The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 245

NORRIS H. KANDLE.

Among the native sons of Yakima county and the Naches valley who have attained
considerable success along agricultural lines is Norris H. Kandle, now a rancher
of the Naches district, who was born March 22, 1888. He is a son of Frank and
Ida R. (Green) Kandle, the former born near Tumwater, Washington, and the latter
a native of Iowa. More extended mention of the family is made in connection with
the sketch of R. H. Kandle on other pages of this work.

Norris H. Kandle attended the public schools in the acquirement of an education
and after laying aside his textbooks assisted his father with the work of the
ranch, thus laying a good foundation for his later endeavors along that line.
Becoming thoroughly acquainted with modern and up-to-date methods, he later
took over the management of the home place, which he is now cultivating, his
holdings comprising one hundred and ninety-eight acres. He devotes a great deal
of time and attention to horticultural lines, having seventeen acres in apples
and peaches, while the rest of the farm is devoted to the raising of hay and
grain. Moreover, Mr. Kandle has important stock interests, deriving a gratifying
addition to his income from this line. He is thoroughly up-to-date in all that
he undertakes and in all branches of his work is meeting with success. His
parents, who have now retired, live upon the home farm with him.

On the 21st of October, 1916, Mr. Kandle was united in marriage to Miss
Katherin Dilley, a native of Roseburg, Oregon, and to this union has been born
a son. Lance J. Mr. Kandle is a worthy representative of an honored family which
has long been connected with agricultural and horticultural interests in this
state and he well upholds the high reputation which the name has so long
enjoyed. By developing a valuable property he has greatly enhanced values in
his district and thus is contributing toward more prosperous conditions. Public
advancement has been near his heart and he has ever given his aid to movements
which have had this purpose. In politics he is a republican, staunchly upholding
the candidates of that party, but he has never sought office for himself,
preferring to devote his whole attention to his private affairs. He is a leading
agriculturist of the Naches district who has many friends and is admired by all
who know him for his strength of character, his energy and industry, his
pleasant ways and all those other qualities which make up the successful man.
Both he and his wife are popular among the younger people of the neighborhood
and their own fireside is often the scene of cheerful and pleasant gatherings.

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