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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1912)
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 97, 101 PAGE SIX LA GRANDE WEEKLY OBSERVER, SATURDAY. OCTOHKIl 12. 1912. I 1 IT ! , i f i I - 4 . ' 4 " '- ?:..... .. t jUj5:-i:-v;- ' v.-'?- The. Towor From Which Cnrnhal . Did you pvor nwcend to thn toj of n 105 foot ladilcr, Htand on a platform right Inches Ioiir by six Indies wtil, Htid drop to the ground Iv ln'v, y-. Did yoti ever see nnybody t' tti: ;? ' . lint next week the groat PivVr';'.hov s visit this city and yon will f. e ( Mpt-'n Cha.i. Strahl, the Huffiilo Ilrt'liii i dive cxiu tlv as mated above twic dailv. It Is the highest of the high dives and is the most sensational act ever present ed. With the usual hazardous act there are safety devices that can he operat ed so rapidly in case of anything go ing wrong that loss of life or pcrloiu A VISIT TO TrlE STODDARD ORCHARD tAt tills particular time of year when the apple crop Is being pKked it is of great interest to visit snme producing orchard and take note or the many features of Importance to the great fruit Industry which is getting a firm and permanent hold of this valley. Yesterday the writer visited the J. II Stoddard orchard near the rity park. t U a forty acre tract. The original orchard was planted by an old Herm an who expected to sell ttie truit around M Orande In a retail wax Hence he planted almost every kind of an apple known, supposedly llfty-tHe varieties. This was done so ripe ap ples would occur often for ihe local market. But since Mr. Stoddard became own er of the orchard he has followed the business from a conim rrlnl point of view. What planting he has done has been of ataP Ubieties for the market, nit ihe work has begun to tec The Stoddard orchard Is equipped first of all with an Irrigating system. This system was devised by Mr. Stod ArA tnatoDil nf hnvliio rent rlf mini pump he uses a long chain running through a tight box which creates auction and raises the water from the jGranne lumue river 10 a point m DARING FEftT .... i i I Slur Ii'H to Swmlmrly Sure Kciifh. nildent is averted, hut' in case o.' St mill's high dive such device s ar im possible. When he oiue leaws the platform there is no stopping, no pos sibility of turning hack, lie must continue that downward Might with the viloclty of a (annon ball into a net six feet wld eight feet long sus pended three feet above the ground. Thl. net stands alone as an example of man's during. lie surf when the op portunity presents Itself to see ("at tain ("has. Strahl who ns before stated twice dally Juggles with fatP ami laughs at death in order that thous ands may g.iM In awe and amazement. enough to cover hi entire tract of (and. And he Irrigates by flooding several times a season, a plan which many orchnrdists refuse to endorse and in fact object to. Hut results are what count nnd Mr. Stoddard Is gett ing results. He conceived the Idea that Irrigation was not all that was needed. Apples needed neighbor. to form an associa tion, so he planted a carpet of clover over his orchard and today he will tell you that (lover has a great deal to do with the color and the size of tho ap ple. Now he had n combination of lrrlgat Hon and clover and the next thing to do was to get the pruning and spray ing down to a scientific point. He headed bid k his trees, which means to cut out the tops. Then he took out every limb thnt he did not want to bear fruit, using Judgment all the way through to give th. bearing limbs plenty of room to carry their fruit without Interference. No rubbing limbs go at Stoddard s. Kvery apple must have space around It for the sun nnji air. He says apples ar- like people; thiy must have air and sun thine and must not be crowded If you A ::r.t a good quality. On theO p'i T-!, rid lie h proili'.ciiig a real per cent of perfect fruit. : On a gravel Largo where t:ie grii-vl i'toaca Eii' Urfi an.! roin.Ied I; tue' on.-tant v. ush hf. l aj some o tVe i t inn's, pi-ovum tiiai gravei U fi.o.! fruit land. It has been claime.l tuntj alfalfa between trees i.; r.ot r. f.nod , tliliu:. b.'t as an cxi(;ri:ii-nt lu has ! I.lantcl sev. ral acres of alfalTa to try; it o;.t. This year he has good apples ' mi thiK litnl. hut to the writer they diil not look nearly so good as the land where clover was growing. To get uniform siz. deep color and keen the wind from blowing ap ples oil the trefs .Mr. Stoddard says retinites a combination of circum stances which he has been able to obtain only by constant experiment ing. Now he seems to have that com bination, for the stems carrying the appWs are large and rugged 'which prevents the wind from doing damage, the color is magnificent and the size of his fruit is as nearly uniform as of any orchard we have ever seen. There will be 16,000 boxes of ap ples on the Stoddard orchard this season. aPlcklng is now In progress and he has a warehouse 100 feet long with boxes now besides hundreds of boxes In the fields. In speaking of the fruit industry Mr. Stoddard said: ."This ta.it anout the apple business being overdone Is all nonsense. You must raise per ftrl aniiles nnd then vou will always hn.'A mj.bat Tfito Ilia nlfl JSV. ' tern "of letting trees do what they will and exptciing to sell the product for a big -pc Is probably a thing pi the past, but tlire never was a tmie wnen the good apple was In such demand. The different organized fruit sections :ave taught the buying public what a good apple really is and the public is demanding It. You will always be nble to get the price for the apple that has the size, color and quality. "There was nn old theory that dou bles could not be raised. I mean by that that two apples could not grow successfully from the same stein. lust walk through my orchard ana some of the best fruit will show from two to four apples growing from the same stem. I find In orcharding as In evervthing else the Ironclad rules nre subject to revision nnd correc tion. No one knows all nbout the fruit business by any means, and there Is somethbi1: to learn every nimit. - "But It is a business and requires "arnfst attention the same that auv ther business requires. It !.s a good business and when th Grande Hondo alley Is organized as It should be: -hen the fruit here ail passes a rigid Inspection es It rtoe In Hood H!vr. then tfc. (iriMide Bonde fruit will bnve n reputation that will bring the (op prlees, for thsre Is no Huestlon but what we can produce the fruit ere if .the proper methods are used." !tTtfT0'v t f moiMlM) TOUAY AFTER 19 YEARS OF WMIEN VOTING. It was 111 tl:e year that woman, suffrage wis granted; In Color? V. For 19 years the suffragists have, used Mils stale as a sample of good gov- itimeut brought nbout by the w min's vote. The antl-sauff ragists nsk the iiK-n of flr gnn to read the words of a Colorado woman one who has hern and now Is politically promim u:. .She tells of the conditions of pontics In her state today. Mrs. Elizabeth Cass C.oddard of Colorado a former ardent sunraft".-'. lias held th following offices p j- ly: Delegate to lty and state ju-j vcnlloiiB, deputy sheriff, watch:' c atj the polls, and member of the reuu' '- i nn stat" committee ' from Klpnso l ountv. Sb." hn. been renresented on j various hoards of city and at.ite r- : rnnizatioiis. For example: vlee pi'tj 'dent for Colorado of the Mollm's congress, second vice president of . the Y. W. C. A. of Colorado S,i. mus. , irst vie president of the Hoys', club. trustee of the Cltv Federation c" men's clubs, pr "blent of the Iliiuiarej society, only woman member 'of the J anti-tuberculosis committee of (' -ilor-1 ado Springs and president of the Col-, onial Dimes of Colorado. Wo wish 1 to quote from a letter written by Mrs. I C.Vldaid to a member of tile boni'J cf . the antl-siiff rase association j' Port-, land. She says in part: . j "I am In a peculiar position, tort while a disapprove mast emphatically of equal suffrage, and while I na yet to see one good result from It, while thr wonvn of Colorado l:o tlv responsibility I must do my part, toward Irving to make matters better. Hut 1 frankly say 1 do not se. how this can be accomplished. It .certaln lv has not yielded any such result up to this date. Wo have no cleaner po.i ties. no purer politicians.- no b's graft, no Ix-tter laws for women and children than .Massachusetts has. .and in cplte of the often repeated asser tions of the suffragists, not ONI-, oi the laws we have Is the rosult of the votes of women. As far as this goes the Influence of women outside Uie suffrage is better than with the exfr clse of it. 1 have found the profes sional suffragist or politician hard. aggressive, loud in voice and manner tnd ready to antagonize anyone to carry her point. It Is not with her an appeal to reason" but an ntioeal to entlment. to passion, and to fancied wrong Wme to women. There is very little now to say on the subject ex cepting that my observations hav on lv Intensified mv feeling on the rnli- leit. The better class of women do not want to vote. It is hard for nif to Indue them to come to the polls when nnv stirring question conies up. and on ordinary matter thev neither feel nor even pretend to fvl any in terest." Judging from the conditions they now stand In Colorado, do we lumc.- ' & f SAEK.rr ".Fi't'irTS. t f G 9 ! . . m .. Local quotatlonjt ,odny nre. v ' bou, rua Pl!-JSc x' pei Ora uses 50c. Bananas 40t pel dot. Peaches 70S 85c. Tomatoes 4 lbs. for 2,r.e: Racrle Val. I ley 75c per crate. Peach plums 2c lb. Pears 2 He lb. Grapes lOc lb. Concord grapes 30c basket. Tokay grapes 50c baskt. e Quinces 3 lbs. for 25c. Pineapple 20c and 25c, size. Cranberrlse 15c lb. 35c Grapo fruit 2 for 15c; 4 for 25c Vegetable and HJsMtllaBeoat. Cucumbers c each. Onions $2.00 per cwt, small lots 2ttc lb. Potatoes 75c per cwt. Beans White, g l-3c: lta. 10 csnu New cabbage 2c. Celery Home grown, 10c bunch. Sw-et potatoes 5c per lb. Cauliflower 1520c per head. Red peppers 15c lb. Green peppers 10c lb. Egg Plant 10c each. Squash 2 He lb. Pumpkins 2c. Turnips 2c lb. Feed nnd Grain. Alfalfa hay $12.00 (retail). Timothy $14.00. '.VIM lay $!C to V.l. Bran $! 30 pr cwt. Shorts f 1.4'i per cwt. Oats $1.40. Rolled oats $1.50. Rolled barley $1.50 per e. -Blue Stem Flour $1.35 sscs. PatMit $1.23. 1 Sncw-lr.: $1 .25. 10s Corn Meal 35c per sacs. Eggs and Bnttf r. Butter Fancy creamery, 40 cent lb. roll; 2 lb. roll, 80c Ranch buttej 65c 2 lb. roll. Ranch eggs 35c. Tattle, 11 okd as rswL (Buying Price.) - ' Heavy hogs 7c. Chickens Hens 9c; old roosters 7c; spring fries, 12 l-2c. 1 Light hogs 7c. Ducks Lire weight, 12 He Geese, live weight 10c. Cows l5c. Steers 55215c. ' Sheep 4T4 l-2c. !y feel that the women's vote will better our state of Oregon. Oregn State Asodatlon Opposed to t extension of the Suffrage to Wo:'vn. M;KS. IjULAyCIS JAMES BAILKY, President. (Pd. Ad: I Write iodny for our free Illustrated I m catalog showing all the late stylo Hi COAL, wood, ; FEEP Lowest Fvic2$ Grande Ronde Cash Company. Phone Main (1. B.B.Nutter , A VAIMKTf OK l'AITHKM. In Ilonlers "and Ibidy Paper, all l dnluty design snd In fancy new col orlngs. are here for Ihe Inspect Inn ol hoiu)holdnr or landlord. Thus ne and artistic designs are ri epHoimll) attractive, and will r Dm walls o: any home. We respect fully! " to rail and Inspect them, Cnnihlnr Ing their high grade, thesii piei si' remarkably low In pries, and It wlb pay the eciinrinibnllv Inclined to Im now liofnre prlees sduams. Phone Red 071. uur r: lice: We know will low, considering work. Our W Are selected from the best imported lines and cannot be surpassed for quality any place in the world. 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