The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-03-01

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Der where it is met by an electric
spark which explodes it and this takes
the place of steam in running the en-
gine I would not use it in the house
for lighting purposes. The acetylene
gas is much safer and gives a very
fine light. 1t Is not expensive after
the machinery is put in. This gas is
produced by the action of water on cal
cium carbide, that is, lime and carbon
combined. l would much prefer this
light to any from gasoline. If acety-
lene gas is to be used, you get some
one who understands the business to
put in your plant. After the plant is
put in, the gas can be produced very
cheaply and the plant is easily man
Jagged
have several times said that some
apples do better in the Sound country
than east of the Cascades. This is true
of the Baldwin, Northern Spy and Hub
bardston Nonsuch. The Spitzenburg,
Winesap and Jonathan do very well on
the Sound. Apples that need hot
weather to give them proper color will
not do so we'll west of the Cascades.
The Bellefower being naturally light
colored apple, does well in this section.
We, too, are sorry that The Ranch Is
sometimes late, but are assured that
this will be remedied before long.
M. E. Sewell, Lucille, Idaho, asks
some questions about the growing OF
almonds which l am unable to answer.
We do not grow the almond where my
orchards are situated and hence have
no experience in that line of hOrticul-
ture. My judgment is that almond
growing can never be very successful
as far north as the Yakima valley. If
any one wants to argue differently, he
has that right, but the better way is to
go to work and do 1t. l wish l could
answer all questions that come to me
about such matters, but I can't, and l
believe that my writings on horticul-
ture will be more valuable to our read
ers If they know that l will not pre-
tend to know what I do not.
The readers of The Ranch have seen
from time to time mention made of
suit instituted by the firm of Richey &
Gilbert, Toppenish, Wash, to recover
damage from the Northern Pacific
Railroad for loss sustained by this
firm by reason of not being furnished
cars to transport their apples to East
ern markets during the fall of 1907. Is
the railroad liable for damages by rea-
son of failure to supply the cars re-
quired to transport fruit when the de-
mand was made in ample time for the
railroad to comply?
That is very important question
and am glad that it is to be threshed
out in the courts. The following clip
ping from the Minneapolis Daily News
| tells the results of this trial: ,.
Zone of the largest verdicts of the
kind ever rendered in Minnesota was
returned by jury late Saturday in the
case of Richey & Gilbert Co. VS.. North
ern Pacific Railway Company, before
Judge Simpson, the amount awarded
being $21,588.
"The shippers were represented by
George c.. Stiles of Minneapolis and
the railroad by Emerson Hadley and
Charles Donnelly, st. Paul.
"The decision will be of the greatest
interest and advantage to shippers OF
fruits, produce, live stock and perish
able property in general, affording
precedent as to their rights in similar
cases.
"The suit resulted from the failure
of the railway company TO PROVIDE re-
lfrigerator cars with reasonable
promptness for the use of Richey &
Gilbert Co. to ship some 40 cars of
fancy boxed apples from the stations
at North Yakima and Toppenish,
Washington, to the Eastern market
during the fall of 1907, as result OF
which delay, the apples became over
ripe and damaged and the market de-
clining before they could be shipped.
1.-THE railway company asserted that