The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-07-12
Frnit damaged on Snake River.

| Two hundred thousand dollars
would, / believe, be a conser vative es-
innate of the amount of damage done
the fruit along the Columbia and
Snake rivers as far up as Aostin, and
In the Clearwater valley by the March
frosts, and on account of this you
may expect to see fruit, and particu.
larry peaches, advance % per cent In
prices, :" said William l.. LaFollette,
the extensive fruit raiser of Wawaiaw,
to the Lewiston Tribune.
Mr.. LaFollette arrived in the city
yesterday from Orolino, where he con-
cluded the purchase through the
chancery court of New Jersey, of a
100 horse power boiler formerly owned
by the Gold Creek Mining cmpany,
which has been in the hands of re-
ceiver for the past four years. Mr..
LaFollette states that the boiler will
be used to furnish power to pulso-
meter pump which will irrigate the
$50 acres he has in fruit trees.
BY this piece of machinery l,500
gallons of water can be lifted 75 feet
from the river every minute. 1t will
then be placed in distributing reser-
voir and 60,00 feet of five and eight
inch pipes will convey it by gravita-
ton to the orchards. MIR. LaFollette
estimates that from all sources, includ-
ing springs, small pump at present
operating, and Wawawai creek, 1000
to $500 gallons per minute will be So.
cured. This will furnish plenty of
water during the hot summer months.
The LaF'ollete farm contains l, 260
acres. Last year 1900 fruit trees we're
planted, and more will be planted
this year. Mr.. LaFollette stated that
it was quite likely that when the Ri
paria railroad was completed their or
chard would be increased 10 500 acres.
This orchard grows more peaches than
all the rest of the Snake river or.
chards combined, states Mr.. LaFol.
lette.
'We will be able to put out only
half crop, or so carloads of fruit this
year, " continued MIR. LaFollette.
"Our average output is 100, coo boxes
of fruit and we operate our own saw
mill and box factory to supply oul
needs. In the season we float down
the river an average of $50, 600 feet Of
logs. We do no commercial business
whatever with our saw mill, but have
assisted smaller growers when theiI
supply of boxes was short.
GAS to the fruit production on ouI
ranch, | can only give approximate
| figures relative to the yield in the
different kinds. Where last year ouI
cherry trees produced 100, 900 boxes,
this year they will be less than 800.
We will market about l5, 900 boxes
of peaches, which are from one-third
to one-fourth of crop. There will
be about 10000 boxes of prunes and
plums, a good average crop with the
exception of one or two varieties.
Summer apples will yield fair crop,
possibly 500 boxes. There will be 6
fair crop of pears which should &C
about 40, 600 boxes. Thengrapes croE
will be good Que and should yield
anywhere from 5000 to 10000 boxes.
81 look to see nearly all of the
peaches marketed in the I Lewiston
country, but they will be high
Where usually choice canning peaches
have been selling for so cents, thii
summer they will command rs cents
OF course the inferior grades will bt
cheaper and the extra choice higher
Practically all of the Snake rivel
prunes will be sold to eastern housei
and 80 per cent of the pear crop viii
go east. Yes, fruit will be high, but
nothing in proportion to the damage
fruitgrowers have suffered.