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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 1913)
k WOMAN'S EDITION ONTARIO ARGUS, JAN. 2, 1913 Owyhee Irrigation District and the Proposed High Line Ditch What Everyone Wants THE OWYHEE A i I f ii WLJ-ai1''? MOM .2 -war w- BOISE'S NEWEST and BEST HOTEL European Plan flate $1.00 Per Day and Up Most Popular Cafe in the City Special Merchant's Luncheon 12 to 2 p. m., 50c Table d' hote dinner 5.30 to 8 p. m., 75c Rose Room open 12 M. till midnight Service a la Carte Make it your headquarters while in lioise LEO. J. FALK, Manager The Owvhee irrlRatkin district consists of alout 2'.. 000 aerps of sane lirush land betWOea the Owyhee a-ul Malheur rivers and Just aliove Hit Owyhee, Nevada and Ontarlo-Nyssa ditches at an elevation of from r.O to 300 feet above Snake river This Is BBejeeatloaaMf one of the best and most fertile tracts of land In flnake river valley. The soil Is a deep rich volcanic ash mixed with silica and clay, Renerally level, with Just slope enough to Irrigate and drain easily. The elevation Is from 2,200 to 2.000 feet, making It N - Hilly adapted to Um irowtig of fruits. alfalfa, grains Md vegetables 0i gl most every variety. The board of directors of the die trlct have prnct Icvilly accepted a pro position from Messrs PiirJtiin, Boa nell and their associates, to Irrigate tin- lands Of IDS district D) the In stallation of a powor plant on the Pay ette river BbOOt lour miles above iii'i' Ihoe Bond) ievelop hydrotl trlctil power, transmit tills DOW) I I I pumping plants In listi let locat ed on the bank or the Snake river. and pump the water into i i the riu ItlOl lands. I lie I ." wet trlct bonds i " nd s hs Will I M power plain and svsrytaiag connect- e I with It. in order to i this the district mast fa ive :in, i .i ind to Irrl To comply with t!rs part of the pro position, a petition bai been cli ed by the . ...v m. . 4 south of d Owyhee i lv i isking ilia I ndai les of the actual construction work started The first advantage will be the great lessening In the power charge com pared with the price asked by the large power corporations now selling power Id the vicinity The cost, after the electrical current reaches the mo tors. Is exactly the same whether tin district owns lu power or buys It, that Is, the cost of maintaining and operating the pumping stations, pumps, pipe lines, flumes, ditches. etc The power consumed by the motors to raise three acre feet per acre dur ing the Irrigation season as stated b. Mr. A J. Wiley In his report. Is S.T.'.O horse power which, at present prices, would cost the district 1224,260 or $7 47'-v per acre per reef, This, un der present conditions, the district cannot pay because It would bankrupt every land owner In It. Mr Wlley'i estimate for the liialntainaiire and op eration of a power plant and trans mission line owned by the district as ' proposed In the proposition Of MsSSlI j I'ur.l'ini a d Bonn ': ll SlC acre. Hon of ft" mactal lines, etc. This would m l i si i to be paid for some sars, b n i large i - ',. In cull Ivatlon IBS settlers llMlell til'M e ii pay tor same. Another advantage e III Hut. for " n month i In the district win got n i their power for Irrigation parpoeee, which should be quits a ralnablc ssset, This wint er power the district may ' sell, aid la thai way, n tie paj nient towai di t is pay .ejaMesaaal . . .-" 'iV .Al SOSBSSssSHHfl ssv h i -rj'-l wpg j Csai m:lM.AIK OK ONTAKIONYSMA lltltH. IK N I'Kt'JKCT the Owyhee Irrigation district snd that (he board of directors provide for the Irrigation of their lundit lu the same manner and at the same time that they provide for the Irriga tion of the lands of the district This petition has now received the neces sary number of signatures, lb Mag published, and will be acted upon h the board of directors at their BOSt regular meeting In January. This proposition, especially the lei lure of the district's owning Its own power, has been sJSBOSt iiuaninaei i. approved by the laud owners ot the district. The advantages are so greet that everyone Is very anxious to mt lug of the Interest on the bonded In debtedness. If this Is not done, It will only be a short time until tho district will he able to build transmission lines and furnish Unlit, heat and power to the land owners at a verv moderate cost. This will cnhniiee the price of every acre or land In the dUttlit and give to ever) faimei all the conven iences of (It llle 'I Ills pfOJM I Is pr M -Ileal in I I, a DM ami ue predict that bj the spring ! I'M I tile ,Hlll I Mill be It'll own Its oh n power, and beSOBBI of the most prospeious and piodio n.' communities In the United Hates V LKE IILOIK1KTT. The Ontario Commercial Club 1 1 must iv, i v tow u sad Ctt) ot Imports e in the w est at s in i- found I oininei clnl clubs and Chain beis of Coinuiei ce Why'.' llecause it has been proven b exH-rleiue lu the pool 'b ' nle that aheitislng Is noi oni apppHoable to the ssarohani oi manufacturer who has srarea Is die pose ot. gsjt that eoasntualtles are io be benefitted bl making known to ll,e wnild, tin- rS "088, illniate and various opportunities wharoh) the i or aaterprlee seeking a new loeatiofl may Kain knowledge and leal Ii whether or Hot tile locality lll- tsresti the lareetigator. La ing aalde what a commercial a few of the (liln-s aeoompllahed would tills Ustie Of tin A. direct effort of UlO put I'm Hi 111 liilllillIlK i lu i -hoiild do. that have I ii pitt "' allliSb III i i most fluh lias lM?en i,,, c, rural popuiunon. i.miio ci- i,,,i n ,- been directed la sehteg new to the business world lu Om i iii As the surronadlag eooa .. , -,, does the business irowth city shape itseli oni eqnently , portion Of tlM club's woik along die line ol aih.i'is agricultural and hortioultur ,,; ,, oi ii tario and Maine u eouuty, ami imnartUsg laforautlon to saeehet ho Is de.-i.mis of changing location either for benefits Ii rived fn'in climatic conditions till tin oii where larger erops products reanlt from the tii- !,,. i-iiiiii i which nature has , with SO -ie.it an amount of , i oniliiUliltV is simie- lUferenl from -i ule ,,. mei i ii dlse, quick rt re oh n a merchs ' uaes printers ink lu telling the people what bar- ., , in the establish- it telling 'be people of what a c-eiiiini looallti has to oi si la tbo -.ii, climate, mop returns, Me., does not imply that "s soon as are read the roagOl Immediately moves out and locates , trarj i rhaps the proa u ,,, whs " llw i has to ha .1,1,1 lamil. aureements entered Into tie, tO ll make lew friends ami acquaintances la a land j (,, , bellovo the in-Hand still Hut it In seed well sown us occasion fagg prm n thai ll:.,i of llle new dentS ol litis i iniiin were one or two rem ttlng ead) before thoj ast sally took up their reeldonee among us. i "wo rears sgo ths slab issued forty thousand folders describing ths SOSjO Ills of resiileiire iii thin section and Impaitiiig StatSSBOlits ol Iruiigioweis and farSSSrS VhO have been well sat- iiied win, their labors Thta lltera- due fagg gouo into SVOrj slate In the union and has bioughl inan actual settlers Those settlors bars later esied theft frtoads and iims ths soos try grows as a satistied homsooohor is like aato a satisfied customsr with the mei chant Among the lilies of publlclt) ll at baa dons Ontario asd ths sonnl mi siderable good, were the exhibits made at llle Nonhw e-'eru Laid l'io ducls shoe ai St Paal and .Minnea polis. These displays were viewed In the two years b) more than - K) people snd man) actual settlers bgvs Obtalui d I this work, lb n- is Wll dl: I .i i .hi not obtstnabls imt as Mme progrssses ths efforts of the club in tin.- specialty w in be appreciated, i.. iters ai root Ivsd dell al ths Club rOOSB from prOSpOCgiVS home seekelS 1111(1 lllllldledn Ol lloilain li.le in en sspeeded In (gaitage end effort 1 1 answering ibis oorreapondeans S'swsuapar wrlteups and stories development have been sent out thai h ivs given 0 tarlo publh ll and to day 'bis little city is begtnni ., reputatlo ighout the ., , i for Its sctlvlt) au i its method of doing thlrgs. ,i has lent i - ism s to ths work of ths eouoi fa , hs ,1 poult I - hll UlO ami tills wmi- will bold anmliei show In -lair . iiub aa d In ths ; - ' ' " ""' psrmll of Us 'ail here but n has i onstantly worki ' for the upbuild of Otll ' I ""' has I aB membei snd s go ifficeiS. it mi ti HI" 'i office Oil t:.,- main stress 'hlbi' of the Is Money, and what everyone can Save is Money If they Itudv when to deal, where to buy cheaply, without sacrificing- anything in the way of Quality. 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