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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-01-14
Fruit Growing in the Upper Payette Valley
BY ]. R. Fields, State Horticultural Inspector


paper on this subject must neces-
sarily deal largely with the prospects
and hopes for the future. The loca-
ton o: Emmett away from lines of
railroad for many years prevented the
planting of commercial orchards, eX-
cept a limited acreage Of prunes
which were planted with the expecta-
ton of shipping the dried product, as
the carrying charge to the railroad
would be small compared to the eX-
pense of hauling the fresh product.
While some attempts were made to
ship green prunes, hauling by wagon
to Caldwell, with the coming of the
railroad the shipments reached pro-
portions in keeping with the acreage,
and Emmett gained the reputation of
growing the finest Italian prunes in
the state Of Idaho. which means the
finest in the world, as Idaho prunes
for fresh shipment are universally
acknowledged to be the finest grown
anywhere.
While Emmett has thus safely
record for one fruit, small orchards
of other kinds have demonstrated that
conditions of soil and climate produce
the peach, apple, apricot, sweet cherry
and possibly the European grape, OF
as fine quality and appearance as it
is possible to produce. These cOndi-
lions are quickly recognized by the
experienced fruit growers and the irri-
cation of new bodies of land has at
tracted to this section numbers of
practical frutmen whose efforts,
coupled with natural conditions, will
make Emmett known from ocean to
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-01-14

With our glorious climate, our in
exhaustible water supply, our wonder
full productive soil, and the market
advantages that is to be ours finan-
ciaIly, an acre of strawberries would
be something phenomenal In the
spring of 1907 we set out one acre
of strawberries consisting of three
varieties, namely, Senator Dunlap,
Warfield and Excelsior. We gave
them as good care as we knew, kept
all the blossoms picked off the first
year and muIched with straw the fol-
lowing winter. The season of 1905
being late, We did not begin picking
berries for market until June l. be-
ing a week or 10 days later than
have ever known strawberries to ripen
before in the Payette valley. From
June to July 13 We picked five days
out Of every week. averaging IS crates
per day. The first week We received
$1.S712 per crate; the second week,
$3.50 per crate. and the third week
S1.25 per crate. Then for more than
two weeks the market price was $1.OO
per crate. But in all we picked 700
crates which averaged $l.22 per crate
or 1854 for the seasons crop. These
figures do not include what We gave
away, nor what was consumed for
family use, for we agree with Henry
Ward Beecher that The Lord might
have made a better fruit than the
strawberry-but he never did"
G. A. WARDEN.
Ed Heath-In 1907 a half acre Of
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-01-14

the orchardist was sure of the kinds
and varieties best suited to the con-
ditions in Idaho and yet in demand
in the markets of the east, where our
fruits must find the consumer.
With these lessons learned, plant
ers throughout the state are choosing
the proper kinds and varieties, but
most sections will for years have lots
of fruit which will not be sought by
the buyers. The fact that Emmett
orchards will be practically all new,
and let it be hoped wisely selected,
will make the district especially at
tractive to the discriminating buyer;
so perhaps the fates which kept En-
NETT from the railroad lines and so
placed her lands that it would take a
high cost to irrigate them, was not
altogether unkind. These conditions,
while retarding development for the
time will now make possible the crea-
ton OF the most perfect fruit district
in the northwest.
In the days now past, when orch
ards were not attacked by numbeTless
insects. pests and fungus diseases, a
small orchard producing for home use
and for commerce was a part of every
farm and largely supplied the de-
mands of trade. With the coming of
pests and diseases, the home orchard
could no longer produce the fine fruit
formerly grown, as the fruit grower
Of the present must be an expert and
the general farmer cannot become a
fruit specialist. Thus We have seen
general decline in the production
of apples since 1896. 1t is now con-
coded that the apples of the northwest
cannot be eXcelled and their superior
quality, together with the productive
ness and early bearing of the trees,
with surety of crop, makes it possible
for us to compete with the fruit Sec
tiOns near the great centers which
will always be our chief markets. So
we need never fear an OverprOductiOn
Of a high grade apple. A carload of
fancy apples on board cars at Emmett
will always bring a remunerative fig
ure. But the grower must not forget
that the apple must be fancy and the
pack of high grade.
While the apple will lead in volume
of shipment from this district, the
peach will be a close second. The |
fOOthill land south and east of EN- |
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-01-14
Agricultural knowledge.

There is a theoretical and a prac-
teal knowledge of agriculture, says
Drovers Journal. The former is OBJ
tanned from books and the latter from
personal cultivation of the soil. If,
without individual experience, one un-
dertakes to operate a farm he will soon
discover that there are multitude Of
facts to learn before he can achieve
the best results. Conducting a farm
successfully is not only a business, but
a science that has to be mastered as
much as medicine or mechanics. The
farmer is engaged III a business that
needs comprehensive knowledge Of
the laws of plant and animal life. as
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-01-14

Emmett has a live Commercial club,
and they invite the prospective home
seeker, wherever he lives, who wishes
to cast his lot with a growing, prog
ressive. enthusiastic community, in a
valley that offers wonderful OppOr-
tunities to the man of small means or
the capitalist seeking investment. We
court the fullest investigation; we
have nothing TO hide. All questions
cheerfuIly answered by the secretary.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-01-14

There is no danger of taking the
water wagon too seriously.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-18
\ FORTUNE FROM TIPS.

Charles Miller, who has been
working for S5 years behind a lunch
counter in a New York hotel for
wages OF $50 a month, has resigned
his position and announces his inten-
tion to take trip to Europe. On his
slender pay he has succeeded in ac-
cumulating a fortune of $1,000 be-
sides living in comfort all of these
years.
This is hardly so much a lesson in
thrift as a showing of the enormous
growth of the tipping habit in this
country during the present genera
ton. 1t has become the rule in more
pretentious hotels and cafes that the
wages paid to a waiter are but the
incident; the tips he receives are the
real remuneration for his work. 1t
does not appear that the European
practice of making a waiter pay for
his position. instead of receiving
wages, has been adopted as yet, but
that will probably follow unless other
states follow the precedent set by the
state of Washington and legislate
against the giving or the receiving Of
tips, and likewise enforce the legis-
lation, if it is enforceable. - =
1t would seem, offhand, that the
class of talent employed in the occu-
patton Of waiting upon a lunch
counter is somewhat overpaid with
an accumulated fortune of 100000
This is probably much greater than
the average accumulated by the men
whom the waiter served and who
good naturedly handed him gratui-
ties for doing the work for which his
employer paid him. However, 1t
probably pleased them to throw little
charitable donations to man richer
than themselves, although it is
doubtful whether they appreciated
the latter fact.
The case of Miller is not uncom-
mon There have been half a dozen
similar instances recorded within the
past few years. In looking around
for an occupation in which to start
child in life, the possibilities ahead
of a waiter in a high-class hosiery
seem to have been too much over
looked by American fathers. Evil
IDENTIFY there are prospects of great
value in such a career.-Selected.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-18
THE PEOPLES SCHOOL.

At Corvallis Wednesday class Of
122 students graduated from the Ore
gon Agricultural College after having
taken four years of work in that in
stitution. The graduates all received
the degree of bachelor of science and
they have specialized in the following
subjects; agriculture, mining engi-
neering, pharmacy, mechanical engi-
neering, electrical engineering, civil
engineering, commerce and domestic
science and art.
The graduating class rnis year is
the largest in the history of the
school. SO has the general attendance
during the past year been greater than
ever before, there being in the neigh
borhood of 400 students enrolled il
the various classes.
These facts show very conclusively
that the people of oregon appreciate
the agricultural college and subscribe
t. the idea held by the venerable
Senator Justin S. Morrill, the father
% the national law which established
the agricultural colleges.
This idea in brief is that students
should be educated with view to
becoming fitted for the places they
are to occupy in the world. 1t was
his conception that the two elementary
duties Of a man are to work for live
lihood and to defend his home and
country; and that woman is in her
natural sphere when she is the mis-
tress Of household.
Accordingly the courses Of study are
arranged so as to make useful as we'll
as cultured young men and women.
In addition young men are given mill
tary training under the direction of
United States army officers. They
must follow the colors on the drill
ground with the same regularity they
must attend classes. Because Of this
the young men become well disci-
plined and loyal citizens.
At this time the oregon Agricultur-
al College is the leading institution Of
its kind in the northwest and 1t is
steadily forging ahead. 1t is well for
the state that such is the case. The
greater this school becomes the bet
ter 1t will be for Oregon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-18
LEAVE THE SAND ALONE.

1t was Martineau who said: IF I
were to hove the choice of fairy
gift, It should be like none Of the
many things fixed upon in my child
hood, in readiness for such an occas-
ion. 1t should be for a great winnow-
ing fan, such as would, without injury
to human eyes and lungs, blow away
the sand which buries the monuments
o: Egypt. What scene would be
laid open then? One statue and sar-
cophagus. brought from Memphis, was
buried one hundred and thirty feet
below the mound surface. Who knows
but the greater part Of old Memphis,
and Of other glorious cities, lies al
most unharmed under the sand? Who
can say what armies Of sphinxes
what sentinels of colossi, might start
up on the banks of the river, or come
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-18
JAMES j. HILL AS AN IDOL.

The fact that James ]. Hill was
cheered by 10000 people so long and
Justify as to interrupt seriously a
fixed program is significant.
Such a demonstration over a man
of business, a capitalist, a railroad
man, a builder-call him what you
willis unusual. Long and lusty
cheers from a multitude are ordi-
narily turned loose over a political
hero who, whether a great statesman
or merely an astute demagogue, has
pleased the masses, or over a mill
tary commander who, whether by
the practice Of genius or the lucky
accident Of the moment, has gained a
victory over the enemy. The most
common stage for such hurrahing is
a national political convention, where
it is all arranged beforehand as a de-
vice for gallery playing. In the case
of Mr. Hill the demonstration was
necessarily spontaneous, voluntary,
from the heart That makes 1t diff
ferent from the average demonstra-
tion and puts it in a class to itself.
And in proportion to its freedom
from insincerity is its scope as a
tribute, which is to say that it Is a
vast, d-warming tribute Of which
Mr.. Hill may rightly be proud and
over which his heart may beat as
never before. - Louisville Courier
Journal
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-18

times to a long-huffering public that
the reaction just started will prob
ably be sympathetically welcomed
and supported in every community in
the land. Generally speaking, the
mother-in-law joke shows little wit
and less taste. Its appeal is to the
muddy flats of intelligence. To those
who have had an unfortunate ex-
perlence 1t must be painful to others
it cannot, in its final analysis. seem
anything but a brutal, libelous mis-
conception of social relationship
Washington Times.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-18

forth from the hillsides of the interior.
The ruins which we now go to study
might then appear occupying only
commences, while below might be rang
es Of pylons, miles of colonades tenn
pies intact and gods and goddesses safe
in their sanctuaries,"
But If Martlneau's wish could be
realized how would it profit the
world? What good would it do to
uncover the huge monuments that
were built ages ago in order to grati-
f. some tyrants whim? In the build
ing of those colossal piles were sacri-
feed the lives of thousands of slaves
who We're the victims of ignorance
and oppression. why not let the sand
cover the ruin?
The world is more interested in the
present and the future than in the
past, The past is gone and it can
never return. But the present is a
living reality.
Even if the ancient temples and
monuments of Egypt could all be un-
covered none of the blood that was
shed in their construction could be
wiped away. Martineau would have
expressed a nobler wish if he had
asked for magic fan with which to
blow the germs of disease from the
face of the earth and bring the bloom
OF health to the faces of the wretched
women and children who live in the
sitting, crowded tenements of the
great cities.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-18
A Sight for the Elk.

At a certain fair out in Kansas,
says the Argonaut, man went UP to
tent where some elk were on ex-
hibition and stared wistfully up at
the sign. "I'd like to go in there" he
said to the keeper, "but 1t would be
mean to go in without my family, and
1 cannot afford to pay for my wife
and II children" The keeper stared
at him in astonishment. Are all
these your children" he gasped.
Every one" said the man. "You
wait minute" said the keeper. I'm
going to bring the elk out and let
them see you all."-Exchange.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-18
THE LIBRARY.

The statement from Miss Marvin,
secretary of the library board, that
the Pendleton public library is the
best in the state with probably one
exception is very pleasing. 1t should
be especially cheering to the loyal Ia
dies who worked hard to get the Ii
brary established in its new quarters
and who are still devoting much time
to the cause of advancing the instl,
tuition.
The local library is now well estab-
lished and its main need is of patrons.
Though the library is being much
used there are many who are not TAX
ing advantage of their opportunities.
They doubtless will use the library
more after the new fiction has arrived.
II is public library, so make use of
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-18
THE MOTHER-IN-LAW JOKE.

Stale, flat, Improbable, has the
mother-in-law joke been for so long
a time. that the wonder is a serious
and responsible move to bury it did
not take root before. 4.
However, it is never too late to
abate a nuisance. The joke in ques-
ton is one of the most striking SAM
pies of what may be called literary
hash. 1t has been served so many
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-18
Warning Signal.

His Wife (n a whisper)-There's
someone knocking, Jack. Shall l
open the door?
Artist Cat work)-No; it's Jabber's
knock It's a special knock 1 gave
him SO I wouldn't let him in by mis-
take.-Life.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-18
BEST HOURS OF THE DAY.

The hours between daybreak and
7 o'clock, on days between May and
October, are the hours when the air
is clearest and most healthful, when
nature is freshest and the world at
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-18
/. There is inspiration in a

its best. There is inspiration in a
sunrise. The air is freshest from
the depressing carbon with which 1t
is vitiated in most of our cities. AL
together, it is a life-saving as well as
daylight-saving time of day. If the
habit of getting UP then to breathe
deeply and take a session of sensible
exercise could become general we
should all be able to do our allotted
"stint" of daily work in fewer hours,
and do it better. We should all day
have the feeling of leisure, Of being
ahead of our work, and should avoid
the dyspepsia which is bred by our
American habit of rising at the latest
possible minute, swallowing break
fast whole and rushing off with it
undigested New Haven Register.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-18
: +++*+*++++++++'
THE CALL OF HOME.

+ From sun-burned mesa and tam I
+ gled plain
+ And the hillsides nude and steep I
+ A sweet voice calls through the I
+ hush of night,
+ AS it wraps the world in sleep I
+ The singing call of the sun I
= kissed hills,
!. And the CLINT of the trackless I
= sea; !
+ The subtle perfume of flowers I
+ that bloom
+ In the gardens of memory.
+ The locust sounds his quivering I
+ fife
+ Ger the desert wild and free, I
+ Like half-hushed notes of the I
+ joyful hail !
+ OF the ships that pass at sea; :!
+ But silence, vast as the great l
+ unknown, I
= Broods meath the glare of day; I
+ And fancy paints the port of I
I home, I
+ Ger the burning sands away. !
+ &C. a. Pitt in Pacific Monthly, !
+ 49, = i + + = j. + 1. J. + + l
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-18

John Bull now has another reason
for feeling scared A Russian torpe-
do boat fired on a British sailing yes
sci which got in the way when the
czar and the kaiser were having a
fraternal visit.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-18

Chemically pure iron has never
been obtained until very recently; it
has been found almost impossible to
remove the last traces Of impurities,
especially Of sulphur.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-18

Bill Haywood was arrested at Ell
lensburg for smoking a cigarette. He
is still in the limelight but his fame
IL waning. =
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-18

1t seems that the marshall at Shan
iko was not up to the standard OF
eastern Oregon town officers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-18

Hood River is to have a strawberry
carnival June IS.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-18

The ownerless dog feel sad these
days.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-08-20
Business locals.

Furnished house to rent. Inquire of
Hayden Henderson.
Reduced prices for 10 days i'll mems
and boys clothing ut Englcr Cos.
Reduced prices for 30 days in ladies
dress skirts and shirt waists at
Englcr Cos.
For Sale-A latest improved Smith
Premier Typewriter almost new. In
quirc mt the Henderson Bank. =
WANTED-A light second hand spring
wagon. suitable for camping purposes.
inquire ut Harrington's harness store.
Save those natural teeth. thereby 70
tain your facial expression. DIR. Gill
land 'thc dentist" Office uvcrthe DRUG
Store. Elko
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-08-20
The Maritime Exchange

1t Is Il fact not generally known that
the arrival and departure of steam and
sailing vessels engaged in commerce is
reported daily from every port i'll the
world. Sitting in the Maritime ex.
change, you could tell at Il glance just
what had TRANSFERRED in shipping circles
IF any port during the past twenty four
hours. There is n report OH every ship
chat has cleared or entered. The re-
port gives the name of her home port,
low many days out, her cargo, the
numbcr of passengers, her c~onsignors
md consignecs, her destination and her
captains name. The companies them
selves and underwriters and torwarders
tation these agents all over the map.
and the agents are like so many train
iispatchcrs OF land reporting the move.
ncnts of every piece of rolling stock
under the reign Of maritime law. The
number of men engaged on shore in
The business of sailing ships is twice
- great rs the number managing those
same ships on the ocean.
In any given company the organi.
cation represents Il great pyramid OF
brains and Drawn, authority pcrcolat,
ng down through the maze of detail
rom the nan who draws a princely
salary studying the Mercator projec
ton to the stevedorc who shifts freight
Every man has his work cut ont fo
him.
Every steamer that floats is consider
ed a. "A unit. 1t is a semi-independen
state the moment it leaves shore. |
mas its orders inst the same rs a hattal
ion of soldiers on the battlefield, AM
on its bridge walks the captain. VIII,
holds almost arbitrary power over tn,
icstinics of his floating community
Exchange.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-08-20
They Are Growing Old

The veterans of the civil war are
growing old and feeble, and in a few
years there will he non able to parade
ut their annual reunion. When tn,
veterans are all dead, the Grand Army
of the Republic rs III organization will
pass out of existence. but the heroic
deeds of its members will continue to
live in the memory of every true Ameri
can.
Past COMMANDMENT. Chief Ncvins il
speaking of the ability of the veteran
to take part in future Encampments,
said:
Within five years from now. tn,
paradcs III all probability will I've
matter of memory. The old soldier.
will gather mt the encampment cities
and hold campfircs, receptions anG
have a good. quiet time. They will no,
attempt the great paradcs. In tn,
pageant of last Wednesday the ole
fellows were completely tired ont anG
many Of them suffered serious con
sequences which deprived them of en-
ioying the rest Of the cncampment.
Within ten years from now, i'll al
probability, the encampnents will bt
delegate affairs and will consist OF
campfircs and general elections. 1t i
impossible to state how long the Crane
Army will hold together, hut it is prob
able that cncampments will be helC
for between fifteen and twenty veal
longer.
After that time there will be so fey
Of the old soldiers left that the arm,
will be of little Importance, rs far Il
numbers is concerned. As to import
anc from a petriotic standpoint tn
Grand Army Of twenty years from 10
will be just as important as it is now i
not more so. AS the ranks thin. revei
ence for the old soldier grows.
The average age of the grand Arm,
men at present Is Il fraction over sixty
six years. 1t is estimated that With
thirty.fivo years the last veteran vii
have passed into the great beyond. TIL
majority Of them will have expired lon
before that time. 1t is the opinion O
many who have figured up death rate
that the last of the old soldiers will e
to his grave by 1911"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-08-20

A Salt Lake paper quotes Superir
tcndent Manson of the Salt Lake divi
sion of the Southern Pacific rs saying
that there is n shortage Of good frcigh1
crews on his division and that 1t Il
necessary to send east for good men
Superintendent Manson should gofuthcl
and give the reason for the shortage
which is that good men" are leaving
ie employ Of the $. =. right along IN d
going to work for the Western Pacific
ON its construction trains out of Whine.
mucca The foolish removal of the &.
p. terminal to INLAY is mainly rcsp)n.
siblc for these dcscrtions. II is only a
matter of time when all tho s. p best
on the Carlin.Inlay run will he ON
by the Western Pacific. with
their homes in Winncmucca. Hum.
boldt Star.