Corvallis Times,
Here are the Winners!
CORVALLIS, OREGON,
f TUESDAY EVENING, OCT. 16, 1906.
THREE DOLLARS A BUSHEL.
And Better for Oregon Apples Grow
ers are Getting Rich From
Their Sale.
Hood River and its apples are in
the public eye. Many Oregonians
journeyed Hood Riverward last
week to see the apple fair. The
display of fruit is said to have been
beautiful. It was the talk in Port
land that 'the exhibition was as fine
as the world can make in the ap
ple line. Great, indeed, is Hood
River and her apple industry. ,
There is, however, something re
markable in this story of 'apples
and the beautiful valley ? up the
Columbia. It is a valley known in
the markets and busy streets of New
York City, It is known . in the
wealthy homes of that great town.
Itis known in London and to London
apple buyers. "Hood River Ap
ples" emblazoned on a box of fruit
sells the apples without question on
the part of the buyer. Three dol
lars and fifteen cents a box for
Spitzenbergs and $2.90 for New
towns., is the price Hood River
growers got for their apples this
season. The crop is all sold. "
Three dollars and fifteen cents
a bushel is a beautifully profitable
recompense for the trouble of grow
ing apples. The snug sum of
$4,500 is what a'20-acre orchard
netted one man and there are doz
ens and scores of . similar instances
in the Hood River valley. The
growers are all getting rich, just as
hop growers have made fortunes in
the Independence district the past
years. Yet, it is a truth, a solemn
sacred truth, that great as is Hood
River, famed and fabled as are her
apples, it is possible to grow and
sell apples just as well in the Wil
lamette valley. Equally good ap
ples can be produced, and equally
fancy figcrcs can be secured for
them. A box of apples displayed
for sale in the Corvallis market
last week and grown on Benton soil
were just as fine apples at the best
exhibited at the Hood River fair.
That is the statement 01 a man
who saw the box at Corvallis and
saw the apples at the fair. He 1
an apple expert. ' lis knows where
of he speaks. He has no motive
that would cause him to misrepre
sent. What he says is not in re
rogation of Hood River, but in
glorification of Benton and other
Willamette valley counties.
But why has Hood River all
this fame and why are her apples
clamored for all over the world at
fancy prices? The answer is easy
according to this apple expert. It
iia case where one far seeing
mind and one indomitable worker
led his community up and on in
progress. This man saw that the
world wanted perfect apples, and
would pay liberally for them. There
is no fruit so standard, so stable, so
all-valuable in a home as an apple
. and he knew it. But it must be an
unblemished apple. It must look
right. It must taste right. It
. must be clean and attractively
packed. '
All this the Hood River leader
. understood and he began to preach
it to his neighbors. In season and
out he talked, explained, demon
strated. He proved it by what he
grew. By degrees he convinced
his neighbors. He induced them
to spray, to cultivate and to adopt
every method suggested by scien
tific inquiry. The trees now are
gone over when the apples are bab-
. ies, an inch or two through. If
Jtoo thick, the apples are thinned by
picking. They are not allowed to
grow nearer than five inches apart,
v That makes aa apple, of perfect size
' and shape. It lays the foundation
for fame and fancy figure. A skill
. ed association packs and ships all
the fruit. The private orchardisl
doesn't do it. Enlighten tant di
rects every department of the in
dustry. Experience shows that it
fS feaSler to do ft that way than by
the old fashioned, slip-shod meth
od. The consequence is that ev-
N ery grower Is getting rich, ,
It could be the same in the Wil-
. lamette valley. The soil is here.
0 is the climate. In all the up
lands of the foothills: is .the place..
That is what an apple expert who
knows says. The industry, though
lies dormant, dead, unawakened.
. There is no master mind to arouse
' it. There is no firm hand to lead,
. There is no clear , headed prophet
' like they had : at: Hood River to
v forsee and to go ahead and blaze
' the way.' There is no E. L. Smith
.- for he is the man who, more than
all others, is the maker of the fame
and fast multiplying wealth of
Hood River.
If you want clover and grass
seeds go to Zierolf s.
VERY man who comes to us for
clothes goes away looking like
a winner. We get him into Hart,
Schaffner 6c Marx clothes, and
that's the best clothes thing that
will ever happen to any man.
These clothes of ours the most
perfectly tailored, all-wool fabrics ;
the styles are the correct models
and we guarantee a perfect fit.
$15:00 to $30:00
The People's Store.
Established 1864
HE SWAPPED CAKES ON THEM.
How Two Prominent 0. A. C. Lads
got Taken in by a Portland
Dealer.
It was a red cake, that is the
frosting was red. Bert Pilkington
and Herman Tartar espied it in a
Portland bake shop. The only
way to make red frosting is by use
of dyes injurious to health. The
boys as attaches of the food com
missioners office, were on their
rounds in search of adulterated
foods They bought the, red cake.
They tarried and chatted with him
while the proprietor wrapped it. He
asked them sweetly to "call again"
as he handed them the package and
they passed out. They remember- j
ed his sweetness of manner after
ward. '.
The boys chuckled as they re
paired to the food commissioners
office to analyze the frosting on the
red cake. It was a clear case and
no mistake. The red coloring
would supply the evidence and the
lawbreaking bake shop man would
have a fine to pay.
Two attaches of the commisS'
iner's office looked blankly into
each other's faces when they un-,
rolled the package and viewed that
red cake. The whilom chuckle
was gone and a .sort of a, -'well,,
ril-be-durned" expression 'wad 60
each physiognomy- The ted Cake
was brows one, Jt ha a t turn
ed brown during tn6 transfer from
the shap" id tfce office either. The
knowing proprietor was wise to
their game, as the parlance of the
street would put it. As he wrapped
Up the package, he had deftly sub
stituted the brown cake for the red
one, and thereby withheld the evi
dence they would have used in
prosecuting him. '" They hurried
back to the shop, but the red cake
was not there. It had been put
carefully out of their reach, . and
the laugh was on the boys. ,
A RAILROAD INCIDENT.
two Cols in the Baggage Car, and the
Sequel Thereto-Brother and ,
'. v Sister. . ,
A strange . conincidence trans
pired on the north bound train at
Independence Friday. ' H. W.
Murphy of Corvaliis, a pioneer and
eminently respectable citizen of
was enroute to Portland, to enter a
hospital for medical treatment. iHe
ofifc igfc
Corvallis, Oregon
occupied a cot In the baggage car,
being much spent in strength, af
ter an illness of several weeks. At
Independence another cot was lifted
into the baggage car, and placed
by the side of that occupied by j
Mr. Murphy. The occupant of !
the new cot turned out to be Mrs.
Lucas, a sister of Mr. Murphy, and
she too, was enroute to Portland
to enter a hospital. Her trouble
was a fractured limb, just sustained.
The surprise of the two was com
plete, but it was easily imaginable
as tkey chatted together during the
rest of the journey that something
more than surprise entered into the
incident. It was a brother and
sister's love and sympathy and itdid
much to mollify the pain and short
en the distance to the metropolis.
CARVED THE LETTERS HIGH.
How an Unknown Student Wrote
0. A. C. far up a Rocky Ocean
Cliff.
High up on a sheer cliff at the
mouth of the Umpqua river, where
the flying surf is sometimes storm
driven until blown -against the
rocky wall, are the familiar letters,
OAC." There, where the sea
gulls . fly and the monotonous
tnunder ot the surf never -.ceases,"
the Wf!? novv5 letters perennially
ttll tnesory ; of the "edtieatioaal in
stitution at which so many -young
people have disported in the founts
ot Knowledge, n is 75 - mvuj
the ground to where the letters are
boldly carved ib the living rock,
and it is a mystery how the intrepr
id OAC boy who put them there
was able to reach the vantage
point from where his pocket knife
fashioned the characters he loved.
But there they are, and there they
hold aloft the banner of the, college
and tell in letters that the winter
storms cannot blot out the story
of one of her ; boy's ' devotion and
loyalty- to the institution. : The
point is where the Gardiner road
passes to the beach and in a posi
tion so conspicuous that no passer
by can fail to read the significant
inscription, -and to interpret
to the uppermost tne reason
of why it is there. Dr. Withycon.1e
saw the monogram on . his recent
trip to Coos county and he is anx
ious to learn the name of the loyal
son of OAC who carved the letters
there.
Leave orders at Zierolfs for fresh
Yaquinabay oysters for delivery bat
KLINE
Copyright 1905 by Hart
REDUCED SUMMER ' EXCURSION
RATES.
Newport, Yaitam Bay, Breitenbush
Hot Springs From All S. P. and
C & E. Points.
On anil aU-r .iUue 1, 1906, the Southern j?acJS 3
In connection with the Corvallis & Eastern rail
road, will have on tale round trip tickets from
points on their lines to Kewport, Yaqnlna and
Detroit at low rates, good for return until Octo
ber 10, 1906.
Three day tickets to Newport and Yaqulna,
good going Saturdays and returning Mondays,
are also on sale from all East Side points, Fort
land to Eugene, Inclusive, and from all West
side point?, enabling people to vitit their famil
ies and spend Sunday at the seaside.
Season tickets from all East Side points, Fort
aid to Eugc ne, inclusive, and from all Wes
Side points, are also on sale to Detroit at very
low rces, with stop-over privileges at Mill City
or any point East, enabling tourists to visit the
Santiam and Breitenbush Hot Springs In the
Cascade Mountains, which can be reached in
one day. 9
Season tickets good for return from all points
until Oct. 10. Three-day tickets good going Sat
urdays and returning Mondays only. Tickets
for Portland and vicinity good tor return via.
the East or West Side. Tickets from Eugene
and vicinity will be good going via theLebanon
Springfiela branch. . Baggage on Newport tickets
checked through to Newport ; on Yaqulna tick
eta to Yaqulna only. Suoday excursions to New
port on the 0. & E. will begin June 10th or 17th
and run every Sunday thereafter, leaving Alba
nv at 7:80 a. m. : leavlne Corvallis 8a.m.
S. F. trains connect With ffigg, & Eat Albany
and Corvallis for Yaquins and Newport. Trftlos
On the C, & E, for Detroit Will leave Albany at
7:30 a. m., enabling tourists to the Hot Springs
reach there the same day, Trains from and
to Corv&t!1? connect with all East Side trains on
the S. P.
Full information as to rates, time tables, etc.,
can be obtained on application to 7. C. Mayo
Gen. Pass. Agt. C. & E. B., Albany; A. L. Oraig,
G. P. A. S. P. Co., Portland, or to any S. P. or O.
& E. agent.
Bates from Corvallio to Newport, $3.75;
To Yaqulna, $3.25. '
- Three-day rate from Corvallis to Newport, $2.50.
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