St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1908-10-23

taken hy NJ NJ. HILL who recently
suld ten acres of his orchard for
$1,000 per acre. Mr.. Hill captured
.fivc urizes massive silver cups, for
different exhibits. Five going to one
man would indicate that his orchard
ami methods must be at high stand
ard. These things would Indicate
a''' that the man who paid $1,000 per
% ,c for part of this orchard got
.hn worth of his money.
Tie general appearance of the ex.
libita was much improved over that
OF any previous fair. They we're bet
O., graded, more evenly packed. the
bvtl,r varieties are becoming more
euue III the inferior varieties being
cropped very generally by the grow.
ers, either by budding, top-graftlng
or digging up and replacing with the
'tandard yaI ietics.
The o. Libit from the upper Hood
River Valley has shown the greatest
tduDccment of any of the exhibits
licrctfcra their exhibits were in.
significant and of an inferior order.
but ihi3 year they had one Of the fin.
st "xlibi,3 IN the big pavilion. Mos.
fer and White Salmon exhibits were
ultc an improvement over former ex.
cAh D'is, particularly that of White
Salmon which was next to the upper
yalloy IN point Of advancement.
hn1thti interesting feature of the
Fair rs the grape exhibit from The
Il: les, which was the finest we have
ever seen, being of such superior
Quality as to successfully compete
with CALIFORNIA; best products. We
srcnt six months In the grape dis
tricts of the Sacramento and San Joa
quln valleys, at the time OF the year
when the grapes were about their
Jcst. but we never saw such splendid
punches. with the berries so closely
set and 30 large and even In size
there, as were those on exhibition
from The Dallcs Hood River has
lhc reputation for apples and we be-.
believe IL will never be cquallcd In
he production Of high class apples,
Iut Tho Dallcs, II they will adopt
food Rivers methods In the hama.
ling aud growing Of their grapes will
within few years enjoy just az good
a reputation for their superior grapes.
We have never seen such beautiful
TokayB and Muscatcllcs anywhere as
we're on exhibition there.
There IN n project on foot to ship
the entire cXh, .on 10 Seattle for
The Exposition there next year. The
people there can do no better than to
10 this and II will mean hundreds OF
thousands OF dollars for that liItlc
county II they do. II was thought
'oolish thing when the citizens there
put mp 10 much money To send car
load of their fine apples 10 81, Louis
At the exposition there but they
ave- since roapcd thousand fold
from what they spent In that advcr
tiHcmcnt. Then land was selling from
$500 10 $500 per acre for improved
property Now II In selling from $500
$1,000 per acro.why2 Because the
fruit on exhibition ,horc gave To the
people of the east. who have money
IN Idea of the splendid conditions
here In The west aud they have been
coming and giving every man his
price for the land they have select
I'd. The building operations during
that time have reached over s3i0. 900
ana more than 30 substantial ana
beautiful structures have been erect
I'd, This Is certainly "A fine record
Tor little place like that, II IN the
direct result OF the advertising this
people have done. and what has been
there can be- done here,
What they have done In horticul. |
.ural way, for that is their only sourc, /
II growth practically. We can do here
commercially and In manufacture,
There are hundreds OF sites here for
actories and homes and stores, wher
successful operations may be carried /
IN In the finest locality ON earth.
What We need To do is TO tell IL.
There Is no use In talking. Hood
river cannot touch us with ten
DOT pole as a place for home,
While there they are improving their
lrects as fast as they can, q, will
ost them ten dollars 10 our one aud