The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-03
A GARRETT COUNTIAN
AmassinG Fortune In the Fruit Business
In California.

To the Editor of The Republican.
am disposed to believe the many
readers of THE REPUBLICAN, espe-
cially those of advancing years, will
be willing to see and hear something
about a former Garrett county man
I who left his home in Grantsville about
forty-eight years ago, for the purpose
of lettering his situation which at
the time was fairly good This far
seeing and enterprising young man
was Harrison Fuller, the fourth son
OF the late Henry Fuller, whom every
one respected for his age and moral
worth. The son, after being in the
mercantile business with his older
brother, Elijah Fuller, made up his
mind to move to Mount Pleasant,
Iowa. Several years before he left
his old home he married Mary Kirk
wood, a step daughter of George
keedy, a very respectable man in the
neighborhood. One child, daughter,
of the two was born prior to their
hopeful removal to the thriving State
of Iowa. There most of the children
grew up to maturity. In the course
of time an enterprising son had heard
much of the advantages and induce
ments of Southern California, and
there he went and at once entered
into active and prosperous business,
such as to induce the father and the
most of the family to leave their Iowa
home and follow the successful son
about fifteen years ago and located in
Los Angeles, the second city of the
State. He embarked in the fruit
growing business-had a large orange
grove and carried on a large and
profitable business up the time of his
death, which sadly and unfortunately
came about nine months ago, leaving
his wife and six children Anna,
bruce, wife of Zuker, Charles, Ortis.
Pearl and Grace
Charles Fuller, Ortis Fuller and
Iuker, brother-in-law, a number of
years ago organized a company called
THE Pioneer Truck Company"
Which has attained enormous proper
tions, and conducts various lines of
business, especially of an agricultural
character and in hauling. The COM
pany has three ranches, tracts of
land they would be called here, con-
tanning $4,000 acres each, owns 600
horses, $50 of which are brood mares.
on one of these ranches. 1t owns
10000 cattle and $1,000 hogs. Has a
water way or canal five miles long for
irrigating purposes which cost $35, 900;
telephone wires to the length of $50
miles. The company employs 200
men and the daily expenses of the
concern are 800
This is certainly a grand achieve
ment of three Young men who started
out in business life without any cap
ital or means other than their great
energy, perseverance and keen fore
sight and they are yet to be called
young men, only in their forties, and
their business and enterprises, altho
vast are still on the growth, but with
no disposition to enter into specua-
tions or doubtful enterprises.
Anna Fuller for number of
years was a prima donna, and her
melodious voice was for years heard
in many of our American cities as
well as European metropolises but
several years ago her health and
strength failed her on account of her
professional labors. Since then she
has remained an invalid, but with
hopes and prospects of a final recov-
cry. Pearl, one of the brothers, loca-
ted in Tennessee and is engaged in a
large dairy business.
Old Grantsville can and ought to
feel proud of such records coming
from its sons yet in the recollections
VI anu tlstWueGe SUCH
records of success prove that in most
cases it is best for young men and
even young women to leaye their ma
tive places and settle down where
things are new and even unknown to
them. Grantsville has furnished a
number of such gratifying achieve
ments within the last forty years.
But the like is to be found in many
places.
The facts upon which this paper is
founded came from the Hon. w. Scott
Fuller, who visited his kinsmen at
Los Angeles last summer and saw and
heard all he impaired to the writer.
The Cumberland Fullers are near
relatives of the ones in California.
There are but few left in Garrett
county where they all in former DAYS
resided. j. b.
CUMBERLAND, MD, Nov. 90, 1902.
GOOD WORK AT DEER PARK.
1t was a fortunate day for Deer