The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-01-24
At HELL
GATE To Be
WA1ERED
COMPANY CAPITALIZED AT $780,
600 ORGANIZED TO DEVELOP
700 ACRE FRUIT TRACT ON UP
PER COLUMBIA.

| Capital from Spokane. Davenport
| and Creston to the extent of about
100000 is being put into He'll Gate
fruit lands on the Columbia, above
Bridgeport.
| Deals closed last week through the
Thompson-Gillis Investment company
for about 700 acres of land in the
He'll Gate country is one of the first
steps taken by the local interests in
developing and putting the lands OF
that district on the market. While
the deeds have not been made public.
and in some cases only options have
been secured, the transaction for the
700 acres of land represents about
| $4,000 in raw values. The land is
without irrigation at present, and it
is the plan of the new owners to in
stall an irrigation project and water
| lands which have been producing
| fruit SO that the district can be made
as productive and yielding for fruits
as other sections along the Columbia.
The irrigation plant will cost about
$25,
The land lies about 80 miles al
most due west of Spokane, immedi-
ately adjoining the famed He'll Gate
On the Columbia river and near the
town of Peach.
Local Men in Company.
The company which has bought the
land is composed of the following To-
cal men: George B. Thompson, c. l..
ellis, A. f. Mellor, Fred Hoffman,
Duncan Rule and F. B. Drischel. 9th
ers interested in the company are F.
A. Duncan, Creston; Fred Anderson,
Charles Turner. Dennis Moylan, D. A.
Snyder, w. w. Scott and Charles Van
skiver, all of Davenport.
The tract of 700 acres was secured
from the following: J. D. Peasley,
Sarah Hardenbrook, Arthur Harden
brook, Frank Duncan, of He'll Gate:
w. H. Shanabrook, of Chicago. H..
and Fred D. Hoffman, of Spokane.
| Stakeholder Talks.
In speaking of the future of the
tract, George B. Thompson, one of
the stockholders in the company.
said.
"Tl,a development of the fruit I'M
I dustry in the northwest would be a.
history of the development of the CO.
lumbia river valley from Hood River
on the lower Columbia to Kettle Falls
on the upper Columbia. The fruits of
the Columbia river valley have gone
into the markets of the world and
commanded top-notch prices wher-
ever sold, until today. Grown in the
Columbia river valley is label that
is at once an evidence Of merit. At
first only those spots where irrigation
could be accomplished by gravity
were put under cultivation and plant
ed to fruit Gradually, however,
such demand has grown up for Col
umbia river fruit that every available
spot where irrigation is possible has
been converted into orchards.
lone of the good tracts of land for
orchards has just been purchased by
this company, composed of Spokane,
! Davenport and Creston bankers and
business men.
'.Apple Valley Orchards Co."
This new company is to be known
as the Apple Valley Orchards COM
pany, with capital stock of $780,
| 900. organized under tho state laws.
The land. which is tract OF about
TOO acres, lies on the first bench back
from the Columbia river opposite the
| famous He'll Gate rocks. The land
has an elevation of from 100 to $50
feet above the Columbia river. and
has a north slope, which is desirable
for apple raising. The climate here
IL said to be ideal for apple orchards.
as the spring does not open as early
as on the lower Columbia and there
fore there is little danger of frost in
the spring, after the trees have
bloomed.
Sandy Volcanic Ash.
The soil Is the sandy volcanic ash
common in the Columbia river valley.
Bunch grass has grown so abundant
~ In the valley that a great deal of
humus has been added to the soil,
making 1t all the better for the APP
pie industry.
The company will plant the entire
tract to apples, and win irrigate the
land from the Columbia river. The
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