The Yale expositor., 1913-12-11

Cndilsc.-It is said that a country
In which a man is willing TO lie down
and die is naturally one of beauty
and worth, and it may be said that is
the reason why SO many people are
today looking forward to retirement
from the busy cares of business and
professional life in the fruit regions
Of northern Michigan. Whether there
is anything in the saying or not, the
fact remains that scores OF people In
Michigan and adjoining states are
looking forward TO passing their lat
ter days on a fruit farm in northwest
ern Michigan, in many respects the
most beautiful country under the sun.
Educated Men TO the Farms.
For a number of years 1t has been
noted that many ministers. many
teachers, some business men, some
physicians, writer's and other profess
sional people have been buying land
in Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Benzie
and Antrim counties with the view TO
building up a profit-producing fruit
farm. There are. perhaps, more re-
tired ministers in that section than
any other line OF professional men.
The old fellows may be too old to
keep up with the times from the
standpoint OF preachers, but they are
making good fruit farmers, and very
few failures have been noted among
them when they get on the farms.
Many people in the large cities own
fruit farms in the Grand Traverse
region" for the sake Of having COM
Portable summer home; but most resi-
dents of the section are in the bust
ness for revenue as well as the com
fort, and are on the farms the whole
year around Many, too. buy farms,
spending only the summer there and
working the balance OF the year, get
ting the where-withai 10 complete pay
ments on the farm and getting it well
along towards permanent money
producer before the owner gives up a
good city job to take up his perma-
nent residence there.
Among the "Emlerants."
DR. Fleming Carrow. former head OF
the department OF ophthalmology In
the University OF Michigan, two years
ago bought a fine fruit farm two miles
out OF Traverse City and spends much
Of the year there growing fancy fruit.
Rev A. Benthal of Northport has
recently quit the ministry to engage
IN fruit growing.
At Old Mission, Misses Kent and
~F
both school teachers. have succumbed
TO the lure of fine fruit and are man
aging their own farms.
Mrs. G. p. Taft, sister-in-law OF the
former president, owns one OF the fin
est fruit farms in the region.
A. A. Lasch of Lincoln, Neb.. is be-
coming a heavy fruit grower in Lee
lanau county and is surrounding him
self with many men and women who
are connected with the University OF
Nebraska. His plan is to get into part
nership with such persons as desire to
raise fruit.
]. c. Howe. formerly an extensive
business man of st. Louis, Mo-. has
been near Old Mission several years,
and is spending his latter years grow
ing apples.
Miss Gertrude Blanchard of the
Grand Rapids schools purchased a
farm near Acme, Grand Traverse
county. two years ago for $4,000. She
is improving the place and will even
tually make It her permanent home.
1t is located on the east arm of Grand
Traverse bay and is beautiful place.
J. II. Roberts, a Chicago lawyer, has
a place just south Of Old Mission viii
lage on the Grand Traverse Peninsula,
where he spends his summers in look
ing forward to the day when his per-
manent home will be on this elegant
fruit farm.
l. o. Vaught, another Chicago law
yer, has bought in company with DR..