LA GIJANDE EVENING OBSERVER SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1910
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MOSEY IX ORCHARD 1AXDS. .
That there is big money In orchard
land is known to all, but in order to
get a correct Idea of Just what prices
are being paid for land that raises
fruit, read the following article from
Thursday's Oregon!an:
Most of the Willamette Valley farm-
rm Inn alnp ahanrirmtwt th DTftf-
tice of growing wheat which must
find a market in competition with tfe
cheap land and cheap labor of the Ar
gentine. India, Russia and other re
gions where nature has been less kind
than she has been to Oregon. They
have replaced the wheat with fruit
and small farming and are now re
ceiving larger returns per acre in a
single season than they formerly re
ceived in ten. East of the Cascade
mountains the country was not set
tled or developed until a number of
years after the Willamette Valley be
came prominent as a wheat-growing
section. As the great territory lying
jaat'of the mountains was several
years behind the valley in the wheat
industry, so also it was relatively
late in shifting from wheat to mora
profitable crops.
The change is coming, however, arfU
the extent of the development that has
already taken place is again noted In
the sale of a fruit ranch near Dayton,
Wash., for $150,000. On this 240-acre
ranch are 100 'acres of bearing or
chard and 30 acres of young orchard.
That the large sum paid for the ranch
is quite reasonable is shown in the
statement that the returns from the
orchard for the past three years have
exceeded $100,000 and that the crop o:
the present season is estimated at 75,
000 boxes. While this is the largest
individual transaction in ..fruit farms
that has yet been reported in the in
land empire, there are a large number
of big orchards there, and the output
is increasing enormously each year..
Not all of the land that now grows
wheat Is well adapted to fruit-growing,
but the greater profits of the in
dustry, as compared with grain-growing,
are certain to result in a steadily
increasing acreage being withdrawn
from grain and placed In fruit and
small fanning. XnIs means a larger
and more prosperous population, and
In the change that is now taking place
Loth east and west of the Cascade
Mountains. Portland will receive full
share of the benefits. The Oregon
fruit-grower, dairyman and small far
mer can well afford to Import 'wheat
from Argentina or Huss, !! it In
comes necessary.
WATER MADE THE SALE.
A few days ago a man came into La
Grande and wanted to purchase land
for farming purpoies. He was used to
an irrigated country. Dealers in real
estate hers showed the prospective
buyer some Grande Ronde valley that
was for sale, but there was no water
on it Immediately the man said,
"but bow do t know that I will get a
crop off this land. Under no consid
eration would I take the risk. The
land I buy must have water."
. He went to the Wallowa country
and bought an irrigated farm. This
one transaction is of greater import
ance than many imagine. Many land
seekers will take the same view as
this man did, and there is every argu
ment on their side, of the question.
With irrigation there is no queston as
to results. The speculative feature is
reduced to the minimum and the far
mer has reason to know just how
much grain he will raise and how
much hay he can depend upon.
People or the Grande Ronde must
study this condition more carefully.
It means so much to them. Here wa
ter is plentiful and available for irri
gation, with but little expense and
energy. .
it someone snouid say to you:
"Spend so much :?oney with me and I
will return you threefold for your
investment, and furthermore I will
back this guarantee up with a gov
ernment bond. you would be very
apt to take the proposition and make
the money.
That is exactly what irrigation will
do. There Is ho guess work," there is
no speculation. You are playing ar
absolutely sure thing game.
Can you find any place else in the
world except the Grande Ronde val
ley, that will offer you a sure-thing
investment?
THE GOOD OlD StTUTEKTIME.
It is with us. The warm days ere
here and growing weather is exper
ienced each day. The balmy breeze
from off the Grande Ronde valley
each evening soothes the tired form
Into slumber, causing dreams of the
extensive harvest that Is sure to fol
low. And in the early morning the
whistles at Palmer's mill, the railroad
yards and at other Industrial plants,
awaken the La Grande citizen to the
duties of another day.
Rut where can you find a more de
lightful place to summer than in La
Grande? The seashore may have its
pleasures,, and so may the mountain
resort, hut here in this beat of all
Oregon cities you not only get the In
vigorating o?or.e direct from nature
with its exhillrating Influences, but
you are-also' close to the business
world and are not compelled to live
the life of. recluse while you obtain
a breath of fresh air.
Just now the whole couutry is tiy
ing to figure out whether Roosevelt
will line up with the insurgents. Ac
cording to the Polndexter matter In
Washington, it would seem that
Roosevelt fRos insurseney. but wait
I until "things art adjusted. The ex
president wUl i'.rA a way to graceful
' ly accomplish results. At least he al
j ways has and no one thinks for a
moment that he can net rise to tils
emergency. Roosevelt in the nation
and Chamberlain In the state of Ore
gon each have a way of always alight
ing on their feet, no matter wht hap
It has been suggested, and very
properly too. that the resemblance be
tween Dr. Molitor of La Grande and
Governor Folk, or Missouri, is so
strong, that should the governor rail
to fill an appointment, it could be
filled by the doctor, and no one but
close personal friends would ; knoV
the difference. Dr. Molitor, however,
would have to slight his "r". In order
to make a Folk speech.
The O. R. ft X. Company goes mer
rily on with its improvements in this
city, which insnre many .: more em
ployes and a much heavier pay roll.
All of iwhlch La Grande is very thank
ful for.
The
Scrap Book
Whistler and His Model.
James MacNeiJl Whistler once owed
a female model S3 for sittings. She
was a Philistine of the Philistines.
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fame and was lu no way Impressed
with his work. One day she told an
other artist that she bad been sitting
to a little Freuenman called Whistler,
who Jumped ubout bis studio and was
always complaining that people were
swindling him mid that be was mak
ing vry little money. The artist sug
gested that if nue could get any piece
of painting out or Whistler's studio be
would give her $M for It. Although
skeptical, the model decided to tell her
'little Frenchman" of this too gener
ous offer and selected one of the big
gest and Giiesl works lu the studio.
"What did he say?' asked the artist
who bud made the offer when the
model appeared in a state of great dis
order and excitement and looking al
most as If she bad come second best
out of a scrimmage.
"He said: 'Fifty dollars! Good bea
ens! Fifty dollars!' And be got so
mod well, that's bow I came In here
like this."
' Age Romambars.
Youth lone, and manhood strives, but
age remembers.
8lts by the raked up ashea of the past.
8preads Its thin bands above the whiten
ing embers
That warm Its creeping lifeblood till the
last.
Dear to Ha heart la every loving token
That cornea unbidden ere Ha pulse grow
cold.
Ere the last lingering ties of life are
' broken.
Its labors ended and its story told.
-O. W. Holmes.
Didn't Want Ducks. y
A woman who had always lived in
the city moved into the country, and as
a sort of recreation she decided to start
a poultry farm, which she did with n
barnyard hen and thirteen eggs from
the village store.
Not having even the most elementary
knowledge of jMiultry. she inquired of
neighbor how long eggs generally took
to hutch. She received the reply:
"Three weeks for chickens and four
ror ducks."
The neighbor met her some time aft
erward, and 'on being asked bow th'
poultry fnrniiie: hh going on. she re
plied, with ji tuv. en d countenance?
"Oh. I've iViN'ted with It. At the
end of three weeks there were no
chickens, so I took the ben off. as I
didn't .want ducks."
An Opportunity to Save
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Lasts Only Until Monday, July 18th
Every hrlklem theSiore Reduced
This Season's Mens and Boys' Clo'hing
Reduced 25 per cent
Men's and Boys' Pants Reduced 25 per cent
Large Line Men's Oxfords, Values to $4, Sale $2.90
One Lot Men's Summer Hats 1-2 price
Boys' Knee Pants Suits Reduced 1-3
Ladies' Suits, coats. Jackets and Snirts Reduced 25 per cent. Summer Parasols, all
colors, Reduced 25 percent. Hair Goods of all kinds Reduced 25 per cent. All fiigured
Lawns and Batistes at 1-2 price. Entire line of Millinery at i -2 price. All our new
shirt waists Reduced 20 per cent.
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The Lawyer and the Horse Trader.
"I had a client." said a lawyer, "who
was a pretty keen horse trader. 1 won
a case for him by a close shave, and
I thought I bad a right to give him a
little good natured chaff. lie was an
odd genius with a dry sort of humor.
! suppose you know.' said I, that
even though you have won this case
no seasoned horse trader could ever
get to heaven, right or wrong.'
'Is that sof he sneered. 'Is that so?
I know better. My father got there,
and be was a horse trader like me.'
"How did he get tbereT I asked,
thinking to string the joke along.
"He sneaked in.' said my friend,
and they were just about to put him
out when be shouted. "If this place is
on the level 1 demand the heaven born
right of trial!" Well. sir. tbey looked
and looked and looked, and. by jingo,
they weren't able to find a single law
yer in heaven to try his case!" New
fork World.
FARMERS' BUSINESS
Horseshoe Bend. Idaho, will be the
industrial city of the state when the
railroad building up Payette river
reaches town. Coal mining, metal
mining, lumber manufacturing and
other industries . furnish pay roll;
freighting, farming, fruitgrowing and
livestock. Get in ahead or the boom.
For booklet write Horseshoe Bend
Development Company, C. B. Adams,
manager. 403 McCarty building, Boise.
WE GIVE PARTICU
LAR AtlENTlON TO
THE BUSIHESS OF
FARMERS. WEC0R
DIAILY INVITE THEM
TO MAKE THIS WEIR
BANKING HOME.
The Uniied States
National Bank,
LP. GRANDE, OREGON.
p TOO LATE TO CLASIFT. 4.
WANTED Girl for general house
work. Call at Henry & Carr.
WANTED Masons to lay concrete
blocks. Apply at the Oregon Engin
eering and Construction Company,
Joseph, Oregon.
Aid Society Wants Assistance
The Ladles Aid Society of the M.
E. church la going to maintain a
restaurant at the Chautauqua grounds
and will be glad to have friends of
the church supply necessaries for the
meals, when convenient Vegetables,
fuit, butter, eggs and other food
supplies may be left at the Blue
Mountain creamery where they will
be given proper attention.
' Fancy Bine aud Lnnibert cherries
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. ,KAMSEY WAREHOUSE.
Xc-t a niinn'.j should be lost when a child
shows fcvi! ti.ms c f t hamherlain'o
Couh liii'"iy j::vc:i t i toon as the child
becomes houv.c. or even after the croopy
lough a pt are, wl.o prevent the attack.
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