The daily sentinel., 1913-10-17

people, Dut tney seem TO be pOwerleSS
and all the while We are adding
new wrinkles" of them
practical and tending to prepare the
pupils to be useful and wage earners.
but We cut out none of the heir
looms" suggested by the Post article.
from the system.
4 prominent fruit grower on one
of the rich mesas in Delta county,
who owns one OF the model orchards
and which had heavy crop on the
trees few weeks ago, was in the
city this week and reported that the
hail fell at his place two weeks ago
in such quantities and with such
force as to utterly destroy his splen-
did crop. Other orchards were also
injured, but the big storm seems to
have hit and missed with a peculiar
disregard for any sort of regularity.
Some trees in our valley were rid
died with the finest of hail stones
driven with terrific force through
the skins OF the hardest apples,
while other trees within thirty feet
escaped without injury.
Another Delta county man visited
this valley since the storm and pick
ed up large wagon load of Law
renee pears in the George Smith or
chard across the river; they have no
pears to speak of in Delta county.
The trees were killed by blight ten
years or more ago. | had often Won
dered why William Bomgardner, who
was a successful fruit grower. should
set out peach trees on land worth
thousand dollars an acre and which
have not paid the interest on the
money since | purchased it. seven
years ago. He was here a few days
ago and | put the question to him;
he answered that 1t was because of
the fear that the blight was going to
take every tree in his orchard. 1t
must have been the same thought
which led me to set out Jonathan
apples four years ago between the
peach trees but ! do want to get a
paying peach crop once before they
come out and that will have to be
next year.
By the way, the friends of Mr..
Bomgardner will be glad to know
that he has finally won out in the
suit over his mining claims in east
ern Colorado; the matter was COM
promised and he received $25, 900
wearing broad smile during his
short stay here. and he is one of the
very few men in this neck of the
woods who has ever won anything in
a mining, deal. He ordered a half
dozen boxes of apples while here.
William Milne made trip to
Kansas City few days ago and re-
turned with a nice bunch of females.
There is no opportunity to- stir up
scandal in this connection because
those females were of the bovine
tribe-nice, well-behaved mich cows
which Mr.. Milne is pasturing and
feeding on his land Just east of the
city. He is disposing of the milk
to the Jensen creamery and setting
good example for a good many men
with a little capital to invest for the
good of the city and valley.
A public spirited citizen remarked
in my hearing a few days ago that
II some of our citizens who are
squalling about hard times and the
dead town will pull their little wads
out of the safety deposit vaults of
the banks set these wads to work we
should have good times right away.
1t is the home knocker who goes
about with long face that Is hurting
the valley An irrigated section is
the richest prospect on earth IL we
but understand how to care for it,
and / believe that we are just now
entering an era of greater prosperity
than ever before in our history, and
when it does come it will be to stay.