Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-11-08
WHAT WE DO
CHAPTER 6 - Scientific Orchard Work --
CresWell

We could easily use couple Chapters in telling you how
we happened to know about CeSWeI and they would be
somewhat amusing tOO but probably about as interesting to
business man, as to sit and listen to threeCgater hour
sermon which easily could have and ought to have been
boiled down and delivered in fifteen minutes, Suffice to
say our President usually tells our agents Ito get there and
get there first" He got to C9SweI and "go there first"
Mr. BohnStedt landed in CreSWeI St, Valentines Day
1908, The next morning he was out in the country before
7 o'clock investigating the farms and orchards watch
were available The only up-tO date and large orchards
were the apple and pune OrCadS OF Dr. l. D. SCarbf0ugh
and the cherry peaCh apple and pune orchards of Mr. A.
SChaefe These orchards we're in perfect condition and
CreSWe and Lane County owe good deal to these menand
especially to Dr. l. D. SCarbough for the pioneer orchard
work which he did, He was the laughing stock Of the town
Just little WSOnay-"A few trees stuck in the ground
don't make it worth more" Give heard that same state
men in Saem but nevertheless some Of those who laughed
are now borrowing money from the doctor, He estimated
that his 12O9cre pune orchard would net him not less than
S25O0O00 this year, $500 an acre would not buy it. This
may seem out of place in our story but was one of the
big reasons why we located in CreSSWe There were also
fruit trees in door yards and scattered thuout the country
which had never been sprayed or cared for which had
yielded so we'll that was evident to even Iaynan that
here was spot where fruit could be grown SUCCESSFULLY
The land appeared to be of most excellent quality, and
all laying close to the NlageS0 that hauling and anSpor
taton charges would be light The scenery was magnificent
CreSWe! in one of the preeSt little valleys in the State,
Options were Immediately taken ON over 1000 acres of
land and before closing on them we had reports from the
State Horticultural College, at Corvallis, and persona eE
animation made by Hon, w. K Newell, President of the
Oregon State Board Of Horticulture But some Of the big
things which gave our decSo to CreSweI were the social
religious and educational advantages lays within twelve
miles of Eugene the seat Of the State University and its
People e were PogreSSEe weeCoda and had erected good
there are probably more educated and refined people in
GreSweII- Just the kind you want for neghbors = than
there are in the ordinary towns Of 2500 people We believe
this to be tue, There are no saloons in CeSWe nor Lane
County, We find in our work that Ceswe and Lane County
have decided advantage oyer Salem in that regard In the
east we say nothing about hS unless we have to- but we
are talking to Salem people and Salem business men now
Wno are spending money to get people and they ought to
People Who do intensified farming and who buy orchard
lands are an educated refined people, and are people who
Know as we all Know that outside Of the economic loss to
the community takes one boy out of every five to keep the
saloons in business therefore, feel that they do not wish to
increase the risk of helping fill the hopper
We have dtgreSSed from our subject, but it ony en-
pha8izeS why We liked Ce8we and gets the subject out out
OF our SySem 50 that when we come to tell the advantages
OF Salem and Waldo Hills, we can forget about it