Great Falls tribune., 1922-04-21
Friday, April 21, 1922.
Special to The Tribune.

Chinook, April 2O.-That the Upper
Milk River valley is an attractive farm
ing section for experienced irrigatort
has been amply confirmed this past
week by visits from men from widely
separated sections of the country. In
the past few weeks a number of men
from Idaho have visited here to look
and Harlem and have said emphatically
that they liked the looks Of the coun-
try and found it had unusual advan-
tages for the man looking for irrigated
lands. That the opinion they express
ed was not to be attributed solely to
a comparison of this country with some
one particular region was shown this
week. when two successful beet farm
ers from an irrigated section of Ne
braska visited here and, after a short
trip down the valley, declared them
selves in the same way.
Adam Kuxhaus and Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Dahlinger, accompanied by Will
liam Blonder Of the Great Northern
look at the country The conditions
were unfavorable for going over the
valley thoroughly. The rain of the
past week had made the roads soft
and it was difficult to get out on the
valley fields and it was impossible to
get far from the state highway. New
ertheless with number of local people
the visitors made trip down the val
ley and got a general view of the lay
of the land and the irrigation systems
and visited some Of the farms, exam
ined the soil. made exhaustive inquiries
as to the irrigation works and the fac
tors of the farming industry here.
They spent Monday forenoon about
town visiting local business houses
After their visit they expressed their
satisfaction with the result of their
visit. They each selected tract of
land down near Zurich. which they
wished to purchase after they could
return home and make arrangements
to do so. and asked that they be held
for them if possible.
The Level lay of the lands appealed
strongly to them and they were salts
fled that the soil was extremely rich
both from their examination Of it and
the specimens of grains and other prod
ucts which they secured. They have
been used to sugar beet growing and |
MIR. kuxhaus stated that he raised so
acres of beets besides other products
with the aid of his family. He was
accordingly interested in the favorable
tests that have been made in the val
ley here with sugar beets and the in |
ability of developing the beet PROPOSE !
ton. They would depend. however, on /
dalrying on the start, with small grain !
and general farming and were pleased |
to find creamery in operation here /
affording a good local market for the |
dairy products. /
These two men are German farmers
In a well developed farming section
ana found prices of lana very tempt
ing here compared to the 5000 an acre
values that prevail in their section,
tunity to secure fertile lanG at low
prices appealed to them as good op-
portunity.
from another state entirely and on
different day, the same thing struck
F. w. Hunter of Rigby. Idaho so forci
bly, that 1Re decided to purchase the
first place The visited and the trip in
the valley on which he started was ,,
cut short to come back to town to fix
up contract. Mr.. Hunter came in
last Friday with T.. K Molen and thev ,
went down to the Fred Bosch place east ;
OF here to examine it first. After go 8
ng over the land, he made up his mind !
hat he was satisfied without going .
any further and the deal was made 9
Mr. Hunter has farm in Idaho which :,
40 plans to rent until he can sell it. 3
md figures on moving here this spring
Q go on the place here and put in
'rop this year. The low price Of land
lere compared to the Idaho irrigated ;
arms, the low water charges. low taxes !,
md fertility of the soil, the advantage !
n freight rates to eastern markets as !.
ompared to Idaho and the possibility :
i such crops as potatoes with which ;
hey are familiar out there settled the :
natter in his mind
Mr.. Hunter plans to build house e
nd barn on the place and will bring v
livestock, machinery and t
eed with him. He plans to put in Is 9
cres Of potatoes the first year as he q
) experienced in the potato industry Il
)ther families from the same section G
re planning on locating in this valley c
his year.
The striking thing about the people Il
no nave come in here so far this
bring as a result, of the advertising
the Upper Milk River valley has :,
cen their nnanimity of opinion as TO N
le opportunities that exist here. The to
ppearance of the valley impresses all
them at the outset. The level fields at
'e ease with which the water is taken
TO the land, the closeness to markets hi
'e abundance Of the water supply the lie
re of the yields from the acres that
I've been farmed at all, the low prices n
the land, and the low price of main
nance OF the water systems, are all
'ints that strike the visitors that have "a
far been in to look over the valley. in
Many come here expecting to find ~
W sagebrush flat bare and untouched -
be developed from the sod up and are re-
surprised to find that the valley is ar
experiment, that it has been tested So