FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 97, 101
PAGE SIX
LA GRANDE WEEKLY OBSERVER, SATURDAY. OCTOHKIl 12. 1912.
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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
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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
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"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.-
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Local quotatlonjt ,odny nre.
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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
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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.
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