Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-10
QUAY WON'T RESIGN.
The Pennsylvania Boss VIII Run the smut


Machine This Fall
New YORK, Oct. 7.-Senator Quay viii
not resign the ChaIrmonship OF the repuh-
lican national committee before the No
vember election, said j. s. Clark, of Phil
adelphia, at the Leland hotel today. Mr..
Clark is a politician and an intimate friend
of the besmirched official leader of the or
ganization of sef-'rumpeted virtue
What he will do later, y Mr. Clark added.
Il can't say But that he will remain
where he is until the middle of next month
you may he absolutely certain. Had not
these charges been made against him he
would have resigned long ago in accor-
dance with MS own desires.
As senator of Pennsylvania
his duties crowd him and that he
should wish to escape the additional bur
den of directing the republican machine
is not surprising. But, however much he
may desire to resign, he will never do so
under fire | was talking few days ago
with Mr.. ClarkSon, secretary of the com
mittee, and he holds the same opinion.
The senator is really too busy to attend to
the positions and devote three months of
his time to fishing. Iou know he is
great fisherman and no matter what Is to
be done, he will put it aside if it inter
feres with his three months fishing He
seems to think he has a contract with
Neptune to catch so many fish.
Californit's Harvest Year.
new California boom may be the re-
suit of the remarkable productivity of that
state as shown in this seasons fruit crop.
Here are some returns gathered at random
from the California press:
The prune crop in the Pamona Valley
ln bot |
worth. when ready for market. $50 900
One man sold the gathering of a two
acre prune orchard too, for S76S. OF an
other orchard the Pamona Progress says:
IN P Hardy's fve-acre prune orchard
has cost for the land, trees, care, taxes.
irrigation, etc. } exactly 1911 .45 an acre up
to July last. The orchard was planted III
1884, and this is the second crop. The
gross receipts from the property thus far
have been S3SI per acre. In other words.
the orchard has more than paid for itself
already, and is now Welding crop that Is
worth over $500 an acre every year. In
our humble estimation such "A piece Of
property is worth not dollar less than
81 800 an acre. 1t yields crop worth 10
per cent. annual interest on $1,000 an
acre
Grape syrup is a new product One firm
offers Sll a ton for grapes A member Of
it says in the Woodland Mail: The
syrup made by us last year went like Wild
fire, and we have several offers from the
east, one from Washington, for two car
loads, which will soon be shipped. We
receive 80 cents per gallon for the liquid.
This is the top price. We take great
pains with our work and will this season
market $1,000 gallons, against an output
of 10000 gallons last year.
The average Pamona peach orchard in
full bearing has netted 5lS5 an acre profit
this year. One house dried thirtyeight
tons, and. at 20 cents pound. cleared
81 $40 in three weeks. Some extra
careful PamOna peach growers have made
over $500 an acre oB their best fruit this
season.
The Santa Anna Free Press says: j.
Z. Luther, who resides about one and
half miles from 1ustin. called at this Of
fee Friday afternoon and stated that be
had Just disposed Of 81 800 worth Of april
cots from 220 trees. The expense Of cultI-
waiting, gathering. drying, and marketing
was carefully noted and amounted to $3.50,
thus leaving a clear profit for one season Of
s1,310.
An Aubury man devoting about six
weeks work in all TO a seven acre fruit
ranch, and spending but S26 for labor, will
receive about 800.
Vineyards in advantageous localities are
selling at from $500 to 81 ,0C0 an acre. 1t
is now a well-establIshed fact. says the
Sanger Herald, that a man buying suit
able land at from $50 to go per acre.
planting it with raisen or fruit trees, and
bestowing close attention for four or five
years, can always sell. at the end Of that
time. if he does not choose th1 more prof
liable course Of retaining 1t for at least
81 900 All acre.
The Suffer Independent says: Last
Monday Mrs. Hattie Jones sent 10 the SUIT
ter cannery two peaches Of the Orange
variety that beat the record for size. One
of them measured thirteen inches in cir
conference and four and one-third inches
ia diameter and weighed eighteen and
three-quarters ounces. The other weigh
ed eighteen ounces and measured twelve
inches in circumference. They were both
grown on the same branch.
The Angeles Herald says: Mr. Boden
is fruit grower al La1landa Park. He
has fifteen acres IN peaches, aprieots,
pears, and similar fruits. He has paid all the
expenses incidental TO curing and shipping
his fruit. has sold II all and has s. .0o0as the
net profits Of the season That Is 3406 65
per acre. The fruit growers are the peo-
pie this year.
In Is estinated that the hop crop in the
immediate vicinity of Stevens Point. IN
GLIDING the towns of stockton. Sharon
and PIover viii bring fully s75,0 900 this
year