Emmons County record., 1911-04-27

to another. for what there is in it. "
called on the McCrorys. and was
sorry to learn that the California
climate has not yet done much To-
ward restoring Tommy's wife tc
health.
attended the picnic of North Da-
kotans at East Lake Park. and saw
there and in and around Los Angeles
a good many from our state some
temporarily, hat many who had set
tied permanently | visited few
days at Frisco" :" and then made
my next stop at Mcdford. Oregon.
Here found the Winona folks Mr.
and Mrs. Emmy MIR. and Mrs. Brum-
bic. MIR. and Mrs. II. +. Wilson and
Mr. and Mrs Lincoln Gray. They
all seem to be prospering, and they
are quite eNtrayagant in praise of
| Medford and vicinity as a fruit
region. lviSited some of the big
orchardswith the land manand heard
his story of $500 AN acrene income
and was informed of his price Of
$500 to $500 per acre for raw land
in five to ten acre lots. Many here
deny that any such profit can be de-
rived even from the oldest and best
orchards. just the same. whether
there is going to he profit or not,
fruit trees are being set out as fast
as it can be done, and our old North
Dakota neighbors are inclined to
fall in line. and are quite earnest in
praise of this region as fruit coun-
try. But Mr.. Brumbe, having the
Rooseveltian idea, is able to show
that, in connection with the pro-
duction of fruit, there can also be
produced the best type of boys and
| girls, young men and young women.
| Those of the old settlers at Winona
will remember the small family OF
| small children, as they seemed, when
they were there small enough and
few enough SO that they might have
been tucked away i'm one bed a,
night. These same little ones, sine,
they were transplanted to Medford
soil and climate, after lapse OF
about twelve years, have developed
into large family of eleven boys
and girls, from four years to TWEEN
ty-four or twenty-five years. One
daughter is married and has gone
with her husband to San Diego t.
build home of their own. One sor
is ina store at Portland, and another
son is in partnership with his father
in the transfer" business. Another
of the daughters does their book
keeping All of the family. except
the first two mentioned above, are
still in the home nest, and livini
with them are also the grandfather
and grandmother, Mr.. and Mrs
Emmy. Although numerous fami
ly, they are also a loving. contente'
and happy family. Their parents
could not, and of course would not
place a money value ON these boy.
and girls; but, if it were proposed
at one million dollars apiece. i
would not be as exaggerated or a!
extravagant as the prices asked by
real-estate agents on what they have
to offer So, from this point ol
view, these people are immensely
wealthy, as we'll as uncommonly
favored and blessed.
| After finishing my visit at Med
ford came on to Portland. AMI
| found brother here whom ha(
not seen for more than thirty-eighl
| years. OF course we would not have
known each other; 50 want to stol
awhile and get acquainted with him
and then will be going on home
started to write with the view o
having my copy of the Record sen
to Hartford instead of the Pacifi'
coast, and have written more thar
was necessary. but will expect to b,
there to read the next number.
Respectfully,