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WKST SHOUK.
BIG IRRIGATION SCHEME.
COMPANY linn Itecn organized ly several mcin-In-m
of tin- hoard of directors of the Northern
Pacific, Charles A. (injury, William J. Itrycon
hihI (i. A. Youiur. i if ('liiniL'ii. ami Walter N.
land linn been brought under ditch, the poorer nettlm
can purchase at a low rate, securing a jierpctual con
trad fur a water supply at a fixed rate, which mn
him practically independent and more certain of i
bountiful harvest to reward his toil than when he de
pends uiHm the clerk of the weather, with whom tain.
(irangcr, S. I. Melntyre and Allrrt Klcinschmidt, of not even a verbal agreement, to water hiB crops.
Helena, to curry nut an immense irrigation project. I Farmers are learning to understand this and irrigated
The company lias purchased more than a million acres I lands are looked upon with more favor than formerly.
of Northern Tacilic land in Washington
mid Montana, which it protases to siiih
ply with irrigating ditches and sell U
settler. Several parties of engineers are
in the Held, under the direction of J. I.
Melntyre, irrigation engineer of Mon
tana, who originated the scheme. The
first fields of operation will I the Yak
ima valley, in Washington, and the
(iallatin valley, in Montana. The plan
contemplates a most extensive system of
irrigating canals, supplied in a large
measure from storage reservoirs. It is
only by suh combinations of capital
that irrigation projects can Is- carried
out on a large male ami the millions
of acres of land now tuidrv for cultiva
tion ! rendered productive. When the
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OKIGON NOTES.
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tl' Hrram by that nan, nYh j, ,1B
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tlrs tnm tlif ocean many miles inland. A
fw yrara avo it was alines) unknown, Imt
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br.ul,lal lakes, Cltwr. Tm Mil. ,n, Five 1
Mils, in Dial n-ni.m, ars altra. ting a n-at :
'lesl of allium. n, , ths railroad !
Ironi tup-nt toll month o( tht Siulw 1
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Flrtt and Marrlann Sta..
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A. B. STEINBACH & CO,
POPULAR
Clothiers& Hatters.
GRAND OPENING
or
Fall and Winter Clothing,
HATS AMU
Furnishing Goods.
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