The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-06-04
Prairie Creek
District Smiles
Crops and Stock Are Looking Fine
and All Bids Well For
Wallowa.

What every visitor to Wallowa
county should do is to take a ride up
the valley into the Prairie Creek dis
trict. He will be surprised at
the thousands of acres CT rich, level
land extending for miles off north,
east and south, and the rapid settle
ment of that section of the valley
will stagger the mind that Is looking
for new country" Farms there
are not only fenced but the most of
them are cross fenced. Some of the
finest hogs, cattle and horses as well
as sheep are found there. Some of
the best timothy and nlfalfa I'M the
world are grown there. Potatoes,
Leans, cucur,bers, and all sorts of
garden vegetables and apples are
found floworing into perfection, and
life is contributed to By almost all
phases Of n1ture.
Visit Hunt Ranch.
Am Enterprise Press representative
visited at the H. s. Hunt ranch. This
ranch is snug against the foothills, of
the mountain range, is level, is pro-
tected from winds, or from such
small winds as occur here, end Is un-
usually well protected from late
frosts by its altitude. Mr.. Hunt has
beans and cucumbers up out of the
ground. He grows the most tooth
some sweet corn imaginable there.
dis potatoes have but one fault, and
that is, ii he doesn't watch them
grow too big. And all general farm
produce 10 grown on the ranch in
abundance.
Water Power Handy.
In. addition to the general farming
and stock raising on this ranch,
Prairie Creek flows directly through
the farm and within fifty feet of
the kitchen door. The fall of the
creek is sufficient, Within about 400
feet, to create good horse power,
and Mr.. Hunt has hanessed enough
OF this power to do his own and the
neighborEood grinding. For about
[that distance a flume has been built,
conveying the water to large ov-
er,shot wheel. This wheel turns the
shafting which In turn sets the che
mill, elevator and all, into operation.
When either Mr.. Hunt or any Of the
neighrboring ranchers desire barley
chopped or desire graham flour all
he has to do is turn the water on
and start the mill.
Utilizing the same power, Mr.. Hun
runs his cream separator. Formerly
before the timber went into the re
serve, Mr.. Hunt erected am improvis
ed cross or drag saw, and made the
creek saw all his wood for him.
1t was a pleasant visit Mr.. and
Mrs. Hunt and their daughters gave
their guests from Enterpries, who
were: DR.. and Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Jes
1 %~%os ohu 2hi. uli0 4nto. w. II. LII
wo tn. Mr.. and Mrs. Hunt and fami
iy spared no pains to make the Wis
1t one OF themost pleasant and all
departed feeling bettered from the
touch Of sublime nature with which
the host and hostess and family arc
surrounded daily.
All crops throughout the entire
district traversed were looking fine
A more promising year never pre-
sented itself to eastern Oregon
OFF in the slope country, too, fol
lowing the road between Joseph and
Enterprise. all crops and stock are
In the most promising condition. Ne,
ground-lots Of it-has been broker
and seeded to this or that. ant
the entore topography of the land
scape has been changed by this hus
bandry.