The daily sentinel., 1908-07-08

If you have not. it will pay you
to drive down. No tree is more beau
tiful than the young pear, and there
never was better stand of trees in
all the valley than in this Wallace
orchard. 1t is kept in an as immac
ulate condition as a parlor; not a
weed is to be seen in all the beau
tifully cultivated 1876 acres that COM
prise the orchard. 1t is a picture
that, once seen, will never be for
gotten.
Or, if beauty does not appeal to
you, ana finances do, take these fig
ures,
The orchard was planted a year
ago last spring; so is now in it's
second year. In two years it is ex
pected that the yield from the young
trees will suffice to pay the expenses
for that year. and within five years
it is expected that the orchard will
be in full bearing. And, in full bear
ing, one acre of pear trees will pro-
duce about one car load of pears.
Last year there was not a car of
pears shipped from the valley that
did not sell for at least $1,000. One
hundred and thirty-five cars of pears
at 81, 900 per car,-but even the
most optimistic do not expect. that
pears will again, within a few years
at least. reach the record prices of
1907. But, even If each car should
bring only a quarter of what they
brought in the bonanza pear year,
you can figure what fortune there
is in the Wallace orchard.
The gentlemen who comprise the
Wallace Orchard Company planted
their orchard to sell. But. after they
hnI IL
haps the financial possibilities so in
fluenced them that they decided the
orchard was far too valuable to sell
So the same gentlemen bought 24O
acres of land some three miles far
ther down the valley, above the pres
ent irrigation canal, as is the Wal
lace orchard. They proposed to sell
this land, which they named Chula
Vista ("beautiful view'D. But, they
have now decided that this land. too
is too valuable to sell; SO they are
organizing a company to develop it.
The larger part of the stock in the
Chula Vista Company will be retained
by the five gentlemen who comprise
the Wallace Orchard Company-W
S. Wallace, DIR. S. NJ. Bradbury, w
p. Ella, Charles II. Arthur and A. r.
Wells.
above the present ditch, is waterei
by a steam pumping plant, installed
and maintained by the company. OF
course, it is rather expensive. though
not when you consider the fact that
few years ago Mr.. Wallace, who
then owned the land, attempted to
sell 1t for $40 per acre; that unim-
proved land in the neighborhood, land
on which there is no water, sells for
about 800 per acre to-day, while the
Wallace orchard is valued at $500
per acre in its present shape.
No wonder, then, that the propri-
etors of Chula Vista decided that to
get water on their land is at present
the thing of all others to do Their
land lies some distance above the
ditch, and for some time they were
rather at a loss to know Just how
to get the water that will increase
their land from a value of 500 per
acre to value of $500. But they
have at last hit upon method.
contract has just been signed
with the Fruit Belt Power Company
through Mr.. c. Il. Noble, the local
| representative of the company, whose
office is in the Canon block, whereby
the power company agrees to deliver
water to Chula Vista in April. 1909.
There had been some doubt In the
minds of some whether the power
company would be able to furnish
water for next season, but the pro-
prietors of Chula Vista, after thor
ough investigation. have signed a
contract with the company.
1t is well known fact that the
power company proposes to build a
dam across the Grand river at a
point above DeBeque. divert the wat
er into power canal some miles
in length, and erect power plant in
the vicinity of the Bonita valley,
some distance below DeBeque. From
the power plant power Will be trans
mitted over a transmission line to all
parts of the valley. The company
agrees to furnish electric power for
pumping plants located anywhere
along the line of the Grand Valley
canal. The contract with Chula Vista
provides for supply of water to be
furnished all through the season. The
company installs the plant and the
Chula Vista people lay the pipe line,
which will be 1880 feet long.
This will all cost some money. of
course, but 1t will enable the plant
ing of Chula Vista next spring, and,
within year, while the surrounding
High Line land is worth 500 per
acre, Chula Vista will be worth $500