Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30

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meet any woman who had over run
ap orchard. or even thought 80 pos
\ slple 20 do 30. so what little intor-
...uon 1 can give along this limo IS
,,re,v from my own experience.
Il, tho spring u 1000 u was my mis-
,,,,,,pe 90 be left 10 battle In this
...rl Tor myself and three children,
,. daughter OF i6. one OF 5, and a son
"a wears Of age. was loft with a
..,fortabie legacy. which, lf carefully
..r1ed would enable mo To- care for
.r4 educate my children and have am
4. means for old age; but 90 not ju-
Il.uslv invested would mean a hard
roW faU us an.
All of my friends advised me 20 put
.-, money at interest. and take life
..v but / could not see how 1 could
uys on easy street and give my chill
avon the advantages ! was DESTROYS Of
5,Ine. on $50 "a month.
however. do not take an OF the Gre
ADJ upon myself for my adventure. Ny
frafher favored my plans and promised
~ I purchased land he would come and
,,te charge. Of Il for me. although he
,.yer had had any experience along
tbis line, having been a railroad man
everything was new 90 him.
was a little more fortunate, having
rsd the care OF a small orchard OF
.bout three acres until 10 was three
,.sars old. thereby obtaining an in
.,ehf into the work My husband had
ts.1 fu the employ OF the railroad and
WAS at home very little through the
working hours, so IL fell 20 me 60 see that
tbipFs were attended TO. This expert
.ue. proved OF great value TO me in
directing my new venture.
fu the fail Of 1900 against the wishes
and protests and an kind OF evil proph-
s.ies OF my many dear friends, / de-
.ufed To purchase the farm known as
.sunov slope Farm" situated ON the
.44f bench about two and "a half miles
fr1m the town OF Springvillc; it con-
sisted of 30 acres Of farming land and
s little over no acres uf young orchard,
r5rt off il just starting TO bear. I'm
fortunately. the orchard was OF the
mixed kind there being about $50 FL
bsrtas. 900 apples and 800 pear trees.
B very soon realized that The soil was
TO- light and hot for apples and pears,
frere being considerable lime stone
shalo Zoo tho orchard grounds but for
f.aches. ] 90 not think 10 can be sur
r.,gsod My peaches this last year
averaged 80 per cont extras; the color
flavor and sizc being very uniform and
fr.nlJed throughout the orchard.
Thoroughly satisfied OF this fact, l
,,Ys very DESTROYS OF making ~ a stan
G9td liberia orchard, thereby enabling
,... f1 SHIN ion carload lots. So In 1904
g,. decided 10 make the change, ana
pulled out am Of the apples and pears,
replacing with Elbertas
Ny friends now pronounced me ready
flr Provo" IL / survived the "iutirm-
any,
Tho era shoppers that are natives OF
tho foothills did me great deal OF
damage the first two years, and the
thIrf year tho city which controls the
water for the farmers. contested my
water right. causing me a long, tedious
and expensive law suit At this time
ms friends urged me TO sell for what I
could get before I lost everything, but
some way or another / could not quite
sen 70 ihat way. Although terribly dis
outraged az times, j still pushed ON,
hoping for better results I'm the near
future. finally won out ON my water
suit. when things began To- wear "A
brighton outlook.
My brother left the farm the fall OF
$780, D then took things in my own
hands cntirely-hiring the necessary
heIp-3nd Melted in 1906, 5000 over the
entire running expenses Of the farm.
} Wiu here say. 1 paid $1,000 for the
farm put about $1,000 worth Of inn
ur0ygucnts on IL. and last summer I
Was asked n i would not take S20,000 FOR
Che place. My friends now think my
Investment was "a very wise one, but
think ] was a little foolish not 10 sell
when ] had such a good offer; but /
now feel that ] want to reap some OF
The benefits Of my long struggle. In
two years more the whole OF my or