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DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, rENDLETOX, OIIEGON, TUESDAY, SKPTEMnEll 8, 1008.
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MALHEUR rail TREES 6Hlt UNDER
Malheur county has the lurgest
. fiult crop this year thut has eror been
experienced In (hat section of the
state. Trees are being broken In
many Instance with the weight of
the apples, pears and peaches, not
withstanding the fact that nearly all
orchards were thinned fully 50 per
cent. This bountiful crop Is not con
fined to fruit alone; In fact, all furra
and garden products seem to be com
peting with each other In an endear
or to see which can be the most pro
lific.
William Morfltt, who lives two
miles southwest of Ontario, from his
3-year-old peach orchard picked and
Bold an average of 200 pounds of
peaches to the tree.
Alfalfa will yield seven to 10 tons
per acre, 10.000 tons of which has
been contracted for by one purchaser
at $5.50 per ton In the stack. Alfal
fa seed Is proving to be a paying
crop, as some of the farmers say they
will clear at least $75 per acre from
this source. Sugar beets look partlc
ularly good this year, promising to
ec.ua! the highly satisfactory yield of
80 tons per acre two years ago.
Low Land Value.
While many orchards are yielding
J1000 per acre and alfalfa as high as
$38 to $40 per acre, land values are
exceedingly low as compared with
other more extensively advertised dis
tricts of the state, as good Irrigated
orchard land can yet be had at from
. $100 to $150 per acre. Including water
rights. These prices will, however,
experience a substantial Increase over
the prevailing prices at the present
time, owing to the recent organiza
tion of' commercial clubs which will
bring the wonderful resources of their
county to the attention of the gen
eral public.
Malheur county la in the extreme
southeastern corner of the state, bor
dering on Idaho and Nevada, and
contains some 97S4 square miles.
Fruit raising that has been particu
larly successful there has been with
apples, apricots, raspberries, black
perries, strawberries, peaches,- pears,
plum, prunes, nectarines, grapes and
all the small fruits common to a
northern latitude. These, In size, fla
vor, color and quantity compare most
favorably with the products of the
best known fruit districts in the
northwest. Apples 15 Inches In cir
cumference, peaches 12, and Bartlett
pears welshing 20 ounces are no rar
ity. Tim Crs of Alfalfa.
Alfalfa comprises the principal hay
product and tht conditions seem par
ticularly fitted tur Its growth. - The
cost of raising It Is merely nominal
and the hay crop Is very strong. Far
rners there cufthree crop a yr and
th yield Is often seven to 10 ton an
acre. It Is easily and cheaply grown
aj d Kit large crops.
' piher pivl'ipts include all the cere
aftnd Ve&'''l fommon to this lat
itude, such '3 .;,-.'. rye,
ats. corn, etc., and potatoes, onions,
bets, carrot, parsnips, beans,
squash, pumpkjiA melons, tomatoes,
etc. Corn fields making 40 bushels
per acre; wheat, DO; oats, 70; barley,
45; potatoes, 500 bushels per acre, are
not uncommon nor are 50-pound cab
bages, 75-pound melons. 6-pound
spuds or 10-pound beets.
The Pnake river tht; Malheur and
Owvhee rivers an,i their tributaries
are the principal streams in the
county. Their chief value Is the ex
tensive irrigation they offer. The cli
mate Is mild and balmy with bright,
sunny days far into the autumn, beau
t.ful clear falls, and with tho winter
(o modified by the gentle influence
of the JapMn current that there ar
seldom more than three or four weeks
of real winter weather. Farming
work continues throughout the year.
Though the summer Is warm nnd
pleasant, there are seldom any hot
days and the nights are always cool,
In winter the mercury seldom goes
down to fero during the night and
In the daytime It usually raises to 40
or 60.
Malheur county claims to have the
best soil In the west for raising of
sugar beets. Farmers raise from 20
to 30 tons an acre and get a net profit
of from $40 to $80 per acre. The
sugar beet factory at Xampa, Idaho
offered prizes of $150 and $100 for
the best 10-acre field raised in the
Snake river valley, and A. J. Quack
enbush of Ontario, received first prize
and John Ttay of N'yssa, second prize.
Toth these fields produced over 29
tons per acre and netted the owners
$75 per acre profit. This Industry has
become a very profitable one, it being
demonstrated that a few acres proper
I cultivated Is sufficient to support
a family. The sugar beet factory Is
located at Nampa, Idaho. 40 miles
from Ontario, Ore., and they pay $4.50
per ton loaded on the cars here. They
have built beet dumps at all conven
ient places along the railway, which
makes It convenient for the farmers,
necessitating hauling their beets but
a short distance. Beet land rents for
$20 per acre. j
This Is a good dairying country,
because hay Is grown so cheaply, and
butter fat sells from 25 to 37 cents
a pound. Those who have tried it
claim the country Is good for hog
raising. Alfalfa makes a good tissue
builder, and with a little corn and
barley the hog thrives well. Cholera,
the bane of the business in many
states, Is absent here.
and alfalfa with seven tons to the
aero which brought him $9 If ho fed
It, and $6 If he stacked it. A. F.
Hoyer says he planted 200 Wlnesap
apple tres on his land 10 years ago,
and they yield on an average of 13
boxes each. He has now 800 trees
on 10 acres, and last year sold his
entire crop for $1 a box. Many of
his neighbors who did not sell at a
previous contract price received as
high as $2.60.
R F. Tusslng says he picked and
sold 4000 boxes from 11-year-old ap
ple trees on seven acres of ground.
M. R. Sherman has 35 acres of rasp-
berries, and has averaged $100 per
acre above expense. He has netted
$260 from an acre. I. F. Street
swears to the following output on his
land:
Per Acre
Strawberries yield from$500 to $1100
Melons 200 to 350
Dewberries 300 to 700i
Potatoes 300 to 400
Cabbage 1501 to
Onlona 450 to
Tomatoes 250 to
Green beans 200 to
Canning beans ........ 40 to
Pickling cucumbers. . . 200 to
200i
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600
400
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300'
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Rural Carriers.
Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 8. Ar
kansas rural mall carriers, in ses
sion here today, will send a delega
tion to Omaha next month to attend
the national convention and invite
that organization to meet in Little
Rock In 1909.
Foley's Orlno Laxative Is a new
remedy, an improvement on the lax
atives of former years, aa it does not
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Don't Ilurn Trash.
Parties Are Prohibited from start
ing fires and burning trash within the
city limits during the present dry
period as they endanger property to
loss by fire. By order of
J. L. VAUGHAX,
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I offer for sale the NH of the W!4
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fanning nnd Drying IVuit.
There Is a fruit cannery at Arcadia
which does a good business, and there
are several fruit drying and evapo
rating plants. The mild climate is
good for apiculture, and the honey
secreted by the alfalfa plants Is ex
cellent. Almost every ranch has Its
bee hives, where from 60 to 120
pounds are gathered by each colony
yearly.
The towns of the county are On
tario, rvyssa, Arcadia, Vale, Jordan
alley, Westfall and Malheur. The
first four are situated on the Oregon
Short Line railway; Vale is the coun
ty seat. Each of these towns has its
special value to the section In which
it Is located; all have good schools
and enjoy financial health. The vol
ume of business pouring through On
tario's channels of trade aggregates
more than $2,000,000 annually.
Poultry raising has met with suc
cess In this county. Chickens sell
readily at high prices and the cholera
element Is unknown. What Is eald
to be the largest plant In the world
for the propagation of the luscious!
salmon Is situated one mile south of
Ontario, on the banks of the Snake
river.
fcaffHi.Hi-.il Tor iire Y'
The chief tree growth Is sagebrush,
a desert shrub, which furnishes free
wood. In the foothill country juni
per and mountain Tnahojrany appear; j
the former making good fence POcfo,
th lattf-r a very valuable fue", fiup.
ply. In the western and. northwest
ern portions of the coiy nre dense
forests of pine, iiri tamarack, which I
furnish lumber, fuel, posts and build-1
in;; rii.;-rial generally.
Hot springs are found In nearly:
every part of Malheur county, ail of
about the same character, while the
most notable are the Geyser or Hot:
Wells, on the bank of the Malheur
river at Vale, the county seat. Medl-j
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. Pendleton, Oregon
ral experts assert that hese wells are
of great value for medicinal purposes
and If properly Improved would
equal, If not excel any other health
reort In the state.
In sinking deep wels for artesian
water In the vicinity of Ontario, a
flow of natural gas was found that
In two or three Instances furnished
enough gas to use for illuminating
the residence of the owner, and at the
sume time a flow of artesian water
was procured at a depth of about
240 feet. Numerous indications of
the presence of petroleum are found
in this county.
There Arc Some Stock Shipments.
Annual shipments
Wool, pounds, 3,000,000 to 4,000,000
Cattle, head 25,00
Horses, head ,. 15.000
Mutton, sheep, head 60,000
Swoar to the Crops.
In the advertising literature for
Malheur county sworn statements are
published concerning the output of
various farms. J. M. Butler says that
he has raised corn near Ontario with
an average of 70 bushels to the acre
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