The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-08-19
OREGON LETTER.
The, Dalles Greg, April IS, 1904.

we are all well ana sun Wei
pleased with the country. Perhaps
you would like to know some
thing about the ranch we live on.
| As stated before. we are 10 miles
from town, up in the mountains,
and as we write, we can look from
the window and see snow in the
distance. There are about one
thousand acres altogether in the
place; of this, there is about 100
acres under irrigation and about
$50 more that makes good wheat
or potato land, but not under IT.
rigation; the balance is pasture
land. Mill creek runs through
the place and is fed by the SHOWS
in the mountains, thus giving
snow water the year round. This
stream furnishes an abundance of
the finest fish. There are about As
acres of alfalfa, 10 acres of clover
and timothy and 20 acres to be
seeded this spring, There is a
young orchard of 5 acres, which
we are now ready to set in straw
berries. We have our garden
planted and 2! acres broke for po-
tatoes; and if we have time we
have 30 acres more we are going
to put in Kafir corn, sorghum
and potatoes. Let me say here
that potatoes do exceedingly we'll
here. They say that the man on
the place last year planted two
sacks of potatoes and dug sixty
five sacks in the fall after having
potatoes for family use all sum-
mer. There is blacksmith shop
with all necessary tools. There is
good barn 66x82 feet; large canal;
a tank which holds 5000 gallons,
filled from an irrigating ditch,
supplying water for the stock and
for the house. As to the stock,
there are twelve head of horses,
eleven head of good hogs, twenty
four Angora goats and one hun
dred head of cattle, some of which
are registered Short Horn. The
farming tools consist of steam
wood saw, two wagons, one hack,
double disc breaking pillow, disc
harrow, a mower, rake, harness
and smaller farm tools too numer-
Gus to mention. There is a splen-
did twelve room house, six rooms
below and six above, besides the
closets. 1t is one of the best fin
ished, most conveniently arranged
farm houses we ever saw. Water
is brought into the house by pipes.
There is a boiler holding thirty
gallons near the stove and the wa
ter is heated by pipes running in
to it from the stove. So we have
both hot and cold water in the
kitchen, in the bathroom and on
the porch. The porch extends
clear around the house. There is
in the house that goes with it two
stoves, one cook stove, one air
tight heater, two extention tables,
rocking and other chairs, sofa,
piano, whatnot, bedsteads, springs,
mattresses, cooking utensils of all
kinds, dishes, pals, milk vessels
too numerous to mention. Let
me say here, that there is nothing
more that could be added to the
pantry, as there is everything that
could be needed therein. Last,
but not least, we have a telephone,
which it is needless to say is very
useful thing to have. Altogether,
the house is modern, up to.date
city house in every respect. And
bear in mind that the owner is
wholesouled Baptist; big-hearted
Irishman and the best Sunday
school superintendent he have ever
met. Let me say, also, that his
wife is a noble christian lady.
They have two daughters, aged 10
and Is respectively, now in school
at The Dalles. We have leased
the place for five years, getting
half the income on everything we
can make on the place-stock in
cluded-with the privilege of buy
ing in II months. Labor is very
nigh here. We now have three
thanksgiving them s1.00 per day