The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-29
TwoIndependent,H Hon.
est Citizens Of
Salem
From Salem Capital Journal.

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Henry Bruhn, who lives at 90S
North Seventeenth street, and r. H.
Wolter. who lives at 100 North Sew
enteenth street. returned Sunday
morning from their investigation of
the klamath Falls country and the
townsites between on the railroad.
They bought six lots in those town
sites for $500, and after looking
over their property and asking resi-
dents as to prices at which lots
are selling on the ground, say they
would not part with their holdings
for less than $1,000. Mr.. Wolter.
who is a builder and owns consider
able property in Salem, priced lot
in Doris with building on 1t for
restaurant costing about 500 to
erect. The owner is holding 1t for
$4,000. They We're offered four lots
at Salem in the second addition to
the klamath Falls, block 90. on
range II, for 5000 These lots were
sold at Klamath Falls on March 10
for 1880
They visited and spent some time
on all there townsites-Worden.
Doris and Mount Hebron. They
found people from Sacramento buy
ing property at Mount Hebron. Mr..
Wolter says:
I'VE reached Doris Friday at 10
a. m., March IS, and looked over the
town for four hours. 1t is good
sized town and live place gener-
ally. quite business point, with
fine, rich land, consisting of sandy
brown loan. The drinking water is
excellent. I talked with one man
who raised 200 sacks Of potatoes on
one acre last year on a hillside with
no cultivation whatever.
THE location for town Is excel
lent. Many kinds of hardy fruits.
such as apples. pears and small
fruit, are raised on the slopes of the
foothills, and peaches on the river
lands and in sheltered places. We
stopped at the Turner ranch,
finely improved place. Farming
land can be bought at from $12 to
$50 an acre. One tract of 400
acres, suitable for colony, can be
bought for $25 an acre. Water is
found at II to IA feet from the sur
face and can be obtained for irriga-
ton from lake nearby having
about 100 feet elevation. Doris has
stores. churches. stock yards. fine
depot. school and residences far be-
yond our expectations.
mount Hebron has fine depot,
postoffice. stores, splendid hotel. sa-
looms and residences. The soil is
Just simply perfect-we brought
along some which we can show to
anybody. The Mcclure ranch. adj
joining the town, has winter wheat
up two inches high. Mr.. Mcclure
said he had raised 40 bushels to the
acres on that land. 1t was raining
some and we could not go around
as much as we would have liked.
There Is an immense body of
pine timber near Mount Hebran,
with three sawmills running, two
under construction and a half mil
! lion dollar box factory contracted
ready to go up. There are railroad
yards, stock yards and a $500 gal
Ion water tank. There will he round
| houses here, as ii is the division OF
the railroad from here to Weed.
THE lots we purchased are clear,
no grading required. The TOWNSHIP
Is perfectly clean and level. We
could not buy over one lot Of people
living there for the price at which
three We're sold to us at Salem"
Henry Bruhn. who has farmed In
Kansas and Minnesota, says that he
is highly pleased with what he has
seen of the klamath country. He
| said:
I'VE have three lots each in the
new townsites of Doris. Worden
and Mt. Hebron. I have no fault
to find with my investment. In
fact. I am highly pleased p, G.
Layey a. Co. misrepresented
things to us by not telling all the
truth and all the facts In favor
OF their properties. They did not
tell half they could say In favor oi
il. Each of the three towns has