The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., June 2, 1911, page 8

TROUT LAKE'S PROSPECTS

     Trout Lake Valley Commercial Club has made arrangements with the Editor of the White Salmon Enterprise for the last page of his paper for the entire summer. This entire page will be taken up with advertising and news matter from Trout Lake Valley alone. Trout Lake Valley should have a newspaper of its own, and we believe that the community would soon support one, but by this arrangement we reach a much larger number of readers than we would by a newspaper of our own, as the circulation from the beginning as least would be very small. Trout Lake Valley is most remarkably favored by nature in every way, with the one exception that we are remote from transportation. We have a climate that is unsurpassed anywhere. Sparkling mountain streams furnish an excellent water supply. Our beautiful scenery has attracted hundreds of tourists every summer, but in addition to all this, we have the best known variety of soil, and not only that, but the lay of the land is such that is can be farmed most profitably and produces enormous yields of hay, grains and vegetables. As during the summer months in the Pacific coast states, there is scarcely any rain, irrigation must be resorted to in order to produce the heavy yields of hay, grain and vegetables. Here Trout Lake Valley is also favored, the water for irrigation can be taken out of the enormous streams at a very reasonable cost, and every farmer has an abundance of water for irrigation and domestic uses running across his land. On this water he pays no annual tax to any large corporation, as he is, himself, owner of the ditches, rights-of-way and water rights. The question of transportation for this valley is nor very near its solution. Anyone who will look up the public records will know that the Northwestern Electric Co. of Vancouver, Washington, has purchased outright tracts along the White Salmon River, that will furnish them rights-of-way for power and railroad purposes. They have now secured options for such rights-of-way over nearly all the lands that they have not bought outright. For lands that they have not purchased outright or secured an option on they have already started condemnation proceedings, and at the expiration of another six weeks actual construction work will have begun. The Northwestern Electric Co. will furnish transportation facilities to Trout Lake, and the grandeur, beauty and the productiveness of Trout Lake Valley will become more generally known and appreciated. The world will soon take its hat off to Trout Lake Valley.

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