Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-02

| claim 10 De making their fortunes out
OF other fruit 4 Mr.. simmons has an
apricot orchard which has already net
ted d profit Of $500 per acre and II II
said that Dan Wood picked year before
last 1900 boxes of cherries from sixty
five trees and sold them al a dollar 4
box His siXty-d,e trees covered Jess
than au acre. and the total one years
receipts from that amount Of land were
81 500 The same orchard Melted only
$500 l1s, year So the crops are ev!-
IDENTIFY variable ] hear some extra
ordinary fairy stories about peaches
and pmms but there seems 20 be- no
doubt that with biz discount for eN-
areeatior this region has great pos
s.bilitIcs.
HIGH PRICED LANDS
The lands Witch viii raise such fruit
are. however comparatively scarce
aud an lands here are sold al high
rrices The uV urairit ~ the valley
rear WeDajchea. n u can be irrigated,
brings $3.50 uHr acre hu. This Is I'M
Guiding "a perpetual water right Tor
which ihe compluics charge about $50
per acre. Lands which have been
brought under cultivation and planted
in trees SCH for much more The gem
eral increase is \lHn more per acre Tor
each year dating from the time tee
trees are PLANTED Al this rate =
,esr.old lrcha.l NJ not far from Wen
stchec ought Ia \ worth $500 and
3-year-old $500 or 5000. Orchards IN
full bearing are worth what they viii
hring. ranging 900 the way from 300
fo 81 600 Der acre These are the
prices given me bv he real estate men
and the citizens here and They seem
u think them not oNtrayagaut They
say il Is an q question as 90 how much
the land will pay on the investment
and that AN orchard ~ five acres
which viii bring in $500 year ought
10 be cheap 40 $1,000. Al the same
time. IL ! wer, buying ] should con-
slider the chances ~ scale and other
fruit diseases and would knock Of "A
trettv penny for hllghts and bad sea-
sons. n is fair 90 say. however that
an irrigated property never suffers
from drouth. and that the trees here
are the most healthy OF any ] have
seen
The prices 7 have given are those
asked for lands near Wcnaichee. am
told there are many valleys running
north and south an along the Column
bia river which can be irrigated. and
which VIII bear fruit a. well as this
valley These lands are cheap vary
ing in value according 90 their distance
from the settled country some ~
them can be bought for practically
nothing. and there are some govern
mcut lands left Al present the only
outlet Tor such valleys g. by The river
steamers. but attempts are being made
To induce the Great Northern railway
90 run o. branch uu the Columbia river
valley. and n ihis is done every one
oI these regions win be RAPIDLY settled.
At present ] doubt whether on The
valleys have population Of $4,000.
aud am told there b. enough lard io
nixe homes 90 ton times that number
WENATcHEE APPLEs
Tho Wcuatchec valley Is known ~
ihe home 81 tho biz red apple H.
fruits ara always scarce 200 the eastern
markets and they hiring The highest
prices Some of the best apples are
uhoie-8lcd ir New York and Boston
sf 81 box aua q box holds les than
ID hushol Such anple' bring S. a box
ai This station. and ~ costs IS CENTS
Der box ou the fast freight 90 goi them
fo Boston
Tho apples are noted Tor their fine
eoloriug and favor They have no .
hfnmf.hce and ere evenly good T
throughout some II them are Of eS-
size ono shown by q. A.
Ir4rrfs ~ fhr Portland exposition