Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-02
IRRIGATED TRACTS
WHICH YIELD
FORTUNES
WONDERFUL VALLEYS
IN GREAT NORTHWEST
Guy Il. Mitchen.)

ms tn. h.
~ "here ANUS Feach thel
highest cultural development an,
most astounding value AS AGAINST IN,
eastern farm, worth one hundred an,
fifty or two hundred dollars an acre
choice orange land in southern cali
fornia is valued at one thousand dol
lars and aver fifteen hundred dollar,
an acre. And This does moi seer, 4
highly unreasonable when il Is remeno.
bered that oranges. figs. almonds. Nh.
laga grapes. p"omegranates and otbe,
tropical products cannot he eroNr
everywhere.
Yet there are orchards In me prea.
northwest. which are esteemed n,
highly and Weld as golden a stream
from peaches, apricots. berries anc
other COMMON fruits. as has ever beer
claimed for the orange Take the Va.
kima valley. or the Wenatchee volle,
or a. dozen other valleys IN
washington or some Of The finally de-.
welcomed fruit regions Of Montana al
Colorado. There YOU can lind mer
growing wealthy on returns from ten
and even ive-acre orchards. Perhaps
the valley of the Wenatchee i'm central
washington affords one of he best tx.
amnles Of the fruit Dossibilities of the
northwest-situated in The midst of
thai region which Daniel Webster de-
scribed as m only for the abode Of
wild beasts and wilder men" the
%nder deyelopmeut Of this valley
has been brought about entirely b.
nrivate irrigation development vet the
government irrigation engineers con-
slider II an almost ideal irrigation com
munity.
Eed Inv tbp Maintain SHOWS.
Tn the first Mace there is a sDlendid
gleaminp snov6eIds Of the Cascade
-nmoIntains whose glacial streams feed
ibe -ewift-rnnnin Wenatchee river.
hitch as II en,nTees from the valley
naconaee q trjhutarv Of the great Co
inmhia me valley is sheltered from
~ hiaak winds hv surrounding hills.
20 tbat frnit trees have never beer
1nnyyn to he DANA ped nv cold. There
are M great farms on The Wenatchee.
THO enfire valley Is moi so large as
eoma of Tho vast honanza farms OF the
,yest INT every acre is made to pro-
49, its ntmost ana land values reach
81 ona e. 9ag ma e. 5oo ner acre. moi
basad IN mo valne If houses and inn
nrovamants INF unon the productive
anao;ty ~ tho coil Anples. peaches.
anricots harries cantalounes prunes.
nears and an the large and small
fr,its Yield q nroft Of from 5000 to
srndo go why then should NOT
aon1 eto ocres Of which win net one
thousand to twentv-fye hundred dol
iars he worth FIVE thousand or seven
tbo1sand ave hundred dollars? The
nn~at +, i;t,ataI fe ~ noto
There seems to me something very
,narior In tho fri1it raised in the
- 0nds ! raadv market in
II posfon ana brings
sucH " - ~ ,bnn ,,arrants the
Z - vnnass cbargee washington
heaVy eAPres9 49, ~ Iose
dppIes n"EI I'm Nor arc
IMAM = pui u,ano+ahan ar many
inc citl%elns ~ c.-tt sactione Of mo
other prosperous run - %
northwest teu uoNh ~ " rr.oe
life IN ofder 10 secuII e.. ~
large w endVcnee
stance, is the lnlllal point "i HaNis"
ton on the Columbia
Where Rail n wafer Mect;
Here the Great Nortierh Iaiiioag
meets the steamboats-wnefe ran anu
river meet. 1t is but a rev loufs -
Tacom and Seattle Whlle lHe locai
advantages are in themseINes NeIS
great. The orchards and farms are so
small that the entire valley resembles
a great suburb. 1t is but calling as
rance from one house TO another. Each
ms a elephone, running water, the
,a,ral free delivery. and electric lights
= being Installed. The roads are
H. s,reets ana schools and churches
re a. close intervals.
No more highly developed com
,ntias con he found in the world
hun ~ irrigated fruit communities
- .nts country Socia! conditions
vnaah = higber nlann than i'm any other
- af setttemcnt The owner Of
10 ~ ,on acres of rchard enjoys
iaouy an The advantages and
,nnrayement of the larger centers,
nn,,niaa with a breathing and a grow
5ng snaoe for The family. and an oc-
runation such as it was intended that
man should engage in. The water for
t - no velIev is Drawn from
~ Wenatchee Canal This
nn, nanv IL now protecting an extern
eion 10 cross The Columbia rivera
- s,ea ooo combined bridge and
-,a1', .ar water for ~irrigating
nSt 81 ousand ao.3.ional acres.
!. ,., cor,ice E1ricndIv 10 Pri-
,otc Enternrjse.
In conmontino unon the fact that
n~ationai government is MOI antag-
nisina Iepitimate ~nrivatc irrigation de-:
5oInr,,enf mi that. on the other
bond HE reclamation service is IA vor-
a HE 70 II and even willing to assist
Arthur p. Davis. who IN
Cbfef Engineer Newell's absence was
fo,nd in charge of the bureau at
NVoebinptou mentioned the case Of
Inc Wenatchee valley as somewhat ex-
centionaI
"Nany small companies he said,
.bave accommodated much good in
.anefo-r,ing the great American nes-