Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1911-08-24

Of Trees in Fine Condition.
Friday last on invitation from tn
officers of the Payette Valley LAM
and Orchard Company fully two hund
red of the business men of New Ply
mouth, Fruitland and Payette togeth
er with number of prominent frui
growers of the valley, availed them
selves of the special train on th'
Payette Valley railroad and visited
the big seven hundred and twenty ac
re tract of the company three miles
from New Plymouth. The train left
Payette at three o'clock in the after
noon, picked up a nice crowd at
Frultland and also at New Plymouth.
The train was then backed up to
Buckingham the nearest railroad sta
tion to the tract about two miles from
it. Here the company had provided
large hay racks amply supplied with
hay and drawn by the big mule
teams with which they do the work
on the tract.
Arriving at the tract the big
crowd was taken TO the various ad-
vantageous points and shown the
entire tract. The various watering
stations where the water is piped
ITO the highest points making the irri-
gation of the entire proposition simple
and easy were shown the crowd and
that the company have an ample
supply of water was demonstrated by
the fact that it was flowing in all
the bitches and that every tap IN
the entire system was flowing at the
same time.
After looking over the tract the
crowd again embarked on the big
wagons and was taken to the power
plant where the water Is pumped
from the big ditch and were shown
the big Lafelle water turbine which
lifts the water into the pipe and
forces it to the highest point on the
land. After viewing the tract and
then going through the power house
and seeing the big eight inch pump
throwing sufficient water while a.
larger ten inch pump stands idle to-
be used only in case of emergency,
the visitors were thoroughly satisfied
that the company had provided ample
power and that there would never be
a question of shortage of water
for their tract of land.
The power house is located where
there is a seventeen foot drop in the
ditch and the water itself furnishes
the power by which it is lifted onto
the tract The only expense of run
ming the big pump being that for oil.
The sideways are of concrete and
the headgate of concrete and steel,
in fact everything at the power house
is substantial and put there to stay.
From the power house the water
is conveyed in huge wooden pipes to
the tract where at different locations
on the high points taps are arranged
so ttrfs by turning on the water ev-
cry potion of the five hundred and |
sixty acres now in trees can be
easily irrigated.
After thoroughly viewing the pump !
ing plant the visitors were taken back
to the station and the train again |
returned to New Plymouth where in
Pioneer Hall an excellent banquet
had been provided for the guests. At
lter amply partaking of the good
things to eat short talks were in
dulged in by various prominent bust
ness men and growers. All had
faith in the future industry of
growing fruit in this valley and all
believed that the big orchard tract
of this company when settled and
hearing would be one of the big
fruit producing orchards of this val
ley.
All the speakers mentioned the
substantial manner in which the
company has gone at the improve
ment of the tract and congratulated
il upon the results attained. That
the settling of this tract by fruit
growers meant a great deal to this
valley all were agreed. That the
land was fruit land and would pro-
duce fruit all were optimistic. With
the excellent transportation facilities
the tract enjoys it was one OF the
desirable fruit locations of the val
ley. A number of speakers We're
confident that when the full seven
hundred and twenty acres came to
bearing they would increase the
fruit shipments OF this valley fully
one thousand cars Of the best variety !,