The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1904-09-30
EAGLE CREEK VALLEY
A Fertile Section Capable OF SubdfvIs-
ion and the Making of Many
Fine Homes

drive up the valley OF Eagle Greek as
far as the A. L. Mitchell place, about
seven miles north of Leavenworth.
There is a good road as far as we tray
eled and there are numerous fine
ranches in the valley. Mr.. Mitchell
bought his place from B. M. Belvel
two years ago and has made numerous
improvements since. He has bearing
orchard which is not large but has a
good crop of most excellent varieties of
fruit, consisting of apples, peaches,
pears, plums and cherries. All the
fruit is large and of fine flavor. He also
has a strawberry bed and told us that
off of nine short rows he sold more than
thirty dollars worth of berries. He cut
two heavy crops of alfalfa, and has hay
to sell and hay 10 keep. He has about
three acres in corn, which was not irri-
gated, indeed can not be, because it is
on a high hill side, but he raised good
quality of corn. 1t is of good size and
fully matured. He is also engaged
quite extensively in the growing of
vegetables for this market, and raised
everything in that line in the greatest
perfection. Mr.. Mitchell has named
his place the Eagle Dale Dairy Ranch,
and means in the future to devote a
good portion of his time to making
dairy products. In this way he can use
all his feed to the very best advantage.
John Biork owns the next ranch
down the creek. Mr.. Bjork has the
making of one of the finest ranches in
this section of Chelan county. He has
bearing orchard of considerable size
and fruit of every variety. His pears,
if exhibited at Wenatchee, would have
entered into competition with the best
shown there. George Kountz who
has charge of the ranch, said that he
had sold seventeen dollars worth OF
cherries off one tree, and picked over
two hundred gallons of Strawberries,
besides which many gallons were given
away to parties who picked the berries
for themselves, and considerable
quantity was allowed to rot in the
patch. AS the product of his alfalfa and
timothy meadows Mr.. Biork has one
very large rick of hay and large barn
as full as it can be packed. He also has
what you will not often see on ranch
in this country, a beautiful flower gar
den in full bloom. His hay crop was
very good, and is worth from $40 to $12
per ton now, and by spring will likely
be worth $l5 or ST. $40, and will bring
anywhere from three to four hundred
dollars.
B. NJ. Belvel is improving fine place
just below the Bjork ranch on which
lie has done considerable work. 1t is
his intention to clear the whole valley
and SOW it down in alfalfa, believing
there is more money in the hay crop
than anything else he can engage in.
He has considerable acreage already in
alfalfa and it looks fine.
Mr.. Freund's place lies at the mouth
of the creek and runs across the Chum-
stick valley. His place does not show
much clearing from the road, but the
land is equally as rich and productive
as that surrounding it and only needs
development to make it valuable
farm.
There is an abundance of water for
irrigation purposes in the Eagle Creek
valley, and it should be mentioned here
that there are number of ranches
above the Mitchell place. The John
Schmidt place sold last fall for ten
thousand dollars to Spokane parties
and is now in charge of MIR. w. 2. Van
De Crit.
The community has just completed
first class school house near the A. L.
Mitchell home and will in the future
have a good school.
This portion of Chelan county is not
generally considered a farming country
and perhaps the land that is capable OF
profitable cultivation is somewhat linn
tied. But there is vast deal of land
surrounding Leavenworth, The fertility
and productiveness of which can not be
surpassed any where on earth, aud
when the healthfulness of the climate,
mildness of the winters is taken into
consideration it must eventually prove
am attractive field for the homeseeker. |
1t is with the purpose of calling atten-
ton to these possibilities, to the char
acter and +ariety OF the products, that
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the hope that the paper may fall into
tht hands of some one who is looking
for home and would be suited here.
A Move I'm the Right Direction