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No firm stands higher
commercially at home or abroad than
the one above. It is
composed of M. G. and J. W. Hope
both of them being residents of this
county sine 1882
having ranched in the valley for
about five years before
they began merchandising. DL G.
Hope was appointed
postmaster in the spring of 1887,
and he opened a small store,
six months later his brother joined
him, and by fair and courteous
treatment of their customers their
business has grown to such an extent
that in 1895 they were compelled to
erect their present store of which
we give it an it illustration. It
is built of stone 48x80, with
basement, and is
equipped with freight elevator to
expedite the handling of
heavy goods. They carry a general
line of merchandise also
farming implements. In
connection with J. N. Fell, they
are interested in the Vale
Electric Light Company, and
the Vale Milling Company. They
are also interested as
part owners in Eldridge's addition
to the town site, and besides
outlying ranches, own one of 120
acres just adjoining
the town. This
enables them from a practical standpoint
to be in a position to answer any
questions regarding
lands in the vicinity of Vale.
The ranch contains 1120 acres;
there are 32,000 shade trees,
16,000 fruit trees, 360 acres
planted to alfalfa, 135 acres
in orchards, and the reclamation
of this land from its desert state
in the period of six years shows
the wonderful resources of
a new country just opened up to
horticulture in the eastern part of
our state and which is soon to make a
name for itself as one of the
great fruit producing belts
of the Northwest. I
allude to that portion of
Malheur County located on the Oregon
Short Line railroad between
Nyssa and Ontario, in the vicinity
of Arcadia, and which is
now the scene of
active developments brought
about by the construction of the
great Owyhee canal. The country is rapidly going
into orchards as nowhere can the
apple,
prune and pear be grown so
successfully as in this
vicinity. The soil,
climate and everything here is
especially
adapted to fruit culture. The
land produces the finest apples,
prunes and pears in the world,
also grows to perfection
peaches, cherries, plums,
apricots, grapes, nectarines,
etc. Nor
is the fruit industry the only
industry we find
in Arcadia. The largest cattle
feeding yards on the Oregon
Short Line System containing over
25 acres in corrals, and
all the modern appliances for
feeding live stock in
winter. Properly speaking
the business of the K. S. D. Fruit
Land Company is to raise fruit and
sell it in winter, to
raise hay and feed cattle in
winter. Yet
the rapid development of
their fruit industry has made it
necessary for
them to colonize a portion of
their lands which they have
subdivided into small orchard tracts
in order to induce
immediate settlement to and during
the busy fruit picking
season, and they are offering some
very good inducements
to a few families who are looking
for homes. The
railroad company have now placed a
half a mile of sidetrack at
Arcadia, and a very pretty village
has been laid
off for people to live, a post
office has been established and
a number of dwellings have been
going up. There is a fine
opening for a general store at
Arcadia, as the valley contains
140 families aside from the colony. |
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This
enterprise is one worthy of
considerable mention. The
accompanying cut hardly does
justice to what is by all
odds the best constructed
flouring mill in this section of
the state. The
building is four-stories, the
two lower being stone, and they
have a capacity of 50 barrels
daily. Their machinery is of the
very latest type, constructed
by
Marsh, Gordon & Co., of
Warsaw, Ind. They
have ten bolters and four
double stands of rollers. Their
power is obtained
from the Malheur River; giving
them a fall of 11½ feet,
open the year round. They
will make flour, graham
and whole wheat, corn meal and
mill feed. There wildly
brand is known as "Purity." and
that word fully represents
the quality of their products. The
establishment of this
mill has been of great benefit to
the farmers of
this county as it enables them
to realize the highest price
for their wheat and greatly
curtails the little spent in
hauling to the railroad. The
officers at present tire J. N. Fell.
President; John E. Johnson, vice
president; M. G. Hope,
secretary and treasurer.
Mr. N. T. Taggart, the head
miller, has had twenty-four years
experience in the business, being
connected with the flouring
mill at Etna Green, Indiana, for
that length of time. |
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No firm stands higher
commercially at home or abroad than
the one above. It is
composed of M. G. and J. W. Hope
both of them being residents of this
county sine 1882
having ranched in the valley for
about five years before
they began merchandising. DL G.
Hope was appointed
postmaster in the spring of 1887,
and he opened a small store,
six months later his brother joined
him, and by fair and courteous
treatment of their customers their
business has grown to such an extent
that in 1895 they were compelled to
erect their present store of which
we give it an it illustration. It
is built of stone 48x80, with
basement, and is
equipped with freight elevator to
expedite the handling of
heavy goods. They carry a general
line of merchandise also
farming implements. In
connection with J. N. Fell, they
are interested in the Vale
Electric Light Company, and
the Vale Milling Company. They
are also interested as
part owners in Eldridge's addition
to the town site, and besides
outlying ranches, own one of 120
acres just adjoining
the town. This
enables them from a practical standpoint
to be in a position to answer any
questions regarding
lands in the vicinity of Vale.
The ranch contains 1120 acres;
there are 32,000 shade trees,
16,000 fruit trees, 360 acres
planted to alfalfa, 135 acres
in orchards, and the reclamation
of this land from its desert state
in the period of six years shows
the wonderful resources of
a new country just opened up to
horticulture in the eastern part of
our state and which is soon to make a
name for itself as one of the
great fruit producing belts
of the Northwest. I
allude to that portion of
Malheur County located on the Oregon
Short Line railroad between
Nyssa and Ontario, in the vicinity
of Arcadia, and which is
now the scene of
active developments brought
about by the construction of the
great Owyhee canal. The country is rapidly going
into orchards as nowhere can the
apple,
prune and pear be grown so
successfully as in this
vicinity. The soil,
climate and everything here is
especially
adapted to fruit culture. The
land produces the finest apples,
prunes and pears in the world,
also grows to perfection
peaches, cherries, plums,
apricots, grapes, nectarines,
etc. Nor
is the fruit industry the only
industry we find
in Arcadia. The largest cattle
feeding yards on the Oregon
Short Line System containing over
25 acres in corrals, and
all the modern appliances for
feeding live stock in
winter. Properly speaking
the business of the K. S. D. Fruit
Land Company is to raise fruit and
sell it in winter, to
raise hay and feed cattle in
winter. Yet
the rapid development of
their fruit industry has made it
necessary for
them to colonize a portion of
their lands which they have
subdivided into small orchard tracts
in order to induce
immediate settlement to and during
the busy fruit picking
season, and they are offering some
very good inducements
to a few families who are looking
for homes. The
railroad company have now placed a
half a mile of sidetrack at
Arcadia, and a very pretty village
has been laid
off for people to live, a post
office has been established and
a number of dwellings have been
going up. There is a fine
opening for a general store at
Arcadia, as the valley contains
140 families aside from the colony. |
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This
enterprise is one worthy of
considerable mention. The
accompanying cut hardly does
justice to what is by all
odds the best constructed
flouring mill in this section of
the state. The
building is four-stories, the
two lower being stone, and they
have a capacity of 50 barrels
daily. Their machinery is of the
very latest type, constructed
by
Marsh, Gordon & Co., of
Warsaw, Ind. They
have ten bolters and four
double stands of rollers. Their
power is obtained
from the Malheur River; giving
them a fall of 11½ feet,
open the year round. They
will make flour, graham
and whole wheat, corn meal and
mill feed. There wildly
brand is known as "Purity." and
that word fully represents
the quality of their products. The
establishment of this
mill has been of great benefit to
the farmers of
this county as it enables them
to realize the highest price
for their wheat and greatly
curtails the little spent in
hauling to the railroad. The
officers at present tire J. N. Fell.
President; John E. Johnson, vice
president; M. G. Hope,
secretary and treasurer.
Mr. N. T. Taggart, the head
miller, has had twenty-four years
experience in the business, being
connected with the flouring
mill at Etna Green, Indiana, for
that length of
time. |
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K. S. D. Fruit
Farm - Arcadia
The
two views in this issue taken
from K. S. D. fruit farm at
Arcadian, Malheur County, show
the possibilities of
successful irrigation when
applied to the arid lands of Eastern
Oregon. This farm has attracted
wide attention on account of its
magnificent park and beautiful
driveways. The grand
boulevard being 60 feet wide and
two miles long. The
growing orchards and broad acres
of the alfalfa surrounded on all
sides by thousands of tall shade
trees make it one of the most
attractive places in the state.
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Oregon
Forwarding Company
It is seldom
that a larger mercantile
establishment is to
he found in any city on the
coast than that of the Oregon
Forwarding Company at Ontario.
Established in 1885 by
Fred J. Kiesel, of Ogden, Utah,
it has grown under the
style of Fred J. Kiesel, Wm.
Teary & Co., and Kiesel,
Shilling & Danelson, and
since February 23, 1890, as
the
Oregon Forwarding Company,
being incorporated on that date with E. H.
Test as manager. They carry a
complete
line of general merchandise
and stockmen's supplies.
Agricultural implements,
hardware, etc., and acting as
general agents among many
other lines, for the
following: Studebaker Wagons,
McCormick Mowers, Thomas Hay Rakes,
Planet Jr. Farming Implements,
Pasts Brewing Co.,
and Idanha Natural Mineral
Water Co. Their main store, of
which we present an
illustration, is 65x110. Their
warehouses, four in number,
have a total capacity of
18,000 square
feet, enabling them to buy
largely in car lots, as in
the mouth of May 1897
alone, they received 506.226
lbs. of merchandise. Their
trade extends into Malheur,
Harney
and Grant counties, Oregon,
and Washington and Owyhee Counties, Idaho,
and their stock and prices
enable any one to have the
same opportunities they would
have going to the largest
mercantile centers. They also
do a very
extensive forwarding business
for interior points.
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strictly first-class hotel, the
Ontario, opened by G. L. Belding, July 1,
1897, is highly appreciated by residents
of Eastern Oregon, and is largely
patronized by
traveling men and cattle buyers.
Our illustration gives but
an imperfect idea of its size, it
being a three-story building, 60x80.
There are 50 rooms all being, what
is known
as "outside rooms" in hotel
parlance, in the hotel bar
none but high grade liquors and
cigars are carried, handling
Cyrus Noble's Whiskies in case and
in bulk, and principally
imported cigars. Mr. G. L.
Belding, the proprietor, is a veteran hotel
man, having been located formerly
in this business at LaCamas and
Fairhaven, Wash. He gives the hotel
his personal supervision, and having
a
full appreciation of the needs and
comforts of his guests spares no pains to provide
for their every want. |
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