Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-04

VALE STEAM LAUNDRY.
1925, Beulah 1863, westfall 1910, siv-
erside 5000, Juntura 1850. Jordan VAL
| ley 1900, Ironside 5000, Miller Gin Nor
mon Basin) 5000, Crowley $780, NAL
| heur $3.50.
POPULATION.
Population of the entire county Is
now approximately 10000. distributed
| about as follows: Ontario 1000, Vale
| 1900, Nyssa 500, Jameson 100, Brogan
200. Miller (mining camp) 200, West
fall 200, Harper 100, Juntura zoo, Riv-
| erside ESQ.
| Vale, Nyssa, Ontario, Brogan, Jor-
dan Valley and Juntura have CONNER
cial bodies and will give information
in regard to their particular surround
tngs upon application.
Nyssa publishes the Gate City Jour-
nal, Ontario the Argus and Democrat.
Jordan Valley the Express, Juntura
the Times. Vale the Malheur Enter
prise.
BANKS AND SCHOOLS.
| There are nine banks In the county,
rs follows: Vale two, Ontario two,
7 JOTubI Ndlley one, ENySSh Two, "eSI-
| fall one, Juntura one.
The county Is well supplied with
schools. having 85 school districts. The
schools are in every way modern and
run on modern lines. Vale, Nyssa and
Ontario have splendid high school
buildings. Movements are on foot to
erect country high schools and thus
give the country children benefit of the
advanced work.
| All the denominations are well repre-
scented In the county. Many of the
country districts use the school houses
for religious meetings.
The Catholics maintain a splendid
| hospital at Ontario. They now have
charge of the county poor. having a
high, slightly and quiet location.
| Malheur county Is blessed with a
| climate which permits of successful
road building and renders roads easily
| kept in repair. The roads are gener-
| ally fair throughout the county. An
Increased number Of automobile tour
lists are going through Vale to San
Francisco.
OPPORTUNITY.
Within short distance of Vale,
| two miles, Is to be found n splendid
| lime and shale formation suitable for
the manufacture of hydraulic cement.
In several places near the city is
good clay for the manufacture Of brick,
tile and sewer pipe.
| Within 20 miles of Vale are the kao-
lin beds. Potash beds now being open
ed within 80 miles Of Vale.
| In the region known as Cow Valley,
dry farming has been a success as
| -.
surrounding Crowley and F'ollyfarm.
| This success has been attained through
the use of ordinary dry farming $50
called methods. Using machinery
adapted to deeply and thoroughly
cultivating the soil: summer fallow-
ing one half of the ground and keep
ing it thoroughly cultivated; using "A
scientific method of alternating crops;
planting such crops as are known to
be best adapted to such farming: these
things combined will assure complete
success in this line of undertaking.
i The government assists in this
scheme by permitting the taking of
32O-acre homesteads in sections where
Irrigation is impossible. 'orty bushels
OF corn has been raised per ;cre by
ordinary methods of farming without
irrigation. Potatoes raised by dry
farming methods will readily sell for
a higher price, In the main, than will
irrigated potatoes.
Vale would be an excellent point for
the location of an alfalfa feed mill,
with grain grinding for stock food add
ed. This section being producer of
alfalfa seed, the chaff might be then
worked into profitable food for stock
as well as making such growth as had
been too coarse for the best hay avail
able as a first class product.
At Nyssa Is a cheese factor which IL
doing a good business and others might
be profitably added in different Sec
tons.
With the commencement Of COM
mercial production at Brosan and
Jameson comes an opportunity for a
canning establishment Farmers will
guarantee to plant such vegetables in
sufficient quantities as to keep the
cannery going during a long season,
winding up with the fall apple crop for
drying or canning.
We wish to reiterate that for prune
raising this country cannot be excelled.
/ Good facilities for handling and ship
ping. Comparative nearness to market.
Earliness of crop. An inexhaustible
market for either green or dried prod
uct, are some of the advantages. The
principle facts. h>wever. are the GER