The daily sentinel., 1909-12-09

am a real, true lover OF the apple.
can't stand for it that it was the big
red apple that figured so prominently
in such sad affair as the fall of
man" | make the bold statement
"a statement that, perhaps, has new
er been made before-that it was not
the apple at all. / don't want to
lie" the apple out of it at all: but |
will give my reasons and back up my
statement why IL wasn't the apple
tree in the first place. and wasn't.
therefore, half of an apple that was
offered to Adam.
We must take the story in the Bi-
BILE just as il reads; and we must not
forget what we were told, that the
Bible is an inspired book, and also
must not forget it was translated to
us. We have no proof that the in
spiratiOns We're true nor that the
revelations are distinctly separate
from imaginations We also have no
proof that the original writings were
translated into our language correct
ly; and there is where the apples
chance for salvation comes in.
1t tells us in the story about the
fig leaves. | have helped to set out
fig trees in southern California over
twelve years ago. | watered them
the first season. The fig tree is an
imported tree tfrom Asia) Adjoin-
ing the young fig orchard there We're
peach trees and prune trees, grape
vines and, of course, also orange
trees-but no apple trees: the apple
doesn't thrive there, next to the fig
have seen the apple grow close to
the ocean in Humboldt county, north
ern California: 1t was altogether un-
fit to eat. ] have seen the apple in
the same county at an elevation of
1000 feet: whole lot better The
orchard was surrounded by pine
trees. white, black and also live oak;
but there were no fig trees. | have
seen the apple grow on the Klamath
river, in the same state; but no fig
trees. | have seen the apple grow In
Oregon, and up in the Yakima coun-
try in Washington; but no fig trees.
have also seen the apple grow only
a few miles outside the city limits of
Spokane, Wash; have seen il grow
| on the Columbia river, and up on the
Okanogan river tributary to the Co.
lumbia) close to the boundary line in
Washington; but no fig trees. Also
300 miles across the line in British
Columbia, in the beautiful Mission
valley at the head of the great Okan-
ogan lake, on Lord Aberdeen's big
ranch. they were setting out large
tract into an apple orchard when I
came through quite few years ago:
but also no fig trees
The apple and the fig do not thrive
together now; and have every rea-
son to believe that they never did.
And here we have the statement:
ut was a Colorado Jonathan
big red apple.
The finest, largest, reddest 600
per cent perfecD Jonathan apple |
ever picked was on the Sunnyside
ranch on Pitkin mesa, at Paonia, this
state. 1t was year ago, and vowed
then that | would try my best to
clear the apple from the stain against
| 1t and try to convince the world that
| an all-wise Creator never for one mo-
| ment did forbid the first couple to
partake of the fruit of the apple
tree.
Most assuredly the ex-governor
tells it that the apple was so pretty;
, that it was so tempting, that it was
for this reason that it was chosen
set aside-to test the first couple and
see if they were strong enough to re-
sist a temptation so great; and. as
they did not resist it. it is therefore
a glory for the apple to have played
such an important part.
Certainly there is no glory CON
nected to anyone in "the fall of man
at least, | fail to see where; and,
to clear the apple out of the mix-up
in which it has been for so long
time, is my earnest endeayor.
1t was certainly a sad affair, the
fall of man" The garden of Eden,
we have every reason to believe, was
in tropical cline. The fig leaves.
as it states. were not used to shelter
the body from cold. raw winds, but
to hide their nakedness, The fig
tree thrives in tropical and also
semi-tropical climate; but how about
the apple tree? 1t grows best at any
elevation over 1000 feet; not over