Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-09-25

single driver to the scribe, Will,
samuel Rueh, the live real estate man
provided conveyance for the rest OF
the party, Before going further n
is not out Of place to remark tba,
Mcfenry is one of the pioneers oi
that section. being one of the locatora
OF the town site. His several blocts
OF ground are covered with beorin,
fruit trees and is able to start I'm vim
trees that viii supply the homo with
plenty of fruit. The Judge also has
the franchise Tor furnishing the town
with water and owns a tract Of land
on the mesa where the reservoir Is
located.
"hiIe visiting the mesa above the
Town the site Of the reservoir. we on
loStd Nlsit to the country home of
h.uitor Butler Of the Farminrton
ilmes Hustler Mr.. Butler certainly
mas the right idea. When he located
| nt Pennington and started in the
newspaper business one of the nrsi
things he did was to select a few aoroa
pr ground on the mesa. not more tboD
| halI a mile from the town. Here ho |
hullt himself a home and today he |
mas everything coming ais way. HIS
place Is well dotted with bearing fruit |
trees while large garden bears owl.
dence of care being filled with Aiil
kinds of vegetables. corn. etc. ana ns
10 the virtue Of his cantalonpos and |
"n'efmelons we can testify to. as one
oi the largest watermelons arriving IN
Durango graced our table yestcrda,
ana II was genuine rel with the rlrht
'dnd OF seeds black. And to think of
one editor being able to dole out suob
iellcacies TO a brother editor We
were compelled to decline more than
one and basket of cantaloupes he
cause our carrying capacity was lin.
'ted. Mr., Butler has chicIens. ducts
and geese. or. II not geese, turkeys
and If we can get on about Thanks
giving time and no one else thinks
OF 1t we are going to invite "onrself'
to visit him.
mere are some very nice orcharde !
south of Pennington and II is said
'he road down the San Juan tpI5og
one past beautiful section under s
cultivation. but our time was limited 1
trip to the orchards of San Junn a
,ouhty that did not include the George
wren place would be like the play OF
Romeo and Juliet with Romeo left Il
nut, and any time Mr. Allen wants @
o give his place away we want to he u
irst In line. We are not going to tell o
'ou much about the orchard because
( must be seen. Mr. Allen Is pro. u
'resslNe. lie does not believe I'm re
aiming trees that do not bear first
lass fruit The peach tree that ala
lot produce large and Juicy fruit g
ound Its way to the brush heap and lf
Quay Mr' Aliens orchard consists OF 81
rUs,Iy new trees, He has uprooted r'
ating the life blood of the soil. In =
ne square Mr.. Allen has about 800 "
each trees that bore this year and 1T
lot one produced less than fifteen
'oxes and from that to twenty Of the
uscious Elbertas. Tree after tree and II
lot a peach less than to inches in ~
circumference. In walking through
he orchard discovery was made that II
low and then fine one was left, ov-
'rlooked by the one who was picking
And the care that Is exercised In pick
ng and packing! Not brulse or the
Ieach goes to one side. And this f.
he secret of Mr. Aliens succcss Mr.
Allen has also made grape culture
study and has one OF the finest vine
Yards In the county and will ship sew
'ral thousand baskets during the fall =
There are many others who are en- u
Hating Mr. Allen In packing fruit with
results And II Is no more
han right to state that he Is not the
jnly one who is giving more time and
lttention to the best varieties Of fruit
The Elberta peach is becoming IA
yorite with many growers. And the
Elberta is not the only peach worth
eating. There are several choice va.
rieties and growers are packing same
so they reach the market IN fine shape
In this connection the Cedar Hill dis.
trict Is producing some Of the finest
peaches placed on the Durango mar
ket this season. The fact Is, there
viii not be an Improbable peach or
chard in San Juan county in few
years. as inferior trees are being dug
Up and everywhere one sees new ones
taking their place-the choicest kind.
1t indicates progressiyeness and thrift
and in a few years the section to the
south OF us will have no equal In this
broad land.
And ivc-acre tract well watered
viii make an economical family rich.
THE ANIMAs POWER CO.