The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-11-15

lt IS roomy, prosperous and booming
Inc people there are a hearty, Cheerfu
sort Ii one wants to enter agriculture
the soil there needs no fertilzng and nc
| irrigation. II one would enter a profes.
sion, there is no wider field anywhere
| See what the people there are when tbey
send mementoes like these apples to one
whom they know"
Miss Hogan Writes Mr.. Scott,
| A. M. Scott, president Of the Colfax
Com mercial Club, received letter from
Miss Hogan last Monday, thanking him
and her friends here for their remem
brance in sending the box Of apples
which we reproduce in full and which will
be read with interest. 1t will be seen she
lost no time in letting them be seen bv
| the people OF The Club" and that ap.
pies of the size and quality sent which
we look upon as an every day sight,
created quite furore there. Here is
Miss Hogan's letter of acknowledge
| ment:
Hotel Westland,
Boston, Mass Nov 4, 1907,
| 10 the Chamber of Commerce, Colfax.
Gentlemen and Esteemed Friends: For
your courtesy and kindness in sending
me ''a box from home" of the most
beautiful apples | have ever seen, mere
thanks seem inadequate to express to
you my real delight. They arrived in
perfect condition and were so wonderful,
ly beautiful that | wanted all Boston to
see them, so | took two or three down
| and showed them to the managers of the
Boston Food Fair, being held in Me
chanics' building, and told them | would
like to exhibit them at their fair. Both
Mr.. Greene and Mr.. Rowe said they
would be delighted to have me do SO,
| and said | might have my choice as to
place in the entire building, and you can
| rest assured chose the most cOnspicu
Gus. | Immediately secured a glass show
case and had card printed stating they
| were "Apples grown in Whitman County,
Washington State" and most of the
past week | stayed down there and tried
to answer as best | could the thousands
OF questions by those who stopped to
admire and wonder. One day the at
tendance was 10000, and it seemed to
me that every man, woman and child OF
that entire number asked me a question.
And it WAS pleasure, indeed, to tell them
what | knew of our splendid state of
Washington. | had man stand by
them and explain and answer questions
when | couldn't be there. The following
are samples:
"Are they wax?" CA thousand times
GLOW do they taste?'
care they for sale?''
care they natural?"
Glow large are the trees they grow on?'
care they make .beieves?'
Chow do you blow them up?"
"You can't fool me; they aren't real.'
"Makes a man think there's something
the matter with him when he looks at
these"
One elderly gentleman who had stood
by and listened to me while | was talk
ing about them stepped up and said: "lf
you take such pride in exhibiting and
talking about their beauty, how do you
suppose the trees that bore them would
feel could they speak?'
The fair closed Saturday night and the
management expressed TO me their
thanks for my having given the public
the opportunity to see such rare fruit
Many people wanted to buy them and
offered from 5 to IS for an apple. They
are now on exhibition at Horticultural
Hall, where the elite of Boston go. and
where the choicest of the New England
states is shown, and nothing there can
compare with them in any degree.
My only regret is that | know so little
of the history of apple raising in our
state, and as favor | ask you to send
me any literature that will give me full
information, for | have resolved to know
more about apple growing, their prep
aration for the market, price, etc. If it
bad been grain | would have known
more about it.
Please express my sincere thanks to
those who so kindly contributed to "the
box from home" Could they have stood
for an hour beside the case and heard
the exclamations of wonder aud admira-
ton they would truly feel repaid for their
kindness. | only wish the name OF each
one who gave the apples could have been
on them.
lam ever proud of my state and her
good people.
Sincerely and gratefully yours,
KATE Hogan.