The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09

the state in 1903, fifty-nine, or over
were received at Payette
station.
Unimproved lands within one to five
miles of Payette are worth from s35
to 500 an acre; from five to twelve
miles out, from $25 to $50 an acre
Good stock ranches from two to six
miles out, generally with fairly good
buildings and usually some timber
along the rivers, are valued at from,
$25 to $50 an acre. Tracts Of ten
acres to forty, all in fruit, about $500
an acre. Farms that grow fine mel
ons, fruits and all kinds Of crops, cost
$50 to 1925 an acre. Farms devoted
to grass and cereals bring from $40 to
500 an acre.
Good Markets Near at Home.
Because of their proximity to so
many mining camps, as Butte, Ana
conda and Dillon, Mont, Spokane,
Seattle, and all the smaller mining
camps in Washington, as we'll as those
in Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and Ida
no, these valleys are beautifully sup
piled with superior markets. their
fruit arriving in splendid condition,
and seldom, if ever, suffering losses
The sunny climate and long seasons
for maturing fruits enable the grow
ers to ripen them naturally and not
prematurely, giving their products the
best flavor, color size, as we'll as the
best shipping properties.
Growers receive for small fruits
about SO cents a gallon. For cher
ries, SO cents to 81 a gallon. These
are usually sold by the pound. Prunes
from p to 1z cents pound in small
lots, and when shipped in car lots.
to cents pound. Plums about
the same. Peaches 3 to cents
pound. Apples, 1 to 4 cents a pound
f. o. b. cars, Payette. Cantaloupes,
for the first twenty days, to 10 cents
q pound, and the remainder of the
season LIZ to 4 cents a. pound, and
watermelons about $125 to 5000 car
load Of 10000 pounds. Cereals, 1 to
y cents pound. Potatoes, " to
ton on the farm.
The superiority of all the native
products is causing a large demand
The Oregon Short line, by reason
of the greatly increased fruit ship
ments, is putting on fruit trains be-
tween Huntington and Chicago that
will run on passenger train schedule.
Payette City.
This thriving and prosperous little
city has a population of about 1000.
1t has been the principal shipping sta
ton of the Payette valley since the
completion Of the Oregon Short line
railway in 1888. Last year it secured
| city charter and is having a rapid
but substantial growth. Brick blocks
and elegant residences are in evidence
on all the principal streets. The de-
posts in its two banks are more than
half million dollars. It's business
men are enterprising and industrious.
and most Of them own their own
buildings.
\ An electric light plant is in opera
ton and waterworks and sewerage are
! to be added. In many respects it is
an ideal place for a home. It's graded
public and high school is of the best
in the state, occupying two commodi-
GUS brick buildings, supplied with
i modern equipment and accommodate
ing over 900 pupils.
Payette is a city of churches, eight
4 denominations having buildings OF
their own, and all except the Episco-
i pal and Catholic having resident pas.
i tors.
A free library association has re.
4 Gently been organized, with gym
nasium equipment, games and rest.
room.
A creamery has been in operation
for several years, receiving the highest
prize at the state fair, and in 1908 8
! flrst-class canning factory was built
and equipped with modern machinery
and much of its pack is consumed IN
the great copper mining camps OF tbs
Seven Devils range.
4. A full roller process flour mill OF
fifty barrels a day capacity is operated
by water power.
A power company has recently beer
organized to utilize the waters of the
Payette river for manufacturing pur-
poses, electric lights and operating al
interurban railway, which will soor
connect Payette with New Plymouth
Emmett and the Pearl mining camp
This line will connect with the Oregon
Short Line Railway at Payette ant
will be of standard gauge, equipped tx
handle freight and express as well a.
passenger business.
B Grafton the year round, and get thef
!, material from up the Payette river a
I far as $50 miles above the city. Thi
! river will carry logs forty feet long b.
q four feet in diameter, and the mil
men say that the supply OF timber il
practically inexhaustible. The larges
mill has capacity of 100000 feet o
: lumber day, and has storage pont
: six miles long and $50 feet wide, witt
& a storage capacity Of 100000 feet o
logs.
= The business interests Of Payette ar
\ alive to the great resources and ad
lvantages the valley has to offer to tn
homeseeker and investor and act a
. one man in furnishing reliable in
: formation for the benefit OF the Who'll
g. E. Brainerd, A. e. Wood. A. +
Moss, p. n. Brown and n. G. Flint
reliable business men OF Payette. an
!, the First National and Bank OF Com
, merce, two OF the strongest f1nancia
!. institutions In the state, will gladl
furnisf, detailed information upon In