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population of upwards of 500,000 people, and Alaska, 

 which is the best of all markets. 



Competing systems of railroads in Eastern Wash- 

 ington enable the irrigation farmer in that district to 

 cheaply market his products east or west east to the 

 mining camps of British Columbia in Canada, in Idaho 

 and Montana and the cities of St. Paul and Chicago, to 

 the west the cities of Portland, Ore., and those located 

 on Puget Sound already named. 



The Hanford Irrigation & Power Company's pro- 

 ject is declared by the best informed engineers and ex- 

 pert irrigation farmers to be one of the most attractive 

 and substantial of any throughout the entire Northwest. 

 Located in the "Early Fruit Belt" of the Pacific North- 

 west the basin of the mighty Columbia River the 

 Hanford project covers at present 16,000 acres of the 

 richest and most productive land with two lines of rail- 

 roads projected through it, one of which will be com- 

 pleted during the present year. At an expenditure of 

 upwards of $500,000 the Hanford Irrigation & Power 

 Company has completed its power canal, electric gen- 

 erating plants with a capacity of 3,000 horsepower, its 

 pumping plant, pipe line, main canal and sufficient 



Pumping Plant of Hanford Irrigation & Power Company at Coyote, on 

 the Columbia River. 



laterals to water approximately 12,000 acres during the 

 year 1909. 



Major H. M. Chittenden, corps of engineers, U. S. 

 A. (retired), until recently in charge of river and har- 

 bor work for the government in the Pacific Northwest, 

 after a thorough investigation and examination of the 

 sources of water and power of the Hanford Company 

 located at Priest Rapids on the Columbia River, reported 

 officially that it was possible to develop 100,000 electric 

 horsepower to be used in pumping water from the Co- 

 lumbia River upon the intensely productive lands under 

 the Hanford project. Acting on the expert and official 

 report of Major Chittenden, known as one of the ablest 

 engineers in the army, a company was formed in Seattle 

 at the head of which was Federal Judge C. H. Hanford 

 to develop the unclaimed power and irrigation resources 

 of the rich Columbia River basin and the project is 

 now practically complete. 



The accompanying cuts show some features of the 

 project. The water which develops the power to gen- 

 erate electricity is taken from the Columbia River at 

 Priest Rapids, which power is from there transmitted 

 sixteen miles down the river to Coyote Rapids to the 

 pumping plant, which takes its water supply from the 



same inexhaustible river. Ample water is at all times 

 available for the required power facilities, and the re- 

 sult is an abundant flow in the canals and distributing 

 system. 



Fruit culture has all the attractive features of out- 

 door country life, without the hard work incident to 

 dairy or grain farming. You don't have to worry about 



Another View of Power Canal and Hills near Priest Rapids. 



too much or too little rain, because your orchard is. 

 irrigated and you control the moisture supply. As a 

 healthful and productive occupation fruit raising has 

 no equal. It is pleasant and does not require a great 

 amount of capital to start. With a ten-acre tract you 

 can live well and save money. Lands in the Yakima 

 Valley, no more favored by climatic or other conditions, 

 bring a revenue per annum of from $300 to $2,000 an 

 acre. These figures can easily be verified and have long 

 been well established. 



It would be impossible for anyone to describe on 

 paper the opportunities, the advantages and the pleasant 

 features awaiting the industrious home builder that ex- 

 ist in the Hanford district. 



The town of Hanford is beautifully located on the 

 west bank of the Columbia River, thirty-five miles above 



Close View of Great Power Canal, One Mile Long, 150 ft. Wide; 

 Water 27 ft. Deep. 



Pasco, and will be the largest town between the N. P. 

 and G. N. R. R. It is growing rapidly and offers excel- 

 lent opportunities in many lines of business. 



The Hanford Company maintains an office in the 

 Seattle National Bank building in Seattle, where de- 

 tailed information regarding the project and the lands 

 for sale can be obtained. 



