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HOME AND FAKM MAGAZINE SECTION'
Ellensburg and Kittitas County
Continued From Pace 1.)
irrigated area of the ounty by nearly
150 per ent.
The citation of large crop averages
has become a commonplace in North
western publicity. Nearly all sec
tions of the country have their shel
tered spots, sunny nooks and barn
yard corners where potatoes of fab
ulous size and number actually are
taken from the ground. The inter
ested outsider wants to know the
year-in and year-out average. The
writer today asked one of the rep
resentative farmers in one of the pro
ductive sections of the valley, for
figures on his last year's potato crop.
He stated that 160 acres in potatoes
had yielded him an average of eight
tons to the acre. He made a state
ment as to the weight of potatoes
taken from a certain favored half
acre which would not do to print, for
it would sound like a He and would
really misrepresent the average of
the soil.
The same man gave his estimate
for the hay production of an average
irrigated ranch, operated ijy an aver
age farmer, under one of the good
irrigating systems, at three tons of
timothy,, or five to six tons of alfalfa.
He Inquires About Fruit.
Vegetables and fruits are success
fully raised In the Kittitas Valley,
although not to the commercial ex-
Electrical storms are of rare occur
rence, aud destructive storms of wind
o hail likewise do not figure in the
ranchers' estimate of crop liabilities.
The altitude of the valley, and its'
proximity to the snow peaks of the
Cascades, make its atmosphere clean
and vigorous. The rainfall Is light
averaging between nine and ten
inches. Snow falls in the Winter to
a depth varying with different sea
sons. Some Winters will be compar
atively opeu, while in others sleigh
ing may last from Early December
nntil late February. Some zero
weather Is experienced practically
every Winter, and sometimes the
thermometer will go to 10 or 15 be
low zero. Those who have experi
enced this sort of weather understand
that in a very dry climate It Is ex
hilarating but does not cause suf
fering. Climate Appeals.
The Winters In this valley are en
tirely free from wind, the air being
Invariably quiet during cold veather.
With the opening of Spring, and the
consequent warming of the air in this
and the lower valleys of the Yakima
Valley and Columbia Basin, moun
tain air flows down to replace the
rising atmosphere of the warmed
area. The result is a great frequency
of mountain winds during Spring and
early Summer. These winds occur
i 1'IT OF POTATOES GROWN IX KITTITAS COUSiTY.
tent that obtains in the farming com
munities where hotter Summers or
immediate proximity to large cities
make staples of these branches of
husbandry.
In flavor, texture, and especially in
keeping qualities, Kittitas Valley
fruits and vegetables, practically ali
the standard varlties of which are
grown in this section, compare very
favorably with those produced else
where. Approximately 3000 acres of
land in the valley is in apples, and
there Is a lesser acreage devoted to
other fruits.
This in general, is the character of
the country tributary to Ellentburg.
The town itself has a population of
6000, closely estimated on the actual
count of the school census. Its area
within corporate limits is one square
mile and 30 acres. It is substantially
built with stone, brick and frame,
with wide streets and many trees and
shrubs in its residence blocks. Its
social life is democratic and whole
some. The citizenship of the city is
in race and type American, of North
Europe extraction, British, German
and Scandinavian being most promi
nently represented. One of Wash
ington's three normal schools is lo
cated at Ellensburg, with a $300,000
plant. A grade school and a high
school costing $50,000 and $00,000
respectively, afford modern educa
tional facilities for the children.
There are eight churches, with' total
memberships of 2105. A modern Y.
M.'C. A. building adds to the social
equipment of the city. There is also
a free public library, with a circula
tion and reference list of 4327 vol
umes. The press is represented by
one daily and two weeklies.
Business Investigated.
General business conditions in El
lensburg, while they have felt the ef
fect of the country-wide lethargy of
recent months, are In the main sound.
Deposits in the three banks aggregate
approximately $1,400,000. Mercan
tile collections are good. Wages run
at about 50c per hmir in the trades,
$30 to $45 and board for farmhands,
$50 to $80 for Btore clerks. The
labor demand is brisk in Summer,
but not at other periods of the year.
Purely mercantile enterprises are
pretty well represented, but oppor
tunities exist for new enterprises of
a producing nature, and for these
electric power Is available at rea
sonable rates of purchase from the
municipal power plant, which is run
by the Yakima River.
The topography of Kittitas Valley
gives to the valley a climate all Its
own, singularly free from extremes.
after every warm spell in Summer,
keeping the air of the valley perpet
ually freshened.
The Autumns are quiet, sunny and
prolonged. The Spring season, too,
ies of long duration, plowing being
usually started in March if not In
February. The climate is considered
very beneficial to health, the year
round, only those Individuals finding
it not adapted to their physical wel
fare wiinae nervous systems do not
thrive when constantly subjected to
a greater or less degree o exhilaration.
Get Your Farm Home
a OMR where you have highly pro
ductive soil good ell m ate ready
markets unexcelled transporta
tion flno churches and schools
where you can en joy all comforts
1 of civilization. This land Is sold
only to settlers who will actually occupy
and Improve it
You Have 20 Years
to Pay
gleti Und tor from til to $30 per aen-frritad
ode from $96. One-twwitteth down, balance
within twenty years, with interest at 6. boam
Miorv nnai payment coma aue. four lann win
have paid for itself.
$2,000 Loan for Farm
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Vfm w-fll land 9tm on to 12.000 on certain i
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Canada. Ideal country for dairying. Last
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this low priced land with its cure graiaaraps.
you can make big profit! raising grain.
Owing to present conditions in bttrope ttrit
continent must supply Kurom with grain and
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nown The beat land will betaken fStvsotiaat
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