t tyv r . .& BKNII RULLKTIN, I1KND, ORR., WKDNKHUAY, JULY 99, 191A. &L Devefopmerit of Agricultural Sections. Described by Settlers; Two Writers Tell of Powell Butte Progress and Prosperity (Written by Clnrk Morse.) Slxty-flvo bushels of oats to tho noro for a 200-acre flold Is tho oxporl rnco of Allen Wllcoxon on irrigated land in tho Powell ilutto blstrlct and this Is but ono of many such In stances of what Is being dono on this onc-tlmo desert. This country, which lies 17 miles northeast of lleml, extends In a grad ual slope from tho foot of tho buttes down on to 'what was onco termed "tho lower desert." Ten years ago the first settlers decided th oloose enndv soil which would grow tho heavy sagebrush would grow grain They cleared off tho brush and Junl rcr. many cutting the latter into cord wood and hauling It to Prlnovllle for exnenso money. It was discovered gradually what could bo dono hero and bo more and more settled. Then camo tho ditch of Uie Deschutes Irri gation & Power Co., now tho Central Oregon Irrigation Company, aud the desert begun to bloom. Hog raining and dairying are now among the loading Issues on tho ditch land. This naturally leads to the growing of grassos to which the soil and climate are well adapted. George Braxee. in the last tw,o years, has seeded something over 65 acres. Last year bo cut 45 acres of this. Tho wholo 45 averaged ovor four tons to tho aero and 74 acres went hotter than five tons. To sell this hay at an average prlco of $L50 n ton and four tons to tho aero would net him $1350, or $30 an acre. This y,ear he has fenced off 20 acres for hog pas ture in which ho has about 100 hogs, and still he will have to cut some of it once and perhaps twice. The rest of the 65 acres will bo cut and used for winter feed. Tho entire growth of tho pig will thus be made on alfalfa, grain being used onty at farrowing time and to fatten them for the mar ket. This spring Mr. Braxee sold a number of hogs which he had raised in this manner, at tne ago of seven and eight months, that brought him something over S apiece above shipping expenses. Last year 20 acres of grass was seeded on tho McCaffery-WurxwIeler place In June, One good cutting was xnado the same year. This year it has been divided, one-half being used for hog pasture. This pasture was fenced June 10. As it was quite far advanced, six acres of it was cut. making a ton and a half to the acre at that time. It Is now running 2C sows and 140 pigs and It Is expected that this will run the sows until the farrowing season in August and the pigs until tho first of October, at which time they will be eight months old and will weigh from ISO to 175 pounds. A sow running on pasture while carrying her pigs and properly fed while suckling wllh on an aver age litter of C pigs, wean them at $1.66 each. Allowing 500 pounds of grain, which Is a large allowance, to fatton them out to 200 pounds, it will run the cost to about 17.26. At the present price of hogs, these would bring $1C50, or a profit of $9.05, or $126.70 an acre for the ton acres of pabture. So much for the hogs and grass, and now Just a word as to cows. As yet but few have taken advantage of the excellent dairying opportunities. Hay may be raised or purchased at a medium price. As for tho dispone! of cream, there Is a co-operative cream ery at Redmond and two Independent creameries, one at Iiend and one at Prlneville. The demand of all these for cream exceeds tho supply by far. The lowest price paid for butter fat eo far this year has boen 28 cents a pound, while on the outside It has gone as low as. 26 and 23 cents in vomo places. In feeding 11 tons of hay, Qeorgo Trucsdale made a profit of $50.60. And besides feeding his cows he fed two horses, a bull and two yearlings. A farmer having 40 acres of alfalfa which will go four tons at the least calculation. If properly cared for. can feed Ills hay to cows and, according to Mr. Truesdale'a ngures and his ctock Is average make $700 a year for his work over and above the market price of his hay. As stated above, Allen Wllcoxon raised 65 bushels of oats on 200 acres. These oats sold for 50 cents a bushel, or $32.50 an acre. Black barley Is as yet an experiment on both dry and irrigated lands. James Or eon sowed some on nowly cleared dry land and it made a little over 40 bushels to the aore. In other In stances, on small plots of summer fal lowed land. It has gone as high as 50 bushels. Experienced feeders claim that it Is equal, if not auprlor, to corn as a hog feed. Two years ago A. W. Bayn planted thrco acres of potatoes on dry land. Last year he seeded it to bearded barley and harvested 150 bushels from tho three acres. At present prices, ho got a little over $30 an aero on $30 land. Last yoar Tweot and Porry had in between 300 and 400 acres of wheat which averaged a little more than 30 bushelB to tho aero. orn, as yet, Is an experiment al though numerous farmers aro trying It with from one to tea acres and so far everything points to a very fair crop. That this Is a potato country bos ( Written by Mrs. A. 1). Morrill) The Powoll Butte country, now ono of tho garden spots of Central Ore- gnu, has uudcrgono n marked chungo In the past flvo years. Whcro a wagon road extended live years ago nearly tho wholo length of tho old river bed, we now find every foot of It in alfalfa, clover, timothy and grain. A pleasant and homellko place that has been built up during this time Is that of C. L. Krost. Mr. and Mrs. Frost and family came hero four years ago from Sweet Home, hunting a healthful location for Mrs. Krost. Seeing her at work In her benutlful garden shows what tho cli mate haa accomplished. Mr. Frost has 40 acres of ditch land, with 3,3 acres of alfalfa, 1 '4 acres of clover and a half aero of thrifty garden. Onions, radishes, lettuco, beets, spinach, carrots, rutabaga, beans, corn and other varieties of vegeta bles are raised hero. Kvery Irrlgablo aero on this place la In crop. Tho ho 11 so has'seven largo rooms, besides store and ao.mrator ropms and n milk room with 10-Inch doublo walls built with air Bpaca between. Mr. Frost feeds tho hay raised to n herd of dairy oowb, having IS head and a few hogs In addition. J. A. Warner camo here last fall from Idaho and bought tho Pearl Fulkorson farm. He has In crop 20 acres of alfalfa, 5 of clover, 8 of tim othy and 5 of potatoes, with an acre each of garden and orchnrd. Tho or chard contains raspberries, goose berries and currants. Mrs. Warner has 125 young turkeys raised from eight old ones, her turkey hens lny- ing thrco lots of eggs apiece, and a great flock of chickens of tho Ply- been proved beyond a doubt. In Its I 10 or 12 years existence, agricultur ally, a failure In potatoen has not been known. Used as a summer fal low It gives the gram farmer a re turn from all his land every ylar In fttpflil nf Al'nrv ntlinf viur T.nat vnn. ihp rmn ... -nn.t ....r TnnV nf mnr.io keen several cows, 16 brood BOWS ket discouraged many who had ven tured heavily in this lino. George Hobbs and Tom Langdon put In 70 acres. They dug from 65 to 75 sacks to tho acre. Many of these were fed to hogs, returning about 35 cents a hundred. Tho rest were a loss. This year they went back with 60 acres and Hobbs has In 30 acres on dry land. With an al most certain market at $20 and a good chance for $30 a ton, this prac tically insures $60 an aero or bettor. It is on undtsputnble fact that a man who plays the potato game In dustriously for a period of ton years will become independent. Many Pow ell Butte people realize this to bo so In counties where erojw are very often a complete failure and are tak ing a fruit country, but nearly every thing Is unknown. In a locality where nearly every feed induclvo to pork production oan be profitably raised, and tho largest livestock market on the coast but 260 miles away, tho hog industry Is bound to be a main factor. Among those to realinj this are George and Lee Hobbs, with about 150 early spring pigs apiece to ratten out this fall. George Brazee, Earl Sauifders and Allen Wllcoxon all have In tho nelgh Itorhood of a hundred hogs, besides others with from 40 to 76. In four years Mr. Golden has sold over $400 worth of hogs from an Investment of $4 In one sow pig and has several good sows left. Powell Butte lays no claim to be ing a fruit country, but neolry every home has a small orchard started and strawberries and other small fruits yield In abundance. Alvln Itlgg has a strawberry patch covering ono flfth of an acre, two years old, from which over 1000 boxes wero p!cke! this year. Back these things up with two rail roads, a farmers' union warehouse, creameries, an abundasco of all kinds of building material close by, tho best of public and high school facil ities, numerous large power plants within 20 miles, a choice climate, wonderful scenery nnd a wideawake and congenial lot of business men, with world-renowned Western hospi tality freely exhibited In the neigh bors, and you have Powell Butte, the Ideal farming region. A CROOK OOUNTV WiaHiU'WBKyT'i'!. . .'y&bbjrf' jSj-. -y JIKjeBR fll ibiiiiiHLbi9LBrLHDbB7 .iA63BwGLBWBBMLHLL6PBKLffi A mouth Hock species. An attractive tlvc-rooiu bungalow and pretty lawn mako this a most homelike placo. Ono of tho finest ranches lying In tho old river bed Is that of W. A. Foster. Tho soil of tho river bod la especially adapted to ulfalfn, being 10 utid 12 feet deep, underlaid with gravel. Mr. Foster has 05 ncrea of alfalfa, of which 10 ncrcH was seed ed this year, and 14 nures of pota toes. Of livestock ho has live head of huracH nml Bovernl, rolls, 32 hogs and a largo flock of Indian runner duoka. Tho stnvj Hume oroasea this placo, holding an abundant supply of water through the winter. A pretty bungalow with a brick fireplace, a largo barn and outbuildings mako It an up-to-dnto farm. IT. It. WotcUt haa ait SO-acro farm with 15 acres of alfalfa and clovor, 35 acres of oats, 5 acres of potatoes, a small orchard of raspberries, straw berries, gooseberries, blackberries and currants, and garden, A five room bungalow 'cottage with Duo largo flreplaco, rock cellar, with run ning water and outbuildings show thrift and progressd'enowi. Oscar Prlckett and J. Hurkhardt havu their own ranches In crop, be sides renting uddltlonnl land, rais ing much clover, barley and potatoes. Mr. Prlckett haa seeded In a good acreage this year to alfalfa on his own placo. .Mr. nurkhardt 1ms IS head of hogs, Melvlu aud Ora Foster have tholr own 80-ncro farm well In crop this year, besides renting tho K. M. Ho gnrt 40. They have 10 acres of al falfa, 29 of clovor, 70 of bnrloy, half an aero in vegetables and a Small or chard; they also milk several cows, selling cream at n local creamery. (leorgo Hobba has n'flup 320-acro dry farm, with over 100 acres In po tatoes, besides grain. Ho Is fanning the Howard Splnlng plnco, with SO ncrcs of barley, all headed out. Ho Intends feeding tho spuds this year to his hogs, having nearly 200 head. Lee Hobbe. on tho Langdon 80, has 12 acres of alfalfa, 10 of clover, 67 of barley and ono of orchard. Ho keeps several hlgn grade Holsteln cows, 15 brood sows and 175 shoats. Ho also has In 26 acres of grain on tho Patterson 40. A. Landfaro has 200 acres of al falfa, 100 of clover, 8 of potatoes, one of orchard wlthtill the leading ; varieties of fruits and n large gardon and 40 pigs, together with a largo flock of geese and chickens of the Rhode Island Red species. Mr. Land fare bought here last fall and paid $20,000 for the E. A. Bussott hold ings. (Mr. Bussott was practically penniless when he camo here eight years ago.) John Rhode has 160 acres of Irri gated land, and has In crop 45 aores of alfalfa, 45 of barley, 14 of pota toes, 6 of clover. K. F. Archer has an 80 In tho river bed nnd has 35 acres In nlfalfa, feed ing It to a herd bf dairy cows nnd selling croam. Lewis Blair, on the C. J. Cum ralngs place, has 15 acres of alfalfa, 7 of timothy, 2k of potatoes and a large garden. Mrs. Blair has Pekln ducks nnd Orpington chickens. Alva Rlggs, ono of tho pioneers, ha u 1 CO-acre homestead, 40 acres being Irrigated land well seeded to alfalfa and grain, and a small or chard. He has a nice homo and a, large barn. PINEHURST (Written by Mr. Bella W. NIclioN) Plnehurst Is situated In tho beau-! tlful DoschuUs valley where tho clear 10ft Tutnalo spreads 11b llfc-glving waters over aores of thirsty land. The snow-capped summit of the Sisters mountains overlook this sec tion from tho west, while Mt. Hood, Mt. Washington and Mr. Jefferson may be seen In the dlstanco towor Ing white and high above the sur rounding landscape. The swift crys tal waters of tho Desahutes pasa to tho eastward, giving the valley Its name and fish from Its stream In abundance. An Immense belt of timber contain ing pine, juniper, tamarack and fir, ' " m. ammm. - '- - ' c rwt ahuhbbbi VALLEY. girds Plnehurst on the Hoittli and west, This forest furnishes lumber for tho buildings of tho nettle, for tho bridges that spun tho uumcroun Irrigation canals, and nu abundant supply of fuel. Tho Bull Creek basin, hi, which Is being constructed 11 great Hlontgo reservoir-for tho surplus Irrigation watora of the Tumalo, Is within tho boundaries of Plnuhiinit dlitrlct. Tho work that la being done by the slnte on this project Is creat ing a homo market for tho farm and dairy products of thin region. Tho exceptional fertility of tho soil produces sumo of tho finest hay aud grain In the country. Nearly all kinds of grain do well here, among which mny b mentioned wheat, oats, ryo and barley. Splendid crops of liny, Including alfalfa, timothy, clover nnd rye, aro grown extensively. Spaugh & WImer and Frank Swisher have been especially success ful In their Immense hay crops, mam noth clover yielding its high as four tons to the acre. J. B. Nichols, on now ground, prri duccd onts that moasured ulx feet three Inches In height. The farm owned byi G. M. Couch last yoar produced wheat that uvor aged 60 bushels to tho aero. Owing to tho newness of tho coun try and an erroneous Id on In regard to fruit raising, in this auction, that Industry lias been neglected until re cently. Promising ouiik orehnrda may now bo seen on many farm A surprising amount of fruit wns grown last year on these young trees, the orchard owned by (. W. Snyder tak ing tho lead In tho production of cherries. Small fruits nro easily grown and are In great demand. Mrs. Gene WImer, Mrs. G. M. Couch and L. II. Root have had goosoberry bushes that yielded three gallons to the bush. Strawberries have been grown suc cessfully by Mrs. A. Mrallstnr, Mrs. 0. W. Snyder, J. L. Couch, J. H. Nichols and mnny others. Mrs. G. M. Couch last yoar gather ed 12 gallons of dewberries from a few vinos In the garden. It Hl raaptiorrlea hoar well and also the Gregg and Kansas blackcap rasp berry. Mrs. J. B. Nichols last yoar produced nearly a crato of the Gregg variety from about a dozen briars. Tho dry farm owned by A. Meal In- (or last year produced at tho ratu of five tons of carrots, parsnips nnd rutabagas to tho acre. Some of these wero of mammoth size, many of the roots measuring 20 Inches In circum ference. Mrs. J. R. Couch has been success ful In ralklng bonus, melons, corn nnd many other varieties of tho less hardy vegetables. The dairy Industry has this year received a great Impetus from the founding of n cheese factory at taliN law, four miles away. Many of the farmera have made excellent profits by tliua disposing of their dairy prod ucts. Spaugh & WImer this spring made over $5 a day In this way. Re cently Messrs. Snyder, Mcnllster and others have added seve al good cows to their dairy herds. Those who pre fer selling butter also have excellent opportunities here. The raising of beef cattlo Is an Im portant Industry, ino free outside range, mild winters and high prlco of beef all go to make It profitable. In June of this year Jay Nichols was offered $68 for a two-year-old beef, while Dan Smith lavt fall re eolvod U for a Jersey vool. Tho poultry business has proved quite profitable for some, ospeclally those who handle thoroughbred fowls. Mrs. Ban Smith and Mrs. G. M. Couch have built up quite a busl n(M by selling day-old chicks at 16 cerUs oaoh. They thereby cloar $12 a hundred. Mrs. Fran): Swisher and others have made wood money selling poultry In the market at from 18 to 28 conts n pound. Plnehurst has splendid educational facilities. One of the nest equipped school buildings in tho county has drawn a largo number of settlors to this place and with the Increased Im migration of the past year It will bo necessary to erect a more commod ious building within li short time and to put on n freo .bus for tho benefit of. the temporary building now Hands; a distance 'all plans for n permanent building those living at A. ammmmmmZ?: irar 1 in Hit iiibm BBiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHKBVBKMBHMaBliuflw MILLICAN VALLEY (Written by II. U. HavN) Less than tlirvo yearn ago there wo.ro but 0110 or two homeHtendeiH living In tho whulo Mlllleau valley, 20 to .10 iiiIIoh Houtheiiat of Bond. Less than two yearn ago (hero woiu only eight or ton hnmiwtndorM thioiiKhuut this torrltorv. Today tho eutlru valley Is dotted with tho cabliia of those who hnvo coiuo to sluy. There aro now In the neighbor hood of 60 homimtoadurn located In tho valley and a considerable number more, having 111 e 1 1 this year, will move on their claims this fall, which will swell the total to about HO home steaders. Tho majority of this num ber have fumlllcH, soma wltlt six and soven children. Tho homosetod land In this Immediate vicinity has now practically all been taken up, A school district (No. K7) tint, re cently bi-eii organized and a sahool hoiiKo will bo erected In thu near fu ture. There urn at present sumo 30 children of school ago awaiting school privileges. So far this year, about 600 acres have been cleared of sage brush nnd put In cultivation, having boon planted principally to ryo and wheat. Some experiments hnvo been made with alfalfa and ttax, with very good success, ami It Is now fully be lieved that dry laud nlfnlfa I well adapted to thla noII and wilt bo u leading urop. A lame ncroage will bo planted next spring. Considerable garden truck has alxo been planted and Is doing well. About 76 acres wero planted thla spring to apple, peneh, pear, plum, nut and other trees, one linmwstoadnr alono having" started a commercial orchard of CO acres, A number of others have set out family orchards of from 100 to 500 tr,etM. All fruit trees that have been given a reason- able amount uf cure aro doing oxcep- tlounlly well. A well drill has recently been put In operation and as It Is owned by a Mllllottii valley homesteader will re- main In this vicinity until all who caro to drill nfo supplied with water, a npiomiiti county roan no reel wine running through the entire valley was completed last summer nnd at present numerous ldi roads are be- 20 to 10 acre In crop and inor or Ing built tonccoinmodaio those llv- m fencing done and other Improve lug back from the main highway, meats. Jfevorat have very comfort Considerable fencing has also been able buildings, showing their Inter done. A number of the settlers havo est In this country nd their Inteu eticloiied their entire claims. jtlou of making this their permanent Two grocery stores havo been es- houiaa. tnbllshed since the first of the yoar-' Io RIkks from Pcwoll But als 1 one at mllepost 23 and one at mile- IMwt 28, on tho Bend-Burns road. A poiitonico under the iinmo of "Mllllcan" has recently 'been -lub- lldhcd In thu P. II. Johnson store at mlleposl 28, so the settlers now enjoy a regular mall service. Tho homwitendors are all good boosters and tho development of tho valley from now on will likely bo by leaps and bounds. HAMPTON (Written by Mr. I C. Peek.) Hampton Is located In the Hamp ton Butte valley, about 62 mllus southeast uf Bend. When the first settlers camo here In 1910, there were no roads, fenees or Improve ments of nny kind. In February, 1911, a committee from Bend came through looking for n road rout? from Bend to Burns. Three months lnlnr tli nr,uii rnml vm ,,i I through, and now we have dally uiito service, both trucks and passenger tars. On May 27, 1911, Hampton post office was established with A. S. Fog as pos,m,u,er. On April 1 of th.i year It wuh made a money order flee. Mr. Fogg was appointed laud commissioner In January, 1913. I A school district was formed In .ho spring of 1911. and two terms of schoulnvo beon taught. Burr Black and Mojvln Crow each donutod two acres for school purposes, on which POWELL BUTTE FIELD, have been made, J, L. Owen from Kentucky camo lioio In July, 1911, mid started it iitoro which has hud a good trado. Mr, Owen Ih also In ohiirgo or thu lumber yard oHtnhltNhod hero In It) 12 by Aleu AmiuoiiH of Maury Mountain sawmill. Thorn la iiIho 11 drilled well at the atom which was put down by six settlera for public tiso as well hi their own. A union Sunday school of nM de nominations was started In August, JU 10, In 11 tent, and few Sunday have been missed In services slnoo then, At present there aro about 20 In attendance and Rev, C. A, HurrlM preaches regularly. In February, 1913, J, N. Glllam was appointed deputy sheriff for this section of the country. He la also thu mall carrier for Hampton postotllce. Burr Black of Kentucky bought tho Itoneiihnm relinquishment In No vember, 1U 10, and sinco then has ac complished much. He has a woll 30 feet deep, his place Is fenced and ho has 80 acres cleared. Mr, Black raised a tun and u halt ot tuy pur aero last yoar. Melvln Crow or Po KM, Wash . bought the Wright relinquishment and cnine hare In November, 1911, and haw slant Improved tho pine. Ilia father, J. N. Crow, also tins a good homtwtend In Hih vicinity and Iinm HPYarnl hood of young slock. Among tho other early settlers are Loulrt Miller. A. . Fokk, Mrs. M. I.. Pock and sous. I. C. and If. M. Peek, MIm Hall. J. O. Whltaker, Isaac SCIe rolf, II. II. Jlogiio, Lee Miller ami I'irront Neeld. MUs Hall commuted In 1912. UiuU Miller. In addition to farm Improvements, has a chlekeu ranch, hatching )outig chicks by In eulmtiir. He has a dug well 20 feet deep 011 his place. A. H. Fork haa ' bis plnco fenced, 80 acres In rultlva- tlon; he planted a young orchard last year and raised a small aarden. Young alfalfa planted this year looka fine Mmih. WhltnVnr unit irir ' of Corvallla, oaeh ha-o so acre In cultivation and their places am fenced. They raised 40 tons of ha " last year. The others hnve from cettled hero In the fall cf 1910 and I In addition to a drilled well has 60. sore cleared and I1I1 place fenced. has a flite young orcliard on Uim south slope of Hampton Ilutto which' stood last winter In flrat elsss sknpv I Mr. Rlggs had 30 arrmi ot wheat hay last year which yielded a ton to ih ' aero, baring well fllltd matured beads. A. T. Frame eame here In 1911 and haa bto place fwticili too acr elHarwl and a drilled well. Mr. Frame had a fine crcp last year and has a better prospect this year; li has sewlfMl oats, barley, wheat and ryo and is muklng experiments with Imh. flax, emiHnr, Brown graM. etc. William VbMHir. who place Is lo cated on the southwest slope of tho kuttu, had a fine garden last year, en countering no dlflleulty In raising good potatoes and all the hardier veg etables. Mr. Vlssor haa a largo va riety of thliiRH planted this year and they are doing well. W. JJIarrlson arrlvod hero In No vember, Jiu 1, and ioon purchased lllO K. K. Collll rfdlUiltllalit-iiillf llu j1"" ,8!?nr,l, 40 "f"' tiiulnn and do- - r .vs ifiifi Uf TTiriVIIIH, F. MoNott. Mr. Hunting, two sons ' and a daughlor. of Idaho; O. A. Bur rls. Mrs. Luey Hicks. Mrs. Grace lias- . null, Rev. F. A. Ilszona and Mr Ming rk, . 7nd " r . J uru hiiiiiuk ilia HeWfOlim nml nru of-jnowr stylo. Although called n dry country, the "' " " Jno wo had nbout three ","',, "i'" wl,,eB im tt "ronl ,,8nl ow to , w "" ",' "" . here, but when wo think that now w, hhvo ho muchroad, atores, post- m n'l Minol when three year u J,,, rn),,,Hi "; o " , has been swift nnd results many. -3? -.XZ3 4444444444444)f444)f. ' w I I M rp .4,4444t4mmm4tmm K