Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-07-22

enough water for 10000 acres. This
water Is carried for four miles and
enters the irrigation tract on the
Porter place, and cost $4,000 to
construct So far only about 1000 |
acres are contracted for, and the first
unit consists OF the John Porter
place OF 252 acres. About $4,000 has
been spent building roads, planting
shade trees, erecting model fences, |
tearing down old barns and shacks.
Work on the ditch commenced Feb
ruary 1 and was completed three
weeks ago.
The Company's Ambition.
The greatest ambition Of this first
Willamette valley irrigation project
is to make 1t the show place OF the
Willamette yalley-nOt small un-
dertaking In a country naturally so
beautiful, but all the work Is being
done by the syndicate with that in
view. The new fence posts are all
painted white. American woven wire
fence with steel gates Is being used.
All the old rail fences have been re-
moved. At West Stayton free build
ing lots are available for those who
will put up good structures. No
cheap shacks will be allowed. Inside
OF month the irrigated fields will
be in all their glory People are al
ready coming from miles around to
see the West Stayton enterprise. New
families are constantly coming in di-
rect from the East, and the influence
Of this undertaking is being widely
felt
Headed by Booster.
The syndicate that Is buying up
these lands and putting up the cap
ital for their improvement and de-
yelopment has employed John Hart
og the booster who made Eugene
get out of It's old rut of conservatism
He Is in charge, and makes his home
in the old John Porter residence. He
is doing a great deal of advertising
in the East, exploiting the resources
OF Marion county and pushing the
whole enterprise toward Salem. Quite
q number Of tracts have been sold to
Marion county people, A syndicate
OF eight Portland men Is taking
10-acre tracts for each of them to be
planted to orchard. There is an
electric railroad planned from Salem
TO West Stayton, and In charge of
practical railroad men, who are not
merely promoters.
The Old and the New.
Under the old way of farming in
the Willamette valley one crop of
hay, grain, Strawberries, potatoes or
vegetables was all that anyone ex-
pected to produce without irrigation.
Under the new system four crops of
! alfalfa, two or three crops of clover,
two crops of strawberries or vege-
tables will be the rule. On one s.
acre tract Of string beans the COM
pany expects to clear $500 an acre
this year, They are spending a lot
OF money TO make this demOnstra-
tion, and when the demonstration is
once made everybody will be won
derlng why didn't we do II long ago,
Price Of This Land.
For details on prices of irrigated
land see an advertisement In this pa
per and write for literature to John
| II. Hartog manager of the farm land
department, branch Office West STAY
ton, postofilce address Aumsvllle, Or,
or address +, b. Springer, represen-
tative at Salem These lands are be-
ing sold In small tracts at $3.50 an
acre, including a perpetual water
right The sagebrush lands are sold
at S200 an acre, near Peniletou. ppd
81 year per acre additional for
water, The same kind OF irrigated
lands are sold at Sutherlln. Douglas
county for $35O an acre. Send tC
the company for q beautiful free n.
lustrated booklet.
Buildings at Stayton.
There is u great deal Of buildine
activity at Stayton a live manufac.
turing town further up the river
Concrete buildings are being erect
cd for the John f. Lowe photograph
gallery, for the new Farmers ant
Merchants bank for Jacob Spanio
and ", Roy The fine new stae
bridge across the river al this polnt
brings great deal Of travel from
Linn county. and Stayton is~feelln,
the impulse OF the irrigated land en-
terprise.