The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-24

ned until no two touch each other, un-
til not an apple rubs against a branch,
and until no twig is loaded beyond what
IL can perfectly mature. There are
pests for the blossom, and other pests
for the bark, and still others for the
ground.
All common good has common price:
Exceeding good. exceeding"
May I speak a little more about the
Valley Hood river Is q tumbling
stream that comes down from the SHOWS
Of Mount Hood, about thirty miles
away; and IL is as wild as the Big
Cottonwood. and about ten times as
big by the time IL gets to the Columbia.
II flows rather through the east than
the middle OF the valley: and the hills
that inclose this remarkable bit OF
earth rise right from the farther side
OF the wild streams mouth. Then
they go looming away TO the south.
other thirty or forty miles and then
strike straight north for the Columbia
again. There Is Just room enough for
the Hartman railroad TO creep between
the edges Of the mountains and the Co
lumbia at either end OF the wonderful
wall And within that wall, there IS
the Avillon OF the Apple. Here no
preezes come that can harm the fruit
beyond the ability OF the farmer TO cor
rect And here, carried down from
mountain heights through many cen
turtles; Is just the soil which Adam
must have had in the Garden OF Eden
or he couldn't have raised s,ch a per
tection OF fruit as to bring the whole
race into contempt
And the strange thing about II is that
one cannot get out OF the valley with
any vehicle-except that there is an
unbelievably bad road to the east by
Wnlcn one can go 10 The Dalles. where
there is an open town-Hood River be-
ing dry. But one cannot GO on wheels
70 Portland, unless one gets on Mr.
Aarriman,s trains, and pays two dollars
t9r the privilege. Maybe that inaccessi-
putty saved the valley for development
IN the latter day, when people didn't
care what they paid for fruit.
ana they don't seem to care much
Wnat they pay for land. Two hundred
dollars an acre for raw land. with pine
forests and monster rocks all over It.
and ten to twenty miles from river
and town. Is fair going price. II
costs about five hundred dollars an acre
20 clear that sort OF land and set Il in
orchard. and then IL is five years before
one can count with any safety on an
income. But they are buying the land
are building the most comfortable OF
houses no and are giving every indication
OF purpose 60 stay and draw on their
own resources until such time as the
trees begin to bear.
A thousand dollars an acre for cleared
lanq within easy reach OF town is an
ordinary figure; and many farms have
changed hands IN the past year at two
thousand dollars an acre where the
trees are in bearing. in good condition
and not beyond ten years old
or course many farmers raise straw.
berries or oats or even alfalfa between
the rows OF their trees while the lat
/ ter are growing; and these get an in-
come. But for the most part. men
simply give their trees all the strength
| OF the soil. and all the care OF tending.
! Ihey nave bank accounts and are not
| troubled by the menace Of the wolf
Also they are a pretty desirable lot. We
1 have been visiting a time or two. And
I knabe pianos and lockwood pottery
/ ana PERSIAN rugs and the best maya
zines are as common as blackberries.
Bnt you may have Portland. There
/ Is plenty of business there and lots OF
good people seem TO understand they
! have TO I've there. But their streets
are so narrow and the openings into
! easements arc 50 troublesome since
they take up most or the sidewalk. and
| the Sidewalks are so like those huRging
planks at the edges OF country lanes
900 wide for one and too narrow for