The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-19
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that nsst have persisted. ths crops tstaf
failed. ard fs% poverty Inevitable for tie
farmer fs1s MS tears must szSe Rad goo41
ferf!iizsng properties. sgr fruit issea seef
today had a different story 10 tsll~ Iasy
say taaFe vii be at Issss hs1 crop 81
rrsne& ana ssEe pg0tscs VIII Se maef arer
because tbs trees VIII not b. 80 heavily
laden 60 the Asagf crap VIII dea55ies@
bring as coed returns az ssse nsssa faa
crop. ssith pears IL rs tsls same. tn0ngn
peaches may nsf snow Up A. wei &c
crop 81 cherries viii be beyond shs aVerass
Sow where = the man who VIII say tals
haz BEEN an uuiEcky year, The wseas
ranchegs have had TO resew some era n.
hus their crops have eonas ~ We. aaA he
fruit rassers are bliisa fer good rssgi:s.
in general u net better. thaa Gsual-
wailA Haila Union.
The outlook for good returns for the
year isss = quite zattefing throughout the
Zig Bend The sogs IL in unusually fine
Condition, and the SNOW going of ~ lAts
Ia the ssason dis4sig ali danger Of cold
.irs.ng winds delaying the growth Of t5&
seed now icing lsi, IN the ground.
II ~ seldom thai ssseh an extreme fail al
snow Is 50 completely absorbed ny the
sarfh. Only once or twice has there 5esn
q sB3&fau In sixteen years which ap-
preached the depth attained during tiae
pas. winter, and never during the history
az the Big Bend has the melting mo"
had 30 It'll. effect on the small streams,
II took close observer 10 detect the
slightest increase in the volume ~ water.
On the lower lands. where the moisture
fell In the form Of rain or warm days tns
snow reached a dspstf-measared as u fell
of Sx feet and over. while on the high
ground north and west OF town there is
little doubt that IL would have measured
fully eight feet This extreme depth
makes this fact az every drop of water
going into tho ground all the more re-
sGsarka5le.
Seeding has been ia progress on both
sides of tue ridge during the past tao
weeks. and the first OF next week will see
everybody AZ w0rk.
To those no. acquainted with the coun-
try, the lateness Of the ssasau might seem
issoeurasing bat the old settlers are
pleased with IL. sueh seasons are always
Immediately followed by warm. growing
weather. The spriag Of 1880 fully
bate. bur that year the Big Bend produced
the biggest crop that was saved ia good
condition. ever grown In the country.
The pruae growers In The vicinity OF
Naueouver are noted for the regularity and
th0rUuzhness with which they spray their
Orchards. This is no, the sole cause. BY
Characteristic az the kind of men who
make success OF fruit growing. Even
when there appears 10 be very little need
Of spraying, they take TO chances IN the
matter. Never before have the orchards
in the yicinisy Of Vancouver been 50 gen
orally sprayed as at the present time. This
ss in faef true Of a large part of Clarke
county. The county horticultural m
specter. Mr. a. r. Weston, has been ,ook-
Ing after the matter carefully and believes
There are very few infested orchards In
the county whct, have not been sprayed
oregon Agricuitnrst
The large dam being pat in near ster-
ling by dixie district No u is fast nearing
completion, II Is fine piece Of work and
Sill undoubtedly withstand ali future
frcshats IA II has been built to stay frcm
the bottom up. Several teams and a num-
her nf men arc yet engaged In hauling
dirt 10 complete the same. and If ali goes
well II viii be- completed long before Ike
spring freshet This lie a very important
piece Of work. and IL IL To he hoped that IL
Will be equal 10 the emergency when the
water tests ITS staying qualities.
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Eibcfton Is badly In need OF fruit and
vegetable cannery. We have around us
orchards that cannot be exceiied in the
state and fer surety OF crop cannot he
beaten anywhere In Eastern Washington.
canneTy. in addition TO the large evsp-
orator TO be put I'm here this season. would
make 1t possible for the fruit growers of
this vicinity To save all their frait which
has been impossible heretofore.
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Mr. a a Gutenberg. OF Vancouver,
Wash. keeps reeord of the dates upon
which the different fruits begin 70 bios
SON, ara ia full bloom etc. and ne in
farms ia The nrs; blossoms on the nrane
trees this year we're two days later I'm ats-
rearing than las, year but by the ioth If
Apfil the proportion NJ blossoms epen Was
es large as GA the same date last year
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Secretary Storey Buck. Of the Spokane
Chamber ~ Commerce Is In receipt Of
corresTondeucc from an Eastern miller
de wants 10 establish a ficuFsne plant with
capacity of from iiss tn la tssrrets per
day In prosperous town near here MIR
Buck vcas3 10 glad ~ hear frana the pros
porous towns watch think they are esps-
elsily wen capable of supporting such a
utlt.
We who enjoy khe haimy weather and
picked huttnrcups cn Easter SUNDAY can
appreciate the following from southern
Wisconsin paper; 1t Is sslaou thai ane
slelshinE is enjoyed on Easter Sunday as
this year. AZ least tao feet os snow On
the level now lies on the ground in she
woods bat ii Is gradually moving. Chen
-ey Frye l>xcssa
nr. / W Gun3IaeA. Who has bern Ia
riains daring she past fortnight iook y :
oxsy the prospects, for the es.sblssa. .
nacnt 81 banking institution there, re
tGvned "Wednesday 80 his hegss n WaiiS
MINI. TIE gentleman Is mucA pleased witt
the location ana prospects 81 our eity. ara
While II IA est sc ysf fully Determines that
10 VIII engage in business here the pf s.
poets are QaiJe fav1raAe
Tee appearance Il Calfax has been
greatly irnpgove5 ~ tne cleaning up az
streets saa aiaeys made aaa@t direction ~
the council and sgreEyisloa - Marsaal
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