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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1909
Page
5
The Kryger ranch, formerly a quarter section, has 55 acres platted as town lots for the business and residence districts. The remaining 105 acres have been divided into acre sized tracts, several sold to Bridgeport residents who built homes. The owner seeks immediate sale of all Bridgeport holdings due to interests elsewhere.
Bridgeport, a 400 resident town on the Columbia is described as poised to grow into a regional metropolis. Great Northern advances a rail line from Columbia Siding to Oroville with grading near Bridgeport, while 4000 acres of fruit land are irrigated and 7000 more are irrigable across the river in the Colville reservation. Wheat shipments, fruit ranches, and river traffic from Wenatchee support Bridgeport as a key distribution point and potential registration center, with land values rising as homesites are demanded.
A bearing orchard of 25 3 4 acres near Bridgeport reports this season's yield around $4,000 with potential $6,000 next year. An adjacent 13 acre orchard features three year old apples and peach fillers, the latter yielding well amid peach crop failures regionwide. Additional small raw land tracts near town and a distant 25 acre parcel are offered. The irrigation uses a pure spring water system shared with town supply, ample year round. Shipments via nearby wharf reduce transport costs, and the fruit has earned prizes at the National Apple show.
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