The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1904-07-01
THE CHUMSTlCK VALLEY
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valuable, but lacks development.
John Castlebury owns the next place.
Mr.. Castlebury has just finished com
Portable house this spring and has the
making of first-cla.s ranch w. E.
Gore is at present living on this place,
until such time as he can make i'm
provements on his own, which is near
by.
Paul Triem has beautiful place in
one of those cove like places on the
west side of the valley. He is one of
the new settlers in this country, COM
lug here from Chicago last fall. Poul-
try raising on large scale for the
Leavenworth market is his intention,
with fruit raising and farming as a side
issue. Mr.. Triem built quite substan-
tial home for himself and wife this
spring and will soon have one of the
ideal homes of this valley.
Matt Suuitsch has a ranch up in this
section, but ii is not in the valley prop
err.
Charles Northup has the next place
above Triem and is clearing up the
land preparatory to putting in a farm.
James Clark has u claim adjoining
the Northup place, running up into one
OF the draws that make into the Chum-
stick valley, which he is improving and
will have fine place when he once
gets it into shape.
John Gunter is new conner from
Missouri. 1t is Mr.. Gunter's intention
to acquire home in the valley. At
present he is aiding Mr.. Northup in
clearing up his land.
E. Heinrich's has commenced the i'm
provement of a ranch in one of the val
leys that make into the Chumstick
from the right hand side.
NJ. Cahil, the restaurant man has a
fine piece of land in the valley, on
which he has done considerable work
and has built comfortable log house.
The next place belongs to Charles
Freitag, who is one of the early settlers
in the valley, coming at time when
only small portion OF the valley was
taken up. He has one hundred and
sixty acres running up and down the
valley making it as good if not the
best place in the upper valley. Mr..
Freitag has done great deal Of work
on his place. He has a nice bearing
orchard, strawberry patch and large
alfalfa field which is looking fine. He
has two irrigation bitches, one skirting
the hills on the right hand side and
the other on the left. The latter being
large enough 10 supply water power
to run q saw mill which lie has put in
to saw the logs into lumber as he clears
his land. 4 fact which we have omit
ted mentioning is that the valley as
we'll as the ad jacent hillsides is covered
with good quality OF pine suitable for
making lumber. Mr.. Freitag's mill is
of his own make and while somewhat
primitive it serves the purpose and en-
ables Mr.. Freitag to supply the local
demand with all kinds of rough lumber
and have some to spare for customers
in Leayenworth. He is erecting a new
barn which will be about forty feet
square when finished, and will, in addi-
ton to stalls, furnish him with a large
storage room for hay.
Mrs. J. A. Sayles owns a forty acre
tract adjoining Mr.. F. on the west,
which she has fenced and made other
improvements upon.
At this point the community has a
neat and substantial school building in
which six months school is taught.
Religious services are held here every
Sunday under the direction of Mrs.
Sayles, who is to this community what
Mrs. Wigs is TO the cabbage patch.
Continuing on up the valley we come
to the dairy ranch of f. L. Brender.
Mr.. Brender's chief occupation is rails
ing alfalfa. milking COWS and making
butter, deyoting considerable time
also to chickens and eggs. He has
made success, too, and is delighted
with the country. He came TO this
country three years ago from Kansas.
He finds ready market for all his pro-
duct in Leavenworth. Getting from 90
to 40 cents per pound for his butter and
from 90 to so cents per dozen for eggs.
He uses DeLaval separator, for which
he is agent, in separating his cream
and makes quality of butter that is
not excelled by any on the market He
is also constantly improving his ranch
and will soon have place that anyone
would envy him.
Chas. Cromwell owns the next place