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1 Ohio aufl Good Roads. I Editor Glacier: Since our last good toads meeting I have done some corres ponding relative to good roads. The fol lowing article is from a friend in Ohio, Itnd civrins much valuable informa tion. .yy is a native Ohioan and speaks intelligently from personal experience fcf many years in official work and pub lic life. I give his thoughts in full ; they need no comment, lours respecttuiiy, A. I. MASON, Chairman Good Roads Meeting. Xenia, Ohio, January 22, 1903. Friend Iason: Relative to "road construction n Greene county, Ohio. To make in formation reliable aud instructive in iny other section of the country, condi tions under which roads have been con structed here should be fully understood, uch as character o.f country and soil, the proximity of suitable road material, tic., all of which influence the cost of lonstruction. To be ahle to specify how inuch material should be put on a road to make it sufficient to stand the traffic with the minimum amount of repairs, is the economical road for any community to build. I This county, in the western half, is lolling and in many places rather hilly, ji-ith an abundance of gravel in the hills Suitable for road purposes. The eastern part of the county is very level, most of the land requiring under-draining, with large open ditches to carry the water to tjhe main outlets; gravel rather scarce and nearly all under water when found. In some portions where gravel is scarce good quality of limestone exists, and since the advent of stone crushers a few joads have been made with crushedstone. 1 Greene county has been improving its loads for the last thirty-five years, under the various laws that have been enacted from time to time until all the principal, ind in fact nearly all the roads in the county are now more or less improved y grading and graveling or covering i-ith broken stone. i These improvements have nearly-all leen made by assessments on the lauds ienefited, lying within one and two Sgiiles on either side of the road. In nn jroving the most important roads, two iles on either side, with a circle of two iles around each end being assessed according to benefits, taking into con sideration the accessibility of each indi vidual to the proposed improvement and tlx hi in accordingly. Alter the most important roads were improved in this manner, the law was so modified that a nale on each side of the improvement CQuld be taxed by a uniform tax on both labd and personal property, and in cses where parallel or nearly parallel roads run nearer than two miles of each oUier the territory was divided between tfct roads, even when no improvement should be contemplated on one of the roads; leaving the property adjacent apy road to make its improvements When desired, by petition to the county commissioners by a majority of the rjealty owners in any such district. At least 80 per cent of the mileage of roadB ip the county were improved under the laws above mentioned. These roads have been kept in repair by each town ship, by the trustees levying a small titx on. all the taxable property in each tpwnship and having it expended on the rpada. Many of the roads of minor im portance have been greatly improved out of this fund, both by tax in cash ex pended by the supervisor of the district and by tax worked out by each individ ual under the direction of such super visor. For a few years paBt laws have been enacted which permit the county commissioners to raise money by a gen eral tax on the county and apply to road construction when a road has been pe titioned for by a majority of the resi dents along any proposed improvement, v. ad assessing 25 per cent of the cost on t'te abutting land owners. Owing to the fo,t that most of such lesislation has been held to be special in nature and operation, very little work has been done in this manner. JUnder the original two-mile assess ment plan the work was sold to the lowest responsible bidder at a price per rot or mile for the completed road, the county issuing bonds in anticipation of the taxes to pay for the work. Under the one mile system the law provided for the appointment of three special commissioners to take charge aiid build the road. The special com missioners would issue bonds and super vise the construction, receiving two dollars per day for their services. This plan was very popular and most of the mileage in the county was constructed in this way. The entire line to be built being divided into three parts, each commissioner personally taking charge of a division. The customary price was paid for teams and labor (preference boing given to tax payers). Each com-missjone.- kept a strict account with each individual performing labor, and by presenting from time to time his pay ruif to the county auditor, payment was made from the fund provided for by the sals of bonds. The most influential and heaviest taxpayers along any improve ment was generally appointed to take charge, and I have never beard of a pro&ecution or accusation of the misap propriation of funds under this arrange ment. As a rule the community built the road within themselves, and when through had both the money and the improvement, with several years in which to pay off the bonds. When Toad improvement was at its highest ebb in this county there were many complaints about the reckless expenditure of money for road purposes, but it proved to be a great blessing to the county. The cost of these roads has varied fn-m one to three thousand per mile, in ( nie cases much more, depending on the amount of grading, etc. The bridg ing and culverting was generally done by Ihe county. In a few instances irnwy was spent injudiciously by the u.-e of an excessive amount of material, increasing the cost of construction so much that the interest on the excess would more than maintain a good road itb less material in the original. con duction. A road covered with sufficient mterial to make a 'firm and unyielding y that will only have to have the rnout material replaced on top from e to time, I believe to be the econo road to construct, if lfiade too light and is constantly moving and yielding under the traffic, thi a repairs become so costly that such a road is not economical. Some judg ment should be used in constructing a ri'K.l, but if you should err in your judg ment it would be best to have too much i not enougn oi material, ine nnge of a road is the all-important g in building good roads. You can put material on a soft foundation keep it on top ; the heavy material go to the bottom. proved road machinery has done h to cheapen grading in the past years, especially where only side 8 need to be cut. If steep hills countered the work is more ex ve, but it is poor economy to spend T traveling or macadaming l broken d. . th lie I a, 1 ) on steep hills, as it will wash off vearor eo in countries subject to f rains. After you get a grade that more than six or seven feet iu one red the material will wash away fast iood quality of gravel when obtain . everything considered, is Lardlv -wl by anything eke for metaling .J, although broken ttoue is consid by most engineer as superior but rally more expensive. The amount of gravel used on the roads in this county varies from five to nine cubic yards to the jod, owing to the importance .of the road, and put- on from 14 to 16 inches thick in the center and from 10 to 16 feet in width. It Is not wise to pnt it on too wide unless you bank up the edges with earth to hold it in place, as travel will spread it suf ficiently in a short time. A form of cross-section that I like best for a road of gravel or broken stone is one of nearly a circle, with slopes- three to one into the ditches. If the gravel' is edged up with a grader it should be put on wider than where left to spread by travel. In estimating the cost of constructing a road, the amount of grading, culvert ing and bridging, graveling or macadam izing must be considered. Generally the grading and graveling is paid for by the adjacent property owners and the. re mainder by the county at large. The grading when done by machinery will cost from 40 to 75 cents -per rod for grades that can be made directly from the side ditches; where material has to be hauled in wagons or scrapers the cost will be from 12lA to 25 cents per cubic yard for hauls from 200 to 1,500 teet. f rices for such work however de pend on the cost of labor in the locality where the work is done. In estimating the cost of gravel the basis is generally taken as a cubic yard for a load per team, and 24 miles as the average days' travel for a team, to which must be added the cost of a man for spreading gravel on the road and a efficient num ber of shovelers in the pit to load teams promptly, so that teams will not be idle too much of the time. In hauling crushed rock a team will haul Ho cubic yards, to which must be added the cost of breaking or cnishingj(o. . i nave nasiny wnuwraw mougnis upon this subject which I hobe mav be of some benefit to you in considering tne road question, lou are at liberty to use it iu any way you may desire, but I would suggest that you re-write it and put it in more readable shape, incorpo-ratine-any ideas' or -thoughts of your' own that wtuiM make it more applicable to conditions m your country. . Any in formation that I can give you at any time will be freely given. I would suggest that vou apply to the good roads commission at Washington, U. V., for literature upon the ; subiect, . which they will furnish you free for the asking. Very truly yours, li. A. MCKAY, County Engineer Greene Co., Ohio. The Way They Mo It Out West, White Salmon Letter to Viroq.ua (Wls.)Censor. Editor Censor: S. C. Zeiuler. iri'1895. bought ten acres of land near 'the Col--, umbia river, price. $1,000,, .'paying 1100 and having but $7 left all told. There is but four acres of it that .can be. culti vated and the knowing ones said : "Zeig ler will starve on that sand hill." This sand hill, was formed perhaps about the time Adam and EveVere in the Garden of Eden, by the windblowing up the Columbia river aud forming this sand heap with drifting sand, so uneven that it cannot be irrigated by gravity, being 75 feet or more in height. Zeigler made up his mind that strawberries and to matoes were the best to starve to death on and went to work in earnest. The berries were planted twelve by thirty inches apart, then each spring in proper time tomato plants were set in every other space between these rows; 24 , by 60 inches. When berries- aregathered the vines are cut off and a full crop of tomatoes grown on the same four acres.. He uses proper commercial fertilizer. This land being a sand loam it would produce but very light crops without water. He has inaugurated system of "irrigation on wheels" by. using water coming out of the hill high up, to give head, and'liaving'a system of pipes underground so arranged thai irrigation is done by sprinkling. If'sT burglar were to come around about midnight he might find Zeigler moving his "wheels." In seven years Zeigler has cleared over $7,000 off the four acres. How did he do it? In the first place he run his business did not let his business run him. He knew how-arid When a certain thing ought to be done.and.-did it, The first year he cleared $450 and as experi ence taught him, kept the balance sheet increasing until in llHJl he cleared over $1,800. He is now owner of 300 acres of land a few miles up in the hilts, with a young apple orchard of nearly 1,000 trees. The land is now worth 13,000 and most of it when planted with, the right kind of apple trees,- will be worth $100 an acre. as an' investment. . Mr. Zeigler has offered one of his neighbore (offer refused) $500 per acre for ten acres. The ten acres adjoining is not worth $5 an acre. t Young man, come west if you think you can become a "Zeigler." UHAKLKS- VV ATEKS.- What Land Plaster Will Do. "' A farm in Oakland coutity,Micbigan, vvua so worn with L-ontinued cronnincr that it produced only three bushels of wheat to the acre. A new owner came into possession of the farm, and -a. few years after, wrote: J?ow without any fertilizer except" cfdvir. and. plaster, 1 am getting from. 25 to 35 bushels of best quality of white wueatto the-acre." . f rom a prize essay on me iuiuiva timi of the Potato," written by D.--A. Conipton of lluwley, Pa., the following is copied: "i nave seen a neiu uu oi the same soil, and pTepafed alike,- and all planted with potatoes of the same variety at the same time; on one-half of which, that had no plaster, rheyield was but 60 bushels 'to -.the acre, and many were rotten. Th? other, part, to which plaster was applied,:yielded-300 bushels to the acre and not an unsound potato among them." F. M. Hollaway of Hillsdale, .N. Y., stated ut a meeting of the farmers'-iu-' stitute that he had tried an-experiment on a field of com by using plan ter on-one-half and using no fertilizer on the other half. From the portion where plaster had been used he hulked 80 baskets of corn, and where no plas ter had been used only 50 haslets to the acre. The effect of plaster upon clover and grasses is well known in Oregon. Its use Increases the crop from 25 to 50 per cent the first year. . The best time to apply piaster on grasses is in the spring, when the grass starts to grow, and ago in when four or five inches high. About 100 pounds to the acre should be used in a season. On corn, the usual method is to put, say, a tablespoouful on each hill, when' the com is up four or five inches. The ilaster should . be acatteied on the eaves as much as possible. Potatoes should be treated .the same as corn when the sprouts appear above the grouud and again after the first hoeing. For both dressings about 200 pouuds to the acre should be used." - . ' For wheat, oats, barley, etc., ou win ter wheal there should be a top dress ing of about ) pounds to the acre in the fall w hen the w heat is up, and a like quantity in ihe apring after it has beeuu to grow. Ou spring wheat, oats. barley and rj'e 'be plaster should be applied after the tpmuis have a good start. About 100 pounds to the acre should be used. In all cases the plaster should Xe used wbeu there is a heavy due or rain upon the plant, to prevent It being blown away. The moisture will carry it dowu to the roots, where it become ffievtive. MET AT MOSIER. Enthusiastic Fruit Growers' Meeting. The fruit growers of Mosier valley met iu the Woodmen hall February 17 at 1:30 p.m. The meeting was called to order by J. P. Carroll. A. P. Batehaui was chosen chairman and he appointed Chas. R. Stark, secretary. Mr. Batehaui opened the meeting by calling attention to the growing im portance of our fruit industry, and es pecially.to the growing of apples. He placedno restrictions whatever upon the meeting, but he presented some topics which were taken up and handled in a manner that proved that in the Mo sier district live some of the most aggressive, up-to-date fruit growers in the country. The meeting was in tensely interesting from start to finish. Mrs Bateham read the following paper from H. F. Davidson, who was called to Portland on ' important business, consequently was unable to attend the meeting : .'- VARIETIES TO RAISE FOR PROFIT. Gentlemen : The Daviflson Fruit Co. has been instrumental in holding this meeting of apple growers for the reason that the volume of business we are able to handle depends entirely upon the available quantity of first class fruit which you gentlemen produce, and for this reason we are directly interested in the promotion of the apple growing in dustry in this section. While we handle all kinds and qualities in various ways we desire and much prefer to give our attention particularly to marketing fruit of high quality at high prices and as a secondary ' consideration take up the matter of using culls and lower grades -o as to prevent them from being a loss on the grower's hands and to furnish employment to our men. ihe writer -maae a trip recently cover ing the principal markets in the United States, and was extremely gratified to find that unquestionably the best apples seen on the entire trip were from this section, and an opportunity was had to see apples from almost every apple pro ducing section of this country. There are a great . many varieties of apples as grown in other parts of the United States that are equal in quality to the same varieties grown in this section. Pomologist8 all agree that it requires a peculiar soil and climate to produce certain high grade varieties to perfec tion, but that the common varieties do well on a great variety of soils,in a great many different altitudes and under dif ferent climatic conditions. There were such varieties as Ben Davis, Ganos, Missouri Pippins, Rhode Island Greenings, Northern Spys and the like on sale in several markets that were fully equal to any of the same va rieties raised in this section, and we saw Jonathans from Colorado, Idaho and other sections that were convincing that we cannot excel in the production of this variety, but the latter variety is an excellent fruit, a good uearer and the markets will take large quantities of them when grown perfectly and of good size. We are thoroughly convinced that at present the world does not produce Spitzehbergs and Newtown Pippins that can be compared favorably with those grown in this section, and these are the two v'arieties for which the poniological wpfld has been seeking a favorahle place in which to grow them for many vears and up to date no spot has been found equal to Mosier and Hood River valleys and perhaps some other limited sections near us. As this condition actually ex ists, we feet warranted in urging our friends to push the production of these two varieties tor their main apple crops and use Others merely for fertilization or. on, Sott.where these two varieties will not succeed. We found in all the markets visited, as far East as Chicago, ordinary varie ties selling in January for about the same that we paid to Hood River and Mosier growers for the same kinds at picking time. We have since handled the stock over, stood a large percentage of loss from rot, and are now selling these apples at an actual loss in addi tion to the loss of time and labor con nected with caring for and handling the fruit during the winter. Newtown Pippins and Spitzenbergs sell readily at picking time for fancy prices and at about the same price that can be ob aimed for them in the spring of the year, which is an exceedingly strong point in their favor. The supply of ordinary varieties of apples is increas ing faster than the demand except at considerable reduction in prices as com pared with a few years past, and this grade is gradually but surely getting harder to sell, so far we feel itourduty to advise'you to plant and grow principally the fruit that will sell readily at picking time and at good profitable prices. If yomhave good trees trees of unsatis facrory varieties it is possible and often profitable to the change the variety and it is also possible to plant a more hardy stock than either Newtown Pippin or Spitzenbergs, aud after the tree reaches a certain size the desirable varieties can be grafted or budded on the limbs and a better tree be grown than if the original stock is planted. While growers in other sections are not able to produce the fancy varieties for which the people are clamoring the world;over, let'tljem supply the ordi nary varieties which must necessarily be sold at lower prices and let us reap the benefit of our exceptionally favor able natural surroundings in soil and climate and put ourselves in position to cater to the best trade, for there are enough people in the world now Who are tar more particular about the qual ity than they are about the price, and this class is rapidly increasing, to con sume all of the fine apples we can grow in . this limited section lor years to come. "Wewiil always have a market for the cheaper and more ordinary varieties, and they can be grown with a degree of profit, but with the opportunities for growing better varieties, one cannot af ford to raise the cheaper ones except tor fertilization or where the choice kinds will not thrive.' Chairman Now, gentlemen, we will be glad to hear from each one of you on this subject. J. P. Carroll I don't want to do the talking but I don't like a Quaker meet ing a bit. I think it depends very much uon the location as to what varieties of apples we should raise for profit Some will do well in a certain location, while others do not The soil is adapted to some varieties and not to others. Some- grow fine and others do not This last is especially true of the New town Pippin. I have not tried them on ray land hot noticed litem in other or chards. - There is one thing wrong w ith the Newtowne, and if some gentleman will tell us why the tree dies in the top it will be a good thing for us to know. I do. dot knowmhether it will be a profit able apple for this section or not. I be lieve the Spitzenberg is profitable in this locality. It bears well and colors nicely. On my place I have no New tewtos old enough to bear, but my neighbors who have them complain of thi'ir dvinir in the tool. - Mr. Mosier 1 am very much in favor of the two varieties named tor money making apples. I think the Newtown if rly bandied will be snccesnful on any land around here. They are the best apples I raise. They are keeping well and look as if they would keep for months yet with no signs of decay. As to the matter of dying iu the top "of the tree; the way I account for that, is that it is a very brushy growing tree, of very small, fine limbs and the wood does not mature and retains the sap too long and is injured by freezing. I think if the trees were pruned out in the early fall these limbs would grow stronger and thicker aud they would stand the weather better. It is the trees that bear the most fine wood that dies back the most. The Spitzenbergs were a late keeper formerly, but of late my ob servation has been that it is a fall apple proper and not a good keeper. These two varieties are my favorites. Mr. Hunter Y'es, I have been in the business two years and have sold 20 boxes of apples, while here are Mr. Brown and others who have been rais ing apples for 20 years,but by interchang ing ideas we will all gather something. Of course I could talk in general about apples but I want to talk Mosier apples. I will tell you something about New towns. 1 will tell you why it dies in the top. Mr. Mosier, where does that one tree of yours stand that dies the most in the top, does it stand in an un derground..drain? Mr. Mosier No, I think not. Mr. Hunter I have a tree that re ceives lots of sub irrigation and that is the only one I have that dies in the top. My brotler's orchard has hard pan un der it and under ground irrigation and his trees die in the top. In California their walnut trees die in the top in cer tain locaties, and this is the reason they assign for that, and I think ours are due to the same cause. The Spitzenbergs have done nicely for me. My Spitzen bergs are keeping well enough for win ter apples'. Mr. Mosier When I first noticed this top dying I took a number of twigs and sent them to Corvallis asking them the cause. They sent back quite a lengthy answer saying it was due to immature wood and cold weather bursting . the sap cells and killing the wood. Their remedy was stripping the leaves or se vere pruning in the fall. A. I. Mason I think the last two gen tlemen have unraveled the secret of the dying in the top of the Newtowns. I have in my orchard two draws running water through it. I have put in some drain tile and ordered more and will put in enough to drain it thoroughly, I have running water in both these draws. When I have a tree that dies in the top it is in these draws where the water runs. I think it is on account of the immature wood as the Corvallis man said. I got my finest apples on these trees in the draws, but they will not keep till spring. They are all right to take to the apple show, then they should be sold to the Davidson Fruit Company or some one else as soon as you can get them off your hands. I will state in re gard to the Newtown Pippin keeping whqn properly grown, that I made a present to a friend of a box of New towns a year ago last fall and this fall in October he told me ho had one of those Newtowns in his cellar yet, that it was perfectly sound and been lying up on a shell without any protection at ail in any way. Mr. Evans The Ben Davis apple I think is profitable in this section as any other variety ; if we will just keep the worms out wo will have a profitable crop. This year I think I have learned a les son. I have 13 or 14 tons of apples. I sprayed six times. I got my leg broken last spring and did not get sprayed, good then, and there are lots of worms in them. If we don't get the spring spray ing done well we will have worms in them. The Ben Davis is the most prof itable for one reason, they bear every vear while the Baldwins and other va rieties every olher year, and I think the apple to make the money is the lien Davis. Henningsen What's the matter with the Red Cheek? Mr. Middleswart Well, I have not been in the business very long. I bought an old orchard when I came here and I have a young orchard also put out in the spring; Spitzenbergs, Newtowns and lied (Jheeks, and the iced Uheek was the profitable apple in the six crops I have taken off of the orchards. I have sold some Red Cheeks and Spitzenbergs in the Portland market and at the same price, ihe ueii cheek is a good keeper and a profitable apple. My Newtowns are doing nicely. Some of them have nice large apples but some of them are not doing quite so well, and although growing side by side, while some have fine large apples others bear small ones only. Some of my trees are right by the side of running water, but 1 never noticed that there was any spe cial damage from water. There was some dying in the top but those were no worse where the water was than the others. The only trouble I find from the water was that the trees grew too much to top, made too much wood. Some people think the Ben Davis are not fit to eat. I have taken such peo ple Ben Dayis apples all pealed ready to eat and when eating them they thought they were Red Cheeks. Mr. Root What Newtowns I have don't do very well. I don't know whether it was the soil, location or what, they were always email apples. The trees were thrifty and looked well but the apples were always small. Ihe Spitzenbergs I could never keep the worms out of. Chairman There are two distinct breeds of Newtown apiiles in Mosier valley as well as in Hood Kiver. One variety bearing fine I ami annlc while the other kind planted along side bear a small greenish apple. Mr. Mason In my orchard, which i just beginning to bear, I have two kinds of Newtowns. At least I have trees that are not as yellow as others. People who know more than 1 do, say that it is because the trees are not mature enough. E. L. Smith says there are no green Newtowns in the valley. About the Ben Davis, I would say I would like to see the Bens out of the valley. 1 will admit that you can raise., ten boxes of Bens where you can only raise five of the Spitz or Newtowns ; you get twice as much into the market, but you get twice as much per box and more for your Newtowns and Spitz. For instance you can now get 12 a box for New tow ns, while the best that 1 know of Bens sell ing for is 87 j cents net. Where are we ahead r te are ahead in work; we are ahead in picking, ahead iu handling, iu the care of and packing of the apples. Y'ou raise apples to make money, so dj I. Which is the tree to plant? Mr. Carroll While I don't think the Ben Davis the best apple I have, I am not ready to dig them up. I notice that Eastern men do not quote Spitzen bergs, they quote New towns, Baldwins, Ben Davis, and in the markets you will find two or three Ben Davis to one of the Newtow n or other varieties. There i! no better cooking apple grown than the Ben Davis, and it is the bet apple for drying. It is the best, most vigorous tree that grows in our country. It is one of the best bearers. I don't fay it M the best, because the Missouri t ippin cannot be beaten. Id regard to apples keeping till October, will say I kept ap ples last year till October, Lawyers, which I laid up iu the house. Take the Missouri Pippin and lay them be' side your other apples and givtt the same care and attention you do four other apples and they will keep as well aa any of them. This year the Lawver don't keep good. I don't know why, but they don't, tfeiore this my Law yers have always kept well. In regard to the Newtowns iu this locality, you will find there are two varieties they call Newtowns in this country. I don't think it is the soil or locality; one kind is a little round.hard, green apple, and if you will examine the tree you will find that is not like a Newtown tree, and the apples are not like Newtowns. I haven't got any; I got them out of Mr. Hunter's trees that dio every year. Mr. Hunter I will just make a state ment that will explain the secret of Mr. Carroll's success in selling Page & Son his Ben Davis. He planted his Ben Davis orchard to stock pumpkins and they mixed with his Ben Davis. If you will cut his Beu Davis open, you will find punky places in them, and I think it is the mixture of the pumpkin with the apple that causes it. Mr. Mason I agree with Mr. Carroll that the Ben Davis is a good cooking apple. Y'ou can flavor it and make any kind of a pie out of it you want; any woman will tell you that; cook them up and put in some spices and you could make a pumpkin pie out of them, and who would want to raise apples today to make money out of it? It you can make money out of drying apples you can beat us at Hood River. You have a big -drier here and perhaps you might do it. The worst trouble with the Lawver is that the tree breaks down by reason of the heavy foliage, even without fruit. I lost four trees last year and Sproat Bros, lost 12 six or seven-year-old trees by this breaking down." I am glad to hear it is a good bearer. Mr. Middleswart I have met with the same experience; this year seven broke dowu. Some broke the body down aud some just the limbs at the fork. 1 want to ask one question. 1 don't want to get up too many subjects, but I would like to ask if there is any call for sweet apples in the market. I have one tree and they never rot. I think they would keep two years, as I never knew one to rot. I sent a couple of boxes dowu to Portland; it was the only sweet apples 1 ever sent to market, because we always used them. Chairman I am not aware of any demand for sweet apples. They very seldom call for them. A retailer may now and then have a customer who w'ould want them, biit no wholesaler would stock up with them. Mr. Mason I think the chairman has answered exactly right. A friend of mine once had a tree of sweet apples he thought the best apples on earth. He guaranteed to me that I would never get les than $2.00 per box on the apples. 1 took some of the scions but they did not grow. Once in a while a grocer will have a cranky customer who will want sweet apples. Mr. Carroll There is only one thing the matter with the Lawver, thoy dont have a solid fork. If a man grows a Lawver tree and grows a center in that tree, it will stnnd. The limbs don't break; they break at the fork. I had six boxes on a six year old tree that did not. bleak. Mr. Mason Did you have any trouble with fungusr Mr. Carroll No, my trees are light foliage trees. Ou my Deleware Itods, or Law vers, for they are the same, the leaves are long and slim and not so thick as on the Baldwin or Spitz. Mr. Mason Heaviest foliage that I have got. Mr Hunter Mine are the lighter. Mr. Mason To free the limbs you have to shear them like a sheep. Concluded next week. Notice. AH corporal Ions anil Individuals who take water across tno public liignwny in ronaais trlct No, S, are hereby notified that they must put thelretilvertH down on a level with the roaii-bed ItninedlHtcly. j; . 0. 1). WOumVORTH, SupcrviHor. Hogs for Sale. 1 have !! young brood sows for Kalo. Also, a goou jersey cow. n. w. wait. Government Land. I can locale hoiue-Hvekers on government land good fruit land, with springs; some with water to Irrigate; easily cleared; 12 to 18 mils from Hood Kiver; near county road. !i'21 K V. M1LLKR, Hood Kiver, Or. B. F. BELIEU, Contractor and Builder. tf-lI.ANS AND KHTfM ATKH K!KNIHIIKr- -THE Barber Shop, On the Hill, S. C. JACK'SOX. Proprietor. Will do pieture framing in connection, ltoom moldings and nil klndsof plelure find window gins coiiHinnuy on nana. auu see sum pies of wall paper. Get Your Shoes. All shoes repaired In J. W. Ulcus' shoo In Hood Kiver, left over 30 days will be sold lor inu eosioi repairing. iu u. yv.hiuub. m And time may go, but we will con' tinue to do nil kinds of plain and fancy Job Printing at the same old stand, satisfactorily and expeditiously. Vjtir orders respectfully solicited E. R. BRADLEY. P. V. Friday F. U. Barner FRIDAY & BARNES, Real Estate Town and country property put Into our hands will be promptly hrooght Pi the huyer, it new inn. weaiMioo jii;.i.ci un'i jvoimy I'umiL' worn. L. C. Hay nog Jnnie K. Dehor BON TON BARBER SHOP. The place to get an ea.y shave, an up-to-uute hair cut, and to enjoy the luxury oi a porcelain oatu tuo. THE NEW FEED STORE. On the Mount Hood road, South of town, kecis constantly on hand the bent quality of liny, Grain find Feed, At lowest Prlcwu. d22 1). F. LAMAR, Prop. Contractor and Builder Flash Kktimatk. Fcbnished. S. H. COX. . THE : v. K. of P. Dramatic Club. Thursday Evening) Feb. 19, 1903, A good show for a good cause. Under the auspices of the Knights of Pythias. Entitled The Old Dairy Homestead. CAST OF CHARACTERS: Ruby A little waif. Miss Brown. Mrs. dinner A dashing widow adventuress Pearl Cox. Maud The fanner's niece Miss Nell Moor. Becky Wilkins An old maid Mrs. F. Davidson. Mike Donnavin A traveling tinker Punch Isenberg. Jason Wilkins .A farmer .Walt Isenberg. Josh Arrowroot Town constable Frank Davidson. Malcolm Gray Schemer and ex-convict .....Maltie Dukea. WILLIE WORK A gentleman of leisure, born tired. JAS. F. DeBORD. FEED YOUR CROPS. n Land Plaster Will more than double the profits on your hay crop. This year we will deal exclusively in UTAH PLAS TER, as the experience of Hood River farmers is practically unanimous as to its superiority. Place your orders early. First car will arrive about February 15. Commercial Fertilizers. To produce the fancy quality of fruit that brings the high prices, while at the same time increasing the yield, growers should judiciously apply fertil izers. We are agents for prepared fertilizers that have been known as o. k. in Hood River valley by our most successful fruit growers. -We can also furnish Muriate of Potash, Phos phoric Acid, Nitrate of Soda and Ground Bone. Davidson Fruit Co., Sole agents for Pomona and Sentinel Spray Pumps, Studebaker Wagons and Vehicles, Canton line of Plows and Cultivators GET When in nythin In the Drugs, Patent Medicines, Paints and Oils Get it at CLARKE'S Opposite Post Office. Williams Pharmacy, Otten Building, G. E. WILLIAMS, Prop'r. Headquarters for Pure Drugs, Toilet Articles, PATENT MEDICINES, SPRAYING MATERIALS. Prescriptions my Specialty. . Millinery at Cost All our Pattern,. Street and Tailored Hat At cost. See our show window for prices that defy competition. Gentlemen, Make your wives, daughters or sweethearts a Xmaa present of one of those lovely Pattern' Hats. MAE B. ROE, Milliner. Stages to Cloud Cap Inn. Ticket office for the Regulator Line of Steamers Telephone and .7 have a hark carry you to and front the boat landing If you want a first-class turnout call on the HOOD RIVER TRANSFER AND LIVERY CO. COLUMBIA NURSERY. Established 1802. Offers a full line of teal Inn stock, One ani Two-rear-oll Apsli And other Fruit Trees, Planto, fibrube and Vina. -'"-A You are Invited To examine the stock and let us know what you want. H. 0. BATEHAM, Proprietor. Telephone 604. Just Opened Ii.y W. G. Snow and W. L. Upson a firet-clasa Blacksmith and Wagon shop on the corner of Riv er and Fourth streets, where they are prepared to do all kinds of BliMli ml Mm el ffasm 1:3 fori Special attention given to horses with bad feet. Our work neatlv and promptly done. Giveusacall. 6NQW IT AT need of line of n