The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-20
The Town is in Center of Garden Spot
of Pacific States.

sued a small pamphlet for circulation
in the Eastern and Middle States, de-
scriptive of the county and the coun-
trv Immediately tributary to Milton.
Some of the facts set forth in this
little booklet, boiled down, are as fol
lows:
For the benefit of the tide of home
seekers from the Eastern and Middle
States who contemplate settling on
the Pacific Coast this little pamphlet
is issued by the MiI,on Board of
Trade. In it is contained such infOr-
nation as is usually desired by those
searching for investment or for new
homes Nounlng but facts are pre-
scented and these in the simplest man.
ner possible, and as briefly as COM
patible with making the writer's mean
ing clear to his readers.
Umatilla county is in the northeast
ern corner of the great state Of Ore
gon. 1t is bounded on the north in
part by the Columbia River and in
part by Washington, east by Union,
south by Grant, and west by Morrow
counties, and has an area of about
300 square miles. 1t is in what is
locally known as the great Inland
EMPIRE and is comprised of rich
grain, garden, fruit and grazing lands.
Its wheat yield annually, in round fig
ures, is 100000 bushels, or about one
per centum Of the entire product Of
the United States. The soil varies
with the locality-frOm a sedimentary
deposit to a heavy black loan. The
lOwlands as a rule are light soil, and
this deepens and strengthens as one
advances towards the mountains. The
light lands are especially adapted for
fruit and vegetable culture, while the
higher or plateau land is utilized for
growing cerealS-wheat, barley, oats,
rye. ETC. Grain on these hills is never
irrigated, but yields from 25 to so
bushels per acre with nothing but
Natures moisture to aid it. In the
valley fruit and vegetable growers
usually take advantage of artificial
moisture to propagate crops, but in
many instances the farmer depends
on sub-irrigation - moisture rising
to the surface from subterreanean
water courses. Water is in abundance
either in the many streams flowing
from the mountains, or is obtained
easily by digging. Fuel lumber and
fencing material is obtained cheaply
and abundantly from the mountains.
The fruit output at Milton is enOr
nous and consists of apples, peaches.
pears, prunes, plums, apricots, cher
ries, nectarines, ounces, grapes,
strawberries, blackberries, raspber-
ries, etc, etc.
This is prairie country, except in
the mountains. These are covered
WIN q SloWtll VI pine, III,
spruce and tamarack timber, and lay
to the south and east of the orchards
and grain fields of the lower levels
These mountains are mostly good
farming land, though somewhat frosty
in the higher attitudes. The soil is
excellent and produces fine timothy
hay and other grasses.
Milton is one of the principal towns
of the county and is situated on the
Walla Walla River near the foot of
the Blue Mountains and is also on the
o. R. & N. Company's railway. The
town has population of 1900, has
good schools, a college, five churches,
banking, newspaper, mercantile and
manufacturing facilities, and an excel
lent system of water works and an
electric light systematic two latter
being owned and operated by the city.
The atmosphere is always pure and
fresh. The average temperature is
about SO degrees and the rainfall II
inches. The climate in winter is I'M
usually mild for this latitude, and
can be accounted for only on the
theory that it lies directly in the path
of the warm Japan current of the
Pacific Ocean which sends a mild soft
zephyrs to drive away winters chilly
blasts. billiards, cyclones. tornadoes
and other violent atmospheric disturb
ances are unknown here.
The warmest month is July mean
temperature, - degrees. The days
are warm, but as soon as the sun
goes down it becomes refreshingly
cool, and at night a blanket is re-
quired on the bed for comfortable re-
pose.
The coolest month is January. mean
temperature, 80 degrees. Rainfall ex-
tends from October to the middle or
latter part of May There are occa-
SiOnal SHOWS during this neriod h,1t