The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-17
H0SAICS or THE CITY.

Lf68NCB8 reporter oppf00Choo MIN. ~Ino OF.
chardists In our section are combining their
niea, putting In dryers and evapoeatofs ana pre-
pairing to pack and ship on large scale" he
said. The Rivenide Fruit Company, near
Lewiston. Il putting 800 scrW In apples, pears,
cherries, peaches and gfapea Lower down the
river the Snake, River Fruit Grower Associa-
ton has Incorporated, with it, principal place
OF business at Colfax. and with J. B. Holt - its
Manager. Il owns 2 400 acres in the Snake
river valley Of which 30 are bearing.
and viii plant the balance - fast g
it can. In the Wapa wana valley
~ have ofganissd the Garden City Fruit Grow.
sfi Association with LILO acre., Of which 100
are In orchard. including the 6nest orchard In
the STATE which was planted By n. q. Blalock.
the president Of the association. From one acre
Of his orchard. which 10 planted in prunes 8
yealo old, the doctor made &1.o0 net last year.
The Gvefs1do Fruit Grower Association 10
putting 800 acfes near Lewiston In apples, pears,
cherries, peaches and grapes. ] am interested
In ell three Of these associations and have
change of the handling Of the stock. Hitherto
the farmers havs besn shipping Individually
and have not done their packing scientifically
from lack OF experience Some OF them would
do IL well. but one lot badly packed would In
1ure the reputation Of the whole diatr1ct Now
We have combined and have made arrange.
ments With commission men In Chicago to
j
man sent out from Chicago to supefintend
the packing" Nj. Meany here said. - Illus
1ating the advantage OF chipping on large
scale: "A number OF people at Vancouver
shipped on small scale to Chicago last year,
but the commission men wrote to them that
they would pay Scents pound more than for
foreign pfunes II they would ship in car loada
The reason Tor this was, they said. that the
Warrington fruit looked 20 much better than
the foreign beside which It was plsced that the
people snapped It up and the market for the
foreign article was injured. while the demand
thus created could not be supplied, but II they
shipped in large quantities they would supply
I'VE are paying more attention to peaches
and grapes than any other fruit, for
thsre are only two points In California where
the same conditions exist - ON the Snake river;
they are Fresno aud Vacsville. This peculiar
ityts that grapes will ripen in August and can
% %. isle on the vines and picked In per
s sscs condition: I. climatic
with the exceptions / have named You can
form An idea of the crops We have from the fact
that from 40 acres the suaka river association
sold i16a.O0O worth In 1891 The fruit grows so
thick ON the trees that the prunes and peaches
positively crowd each other Oh the boughs and
this 10 produced by irrigation" A. showing the
hardtnsss OF the trees, Mr.. Neany told this
story: 'When Father spalding came out In
1886 he brought out some young apples and gave
some OF the snoots to old Chief Red Wolf, of the
Mes Psrcss, who planted them In Alp hollow
canyon In As0tin county. went there In 1880
to get some Of the fruit, but was told that .
water spout had come down the canyon and de-
stroyed the orchard ] found that the trees
were hall buried In the debris brought down by
the torrent but there stood the trees with the
fruit still hanging on them, and picked some
OF it Some Of those trees are two feet In diam
eter-as big - oaks"
Hon. Thomas h Carter. OF Helena, chairman
OF the Republican national committee, returned
from down Sound on Saturday night, and was at
the Arlington until yesterday afternoon, when
he left for his home at Helena While here he
was entertained by Col / D. McCutcheon and
other old Montanians, and LETT them with re-
greet promising TO return IN June or July. This
was his first trip to the Sound. and was made
purely for pleasure. "Such q magnificent do.
main - you here possess" said he, ''impresses
. stranger like q tale Of enchantment from the
Arabian Nighta.'" Concerning politics he
said: 'On May 10 . meeting OF the full national
Republican committee Will be held ct Louis
vile to discuss tho political situation. Such
eminent Republicans - Mckinley, Sherman
and Depow will bo present At the same time
and place the National League Of Republican
clubs, Of which Gen. J. 9. Clarkson is president,
will hold it, convention, and the American
Tariff League will also b In session. What will
arise during the forthcoming four years 10. Of
course, difficult to predict. but from the way the
Democrats are now shaping things, should not
lie surprised If one OF the leading issues between
the two parties should be our foreign policy.
The question 10. shall the Monroe doctrine be-
come . vital principle IN the administration OF
our government This question involves the 60
curing OF cOalng stations along the coasts OF this
N hof md ha 0fInn n
the interests Of Americans in foreign countries.
This matter has been accumulated by the humil.
fatfng spectacle witnessed the other day in Hon.
oiulu, when the American nag was lowered
from the place where 1t had been put at the vol
untary request of the Hawaiian government
By this act all the fruits OF President Harrison's
prompt action have been lost and it indicates
that reactionary foreign policy will be pursued
by the Democratic party. ] think that the peo-
pie OF this country are in favor OF the vigorous
Harrison-Blaine foreign policy. In regard to
the tariff believe the country 10 In favor OF
protection. The Mckinley bill was . wise
measure, but 1t was ingeniously misrepre-
sented, and the battle was fought on the scare
issue The Republican party was handicapped
by the widespread discomfort, due to . reaction
from too much prosperity. Popular discomfort
often arises from . surfsit OF prosperity, a.
we'll - from . period OF adversely. While
my state went Democratic at the last election,
bno MhJoEaty Vi too vOteIe SI0 nspuohCnuss ING
state was settled by Missouri refugees from the
war. aud was always Democratic until 1881
The Democratic party there has been controlled
by few rich men, who have been able to pur-
chase victory by the lavish use oil money. OF
these men Broadwater Is dead. Hauser Is dis.
gustod, Clark has been knocked completely out.
and Daiv. . great many Democrats say, II no
Democrat at all. Think that the election next
fall Will show that Montana 10 still . Republican
state"
The recent announcement OF tho marriage OF
Sam Woodruff, OF olympia, has caused many
hearty congratuIation TO the genial bridegroom,
who has friends all over the state. eam 10 well
known a. one OF the drollest men who ever
cracked Q Joke with q sober face, and an Incl.
dent in one OF the Olympia courts nearly three
years ago will illustrate one OF his characteris-
ticA II was a case of condemnation OF right-of-
way for q railroad, and Sam. being In the real
estate business, was called as an expert on the
value OF the property. Mr.. Gordon, OF Eddy 3
Gordon. was the railroads. attorney, and he had
not been in Olympia long enough to learn the
history OF every bosy in the city. Mr.. Gordon
wanted to make the most OF sans testimony
and, thinking he was al old settler who had
grown up with the town. began: "Whers do
you reside, Mr. Woodruff" "ln Olympia
SIR" "HoW long have lived In Olympia,
Mr. Woodruff" ABOUT . year and . hall"
This rather Knocked the old settler idea out OF
Mr. Gordons head. but he had to get out OF II
some way. He knew Sam was well known all
over the country, and 50 be continued; "Mr
Woodruff, where did you live before you came
20 0iympiar" I'm the insane asylum At Stella
COON" Great Heavensi His own witness had
been IN the insane asylum. Mr. Gordon Was In