Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-08
HoP-PlCKlNG SEASON.
Picturesque Scenes Indians the Best
Workers Women Beat the "a.

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Semitic Washington Sept :. 1893.
10 the Editor.
The hop-picklug season on Puget
Sound IL one OF uuuau.d interest In
more ways than one The hop in-
! duatry OF Washington iH of vast proc
portions. and yet. according 20 eminent
authority. it ~ un the utuc. Time was
when hops brought 80 per pound. and
even when the pagU hld dropped once
half there was much money boo the ruia-
Ing " hops. with prices ua low as
nftocn cents per pound. 40 10 $40 per
acre may be realized and with modern
convenience and methods Of rgmov-
/ lnE and uyuidiuE hupapystH. % VIII not
| De- strange if thG industry uEhin reaches
| itl Old time magnitude.
The picturesque features uf hop
] picking time utu really vi moro Inter
| est o. the casual reader than the come
| mHrcinl features. When the season Dr.
! upgn the hup-piCklnE must be- done oN-
/ pcdllously ana vase numbers OF pick
crH' are employed at the rate OF 81 per
/ 100 pounds. A great many white peu-
/ Die engage Ia the work. both fur pleas
urc ami Tor urunt They camp on tho
grounds. cook beneath the trees ana
! lAiNA WIN NN| NlNINH NNlaH lHlNN'N lNAf NA NNH
Clcty usually found Loo tav hup-nulds.
| combating OF Americans CvfHulls. Jap
nnrav, the Inevitable Hlwahh and poaai-
bly, other nutionhlltieH are occasionally
represented.
The siwuHh dndinnD aro the truly
picturesque features OF the annual hop
picking outing. They come from far
ANA nenr-frum Southern Alaska oven.
all the way In their quaint dug can
uta, each containing one or more fam
illui and their belongings, Tor old and
young alike are 'pickUu." from tho
ground up. literally speaking. Both
coming 10 ana from the fields the cities
OF the South are paid visit by the
fantastic crowd, and when homrwurd
bound. with their pockets Wyil ulied.
they uru very free To- buy whatever
may suit their childish fancy Brdcck.
ed Ia every hue OF the rainbow. bare
footed generally aud harehoadcd as far
as tho Wuucn-=or "kloutChmcn AFRO
concerned, thry swarm the streets.
squat down IN dOorwuyH. poddle baa-
kcta ana chew smoked salmon. an tn,
while talking their ludlHtinruiHnublr
jargun. full VI 'iuh-ak." and gutturul
sounds. unlike any other language ever
heard While in town thcy camp upon
the water front, sleep Ia their boats or
roam the streets until late hours. Iuok-
INK at the brightly lighted store win
dows ana enjoying Themselves In their
own peculiar wayt The laws are very
strict concerning the selling Of liquor 10
indians. or thcrr would b. music In
town when the Siwu 0 ~ present
Tho Indian plckora are under the
command u a head man. who each year
Visits certain settlements. when. he has
hts regular hands ANA brings thcm over
70 the yards which contract with him
for the pickcra.
The plckurH arc OF all ages from boys
NNIM KRIS of mud
and women uf No and even moro than
81, In talking with the chief man he
SAID mo trouble 90 grt plenty pfck
cra this year. Wages very good. Hon
men. nll Of Thorn, ply 81 box Tor pick.
ihg, and my siwashcs viii any on thep
plck two ana half 10 three boxes. 80
90 800 pounds. OF hops day. Some II
my plckcrH win pick four boxes u day,
/ iV0 pounds ut hops, Pour dollars "A
day iH good wages, big wages. Tor sl-
wash Why DO go 20 fnr Tor my men,
Wolnrn' ana girls ana bpyH9 VOL the
siwnshvg around herr are no account
20 PICK hops. Live too near many BIG
towns. The hop men don't want them,
Tor thrN work one or two DAYS then
qult aud get drunk These people work
! untIl tho HOP fields are cleaned ana
men t,t drunk. / viii bring Lon
I more from Vancouver tomorrow In
ag,i j MIii pring 100, may DO more. but
one NJ the largest hop growers In
the state. In discussing tho matter.
said!
The majority Of the hon plckora ar,
HlWnhhcH. There arc but few white
| plckers now, comparatively speaking
| me white labor employed on "a non
| ihrm being engaged In more difficult
but labptlpus work, ana hosldoH IA M.
wash VIII pick more hops than "a white
/ why W" particularly like the west
coast Indians uH plckor rs because
/ ther" are sn many women and fFirls
among the bands. ana tho fomnles bgnt
NE male hiWaHh at hop picking. uud Tor
mat matter nt any other kind uf worlt.
: turaa' Another reason ~ that the
Indians on the west coast have inter
/ mingled with other races. especially tho
| ,hlneae' ana the half-brUcds are lar
| better workers than fun bloods They
/ WORK steadily we have no trouble with
| thcm and consequently thuy nro rnteI
/ 1 as plCkors,"
O. NJ. MOORE.