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State. Descending this new road. which
is known as Mertens avenue. along the
Potomac slope. We drove through the
residential and business sections OF the
future town OF Green Ridge. lying upon
plateau. at the base of which run the
canal river. and railroad.
Plan Of the Community.
On inquiry. I found that the entire
area Of ZOO acres, while practically
one immense orchard. is in reality con-
solidation OF 250o ten-acre orchard tracts
and one large holding retained by the
original owners
Already over one-half OF the 200
orchards have been acquired by req
resentative class Of men from Pittsburg.
Baltimore. Washington. Philadelphia'
New York. Cleveland, Cincinnati. and
other cities Of the East Among them
are men Of letters. corporation heads
and oflciaIs. bankers. merchants. ply
siclans, lawyers. and many others Of sub
stance and culture.
Indeed. was reminded OF the Hood
River Valley in Oregon. which supports
a University Club OF nearly 200 members
from those engaged in the apple In
dustry.
The house OF Mertens Ii conducting the
development and. upon an agreed basis,
the owner Is relieved OF all work and
responsibility during the FIRST five years,
including the clearing OF land, planting.
cultivation. horticultural service, &C.
Old Mother Earth is mans best banker.
and her resources are legion. Every one
knows that time. labor, and money must
all be expended in order to plant and
bring up to the bearing period a irst-class
commercial apple orchard, which In that
condition Yields enormous profit and
has a corresponding property value. Few,
indeed. OF those who live In the cities, In
their struggle for existence. have even
so much as considered the establishment
Of an orchard. knowing that II entails
the expenditure of years of their time
and EFFORT before any returns can be
realized.
II was surely welcome news to those
who Joined the Green Ridge Valley COM
munity that at last they could realize
their dreams Of retirement from business
and professional life in the great cities
and within few years step bodily from
their present occupot-ons into an estab-
lished, cOngenial. and profitable under
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discern the hills OF the Old Dominion
while behind us and to the left the
high mountains OF Pennsylvania formed
distant skyline.
Leaving Lookout Point. we followed for
miles a splendid new automobile road
which wound around on the slope lying
between the river and the 1rst ridge
which is called Town Hill.
At one point the timber was still stand
! ing as nature left II. at another we
found large tracts already cleared. the
forest monarchs PROSTATE and shorn of
! their verdure. Further on. the charred
stumps and ash-covered ground bore
witness Of recent fires.
Again we came on huge plowed fields
with only upturned earth in sight, but
all the time, on first one side and then
the other, We passed ground already
| planted.
Acres and acres of rich, fresh soil,
bristling with baby trees. would be sue
ceeded by immense tracts planted last
spring, and all Of these looked down upon
by the vast concourse OF older. trees
, which started to grow a year earlier; fine.
hardy fellows planted IN serried rows,
accurately spaced. with trifurcated tops
reared high above their stocky trunks.
Although forewamed as to the i'm
mensity OF the estate under development,
g, 900 acres Of land, which is the extent
of this great area, and our party would
have been content after the FIRST fifteen
miles to have returned to the Guests
House, under the impression that We had
seen the property in its entirety. After
our car had climbed, however, to an ele-
walton Of 1900 feet, and from the great
fiatback Of Town Hill we had looked
out over the wonderful panorama mat
aer far fkA
could reach, we began to truly appreciate
the real magnitude of Green Ridge VAL
ley.
Camps and commissaries dotted the
fifty square miles surrounding us, and
when we realized that the same opera
tions and developments we had Just
passed through on the slope were Being
prosecuted over all this enormous area.
the conviction was borne upon us that
here. indeed. apple is king.
Looking into the northwest as we
stood on Town Hill. the magnificent Po-
tomac slope lay behind us. At our feet
stretched a fair shallow vale, Green
Ridge Valley, from which the entire
domain derives its name. Sloping away
10 the northwest the valley dropped 1000
feet before II started TO ascend Green
Ridge, another hat-topped eminenee a
mile and a half away and 100 feet lower
than the summit on WHICH We stoOo.
Over the back of Green Ridge. and
slopinE away from II. could be seen the
glorious White Sulphur Basin, In whose
very heart lay nestled the Carroll White
sulphur Springs, rich with healing prop
critics, while beyond the basin, six miles
wide. the Polish Mountain looned. close
up TO the Pennsylvania line.
BY a stretch OF imagination. l con-
jured up a picture OF this panorama five
years hence. All the area covered with
apple trees. the spring would convert IL
into paradise OF blossoms while in
autumn. when every branch would be
''fruited deep the red and golden pyra-
mids would seem like a vast collection
OF Christmas trees.
Returning from Town Hill, we reached
Green Ridge station In another direction
from that by which we started. over one
,of the fnest automobile boulevards N the
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mercial orcharding. the author was
pleased to accept an invitation extended
by one of the States oldest business
houses, F. Mertens' Sons. of Cumber-
land, Nd, to make a visit of inspection
TO Green Ridge Valley. which Mary
landers proclaim the ideal as well as
the largest apple growing community
in America.
Almost midway between washington
and Pittsburg. twenty miles east of
Cumberland. this area occupies the mar
row strip Of land that forms the west
ern end OF Maryland. extending from the
tortuous Potomac River at the south,
which marks the West Virginia boundary
TO Mason and Dixon's line at the north,
which separates Maryland from PennsyI-
vania
Two great hat-topped ridges. a dozen
miles in length, two wonderful shallow
valleys. and the three-mile slope to the
river bed comprise the general locality
that is known as Green Ridge Valley; a
territory Of more than fifty square miles
given over TO the largest known devel-
opment of modern apple orchards.
Alighting from the train at the sta
ton. Green Ridge, we were escorted
to what is called the Guests House,
which is in reality the nucleus Of activ-
ities in that immediate portion of Green
office, marshars office. commissary, gem
eral Offices. reception rooms. dining
rooms. and a culinary department
On little tour OF inspection. we en-
tered the commissiary, to find there a
vast array OF provender. Huge baskets
each containing hundreds of loaves- Of
bread. were ranged beside countless
pounds OF fat back. Barrels OF molasses
formed resting places for enormous
sacks Of coffee.
Some one asked II regiment OF SOL
diers was in camp near By. mo, not
exactly we were told but back over
the hills, spread out into thirty differ
ent camps, more than a thousand men
were at work chopping, saving. clearing,
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quality. II must be variety that comes
into bearing in q reasonable time, must
bS long lived. and must bear steady
crops each season.
II Is generally recognized that there n
no difference commercially in the vafus
OF the apples grown in the West and
in the East From each comes apples
OF large size, beautiful appearance, and
good keeping quality the sole difference
being that for the apple Of the East
better favor is claimed.
was told at Green Ridge that siE
months were spent in investigations be-
fore the varieties were decided upon for
that community. two OF them being red
and one yellow. Three varieties, by the
way, is the usual formula In q com
munity. as specialization is practiced m
commercial apple growing the same a.
In modern business generally.
Price of Commercial Apples.
In disposing Of apples. the same fac
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grubbing-turning a wilderness into
fnoderl commercial apple orchard And
this was one Of several commissaries
that distributed to them food and cloth
ing.
Entering an automobile, we were
whirled over Peanut Ridge, to come
down again in a few moments beside the
placid Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and
the picturesque Potomac, these winding
streams having formed complete semi
circle within half a mile.
The motor then began a gradual climb
until Lookout Point was reached. Six
hundred feet above the river bank, We
paused a moment for a glimpse into the
valley below for one Of the many won
derful views common TO the locality, In
this instance perfect horseshoe curve
made by the canal and river.
Standing in Maryland, we looked d.
rectly across into West Virginia, beyond
which and to the right we could Just
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taking under conditions promoting the
health and happiness of themselves and
their families.
Cooperative Association.
In the Northwest. the natural adapt
ability OF the locality. while a pre-
requisite, is but one factor in their sue
cess. The other and equally important
factor is summed up in their motto,
Community OF Interest"
The growers OF community organize
themselves into an association, which
takes entire chargs OF the picking. grad
ing. packing, storing, and marketing Of
the fruit.
The Green Ridge Valley Fruit Growers
Association has taken an advanced stand.
not only assuming responsibility for the
foregoing duties, but also the cultivation
and care of orchards for resident and
nonresident owners who desire the same.
From a pecuniary standpoint there
fore, the orchard owner in Green Ridge
Valley need never visit his property.
finally as their permanent residence or.
at least. as a summer home.
SappIy and Demand.
In noting the constant development OF
the apple industry. the question arises
that was asked some years since when
the great wheat fields Of the West were
opened. At that time. the uninformed
questioned the advisability OF such ac-
tlvity, although statistics OF growth in
population at home and abroad and OF
increasing demand. exceeding the pos
sfbIlities OF increasing production. all
justified, as events have since shown,
the wisdom OF that movement
Statisticians who have tabuiated the
records OF production over score OF
years and VINO have analysed the grow
ing demand for apples. both by inereas-
ing population and the constantly grow-
Ing popularity OF the fruit among In
dividuals. unite with economic authorities
In asserting that the production OF apples
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can never again SO much as keep pace
with the demand. and that prices can
not fail 10 go higher and higher. al
though very high already.
Indeed, II Is not too much to say that
the foreign demand is In its infancy. and
the future requirement from this source
alone Is almost incalculable.
Varieties of Apples.
There are over three hundre varieties
Of the apple. They are as different one
from another as anything could be-just
as much so as three hundred different
men. II you. took in a dragnet at a
street corner the first three hundred men
passing. you would have black. whits.
and yellow. all sizes and conditions. good.
bad, and Indifferent
1t is just the same with the apple.
Some are red. others yellow, green, and
striped. large. small. and medium, sweet
and sour Some are good. some are fair.
and others are worthless. There are
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Shs apple is the only fruit that is also
classified as a staple food product.
The orange and the banana arc the
only other popular all-the-year fruits,
and their uses are much restricted. The
apple, however, is not only a standard
dessert fruit twelve months of the year.
but at all seasons is prepared In a hun
dred different ways for table use. The
apple is classed as food product along
with wheat, potatoes, and other staple ar
ticles of diet upon which the human race
depends.
An Infant Industry.
Although the wild apple has been known
TO man since the dawn OF history. and
the domesticated varieties have been uti-
lized for centuries, 1t is but three decades
since the production of this great staple
has been brought to a scientific basis and
commercialized.
Within this brief period. it has revoIu-
tionized communities in which the indus
try has been developed, creating almost
fabulous land values and yielding profits
beyond the dreams of avarice.
Indeed. no less an authority than the
Agricultural Department of Uncle Sam
now characterizes the apple as king OF
Fruits." .....-.-
Apple Growing Communities.
Full praise Is due to the scientists who
have labored SC long and patiently in
bringing about the production of the
highest quality of fruit and the elimina-
tion of risk to the apple grower, but
oven greater praise is due TO the pioneers
who bravely rished their fortunes in
working out practically the scientific
theories which have made rich and IA
Snous so many communities in the North
west. -.-.... 1850
East and West.
In horticulture as in agriculture the
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tors that prevail in the sale of any prod
uct must be taken into consideration
The associations standardize the prod
uet in the matter Of packages, quality,
and guarantee.
As an. example. one buyer last year
purchased and paid the association at
Hood River Valley for 10000 bushel
boxes, without examination Of the fruit
itself, but simply upon the associations
guarantee that the contents OF each box
was as marked thereon
II Is stated that the growers OF this
same community. Hood River Valley.
the very first year their association was
organized. received double the prices they
had obtained in previous years, when
organized body.
For several years past Western assO-
Citations have received for ffrst-class ap-
pies, at the orchards. prices ranging from
s. for the small sizes 10 S3.3 per box
for the large sizes, and, in exceptional
cases, have been paid upward OF 81 per
box
The fancy apple produced by CONNER
cial growers is simply the right kind OF
fruit, grown as Il should be grown, and
free from. the marks OF careIessness and
ignorance. 1t is recorded that more than
90 per cent OF the product OF many or
chards comes under this classification.
TraHsPortation Advantages at Green
Ridge.
With equally favorable natural condi-
tions. it is obvious that the Green Ridgs
VALLEY orchardist enjoys a great advan-
taSe over the westerner, whose product
must be shipped 2.5OO miles to reach the
leading markets OF the country.
In Green Ridge, they have the advan-
tare Of two transcOntinental railway
systems and aSSaterway, enaohng tnem
10 nut their apples into Pittsburg. Baiti-
more, and washington in few hours.
Continued ON PAGE o, Column L.
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tered area extending from coast to coast.
1t is, however, also true that in the ag-
gregate the area fully adaptable to this
industry is in a comparative sense quite
small, and a considerable portion OF it
valueless for the time being on account
of isolated position and inadequate trans
portation.
In Hood River Valley, Oregon. and other
Western communities the records of
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varieties that take twenty years to come
into bearing. and then they are not worth
q great deal There are other varieties
that come into bearing In two and three
years, but, like everything that natures
quickly, they are short lived.
Out Of over three hundred varieties
there are only twenty-odd that are classi-
fed as commercial varieties. To be a
commercial variety means that the apple
must be large, of attractive appearance,
well favored. and OF good keeping
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progressive westerner has blazed the
way for his Eastern brother to follow.
While 1t is true that there are certain
positive natural requirements for the sue
cessfn growing OF apples commercially.
If is equally true that these conditions
are found to perfection In widely scat
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profits and orchard values are almost un-
believable to. the man who is unfamiliar
with modern apple growing. Net profits
as high as 1900 per acre in a single
season, and orchards selling as high
as 1900 per acre are authentic and by no
means uncommon statements
While Eastern growers. with the single
exception of Green Ridge Valley, have been
backward In their horticultural methods
and have ignored the benefits Of associa-
tion and cooperation. to which the West
erner owes so much, yet their results
compare favorably with those of the
West, largely because OF their proximity
10 the centers OF consumption and the
consequent saving in transportation ex-
pense
A Visit to Green Ridge Valley.
Being much interested In the apple in
dustry and having visited the principal
communities that are given over to COM
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BY ID. b. CONRAD,
Staf Correspondent.

Cumberland, Nd. Jan. 6.
Among the almost uncounted varieties
bf fruit the world over. citrus and de-
eiduous, growing on vine, bush, and tree,
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GREEN RIDGE VALLEY, IN WESTERN MARYLAND.
THE WORLDS GREATEST COMMERCIAL
APPLE ORCHARD COMMUNITY.
Visit to the Vast Holdings Of F. MsTtSns Sons, of Cum
bsdand, Nd, Described by The HsraId's Staff Man.

Twenty-Five Hundred Commercial Apple Orchards Being Developed in an
Organized Community Under Plan Whereby Association Cares
for Orchards and Markets Fruit, Relieving Owners
of All Labor and Responsibility.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-02
Iowa at Washington.

Washington May 2.--Pensions were
granted to the following Iowans Ad-
ney REM, Burlington $l3; stephen
Morgan, Calamus, SIS: John r. Burgess.
Des Moines. SIS: Mary A. Field. Gold
field, $12: David Henderson. Hampton.
SIS; william l.. Cotton. Marshalltown,
SIS: Joseph w. West, Marshaitown.
SIS: Richard Allison, Seymour sl9'
Sever T. Eastal. Slater. slo.
Postal savings banks Will be estao-
lished on June 1 as follows: Agency,
Anderson, Athelstan. Bartlett. Bea
consfield, Benton Blakesburg. Brooks
Cambria. Cincinnati, Clio. Coburg Col
leSe Springs. Derby. Drakesvillc. ELS
ton, Exline, Floris. Grand River. Grant
Gravity, Hepburn. Kent. kirksviiie'
Leroy. Lovilia. Lucas. Melrose. North
boro, Numa. Percival. Llano. Pleasan
ton. Promise City. Pulaski. Randolph
Redding Riverton. Sewal, Sharpsourg
Spaulding, LEEDS Grove. Thurman
Tingley, UdeI. Unionville, Van Vert
wodburn. Yorktown.
Representative Hubbard said that IL
house business did not Interfere ne
would spend practically all the time up
to the primaries in the Eleventh d'"-
trict. He will depart for Iowa next
week but has not fixed the day.
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-02
IOWA GRADUATES IN DEMAND.
Members Of Senior Glasses Secure
Good Positions ~ instructors.

Members Of Senior Glasses Secure
Good Positions a. instructors.
Special to Times Republican.
Iowa City, May 2.-Some Of the stu
dents who will graduate from the State
University OF Iowa next June Will go
straight to positions as super1nteno-
ents or principals. Prof. f. e. Bolton,
head of the department of education.
gave out today the names Of some OF
these students for whom such posi-
tons have been found. Among them are
w. p. Shirley, of Minburn. who goes
to be principal of the high school al
West Liberty, and Harry L. Johnson,
of Salem, who has been appointed su
perintendent Of schools at Lehigh. both
MIR. Shirley and Mr.. Johnson will grad
uate from the state university next
June.
Other students for whom similar po-
sitions have been secured are: MISS
Julia Boyd, of Williamsburg, who goes
to be principal of the high school IN
her home town: r. y. Beebe, OF WeV-
er. who will be superintendent at Els
sex; r. G. Smith, or New PROVIDENCE
to be superintendent at Mapleton; MISS
Ethel Seitsinger, Of Iowa City, VINO
has been appointed instructor in music
and public speaking at Hampton:
Frank Lawrence, of Britt, who goes
to Moose Bluffs, Neh., to be principal
of the high school there; Miss jose
phine Leonard. of Scranton, who mas
been appointed instructor in Englisn
at the Ackley high school; Miss Mabel
Anderson, of Storm Lake. who goes
tc teach English in the State Normal
School at Lewiston. Idaho; Miss Car
RE Stanley, of Prescott, who also goes
to Idaho to be instructor in Engllsn
at the high school in Boise Miss
Blanche Gorsuch, of MoEtezuma, VINO
is to be instructor in science ana
mathematics in the high school at
Manning; Miss Letha Cakes. of Iowa
City, who has been appointed principal
of the high school in Charter Oak;
Miss Margaret Metzger. of Iowa City,
instructor in science at Charter OAK,
and John Fisher. of Washington, who
has been appointed superintendent OF
public schools at Lamont.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-02
EIdora News items.

Special to neutrality-suspicious..
Eldora, May Mrs. H. s. Martin
was called to Mitchellville early in the
week in answer to a telephone mes
sage that her brother, Robert Wilkin-
son, had been seriously hurt In run
away accident. Mr.. Wilkinson was
driving home from town on a load OF
tile when the team became frightened
at something along the highway and
ran away, throwing the occupant OF
the wagon out on the ground and in
turing him in such a manner as to
cause death in few days after. Mr..
Wilkinson was quite well known IN
Eldora, where he had visited num-
Der Of times.
Mrs. Isaac Rathbone, OF Lincoln.
Neb, is expected here Saturday for a
visit with her sister, Mrs. Theresa
Furman, who has been quite sick for
a number of weeks and who does not
improve as readily as her friends wish.
Sheriff Walsh is recovering from q
severe tussle with his old enemy,
rheumatism.
A. W. Crossan will shortly begin the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-02

|.erection OF modern cottage on the lot
he recently purchased Of ]. +. Hardin.
III. w. Gibson returned Wednesday
from Florida. where he spent the win
ter months.
+. D. Sanford left here Wednesday
for Mason City, where he has large
number Of buildings to move. taking
with him a force OF workmen.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-02
Sunday School Convention.

Special to Times Repuh'!can.
Eldora, May 2.-Following is the
program for the Eldora township sun
day school convention. which Is to pc
held in the Methodist Episcopal church
in this city next Sunday.
1880, Devotional-C. NJ. Haas.
2:45, Survey of house to house can
vass-J. +. Hardin.
3:15-"The Absentee" and (a) "Ihe
Button" Rev. w. G. Ramsay: CD
The Teacher" Rev. w. f. Stanley;
tc) .'The Superintendent" Catherine
Aylesworth: ca The Scholar. Rev.
w. f. VanBuren; (e) The Parent,
Prof A. j. Cavana.
3:45. Question box and discussion,
led by 7. +. Paris.
4:45-Busness period.
8: OO-Song and praise service.
$50. Address,. f. Paris.