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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



THE UNITED STATES 

 GOVERNMENT 



is Placing Under Irrigation 



480,000 Acres of Rich Land 



YAKIMA VALLEY, WASHINGTON 



THE HOME OF THE PRIZE RED APPLE 



There are now 150,000 acres of Irrigated Land in this Wonderful Valley. 

 Prices asked for Irrigated Land are reasonable. 



The following Statement shows the incomes that are derived from this land. These Crops were raised in 1907. 

 H. M. Gilbert raised $ 1 9,295 worth of mixed fruit on 1 3 acres. W. I. Huxtable raised $ 1 3,000 worth of peaches on 

 8 acres. J. H. Forman raised $3,000 worth of Pears on Y\ of an acre. Peter Bach raised $2,200 worth of Peaches 

 on I ^ acres. Mrs. W. L. Wright raised $1 3,000 worth of apples on 8 acres. J. O. Shadbolt raised $30,000 

 worth of mixed fruit on 37 acres. Osborne Russell raised $4,000 worth of apples on 1 YI acres, making a total income 

 of $84,495.00 from 69i 7 * acres, an average of $1,224.50 per acre. 



If YOU ARE NOT DOING AS WELL, why do you not move to this famous MONEY-MAKING VALLEY ? 

 It has a perfect SUMMER AND WINTER CLIMATE. It has a perfect SCHOOL SYSTEM. 



It has a perfect SOIL. It has a perfect WATER SUPPLY. 

 The U. S. GOVERNMENT will expend $15,000,000 in the development of this GARDEN SPOT. 



DO NOT DELAY! 



Get 10 or 20 acres of this land. It will not blow away nor burn 

 up, but become more valuable each year and make you inde- 

 pendent for life. Take the 



NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY 



THE ONLY DIRECT LINE 



For information regarding Fares, Train Service, etc., write to 

 A. M. CLELAND, G. P. A., N. P. Ry., St. Paul, Minn. 



REMEMBER 



the 



Seventeenth National 

 Irrigation Congress 



SPOKANE 



AUUGST 9 to 1 4 



For Descriptive Printed Matter, write to 

 C. W. MOTT, G. E. A, N. P. Ry., St. Paul, Minn. 



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