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Show AW OVER THORLEY FARM INTERESTING DAY SPENT BY RE-CORD RE-CORD REPRESENTATIVE SEE- ING IMPROVEMENTS MADE BY OWNER. Sunday morning at about 9 o'clock a Record representative in company with Richard A. Thorley and Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Adams, went by auto to the Thorley farm below Kanarra a few miles, and located in the extreme northern end of Washington county, and spent the day in inspecting the property and noting the improvements made and the vast possibilities of the place. , After leaving Cedar he party passed pass-ed through the farming section below Hamilton's Fort, along the Pace farm with its beautiful growing and lux uriant crops of alfalfa and grain, and from there on south below Kanarra along the meadows which are this season looking better than has been noted for years. After passing the meadows the party went by way of Harmony, passing throgh the immense fields of that community, ana notea mat tne crops aro ideal and will produce far greater returns than for several years past-After past-After leaving the Harmony fields the next point of interest was the entering ent-ering of tho 2500 acre farm and ranch of Mr. Richard A. Thorley, lying in Washington County. Arriving at the ranch house tho party was welcomed pleasantly by Mr. and Mrs Stucki, who are living ;j -"-.Qn.r thp,pr.operjty, JNIrtukiJjeing the ? general foreman. 1 Hero Mr. Thorley and pnrty aband oned the auto and took a wagon, riding rid-ing west to Ash Creek where the water wat-er is taken out by canal nnd conveyed entirely around the 2500 acres, necessitating neces-sitating a distance of four miles and a half for the water to run to cover the complete district. I Every foot of the total acreage can bo cultivated and irrigated, at pre-cnt pre-cnt there being in the neighborhood of 1200 acres broken up and the greater great-er part cultivated. In connection with the land already broken up there is a lovely meadow in what is known as Pond Hollow j which is sub-irrigated by water from Kanarra way, and growing excellent grass as good as can bo found anywhere. any-where. In Ash Creek near the head of the canal is found a large living spring sending forth four cubic feet of water, which Mr. Thorley has piped a dia- . tance of two miles and a quarter in a ten inch wooden pipe across tho valley I east to a spot that he has laid off as a town site, forty acres platted off in to 32 lots with one full block in the center which he anticipates will be used for public purposes when the townsite has been peopled, which he hopes will'be the case soon. This water is of tho best, being palatable pa-latable and soft, and keeps an average temperature during tho entire year, and maintains the same amount the year through. The town site to which this water has been piped lies directly on tho Arrowhead trail, and is on a soil that Is ideal for fruit and vegetable raising rais-ing purposes, there being no better land in tho state. It is Mr. Thorlcy's intention to colonize col-onize this 2500 acres, blocking it off into forty acre tracts, and selling to j farmers who desires homes in a sec- Eg tion where any kind of crop suitablo If to the balmy climate of northern Dixie H can be raised in abundance. H Tho section in which the vast farm H is located is adapted to dairying, as! H there is much meadow and native Hj grasses besides excellent soil for the H raising of alfalfa. The climate too, H is VltQ the winters being mild, the H summer 'not exceptionally hot, H And thfoe who shall locate there H will have all the modern conveniences, H such as telephone, electric light, and E water system, besides being in a po- H sition to receive daily mail, close to I tho Arrowhead Highway which gives H a direct route to closo railroad faci- H lities and market. H Tests have been made in the, raising. H of fruit and 'vegetables and it has been' H found that the quality of fruit is equal to any in the state, ripens early, and is little disturbed by early or lato frosts, while tho vegetables grow seemingly without attention, and aro of excellent quality. As a proof of the prolific growth that is made by alfalfa we mention tho fact that the fields were pastured by sheep until May 18, and until they looked as bare, as any road. Since that date the alfalfa has reached a height of 18 inches and that without irrigation. We have no spaco to tell of all that was seen and noted on this trip, but wll say that tho half has not been told, and to fully comprehend th0 magnificent mag-nificent farm one has to go on tho ground and see for himself. We understand that Mr. Thorley has expended in the neighborhood of $75, 00 " the proposition, nnd expects yet to expend another $25,000, when it will be in fit shape for colonization, and will easily support 50 families. When this is done there wilt bo a live-town live-town on the town site known as "Tho Thorley," with all modern conveniences, conven-iences, electric lights, telephone, school and church, and a most excellent excel-lent place to live. Tho Record representative was appreciative ap-preciative of the cdurtesy of Mr. Thorley, and the very kind treatment of Mr. and Mrs. Stucki,' and hopes in the very near future to again como and partake of their wholesoulad hospitality. |