Franklin's paper the statesman., 1911-10-21
BUSINESS MEN
IN LAND DEAL.
Company Buys Rich Tract In
Stevens County, Wash
PURPOSE OF THE PROMOTERS

Group Of Thrifty Spokane Citizens
Organize and Incorporate Deer Lake
Irrigated Orchards Project to Do In
tsnsivs Farmins-SeientifIe- Use Of
Water on Volcanic Ash Soil.
Spokane. Wash.-Of very great Inn
portance. yet not SO widely known, II
the work of the Deer Lake Irrigated
Orchards company, an incorporated
organization OF investors. with head
quarters Mt 24S Riverside avenue.
Spokane. The officers Of the company
are: President. p. B. Barrow; vEo
president. F. A. Stokes; secretary. q.
8. Barrow: treasurer. Charles 8. Par
Gron and Robert Crump. The prop
erty Of the company consists OF I'D
acres of rich farm land. situated On
the shores ak Deer - in Gtevenn
COUNTY, which u edmt6y
SIS. 600.
BY means Of a gasoline pumping
plant the land hns been irrigated and
laid out in sections for fruit growing,
truck gardening and for the general
cultivation of a variety Of farm prod
ucts. The raising Of winter apples.
for which the soil is admirably adapt
ed. will be one OF the chief features
Of the nursery farm. The company
gives employment to scores of men
and women OF our race For the In
gathering Of the crops this fall the
number employed probably reached
100. The promoters Of the company
are not novlces. but men who have al
ready achieved success in business.
President r. B. Barrow Is rated at
$50, 900. He lives ON beautiful tract
OF 200 acres across the lake opposite
the company's property with beach
frontage Of half a mile. F. e. Wilson.
one of the trustees. owns 100 acres ad-
joining the company's property and
shares shore ownership Of the south
west end Of the lake. He also has If
teen acres planted In orchards and re-
sides in beautiful dwelling with mod
ern improvements. Vice President F.
A. Stokes owns $4,000 worth OF farm
lands, including real estate In the city
Messrs. Parker and Barrow are part
ners IN the printing business in Spo-
kane. Their plant is fully equipped
with typesetting machines. presses.
etc. They are publishers Of the Spo-
kane Citizen. They do IN annual busi-
ness Of about $4,000. The outfit Of
farming Implements. with teams and
farm buildings, cost thousands Of dol
lars. The returns from the investment
within the short period OF two years
since the formation Of the company
have justified the output.
A few years ago 1t wns said. 'With
the sun which shines on the soil of
Washington and water there can be no
such thing as failure In crops." Subse-
county in the state have proved the
truth OF this assertion.
Expert examination of the soil taken
from the Deer Lake Irrigated Orchards
proves It to be saturated with the prop
critics which when they undergo the
chemical changes caused by the intro
duction OF water produce abundant
plant food.
The possibilities of volcanic ash soil.
such as that possessed by this COM
pany, to produce plant life and sustain
itself without wearing out is no longer
Z problem. Scientific methods Of or
charding which are being employed by
this company win produce definite re-
suits. The experience Of fruit growers
In other parts Of this state under sim
liar conditions to those at Deer Lake
will DO their experience.
The element Of chance and the ca
price Of nature are no longer stumbling
blocks to the farmer who IL equipped
with the knowledge necessary to do
Intensive farming. The quantity, quail
ity, sise and color Of the products are
determined In advance BY the scientific