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No firm stands higher
commercially at home or abroad than
the one above. It is composed of
M. G. and J. W. Hope both of them being residents of this county
sine 1882 having ranched in the valley
for about five years before they
began merchandising. DL G. Hope
was appointed postmaster in the
spring of 1887, and he opened a small store, six months later his
brother joined him, and by fair and courteous treatment of their customers
their business has grown to such an extent that in 1895 they were
compelled to erect their present store of which we give it an it
illustration. It is built of stone
48x80, with basement, and is
equipped with freight elevator to expedite the handling of heavy
goods. They carry a general line of merchandise
also farming implements. In
connection with J. N. Fell, they are
interested in the Vale Electric Light Company, and the Vale Milling
Company. They are also interested
as part owners in Eldridge's addition to the town site, and
besides outlying ranches, own one of 120
acres just adjoining the town.
This enables them from a
practical standpoint to be in a position to answer any questions regarding
lands in the vicinity of Vale.
The
ranch contains 1120 acres; there are 32,000 shade
trees, 16,000 fruit trees, 360 acres
planted to alfalfa, 135 acres in
orchards, and the reclamation of this land from its desert state in the
period of six years shows the wonderful resources of a new country
just opened up to horticulture in the eastern part of our state and which
is soon to make a name for itself as one
of the great fruit producing belts of the Northwest.
I allude to that portion of
Malheur County located on the Oregon Short Line railroad
between Nyssa and Ontario, in the
vicinity of Arcadia, and which is now the scene
of active developments brought
about by the construction of the great Owyhee canal. The
country is rapidly going into orchards as nowhere can the
apple, prune and pear be grown so
successfully as in this
vicinity. The soil, climate and everything here is especially
adapted to fruit culture. The land produces the finest
apples, prunes and pears in the world,
also grows to perfection
peaches, cherries, plums, apricots, grapes, nectarines,
etc. Nor is the fruit industry
the only industry we find in
Arcadia. The largest cattle feeding yards on the
Oregon Short Line System containing
over 25 acres in corrals, and all the modern appliances for feeding
live stock in winter. Properly
speaking the business of the K. S. D.
Fruit Land Company is to raise fruit and sell it in winter,
to raise hay and feed cattle in winter.
Yet the rapid development
of their fruit industry has made it necessary
for them to colonize a portion of their
lands which they have subdivided into small orchard tracts in order
to induce immediate settlement to and
during the busy fruit picking
season, and they are offering some very good inducements
to a few families who are looking for homes.
The railroad company have now placed a
half a mile of sidetrack at Arcadia, and a very pretty village has been
laid off for people to live, a
post office has been established and a number of dwellings have
been going up. There is a fine opening
for a general store at Arcadia, as the valley
contains 140 families aside from the
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This
enterprise is one worthy of considerable mention.
The accompanying cut hardly does justice
to what is by all odds the best
constructed flouring mill in this section of the state.
The building is four-stories, the two
lower being stone, and they have a capacity of 50 barrels daily. Their
machinery is of the very latest type, constructed
by Marsh, Gordon & Co., of Warsaw,
Ind. They have ten bolters
and four double stands of rollers. Their power is
obtained from the Malheur River; giving
them a fall of 11˝ feet, open the year round.
They will make flour,
graham and whole wheat, corn meal and
mill feed. There wildly brand is
known as "Purity." and that word fully represents the quality of
their products. The establishment
of this mill has been of great benefit to the farmers
of this county as it enables them to
realize the highest price for
their wheat and greatly curtails the little spent in hauling to the
railroad. The officers at present tire J. N.
Fell. President; John E. Johnson, vice
president; M. G. Hope, secretary
and treasurer.
Mr. N.
T. Taggart, the head miller, has had twenty-four years experience
in the business, being connected with the
flouring mill at Etna Green, Indiana,
for that length of
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No firm stands higher
commercially at home or abroad than
the one above. It is composed of
M. G. and J. W. Hope both of them being residents of this county
sine 1882 having ranched in the valley
for about five years before they
began merchandising. DL G. Hope
was appointed postmaster in the
spring of 1887, and he opened a small store, six months later his
brother joined him, and by fair and courteous treatment of their customers
their business has grown to such an extent that in 1895 they were
compelled to erect their present store of which we give it an it
illustration. It is built of stone
48x80, with basement, and is
equipped with freight elevator to expedite the handling of heavy
goods. They carry a general line of merchandise
also farming implements. In
connection with J. N. Fell, they are
interested in the Vale Electric Light Company, and the Vale Milling
Company. They are also interested
as part owners in Eldridge's addition to the town site, and
besides outlying ranches, own one of 120
acres just adjoining the town.
This enables them from a
practical standpoint to be in a position to answer any questions regarding
lands in the vicinity of Vale.
The
ranch contains 1120 acres; there are 32,000 shade
trees, 16,000 fruit trees, 360 acres
planted to alfalfa, 135 acres in
orchards, and the reclamation of this land from its desert state in the
period of six years shows the wonderful resources of a new country
just opened up to horticulture in the eastern part of our state and which
is soon to make a name for itself as one
of the great fruit producing belts of the Northwest.
I allude to that portion of
Malheur County located on the Oregon Short Line railroad
between Nyssa and Ontario, in the
vicinity of Arcadia, and which is now the scene
of active developments brought
about by the construction of the great Owyhee canal. The
country is rapidly going into orchards as nowhere can the
apple, prune and pear be grown so
successfully as in this
vicinity. The soil, climate and everything here is especially
adapted to fruit culture. The land produces the finest
apples, prunes and pears in the world,
also grows to perfection
peaches, cherries, plums, apricots, grapes, nectarines,
etc. Nor is the fruit industry
the only industry we find in
Arcadia. The largest cattle feeding yards on the
Oregon Short Line System containing
over 25 acres in corrals, and all the modern appliances for feeding
live stock in winter. Properly
speaking the business of the K. S. D.
Fruit Land Company is to raise fruit and sell it in winter,
to raise hay and feed cattle in winter.
Yet the rapid development
of their fruit industry has made it necessary
for them to colonize a portion of their
lands which they have subdivided into small orchard tracts in order
to induce immediate settlement to and
during the busy fruit picking
season, and they are offering some very good inducements
to a few families who are looking for homes.
The railroad company have now placed a
half a mile of sidetrack at Arcadia, and a very pretty village has been
laid off for people to live, a
post office has been established and a number of dwellings have
been going up. There is a fine opening
for a general store at Arcadia, as the valley
contains 140 families aside from the
colony. |
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This
enterprise is one worthy of considerable mention.
The accompanying cut hardly does justice
to what is by all odds the best
constructed flouring mill in this section of the state.
The building is four-stories, the two
lower being stone, and they have a capacity of 50 barrels daily. Their
machinery is of the very latest type, constructed
by Marsh, Gordon & Co., of Warsaw,
Ind. They have ten bolters
and four double stands of rollers. Their power is
obtained from the Malheur River; giving
them a fall of 11˝ feet, open the year round.
They will make flour,
graham and whole wheat, corn meal and
mill feed. There wildly brand is
known as "Purity." and that word fully represents the quality of
their products. The establishment
of this mill has been of great benefit to the farmers
of this county as it enables them to
realize the highest price for
their wheat and greatly curtails the little spent in hauling to the
railroad. The officers at present tire J. N.
Fell. President; John E. Johnson, vice
president; M. G. Hope, secretary
and treasurer.
Mr. N.
T. Taggart, the head miller, has had twenty-four years experience
in the business, being connected with the
flouring mill at Etna Green, Indiana,
for that length of
time. |
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K. S. D. Fruit Farm - Arcadia
The two views in this issue taken from K. S. D. fruit
farm at
Arcadian, Malheur County, show the possibilities
of successful irrigation when applied
to the arid lands of Eastern Oregon. This farm has attracted wide
attention on account of its magnificent park and beautiful driveways.
The grand boulevard being 60 feet wide and two miles long. The
growing orchards and broad acres of the alfalfa surrounded on all sides by
thousands of tall shade trees make it one of the most attractive places in
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Oregon Forwarding Company
It is seldom
that a larger mercantile establishment is
to he found in any city on the
coast than that of the Oregon
Forwarding Company at Ontario. Established in 1885 by Fred J.
Kiesel, of Ogden, Utah, it has grown under
the style of Fred J. Kiesel, Wm.
Teary & Co., and Kiesel,
Shilling & Danelson, and since February 23, 1890, as
the Oregon Forwarding Company,
being incorporated on that date with E. H. Test as manager. They carry a complete
line of general merchandise and stockmen's supplies. Agricultural
implements, hardware, etc., and acting as general agents among many
other lines, for the following: Studebaker Wagons, McCormick Mowers,
Thomas Hay Rakes, Planet
Jr. Farming Implements, Pasts Brewing
Co., and Idanha Natural Mineral
Water Co. Their main store, of which we present an illustration, is
65x110. Their warehouses, four in number, have a total capacity of
18,000 square feet,
enabling them to buy largely in car lots, as in
the mouth of May 1897 alone, they received 506.226 lbs. of merchandise.
Their trade extends into Malheur, Harney
and Grant counties, Oregon, and Washington and
Owyhee Counties, Idaho, and their stock and prices enable any one to have
the same opportunities they would have going to the largest
mercantile centers. They also do a
very extensive forwarding business
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The new and strictly first-class hotel, the Ontario,
opened
by G. L. Belding, July 1, 1897, is highly appreciated by
residents of Eastern Oregon, and
is largely patronized by
traveling men and cattle buyers. Our illustration gives but
an imperfect idea of its size, it being a three-story building,
60x80. There are 50 rooms all being, what is
known as "outside rooms" in hotel
parlance, in the hotel bar none but high grade liquors and
cigars are carried, handling
Cyrus Noble's Whiskies in case and in bulk, and
principally imported cigars. Mr.
G. L. Belding, the proprietor, is a veteran hotel man, having been located formerly in
this business at LaCamas and Fairhaven, Wash. He gives the hotel his
personal supervision, and having a
full appreciation of the needs and comforts of his guests
spares no pains to provide for their every want. |
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