The Ravalli Republican., 1898-02-23
THE NEW FRUIT COMPANY.
Will Plant Extensive Orchards III Thi
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Section.
Missou]a, Feb. 16.-Thc Missoula
Orchard and Improvement company
is thettitle under which has recently
been Incorporated Il concern which
promises to do much good for this
section Of the state. The concern is
formed for the purpose Of planting
orchards and developing land in the
Eight Mile country, where the COM
pany has acquired some valuable
tracts Of land. The president Of the
company is G. NJ. Allen, who is now
a resident Of Missoula, where he has
extensive property interests. Mr..
Allen came to Western Montana
from Butte and at once purchased a
tract of land near Lo Lo, where he
has now one Of the largest orchards
in the valley. NJ. Mcdonald, presi-
dent Of the Oregon Nurserymen's as
sociation and president Of the Ore
gon Wholesale Nursery company, is
the vice president OF the new COM
pany, and will have the management
Of the horticultural features Of the
work that is contemplated. D. r.
Beck, also Of Missoula, is the bust
manager and secretary, and DR.. G.
lI. Blackburnc Of Butte is treasurer.
DR.. T. A. Fitzgerald and Oscar Scd-
man Of this city, with the officers,
constitute the board of directors.
All Of the gentlemen interested in
the new company arc well known
here and the filing Of the articles Of
| incorporation has occas0ncd consid-
cradle speculation as to the purpose
for which the company has been or
ganizcd. A Standard reporter made
inquiry of d. Il. Beck, the manager,
las to the plans Of the company, and
that gentleman made the following
explanation: "Wc have now l4O
acres Of good land on Eight Mile
creek, in Ravalli county, which we
will start in upon at once. We have
options on more land that will prob
ably be taken in sooner Or later
What we propose to do at FIRST is to
demonstrate certain features in ar
borcuture. We will plant 10000
fruit trees and 1000 grape vines this
SPRING These will constitute the
nucleus Of an orchard that we pro-
basis. Mr.. McDonald's long cXpcr-
icncc in the nursery business insurcs
success as far as the first part OF our
work is concerned. When We have
this orchard successfully started We
will probably start others that will
be for sale or else stocked as Il Joint
stock company. We think that the
orchard industry Of this section will
eventually become one Of the i'm
portant factors in the prosperity Of
Montana and we propose to have q
hand in IT,:
The new company and its organiza-
ton mark an Important step in tho
: advance Of the orchard Industry O.
this section. Mr.. Mcdonald is ono
Of the prominent ilorticulturalistS OF
the northwest and he has decided tc
locate in Missolla, after Il thorough
investigation of the conditions that
prevail in these valleys. He has
been making observations for moro
than a year and the fact that he has
made up his mind to remain here is
: encouraging to those who have pinnct
: their faith to the Bitter Root ant
: Missoula valleys as fruitgroWin2
regions. 1t means that, in the
opinion Of an expert, these valley:
: arc all that has been claimed TO
them and that the orchard business
, is to become more and more an i'm
, portant item in the commercials o
l this region.