Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-10-16

Rogue River Fruit fair also. Chas.
Meserve, formerly of Oregon City,
represented the union at Hood River
and gathered information for the
Grants Pass union. They have
about 1000 acres in apples in Jose
phine county, besides 900 acres of
peaches. 800 acres of pears, and $50
to 900 acres going into grapes.
G. N. Sargent, Hood River, handles
25 acres, trees having been ten to
twenty years bearing. Last year
there were almost none but
wormy apples, turning off nothing
but mill product. This year 5000
boxes of perfect apples have been
produced, at $500 to $500 per box.
Difference 800 pounds, arsenate of
lead. spraying about five times for
the moth and a winter spray for
funeus. H. b. Lamson Is his partner,
They paid $4,000 for so acres, 65
in cultivation. The orchard will be
held at $500 an acre when in full
culture. They were offered s24, 900
in one year for their property.
Their land Is out five miles from the
,, town of Hood River They estimate
that there was not this year a box
of wormy apples on their place. Mr.,
Sargent had 21 boxes on display
Several growers promised to send
us sample boxes of apples and If they
come in we shall put them on dis
play,
At the Hood River fair We're quite
number of Marion county men.
noticed c. +. Lansing of the Qua
ker Nurseries, who was honored with
Judging the apples, VIM, Egan, Alex
l.aFollette, Clyde LaFollette, aud
Messrs. Aspinwall and Townsend,
We went up ON the Biggs local, the
fine new train lately put on by the
: O, r. Il n. Co., which gives excellent
service. There are several other
trains per day each way, and a daily
train on the Mt. Hood railway,
From Hood River to The Dalles Is a
fine ride. We went up In the even
ing on the Spencer. large inde-
pendent boat At The Dalles we
/ stopped at the Umatllla House, n fine
old hotel that was considered quite
palatial In It's day, We had two
rooms. as rooms with two beds We're
all taken. The room my wife and
little girl were In had for part of
It's furniture "A marble-topped pulpit
desk told her she might look
for the minister during the night,
but he did not come,
AZ The Daues there are signs OF
lite and progress that mark this city
for the metropolis OF eastern Ore
gon. At the end of lower Columbia
navigation. and at the beginning OF
the transportation routes leading In
TO the upper river regions OF Idaho
and Washington. The Dalles is gain
ing In Importance. With six TO
eight thousand population, aud an
immense wool and grain trade. this
city has substantial basis OF busi-
ness. A street Is being opened that
Is blasted through solid rock and a
rock erusher Is preparing the ma
terial for paying the streets. There
is large element OF German popu-
dation, The O. Il, 4 \. company
has plans an completed Tor cree
tion Of $4,000 hotel at the end
OF the high trestle that leads out
OF the city west, The low ground
viii be flled In. aud trains will
stop as the do now at the Umatilla
house. but also at the railroad COM
pany's own hotel The new railroad
depot viii be az the site OF the new
hotel.
We we're golng hack 20 the steam
or joe. ksllog, OF the opposition
company. iH the morning. but q did
not get IN until after We were In bed
AZ The nalles We met c, d. Gabriel
son, OF Salem. and called on Arlehie
Crosby. who was initiated In the
mysteries OF the drug business by
that past master IA the profession