The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1904-07-01
THE CHUMSTICK VALLEY
Ten Miles Long and One of the Most
Beautiful I'm Washington

feaIlOnS enjoyed InlS week.
The valley begins at the Adam Emig
place, about one mile east of town. Mr..
Emig has considerable more than a
hundred acres in cultivation, principal
ly in alfalfa, which he has already be-
gun to cut. Three crops are cut every
year, and for the year it runs from six
to eight tons to the acre. So that fifty
acres in alfalfa will turn out three hun
dred tons of hay each year. The price
runs from six to nine dollars per ton, or
say seven, for an average, and you have
the snug sum of S2100 for the hay crop
alone. Mr.. Emig has an abundance of
water for irrigation purposes. He and
his two brothers, John and Nick, the
latter at present living in California,
were among the first settlers of this
section, and of course had choice of
all the land for homestead. Mr..
Emig last year completed a very large
barn, and has the foundation completed
for large and substantial residence
which he will probably complete this
year.
The Chumstick valley is not very
wide, varying from a quarter OF mile
to half mile in width, with a number
of little hooks that run back into the
mountains from hundred to three
hundred yards farther. The valley is
perfectly level, the mountains rising
abruptly. The stream runs almost
through the center of the valley for its
entire length, with the richest kind of
land lying on both sides of the creek,
which furnishes an abundance of water
for irrigation purposes the year round
to all the ranchers in the valley, and
some going to waste. The vegetation
in waste places, where the land is not
cultivated, is almost tropical in its lux
uriant growth. While the land in the
valley is all taken up, and most of it
under fence, not more than one-twen-
tieth part of it is in cultivation. Almost
everything in the line of grain can be
grown. Fruit of all kinds, save peaches
and apricots, for which it is not warm
enough, do exceedingly well. The ap-
pies and Strawberries grown in this
valley can not be excelled either in
size or flavor anywhere. The crop
which the ranchers declare is the most
profitable, is the hay crop. The
valley, by nature, by climate and by
ease of irrigation, seems to be ideally
adapted to growing hay of all kinds
Timothy, clover and alfalfa do equally
well are always a sure crop and bring
fair price in ready market.
With these remarks as to the general
aspects of this most beautiful valley
and its present and possible develop
ment, we will proceed up the valley to
its head.
The next place above that of Adam
Emig belongs to Emil Frank, the Leav-
enworth meat market man. With the
exception of an orchard of moderate
size and a garden, this ranch is almost
Mr.. Frank will cut about two hundred
tons, all of which he will use in feeding
to his butcher stock. Mr.. Frank is also
an old timer having come here in the
early nineties. He is one of the solid
and substantial business men. Having
acquired quite a snug fortune. He
completed this spring one of the hand
soonest country residences in Chelan
county. 1t is large, we'll finished, and
furnished inside in keeping with its ex-
terror. He also has large barn and
numerous outhouses One comes upon
the place rather suddenly at bend in
the valley. The freshly painted build
ings set in the emerald green of the al
falfa fields, between the pine covered
mountains on either side, all helps to
make an enchanting rural scene, and it
is less than two miles from town.
Above the Frank is the F. Freund
place. Mr.. Freund has a valuable
tract of land, capable of being made as
valuable as any in the valley but has
not had much work done on it in the
way of developing and beautifying.
2. H. Graham, proprietor of the shoe
store, has place in one of the valleys
that make into the Chumstick from the
left just above the Frank place as we
did not see it we can say nothing par
ticular in regard to it, but were assured
that he had the making of fine home.
Max Spromberg also has tract of
land upon which he has done consider
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