The Ontario Argus., January 21, 1916, Image 4

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RRIGATION RESULTS j
EASTERN OREGON
M r v - Malheu r cv.:
gag. and other agricultural pswu'i -
as in cvrn gtv
- m roceot i
of the Arf, nJ mi'1 v ' ' v i'iEffiil Olub tn
campaign for nf settN-
; ! LAUDS MAIHEUR CO.
AT LAND SHOW
IHE SECOND ANNUAL CORN
A
About -jve ear ago I M fl-
trie P01 '-
Malheur
Since that time not less than
plant have been put In op,r
wit'iln II
county, and there Is at
acres now being watered b) ,
plant uin electric power Tere i (
till aNv,;- acre of land in I
jl,..,.. .k. t. Mia ika 11 ' The Second Annuil T. .'amnai .
foot lift that 1 expected to be water- cl. - - . .- urrev i
ed within the next few year h pump- an.! VM VMM by ail .... n-ar feing oer 121
ng ibits and attended the lectu- In the Ontario linu'n
SHOW
MARKED
SUCCESS
All j !
The ftecond nnul Manufacturer
and I -an J IT. at Portland.
1 Saturday I
mated that more Uuvi 1
d thene exhibit d I '.
week t
it U
M an annual e. Ml Ol
ly a content Ms MM .
Rj man in I'ortlai. I
... jnt
account of num
. ' . i -...
TCi unat to ! for the banuurt plan
ned a tre time levtur.--
lork nil. I many other eicellutirlea
l. nil. I bfl U"t llK.ti U, ,, M
l.l. ati'l gentlemen I ... ,,,,
IIIBIR'' ui" ,"!'" ---- -!.
Hid churches ar- MM "..! M IM SMMsfc 1 '' , Henries f ,,
railroad im.-n will traverse the great mmij
r'ri.m the Ontario Kami Weekly
i-, indiiKirii'H fur latM I ''"' ,"""1
rj ,r.- IfK I U l'r...M. IVMhlp
mark llM MOf)l. M "'I'""' hoMM
county
Minerals, climate, health f live
Argun of Nov It, f
irnaauou 01 iiuur i muiTruru, eu .viui.' miu.ur v .
that a great abundance of water is Big Bend won the sweepstake
- - -- . . .... .. ft atei ... ..
ii'unu nrre lor miure use lor pump- -rap- hi . ..un, u. a i--ii
ins There are electric power line of 103 3 bushels to the acre I. V
all through this valley and with the j Gordon of the Boulevard-Ontario 1 Ma
power planta now under construction ;trlct wit a doae aeeond ' . 3
.'iO.imiii horse-power can be generated I point, and a yield of 105 7 buahtla
,-,-.. . .1.- .W w.- .w .
to the acre This was the Urge. t
For an Irrigation season of sis month
the price of power is from II to t IS
l r Uorae power, owing to the amount
u - I
One of the largest pumping plants
using electricity in this section is the
Onturio-Nyssa Irrigation i ompany
piam. i ni is a co-operative system,
only land owners holding stock, and
.400 acres are now belnc watered
k) thi company The water I pump
ed from Snake river through a
5T-e line S.Tl.i (. (l to a r
10.1 feet above the river, i
flow by gravity fr
Ing tba land along the cana! -
entire (IstMW T :.. (..-
"ompany u... i
iurnii.ies tnree a
MT aeaaon for each acre ui. lr i .
yttem Tkli plant was installed in
112. at which time every a
.00 was in sagebrush Today prac
tically all of this land .- . cul
tivatlon and producing crops of al
falfa, fruit, corn and grain
coat of putting in '.his irrigatior.
tem was f 16 per acre.
In addition to the land watered
by the pumping method, there are
bout 50.000 acres within 25 miles of
Ontario watered by gravity,
maintenance charge under the gravity
ditches is usually $1 per acre for a
season of six to seven months The
usual amount of water riven is one
miner s inch per acre, winch ; about
double the water necessary, but as
these ditches were built twenty years
go. when the average irrigator
thought he could not do with less this
amount, it was incoroorated in k
stock that they wer-
or u lr m.. I .1 ....
. ...., ,...., ,uu Kt trUs a. ,,ar,e per arre a in other district-
mount.. ithough. . being that n
t;"q WVtr : J""' r' from
,a"",k::r;
""'""rwam-ciimj aMI . , , . .
H'lllll.l hill' ,.r,.w ., ...
Herr won rrt. V K rv.anaer second K..IUwin ta Ma Deeh
and L L ulberton third Je- . .ron is the central gem of t' e
Johnston - MM .epstakes. Mil splend.d galaxy of the Pacific State
not be awarded the first pme in Ml OM tenth of this great Mate lies
district, and thus Alex Wade will re- within the boundaries of Malheur
frst money and the pntes pae- Vounty Of its :: counties in frlend
M down according to the way theyljy contest at this superb Mw
average: Below Is the average. Malheur a. the largest in are,
made by the contesunu: . larest :n possibilitie. .
.greatest area of publ.c land subject to
OMPI.CTK Klt 1TNOKTHK ONTKI . s.KN I kJUHl Ift I.lVn, ,h , """'T' ,'T .
has come the . distance to
PU Toul challenge other m untie. sMM "f
1 Paper Quality Pt jwhom commencexi MMMI i
L P Gordon i first
! Bender second
J.f.;
V
- Johnson
v '.am
Han-
'J W !ean
I Wj.Je
'
Harvey Hat
am
Jesse Johnston
D I. Miller
Potter
I Q l.. -
I PftrMf
DMglM :nith
Q '. Brown
!. U:lon
(ha Herr first
M I t'hanner (second
L L Culbertson (third i
I J ('ulbertson
Jack Raney
Miller f
I- i, Alkmson
f M Hools
"
J ' Anderson
Per cent Grose
- !led Y '
3 1
If
'
:: i
II
:
1 4
: a
i
OS
7
7
mi :,
SO
81 I
SOS
J
'1
'
78
77
:: 7
705
s:o5
4 i
4 -
-
4
IM
111
ItTf
59!
510
" -4
4
8740
4785
307
7065
8732
;,,...
S2
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4153
S7
3254
',1M
831
3315
:
Yield
"4
62
.
38
I 4
4
I
II
N I
SO
1".'
6 5
43
47 7
52 3
4 7
44 7
71 S
.: v
4- 4
40
28
II I
34 6
26 7
13 6
IS I
4
39
.. 4
30
36 4
34
36
16
IS
21 6
1
16.8
27 2
14 4
1
S4
;
16
11
16
16
17
16
16
16
:
n
17
IS
16
20
IS
16
16
14
17
18
13
26
-
26
26
26
22
34
30
28
32
40
38
32
:
2
II
2S
35
65 6
71 6
76
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II
SI
77 8
85
74
72
71 6
68 6
'
5S
N I
71 1
In the Dead Ox Flat u
over the Tinted states are smaller
than last year. I
throughout the rountrv not heme
ideal for record break in
The many tsklvtta and iMtwIM i,
many state organizations, was an ad
. . ". . i tears , , . .,
are peach, apricot, near, ani.1 - 1 ',....- ... -urnoal rly all were along an
orchard, here In- " , " "-- ir did n . ational line. i.n.
uere m t.is immediate come up with the record of uo .
vicinity there are probably ,,,. Le dlmpoln m , m "-ting- were wei, atten.e,,
aud greatest acreage MMf in apple- "" Aru' of Sov u- 1915-
and prune. "
A 0-acre prune orchard has beeniliv f Uilles "outh of OMftffta
than a quartei ..-..
did
It ! lMwi4 !i the extreme e.,
4
latitu '. it to
DUI kl
! . - u soul
parallel wit
"8MB I c grsn '
: as
Ma
lacking in t
valley. ., -aub hate a
able an setting
sun . .
ta:ns on the e-
; the
cascade like great ar . . , ln
snowy vestments
"lxKk at the map
many ner and stMMaa Ah
the entire water sheds of .
he and Malheur ruers are within
ita limits Who can accurately Mp i
praise a rtvr Or the lneflt. ,,f
a stream flowinc thrnuih it .. I
---w. .... ii..i .
power for needed Industrie,
hydro horsepower in tin. ,,
lone Aside from the .up.
lives. Malheur Is first in beef ratiie.
first in com, first in alfalfa
hr.t in MSSi r.r r.,rf,.
Prot.al.ly !r.- ;i.,
and irrigable acrewge and
only third in irrigation
opportuunie- f,,.
larget arai ar.l
MO probably firxt n, tM- pi
trow,,. ,; ala ; -y ot i. ...
-t. zone can be found a " "ia" ' Sir, stfls, v.-,. . ail(,
netting the owners about 1250 per
acre for the last four years These
prune are shipped green to New
Yory city and it u cUimed by 8ome
of the fruit men there that green
prune from this section hold up bet
ter than any prune received on the
market.
Corn is another big crop raided here
and probably 10,000 acres are planted
to this crop this year. IaM ear :0
men in two districts in this valley en-
cerea into a corn contest They av
eraged 14 acres of corn to the man,
and nine raised from 102 to 121 bush'
els. This year there is five times aa
much corn planted as last season
Silos are going up on many farm
and 16 to 20 tons to the acre can be
raised for rilo purposes.
Alfalfa Is another big crop raised
here There are probably 60,000 ac
res in this crop in the district around
Ontario. An average crop here is
from 6 to 8 too from three cuttings
Prom 116 acre J. w. Jeaaee. who
cut 1,120 tons of measured ha frm.
three cuttings, an average of about
10 tons to the acre For eow feed we
cut four times each season, but for
stock feeding three times is consid
ered bet
Wheat, oats, barley, all kinds of
.-wniaoie. and berries are grown in
Pt.e pupils and teacher in District
No 28 are proud of the fact that as
a result of a box social given recent
ly and the sale of furs, they have
their school house papered and new
blackboards, a globe and a map by
ay of equipment The boys In
this school have been traouins- aloe
fall and generously gave a part of
r writiss. "a nice aupply of dry wood
in addition to theae other luxuries
make our work a real nl-,.r. ...
spite of the wintry winds outside"
-r;:, - xi -::;. s s - & a
usually frnrf .-.. .. ' 7 --sswsj comfortable The teach
-...v. u .-,.,,11 urcnaru, a rew
acres in corn, and the balance in al-
xaiia or clovtr Stock raising and
dairinf are going to be the big
bu-ihes here outs.de of fruit, aud
SrttSj alfalfa to grow the frame and
corn to hniHh with, we have the idea'
borne for the stockman, dairyman, or
hog raiser. So far Malheur county
ha never had a case of hoa cholera
although they have been shtpping
pomers from here for many years.
From the Ontario Argus of June
10, 1S16.
Hlt KKPKKhKNTATIVK
Subject to the choice of the ..
ubllcan voters of Malheur and H.r.
ney counties, Oregon, to be expresa
d at the coming primary election,
I hereby announce myself a cm.iHi.
date for the Hepubllcon nomination
as Joint Kepreaeutatlve to the legis
lature from this representative dis
trict. Dated Jan. 11. lai
c lias M C'randall
barrlaa
'If I !.,,p.-. j., re, (,Ur (.,
seems io me. would be won nul
ou wish many reasons and well .
tabl.hhe.l fact., to back these de.lar
atioi.s. and learn specific..;! about
the soils, minerals, cllmte and the
many other lmporu,.i conditions
that it possesses, so necessary fwr a
great country and which appeal e.
pecially to the thoughtful i.omeseek
er.
"The soil la volcanic ash and silt
so oxydiied as to produce most sue
cossfully the growths I have men
Honed and nearly all the other nro
- --
uuiia oi uie temperate zone Of
course the largest and most marvel
ous results are secured by the aid of
irrigation Within fifteen miles of
Ontario there are six rivers and from
that small area, last year there was
shipped 1000 car loads of fruits and
mellons Allow me to mention a few
of the pheuomlual acre yielda 121.68
bushels by K U Tate 74 I !...),.
els little club by Jacokes And w J
Pinney averaged nearly lo to.. ,.r
alfalfa per acre getting 327 aud one
nan tons from 3 4 acres.
E 11. lirumbach raised two ..
Of red clover hmmH ! n ..
.... ... UI1TI at-ason,
worth 144 per acre
"crying, Pasturage and the relet-
Bigger-Better
Soft Drinks of all
Kinds
-Hot or Cold
Light Lunches
At The former
Moore Buffett
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livings Aoeountv
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WHU, l K. Hurley, ikm. Paaw. Agent.
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