The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 298 J. G. TERRY. J. G. Terry, manager of the Yakima Orchards Securities Company, engaged in developing and improving orchard properties in the Yakima valley, and a well known resident of the city of Yakima, was born in Northfield, Minnesota, July 4, 1873, and is a son of George R. and Caroline Thayer (Miller) Terry. The father was a farmer by occupation, but both he and his wife have now passed away. J. G. Terry acquired a high school education, supplemented by commercial training under special tutelage and started out in the business world as a traveling salesman. Later he became active in editorial and publishing work with the Vir Publishing Company of Philadelphia, with which he was associated for several years. He had charge of distribution work all over the world, handling various publications, including Self and Sex series. The house which he represented were pioneers in this and various other lines of publication. Mr. Terry remained with the firm for a number of years and afterward spent two years with the Knox School of Salesmanship. He assisted in establishing the San Francisco office of that school and was its assistant manager. They instituted the first classes of salesmanship ever held and Mr. Terry was active therewith from 1906 until 1908. In the latter year he returned to the Vir Publishing Company as manager and in 1912 they began operating under the name of the Terry-Swain Company of Des Moines, Iowa. From 1912 until 1914 Mr. Terry lived retired from business but in the latter year invested in Yakima interests and property and in 1916 removed to the northwest, taking up his abode in the city of Yakima, where he became manager of the Yakima Orchards Securities Company, which is developing and operating orchard properties. The company has four hundred acres in orchards and one hundred and sixty acres devoted to general agriculture. These orchards will soon be producing at least three hundred car loads of fruit annually. They are among the finest of the west. The land is plentifully supplied with water, which comes from artesian wells, and there is also a full water right under canal supply. Mr. Terry is very enthusiastic about the Yakima valley and its opportunities and his labors are another proof for the exceptional possibilities for fruit culture in this section of the state. In January, 1916, Mr. Terry was married to Miss Florence C. Cowles, of Minneapolis, and they have a daughter, Elizabeth. Mr. Terry belongs to Yakima Lodge No. 24, F. & A. M., also to the Knights of Pythias and to the Country Club and the Commercial Club. His is the record of a, successful business man who has made steady progress through intense effort intelligently directed. He is now closely identified with the interests of the northwest and the spirit of progress which is the dominant factor in the upbuilding of this section of the country characterizes him in his orchard undertakings. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.