The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-05
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SEE N B Y
KEENER
OGOENlTE WHO is PLEASED WITH
THE COUNTRY.
Describes the Land Included Within
the Tract In Which Local Peo-
Pile Arc Interested.

II. III. Keener who represented
many Ogden contract holders of land
In the Lakeview district of Oregon.
makes the following report as to what
he saw on his trip to the land draw
| ing or auction:
On arriving from Reno on the skid
road, at the southern end OF Goose
| lake, a body OF water confronted me
Is miles In width and 35 miles In
length and navigable. BY the time
| Lakeview, Oregon, was reached, VIA
the east side OF this wonderful lake.
/ had passed through a valley Of no
small proportions, part In California
and part In Oregon. The valley show
ed great agricultural activity in d.
ver5iflcd farming. Grains of all kinds;
alfalfa and meadow grass lands fruit
orchards in which | saw apples In va
rietles. peaches, plums, pears. grapes,
vegetables of all descriptions all Of
which was grown by dry farming and
yielded profitably, much TO my sur
prise.
On arriving at Lakeview, | found two
and three-story brick business blocks,
| the residence part of which showed
elaborate dwelling houses. The houses
are painted white. fences and blue
grass lawns we'll kept: waterworks
supplied from pure mountain springs;
electric lights. flour mill, planning
mills, brewery, newspaper Offices that
would be a credit to any city of its
size; express office. Western Union
telegraph: all lines of business we'll
represented fact An up-to-date lit
| tie city, with municipal form of gov
ernment
Lakeyiew is rs miles from railroad
transportation. Can YOU beat itS No,
nowhere in the United States.
Mountain valleys to the east. north
and west sustain herds of cattle and
mutton of the choicest quality. On
the lakes there are wild ducks and
geese and In the rivers and streams
abundant of brook trout and in the
other wild game.
From Lakeview looking TO the west
and southwest, the Golden Goose val
ley is dotted with large hay stacks
| On passing over SOME of tho Oregon
Valley Land Co.'S contract holders
land and making personal inspection OF
some of the holdings, ] found 1t rich
with alluvial black sandy soil. and
| from the size of the sagebrush,
should say very productive Meadow
| grass Is from 80 inches to 40 inches
In height. In this valley the Oregon
| Valley Land Co. has about completed
great reservoir. bitches and laterals.
costing 81 900. This is for the pur-
| pose OF irrigating the we'll named
Golden Goose Lake valley
To the east of Klamath Indian res
ervatlon tributary to Bly, Is small
valley we'll irrigated. Leaving the
valley and proceeding east one passes
through the finest timber In Oregon.
In the Chewaucan I found the finest
OF all valleys In the entire tract of
land The Oregon Valley Land Co can
be well proud of their allotments
| Immediately TO the east of Lakevlew
| one enters the heart of the Warner
| range of mountains. Here also
found an abundance Of timber. Reach
ing the summit and passing down on
the east side. one looks directly into
the Surprise and Warner valleys. the
same being separated by Warner
! lakes These valleys show a tremen-
| dous growth Of cereals and grasses.
| Being lower In elevation than Goose
| Lake. they are not subject to frost
as much so as the Golden Goose Lake
valley.
Passing east through Harvey coun-
ty, a high rolling stretch of country
covered with grass in the northern
end Of the land grant, one passes
again through timber Having pass
cd this, the famous Cation valley was
| reached. large In proportions and very
| ffrti1n 10 urhorn a DaoI1c
Cattle Co has had years of prosper
I Horse Valley TO the east of Andrews
P o Soil four to flye feet in depth
| and of n heavy black nature.
These valleys are lower in elevation
than other valleys OF the land grant
and some day ere long VIII supply the
world with the finest Of fruits.
The tracts of land now In possession
of the Oregon Valley Land contracted
holders is of excellent value as a
| whole
AS Is true OF all new land openings
some will reap the cream, This has
| been demonstrated 1t was also shown
In the drawing held at Lakeyiew, be-
ginning with September 9Th, one Of
the largest land sales In the history of
the United States land nc doubt Will
go on record as suchl. was successfully
closed, having sold three farms per
minute to the highest bidder, or Ii.
$50 farms and an equal amount Of
city lots In six days,
Again | state that no contract hold.
er In this drawing need lose ce-s
Of his investment and in course of
few years will double his investment.
The climate Is ideal. abundant Of wa,
ter with purity, and when the meadow
lark sings his merry tune In the spring
there will be work for many willing
hands in southern Oregon