The daily sentinel., 1914-07-02


readers Of The Sentinel will for
single moment think that l am a pes
simist, ready to knock the interests
OF the county, but / must call atten-
tion to q fact that is more and more
apparent every day, that we are not
going to get any fancy prices this
year for our fruits. The best pos
sible outlook is for pears, with
peaches a second but recent report
by the agricultural department
claims that the estimate for peaches
IS los per cent or above the average
for the past five years.
1t is very evident, therefore. that
nothing but the very best article will
bring profitable returns and it be-
hooyes us to get the highest per
cent of extra fancy goods of all varie-
ties of fruits. If the grower has not
already heavily thinned his crop he
should not fail to do so at once
take off every apple that touches an
other, even If only a single apple is
LETT on the tree-make that apple a
good one. The little worms are 90
ing into the apples wherever there is
no spray this week, and probably be-
cause the cool weather has DELAYED
the first brood. If the poison is not
killing them spray again at once.
There is no rule that will always
work out right. Common sense must
be used and every grower should
study his own orchard carefully.
Aside from the fact that there is
now a good crop in sight everywhere
practically, it Is a fact that the peo-
pie are not buying extensively for
Htfv ft
1t is because they are buying auto
mobiles and using Rockefellers pro-
ducts. There is the same high cost
of living but it is not money spent
in the same channels, but this may
not be the case and when the good
fruit gets to market it may bring
living prices.
There is one Thing the auto craze
is doing, however, and that is re-
ducing the amount of railroad travel
for pleasure purposes. The business
interests OF California are complain
ing that their crop of tourists has
been light this year and they are
banking heavily upon the crop of
next year, but IL is very likely that
they will be disappointed because
those who are investing in autos are |
own machines and not a great per /
cent of them will go as far as the |
coast. The tourist crop is more un-
certain than the peach crop in the /
Grand Valley.
There seems to be no let up in the
number of autos sold in this coun-
try. There is now one for every one
hundred of our population and the
output this year will be valued at
100000, or about S5 for every per-
son in the United States. The ques-
tion is, how long can this step be
kept up2 Can we all have a ma
chine? We all can hope so, at any
rate. There is an army of men now
employed in the factories and the
wage is practically all for skilled la
Dor. This ought to help the farmer
market but a great many of these
skilled worllmen are also buying gas
oline and patronizing the repair shop.
The Grand Valley has just lost two
Of the pioneers of the earliest days
w. ]. Ponsford and Mrs. Kate A.
Jackson. They came to this land |
when there was no county and
fought their way forward to a point
where they could spend their last
few years in comparative rest, If
there is such a thing possible as a
man without guile" Mr.. Ponsford |
was that man. he had no enemies and /
his dealings with his fellows We're |
invariably governed by the principal |
of the Golden Rule. He was a posi-
tive man and had convictions along |
every line and adhered strictly to I
those convictions but never in such 1
manner as to give offense. One al !
ways knew just where to find him |
and they knew that he would be per- |
fectly fair to others. The world is /
always better for such men having |
lived in it.
Mrs. Jackson was equally as not
able a woman; she was an ardent Re |