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. A' ' i ' - THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, , PORTLAND SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY- 1, : 1910." 8 BBSS 1 t tr,'-- -47 21 Ml View of Albany, the "Hub of the Willamette Valley," and tbe Willamette river from the Steel Bridget 'L ' A r' 1 J t i fi .. " ':-'--:',';:.v.:.'-..:.:;.:-::-.::.:.vv::..' , ... . "V. w. ... . - KING HILL TRACT F INT I T Large Acreage Being Set to . Apple Orchards in Irri gated District. (Sipclal Dispatch ts Tha loarsaL) -- King Hill, Idaho, Jan. L Montgom ery & Bott are preparing to set out 240 acres of orchard in ths spring-. Thlr ten thousand of the tree will , be planted In' the early spring, weather permitting. - Professor A. Van Holder belts of Oreton will have charge of the orchard .for four years and will turn It over to the company at that time bear- In fruit It Is the Intention -to plant but - four varieties Wlnesapa, Jona . thane, Rome Beautlea and Delicious, j These apples are said to be the- best for vuiujueruiti use. nia uuiuiauy wiu uui : this 240 seres into I and 10-acr tracts and they will sell for $600 an a3re, the same to be turned over to the purchaser - at the end of four years as bearing or chards, it ' Dr. J. Morrison of Spokane, who , re 'rently purchased 10 acres,- Intends to .plant trees as soon' as the weather per mlts. .The trees are already heeled and rsre of the commercial varieltes. ' The tract looks good to all of these who -'bavjs seen It and every day there' are - numerous Inquiries concerning, the val ley. About 2000 acres south of town sre being cleared and fine, substantial houBes are springing up all over, the tract. y-'-K ."-;-:-.,-,' There Is great aotlvlty at the pres - eut time- on the North Bide Twin Falls Clover Creek triot, of which 20,000 acres Is tributary to King Hill. The 'tract Is very extensive and when all ths many thousand acres have been Up 'proved 'and planted In orchards It will' be the greatest little tract In tbe stats. -GOODING MAKES U- S ' : REMARKABLE GROWTH GETvATER GRADE FOR IDIOM Easy; Route Found by Engi neers for Pittsburg & Gilmore Track. SPOKANE FEEDER ' 1UME WATER IDAHO MARKETS FOR MILWAUKEE FORJRRIGATION ALFALFA fffl Surveys Show Loop Planned Through Country Rich i . in Traffic. (Apedal Dbpiteb to Tta iornl.) - Gooding, Idaho, Jan. .1. Few. towns in the west have made as remarkable a showing In the two years' time as has Gooding. On November 14,' 1807, the town was founded. : Since that time the . growth - and progress has , been rapid ' and substantial until now. there Is city of from 2000 to 2600 people. In the way of public Improvements the v jtown also takes first rank." There 1 ia fine water Works system, electric -1 lights, and over eight miles of cement Estdewalks, the streets have been graded f and put in the best condition, and every improvement denotes permanency. iPOPCORN GROWS WELL ; r : i (Ppeclil PUpttch to The Journal.) I Nei Perce, Idaho, Jan. 1. Twenty-five c bushels of popoorn to the acre is the X record mad by K, w. Parr, who has a farm on Camas prairie, between- Nez Perce and Greer. Mr. Parr raised the '-scorn In his orchard, and sells It at (4 cents a pound, or $2.2S a bushel, mak- Sing .66.25 an aore. I Horns fit the ears are eight inches (long "and have 22 rows of grains to the ear. ii is oi tns variety Known as I "rice" popcorn, the grains being sharp r pointea. ; (Speelal Dispatch to Ttat Jonraal.) Lewlston, Idaho, Jan. I. The survey of the Pittsburg ft Gilmore railroad from Sainton City to Whitebird shows the distance to be 124 miles, and ths estimated distance from Whlteblrd to J Lewlston is, IS miles. ' Ths maximum grade secured does not exceed 25 feet to the mile. Frequent crossings-of ths river are made, ths bridges to be erected numbering 16. Two of these bridges will be. located along that stretch of ths river known as Black. Canyon, one is near Goff. The maximum curvature of the line is about eight degrees. : Eighteen tunnels will be constructed, ths longest,. 2000 feet, to be put in at Red Butte on the first section of the line out of Salmon. In all details ths work' Is so thorough that with but slight revision the litis can be put in readiness for the contractors. While initial construction cost might be classed as heavy, the roadbed .will be practically the entire distance. In rock assuring - permanency and minimum cost of maintenance. According to these figures less than 800 miles ,of line will bring theiroad from salmon to Lowlston. All estimates, prior to, surveyors taking ths field, were that the ns would be much longer. nermiston Votea School Bonds. ' (Siwrl.T DIotc) In ThaJniiriuit.t Hermlston, Or., Jen, 1. Bonds have been, voted for ths erection of a large addition to ths schoolhouse. The build ing cost 0OO,'and now an addition costing $16,000 Is. to be added as soon as ths weather wlll permit- 4 IN IDAHO orchard SEVEN DEVILS' ORE - RUNS $200 PER TON i - . . ( (Special Dispatch to Tha JoorsaLt ' Homestead, -Or., Jan. I. Samples of ore uuien rrom tne calumet Bueni Vlsti' mine showing 65 to 70 par cent or copper are on display here, and other samples have been sent to Port land. A great body of ore has been struck, there being but little change in grade In 40 feet of the tunnel. The ore is sorted at, the opening and piled up awaiunr tne erection of a smelter. Much of the ore runs fully 2200 in cop per per ton. Indications are that the Seven Devils will be shipping liberally by May. Sow Grain Near Lakerlew. fSntvial TMMMffh .t Th Tn...t v Lakeview, Or., Jan. 1. -The Studley ranch of 610 acres, about one mile south of Lakeview town Jlmlts has been purchased from S. J. and M.' J. Studley by Jonas Norln of Lake view. The land has been used for stock purposes for many years, but Mr. Norln j wm. improve tne place by sowing grasses and grain on a considerable .portion next year. The price paid was 222.60 per acre. Cement Walka- at nermjston. " (Special JDlaoatch to The Jonrnnl.) ' 'Hermlston, Or.', . Jan, 1. The city council has ordered a cement walk for ths business part of Hermlston. (Special Dlipa ton to The Journal. I Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Jan, l--The Milwaukee railway Is planing- to reach Spokane by bulldisg from a point on ths Coeur d'Alene reservation past this city and down ths valley of the Spokane river. Surveys have been made along ths west branch of Lake Coeur d'Alene for entrance to this city by a loop from Plummer. Lines now drawn indicate that ths right of way will cass thrmirh thm homes, and grounds of a heretofore ex clusive summer colony. One Una dshum aiong vne lake in rront of the homes and ths other up-'Cougar gulch, a quar ter of a mile In' the rear. - That' ths Milwaukee is anxious to securs a foothold in the- northern Idaho country and be On an canal baia with its formidable rivals in ths north west the Hill snd Harrlman Interests is shown, railroad, men say, by the Placing of surveying parties in the field in the rigorous winter weather or that section. A large party under tne direction of Division- Engineer Al bert McCHntock Is now locating lines in Kootenai county, Idaho. Coupled wun purchases or right of way through Coeur d'Alene and surveys In Shoshone county, this is taken to mean that spring will sss ths" aotual beslnninsr of construction. . From Spokane it is said the road will pass through a rich grain country and connect with the main 11ns near Ritsvllls. . . Crook County Settlers Ask InteriorDepartment for Reservoir Site. ' 'Nursery for Elirin. , (Special Diapatch to The Journal Elgin, Or., Jan. 1. R. C. Mays. E. a. Bailey . and Sherman Cfiappell have leased 0 acres of land just south of town and will install a nursery with .h opening fcf, spring. An order for. 40,000 treesxwith which to begin ODer- atidns has been placed. - I Jr -1 (Special Dispatch to The Journal) . Madras, OJ-.V Jan. 1. The mans of the survey of Crescent lake and tha upper Deschujes river. recently mads for the (lurpuoo vi creating a storage reservoir to obtain waters to Irrigate ths north western portion of Crook county, have been completed and placed on file with the secretary Of the interior, from whom It is expected to gain permission to use ths waters of the lake. Crescent lake being In the national forest reserve, it was necessary that numerous petitions be. circulated among tb residents of ths section to be bene fited, for the purpose of showln the department that, this section greatly de sires irrigation, and that it also desires mesa parties to be granted privilege of using crescent lake as a reservoir in which to conserve the waters of that section during the winter periods of (he year, when It will not bo needel for irrigation, so that ths drain made upon the stream for .irrigating this country will not materially reduce the flow of wm iescnuies river, , or interfere with the. present or -future power develon- ments that may be established along the Bridge Nekr Marshfield. ' (Bpeelui Dispatch to The Journal.) Marshfield, Or.. Jan. 1. Coos conntv has advertised for bids for the con struction of a drawbridge across South slough, sbovs the old ferry landing. Bids will be received ud to Janusrv ia Ths bridge will be finished in time to accommodate summer travel. ' EphraU jFIas $20,000 Hotel. ; (Special Wtateh to, Tha Journal.) Ephrata, Wash... Jan. 1. The EohraU hotel, costing $20,000 has ijesn, formally Opened. I. N. Havlland, proprietor, gave an opening .ball and banouet. ttemi.H by 58 couples. First Shipments . : From Firs . " Mill Recently Built in (Special Diwatrh to Tha lonrniLt ' Sheljey, Idaho, Jan. 1. Two carloads of alfalfa. meal,, the first product of the mill .here, have been 'shipped, one to Hutxe, Mont, and the other to Po catello. , The alfalfameal Industry was orougni to tne attention of ths -Oregon onun uiii BDout a year ago.. After a inorougn investigation" it was decided mar jns grinding of alfalfa hay into lurai coma d aeveionen lntn m. nmf i ams industry IH this state. Capital was interested, with the result that mm has been erected at Shelley. Another is unaer-way-at Filer, but the Shelley mill is first In the market with th manufactured product. . , . For a number of . years alfalfa meal mills hays been insuccessf ul opera tion In Colorado; Nebraska and Kan sas. The product of these factories has been absorbed by. ths markets of Omaha, Kansas City. Denver, Minneapolis, St. Paul and St ; Louis .at remunerative Prices.;- -V'vV. '-.. ; . The establishment of ths meal indus try will make possible the txiHufinA of all ths surplus-hay, the creation of awaar mawet ror ths farmer at a fair, pries 'and a steady revenue 'from one of ths state's staple crops. , Feeders of sheep and cattls long since learned that there is econnmv in lrig alfalfa' meal instead of the straight my., x nis oecause stock will not eat ths stalks, which constitute , approxi mately s per cent of the total Thniit and which contain a large percentage of the bay's food valus. , .-. With, the meal, on th athr hanA there Is no.s waste, for the -stalk is ground up - with the leaves arid the tender shoots, and ths animals eat every particle of it, . Alfalfa meal commands a price usually at least 210 per ton ln excess of tha hay- and ths cost of grinding and sacking is not great ' BIG PROFITS MADE . ; ' ; ON ALFALFA SEED (Special blunatch to Tha Journal.) r Hagerman. Idaho, Jan. 1. That al falfa is one of ths staple products of tns Hagerman valley Is shown by the amount of seed raised this year. It Is - conservatively estimated there will be from sight , to 10 carloads shipped rrom here. . - . j George L. Durfee, from 25 acres of alfalfa, sold $6000 worth' Of , seed. Daniel Jones sold 22,000. pounds of 'al falfa seed for $2760. ;. W. H. Ebbert threshed 20,000 pounds'of seed which ha sold for $2500. Several other larxi yields are reported. , , An alfalfa field doe not have to be plowed. ; plainted, harrowed. : leveled, foiled' or cultivated in any way what soever, except at ths beginning. It is harvested by a man with a team and mower. It la stacked just at so much hay. The only labor that enters Into consideration is a few days stacking and thsthrMWnfrrTf-f-o-w-;-- . - Brick Bank Building. , V (RttrHal Plunatrfa to Tho Journal.) - ". i Waterville, Wash., Jan. 1. Ths Doug las County bank will at once erect a $12,000 brick block to house ths'Tbartk. Work will soonabs begun on ihe $50,000 government building ; also, ; . , Three Thousand Homebuiidc ' t Locate In One County During Year. WMser, .-. Idaho, Jan. 1. -Within t year ths record transfers of real erty. In Washington represent a tit mora than $2.200,000. ' A number tracts have changed hands thres I four times during the 'year. J One of the noticeable features of t property sales is found in ths fact t'. 69 per cent of ths transfers havs h made to settlers coming into tho oour from other states. ' . , i It ' Is Impossible to give anyth! like an accurate estimate of th inert In population In the County for ths 7 but It Is safe to say tha populat: has increased mora than 2000. , ,1 A Clean Man 11 THE JOURNAL'S REM ARK A BLE GRO WW Graphically Portrayed by fhe Increased Consumption of the "White News Print" on Which The Journal Is Printed. w t r City, has ,. . """'""'i luuuwiug Beu-expiauaiory letter. JlJiUiiiiitpJJuijmitfc G a a mCOoaTtp i NOW MAN m. uAnck secwd Viei-asiSBirr rOImttymuy Oregon City.Or'egon Dec. 29, 1 Mr . C "The 8 . Jackson , Pufcli eher , Oregon Journal,i Portland, Ore. 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