Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-05-22
IRRIGATION PROJECT IN
THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY
WONDERFUL STORY OF THE PRODUCTIVITY
OF THE SOIL IN AND ABOUT CANDY
JUST IOVER The Line OF
MARION COUNTY
.(By q. Hofcr. President wilIamette

(By E. Hofcr, President Willamette
Valley Development League')
Candy is about the last town on
earth where one would look for
atrong manifestation of the booster
apirit, but this Is written 20 attract
attention TO one OF the live little
towns OF the willamette valley. where
there IL a race meet today and where
there Is AN irrigation project on foot
the first I'm the Willamette valley
and it Is differed by very bright
men. The president OF the irrigation
project is Walter u. Moore, vice
president r. w. Westbrook; secretary
and treasurer, M. j. Lee. There IL
n little story about Mr.. Lee that Will
interest Salemitea, In the early days
OF the bicycle Mr.. Lee was race
promoter and speedy map on the
wheel himself. He won races on the
Salem tracks when Watt Shipp and
Chester Murphy were on the turf
an dstill remembers with pleasure the
efforts made 10 immortalize himself
on the flying silent cycle. Now he
handles an auto with just as much
neatness and dispatch. The irrigation
scheme IL n big one and will bring
water from the foothills OF the noun
tnins by an approved engineering
scheme, and the corporation sells per-
petual water rights TO all who buy
lands.
The County Fair.
The institution that promises a
great deal for Candy is the Clackamas
county fair, which has received a
permanent appropriation from the
legislature. The grounds are fine,
having one OF the best tracks In the
state, and buildings for stock and
exhibits OF all kinds. Mr.. Bair IN the
live man back of the fair. and In fact
has a hand In all that is for the up
building OF this part OF the william
ette valley. This IN a very rich sec
tlon OF country, and 10 prove IL there
are appended a few statements from
farmers In town one Saturday after
noon. The story or the soil In and
around Candy Is "a wonderful record
and ought 90 convince all who read
that soil down there IN n gold mine.
Statements of Production.
John Mainwood has 40 acres Just
outside the city limits. Raised corn
last year and got 90 TO 60 bushels
20 acre. Got seven o9nts for hogs
dressed Have fine well OF water,
w. IA. Cochran. four miles from
Candy. sold half his potato crop last
fall and half In April. Four acres
netted him $3.50. The average crop,
field culture. has been $50 to 500
per acre. Candy potatoes are as sta
Pile In the large markets as wheat
l.. Brudvig. one aud a half miles
from Candy, owns as acres; Guilt
Yates 2b acres; gets three tons tim
othy 10 acre and sells for sS a ton
In field. Wheat. oats, yetches, Acre
and half garden stuff on beaver
dam land, Came from South Dakota
four years ago. Would not go back
for any price. My ehildre nfeel same
way about a. There are several
Scandinavian families here.
j. u. Manloy (retlred) came 10
Candy three years ago and says the
climate is the best he ever lived In.
Very healthy,
l.. N. Axtell. eight years ON left
bank OF Willamette river. two and
half miles from Candy, says peaches
aud berries have done well all that
time. Get peaches every year early
and late. Sell In orchard from $3.50
10 81 a bushel. Sold ss00 worth
from 200 trees-On two acres. Good
river bottom land can be bought for
t1O0 an acre.
Jacob Rupp, two and a half miles
from Candy. MIX ten COWS. Get
20 cents for butter fat past year.
A. n. Cummings. ON is acres gar
den land produced tiOO an acre net
In 1908. Rheubarb, corn, melons, as
paragus. Some OF my land In rhu-
barb turned off 10 tons per acre. az
$40 n ton. Have ls acres In clover
and grain.
IA. G, Gilmore has worked, at car