Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1911-07-27
SECURES EXCELLENT
STAND OF TREES
Paystte Valley Land & Orchard
company Has Hlnsty-Ei9ht Per
Cent stand Of Trees On Tract
Tract IN Pine Condition and ES-
eellsns Care 81 Trees Being Tax.
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SATURDAY morning Of last weei
through tho courtesy o. G. w. Ire
loa u tho Payctte National Bank ~
aero accorded The pleasure Of beins
driven IA his big Overland auto u
tho orchard tract 81 tho Payette Val
ley Land 4 Orchard Company and
81 riding over this proposition and
Viewing IL
~ present this company has 40
acres OF Land. $50 acres OF which IL
planted 70 trees ninety acres Of
which were planted last spring and
those Two year old show d wonderful
growth and arc Ia a very healthy
condition The balance OF the acre
age that vas planted this spring has
q ninety eight por cent stand OF
+ geeea Ola Il all looking extremely
we'll and showing the results OF the
efficient care given the tract by
field manager. o c. Miner.
OF the $50 acres which were plant
~ and put upon the market for
aale on the payment plan there re-
mains but ninety acres that are uu'
sold. the balance having been readi.
y purchased While perhaps the
most 81 This has been bought by
eastern people YET a considerable por.
lion has been obught by local rosi.
fcnm living ia Payotte and Payette
valley showing their faith In che
valley and Ia the company that Is
back ~ tho movement. The bal
alco Of the land 100 acres viii bS
prepared this summer and fall aud
planted 10 trees next spring.
Tho planting OF this large acreage
and % disDoslng OF II IN five acre
ifaein means perhaps more to this
valley than the casual thinker would
ihH o1sldaF seven hundred and
twenty acres cut into five acre tracts
means just one hundred and forty
four tracts These being purchased
means that iii different heads Of
families are Interested In this val.
ley AND will within the next five
years move here, Figuring the fam
Uiea AZ five 10 the family wS have
seven hundred new people that are
eolus to come to Payette Valley
within the next five years and Just
through tho efforts OF this ono com.
p8ny
The plan upon which the company
iis the land makes II possible Tor
iAe salarled man 20 get tract The
buyer pays a small payment down
and than every quarter payment
and Tor five years the company takes
Fara o. The trees. pays all taxes and
ll expenses a. The end OF the time
mcnins over 10 the purchaser bear.
as orchard groe or an lucumbranco
Since beginning tho planting OF the
tract tho company has made every
affors TO DO everything on their part .
90 brlug me tract up 10 the highest
standard Of cultivation. The water
tot the tract 10 secured from the
Farmers ditch AZ point whore
there was big seventeen foot drop
ihe company have installed tholr
pumping plant lore monster La.
iglle turbine connected with two
oig centrifugal pumps. ono ton
inch and the other an eight inch.
provides the water for irrigation. Up
so the present time the eight inch
pump only has been used but should
sgion demand the other IL al
aay ready aud with the ample POW.
- provided by the biz drop In the
tltcd tho Watering expenses should
b. very light Evcrything at the
power house Is OF the most substan
,ial nature The sideways are OF
concrete and tho hcadgate OF con.
rete and steel and viii last as long
aa tlac ono might think From tho
power station the water Is conveyed
% huge wooden pipes 20 the land
aud % different locations ON the
tract are conventions taps so placed
Wat eycFy position OF the tract can
b irrlrgsted BY Just turning the
,aD which throws the water into the
main lrrlegtlug ditch from which Il
spreads into the smaller bitches run.
slug over the orchard I
Wlihin very shot, time M com
1auy vill bcgiu work getting thc i69
icres they have len IN shape fog
Planting next spring, IN the mean.
lmc The ONWARD tract ia indeed
ierg busy place About twenty mon
are Kept at work constantly under
hc supervision Of field manager o.
:. Miller. lrrlgating cultlvating aud
lostlns the land aud the trees show
Do cffcct Of excellent care. Six big
mule teams and two hlg four horse
cams are constaEtly az work on the
,rchard That che tract IS IN fine
condition cre has enly 20 VISIT