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THE OREGON r DAILY- JOURNAL, - PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 1915. GELILO CANAL MEANS MUCH TO TJHE LEWISTON-CLARKSTON REGION "w-'' -'A'1'- ? . ' - - - --K "' . v-; : :: ? - - -; v - ;; w - "6 1 . n 4 PT"&&MT 7'V&. I i UN " ' " ' ' - ' - TS V0to -T&r'." 1 bI---' '--r-tf'Jif' ' 7-,.,,;.-.tA-K.v- "mi.;. . . ... .-.-i III i'cZ$ jC ?i MWM II v" rsi W , - - - yy fiVC?3J? rjM ' S; ' 1 2SLw. lir r-S. ' VIW ' m I' A -1 ' - MI WW - Wl - ": - v 1 : I - - vI4m Ctsli ' I ' : ' ltT " 1 feet algood flow was struck, but by ' . - ' . . f!SA J G7 V, t; ' oing down 100 feet more the flow was ' 7 .;tfii - SXl VN. ' .llf f fT7T f7'jl . more than doubled. Tbe artesian wa- jJ - r, - - 'W'aT N-tr r- ' T- ' .Ay IH'r VV ' 111 - Is being conserved., the water from S' flv- - v . ' 111 "-rll tho streams being used in the sprinff. J- L r-t -fr ' XV1 -vsr A? llli W! Sf V !i l TV - "Jlll when water 1 abundant.: "igt .P,, i.ff''7r-Tty?jr' - Nbv-JC , fl f JAP 111 I ?1fTi Kf " ' " " , III The ttrsi prunes in the Walla Walla -mrtn ' ' J? 'rS y yZdr ' XlfV C f i - ) Ue, wer. grown her by Dr. Blaloclt; fijfeb. ' i NSVSV - ijfe. yAe llfl -, , I'HTtf $ " " 1 ' '"2ltSr - his orchard belnk - planted- In- 1883. ; ' f L. - ff ,fJ-, ' mWZ&l"'. f3lJL '''USW This orchard Is still; bearing. . mZ 7 ' In the Lewiston-Clarkston neigbborfiood. Top,' left to "right Snakb river ibrldge at Lewiston; Along the waterfront. Lewiston. bridge at Lewiston; Along the waterfront, Lewiston. Bottom, left to right A branch laden with Winter Nellis Dears: Wrapping and packing peaches for market; Hog raising is prof itable! industry in Lewiston-Clarkston region. This photograph shows a number of fat porkers about ready for the market. ADJOIN NG TOWNS IN WASHINGTON AND IDAHO CENTER OF VAST TERRITORY RICH IN NATURAL RESOURCES, THAT YIELD BIG Valley Are Acjjecent to These Two. Cities Known Far and tor Its rruit-b rowing Possibilities, While iThev Market Points for Much Wheat Grown on Uplands ALTHOUGH Lewiston is In Idaho and Clarkston-is In Washington, and though they are on opposite sides of the Snake river, to alt r intents and purposes: they are one town, - j -- y Lewistom is the county seat of Nez Perce eounity. It was established In 1860, and was the first capital of Idaho territory.,; The 'small frame building used for the meeting of Ida ho's first legislature is still standing In Lewiston. and is now used as an Icehouse. ..jj ; j Clarkston. less than a mile distant, consists of the town of Clarkston, with Its addition of Vineland and. Clarkston HeightS. ' : To ,no community does the opening of the CelUo canal mean more than to the Lewiston-Clarkston district. .In The ol da-ys, before the building of the O. R. & N., a fleet of steamers plied on the upper river4 between Lew iston and Celilo. Clarkstos Is located In Asotin coun ty, and is he natural gateway through which the wheat crop of Asotin county comes to market. As time goes on, however, the Clarkston district will be better known as a fruit district than as a wheat country. Peaches, apri cots, cherries, grapes and all sorts of berries thrive wonderfully In the Lewiston-Clarkston valley. Apples, pears, plums andquinces also reach . perfec tion in this district. The soil, of the Lewiston-Clarkston valley consists of a deep loam soil over a formation of black lava or basalt. Irrigation at Clarkston is one of the factors re sponsible for its success as an orchard and grape growing district. .TJie Lewiston-Clarkston Improve ment company has spent a great deal of money in improvements in the dis trict, and hundreds of families in the vicinity of Clarkston are making a liv ing on 5 and 10 acre tracts. Sapid Growth. Xs Voted. ' Lewiston Is making rapid growth; In fact, the whole of Idaho Is showing surprising growth. The 1870 census showed that Idaho had a population of less than 15,000; In 1880 its population was less i than 33,000; 10 years later When in Lewiston Stop ' . ' - i at the i Bollinger Hotel Northern Idaho's Lead' i , ing Hotel , Clean and comfortable rooms.; Well cooked and well served meals and a homelike atmos phere, j J. W. CLOSE & SON :. s . Lewiston. Idaho . J . . 4 - 1 Orchard Bargain Do you want to buy a bearing orchard in the rich and fertile Lewiston-Clarkston orchard district? This 12-acre orchard is in Bings. Lamberts and Tartarians, and produced -gross last year $2700. This can be had at a bargain. : For information, address STATE BANK OF i CLARKSTON. ! Clarkston. Wash-, ." the population was over 88,000; in 1900' the census showed a 'population of , 162,000; in 1910 the population was; 225,594, and today its population is not far from half a million. In 1870 there were only-414 farms owned in Idaho; in 1910 there were over 30.000 farms; and the acreage of privately owned lands had Increased from the 77,000 of 1870 to over 6.000, 000. . 1 In the old days Lewiston owed het prosperity to the rich mines in her im mediate vicinity, but today wheat and wool, lumber and fruit "have " made a new prosperity for LejHston. . As the large ranges formerly used by the cattle and sheepmen are taken up, more and more attention is being paid to the growing of high-class stock. Many a man in the Lewiston Clarkston district Is making more on 40 acres with alfalfa and hogs than he formerly made on a whole section un der the old-time methods of farming. As the country Is settled up more and more people are , taking up . the profitable side lines, such as poultry raising, bee keeping and dairying. With an area of 84,800 square miles, and a population of less than half a million, there Is plenty :of room In Ida ho for homeseekers. .;"!. Idaho has over 300,000 acres of un developed cut-over or logged-off lands. It has over 20,000,000 acres of unap propriated land, of wliich over 6,000, 000 acres are suitable for dry. farming, and are avilable to entry under the en larged homestead laws. Idaho has over 12.000 miles of irrigation canals now in operation, and has spent over $40,000,000 taupon her. irrigation sys tems.! " : j r ' One of the permanent" sources of (Lewiston's prosperity is the proximity to the Nez Perce Indian reservation. Indians are good customers;, they want the best, and are willing and fable to pay for the best. Evidence of Civic Enterprise. Both Lewiston and Clarkston have an enterprising class of citizens. As an evidence of enterprise, some time ago -Clarkston, which is on the river, and. is six miles from Asotin, the coun ty seat, one of the largest wheat ship ping points in the state of Washing ton, decided to improve their, roads. Just below Clarkston, on the road that leads down the Snake river to Pom eroy, Dayton and Walla Walla. The way is flocked by-a high bluff, which formerly necessitated a detour of three and a half miles. Last December the Clarkston citizens decided to cut, out this long detour and make a road along the river. A leader was appoint ed, who appointed 60 foremen, each of whom enlisted as many workers as he could. - The ; proposed route.: was sur veyed by a local engineer and laid off in sections of 60 feet. : The yardage of these sections was given and each foreman enlisted enough workers so he could complete his section in- one day.' In December, 1910. at 8 o'clock in the morning, the dirt began to fly; by 4 o'clock. that afternoon over three quarters of a mile of road 12 feet wide had" been completed;' ovr 425 woriers attended this good roads day and this represented over 60 per cent of the available workers of the town of Clarkston. Four thousand yards, of material was removed. The county then took up the matter and completed the rock work and a barrier which has existed since the days of the pioneers will soon be eliminated and the road will be shortened . by over two miles. As this work was donated, It shows the team work and community altru ism that exists at Clarkston. It is this kind of work that helps to build cities and make communities. Facts Pertinent To the Lewiston Clarkston Region Herewith are presented a series of six facts pertinent to the resources of three sections of Idaho and Washing ton that center In Lewiston and Clarks ton: -: ' : Pact JTo. 1. - Home of - the largest ' contiguous stand of white pine in the world. Government estimate of merchant able timber is 20,000,000,000 feet. . The milling industry has just com menced, a large part of the output be ing chipped to eastern markets. immediate vicinity of Lewiston and Clarkston. rct 'Ho. 6. Home of the largest area of unde veloped mining country in the west. within ttkis territory are locatea o ! mining districts. - The mining region j first came into prominence in the early j '60s, when the great Florence, Pierce, ! Kik Trt Warren nlacers were discov ered, these producing millions. Now the era of quartz development .has come, although extensive placer oper ations are still receiving attention. The region has steadily been a pro ducer of the yellow metal for a half century, yet this great virgin resource has barely been touched. Prominent among the large mining districts can be mentioned Elk, Oro Grande, Buffalo Hump,Thunder Mountain, Dixie. Ten Mile and Pierce. Immense water pow er for the mines is avallble, thus as suring the benefit of this economy in the operation of the plants. Railroads are preparing to give better transpor tation facilities. WALLA WALLA -TRACES PROSPERITY TO YIELD OF GRAIN AND FRUIT ract no. a; Home - of , four, great rlvers-the Snake.1 the Salmon, the Clearwater and the Grande Ronde. In the great sweep of these streams ,to Lewiston unlimit ed power . development is available, while the concentration rof . 'the flow at Lewiston, where the waters meet, gives to the Lewiston region the ben efit of water navigation to the; sea, a distance of approximately. 600 miles. V, : raet go. 3. : Home of the famous Nez Perce and Camas prairies these districts in 1902 securing the highest, average wheat production per acre (United States de partment of agriculture "reports) : of any grain district in the United States. The-average ''annual grain output of the district is 10.000,000 bushels. "- V-- J-" si j . " .4 V Tact Ho. (4. ; Home of fine-: horses, cattle, sheep and hogs. Hundreds of carloads are shipped out annually to the markets of the world.: No region in all the west being better watered, it is pos sible to : graze : thousands., of head of stock; while stall feeding on the farms is also extensively practiced. In re cent years farmers and stockmen have been securing the best grades of stock. The dairying :: Industry is constantly expanding. t - (Continued From Preceed Ing Page.) Tact go. 5. Home of the best fruit districts in the west. . Here is located a large acreage of Blng cherries. The fruit output is marketed not only in express refrigerator cars, but in the form of the' canned product. Approximately 7000 acres of fruit are grown in the els to the acre on 500 acres for the past 20 years. , One of the record crops of alfalfa grown in the Walla Walla valley was grown by H. C. Rlggs. It yielded 9 1-8 tons of alfalfa per acre. This, - of course, is a .record crop, but it is not at all unusual with three cuttings to get from 6 to 7 tons of alfalfa per acre a year. Dr. Blalock, who was one of the ploneeer fruit enthusiasts of the Walla Walla Valley, sold his farm on the out skirts of Walla Walla some years ago to the Blalock Orchard company. Re cently , I went over this farm with the manager, Captain Weyruch. The farm consists of about 15S0 acres, of which 1200 acres are being farmed. During the height of the picking and packing season from 350 to 450 em ployes are at work on the farm, while from 40 to 60 work on the place throughout : the year. Six hundred .acres are in fruit, the principal vari eties of apples grown being Rome Beauties. Wlnesaps, Jonathans and New towns. , About one - half of the : trees are young trees, being 6 years old. Two hundred-' thirty-four acres are planted to Italian prunes. Inter-cropping is largely , practiced, ' i vegetables : being grown between the young trees. Fifty acres are in potatoes; 20 acres in cab- bage 20 acres in onions, 30 acres in asparagus and .10' acres in . rhubarb. I One hundred twenty acres are planted to alfalfa, all of which Is used on; the farm, being fed to the cattle and hogs. Last year 300 carloads of fruit and - vegetables were shipped from the B la- lot k farm. Arrangements have just been made to put In a cannery. Seven artesian wells were put down in 1900. At 600 feet a good ' flow was Btruck, -but by going down 100 feet mor the flow was more than doubled The artesian wa ter is being conserved,, the' water from the streams being used in the spring, when water is abundant. : The first: prunes in the Walla Walla valley were grown here by Dr. Blalock, his orchard being - planted in 1882. This orchard is still bearing. Koosrrelt fcauds Walla Walla. ' When Theodore Roosevelt was presi dent of the United States, he visited Walla Walla, and this is what he said about his visit:. "Walla: Walla made the pleasantest impressipn upon my mind of any vlty I visited in the northwest. Whenever I 'think of Wal la Walla, I can smell the sweet per fume of the thousand locust trees which line the streets, and can see the radiant beauty of the city on that day in May when I was there. The glory of the spring air and the sunshine, to gether with the beauty of the city, made an lndellible Impress upon my mind.- ; j ;.,. Walla Walla Is essentially a home city. Well-to-do farmers 'of the Inlan Empire make Walla Walla theirjriorn It is a rich and prosperous city, s? the' evidence of Its wealth Is shown 1 the substantial character of Its in provements and in the numerous besn tlful new homes.. which have been bui there within the past few years. J ewistonn Cl LEWISTON, IDAHO CLARKSTON, WASH ELECTRIC LIGHT and POWER LEWISTON AND LAP WAV IDAHO i CLARKSTON AND ASOTIN, WASH, j Inducements Of fered to Prospective Manufacturing ; Industries f " jlRRIGATED ; LANDS ' VINELiD AND CLARKSTON HEIGHTS Pure Mountain Water Supplied to Irrigated Tracts Through Pipes Under City Water Pressure A California Climate Cou pled With Washington Productivity PRICES REASONABLE . V TCiWN. LOTS ' 1 CLARKSTON AND ASOTIN, WASH. An electric car line now building. Prices to net investor a good pro fit. The Lewiston-Clarkston vajley has a present, with unlimited pos sibilities as to the future.