The daily sentinel., 1909-05-01

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tically refilled three times during the
long hours of danger that followed
The refilling was quite easily accom-
plished. Mr. Turpin declared TO-DAY
that the fruit growers certainly mus.
have keen appreciation for the
splendid and unselfish work being
done by the volunteers. "Why We
would certainly be up against IL WITH
ont this volunteer help. They came
into the Pomona district IN iarSe
numbers last night and all worked
like Trojans. They take deep IN
terest and they worked as no man
would work il he was simply Work
ing for wages. There were two men
at my place from town who helped
me wonderfully last night and ii is
said that these two men have work
ed as volunteers in the orchards for
three successive nights. i tell you
we growers should appreciate most
deeply the noble work of the vol
unteers."
Harry Thomas and Bert Christian
we're the men who worked in the
Turpin orchard practically all of last
night in spite of the fact that they
had worked in orchards the two pre-
ceding nights.
At The Newton Rancn-
One of the orchardists best equip
ped to fight the frost is A. G. Newton.
the veteran newspaper man who owns
a fine orchard on Fruit Ridge Mr..
Newton is using the briquettes most
successfully. Last night he kept the
temperature in his orchard well up
above the danger line. 1t was 30 to
SO in the orchard while it was down
to "a and % outside the orchard.
At The GourIey Orchard.
A. l.. Gourley in his fine orchard
near Clifton, kept the temperature
above 80 at all times in his orchard
while outside it was down to "a and
25.
At The Cross Orchard.
With his 1000 Plank oil pots
burning finely w. B. Cross suffered
not the least damage to the big sec |
tion of his vast orchard near Clifton |
that he "smudged. With the tenn
perature at % and "a at times out
side the temperature was kept at 80 |
and above in the orchard.
At PaIisade Last Night.
Every fruit grower in the Palisade |
district who had smudge pots and |
the great majority of them have the |
pots, "smudged' heavily last night. |
The temperature fell as low at sew
eral points in that end of the valley |
as it did around Grand Junction and
Clifton. However, the "smudged"
orchards were not hurt to any extent |
whatever while the unprotected or
chards suffered considerably.
Not So Cold At Fruita.
The Sentinel's reports from Fruita
indicate that it did not get quite so
cold in the lower valley last night as
II did the night before. However, at |
several points in the lower valley the
temperature fell for a time to "a and
&c degrees. AT many places it did |
not fall below 20 degrees. Little |
serious damage was done owing to |
The lateness of the development OF
the fruit. Much smud ging was done.
More than the night before.
Trades Assembly Helps Out.
A most commendable move, show
ing that the union labor men pro-
pose to do their part to help save the
fruit, was made by the Trades and
Labor Assembly last night when at
the regular meeting by a unanimous
vote the 80 or 40 members present
carried through motion to the ef-
feet that on adjournment all mem
bers volunteer to go out to the or
chards and as result many of the
men were soon helping smudge
They Visited Many Orchards.
William S. Wallace, E. e. Sands
md one or two other gentlemen made
I tour in Mr.. Wallace's auto last
night during the time the pots were
burning, through all the fruit dis
-ricts between Pomona on the north
and west to Clifton and Fruityale
md Highland Park on the north and,
sast. They visited a great number of
'rchards. They carried along a gov
srnment thermometer and gathered
much valuable data. Mr.. Wallace
'tates that from their Investigations
-hey believe that at least 10 per
cent of the orchards are protected by
'mudging. THE way we sized things
Up show pretty conclusively that the
'rchardists who did not smudge have
ost part or all of their crops. The
nan who does not smudge is making
serious mistake. There is no long
II any doubt about the Grand valley
,elng able to have fruit crop
lVER year. Smudging can certain
y and surely save the crops. Ii is
10 longer open for discussion. Frosts
'r no frosts the Grand valley grower
an now guarantee himself a fruit
rop from year to year if he will pre-
'are to heat his orchard. 1t was AMI
'arent last night that the oil not
lsers were getting splendid results
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