The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-06

| of towns have been laid out and some
are fast growing. Cody. which was
named after Buffalo Bill. has popu-
iation of $500. with three banks.
stores, lumber yards and hotels An
electric plant furnishes the town with
light anu power, and 1t has a sulphur
plant. a brIckyard and hour mill,
which grinds 125 barrels every day.
| Garland. another town. has about 500
people. and Powell and Ralston are
other settlements which are rapidly
growing Here the soil is n ricn.
sandy loan, fitted for alfalfa. grain
and deciduous fruits There is q
grazing country about. and the un-
irrigated lands are we'll fitted for
sheep.
The Work in Montana.
From Shoshone let US go north into
Montana and take a look at Huntley
which lies at the junction of the
Northern Pacific and c.. B. & Q. Rail-
roads. on the south bank of the yell
lowstone River Here lie about 30, 900
acres upon which. Uncle Sam has put
water. and which he is now giving
out to settlers in tracts of forty acres
and eighty acres each. The most of
the farmers think forty acres enough
to yield a good income, and say that is
all the land ono man can comfortably
handle. They tell, however. OF extra
ordinary yields of vegetables, sugar
beets, fruits and grain, and are MAX
ing good in every posSible way. The
town OF Huntley is fast growing. and
1t has churches, banks and hotels
Osborn is another town which has
sprung up, and near It Is Rallantine.
which has Ave, stores and a post office.
while Warden and Newton are also
fast growing.
The irrigation system here was prac-
Nically completed in 1907, and huns
dreds of families are now on the lands.
Many are, raising alfalfa, which they
sell for IS q ton. and not a few have
diversified crops from which they are
getting from $500 TO $4,000 per annum
on their forty-acre farms. Neverthe-
less, the soil had not been scratched
by the pillow before the government
spend $1,000, 900 before 1t was ready
for settlement. but the lands are now
being paid for, and,every cent of this
money WIFI eventually come back into
the Treasury.
where Apple Ia King.
Going westward into oregon and
Washington. we reach the fruit lands
where the chances are even greater
than In the irrigated sections farther
East. Hero are the Yakima projects
in a region where full-bearlng apple
orchards produce crops worth from
$500 to $1,000 per acre. and where
peaches do quite. well. Yakima county
Is shipping hundreds of thousands Of
boxes of apples each year, and millions
of young efees are now growing
Alfalfa hay brings there IS ton in
the stack. and In one year the valley
where this project is situated sold its
hay crop for $4,000, 900 This Is a coun-
try of towns. newspapers and up-to-
date people. There are many private
irrigation works under way, and the
products OF the valley are so wen
known that they command R ready
market. 1tAis a land af BANKS, schools
and churches. and one where the So
cial conditions are already established.
The government estimates that by
proper storage sufficient water can be
saved to irrigate 100000 acres. and a
large area is now under water. Dams
have been put up. canals dug, and the
farmers are filling the soil The cost
of the land on the ten-year instalment
plan Is $50 per acre. and the am
tenance charge is Oh cents per acre
per annum This seems rather, high
for one who does not understand the
conditions, but When 1t la remembered
that orchards are worth from $500 to
several thousand dollars per acre,
when they have once come into bear.
Ing. the possible profits are plain.
Another fruit project In Washington.
is the okanogan, which will redeem
10000 acres OF higb-grade fruit lands.
This Is completed
Going south we come to the Umltilla