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THE IEKIGATION AGE. 



IRRIGATION SUCCESSES OF THE WEST 



A review of enterprises financed and developed 

 by Gen. J. D. Mclntyre, Seattle, Wash. 



Prominent among the pioneers of irrigation enterprises 

 is the record of achievements of Engineer J. D. Mclntyre of 

 Seattle, father of the great Gallatin Canal in Montana and the 

 Sunnyside Canal of the State of Washington. 



Starting into irrigation as a business in 1882 Mr. Mc- 

 lntyre has built over four hundred miles of irrigation canals 

 and provided homes for over forty thousand families. This 

 record completely overshadows that of any other single in- 

 dividual in the Northwest and is the result of unusual ap- 

 plication of practical ideas and scientific construction of 

 canals. It is a notable fact that all the tracts promoted and 

 sold by Engineer Mclntyre have not alone brought the pur- 

 chasers thereof a good living and income, but have made them 

 independently comfortable as well. 



In the state of Montana General Mclntyre organized five 

 different irrigation companies within the short interval of 

 eight years. Among them were the great Gallatin canal, the 

 Big Muddy storage reservoirs, the Chestnut Valley canal, the 

 Sun River canal and the Florence canal. In his state he 

 organized the Sunnyside Canal Company at North Yakima, 

 which was afterwards purchased by the Northern Pacific. 



During the many years of experience in the development 

 of irrigation enterprises Engineer Mclntyre evolved the idea 

 of planting and scientifically cultivating fruit trees on irri- 

 gated land, selling it to the investor or homeseeker in an im- 

 proved and highly cultivated state. So successful has it proved 

 to be that since Mr. Mclntyre's plan became known many 

 irrigated land companies have adopted it. This plan met with 

 the instant approval of the investor, and today there is little 

 doubt that anyone, after a thorough investigation, will admit 

 that it is more advantageous to buy a five or ten acre tract 

 carefully developed into a paying fruit farm by men who 

 understand the business than to buy the raw land and go 

 through the preliminary stages of planting the fruit trees and 

 getting them into a bearing orchard. Mr. Mclntyre is now 

 exploiting, through the Interstate Trust Company, the sale 



of orchard land in the Rogue River Valley in southern Ore- 

 gon. This district is the veritable paradise of America and 

 has a climate exactly the same as Florence, Italy. 



Here the Spitzenburg and Yellow Newton Pippin "winter 

 apples" grow to perfection. The most perfect fruit country, 

 choicest varieties of mammoth proportions, marvelous beauty 

 and delicious flavor the world for a market. Fortunes in 

 apples, cherries, pears, lemons, peaches, English walnuts, 

 grapes, pecans, watermelons, cantaloupes, tomatoes, sweet po- 

 tatoes, endless varieties of fruits, nuts, berries and vegetables, 

 ideal for poultry and bees. The favored summer resort for 

 thousands of people paradise for lovers of rod and gun. And 

 here is the very place where the high-priced crops are raised 

 and the bi- "rofits realized. 



Land in five and ten acre tracts is offered for sale on 

 the new plan $2 down and $2 per acre per month. Three- 

 fourths of purchase price and interest on deferred payments 

 at 7 per cent from the fruit grown for you on your trees and 

 vines, while you stay in your present employment till you 

 are ready to take possession. The land is under cultivation, 

 just awaiting your direction what to plant. That is, you never 

 need more than $10 capital at any one time to own a five 

 acre tract and you never have to pay more than one-fourth 

 the purchase price. This is the greatest offer ever made. 



Prices for land and water rights, $150 per acre. Planted 

 to "winter apples" (selections the best), care for four years, 

 $400 an acre. Planted to Spitzburgen and Yellow Newton 

 pippins, cared for six, years, $500 an acre. Planted with 

 English walnuts, pecans, lemons, etc. (with fillers of grapes, 

 cherries, pears, etc.), cared for seven years, $600 an acre. 

 Remember, it requires special skill to grow an orchard scien- 

 tifically and bring it to bearing successfully. Their wonderful 

 plan is very simple. The buyer sends them $2 an acre for 

 the amount of land wanted and $2 an acre a month. They 

 select the tracts for buyers, and it is said no one has ever 

 been dissatisfied with their selection. They even pay your 

 taxes. You have nothing to do but to pay your little $2 an 

 acre per month, and stop when you get one-fourth the pur- 

 chase price paid in. The company does all the rest. 



Those wanting further details should write to the Inter- 

 state Trust Company, 208 Boston block, Seattle, Wash. 



CHOICE FRUIT LANDS AND SUBURBAN HOMES 



PINECROFT 



Nine miles from Terminal Station, 

 at Trent Road, Wash. 



PINEVIEW 



Twenty miles from Terminal 

 Station, atCuroe, Idaho. 



BONNIEVIEW 



North of Otis Orchards. 



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 -Crops, 

 -Fruit . 



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-Than all other places, 



-Soil, 

 Water, 

 Lights, 

 Streets, 

 For the purchasers. 



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Location, 



-Transportation , 

 Water Plant, 

 Scenery. 



The Spokane Valley Orchard Land is destined to become the highest pr'ced Orchard Land in the Pacific Northwest. 



DON'T let others make the money while you sit still and hold the sieve. SEE US. 



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C. S. K ALB, President 

 Phone 9393 Main 



(INCORPORATED) 

 GEORGE H. ROBIE, Vice-Pros. & Gen. Manager 



405-406 Kuhn Building 

 SPOKANE, WASH. 



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