TTTE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 19fT.
Why Swelter!
PECOS VALLEY DEVELOPMENT
Water Supply from Artesian Weill ii
Least of Troubles.
SOIL IS OF RICH, SANDY LOAM
Rnawell Coaatrr, nrlni In Close Prom.
Imltr Texas, la AHorrd of
an lallraltrd Market
for Apples.
ROB WELL, N. M., Jun 1. (Special.)
In the Pecos valley of New Mexico the
great possibilities are Just beginning to be
appreciated. The wonderful artesian wells
which mad Irrigation ao ilmple In the
earlier year of the vallejr'a history kept
the people from seeing the greater possi
bilities. Now that the higher landa are
being developed by pumping the country
around. Boa well la taking on activity which
It never before haa known.
The Pecoa valley varies In width from
six to ten mllea and la about fifty miles
long. The water supply la all from an
arteetan flow, which la fed by underground
treama which coma fioin the mountains
to the west. The supply U replenished
each year by the melting snows and rains
In' the mountains, and the water supply
w jaj ivmsi ui me vauey a iruuuiea.
The climate la Ideal. The altitude of
Roawnil la 1.800 feet The annual rain
fall la about fifteen Inches, coming In the
summer when most needed for the grow
ing crops. The winters are dry, and the
temperature seldom goea below 20 degrees
above sero. The summers, while hot, are
not unpleasant Although the thermometer
Sometimes registers as high aa 100, the
lack of humidity makes the shads very
pleasant on the hottest day. The nights
ars always cool enough for blankets, even
following the hottest days.
The Roawell country Is stout ths south
ern limit, where good apples can b grown.
Texas haa never been able to grow good
apples to any extent, but the Pecos valley
in the vicinity of Roswell is wonderfully
adapted to fruit culture. Ths fact that It
lies close to Texas places a wonderful
market right at the door of the Roe well
applo country and makes fruit culture
Very profitable, the orchardlsta realizing
a net profit of from 1300 to $000 an acre a
year off of their crops.
The soil la a rich sandy loam, which,
while admirably aulted to growing good
healthy fruit trees, is also well adapted to
almost every crop. Alfalfa makes big
yields here, going aa high as seven tons on
the five and alx cuttings which are ob
tained each year. Celery, strawberries and
other small fruits and vegetables produce
wonderful crops, and delicious favors.
Cantaloupes are said to equal If not sur
pass the famous product which comes from
the Rocky Kord country of .Colorado.
The development now is principally on
the higher landa where the land Is above
the flow Una of the artesian water. This
artesian water Is being lifted now, and
thousands of acres of what has heretofore
been barren land, because of lack of water.
Is now being reclaimed and turned into a
garden spot. This higher land Is best for
prchards and ths future for these Mo
tions la brighter than would be Indicated
by ths already brilliant records of the lowar
land. Dig projects are being flnanoed, ex
perienced agriculturists are being brought
In from other states and irrigated sections,
and the country Is taking on new life.
As an example of this devedopment the
ll.OOO-acre tract which lies at ths northern
limit of the city of Roswell might be cited.
Here the pumping, M bolng dons by elec
tnolfyY'a hew ptan't bring erected for that
purpose. Something like forty miles of
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Andrew Carnegie once suggested as an epitaph for his
own tombstone what he said was the secret of his success :
u Here lies a man who surrounded himself with men
abler than himself.
Many able people are working for you, scientists, inventors,
manufacturers, all trying to male something yea want. Do you u
their brains and their efforts "lurround yourself with them" or do
you plod along by yourself, year behind the times
Take your own home. Have you your share of modern im
provements there money-saving. labor-saving, health-promoting) One
of the mo.t important of these is a New Perfection Cook-stove.
A New Parfecboa stove sever overheats a kitchen. It saves your strength, h
save, fuel and tame. With ths New Perfectwe oven with the glass doori Tyesj caa
go oa wuh your iroaiog or any other week, and still be sore at a (Uses tke ioint is
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I transmission or trolley lines have ben
constructed. Some sixteen wells have been
put down, and mora are being ' started.
About forty miles of road have been built
and twelve miles of shade' trees have been
planted.
Itevelnpment has be n started on about
3.000 acres of this tract. Between three and
four hundred acres of this has been put
Into apple orchards, and the remainder Is
being put Into corn, oats, alfalfa, beans,
melons and various other crops until fall
when the greater part ot It will go in or
chard. The land Is divided Into small tracts of
from ten to forty acres, and these are be
ing taken tip rapidly by farmers and men
from the cities of the middle western and
eastern statea
Alexander McPherson, for eighteen years
horticulturist for the state of Idaho, Is
In charge of the development on this
Berrendo tract, and he Is very enthuslaaUo
over the prospects for ths valley.
"I have never seen such great opportuni
ties as we have here," said he. "Wi have
all the good features of the other irrigated
sections and we certainly have many that
they lack. Here Is land available adjoining
a city of 10,000 people, a city of fine homes,
good schools and large churches. The cli
mate Is' all anyone could ask and ths op
portunities for making money are un
limited." Irrigation Project
For Lost River Land
Financed in Chicago
Hawley, McDougll and Robinson
Attend Conference and Approve
Decisions.
CHICAGO, June 16. (Special.) The big
Lost river irrigation project is to be com
pleted with the least possible loss of time.
James B. Clinton, Jr., the Boise banker,
who has heavy financial Interests In the
gigantic undertaking, was here for several
days in consultation with leading local
financiers, and aucceeded In forming a
strong group to underwrite the bonds of
the company. In the syndicate are the
Continental Commercial National bank-, the
First National bank and ths Chicago
Title and Trust company.
Representing ths atate of Idaho in the
negotiations have appeared Governor
Hawley and Attorney General McDougall,
who express themselves as being entirely
satisfied, with the arrangements com
pleted with the bondholders, through W.
D. Rellly, chairman of the ' bondholders'
committee and manager of ths underwrit
ing syndicate. State Engineer Robinson
of Idaho, was hers working out ths de
tails of the plans that have been gen
erally agreed upon between himself and the
company's, engineers.
The arrangements Just completed be
tween the Idaho financial interests, those
In Chicago and ths Idaho state officials,
mean that the work will be resumed with
the least possible loss of time and will
be rushed to completion. Mr. Rellly haa
given assurances $hat operations will be
begun Just as soon' as ths Aubt'rifcrs can
shape up the legal matters.
As part of ths plan It has been de
cided to Install cement drops on ths Powell
tract, at ths lower end of tha Mackay
segregation, which embraces much rich
land, so that tha settlers there will have
the benefit of this year's flood waters.
The Mackay, flam wfll be completed as
rapidly as the work can he done. It will
bo 120 feet high, aa originally planned, but
win be more massive and specially, rein
forced.
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JUDITH BASIN TRANSFORMED
Extension of Jawbone Road Proves
Big Boon to Lewiston.
TOWNS GROW LIKE MUSHROOMS
Prosperity Now Covers tke Basin Like
a Mantle (osslrr la Berom
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HELENA, Mont., June 16, (Special. )
Surrounded on ail sides by mountain ranees
the extensive Judith basin in Fergus
county remained for years an Isolated
paradise for stockmen. Lewtstown, ths
county seat, became ths supply point for a
rich mlnlne; region and for a stock country
which extended for fifty miles on all sides.
It was ths busiest and most prosperous
town without railroad communication la
ths northwest. States left for many points
and ths streets were crowded with passing
freight teams of ten span of horses or
more. If one wanted to get to Lewlstown
he would have to take the long stage ride
from Fort Benton or Great Falls on ths
Great Northern, from Billings on ths
Northern Taclflc or from Harlowton on a
ahort railroad from the west locally known
as the Jawbone. Many merchants and
others who witnessed ths animated sosnes
on ths streets and knaw of tha amount of
money that waa In elrculaUon frowned
upon tha proposal to build a railroad to
conn'', ths Judith basin with the rest of
ths sorld. Selfish stockmen were there,
too, who wished to keep ths country Iso
late i so that they might continue In un
dlstvrbed use of ths publle lands aa a free
range.
This condition continued until about sight
years ago, when tha Jawbone railroad was
extended to Lewlstown. Farming began
on ths Rock creek bench, ths flourishing
town of Moore sprang into being' and the
character of the country as a farming
region was established. Three years ago
ths Great Northern opened a line through
the Judith basin which connected at Great
Falls and Billings with transcontinental
lines. Ths Jawbone was acquired by the
Milwaukee, whose new line through ths
state crossed ths, southern boundary of
Fergus county, following- the Mussslsnell
river. The Judith basin woks up, and ths
transformation of this range country into
a region of farina which then began has
proceeded In the most astonishing manner.
Lewlstown and Moors grew rapidly and
new towns sprang up Uke mushrooms. Back
of the towns were ths farms and ths farm
ers who were making good. Grain ele
vators became familiar and suggestive fea
tures ot the landscape.
Ldwlttsna Springs Forward.
When released from Its laolaUon Lewis
town i prang forward In great bounds and
sudderly found Itself a center -of railroad
activity. Both ths Great Northern and tha
Milwaukee have purchased rights-of-way
for entrance into the town.' Ths latter road
la to build a branch from the MuaselshsU
valley through Lewlstown on to Great
Falls, and ths former a line which will
connect Lewlstown with Its Billings and
Northern branch at a point tweaty miles
west of the city. Ths long branch Una of
the Groat Northern -which la to be built
from Mondak is expected to pas-through
the town. It will open for' settlement a
great farming region In Ihe eastern part ot
the state, soma ot whiaii Is now 100 miles
from any railroad. . Tils rsglon In the
rapidity of its deevlopment Is likely to
rival tha experience of the Judith basin
tn the last three years. Not to be outdone
In ths race to reach the fertile Judith basin,
the Northern Pacific haa projected a Une
from Glendivs to connect with tha Great
Northern at a convenient point near ths
western edge of ths basin, whence) a track
to bo used by both roads will be laid to
Helena, opening up a new country, where
the lines of the two roads cross, Ths con
struction ot these roads will vaaUy in
crease ths area that may be farmed with
profit, but whether he Is sitting aa a dele
gate In a development congress, or as a
representative in a secret society, religious,
political or business convenUon ths Judith
basin man is apt to rise to remark when
occasion offers that Fergus county la something-
of a farming county "right now."
It is computed, he will point out, that
there- are to be harvested In the Judith
basin this year 167,000 acres of winter
wheat, 81,000 acres of spring wheat. UJXX)
acres of oats and 9,000 acres of flax a
total ot S0S.000 acres. In an ordinary good
year ths average yield per acre Is thirty
bushels. Ths wheat crop may amount to
0,000,000 bushels and require ,000 freight
cars to handle it. To transport ths 600,000
bushels of oats and ths 162,000 bushels of
flaxseed, ths estimated yield, 182 cars will
be required. Ths crop from 8.000 acres of
potatoes will fill too cars. Tou may esti
mate how many miles of track would bo
filled with ears loaded with these crops if
all trains were started at ones. Ths fig
ures furnished are astonishing, and the
development haa Just begun.
However, even ths old partisan 'of ths
stage lines and the freighting outfits will
admit that the new methods ot transporta
tion are better than the old, and that the
transformation ot ths oountry Is something
ho never dreamed ot aa oosalble. The
stockman, too, la reconciled to the new
conaiuons. iie Knows that much moun
tainous and rough land will always be de
voted to (rasing and that the coming of
railroads and the settlement ot the country
baa enhanced the value of his deeded land
600 per cent. Most of ths big ranches that
ware situated nsar the railroad1 have been
out up Into farms. The former ranch
owner, become the town capitalist, is using
his money In enterprises for the devi.,.
ment of ths resources of the country. No
longer he entertains ths cowman's and
aneepman s long cherished and freaiv .
lated opinion that Montana was destined
to remain a grazing country. Some old
stockmen have turned tha oowpuncher's
quirt or ths aheepherder'a staff into Du..
shares and ars extolling the merits of the
country as a dry farming region. Times
nave cnangea ana men have chand -..
them. Prosperity now covers tha Juititn
oasm aa wiin a mantle. What will the
harvest bs when flvs times as many fertile
acres, yet untitled, shall bs Drodunn.
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MONTANA EXPECTS BIG CROPS
RaUafsUl and Other Factors Work
Toward Heavy Prodaetloa
la Fields.
GREAT FALLS. Mont. Jons 1.
Business men who havs lived In this sec-
lion for rorty-nvs years and havo mads a
fortune here say there never haa h .
year ot greater promise than this one. ao
far as ths promise of rood
earned. The wheat, alfalfa and hay crops
re now ass urea, ana the smaller eropa havs
quits as gooa a promise for heavy ylalds.
This has been a SDrlnsr Of Inn aa4
" auit
rainy weal her &d. mim (ha umHb Ot
April usually Is a dry month, mora than
twice ths amount of precipitation fell this
year, the total equalling almost an Inch.
May haa added more than two Inches,
whereas less than an Inch has been Its
customary share. Ths fields are all green
and fine and ths soli Is full of moisturs,
and ths farmers are as happy aa children
over the outlook.
As a result of this, land values have been
of confidence pervades all this part of
Montana. The sheepmen, stockmen and the
farmers say this Is a year that means a
large profit to them and the herds and
flocks on ths hills reflect the same feeling
with fuller bodies and sleeker coats than
havs been seen at the ssme time if ever be
fore. Montana will be on the map this
year, all declare, when Its yield has been
reckoned and changed Into money by the
producers.
Asparagus Grown in
Williamette Valley
Small Grain Farming; on Ranches is
Given Up for the Prolifio
Root Crop.
EUGENE, Juno lb.-Small grain farming
on ranches of from 400 to 1,000 acres has
gone out of fashion In the upper Willam
ette valley, to a large extent, and has been
succeeded on the rich alluvial bottoms,
alon gwater eourses, by asparagus, celery,
rutabagas, onions and other prolific bear
ing root crops. Several cannery men of
California and other sections have visited
the asparagus fields here and have pro
nounced them the best for thslr age they
havs ever seen. Ths harvest of tha "grass"
Is now in full swing. Lata spring rains
have held back the product, but over a ton
a day Is now being hauled to the city mer
chants and express offices for shipment to
Portland from ons small farm of fifty
acres. Asparagus begins to produce Its
commercial crop the second year and la
excellent the third year. Lane county as
paragus Is selling at 10H cents this spring,
while asparagus from eastern Washington
is sslllng at S cents, and California mar
kets havo gono to pieces because of a rate
fight among certain producers of the Sac
ramento valley, according to reports. The
demand for the green tips Is strong. The
tubers grow yery fast in the bottom sub
Irrigated aoils.. Onions, too, are a highly
remunerative crop, the valley lands yielding
all the way from 1,000 to 15,000 pounds per
acre. There haa been a demand for 70,000
pounds of Australian reds tills season,
which local markets were unable to get,
the supply being cleaned up. Celery Is a
demonstrated success here, also. It ths
acreage tor certain root crops wars as
sured, ths local fruit cam. . y man says, a
big Industry would at once be established
for canning beans, and other vegetables for
ths market. The local fruit growers havo
a very successful co-operative cannery.
Paunpla Plants Betas InataUlod.
Nine pumping plants are being installed
In the Moses Lake district in eastern
Washington, ninety-five miles west of Spo
kane, - where several thousand ' acres, or
land will bs devoted to apple and other
fruit trees. Gunther Carlberg, president ot
the Valhalla Orchard company, which Is
planting ono tract of 330 acres, says the
soil of ths valley, whloh is formed by tho
Weber, Flannlgan and Walker coulees, and.
Is called Vaeuna, meaning "the goddess ot
rural leisure," Is ohlefly volcanic ash, free
from stones and sand. .Water from an un
derground stream is reached at from twen
ty to thirty-three feet. The district was
originally settled by German-Russians,
who made the land productive by dry
farming methods.
of Quality
mounted to the
Purity hat kept
Bottled only at the
sAnheuser-Bu3ch Brewery
, St. Louis, Mo.
LARGE ORCHARDS PLANTED
Apple Growers Unusually Actire in
State of Washington.
INSTALLING PUMPING PLANTS
Twenty-Two Thousand Acres of Lsutd
ia Owyhee County, Idavho, to Be
Watered Under Carey Aet
Plan.
6 PO KAN IS, Wash., June 18. (Special.)
One of the show features of ' a private
Irrigation plant Just completed on the
Tremolo tract In the Spokane valley, four
miles east of Spokane, la a well with four
compartments 100 feet below the surface
and an elevator service for the accommo
dation of visitors. Ths well, which was
constructed at a cost of 110,000, has a
capacity of 60,000 gallons an hour, and Is
used to supply water for domestic and Irri
gation purposes to IV) acres of land, upon
which nearly $60. .J has been expended.
The well- is cement lined and the water Is
delivered in cement pipes, while the do
mestic supply Is carried In steel piping.
Tha tract Is owned by the Eshleman-Burr
company of Spokane, which will develop It
as orchard land.
Thirty-six thousand apple trees of stand
ard varieties "have been planted on the
Chelan Butte orchards, S00 acres, near
Chelan, Wash., where Irrigation with tank
wa-ons will bs carried on until MS, after
which a pumping plant will be Installed.
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UPON THE STRONG WINGS
and Purity over fifty years ago "The Old Reliable9
top of the world's bottled beert and never ending fidelity to Quality and
it at the top iU mildne. and exquisite taste also helped to build its popularity.
Why go about in stuffy attire,
when the Palace offers codI $12,
"two piece" Summer Suits
At
Single breasted? Yes. Double breasted t Yes.
Tho late light grays and tans! Yes. Half lined
with serge or alpaca! Yes, sure! Froper cuff bot
tomed trousers! .Certainly. Don't balk at tho price.
These suits have both the goods and the get up, but
the big, bulky prices of others are missing.
Same price $0.75 takes choice of a "leader
lot" of men's $12 qualitied THREE-PIECE suits.
Light weights; stunning grey or tan 6tripes, grey
mixtures, herringbones, etc.,' and EACH suit
KKAI.LY worth a DOZEN dollars.
clothing company
COR.i4
The trees are set out according to a regu
lar schedule, each acre containing thirty
five Winesap, ten Delicious, ten Spltsen
berg, ten Newtown rippln or White Win
ter Pearmatn, and as fillers twenty each
of Rome Beauty, Jonathan and Stayman
Winesap. The company, which Is headed
by 0. I Pratt, has installed a temporary
pumping plant capable of lifting 100 gal
lons of water a minute to a height ot 212
feet, where are two tanks, each ot 6,000
feet, tor storage purposes.
Idaho Land and Investment company of
Parma Is planting an orchard five miles
In length along the western, boundary line
of Idaho. There are 2,000 acres In the or
chard, which begins at a point two miles
north of Parma and ends two and a lu
miles above Kyssa. Fourteen hundred
acres of land has been set to apple trees.
In the center of the orchard has been
platted the townslte of Apple Valley. The
settlement Is entirely, almost, ot farmers,
formerly residents of the state of Iowa,
who ' are developing five and ten-acre
tracts.
. Twenty-two thousand acres of land in
Owyhee county, Idaho, will be watered
under a Carey act plan by the Idagon Ir
rigation company, headed by W. H. Abel
ot Portland, Ore., and his associates, who
have financed the project The tract Is to
a recognised fruit belt along tha Snake
river, bordering Idaho and Oregon.
Twenty-one miles of canal has already
been constructed, and several thousand
dollars expended upon construction work
on the reservoir at the headquarters of
Succor creek, from which water is to be
supplied to the lands. Active work has
The Anheuser-Busch Co. of Nebraska
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Family Supplies by Courts? eV Cds
Gladstone Bros.
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been started on the extension of the project
and it will be pushed to completion.
Stephen O. Jayne, manager of ths federal
government's, irrigation . projects In tho
northwest, with headquarters In, SpoVanS,
said on returning from a trip through tha
Columbia River valley that ths farmers In
the AUe.ll a and White Bluffs districts are
keenly Interested In the possibilities of
dairy farming and hog raising.
"These localities under irrigation ' will
raise large crops of alfalfa," he added.
"The settlers are considering the matter of
getting dairy cows and feeding them al
falfa, also going Into hog raising on an
extensive scale. The cultivation of alfalfa
is needed for building up the fertility of
the soil, which Is naturally lacking in
humus. Alfalfa, too, Is a means ot getting
a quicker return on Investments than fruit
raising. In the valley, away from' ths rail
ways, it is worth 120 a ton and on board
the cars It brings 21 a ton. Three or four
crops can be raised in a season, equaling
about seven tons to the acre. It Is good
for the land, enriching Instead of exhaust
ing it. Another point is, that It increases
the water holding capacity ot the soli, an
Important matter where water Is scare
or has to bs pumped."
Store at Cherry Creek, 8. IJ., Darned,
PIERRE, S. IX, June 16. (Special Tele
gram.) A telephone message received her
today from Cherry Creek, tells of tha
burning there of the Traders store, owned
by H. T. Robinson and John M. Robb.
They carried a stock of about $20,000 with
but little Insurance and the loss will be a
heavy ons on them.
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