The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-10-16
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WIN The Master makers
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WIN LnS MaSLer MakerS
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Copyright 1919 by +. W. Ellis.
Inc Twin rails project IS ueIug
faithfully mImlcked, III miniature. NV
NE willow River PROJECT, Ia Malneul
county, oregon. And wnen unIs very
year science lures water III glaul
measure Oh The waste places ana here
IoLore lndlnerently irrigated ranches
u willow river valley maglcaIIy the
pIoW WILL progress and the desert
Spots disappear, and hard on The heels
Vi The lrrIsator prolific orchards, pas-
cures anu gardens Will luXurlate.
us Climate, alued ny son VI great
'el UNITY and variety, serve " make
| mis- an exclusively favored spoL Tor
me proIlHc cultivation OF hIgh-grade
fruits. The lew 1ourishiug 1amlly or
cnards sprlnkIed throughout the val
icy stanu sponsor Tor this statement
oy their uuIalllng and generous yields,
and one OF these has been bearing
| orchard Tor over ~ years.
Natural home Tor Fruit.
Radiant as was the Twin Fails tract
With possibilities for profit and home
making when its doors were first OPEN
| ed 10 settlement, it is the candid oplu-
ION OF the writer, who has measured
and critically compared the induce
| ments OF both sections, that the oppor-
eunltles OF Malheur county overshaduw
even those OF the Wondrous Twin
rails country. Especially is this true
ot The horticultural advantages Oh
This county over the Twin Falls sec
zion.
Official records show there is no
other state where the danger OF dam
age by frost is so singularly remote
as in Oregon, and given ample water
10 drink, no lands in Oregon are more
available for the expansion OF horti-
culture than those in the Willow river
| valley, for its high enframing hills
| safeguard the orchard against all I'M
toward acts of nature. Its mean tenn
perature is from 10 to Is degrees
warmer than in the Payette valley Tin
IdahO) which is famed for its fruit
production, and the remarkable ship
ping and keeping qualities of our fruit
are largely the result OF our peculiar
climatic conditions. And what is true
of the Willow River Valley is equally
true Of other portions Of Malheur
county
Oregon apples have set the standard
il every market, its pears, peaches,
plums and prunes reach perfection,
and large and delicious are its berries,
cherries and grapes, and no nook or
corner OF Oregon is more admirably
adapted to all OF these horticultural
products than is Malheur county.
The Oregon apple is the keystone OF
the industry, the world is its market,
and the apples Of no other locality
command as high prices. The pres
ent annual production OF the Oregon
apple is about $500 cars. About 1885,
900 acres of trees will come into bear
ing six years hence when our annual
apple shipments will be not less than
10000 cars. having a valuation OF
about $15,000,000. But no fear of a
possible over-production in this state
There is a universal increasing de-
mand for a high grade apple that the
East Is unable to meet, unable even
to supply the demand for canned fruit
hence the Pacific coast could now
market 100000 cars of apples per year
or about 100 times the present annual
shipments of Oregon.
In point of increasing value the
Oregon pear will always be close
J.. second to the Oregon apple. The pear
acreage in the state today Is less thar
1000, the newly set orchards represen
about 10000 acres, and the increasing
call for this fruit In 1906-07-08 brough
10 Oregon the highest prices ever pale
Tor pears. facts which justify the as
surance that the outlook for the Ore
kon pear Is almost without limit.
The limited acreage OF peaches ant
berries OF all kinds now in bearing
has admitted of but little movemen
OF these commodities In carload ship
ments beyond the local market, we
those markets have always paid great
err figures for them than for the pre-
duct of other Pacific Coast states.
The Oregon apple grower is we'll re
paid for his work Prices have ru
IS high as SO box of so pounds u
shipping point, or the equivalent Of
4 barrel.
The top figure paid growers Of Ore
yon pears for the last three years
was $3.50 so pound box. or nearl
is cents pound.
In high grade cherries Oregon lead
Tho world and ItS nrpSant acreage