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SPOKANE VALLEY COMPANY FORMED. 



Spokane Valley Irrigated Land Company, controlling 20,- 

 000 acres of fruit land, valued at $10,000,000, in the valley 

 east of Spokane, has been incorporated with a capital of 

 $50,000, paid in, by the amalgamation of the interests rep- 

 resented by Neely & Young, Becher & Thompson and E. G. 

 Taylor, secretary of the Spokane Canal Company. The mer- 

 ger includes Greenacres, Otis Orchards, West Farms, Oppor- 

 tunity, East Farms, East Greenacres, Pasadena Park, and 

 2,000 acres of unplanted land. The acreage is under irriga- 

 tion, water being supplied by the Corbin ditch, Fish lake and 

 Liberty lake canals and a pumping system. The officers of 

 the company are: President, D. M. Thompson; vice-presi- 

 dent, E. G. Taylor ; secretary, Harry J. Neely, and treas- 

 urer, C. F. Young, with headquarters in the Greenough 

 building. 



The first move will be to exploit the land through the 

 east and middle west in an endeavor to interest eastern peo- 

 ple in the irrigated projects in the Spokane valley. The com- 

 pany expects to have a greater part of the valley settled at 

 the close of next year. Five thousand acres will be thrown 

 open for settlement the coming season. Neely & Young, 

 Becher & Thompson and E. G. Taylor have been handling 

 dry and irrigated lands in Washington and Idaho for a 

 number of years and together have made sales aggregating 

 $15,000,000. 



KANSAS CITY FIRM WINS OUT. 



Jury of Awards of Seattle Worlds Fair Upholds Highest 

 Award of Medal to Witte Engines. 



As noted some time ago in the news dispatches, the Jury of 

 Awards at the Alaska- Yukon-Pacific Exposition awarded to the Witte 

 Iron Works Co. of Kansas City, Mo., through their representatives, 

 the Moran Engineering Co. of Seattle, Wash., the Medal of Highest 

 Award on Witte Stationary Gasoline Engines. 



Shortly after the award was made a protest was filed by some 

 of the competing exhibitors (of whom there were a large number), 

 claiming in effect that the award had been placed without due con- 

 sideration of everything involved. 



The Superior Jury of Awards (the final authority on all appeal* 

 and protests in the placing of awards) at once ordered, by a Special 

 Jury, a re-examination and a reconsideration of the whole matter, with 

 the result as shown by the following letter to the duly authorized 

 representatives of the Witte Iron Works Co.: 



Seattle, Wash., Oct. 16, 1909. 

 Moran Engineering Co., 

 Seattle, Wash. 



Gentlemen : I beg to inform you that the Special Jury on Awaru* 

 selected by ourselves and approved by the Superior Jury, after re- 

 examination of all the Gasoline Engine Exhibits, sustained the awards 

 given by the original examining jury to you. 



Very truly yours, 



HENRY E. DOSCH, 

 Director of Exhibits and Privileges. 



This result must be gratifying to the Witte Iron Works Co. It 

 is a recognition of note in these columns, and we are pleased to extend 

 pur congratulations to the company on the success won by their merit 

 in this competition. 



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