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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1915)
w. may ' i a. ii Atoi.. .ndttj a.vi,v HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION Ellensburg and Kittitas County Get a n- OOINCr SCOTT nk.irman Publicity Committee. Ellcnb Ch TurK Chamber of Commerce. rrtHB Valley of Content." That fl Is one of tho nicknames ol I tho Kittitas Valley, In Cen tral Washington. Of courso thoro Is no ucli 1'lnce, In lltornl truth, as a "valley of content," nor will bo while human nature contluucs to bo rest less and aspiring; but thoro nro fa rorcd 6Plfi In tho world, whoro nat ural conditions mlnlrulzo discom forts and surround man wflh more than ordinary opportunities for wholesome living. Tho Kittitas Vnl ir Is ono of these, and desorves Its not altogether sentimental ulcltnnmo. Tho community surrounding El lensburg, tho scat of Kittitas County, U not a product of speculative exploi tations, but has boon blessed with comparative freedom from "booms." To a certain extent, of course", Ellens burg has been In and out of tho lime llcht as when, many years ago, she narrowly escaped becoming tho cap ital of Washington but you can neither greatly cxclto tho speed, nor vet prOVCnc U1U Biumi? giumi! ill u section of country built on so suro an Industry ns hay and grain farming, and supported In Increasing measure by beefsteak, buttor and wool. 'JIip Stranger Enters. A stranger's first Impression of Ellensburg is of Its scenic sotting. After ho becomes nblo to talco his attontlon, by forco of will, from con templation of tho mountains and tho chromatic skies and dlstnncoa, ho looks at tho pavings, tho lighting jrsteni, the schools and thon, n3 n true Mlssoitrlan should, ho oxamlncs tho County Auditor's report, and learns that nnturo can bo productlvo as well as beautiful; that there Is n reason for tho comfortable look of tho farm teams ho has observed at tho hltclirncks. Tho resources of Ellensburg nro varied, although agriculture Is most prominent. Tho county contains 743,107.14 ncrcs of taxed land, of which approximately CO, 000 ncros aro la irrigated farm lands, tho re mainder being rango and mountain land, hearing tlmbor and coal. Tho total tax vnl im t Ion of tho county Is 118,029,1 CS, about 4G per cent of actual, which would mako tho por capita wealth of tho county flguro out nt something ovor $2000. Farm lands vary from $40 to ?2G0 nn ncrc, !1G0 being n common prlco for fair bay land under irrigation. Ho Visits tho Mills. Tho main transcontinental lines of two railroads servo tho Kittitas Val ler tho Chicago, Mllwaukoo & St. Paul and tho Northern Pacific. The Northern Pacific maintains nt El lensburg a division point, employing JO.NATIIAN AITI.U Tlinii, -I YEAIIS OM), NIJAU IJI.LIJ.NbllUllO. about 425 men, with a payroll ex coodlng S2G0.0OO. Othor activities in tho city nrc the Ellensburg Woolen Mill, which runs 15 looms nnd employs fiO or pioro uiiuiuuiua, iwu uu-unrroi flour mills, thrco creameries, four lumber vnrds, of which two onornrn cnwmiiia- n..r, glovo factory and ovor 200 other en terprises, mostly mercantile or com morclnl ns distinguished from nianu- lauiuilllK. Mention of tho creameries brings attention to ono of the Important Bowing industries of this section, dnlrylng. Milk from about 3100 cows Is now being mndo Into butter n Ellensburg. Ellensburg butter is In such domnnd thnt produco dealers In tho largo cities of tho state aro re quired by their customers to handle It. Hcfercnco to tho railroad state ments of outbound hay shipments, tota-llng 03,704 tons for ono year, In dicate tho largo development possi ble In tho dnlrylng Industry. Tho hay shipped out would bo, at the most conservative nntlmnfo. unm. clont to winter eight tlmo9 ns many cows as nro now being titcrt for daln purposes. Any farmor who understands sta tistics would be Interested lu calcu lating tho significance of these fig ures, In torms of btuter production, nnd Its Involved volumo of labor em ployment, money circulation nnd anil fertilization. Tho peculiar ad van-1 tnges of this section for dnlrylng, or. uio raising or nny Kind of rnrm stock, Is tho combination of climatic adapt ability with tho nourishing qualities of tho locnl foods. Tho cold nghts of Summer tho nltltudo of tho valley runs from 1500 to 2000 foot Im part n vigorous character to all forms of vegetation and tho short ness nnd dryness of tho Winter re duces housing oxponso to n mini mum. Ifc Iuve.stlgiitcs Irrigation. Irrigation Is practiced on tho main or contrnl floor of tho valley, in ox tent some 20 miles by 10 miles. A part of this Irrigation Is dono under lndlvldunlly-owncd crock systems, a pnrt under pnrtnorshlp ditches and many thousand acres under largo ca nnts, of which tho most Important nro tho West Sldo, tho Town Ditch nnd tho Cascade. This last named canal offers interesting study ns Il lustrating tho practical working out, undor stnto law, of tho comparatively recent plan of organizing Irrigation districts similar In character to a school district. Tho Cascado Canal was formerly operated by a stock company, with tho familiar advantages and disad vantages of that system. Two years ago, tho laud owners undor this ditch organized uu Irrigation district com prising 12,800 acres, Uonds wero is- mako yens9' fortune on Tho t)rc3ont hlirli nrlrn nF trmln la farmers to Western Canada. A country. Tick outn ICO-ncro free form from tho 125,000 recently surveyed homesteads In districts reached by the Canadian Northern Hallway. The best farms naturally will bo selected first. Go mow. Get our free hook '.l'.Ll?mr,tTien' n.ml Settler. CIuMc." If full of fact nlwut America' , Cfr.1"s.coun.tt',,M;000 "wntlv surveyed free fertile farms- Amerl. Mlcctlourrrccrarm. -iun wi.cni utrros-wc win Help ou Wlito itBilnV tnrtro'o Informal ton to settlers rccnrdlnc A.,wi t".r i, . i. 01lr. lmv. rn.lc? )' Tuesday during; Mnrcli nnil ........ wci n jimi miTuuiiriiiiy on iuo inn-iillAn riurthcrn iiuiuuK tuuuir. -- - ' n free copy an J low rates sued nnd "iij n nn amount sufficient to take ovor tho stock company In Its entirety, lenving a surplus of ?27G, 000, which Is bclug expended lu 10 placlng 24,700 feot of the old wooden flumlng with steel flumlng of tho most modern typo. Six tunuols hnvo been built or nro being built, ono of thorn nearly a half mllo long, nnd nil of thorn con rote lined. Tho dllch will deliver ICO-sccond feot of water this year the practical equivalent of 7C00 Illin ois' Inches, or approximately 1-2 inch to tho acre, gross avoragc. This dis trict Is administered by u directorate elected by tho land owners. Taxes for bond Interest and mulutcnanco aro collected by the County Treas urer. The wator rights lnhoro lu tho land titles, nnd arc not subject to auy form of sulo or speculation In dependently of the land ItBclf. Tho mnlutonnnco of tho systom, it is esti mated, will compnro favorably with that of other largq systems, and In vestment exponso is not calculated to exceed $50 an ncro. Crop Averages Prove Absorbing. Considerable publicity hns been given in tho Inst 11 vo years to tho Klttlt.tB High Lino Cunnl. This am bitious project, when on tho very ovo of successful execution, was re tarded by tho genornl financial de pression undor which tho country has suffered, nnd dolay lu tho salo of Us flvo million dollar Ibsuo of bonds is responsible for the fact that work has not et started on tno canal. A contract has been signed with tho United States Government, how ovor, granting to tho Kittitas Hecla mntion District tho right to purchase from tho Govorumont sufflclont water to Irrlgnto 84,000 acres of land, from u supply already Impounded at Lako Knchebs. by n Governmont- bullt dnin and storage plant. Tho torrltory to bo uonontcu by tins ca nal when built, surrounds tho pres ent Irrigated lands of tho valley, contains n lnrgo proportion or. ox collimt land, and will lncrenso tho (lonclilert on l'agu 10.) Our Baby. Chick Hatchery will start January 1. Place your order now for chicks from hlKh-brod WlHTJu LKCI1IOHN csE-producers. Somo of our birds bavo a record of 2S9 okkh. CataloKue and prices on application IVTfliiTHSJflnfliTnT3 n W.l.f Corf Ttnk. Sll lU.kLiM. 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