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ORCHARDS
It In probable, gays the Yakima Re
public, that a great many Yakima hop
farmers will go eut of business this
fall. Condition surrounding hop
culture are unsatisfactory. Prices
have ruled low for two or three years
past, while all other crops were bring
ing handsome returns, and the prob
lem of harvesting has grown more se
rious each year. At the present time
there is llttie or no demand for the
crop that is coming on, and there is a
further prospect thot labor will be
scarce and high when picking time
comes. 'This, the growers soy, now
eems certain unless the conclusion
should no reached by a good many of
. the farmers not to pick. A number
of hopmen are now debating this
question In their own minds.
Of course there is always a chance
that such conditions as prevail now
may Improve, and there are some who
are strong in the belief that hops will
be worth picking this fall, and may
perhaps afford a profit to the grow
ers. But with lands devoted to other
crops yielding from $100 to 11200 an
acre all over the valley, hopgrowers
will not be satisfied 'with even fairly
good profits.
One of the most experienced hop
men In the Yakima country Is A. B.
Weed. He has ono of the finest 40
acre yards in the state. He is grlng
to convert his hop farm into an or
chard. Harry Coonse, whose yard Is
near Weed's, will do llkewlst. So will
the Harvey and Hindu Ir. On the
school section, one of the richest hop
districts in the world. 120 acres of
hops will be taken out and the ground
planted to orchards. The owners say
their lands are Just us good for or
chard purposes as they are for hops
as good as any In the valley and they
are tired of wrestling with the prob
lems that they have worried over for
the last few years. '
Several other well known hop grow
ers will probably join the procession.
Mr. Weed said this morning: "It
is true that I am going out of the hop
business, and true that many other
hop farmers in our district are go
ing to do the .same. We have all
reached this conclusion and have or
dered trees for what we think In a
few years will be the finest commer
cial orchards In the valley,
"I am 'not going to plow up my
yard this year, but I will plant the
trees this fall, taking out about 105
hills of hops to the acre. Next year
I shall cultivate the hops that are
left, and probably the year after.
Then the vines will all be' plowed out.
"This system Is recommended by
experienced fruit growers. The hops
will furnish some shade for the trees
Just about as much as young trees
need. I think the trees will do even
better than on land that has no other
crop.
"I am tired of the hop business.
My farm has, throughout the term of
years I have worked it, paid me good
returns on what I considered it
worth. I have had good luck and
good crops. Sometimes I have sold
for low prices, but there have been
several years thut were good, Indeed.
The averago profits have not been
bad at all, though they have not been
equal to those njnde.by some of the
best orchardlsts.
"The labor problem and the har
vest problem are getting to be too
much for me, however. I will let
somebody else solve them If It can
be done. In the meantime, I shall be
growing an orchard, which, even If
I do not want to wait until It comes
Into bearing, will be saleable at a
good price at any time. There Is no
better fruit land anywhere In the
valley than mine, and now that ex
perience has sh,own the people what
are the best varieties of fruit to put
out, I think an Investment in an or
chard will be one of the best that I
or any other man In this country can
make."
niLTOH DID HOT IHIEST THE SfEiMBfMT
William E. Curtis In the Chicago
Record-Herald expounds the Genesis
of the steamboat as follows:
Robert Fulton was not the Invent
or of the steamboat, although he Is
generally credited with that honor.
Nor was James Watt the inventor of
the steam engine', although both
were successful In making these ne
cessities a commercial success and
securing their peimanent employ
ment. The Invention of the steam
engine and the steamboat cannot be
attributed to any one man, for they
are the results of the Inventive pow
ers and experiments of several men
of genius, who discovered and de
veloped the principles of physics they
Involve.
A German named Papln actually
constructed and operated a steam
boat on the River Fulda at Cassel In
1707, 100 years before Fulton, and It
might have been successful had it not
been destroyed by the superstitious
boatmen of the neighborhood, who
thought It the work of the evil. one.
In 1736 Johnnthan Hulls, of whom
PROTECTING DRAINAGE AROUND 60ISE
The following from the Boise
Statesman contains not merely inter
esting Information, but valuable
pointers to boards of health else
where, and others In any degree re
sponsible for sanitary conditions gen
erally: The county board of health has
been very active of late in taking
steps to prevent conditions favorable
to disease. Not long ago an order
was made requiring butchers at
slaughter housees to cremate all offal
resulting from butchering animals
and other restraining orders are be
ing considered. Yesterday the board,
consisting of the county commission
ers and Dr. J. B. Lewis, county phy
sician, passed the following:
"Whereas, There obtains a custom
among the inhabitants of Ada county,
and particularly the Inhabitants of
Boise City, of hauling carcasses of
dead animals, offal, refuse and trash
to grounds Just without the limits of
Boise City to the north and east of
said city, and there depositing the
same, and
"Whereas. The said grounds to the
north and oast of said Boise City have
a higher elevation than said city, and
water passing over, upon and across
the same drains towards and Into the
said city limits, and
"Whereas, All of such drainage Is,
by reason of the depositing and bury
ing of said carcasses, offal, refuse and
trash In and upon said grounds, con
taminated thereby, and is and becomes
a source of danger to the health of
the Inhabitants of said county and
city; and the said carcasses, of fill, ref
use and trash at, In and upon said
grounds mentioned, constitute an un
healthy nuisance; therefore, be it
"Resolved, That the . burying, de
positing or In any manner placing
carcasses, otfal, refuse, trash, or pu
trid, decayed or spoiled matters, or
the depositing at or upon such ground
of matters likely to decay, decompose
or spoil Is hereby condemned as an
unhealthy nuisance, and Is prohibited;
and it Is hereby ordered that all per
sons hereafter having the disposal of
carcasses, offal, refuse and trash be
required either to cremate the same
or to haul the same south of said
Boise City beyond the New York
canal; that all carcasses or other ani
mal matter be either cremated or
burled beyond the said canal, not less
than three feet deep; be It further
"Resolved, That notice of this res
olution be given by publication there
of In the Idaho Dally Statesman for a
period of 10 days from date, and that
after such publication of such notice
all persons failing to comply with the
requirements of this resolution be
prosecuted, as by law provided."
Xoticei
Any connections to be made, or re
pairs to connections, with the water,
sewer or gas systems on East Court
street, must be attended to before
this street is macadamized.
R. W. FLETCHER,
Street Commissioner.
For Rene.
Cottage with bath, hot and cold
water. Inquire 100 E. Bluff street
nothing else seems to be known, pub
lished a pamphlet doscrlblnb a steam
boat very much like that of Fulton's,
and obtained a patent for It In Eng
land, but, ho' far as the world knows,
it was never built.
An Italian named Bernoulli!, In
1762, anticipated John Erlcson's Idea
of the screw propeller.
William Henry, a gunsmith of Lan
caster, Pennsylvania, was experiment
ing with a steamboat on tbo Canas
tota river five years before Robert
Fulton was born. It met with an ac
cident and- was sunk near Lancaster.
John Fitch, who often claimed to
be the Inventor of the steamboat,
was a neighbor of Mr. Henry, a fre
quent visitor at his l)ouse, and later
In life developed Mr. Henry's Idea so
successfully that he carried passen
gers seven miles an hour on a steam
boat called "Perseverance" between
Philadelphia and Thenton and Wil
mington and Chester, during the
years 1790-91. This boat probably
ran between 2000 and 3000 miles, but
was a mechanical and commercial
failure. Fitch also built a boat with
a screw propeller, but could never
make It go. It Is a remarkable co
Incidence that Henry. Fitch and Ful
ton all came from the same town of
Lancaster.
James Rumsey built a steamboat
on the Potomac at Shepherdstown,
Va., In 1784 and succeeded In running
it at the rale of four miles an hour
against the current in the presence
of George Washington, who gave him
a written certificate. The state of
Kentucky voted Ramsey a gold medal
"for giving to the world the benefit
of the steamboat." but Ramsey's
method was not practical.
Nicholas Roosevelt built a boat on
the Passaic river In 1798, put into It
an engine with a cylinder 20 inches In
dlnmetcr, and carried a party of In
vited guests at the rate of eight miles
an hour, but his machinery broke
down and the steamboat was aban
doned. There were other attempts and oth
er failures both In Europe and the
United States and Robert Fulton had
the benefit of them. He was a man
of practical genius and had the pene
tration to detect the errors and the
advantages in the models of other
men, so that he was able to build the
first steamboat that would work,
and within a few years after Its suc
cessful trial had 15 steam vessels in
operation In the 'water around the
city of New York.
"Everybody Should Know,"
says C. O. Hays, a prominent business
man of Bluffy Mo., that Busklen's Ar
nica Salve Is the quickest and surest
healing salve ever applied to a sore,
burn or wound, or to a case of piles,
"I've used It and know what I'm
talking about" Guaranteed by Tall
man & Co., druggists, 25c.
"THE GRILL"
Main Street, across from
St. George Restaurant
MEALS AT ALL HOURS.
I Everything the Market Affords.
I A Cool, Clean Place to Get a
Square Meal.
MEALS 25c '.
A meal ticket given free every week to customers.
We have buyers for your land.
The Pendleton Investment Co.
Is advertising Eastern Oregon Wheat Lands, Irrigated Fruit
Farms and Stock Ranches In 200 selected newspapers located In
Eastern Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa,
Illinois and Wlscontln, and the excursion rates to Pendleton
during September and October.
Numerous" answers to advertisements Indicate a large Immigra
tion of land buyers this fall. We want more land to supply the
demand. List your property with us. We have the customers
and want the bargains.
The Pendleton Investment Co.
' Office Savings Bank Building,
PENDLETON, OREGON.
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