Show 1 u r W A u I The Ili Big Bend Country by b V 1 Its New T tI E I N W 1 I L I I N tra D E M p I R E Wheat Fields Field Volley und find rid How flow Its Famous They Apples Cultivated High h The Prices We V fort for c t About Chelon Queer Features of I i L A VAST REGION OF DESERT DEVOTED TO GRAIN AND FRUIT Farm Life and und Money Monc Mailing in the Great Grent Northwest u I 1 Correspondence oll of the Deseret by b Frank l ir r rr I V R ted b by 3 Prank an k 0 G Carpenter r 1 a lr TI TI the past week w k I t have V Kenn VI W moving about through ent Int ports part at of tho the Inland em enu emr I J entered It from Colum olum r rf la bf in Hi Ill Northern railway r lIwA RO IJ lit 1 fine 1 to 10 Spokane From there thero th ro I both east ant and vv west well t and antI 1 I am ant amr r here on the Columbia river In the pic Bend country at t In 11 1 vallo 1110 OfU INLAND I T I dt of giving you nn an adequate c t pilon o of this part of o the United Culled j 1 i e The empire was wa to 10 n a k 1111 ge extent lIt a desert until a few fel yeara ye ra U rr gi and ind mw n nI v It is to only duly In the north nor h ar r hat That the p people ople have begun to tl ap npr p r i te Its 18 value The formation faro 1 I HO HOn o oH to n H us that thai one should see p It II for tor him r t properly know it In n brief It 1 ire the vast region II lying between Butler Bitter Hoot Boot and moun mounts mounIA ts IA which are all drained by b the Colum err and Us Its It It com rr i mo most t of Idaho and a large part pan lut lutt If tr t rt Va Il ton and Oregon Or on It Itt SH in extent nil 1111 of oC the New ew Ell t f task J i together with ewe New ew York Jei Jr ry pj Pennsylvania and Mary Iao As A 11 1 td H HI th e u f h n I 1 t th h railroad raI i I I saw caw m mI many ity 1 ll Ml Of ot wooden ose oll rr bun n Ih 01 l large 11 I t 1 11 I v heat hI aheda bed hed and el i It rw ir i h i there a Ions flour raid MI til f 1 h 1 III are filled with grain nt pr n Hi I II no i a r f harl hir t Thoy Tho will wl n suit tt IiI hiti IN n i 1 in 4 end 11 the hi hint h overflow olor ol I l un up unido in nt b lff nut ul ido Till Title Inland mtr i I t IH pro IIII 1 I II III ft i nil hush ale ls of wheat In in III AJ nod nui Alii mill atilt the Ih Wit nig Mend aunt tin h has been touched The Th I of f I Alone Inne prod In MI nn t buu lc last I year Mr mid anti th Ih iTi rt IH ii that It II will III do better batter RW LANDS OF IF iF Tin WEST WESTI I have hav bo been n r ig cun l about anadi ut l IK its wheal bell wh The kf hate hll hi Ion r i empire f yn fl to 10 and they Ih that II ll Sam hay haj h reached the thi of hie hl hi farmin I their ua wa 81 nover vel a greet great greeter greater er W iff orl discovering die new newlands nl newlands lands fn PI 11 red ii 0 aid ad pune im of th Ih the het hest b 1 puts pirt or of our ur J rr are art yet to tt t bI be tet ir II A great deal of o the th Ih Rig HI Rend Bend legion run can be farmed without Irritation and there ther are Hie 11 r i tt pro on Oil hams will TK rev million of Ir p This very fr land hold I hats havi hi been riding could have ha been hough about aboul a decide ajr aro or nf or ten rents r h an acre ane The Th Rail n ny y nn NII I road load company compan o oin nd d a at n t quantity I of ot It II t o of oC WH set lon lIo lIoI t I for X A 0 miles mills Ml alums Its II It haa Kau haaI Kauthe the I hI lands land examined d by b fi ev ex x pert Irl and un tin the Ih lm hll l of or o their t a gnat t deal dal of the cones conce atoll Plon 10 went for a swig HOUR The MID lAm lead a ate if now no worth orth J and upward U per r raN err acre aN They Aft act wheal heal and It Is to b believed they Ih wilt will continue to yf I Ifor for tor a generation without fertilisation The lands landa along alon the Great Ireat Northern iy are art equally equall good and lId the whole hole will rapidly Take the Ibe bleak anti and bare liar hills hill just o Ibl Chia town lon of or U hc Then are 11 being IM tn rut UI up Into Inlo farms farina and will all II noon foon n bf be covered ro 1 with wheat A i time Ihn MO ICO you ou round rould not have hate t pl them away U and now no they Ihl are worth worl a gai f n 1 price a as 11 farming lands landa The Th Thep are ar rut Ill without and nd tit to I ih ho h of f the Ib wi It tI are ie ieR R wonderful ero crops CHAIN GR IN PHO I I find that snit grain III Is le now no Mm II IOK oro groan n nU all U along awn the tilt Columbia and here 11 and there Almost everywhere the Inland empire The land li le I on a mighty cal cale III the Ih fine of vf IHrl cultural being Del II 0 u l There are ar team steam plows now no turning the Die tI foil coil 11 which will u rut rat nine lutro fur row a lit at t a II tim lira and steam leam Iff one on of or which will 11 anti and un thrash M A acrea rr of wheat wheal In Inday n e edal day dal dl Suck cut CUI a atla It 14 feet tet wide nn and t deliver the grain mID In tags bl The I of at cultivation art are artno arM areen no M r i that wheat heal IN la now grown Int ul HI a o t of IS 15 rents cent H a bushel h mean a net 1 tar er tent cent nt l I hem heal all 1111 sorts of or fairy fairs morle Morlea a na to I b Mg hi crop nay aj tingle acres h hn hae v 4 i TO bushels of wheat and anet one la II I cited It Id M as turning out huh of If oat nat In onesi one year ar Speaking Sl klu of the wheat along the Ibl Co n 0 lumbia I had bad a that rhal the Ih other tiller night with Mr Ir T A D Du Danlea I general manager of the Ih Columbia Columba end nit Steam Slam Steamship ship hlll company whose boats boat ran about abou ISO mile miles up the tM Columbia and Okane pan gan an river rc through a country not lIot reached by b the railroad He lie My says that hi iliA u el I brought more mol than Ihan a mil mU million Rout lion bushel of wheat down don to 10 the th treat Great Northern at Wenatchee at year wid puid nd that n a great part of ot the country i Is b be beIn In q put PUI under The farmer haul the grain to lb Ib Iba and pU pile U it there in l lb II b bag x In II mounds mound At t one station III tact lat fAil fall 3 1 rack Packs containing bu buh bih h hrh rh tIll of nf grain wore were ON In fur for chip ment and there were Mack 10 tf f tags bags bell all along II Ion I the th river In many man 1 th thI the I j fr runt runs t two o thousand thou feet below b the lint level of at o the wheat fleW and the tM lien begs are aro carnal dawn dOln to the harts oal nn on I the 1111 whoa wheat I tang the empty rare ram rs bark Mr Ir Mil has now cram een hee lIt or nr thic river wheat aid IHlI r lie He t tells ll me fix that the Hie rma 01 try I Ic rapidly nettling and that lilal r the Ibl h r of the tta river Aver eat i is 1 vast Iut o of hat n field fI T Tan nr an alM dairy farm and farther II IP in mining L 1 crane I gtna nt fit the mouth nf of the end be t nd It 1 In r I n a mining ii rig N NAll All along the way R ate are little H devoted to 10 fruit IIII r M I Ithe the Ihl valley where hf tI iMa 1111 tell r rI rIc I I III Ic Written are ate tring n u nto I to 10 ettler irs who art are ort hard anti ant thus developing what pr ea ibe t i tn be lie ono non of or the Ih strut bleat fruit of If the BUtwIN IN 1 TIm Tilt 1 II Y YI I ran 1111 gate phe you jou OU the u bet b Wa td of ot lb ce r t linn liy by It what t Ia ning on 1111 onh n here h r In III the r talky lI nl I iP I 11 II II t 11 in lu almost the renter center nf of n Wash Washington ington elate at III the tb Ib of o tin tle tt Great Northern Non ort horn amend Ii flu he ir I I river It la i J l jm II a huntr l tulles mile front from the he preen orean and t I south of ef our nl III boundary tin In n till the net of It It art are f the thet t mountains and nd on n the ri Mt eat t 1 the Ihl wide nide IIII i t n into whim hl n nIh the Ih empties at this point paint The Tho valley i It Ia narrow but tul It U It rut cut up Into orchards orchard are na wa watered by br the river The mo moat t of or It t was rage n brush four tour or fire year an ago HJO CO but hul it if li le now no UK as cult d u III ac any ny pert of ut the I h I non Ther e ar arf are u II Dout I 1 rrell cr e etin tin str ant ane end Ia like A Ito I I here her h l in he the Ihl town of ut end And In the III r rr glut idin 1 at t New or orchard hard chard me file AI Mt at f out nut nil m 1 every avail aVRil available available able spot apol j ot Five 11 hundred 1 thousand tree wart 1 t 1 lust yeat YeAl and u ot t great Brest number Ihli flit 1111 11 ArRit Af IU is The m nl of nf ih the h hilI It II hire are all NtH Tf Th i rm IP Ic I 1 hould My aai Mynot not nOI over o i ni fit tt re r mash mashas rb df as a high II I or forty The farm em era say r that thit fh dr he a re U Ja about all one malt inert van can An attend to 10 and that if i enough to make a good for tor und and family They TM claim that iii pmt orchard of oC that size ilze well Int Irrigated Irrigated gated GUM will yield nor mop in to money olle titan than Iha th the iM man mun gala from it II farm tum 1 J hear hr of of orchard 1 let und and upward per acre Rate Senator suitor nunn Gunn tells me the that Ihal John made mild SLA clear two In PM ago ao from three und and nt MI the ante time had his hlF bl i p i A year tar ear ago tract netted 1 It OO am and It IK la I now noes rented at II I M 30 0 each cah In advance I was Wit bon a ukI apple orchard the tha theether other ether day within a throw of thi town ionn which has yielded 1160 1 60 taxes of lit apple In one year ear ar The fruit Crull was WAIl en ca s penally fine and It col o That was waa II the Ihl product of a single acre ane of ot land lend lendIn landIn landIn In addition to 10 apples apple the people here hem h rI V N u n u o 0 00 X Xi i ti I 4 I 1 I 1 v f I I r t V t tU tY ti t t t tI ty I t t y X I Y 1 U Y y y X X f X A j I A J ft y yI i I 1 LT Y I h 1 t 4 I 4 f Y t t tX X o j ju f y V V O Or r u nn W xo tit t X 4 fit M S C rw wo woIN r f rIN fIN IN THE GREAT VALLEY ALLEY V Laud land Is I 1 Worth ZOO 00 to 10 IVr Ier ITC for rho Ih Ic cret e h by h It in tk G Ci i arpen err Irr I w W nn V t i i d t H it has haM million of o acres s which n I to tn b ht bit settled Th TIt way wall a once nee a M test l t 1 sea fesi ell c nl the It of Of f the tho thoI I tates It I In to t more morl th than Ihan n ni ar i mil wide 1 and ami lOOd 1000 long lOllI It Il WM trite i ii o i l by h the lilt mountain and IH IU IUA A i r until they f finally itally brake out t I Iii i In which now torn form orm lArl 1 r Itte II Snake Iud and Columbia river rivern rl r i n i They Th cut cuI their tray v 11 y down to 10 toi i Illi f oo frt feet I and the thea PAI a ra H g an plain of ul 1 m i eti i I n feet feel above ahoe the Ihl level of tl tar sera IK d f 4 lIsa I 1 AND ND D VOLCANIC IC ASH HIJ i u 11 df of the Inland empire empl I la b bI lared red IMI I if d r I dropping or Nil Mil M f h the I suit and In la ad ii III II a to A I amount of or sate v AT i r of o the heat bert it Thi TM a trade made from Canada allada r u T f wJ 4 ale HII al I now telling 1 to farmer tar I f i KJ I w ton IBI They uro ti mel deed ed t f and aid grain Rl and I f t from mt rm a f xi 1 for or the th land which v a t 1 tot Ica I ot fi br many miny year The Till Inland ill H h has lh Ih the lime came In Ins I f s i i hut but lt It lit i a h ie copio from Crom ol 01 r 11 In M i th Ih Hg Big HI country I nw raw a 1 U lase herf In fume places I Ih n h err aI rr In r hn n w It II and Ih n II riM Ij Hs into bluff bluffs mind find broken f fl m nt creaked lit Itak nd with Ith A c the Die river there ire ir m f lana lata which look nn nit though lb Ih i maw had hail BB sit Ii It tu ru h d the what In other if tr hal had to n a gravel pravel and Win clam It has hII h plit t Up tip Into Inlo angular hatI r rok rek rk of f VM be airs f liking finking for Ml f 1 Ih I world a Ha though It Il had Imd been nm rift 1 Ih hi a 4 Mono to 10 make I Id pat II hr It II j I hird 1 tn to Imagine a n more d deco dul fo r l fend nd than till thie when untie unde t Jo fj There are arc no eeoc tr no nil green U uh h end all IK la bleak blk and bare bArl It H Is Hit I I s it rrt an and n 1 r eta nor would Imagine that hit t it ft uld alto I to II feed foed a R J jerk jHk k rabbet t till right In III the ne i urh I vast Rt wheat field are nie rf rw i 11 r b be ere In There are patches w of o gr green n ever where have hae hl f p grear n up In the lle of ot the cud i i IN nl v Itself lUelf In h yielding to 10 0 and ami I rc r w of wheat to 10 the acre IV i lalin to 10 br hr their fortunes out of ut other othet fruit A Mr Ir Si Simmons ha hue has on nn orchard which has hI already net n I II led tod I u a profit of MM per Hr acre and It 1 ID Is h huld raid aid that Dan Din Wood picked year ar last Fact 1 81 1300 13 ln nt f rh front from fix daty 1 the file tires Mild and sold 1111 them at lit a II dollar dolla n II nho ho hu how Ill III lira tree tre Ir covered MeNd Ica I then an en n acre re r end nd the total time one OIl years 1 from that amount of o ln l were er ft The Kime orchard netted only Mt la t year ar to so the prop erotic are Ate evi eti evidently deftly dently I 1 Mar hear some extras extra extraordinary ordinary fair fairy Merles Morle about boul jM peaches l and ami 1 i hut but there seem tn to be lie no noi i ubi with wilh a II We bIS for es ea a g ra nor ih th I hil i s region ha hat lu great areal poi poa po HIGH iRi HWE I j S STin Tin Th Iii lurd Jr Ii dr v will alil III raise ral uth auch fruit mi sire how eret entree rr rf unit and nil al and h re are 1 add ld I Ht III high Tin TIll 1 of if the Ih valley aUty reef Ia If It It edit CM n 11 be he binge J II t acre hIt this thU ns II In t a t I r II wati right hl for tor fort t h do ill I II rhea hll about nul IAO Si la r acre I nd which have hav been brought under i uli and anI planted In III trea Ir writ wll 11 fi f i 1 r much men more The Th gen gentral ml rill In li is I SING 1 morn more or per here for neb ash It Ill cur eur dating fn fr from m the thi time t t her HI i At tl 1 thi rate rale a I 2 ear earold old m thard if not till fai from fr Wen n I etcher ought fo fa II north arth tM I 4 and H a aS I It S t r old ild II in 11 In Ilea l 0 Orchards In to I full fult ne arc I north whet what they hf 1111 w all alt thi th war wa from fro Sinn SinnI T 1 t I It IMI per pi fl i acre They Theiu act II the price 1 given nit b bt the It if real l men m and lId the till ne here bl and amid the th lash wem 11 t I i think them thim lit not The Thew Th NI w it II 1 Is all A 1 as a to t how ho much t h Und land will pay paU a on in II the thi and that an 11 orchard of f MM ate acres acre a which will In 10 n II vat tar P oi ought ht to lie le chess at III U W At 1 th Ih time If 1 I I bu buyIng ln r I 1 should huld con cony III elder the lit change of lIt f wale lIlal alc unit and 1111 other fruit trull dl a Ti and would knock off a It ap petty p peonY ponny for blights blight and anol bad era fea fean 11 eons n nL It II Is I fair air to tn my soy Ita hn boa ver that an Irrigated l property P rt never neer fUtI from rom druth add that tin the trees tr here j jare are arc the U m l healthy of o any an I have teen alwn The Th II price Ill I t have given n are SI r tho j I asked for near Wenatchee Ina I 11 1 I m I told there Ihrl sue ate many maw v all lle sunning north rrth and amid uth all along the III Colum Columbia oum bra bia river which in ran Ue be Irritated and ami which will III beer bear fruit nh ac n well III ell at as H this Ihl alle Ill These Them Th trade land are arr rh rhean H r v vary nn r If It li li Inc value to fn j from Crom the Ihl willed settled ci Mme m of t them Ih cell can lIn lie lu II bought for Clr 1 it 1 nothing anti and there Ih are Horn m govern j I mInt lends lift At It 1 11 tic llie II I i for uth ud valleys alln I Ic b t by the lie Ih rl river r ri i team amr r bar liti ate are 1 being 10 m made madela d to la I tin It 01 II tn f h run |