The daily sentinel., 1908-01-09

Ll- l.
set out 1900 Elberta peach trees
and has been getting the land In
shape. This will give him forty acres
of orchard In one spot, six miles
northwest of the city.
J. w. Sawyer will set out his land
on Second Fruit Ridge and Dave
Pitts and D. N. Wheeler will each set
out ten acres on First street just
north of the city.
c. B. Rich and A. NJ. Hutchinson
will set out forty acres Of apples and
pears and Mrs. A. NJ. Hutchinson
will set out thirty acres; orlers have
been placed for $500 pears and the
same number of apples.
C. F. Prouty has ordered 1900
trees to be set out seven miles west
of the city.
w. ]. Shellenberger, a brother of
the proprietor of the Fashion store.
has ordered 5000 young trees to be
set out near Clifton-a large number
will be peaches but there will be over
1,400 apples and pears.
]. l.. Oliver has placed an order
for 1000 trees to be set out on his
sixty acres near Clifton. There will
be large number of apples and
pears-Jonathans and Bartlettes.
B. w. Robbins and ]. Bridegroom
will each set out ten acres of orch
ard near Grand Junction.
E. S. Bare will set out twenty acres
of apples to add to his old orchard
several miles northwest of the city.
Werner 2. Reed will set out all the
land he can get ready between now
and spring on his land near Iona in
the lower valley. He aims to make
a beginning with 120 acres of Jona-
thans, Winesaps and Ganos.
The Home Nursery company will
set out forty acres, twenty in Pom
ana Park and twenty over in the
Redlands country. They will set out
apples exclusively, and there will be
a large number of acres set out In
the Redlands country.
George ]. d. Williams has placed
an order for 1900 trees to be set out
in the lower valley.
J. A. Mcconnell, of Grand Junction
has an order in for LOO peaches,
1 $50 pears, 1776 grapes and go
other varieties. These go west OF
the city; C. ]. Walthier, also west of
the city, has ordered 2 200 trees, and
o. H. Mason, of Fruita, has another
of $50 trees.
N. C. Weimer has ordered 2,200
apple trees to be planted on his land
recently purchased near the Hunter
school house in the lower valley.
w. p. and G. P. Davis will set out
twenty acres northeast of the city.
]. II. Sayles has placed one of the
heaviest orders of the winter and will
include over 10000 trees to be set
out in the Bonita Valley near De-
Beque.
w. H. Hogan will set out 400
pears and 700 apples on his land on
Orchard Mesa.
And so We might on ad infinitun,
all going to show that the hard times
has not hit the fruit interests of this
valley and that thers will be plenty
CT work to do here next spring
Most of the names we have given a.
bove are of old residents--men VIII ,
have lived here for at least half II
dozen years. This is one of the best
we can give of the
Qermanence of the fruit Industry of
our valley. If our OWL people have
faith to buy land at the lrevailin 3
high PRICES 1t is surely an irducemenr
fer others to invest. We are giving
facts, not theories which must be de
monstrated.
We have not mentioned lhe peach
interests in the upper end o. the val
ley extensively because they have
been given many tines in the pas.
.l-peacb orchard in the pea. belt ,f
this vSlle,- is better than gold mine
Eve acres of ElDerta peaches max "
a man ir irdependc. ard a. nigh .is
i.5"0 sni 1000 per acre has be u
laid iJr such an orchard ar Pail
saGe a:.c the prics is not mis-: eithe..
"The superior quality and size of
Grand Valley fruit is proven by the
fact that from 1890 to 1902 Mesa
county was awarded first permiums
at all annual Colorado State Horti-
cultural Fairs save one.
'.At the Colorado State Fair held
in Pueblo, Colorado, September
23-27 1901: nine counties connect