 21st Century (4)
  • ►Yelm Prairie Tales (2)
  • ►Photo Albums (6)

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