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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



ATTALIA, WASHINGTON 

 On the Columbia') 



One- Year- Old Orchards Show Phenomenal Growth Al- 

 falfa Crops Are Heavy Columbia Canal Company 

 Will Make Extensive Improvements Dahlhjelm & 

 Rowell Company Reports Large Sales of Ten-Acre 

 Tracts New Electric Line Promised. 



The remarkable growth made in the orchards which 

 were set out during the past year at Attalia has estab- 

 lished all claims made by the promoters. One needs only 

 to visit the orchards owned by C. A. Skoog, W. I. In- 

 graham, J. H. Scherry, Sylvester Linn, Columbia Fruit 

 Farm and others, to see what can be done when modern 

 methods are applied. Mr. Skoog came to Attalia in No- 

 vember, 1908, but did not improve his land until late in 

 the spring. He planted about two-thirds to apples, pears 

 and grapes, with peach fillers. The balance was seeded 

 to alfalfa. Between the trees he planted potatoes, and 

 by the 10th of June had new potatoes large enough for 

 shipment. 



C. O. Peterson in May cut nearly four tons of alfalfa 

 to the acre, on ground seeded late in the season of 1908, 

 selling the hay for $12 a ton in the field. Four cuttings 



enhance the value of the lands improved, but will increase 

 the price on all adjoining lands. 



Through the extensive operation over the entire 

 United States by the Dahlhjelm & Rowell Company and 

 the Dahlhjelm Company, Attalia has become known as 

 one of the great fruit districts of the West. Through 

 their advertising campaign, they have let the people of 

 the world know what they have, and having told their 

 story, they invite people to investigate for themselves, 

 and when they have done this they all say, "We find 

 more than we expected." 



The development of a valley such as Attalia means 

 much to the whole United States. The promoters may 

 well be proud of their accomplishments, and the people 

 who settle there owe them a debt of gratitude. Places 

 of this kind cannot be advertised too extensively. So 

 few people, especially in the Middle West and East realize 

 the enormous profits which are being derived from Wash- 

 ington fruit lands. 



It is very evident that Attalia will have at least one 

 electric line within one year, this in addition to the 

 Northern Pacific, O. R. & N., North Bank, Canadian 

 Pacific, Northcoast, and river transportation, all the year, 

 gives Attalia a distinct advantage over all other districts. 

 It will not only give the grower the benefit of low freight 

 rates, but will make Attalia the distributing point for 

 southern Washington and northwestern Oregon. 



It is seldom that one finds all the advantages nec- 

 essary to the production of good fruit and profitable 

 orcharding centered in one community, as they are at 

 Attalia. First, soil; second, water; third, climate; fourth, 

 early season; fifth, drainage, both water and air; sixth, 



The Scherry Ranch, Where $75.00 an Acre Was Produced the First Year Under Cultivation. 



are made each year, and the last growth used for pasture. 



S. Linn cut asparagus early in March, which he sold 

 at 30 cents a pound. Asparagus will yield an average of 

 2,000 pounds to the acre. 



The results derived at Attalia are only a repetition of 

 what has been done in older districts. The soil is iden- 

 tical a rich volcanic ash, which needs but the water 

 to make the desert "blossom like the rose." 



With a large portion of the valley already sold in five 

 and ten-acre tracts, which must be improved within one 

 year, this valley will devejop faster than any project 

 in the West. The Columbia Canal Company will make 

 extensive improvements this fall, both in the townsite 

 and on unsold lands. Realizing that the demands for 

 improved plants at Attalia will exceed the supply, they 

 will improve several hundred acres. This will not only 



transportation facilities and markets. Attalia is so situ- 

 ated that the products can be placed on the train in the 

 evening, travel through the cool of the night and be 

 delivered in Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, Spokane and in- 

 termediate points early the next morning. Eastern ship- 

 ments can go over three roads and be delivered in all 

 principal cities without transfer. 



Send $2.50 for The Irrigation Age 

 1 year, and the Primer of Irrigation 



