The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-03-27

N. Yakima, Wash,
March l6, 1913

| March ID, 1918.
Dear Home Folks:
Time flies so fast here that the weeks
seem to close before fairly well begun.
Tomorrow we begin on our 9th, last
week of school. The weather is be-
ginning to grow somewhat warm, and
| notice that the larger boys are long
| ing for the close of the term, for now
and then some excuse keeps them out
daysor two at a time. The spring
work--that is, plowing and planting is
about done.
Rarchers who have reservation
leases below Union Gap have complet-
ed their seeding a week or more.
Summer weather has been here the
past three weeks, but there are places
yet covered with snow on the near by
Hills. | have large bouquet of
Mountain Bells picked on the Hills
south of here by some of the pupils.
Shipments of nursery stock from this
Valley to orchard tracts in Canada has
been going on the past weeks. The
| trees are of the standard varieties
which have proven best adapted for
| planting in the Canadian climate
This great demand for nursery stock is
said to be excellent, indications being,
that the development of new orchards
is going steadily forward despite the
difficulties experienced this year in
marketing fruit. This week ranchers
are shipping their winter apples in
bulk in freight cars at $l5 per ton,
thus saving the cost of boxes, wrap
ping, etc. Several have fed theirs to
cattle and hogs, thinking it waste of
time to take the trouble of hauling and
shipping at such low rates. The same
is being done with potatoes. For the
past month they were unable to get
more than S5 and ST per ton for their
potatoes so fed them to their live stock.
The West with all its scenery and other
drawing features may be alright to
live in, and | for one would be content
to spend my years here, but the prob
lem OF living, with prices so very low,
makes it trying proposition for the
hard working ralchers of this valley
1t is to be hoped that the markets will
soon change, for many of them have
still up to 5000 boxes of Winesaps and
Ben Davis in their packing sheds.
The newly formed North Pacific
Fruit Distributors which will act as
cooperative selling agency for the
|orhardists, meets here Friday, March
q. The two big problems which this
meeting will try to solve viii be those
of determining the methods of selling
ard of financing the harvest of the
small growers. Financial backing has
already been assured the organization,
and with this, the problem is left of
finding means of extending credit to
the individual orchardists.
The 50th anniversary of the estab-
lishment of the first salmon pack. ing
industry on the Pacific coast was cele-
brated Friday, March IA, throughout
the northwest as "Salmon Day." On
Friday all the railroads in this part of
the country served salmon to their pa
irons without charge and each dinner
guest was given a pink card announc-
ing the anniversary, and containing
the further information that 800, 900. 900 |
worth of salmon are packed every year
on the Pacific Coast and in Alaska, and |
that the Department. of Agriculture
has found the salmon to rank among |
The highest in food value among the
leading foods. Each person also re-
ceived eight recipes for preparing |
salmon for the table. Besides the
fresh salmon, the Milwaukee road |
which passes through Ellensburg, near
here, used 400 cans on its 10 Olympian |
and 10 Columbian trains, serving the
canned product in the form of salad.
Saturday, April 5 is set aside as
Apple Day, apples to be served free
and in as many ways as possible on
trains and at hotels and restaurants. |
1t is to be state wide day. News
papers will print the menu of the
different hotels, clubs, restaurants.
eating houses, etc. Merchants are
urged to make attractive apple dis
plays in their show windows. Wo-
mems clubs and similar organizations
are urged to secure apples as gifts for
all charitable institutions and destitute
families, also to sell them at street
stands and other places for the purpose
of making money for charities and 9TH
er enterprises in which they are inter-
ested.
Thursday and Friday, May lst and
2nd have been fixed upon as the dates
for the Yakima Blossom Festival when
from four to four and one half million
fruit trees will be in blossom In this
county. The blossom festival will last
but two days this year, but in that
time will be condensed an elaborate
program.
Princesses for the Blossom Festival
are to be selected from each of the dis.
tricts in the Valley and the festival
queen will be chosen by lot from among
the list outside OF this city. The cor.
onation ceremonies are to be very
elaborate. A prize will be given for
the float most characteristic of the
valley, and 3 prizes are to be given for