Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-07-19
WHEAT And OATS
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triet east of the Howell Prairie sec.
ton, beginning one mile south Of Sill
verton. 1t is in township 7 south Of
range l west and contains 1918 acres.
OF the 1878 acres, 1885 are i'll winter
wheat this year, SS7 in spring wheat,
1856 in oats, II in barley, lao in rye,
396 in corn, 463 in clover hay and 44S
acres in hay crops. Potatoes arc reeoiv-
ing some attention in this upland, as
there are l72 acres aud ) ccres in field
beans.
This district is not strong for fruits
as out of the 1878 acres, there are only
50 in bearing apples, no cherries, one
acre of peaches, Al acres of prunes with
33 acres coming on and only one acre
of loganberries.
Some of the extensive land owners
TIRE Martin Lorenzo 1868 acres, Peter
Zueher 3lj, W. J. Haberly $40, Allen
Huddleston 254, j. G. Kuenzi 247, L. b..
Haberly 800, D. G. Davenport s25 and
Albert Thompson 240 acres.
Between Abiqua creek and Silver
Creek falls, southeast Of Silveitoa down
in the Hullt country, there is a section
that was assessed by Ed o. Nelson. 1t
is pretty much in the hiliy country, al
though there are some large farms in
the district. Here barely over four per
cent of the land is in winter wheat as
out Of total Of 1913 acres in tine dis
trict only $50 are growing to winter
wheat, with A to spring wheat ana etO
to oats.
Corn is receiving some attention with
100 acres and hay crops $50. Potatoes
crow well in the foot hills and heie we
find 40 in potCtoes and five n field
beans. The hills are Thought 90 be
good for the growing of prunes and
there are now l3 acres There A. not
am aero of loganbcrrics il this section
but there arc 4 acres of stra~herues
lt Is stock country.
e. S. Porter is the big land owncr OF
this section with 1476 acres. John H..
Porter is credited with 820, Il +. Heat
er with 2j0, Mrs. Charlotte Ross 2sS,
.H. 4. Hartley 32o, Jemcs G. Gordon 25s'
Iinnie %. Davis 2l9 aud L. @, Hartley
with 2l6 acres.
The SCOTS Mills scetioa was assessed
by George g. Haynes. Il includes ~
900 acres and is located between Ahiqua
creek and Butte creek, the eastern boun-
darv of the county and lays southeast OF
Marquam.
This gets into the moustam land,
where more attention is given 70 pruncs
than any part of the casters seetlou OF
the county Here we find out Of the|
5000 acres. pwncs crcdited with 5ll
arres with l5a acrcs coming on. wal
nuts prosper here as there airs already
80 acres in bearing and = aon 4ealns.I
-Four acres arc iu ioganberries sna one
in Strawberries
oalv Two per cent Is in winter wheat
with 77g acres but oats come stronger
IS ghe extreme eastern part Of the cour-
te with l4sg acres. about nine per cent
of the land in the district.
Here also we find potato gforing re-
eeieing attention as there Is now an
acreage OF ga, with 9 acres in field
beams There are 81 acres OF bearing
aupIe trees out Of the 1920, ne cher
fIes 40 peaches no pears. Bal there arc
four acres Of loganberies and one acre
in sif Uhcrrics.
Il this wocdlad district the big
lsad suncrs are. j. W DAVIS 500 acres,
&. r. Hartman $40, ~Aiolph dehiedief
gss. ). p Zimmerman sss. ". H. Rahie
s84. Il. 3. Hoolcy rents 1900 acres
Ra Morley IS banking on wainuis
- Is has al acres uoa-AaaIiEs. T. j.l
white IS prures with 6 ceres bear
iaa ard six acres non-beariug. J. d.
Wordsn hos 80 sores 20 pranes i IS.
de4flauinn into d PRIME eoanifT.
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Al feaF men who hla up two Con-
t4aiia 81 hiisamcRis saaaag night are
aaaer arrest aad have confessed their
suiii