The Springdale news., 1913-08-08
THE GREATEST PEACH CROP
 EVER KNOWN IN SPRINGDALE

 claim for the Democratic admins tration credit for this bumper peach crop.
 With the canning factory, the evaporaiors and the peach crop, ev- erybody who wants to work can find plenty to do.
 Two extra telegraph operators and two extra clerks are required at the depot to handle the increased business during the peach season.
 Some ten or dozen foreign buy CTS are present, and these include epresentatives of certain commiss- ion houses, while others are brok- CTS buying on orders from different sections of the country.
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 One of the veteran fruit men on the ground is w. E. Branch, whose home is in New York, but who is buying peaches fer Des Moines, Iowa, house He was here during the big apple crop of 1901.
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 Three of the busit St men in town just now are F G. Robb, secretary of the Peach Growers Exchange, the salesman, Wi sen Ca. dwell, and Frisco Agent LeitZell. And of cours Lile Harris, messe nger boy, thinks he hes more to do than auy of 'em.
 About the only thing The News deploIes about this peach crop is that the ice for the cars is furnish ed by the plants at Fayetteville and Rogers. Springdale ought to have an ice plant and keep this money at home.
 Every car is iced before loading and OH reaching Rogers is inspect ed and n-ieed if found necessary. and another inspection is made at Monet, Mo, and thereafter at each division point until the car reaches it- destination.
 The Frisco has been ally coop erating with the growers and ship CTS in handling the big peach crop. There has been DO delay in furnish ing ea-s as neede d, and a switch en- zine has been here part of the time to place the cars.
 A good many people are complain ing about the dry, hot weather of the past few days, but t is just what the peach men want, and this being the case the rest Of us can afford this little ineonye enience. So far the weather has been ideal for the peaches.
 The ground along the loading spur became soss oft from the water from the cars that number of wagons have stuck. requiring double-teaming to pull out. The railroad people have atte mpted to remedy this trouble by rushing in cars of cinders which lave been dumped along the track, but this has given but little relief.
 Visitors are numerous at the packing houses during the evenings and 10 the uninitiated 1t is an inter- esting sight to watch the expert pa kers at work They work with both hands with great rapidity and apparently throw the peaches into the. basket in promiscuous manner, but every peach fits into it's place exactly and when the last layer is in the picture is complete The pay of these packers IS usually B 50 per day with sportation paid to Springdale, and for night work they receive 90 cents per hour.
 The scene around the leading sta ton of afternoons and evenings is one never to be forgotten. For pIoNhS WdSoHS diC 4iuSd u q " Ii ing their turn to unload. At eight o'clock Monday evening 156 wagons were counted in the line. Some have to wait their turn for hours, and at night it is no infrequent sight to see a tired driver stretch ed out on his wagon catching lit tie sleep as he awaits his turn It was after three o'clock Wednesday morning before the last wagon was unloaded and the car sealed and ready for it's journey. A constant stream of wagons are coming in throughout the day loaded with peaches, but it is in the evening and at night when the rush is heaviest The people are literally working day and night
 The results of cultivation and Snravipy arc paeily seen as the