The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-04
A DAY OFF.
A Correspondents Gives an Account of a
Visit to Mr. Seufert's Place.

EDITOR CHRONICLE: Monday our
worthy young judge announced to such
jurymen as were not engaged in looking
after some spoiled horse of plaintiff or
defendant that they could be excused
until tomorrow morning at 9 O'Clock.
This meant day off; and was seized
as an opportunity by the undersigned
and Mr.. Vanderpool, to visit the Seufert
Bros, ranch east of The Dalles to find
out how fish are caught, and the pos
sibilities of growing fruit in the Column
bia river canyon.
A horse and buggy being secured we
were soon at the place designated, where
acres of cherry trees full of ripening
fruit just met our gaze-being through
this part of the orchard toward Mr..
Seufert's residence, on our right is Vine
yard-on the left cherries. Some of
them luscious with ripeness, others green
enough to make the stomach ache to look
at them. Going to the cannery we found
MIR. Seufert who took us in charge and
gave us every opportunity to see the
works he and his brother have erected
and the fruit trees they have grown. He
explained to us that the catch of fish is
light, as they have for several days not
averaged above three or four tons per
day. We watched a wheel for some
time but the sign was not right, the water
too clear or some other factor wanting,
was in vain, we were only convinced that
the thing could be done.
We next took stroll through the
peach and apricot parts of the orchard.
Here we found system of cutting back
had been followed SO that each limb ap-
peared as sturdy as post These trees
are in no danger of breaking down or
OF being Topped about by the wind and
thus robbed of their fruit. Every tree of
the peach variety is full of fruit in good,
healthy condition. The apricots have
but little fruit on them. Among a part
of the peach trees are quite lot of
strawberries which have been ripening
for the past two weeks. The transfor-
nation wrought by these industrious and
enterprisIng young men in the past six
years is truly wonderful. What was
then principally waste of sand has be-
come a beautiful, productive orchard
that will bring in profit told in thous-
ands of dollars.
The Seufert Brothers are pleasant,
agreeable gentlemen and well deserve
the success their industry, skill and
perseverance have attained. At Mr..
Seufert's house we were kindly enter
tanned by himself and lady where we
spent pleasant hour as conversational
lists. They are both pleasant and enter
tanning and show that they are heartily
engaged in the enterprise that is making
such a fine showing for this country.
Mr.. Seufert is a lucky man indeed;
lucky In his enterprises and lucky in
having found SO genial and pleasant a
partner with whom to share the joys
and sorrows of life. AARON FRAZIER.
''The name McGinty,'' SO The Dalles
CHRONICLE man tells us, and he ought to
know, "has been honored in Irish story
since Eochid II was crowned King of VI
ster on Jacob Pillar by the prophet Jer-
emiah ;" but it has remained for resi-
dent of The Dalles to cast discredit upon
it. One Jenny McGinty, in order to
secure contract for building reservoir,
uaS uenieu his naIlonallIy, ana cnangeo
the spelling of his name. The only re-
deeming feature of the whole affair is
that he got the contract.-Oregonidn
Immigration Under Federal Control.
WASHINGTON, June 2.-Secretary Fos-
ter today took the immigration business
at the ports of Baltimore, Philadelphia
and Boston out of the hands of state
boards of immigration and transferred
il to federal control This staD If 10
said, is rendered necessary because of
the fact that under the act of March 9