Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-04

In Jordan valley. The acreage In this
section totals $4,000. part of which II
under cultivation Third In Importance
y the Warm Springs district which
q tributary to Ontario and embraces
$1,000 acres, all u which will ~ served
With water during the present year.
the Oregon Payette slope irrigation
district. with 600 acres IL now being
served with water and more produce
i've land cannot DO found.
Excellent crops of fruit hay, grain,
corn and root crops are being obtained
on the irrigated land and the county
ID unsurpassed by any other in the state
IN the amount Of alfalfa grown annu-
any. The average alfalfa growth pro-
viues Tour crops year and produces
from SIX to ten tons an acre. II
THOUSANDS or CATTLE
Great herds Of beef cattle and sheep
lind range land in this district. With
its sem-tropic conditions Malheur
comfy Is developing some wonderful
products In fruit, melon and root crops.
There are about 1000, 900, 900 feet OF
understandable timber. practically all Of
which u In the Burnt river mountains
IN the extreme northern part OF the
county. and for the most part this is
privately owned.
With the Owyhee Malheur and Snake
rivers furnishing water for the irri-
cation purposes, another factor Is also
to be found in the potential waterpower
there being about $4,000 hydro horse
power tosdevclop.
Mining Is another important asset
to the county, which has been practic-
ally untouched. There Is placer and
quartz gold, silver, gypsum. platinum,
quicksilver, graphite, flint, sandstone
and granite.
Several natural gas wells are to be
found in the county, and agitation has
been made for several years for the
testing OF possible oil bearing fields
ONTARIO LEADS
number Of important points have
come into being In this county-Ontar-
10, Vale, Nyssa, Jordan valley and Jun
tura being in the lead but the greatest
OF these is Ontario. In some respects
the story of Ontario Is unique in all
respects remarkable. No other city In
the union has been endowed with such
u remarkable heritage Born in the lap
of six Of the most wonderful valleys
extant, nourished anna fed by natures
plenteous gifts, ontario has grown and
developed by series OF prodigious
leaps and Is gathering to herself growth
even greater than that made before, by
the natural process OF accretion that
comes after certain stage Of devel-
opment has been attained
Ontario Is the metropolis of south
eastern Oregon. Due to It's natural
location all the highways of commerce
lead to Ontario: 1t Is also tina gateway
and terminus of all cross Oregon high
ways.
MAKE PERMANENT PLANS
Assured of its future growth the city
is being built on a permanent founda-
ton and already has 10 miles of water
mains, Is miles of sewerage, a 100000
water plant, let contract last sum
mer for As blocks of bitulithic paving
at an approximate cost of $3.50, 900. On
tario has one high and two grade
schools employing 25 teachers with an
annual budget of more than $4,000.
Two manufacturing plants Ca third will
commence building within 80 days. (;
two banks with a combined capital OF
100000 and total deposits of over 3d.
900, 900.
Owing to the lack of facilities for
housing newcomers the Ontario Com
mercial club which Is very much alive
institution. undertook to obtain the
promise of a number of businessmen
to construct homes for renting pur-
poses. Twenty-Five was the original
number desired but in less than "a
hours 3S names had been secured and
a great percentage of these homes are
already completed or undr way.
Both in the city and district every
body is optimistic and the belief Is
prevalent that the year 1920 will see a
greater development than has taken
place here during the past ten years.