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FRIDAY, JANUARY M 1915.
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THE APPLE AND OTHER FRUIT.
; 7:5-- Cove! Ore., Jun. 28. (To the Edi.
tor.) The experience of the average
,. apple grower for the. past few year,
particularly the 'seasons " of 1912-13
, and the present one has been such- r.a
. to constantly raise: aha. question if it
will pay to retain the apple orchard
and stay with .them for the future
and ; to this - question many of our
- growers have already : answered in
' the negative and. removed the trees
and most of those otill clinging to
their apple plantings are considerable1" -
in doubt os to the most advisable
' thing to do for the future. . , . -.vv, . v.
, ' . While wo all should remember that . culture and care, all along the line
. in, any line of fruit growing wide flue- jot growing and handling, and who
tuations, between seasons, must bo, has, an average poor' assortment of
.expected, and that only averages for
periods of many years must be. used
:. as a true test of its merits or demer-
its and.;, if confirming , to;.1 thU
kind, of ; a test, most of our. apple
growers win find that the apple has
' paid fairly, well to very good, consid
... ering the real investment, or as com
pared to .tiny other crop outside of
irmt. . nevertheless, before ' finishing
,. a business like consideration of this
, matter, every grower should be cure
ful to take into account everything
-that should be charged to such causns
poor handling, spraying, and par
ticularly tx the marketing af the
s several crops), in contrast to what an
intelligent person should be able and
certain to do in the future, with more
experience and better facilities.
:j It is not my intent here to try to
prove that the apple industry in the
Grande Ronde is particularly and pe
culiarly attractive and profitable but
rather to suggest some reflections o j
inni it may be correctly estimated.
Or, the start we will have to admit
that our natural conditions for arrow
. ing a great many varieties of apples
, arc not equal to certain other locali
ties, and that most of our troubles
about securing, satisfactory returns,
in the past, must be attributed to a
: very poor selection of varieties, main
ly inferior in size, and that if we had
only the few varieties of desirab'e
apples that attain a comparatively
high degree of market quality here,
we should have had another story to
tell and a different song to sing about
our apple business. :
. But, right here tho question arises,
will it pay us now to regraft, replant
Try Jones' LiUlc Pig Dairy
' Waffles made from Clow's
with Clonvcr's Apple Syrup.
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!:U O'OAIISAGES
Just opened a fresh barrel of Boston Beauty Mackerel
at 2 for 25c
- Sweet Oranges at 20c 25c and 40c a dozen.
Florida Grape Fruit 10c each.
'? First-class Jonathon and Roman Beauty Apples at 75c
a box,
Fresh Eggs 3oc a dozen. ,
line of vegetables in
Wull
yn t BAKERY
THE FORUM
Every One Has
and get into these hotter varieties in
preference to using our land for some
other purpose, or even, to leave our
poor varieties stand and get what wo
can out of them, these are now,
largely in full bearing and will give
us about ten full crops more than W.
can get from the replanted ..or re
grafted kind thus largely making up
for much smaller prices and harder
sales? To which difficult question,
there must be a different, answer
cording to the individual grower and
.orchard; so much depends on the op
orator of -the orchard.. : But with u
large number of growers, particularly
those that are disinclined to meet ail
the exacting demands of intensified
variewes, the sooner such a one would
get his orchard into the easier grown
and sold kinds of fruit, the better he
would be off.. It might be advisable
for every one to make such a change
gradually, clearing out the poorest
kinds of apples first, one fourth or
more of the orchard each year and
planting the same . to those kinds of
f iuit that arc so easy to grow that
no one can fail and that have proven
themselves easy to sell and market
to good advantage, invariably, profit
able to every -grower in the county
lor the past ten years or more. .
It may not be eeneraly known that
we have such kinds of fruit in this
locality, that any one can make a
success with, or , rather, such ' that
everyone has succeeded with in the
past, and for this reason I shall state
some experiences and facts along that
lino that should prove of interest to
every apple grower who contemplates
seme change in regard to his orchard
Both cherries and prunes must be
considered extremely attractive to
any grower in the Grande Ronde val
Uy, as the fact is that they ha vj
proven themselves to' be a universal
success here, for many years in suc
cession. The former not only paying
a larger income per acre to the aver
age grower, has proven to be worth
more, making a better record for
many years, as to crops and net in
come per acre than any other fruit
grown anywhere in the pacifle-Juwtfa i
westr- a-m-so7""Tnat we need not
feel that Hood River, or other locali
ties land is worth more than any ap
ple land on earth. : . - ".
Without going into details in re
Farm Sausage.
Self Rising' Waffle Flour
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season.
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His Say:
gard to the cherry, will only state
that every cherry grower that you
may approach will be sure to assure
you that he is well satisfied with
what they have done for him, that the
cherry is the real back bone of Cove.
and that next to the prune, it is the
only tree fruit for the average grow-
tr, as they require no particular aire,
spraying etc., and after they are in
full bearing, about " the only thing
there is to do is, to get the fruit
picked, delivered - and collect . very
handsome money for same. . As to
future dependence on markets, it must
be stated, that we have barely touched
the prospertive .markets, and as our
production have been increasing, so
our. chances to market advantagtous
lv -have increased, and we still have
not enough to take care of any of the
larger markets, outside of the canT
mng stock.
I have already named the prune,
incidently, in the above, but this is
a fruit so imminently adapted to our
conumons ana Benson, so easily grown
and marketed, and possessing so many
points making it desirable for the
average grower, that for quantity and
extensive planting, it should be con
sidered by more- persons and in larger
plantings than, even the cherry. In
the first place, it is the easiest of all
orchard trees, to grow, in fact they
are also very cheap at the nurseries,
only a bagatelle of five or six cents
each, at present, they will do well on
most, any of our land with. a. fair
amount of moisture, they come into
bearing at an early age, , require .lit
tle pruning and so far, absolutely; no
spraying, and when in fair hearing,
make, excellent hog pastures, if irri-
gated may be seeded to orchard grass,
ana me experience oi a uove grower
for the past 18 years, is that you can
grow- something like 800 pounds of
stock hogs to the : acre and partly
finish these on waste prunes during
and soon after the harvest.., .And in
addition to this, the market for, the
crop for the past nine years, in sue
cession nas, been excellent, and r very
profitable and the grower has air
ways "the choise of . drying or selling
them fresh. The certainty of crops
and yield in this locality are-dao
ly--trfactoryaii'd8fibw an average
of nearly double that in the most
noted prune sections west of the Cas
cade mountains, the average for the
A. G. Conklin orchard in Cove, now
22 years old from planting, has been
something like six tons of fresh fruit
per acre, harvested, in addition to
what the hogs got. and the average
price has been better than twenty
dollars per ton for the last, six or
eight years. While the income from
the Italian prune may ; not seem so
very large to some, it has the merit
of reliability, comparatively small ex-
pence for the trees and growing as
well as the care of the orchard, in
addition to which it should be remem
bered that one person can easily
handle a very large prune orchard,
even hundreds of acres, at a cost of
only a few dollars per acre for cul
tivation or for irrigation. v
For those who may doubt the de
sirability of going into the prune in
dustry, I would freely refer them to
anyone who has' owned or handled
any of our prune orchards in the last
half dozen years. Messrs. John Dean,
A. G. Conklin, F. F. Williams, J. - F.
DeBore, T. G. Wilson and M. J. Duf
fey of Cove; Mr. C. O. Ramsey of La
Grande and any of the leading prune
growers at Union, who, I am sure,
would soon convince the investigator
of the splendid opportunity there is
cpen to him in growing the Italian
prune. ' ; -'':. . ':. ? !
KARL J. STACKLAND.
Children's Coughs Children's
- Both are Serious
Colds
When one of your little ones shows
j symptoms of an approaching Cold,
jgive it Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey at
once, it octs quickly, and prevents
the i;oid crrowmir worse. Very heal
ing soothes the Lungs, loosens the
mucuous, strengthens the system. It's
guaranteed. Unly Z5c at your Drug
gist. Buy a bottle today. Buckler rs
Arnica Salve for Sores.
Stnire or Car Fare Paid.
To students enrolling for the mid
winter term, paying four months tul
Hon in advance . Write for particu
lars.
BAKER BUSINESS COLLEGE.
W. P. KINOM, Prop
E. RIESLAND,
Plasterer and Contractor.
$ Cement work of all kinds, Foun-
dations and Flue construction.
Cement block a specialty. Call
and see these blocks at E. C.
Davis Marble Shop. Phone Red
871.
STATION ' DEIPAIR,
ft' tuust trust , the ceaductor, -t
' fcot surely. , '
: Why, millions of oiUIIum ! -fore
Have made Uila same Joumey
securely , r
And :come, to that ultimta
shore. '. -
' And we, we will reach 1t la
season,
...And, ab, what a welcome la
tbercl
Reflect then, bow out of all rea
) i: ana ..?''''.iA-'.wl?:!;t;!
: To stop at the Btatlon bespalr.
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Ay, mlduisht and aunj a pa "
tlon
Of bitter black water have we !
As we Journey front, ocein, ta :
ocean, "' j
From sea unto ultimate aea, :v
To tba deep aea of seas and all
Hence
Of passion, concern and of
care; . - ,
That vast sea of Eden set to
la uds
. Dou't atop at tba Station De
spalrt .. ,. :.
Go forward,, whatever may fal
low. ' , ,
Go forward, - friend led or
1 alone. ;
Ah, m, to leap o la aoiae aol- 4
low
-. Or fen, in the night aad un
known. : Leap on Ilka a thlaf ; try to hide
- yon ' - ' , . i
From angels all waiting you
there! , -
Go forward,, whatever betide
you
Don't atap at the Station De
spair! Joaquin Miller.
: Turn and Turn-About, ,
It was sometimes the custom of pro
fessors in- former times , to give frea
tickets for their: courses u kindness
Unit was sometimes abused, lu "The
Book of Edinburgh Anecdotes" Francis.
Walt tells how tho' famous Dr. JOhn
Barcluy. extramural lecturer on anat
omy at the University: 'of Edlubul-gb
between 1707 and 1825. auce applied
buniorous correctlve to nil Imposition
of this kind.'- -i'' $&':
He iwcelved a note from Dr.. Laiug.
(he well known antlquury, 'requesting
t free ticket for a youug medical itu-:
fleut. '. Barclay professed himself de
llgbted to confer the favor, but Invited
the pupil to uccompany blm to Dr.
IjiIiik's iKxikshnp.s wliereC lie selected
hooks on nnntomy to the exact value of
ticket for bis .course of lecturee.
Tben, siiKt'ly reuiurklug that without
textbooks his lectures were useless, be
presented the books to the astonished
youth as u gift from Dr. Lalug. He
would, not listen to the young man's
expostulation, but bundled him and the
books out of the shop. He did not And
It necessary to repeat the lesson."
Kiiowilis a Kood tbrae Isn't rnnnirh.
you've not to know a bad thine whpn
you see it ;
Many a man- loses more time trvlna
to save a nickel than It would take him
to earn a dollar. - . .i
' A 6,000,000 egg shipment from China
tdds-tbe prouiisa of a foreign yolk to
the yellow peril.
Women Imitate the men in many
things, but you. never hear of a Bin
chewing tobacco.
Read tho advernsoinent too.
Our Own Grinding Plant
The mechanical work must be
equally as careful as the' examina
tion itself. The prescription must
be filled with Scientific Precision.
This is done in our own Laboratory
on the Premises, where we grind
all of our. own lenses. : -
We guarantee our lenses to be
absolutely correct, scientifically and
mecnamcany.
Fitting and Adjusting,
The glasses must be made up in
frames or mountings that will be
suited to each individual case. The
appearance of the glasses, when
worn, ' must be considered. We
provide mountings to harmonize
with the features- and give hand
some und stylish effects.
' Specialties.
We prescribe toric glasses when
their use addB comfort.
When the eyes require different
lenses for ner and distant vision,
we supply bifocals with an invisible
dividing line, so that only a single
nnir of glasses is needed.
We have all kinds of specialties
in frames and nose pieces, shell
frames, special designs and shapes
to suit and fit all requirements.
- J. H. PEARE & SOX,
La Grande's Leading Jewelers
and Optometrists
Palmer :. Lamdls
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How many thousand dollars vooud that mow
be worth to Grand Ronde Valley . vr"
$15 per -acre; $1,50 per
PALMER
postomce, station on the O. W. R. & N. etc., is from one to 4 miles of
any part of these lands.. These lands have been stumped for several
Cut 0?er
pine ash. This
try, while grain, vegetables and fruit have been raised with excellent'
results.-' This is a dry fanning country, well covered with - living;
. - creeks and springs; the annual rainfall, being.
I ANDS ' ' about 30 inches. The price of these lands is only
r $16.00 per acre, tl.50 down and the balance pay
able in 9 annual payments of the same amount; interest at 6 per cent
We will gladly show you photographs and explain further in detail.
m Whenever You Want to Buy. Sell, Trade, Rent or Insure, See .
Geo. H. Gurrey
i'-?. 'WHO MOVES
REAL ESTATE
.108 ELM ST. :
Phone, Black 2001
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Just Arrived
1915 MAXWELL "25"
COME AND SEE IT
LEIGHTON'S GARAGE
D. R. FONG MEDICINE CO.
CHINESE ROOT AND HERB REMEDIES
Cure 6 Bodily Diseases With Root and Herb Treatment i
Phone 762 Free Consultction La Grand !
141? Adams Ave. Ore.
TELEPHONES
' By the use of one of our telephones
you can now reach and be reached
directly (over copper circuits) by prac
tically every other telephone in Union
county.
Long distance service to all parts in
the Northwest.
THE HOME INDEPENDENT
TELEPHONE COMPANY
: We are receiving
, several inquiries
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every day-, this
' winter . As soon
as Spring arrives
these land - will
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sell with a rush
You had better
- investigate before
too late.
year.
Palmer Lands are located about SO miles from La
Grande and 10 miles from Elgin. Palmer June-'
tion, where there is a general merchandise store,:
years and the cost of clearing U low compared
' with most logged off lands. The soil is a rich deep
is a natural hay and stock eeun-'
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