Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-29
Fruitland and Switzerland

Capital Journal Special Service.)
Fruitland, Ore, Sept. 2s.-September
7 your correspondent and family went
to the Jerman hop ranch a mile north
of Pratum. 1t is owned and operated
by a. &. and o. C. Jerman, father and
son. In our 25 years experience hop
picmking in Oregon we never found
things so satisfactory as here-nice
camping place, courteous treatment,
good water, unexceptonally good class
of pickers, with little or no disturbance
and no rowdyism. 1t is always good
to find people nice especially in a pro-
| miscuous crowd.
There were some rs acres planted to
thops but ON account OF mold several
acres had to be left unpicked. l was
not able to get an approximate state
ment as to the number of bales expect
ed. There were five dryers in opera
ton.
| Scmaster Bros, of Pratum, had
store ON the grounds and contrary to
custom at such places did not run "A
game of graft on the pickers, but
sold supplies at a reasnable price.
! On Wednesday, the Goth, the proprie-
tors of the hop yard threshed in about
l3 hours nearly 5000 bushels of oats
and about 500 bushels of wheat. This
was going some The Roth outfit did
the work, the machine being 36-inch
cylinder "Advance' of Battle Creek,
Mich. The small and compact town of
Switzerland is located near the Jerman
farm. 1t consists of one dwelling house
occupied by the family of Mr.. Pearl
Miller. Tom White of Fruitland, is the
other inhabitant during the day. He is
receiver of grain, storing it in the two
warehouses Of Albers Bros, of Port
land. These two buildings constitute the
remainder of the town which at pres
ent is minus mayor, chief of police
and board of aldermen. Mr.. Miller
and Tom being both civil and lawabid
ing there is no need of a constabulary
to rule the place. This little city with
the Alpine name is located on the Wood
-Silverton branch of the Southern
acific. 1t is a flag station and so has
no ticket agent nor trunk smasher.
The famous Selah Springs is about a
mile down the track and little to the
left in Il nice camping place. The water
is said to possess medicinal proprieties
but you wouldn t know it by the taste
at least l didn't. 1t is nice concrete
walled spring several feet deep, the
water is bottled and sent all over the
country and the credulous drinker prob
ably feels himself relieved of his all
ments as well as the small price he pays
for it.
Asher Ransom, formerly with the lie
! LII 81 -, bn 10,
engineer service, is doing clerical work
at the state house.
Wednesday Josie and Esther Bowers
went to Portland for week IS visit
with relatives.
Clarence Boiling few days ago sold
several shoats weighing 1S0 pounds
each for 50 per hundredweight. He is
also exhibiting a fine colt at the state
fair.
c. L. McIlwain will soon remove to
Salem. Last week at public auction he
sold lot of stock and other property.
The pigs brought a good price, cows
fair and horses cheap.
I Wednesday about everybody attended
the state fair which left the neighbor-
hood almost deserted.
About two weeks ago NJ. NJ. Ransom
lost valuable horse through the care
less act of some hunter. The horse was
found dead in the pasture with a bullet
hole in the neck What can be done
to protect stock and human life from
the horde of irresponsible shooters who
; will soon fill the country everywhere :
1t is safest to say such will meet with
no warm reception from the farmers in
this community. A short time ago Mr.,
Ransom was offered 1925 for the horse.
The school board has ordered some
new window shades. The blackboards
have also had coat of new surface
applied. School begins Monday. Sep
tember 2. H. C. Todd, who taught at
Donald last winter, will teach.