Lewiston Orchards Life, a newsletter; Vol. 2 no. 10, October 1913

Lewiston Orchards Life AN EXPONENT OF PROGRESSIVE

HORTICULTURE AND THE SUCCESSfUL RURAL COMMUNITY OCTOBER, 1913

VOLU~IE 2

NUMBER 10

Great Grain Fields Seen from Lewiston Orchards

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of some of the most fertile and productive grain regions of the world can had from Lewiston Orchards. Looking toward the west and southwest, across the Snakf, river, can be seen the grain fields of Aso'tin county, "Vashillgtol1. To the north, the Palouse hills rise along the Clearwater riveT at Lewiston to the great Palouse wheat country. On the cast the grain fields

Here are extensive farm structures, where the many horses, mules and cattle, as wen as the several hundred Duro.: hogs are cared for. There is also an orchard of eight acres with its own irrigation system, and-quite a variety of fruits. located on the hillside which slopes to the north.

Mr. Wallace has occupied the farm fOl' eight years. It extends for a distance of

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crop this year will be a little lighter but .win evidently be up to the general average. It should be remembered that tht: wheat average in Idaho is 30 bushels to the acre, while that of the entire United States (report of 1911) is only 12.5 bl1shels. Last year there was also harvested on the Daniels and Wallace farm 1Joo tons of wheat and alfalfa hay.

There are 300 acres of alfalfa, and this

ATTRACTIVE LOCATION AND DESIGN

TH E .emi-b•.lllg..low shown in Ihe ..hoYe view is the new home that Arthur F. Lewisand tamil)' have jusl laken po$Sess;on of, localed on Richardson avenue bet.·ftO Filteemh and Sixlunlh filfUIS, direcll)' soulh of the Relief Rese..,oir.

It is aptly entitled Cr.. ig View, from lhe beautiful llndscal'e spread OU! betOTe it aDd extending to Ihe CrailZ moumlins, I"'em}' miln or more distant. In ground dimensions The SlruCTure is 40x50 feel. On the ground floor is a livini(" room, 12x24 feet, wilh a large lireplace; a dining room 171<20 feet; a kitchen I7xW; a bedroom, and a modern b..throom. There isucreened sleeping porch tlx<jO feeL Up-stairs are !wo Iluping rooms that are open al Ihe ends, like a sleeping porch. An open pergola is yet to be buill ovel the front entrance. TOOe is also a screened porch back of the kitchen, from which a large ice.box opens inlO the kitchen. The in!erior finish i$Of lir, wilh Flemish oak lIlin. The lower rooms are "'ainscoled 10 :I height of li-'e feel, Ihe balance of Ihe wall being covered wilh beaver board. The kilchen is finished in "'nod, of nalUral finiu, ..·ilh built-in cupboards. The exterior of Ihe hou.e is of dark Slain, wilh while !rimmings. The olchud holdings here of Mr. Lewis ilnd of Lewil Bcolher. and Company, together, comprise an entire half block. or !wenly acres. MT. Lewis came here in January, 1912, from Sagin:lw, Michig..n, where he reprtset1ted Orchards inlereSls. He is one of Ihe mQ$1 hopeful and firm belie"ers in Ihe superiority and success of Lewis!on Orchards as a home. :lnd horticultural diSlricl.

of the Orchards company blend with those which extend ~yond the orchard tracts to the foothills of the Craig mountains, and ~yond is the great Camas prairie grain region. To the south a magni ficent view is had of the wheat fields that extend from the Orchards 1 the Craig mountains. In the foreground appears the grain fann of Messrs. Daniels and Wallace, one of the largest in the state of Idaho.

Nestling in "Tammany Hollow," the valley of Tammany creek, are the ranch buildings, including the home of Mr. D. S. Wallace, the manager of the big farm, his partner, Mr. A. B. Daniels, ~ing a resident of Coronado Beach, California.

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about twelve miles, and comprises aoout 7,£XX) acres, of which 720 acres are owned and the remainder is leased, the latter portion varying from year to year. It is a curious fact that owing to the gradual rise in elevation toward the }1lOuntains, there being a difference of several hundred feet between the north and south ends, there is a difference of more than a nlOnth in the ripedng of the grain, the harvest season beginning at the home end about the middle of July and ending at tfte mountain end about the middle of September.

The crop last year amounted to 69,000 sacks of barley and wheat, or an average of 33 bushels to the acre. The

year two crops were cut. The harvest season this year has been of ideal character. this being a factor of vital importance. About one-third of the grain crop is usually barley and aoout two-thirds wheat. The grain is principally fall. sown, fall seeding beginning as soon as harvest ceases. About 800 acres of the fall-sown grain is ::rlready showing a green growth of several inches, This ha!t been aided by recent showers.

The busy season begins with the work of haying in June and continues until the grain has been hauled to market in the fall. This season in the grain harvest four headers, with eighty horses were (,....lIUnued trom page 8)

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Community Life in Lewiston Orchards Lewiston

Orchards~Assc'cjntion Moosejaw and Detroit, en route to his

The first straight carload of. apples ever sem out of Lewiston Orchards was shipped Sept. 27, through White Bros & Crum, by the Lewiston Orchards As· socialion, to Fargo, N. D. They were of the Jonathan and :Mclntosh Red varie· ties, and were of high grade and character, under the "Gateway Brano," About One carload a week arc now being hand· led, chiefly of the Jonathan vadety,llut the 'Winter Banana will COl1le next and will be followed by the Rome Beauty.

Newtown Pippin, 'Vinesap, Spitzcllburg and other winter varieties. Some Tokay grapes arc also being handled at the packing house. Nearly 30 carloads of peaches were shipped.

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F. Simpson, of Portland, Oregon, was here October 3 and 4, to see his orchard in block 45, southeast of thl' school house.

R. H. Lacy, of Colfax. \Vash., was a summer visitor who spent two days here.

He is manager of the Burrill Investmen~ Company's orchards at Diamond, Wash Professor W. H. \-Vicks, head of the horticultural department of the University of Idaho, with two assistants, "pent two days here, investigating onion growing.

C. S. Jacobs and family, of Keno.~ha. \\'k, who arrived here early last u'mth rlre ;lOW occupying the parsol1a~~ adjoining the church. Mr. Jacobo; plans ~tJ ;lliild a new bungalow on his pmpr:rty. ('11 ~ryden avenue an:t Sixteenth str,~l ·h~~ faU or winter. l\f rs. R. S. Thain, widow of the late R. S. Thain, of Chicago, was a visitor hele Oct. 3, returning the next day to her home at Oak Park. She expressed herself as channed with the appearance of things here and with renewed desire to retain her holdings of ten acres on \11{arner avenue and Eighth street.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Eddy have as guests, who arrived. Sept. 3, Mr. an~ 'Mrs. F. B. Lamoreaux and Mrs. A. E Eddy, of Ashland, Wis. Mrs. Eddy j" mother of Mr. Eddy and Mrs. Lamoreux is his sister. Mr. Lamoreux is a lawyer, of Ashland. Jt is expected that they will remain for several weeks. \V. S. Stackpole, who arrived here tbe \;lst of August, left Sept. 14 over the O. \Ill. R. & N., to visit at Spokane,

distance of 55 miles. Application has home in Newark, N.]. He is chief clerk ~-')een made by ~Ir. Johnson for use of to the general manager of the Public Ser. the terminal track on Main street. \'ice Railways Company of New Jersey.

An Expert's Ollinion He is owner of five acres in block Wi, and plans to come to the Orchards ior Wm. Rolfe, of Gold Hill, Oregon, an experienced pear grower, and for many permanent residence in 1915.

A. V. Richardson, of the Gil1:>ert ra- years superintendent of the famous Bur· per Company, of l\'Ienas~,a, \Vis. who rell orchards near Medford, spent several "W11_ five acrcs on Powers .v'enue and days here in August studying conditions 'l'!;;!tfeIHh street, made hi;; f:.·st visit to has since written from Portland giving his opinion of conditions here, as fol~ :1i~ ).roperty last month and \Va" highly pil ::J~('(~ with the out!vok He exp'~..:t'l to lows: "I-raving visited your section recently, 1l1·''.l !-is family here and !JIIi!d inside of 1\\"f' rears. He spent a week here visit· and after a careful inspection of your or~ chards, and feeling that it might interest ir,~ bi~ son, N. D. Richardson, of Lewis· 101' rl'd his daug-hter. '1iss Eli;>;abeth yOll to know my opinion and impressions P:.:Ilardson. teach~r of musIC III the thereon. will say that I am very agree~ ably surprised at what I saw. Having Ca' kton schools. ::\[r. and \Irs. \rill French hall as lived in California and Oregon for the guests for ten days a brother of 'Mrs past 35 )'ears, most o[ which time I ha\'~ French, John R. Luce, and wife, of passed in the fruit and orchard industry C1e\'t~lalld. Ohio.

On the evening of I had come to think we were the only September 18. a re<:eption was given :n fruit section. but after seeing yOllr rich their honor by Mr. and i\[rs. French, the soil and abundant water system, and the occasion being a very pleasant one, witl" vast extent of your orchards, with their guests in attcndance as follows: Mr. healthy, vigorous, fruit laden trees and vines, I feel that you are about to tako: and Mrs. J. B. White, Mr. and Mns yOnr place as one of the (eading de<:idJ. L. Goodnight, Mr. and Mrs. W. H iOlls fruit sections of the Pacific coast, Bankson, J\o[r. and Mrs. L. L. Detrick and niece. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Butler, which means of the United States and of ).{r. and ~lrs. F. B. Lail1g, Mr. aml Mr.':. the world. "[ looked carefully into the physical J. L. Klapp. l\f rs. O'Connor. Mr. anti of your trees and vllles and I condition IHrs. Will j\'Toffitt, Frank D. Webb. Mr. found them exceptionally clean and free Lucc is a railroad engineer and was very that these orchards from pests, showing favorably imprcssed with developments have been most intelligently and painsand conditions here. They left on Sept.

22 for San Francisco, expecting to re- takingly cared for. The system of inter· .turn home later by way of Salt L.ake cropping adopted by some of your grow· ers was very interesting to me, oonfinn~ City. ing the excellence of your soil and show,ing what can be done on a few acres. I Home Happenings saw growing between the trees, acres of The Nez Perce & Idaho Railway Com· potatoes. cabbage. onions. carrots, beets pany (the Johnson road) has secured and other garden crops, which with facfrom the city council of Lewiston a fran~ ilities for handling and marketing should chise to operate a railroad on Snake Riv~ readily place one on Easy street. er a\'enlle from the terminal grounds on "I noticed on some of your avenues the southern end of the same avenue to are planted English walnuts for shade a conne<::tion with the Terminal com· and ornamental trees; the surprise to me pany's tracks at the bridge. The track is that they are not planted 'en block: for on Snake River avenue is to be laid with~ commercial purposes, as they are the in 90 day.':. The first spike was driven IllOst promising trees r have seen north October 9. The work of grading- be- of Ventura county, California. tween Lewiston and the mouth of Tam"Tn conclusion, allow me to say that many Hollow has' been in progress for Lewiston, as I see it, with its vast agrithree months past. The road wilt then cultural resources, its splendid irrigating proceed up the Hbllow, immediately and power systems and its equable cli· south of the Orchards. and thence to mate. should have uninterrupted prosLake Waha ami beyond to Vollmer, a perity if it comes into its own."

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For the Information and aid of orchard

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ALFALFA IN 1'111' OIlCHAIlDS

H. H. S. ROWEt.r... Editor.

W. S. THORNBER, and CHAS. A. COLE. Horticulturist.. Contributing Ed:lOE1I. Address LEWISTON ORCHARD L1li'.E 223 New Idaho Trullt Blda:.

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Price. Par COPY. Ii Cents; Per )'ear 1i0 dena.

COMBlNATIO~ SUBSCRIPTIONS. Lewiston Orchards ute, to July, 1914 $ .50 Belter Frult--of Hood River, Ore., Yr. 1.00

Alfalfa is becoming an important inter-orchard crop, as the orchards come to bearing age.

Under irrigation, in Lewiston Orchards, alfalfa shows a wonderful growth, giving three or four, sometimes five crops in one season. It requires here no special care or use of special nitrogen cultures to get it started, but rapidly develops and often gives a crop the first season.

J of market conditions that often causes widespread losses that are not warranted by lhe production of the seaSOn. This i~ especially true of the situation as to easily perishable fruits like peach('~.

The production of fine fruit is the first step toward commercial success in the orchard industry. To make it complete. the problem of distribution must be solved, and the modern way of doing this is by organized effort. Lewiston Orchards growers appear to be meeting both requirements of success and the district jg thus doubly favored in its prospects of growing greatness.

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CO~nNG.

E. P. DaVIS, of Eugene. Oregon, was An orchardist here relXlrts that this here last month. to look over his five· Both to ODe addreu for ...•........ $1.00 season he sowed alfalfa as an inter-oracre orchard on Preston avenue between chard crop, between rows of apple Lewiston Orchards Life, to July, 1914 $ .1i0 Fourth and Fifth streets. trees five years of age, using oats as a \Velltem Poultry, one )'ear ......•. .59 Mrs. Nancy Willis, of Berlin Falls, N. nurse crop, and has harvesled about $1.00 nine tons of oat hay from the narrow H., arrived Sept. 15. for an extended Both to on" addre.. for .•..•.....•. $ .75 strips between the trees on a five-acre stay with Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Ames.

Lewiston Orchard8 Life. to July, 1914 $ .:;0 tract, the actual space used being about She is a sister of Mrs. Ames.

Beuer Fruit, onl! )'ear .....•...... 1.00 three acres.

Mrs. Mae Troeh and little son, of Meanwhile the alfalfa is .50 'Welltern Pouhry. one year .

Portland, Oregon. arrived reccnlly for coming on and will probably need cuta visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs $2.00 ting before the elld of the season. Up to All three tor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.10 the time of cutting the oals it had no ir- S. W. \Vhitford, on Burrell ave.nlle.

Miss Bessie Smith, of Vy'al1ace, Tdaho, rigation.

LEWISTON OIICHAIlIJS A who owns five acres near th(' -;1IlIrch 1:t is said that there arc ,5.000,000 LEAIJEIl . was recently here on a visit to her si3ter acres of alfalfa in the United States, a Lewiston Orchards takes its place this large part being in the irrigated sections 1\'1 rs. Omic Smith, who has five acres on season as a leader in the production of of the west, and this area will be rapidly Bryden avenue and Eighth stree>:. high grade fruit, especially of the leading R. D. NE:well, of Hermiston, Oregon, increased. Its average yield is more commercial varieties of apples. Though than double that of timothy or clover, engineer in charge of a govcrnment irrithe present season i~ the first one of while it forms a great reclamation agent gation projcct, with his assistant. John any commercial importance for the disfor worn-out lands, owing to its storage Griffin, spent a day last month in studytrict, the evidence has been overwhelming the Lewiston Orchards project. ing in behalf of the claim that the fruit of nitrogen. It gathers nitrogen from G. E. Brasington and wife, of Maidcn the air and adds it to the soil. For the production is of superior character. The Rock, Wis., and Dr. O. H. Anderson, .,f opinions of growers here have been con. orchard, it is also valuable for the pene- Plum City, Volis., were among the sumof the roots which often trative power fifmed by that of some of the best fruitmer visitors. Dr. Anderson and Mr. growing and marketing authorities in the go from twenty to thirty feet deep, and Brasington each own five acres in block open the soil for the admission of moisnorthwest.

87, near headquarters camp.

No person can see the beautiful fruit ture. As an inter-orchard crop, it is Among the summer visitors were D. P. with which the apple trees in Lewiston valuable in many ways, and affords a Wood, chief clerk in the office of the 0 Orchards are this year loaded without practically certain source of income.

W. R. & N. Railway Co., at Portland being convinced that the district is ready who owns ten acres near the Relief reserVALUE OF C()-{)PEIlATlON to take its place as a leader in that line. voir: and H. B. Lancaster, superinten-tThe fact that the apples here are conEach succeeding season gives new evi. ent of the Yakima Valley Railwav of fined to a few of the leading cammer· dence of the need and value of coopera.· North Yakima, Wash.. who owns fi ve eial varieties mak~ the situation espe<> tion among fruit growers, especially in acres in the same vicinity. ially significant, from a marketing point the matter of marketing. The leading H. A. Brewer, of Portland, manager of view. It means that Lewiston Or- and most successful fmit districts, both of the American Linseed Oil Company chards apples will at once find a place of of the northwest and elsewhere, have who owns ten acres near the Relief resfavor in the markets of the world. been those where the coo~rative prin- ervoir and ten acres a mile and a half To begin with, Lewiston Orchards ciple has most prevailed. Almost every further east, with his family, r«ently visfruit has made a hit right at home this season witnesses local fruit panics in ited the Orchards, it being Mrs. Brewseason, for at the Lewiston-Oarkston various places, where growers are DOt er's first visit here. He expects to bt.:i1d fair the majority of all awards for fruit well enough united for systematic dis- on his Relief reservoir pro~rty next and almost every one for apples, went tribution; the result being demoralization year. $1.50

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Evergreens for Lawn Planting By w. S. THORNBER, Director Lewiston-Clarkston School of Horticulture

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HE evergreens as a group arc one The following trees are thoroughly of the most attractive and useful adapted to lawn or park planting in the of all ornamental plants for the beautify- LewistOn district: White Fir-A native of the Pacific ing of home grounds. In spite of this fact. they arc almost completely eliminat- northwest. A large, rather rapid grow· ed from many lawn plaintings in the iug, upright tree with erect to almost northwest. Even though we have many horizontal limbs and !i1very white needle beautiful kinds found nowhere else in like leaves. A very variable plant, valthe world we are extremely slow in us- uable for its beautiful silvery foliage. A ing them. tree that is perfectly hardy anywhere in the northwest, adapted to all kinds of Almost auy of the large parks of soil. and one that should be extensively Europe have a better collection of the native evergreens of the Pacific slope uscel as a specimen plant or in small than it is possible to find in even our best clumps 011 lawns or in parks. The more parks. Tn fact. a vcry large percentag~ silvery the individual tree, the mOTe valof our western parks make no use what- uable it is for specimen planting. The ever of the western evergreens. and yet common fir is closely allied to the Sil· we have some of the most beautiful ,rer fir and while "er)' pretty is not to be compared with the Sih'er form for types grown anywhere in the world. ornalllC'lItal planting.

People generally arc entitled to their Colorado Blue Sprl1ce-A native of likes' ami dislikes in plant life" but is the Rocky mountains, particularly in Col there any onc who docs not appreciate orado. A strong, rapid growing, pyra· a wcll gTown beautiful specimcn or lllidal-shaped tree with strong, horizon· clump of the evergrecns, especinlly fhlrtal branches and stiff silvery grey leave.. ing" the wintermonths whcn all else is -another very variable species, especialbare and brown? There is no group of ly valuable for its silveT)··white foliage. plants anywhere that can take the place It is probably one of the hardiest spruces of evergreens for landscape effect and in f:;ultivation, adapts itself to all kinds of the district or communitv that can not soil conditions and is thoroughly hardy ~row at least some of the;'" is indeed unan)·where. It is extensively used where fortltnate. specimen plants of :'l. striking habit are Rarely do they make good street trees compact and massy in effect, but as they -However, long lines of some particu~ become older the long horizontal branch.

1ar species. produce excellent reo es ~tand out in a very picturesque man~ 'Sult<:. especially ill rural commu- ncr. nities. As l'ihade trees for group or mass The Koester's Blue Spruce is a Tare -planting. many of the pines or firs do ex· and "ery valuable form of the Colorado ceptionally we1l-but should be planted B1ne Spruce propagated by grafting to in an irregular manner and never in insure uniform well colored specimem;. straight rows or at regular distanct'S A grafted specimen should be carefully apart. The differences in size. color an:1 protected for the first few years after shape are valuable factors in evergreen planting to protect from injury, as an groups. injured sPecimen never amoun\t..s tQ \Vhen evergreens are used for orna~ milch. There arc several other named mental plainting they should not be; sorlS of this species offered for sale. sheared or pruned. only enough to cor~ En~lemann's Spruce-A native of the rect flagrant irregularities or develop a Pacific northwest. A rapid growing, full. perfect top. dense. compact tree with numerous Evergreens may be transplanted now stron!!I)' erect <:mal1 branche!i and an (during September) without difficulty abundance of short ~tiff leaves. A tree if the roots are never permitted to be· that grows so abundantly in the hills come dry and if placed in moist soil· that few people realize how beautiful it The ~reatest care must be exercised in is for lawns or park planting. It transfirming the soil around the roots. Loose, plant); easily. adapts itself to varied conshal10w planting is responsible for more ditions and should be cxtensivcly used.

10ssel'i than al1 other causes together. Occasionally Very fine specimens are Evcrgreem: transplanted now shoulet fonnd growing in the woods. When make a full growth next year. tramplanted to park~ or lawns they

make almost as valuable individual treeil as the Colorado Blue Spruce.

Oriental: Arborvitae-A native of Asia. A small compact, collical tree or large shrub, with abundance of greenish yellow to dark green foliage. A tree that starts into growth very slowly and, while it never produces a large tree, yet is is very adaptive to planting as a specimen on slllall lawns, parks, etc. It is very hardy, withstands neglect and abuse remarkably well and can be prOfitably used in many different ways. Closely allied to the Oricntal Arborvitae are the American Arborvitae. a beautiful medium sized tree. and the Giant Cedar or Arborvitae of the northwest. In climate... where it will stand. there is no tree mOTQ beautiful or attractive than the Giant Cedar. .

Douglas Fir-A native of the Pacific norlwest. A tree with many common names. none of which seem to exactly fit it. It can not be truly called a surl1ce. pine or fir. and yet it is cal1ed all three in different parts of the country.

Botanically it stands alone. the sole representative of a noble race. A tall. rapid growing. beautiful tree wtih an abundance of soft. rather ligllt green leav~, thoroughly hardy and admirably welt adapted to lawn and park planting for clumps. individual specimens or for that matter street or shade tree purpose~.

The beautiful effects produced by plant_ ing this species in clumps is not obtainable with any other groups of conifers.

It is easily transplanted. starts int9 growth at once and can be used extensively.

Austrian Pine-A native of Europe.

A stiff. erect. rapid-growing evergreen \\-itl1 Ilumerous long dark-green leaves, an<1 strongly horizontal branches. One of the most satisfactory pines used oma· menlal1y. The cffect is alwa ...s contrastv with other trees. and while coarse in growth. it is valuable fOr clump planting in large parks. but not adapted for speci. men planting in small yards. It is some· times used as a street tree and profitably so if llsed in sufficient quantities.

White Pine-Native of the United States. A rapid-growing, tall, erect tre: with beautiful soft, long leaves and wil· lowy branches. It is the exact counterpart of the Austrian Pine. One pTa. duces soft, bending effects, while the other produces harsh contrasty effects;

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quantities of ooal smoke; is free from

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pests and can be used extensively. espec· ially as a clump tree.

Dwarf ?o.fountain Pine-Native of Europe and Asia. A small, rather slowgrowing, little tree or large shrub, with dark green foliage. A very wide-spread. ing plant; frequently, while not more than lcn or twelve feet in height, it may be fifteen to twenty feet in diameter.

Valuable for clump or mass planting.

Norway Spnlce-Native of Europe and Asia. A tall. pyramidal tree with a strong straight leade. and "many hori· zootal branches. The foliage is thick

and of light green color. A tree that is perf«:t1y hardy here and one that makes an excellent specimen plant for both lawn and park purposes. It is easily tramplanted, soon makes a beautiful show.

As the trees grow old they become ragged and must sooner Or later be removed Blue Virginia Cedar-A horticultural variety of the common Red Cedar. A strong. vigorous grower producing a splendid little cone-shaped tree with oense silvery grey foliage. Valuable for ornamental planting. for specimen as well as mass planting. The common Red Cedar can be used in very much the same manner, only it is not so attractive.

There is also a western fOrm native along the Snake River that can be ll~ed to ad-

5 vantage. lrish Juniper-A nati\'e of Europe. A strong growing. hardy. medium sized tree that produces a very pretty addition to our ornamental evergreen. While it will stand abUSe and very dry soil, it is Illuch more beautiful llpon rich. moist soils. Tt should be in groups. Its relation is the same to evergreens that Lorn· bardy poplar is to round topped trees.

Dwarf Juniper-The Sabin Jlllliper oi Europe. A dwarf slow growing. widespreading shrub. that is extensively used for specimen plants. screens. and mas.. planting where an evergreen is desired.

It rarely prodtlCes a plant mOre than ten or twelve feet high. but is very attractive. Jt is also a valuable hed~e plant.

Evaporated Fruit Conditions in the Pacific Northwest K resp:mse to letters of inquiry, adI dressed to several of the leading whole·

sale grocery finns of Portland, Oregon, regarding the lllarket conditions fOtj evaporated fruit, some interesting infor· mation has been received, the following paragraphs being quoted from the cor· respondence at hand: "There is a very good Illarket in th:s section for evaporated peaches. pea':",; alld apples, if dried as they are prefl... ~(' ..i in California. but the market for dr:".\ cherries and berries in this district is vcry lim· ited. However, we understand that there ic; a very good market for t',e.::(' itemS in M0ntana and Wyoming.

"There is considerable dl'nand for dried fruits all the coast and a large :unount of the coast prodll~t.s go e.l;t anll a j,::'cat deal of them go t<, El1r".:>~, t,f'. f:1r as we know. 100 per ce.: of the peaches used in Oregon and \Vashington are shipped here from the state of Cali· fornia. There is. however. a goo-l demand for them in the northern states: ?o.'finnesota, the Dakotas, \\'isconsin and Michigan. particularly.

Oregon and Washington do not dry enough aF~~les to supply the local demand. We h:l':e shipped over one hundred tons of evaporated apples from the state of Califorf'ia within the last fourteen months There is particularly no demand for dried cher· ries. There is, however, a little dt:mand for the pitIed. lig-ht-colorerl cher6es for The electric street railway franchise of F. L, Shmn expired August 1, and he seeks renewal. while several other parties desire similar privileges.

The horticultural society of the Orchards will meet Oct. 20. Profes-~r \V,

confoctionars' use. 'Ve cannot give you any information in this respect, if tl~e demand wotlld be sufficient to pay to eley them. There is a goorl demand for drierl black cap raspberries and loganberries; little or no demand for dried blackberries.

If there are any apricots grown in that district, they could be handled here at a good price and we believe. while evaporated apples were rather low 1.ast year on account of a heavy crop pretty much over the whole United States. that they will command a better price this coming season."

"As a rule there is a fairly good market for peaches of good quality; some years the prices are low when other <tried fruits are low but on an averagc the prices are very fair_ There is very little demand for evaporated pears, especially unpeeled. The Portland jobbers buy very few of these, in fact, sometimej they do not carry them at all. The demand east is not extra large. Evaporated apples which are from good stock and nice. clean evaporated are in quite good demand every year. Occasionally when there is a short crop on the Pacific coast, a good many car~ of evaporated apple!.' are shipped inn from New York state and also some from St. Louis. It all depends on the apple crop over the country. Last year there were plenty of fresh apples everywhere and none brought in from the east. There is no demand for

evaJXlrated cherries in this part of the country. except some that go to Alaska.

There is very good demand for evapora'ed raspberries and loganberries. These I)crries were selling in large quantities ullIil the prices were mn up so high that people quit using them. Three years ago the)" were sold at about 1&. delivered at Sioux City and later on the price went lip to 28c or 30e 011 the ooa:-t, which made the price prohibitive and jobbers in the middle west who bought the berrie,; carried them O\'er on account of not being able to sell them.

"The heaviest markets for dried peaches are New York and Chicago. with fairly ~d demand in the middle west jobbing centers. On evaJXlrated apples the majority of them are sold along the coast unless there should be a shortage of apples through the middle west and New York state. Evaporated berries and cherries are generally in good demand at stich jobbing points as Chicago. St. Paul, :\[inneapolis, Sioux City and Omaha.

New York also takes good quantities of evaporated berries.-· "',Vith reference to yOllr going into the evaporating business. you will have to figure on averaging several years to find ont whether you have made a profit or not. You may start in just at a tim~ when there is no demand and have to take low prices or carry some of the fruit over."

S. Thornber will speak on "Vallie of Orchard By-Products."

freshment committee composed of Mrs. Mrs. J. L. Goodnight, !\frs. H. H. S. Rowell. Mrs. John H. Long. Mrs. N. R. Lee. Mrs. W. F. Ebinger and Mrs. S. W. Whitford.

Early in November, the society will give it:; annnal hazar and chicken pic supper.

The Ladies Aid Society of the Orchards held its first all-day meeting of the fall season Oct. 9. A noon lunch was served to ahemt 100 persons, by the re-

W. S. Shearer,

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• Successful Community School Reception m Lewiston Orchards ;.JOER the auspices of Lewiston Orchards Assembly, the people of U Lewiston Orchards joined in a reception, Sept. 22, to Supt. F. W. Simmonds, the new head of the Lewiston schools, and to the three teachers of the Orchards school.

Miss Elizabeth Stone, Miss Lulu Wallace and Mrs. Mary F. Gano. The arrangements were in charge of the school affairs oonmlittce of the Assembly. H. C. Jackson, c. R. Burns and Mrs. H. H. S. Rowell; who were assisted by a committee of ladies of the Assembly, consisting of Mrs. J. B. White, Mrs. G. E. Ames. :\1 rs. L. A. Blackman and Mrs. \Ya'ter Eddy. The meeting was held in the main auditorium of the church where the g-uests were received by President and Mrs. Keedy, with Supt. Simmonds and the Orchards school teachers, IntraduC'"ed by President Keedy, Supt. Sim· monds gave an address of eloquent and inspirin~ character. along lines pertaining to school interest,;.

AN IMPRESSIVE ADDRESS. Said Supt. Simmonds: "1 am delighted with the splendid community spirit you have evolved and are cultivating here-you have every reason to take a royal pride in it. Each community coins its own charac'cr which is as different from that of cvery other community as the difference in individual personalities. Whcn the director of the United States mint makes (I die to stamp a dollar. he mar issue duplicates at will, but when nature coins a character, be it community or individual, a duplicate is never uttered. '''We a~ parents and we as teachers stand today, as long ago in old Judea, the disciples of the Great Teacher stood, with a child in our midst. and the presence of that child awakens us to our responsibilities and opportunities. The problem evermore confrOnts us, how can we give the best there is in us to the children of the community in which we live, and what is more how can we d~­ velop the best there is in them?

"Never before in the history of humanity has there been such universal rec· ognition of the truth that we are indeed our brother's keeper and protector, also the truth that if we would confer the highest and best on ~en and women, we must begin the investment while they are yet children. One of the great basic truths of life is that human life is essen·

tially social, that we are interdependent, that no one lives unto himself. We con· stantly touch each other's lives-rny deeds and acts affect you, yours affed me-inevitably and profoundly, Good fortune or disaster never ,falls to the lot of an individual alone.

THE GREAT PROBLEM. "The problem of civilization and consequently the problem of education is, to enhance the value of the individualphysically, men'ally, morally and spirit· ually,: and then make this enhanced value a part of the heritage of the race. The motive is essentially altruistic and has been most clearly expressed in the word; of the Great Teacher. 'I came that ye might have life and that ye might have ;t Illost abundantly.' What a splendid visiOn and prayer? And the earne!it prayer of every father and mother should be. I wish my children to have the opportunity of living a greater and more efficient life than was permitted me.

"The past has poured out rich blessings and opportunities to lis-richer than any previous generation ever received: now if we are honest and if we are faithful to the trust. we will not wrap the "talent" we have received in a nap. kin. but we will see to it that Our chil· drcn receive added opportunity to live efficient lives, and become better serv· ers of humanity. And this high motive is not to actual fathers and mothers only nor is it restricted to the children of their own flesh and blood; there is a racial a social, a spiritual relationship that prompts all normal men and women to actively concern themselves with the wholesome and happy development of all the children of the community in which they live.

ALL ARE RESPONSIBLE. ;'Parents are. of course, primarily responsible for the conduct and charact~r of their children, but they are not alone in this-human society, today is so interrelated that we are aU in a degree responsible for the character of every child reared in the community where we live.

Who is to blame when the child goes wrong? Is the child himself the only one who is to be held directly. responsible? I f experience is the wise teacher, we claim her to be, we may learn a lesson from those who represent at once the oldest civilization in the world, as

well as the newest republic. Dr. Sun Vat Sen, the eminent scholar and first president of the Chinese Republic r~­ lates the story of justice meted out in Chiua to a young man who had killed his father: The young man himself was Pllt to death, his uncle suffered the sam~ fate, his teacher and SL"t of the nearest neighbors were sent into exile. Now, the Chinese reason that not only the parents of the boy, but his other near relatives, his teacher and neighbors, are aIt directly accountable and responsible for the boy's conduct. Of course we can hardly apply this system literally here, but if in general a greater CQrumunlty responsibility were felt and if we exercised more of the spirit of the elder brother, om courts would have fewer problems to solve and mOre of our boys and girls would develop in worthy manhood and womanhood.

CHARACTER BUILD!. 'G. "Character building is not the result of chance or accident; given certain factors and influences, and a certain type of character will be evolved far more ce!'~ tainly than Luther Burbank can evolve 3. worthy plant from a worthless weed.

There is too much of a tendency today to rob the child of his rightful heritage-earnest hard work. There are those who would turn all work into play and then sugar coat it in order that the child may be decoyed into taking it without knowing what has happened-some· thing like taking quinine in a capsule.

"The child must have time for play and plenty of it. but on the other hand let us not forg"et that work, hard work if yOI1 please is also a portit')n of the child'.. rightful heritage; and that one of the very best lessons he ever will learn will be the ability to apply himself to the task at hand. vigorously and industriously, and that nothing can take die place of this power of concentration.

"Let us not make the child a mere dreamer and dawdler, by holding out to him the illusion, that an education wilt make his life a 'path of roses' or that it will serve as a sort of lever to hoist him above all hard work and drudgery. Rath· er let us cause the child to feel that an education is a splendid preparation fo:more work, better work, harder work, work that 'would be othenvise impossi. ble, and that by means of his education he will be enabled to get more out of

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life by putting more into it. To gain The school he said was now in go01 strength, se:r control, and confidence in hands and the teachers doing earnest himself, the child himself must gtappl~ work with hard problems instead of sugar A brief musical and literary program coated ones if we expect him to cope suc· was given that included two pleasing vocessfully with the complex problems at cal numbers, by ).Iiss Elizabeth Richlife. The child must team to think, he ardson of Clarkston: several charmingly must know by actual experience what in. linterpreted readings. by Mrs. S. B. Sted· tcnse hard study means and by this know man; several spirited piano numbers by his powers and how to apply them most Paul \\'hite, and an interesting dramati..: efficiently. monologue by John C. Bonnell. de-'ding "\Vordsworth furnishes us with one of with incidents of army life, :Mr. Bonnelt the most wholesome pictures of the right- being one of the Civil War veterans of ly trained characters to be found in all the Orchards. Light refreshments were literature, in that delightful poem, 'The :-erved and the meeting closed with memHappy \Varrior.' ories of a pleasant and profitable occasion for all who participated, the general " CHARACTER PICTURE. feeling being that all elements of the .. 'Who is the happy warrior? who is he community were nnited along the hilZhThat every man in amlS should wish to est lines of school interests.

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'Tis he whoSe law is reason; who depends l'ooll that law as on the best of friends; Who. if he rise to station of command, Rises b}' open means; and there will stand On honorable terms. or else retire And in himself possess his ()wn desire: Who comprehends his trtl:-t. and to the :-ame Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim; And therefore doeS" not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth, or honors. Or for worldy state: \\Thom they ~hotlld follow: on whose head must fall Like ~howers of manna. if they fall at aiL 'Tis finally the man. who. lifted high.

Conspicuolls object in a nation's eye.

Or left unthollght-of in obscurity.

Prosperous or adverse. to his wish or not Plays. in the many games at life. that one \Vhere what he rriost doth value lIlust be won: \VhOlll neither shape of danger Cloth dismay.

Nor thouRht of tender happiness betray: \:Vho. not conlent that former worth sland fast.

Looks forward. persevering to the last, From well to better. daily self stlrpast; This is the happy warrior: this is he That everr man in arms should wish to

be: "

GOOD OPPORTlJXITlES. Tn conclusion. Supt. Simmonds again coll~ratnlated the poople of Lewiston Orchanl~ all the splendid community spirit that was evident and on the opportnnity here enjoyed to develop the children into stron~. capable men and women. it beinK an ideal :-pot for rai~in~ boys and girls.

PEACHES TO CALIFORNIA. Mr. and :Mrs. W. S. Burriss, of San Francisco. Calif., who were visitors here early in July have recently written to Mr. S. B. Stedman. of the Lewiston Land & \Yater Company, acknowledging the receip~ of four boxes of peaches from their tell-acre orchard here, the fruit having arrived in good condition. Among other thing-s the lettcr says: "it may be of interest to you to know that all shipments of fruit into this state are opencd and inspected. Needless to ~a)' this shipment passed without any question. California people have rather an inflated idea of the quality of their fruit, and the native Californians rathe. resent having any ot!tside fruit shipped into this state.

"The peaches are certainly fine, and we shall enjoy them this winter, not only lor their superior flavor, but also for the sentiment attached to them as coming from our own trees. \Ve were naturally interested, too, in the manner of packin~ and labeling, and are very much pleased with lhe package. The receipt of this fruit has made liS more anxious than ever to make the Orchards our home, and we are holding our thumbs in the hopes that nothing will occur to prevent us from carrying alit our wishes in this re\!ard. We often speak of our pleasant little visit to the orchard and of the kinrl treatment we received from a\1 those we met connected with the Orchards."

A GREAT APPLE DISTRICT. "There is no longer any doubt that 'the Lewiston Orchards will be one of the best apple·producing district~ to be

7 fO\lIld:' said Geo, E. Crum, of the firm of White Bros. & Crum. who. On Sept.

4. made a thorough examin3tion of the apple crop of the district. "The Jona· thans al1(\ Rome Bcallt}·s give promise of high color and large size. and are now far enough along to assure as fine a quality and as high color as are produced in all}' section of the United States.

"1 have always been a belie\'er in th~ Lewiston Orchards. ~ut I lllust sal' that what I saw there todar is much abo\'e my highest expectation~. Up to the pres· ent time. it has beell largely a matter of speculation as to what the qnality of the apple crop would be. \Ve have knowl1 lhat great care was exercised in the selection of the nursery stock. that the trees have received the best of care am\ that we have good reason to e.xpect a fruit of the highest quali'y: but there were the soil conditions. climate and atmosphere over which the growers had lie control. The fruit now speak!' for itself and the growers and the companr have reason to congratulate themselves upon lhe results anained. There can no longer be any doubt in this respect."

Home Happening.

Some of J. B. White's strawberry plants are f.woring him with an October crop of handsome berries.

Ralph A. Bonnell. son of John C. Bon· nell. of the Orchards, has been elected city engineer of Lewiston.

Dr. R. \Y. Cram produced WheatJan·j peaches this season that weighed threefourths of a pound apiece. and were luscious beauties.

September showed a temperature half a degree above the average and with slightly less precipitation than usual. Tt was a very pleasant month, on the whole. :Messrs. \\.. F. Ebinger, W. J. McConnell. David A. Smith and Dr. R. \V. cram. of the Orchard·s. joined forces and filled some of the refreshment privilege!'> at the Lewiston-Clarkston fair.

John C. Bonnell shipped Septembet' 20, to Dr. \Y. M. Arnold, of Larned, Kansas, a box of Elberta peaches tha~ contained 24 peaches and weighed Ii pounds.

They were raised without spraying, pruning or irrigation.

A~ to what ihey might have been under full care. l\'fr. Bonnell does not venture to estimate. He has some white-meated peaches. the \\'heatling. that are novelties.

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More Than One Hundred Premiums Taken by Lewiston Orchards Fruit s premium winners, Lewiston Or- clock offered bv the ~orthern Pacific ceived 8, H. H. S. Rowell 12. N. R. Lee

chards fruits made a splendid show· Railway Campa,;)' for the best ten boxe;; jng at the reecn: Lewiston~Clarkstoll of apples, the display being Jonathan", btlt fair. More than fifty awards on fruit he also received first premium far the and about fifty awards em Other .e..xhibits best three boxes of Jonathans and first were recei\'ed by growers of this district. premium for the best three boxes of Mc. Of the 104 awards, 83 were first pre- Tntosh Rcds: and he took first premium miulllS and 21 second premiums, divided on plate exhibits of Spitzenburg, Jonaamong 26 cxhibitors. There were 19 than and McJlltosh Red. awards for womcn's work, 13 for vegeJohn \V. Raben was awarded first pretables, 7 for school work, 4 for flowers, mium for the best ten boxes of fOur va3 for poultry, 2 for canned fruit and 2 rieties of apples, and serond for the beSt for general display. ten boxes. They reDresented the splen]. E. Btu'er received first award for did crop that he produced this year on inuivi'tlal display and second for the his ten·acre orchard on \¥arner avenue. best district display. All of his exhibits L. A. Blackman had the best three were grown on ten acres, and included 25 boxes of Yellow Newton Pippin.. from varieties of potatoes, 18 of apples, 16 of his five-acre orchard, which this s~son corn. IO of canteloupes, 8 of squash, 6 of has one of the heaviest crops in the Orwheat. 6 of watermclons, 6 of peache~. 7 of onions. 6 of beans. 5 of grapes, 5 of chards.

J. B. White received highest award t()1l1atoes, -1- of cherries, 15 varieties of flowcrs and many others, making se\'- for the best three boxe!l of Winter Baneral hundred in all. All were ~rown be- anas, and also for the box of largest aptween orchard trees. :\Ir. Butler also ples. also \\'inter Bananas, a vcr)' beautireceived 15 awards on plates and sepa- ful display. rate exhihit~ of fruits and vegetables.

All of the box displays attracted BlUch D. R. :\lcDonald. who is one of the attention. There w~re also many plat~ pioneer" of the Orchards, made the best exhibits of fruit and the growers from showing' in boxed apples, from his five- Lewiston Orchards took a large number acre orchard. He no~ only WOn the $50 of awards. Of these J. E. Buller re-

7, W. S. Shearer 4, Dr. R. W. Cram 4, D. W. Clark 2, A. H. Duffie 4, G. L. Duffie 2, G. E. Ames 2, P. ]. Freepon,;.

2 and S. W. Whitford L The latter's prize was for the biggest apple.

In vegetables, D. W. Clark captured the $5 prize offered by the Northern Pacific Railway Company for the best bushel of potatoes, some beautiful Scotch Rose. He also took first premium for four squash of the warted Hubbard variety. F. B. Laing got first premium for the largest watermelon and W.S. Shearer took first prize for the best head of le:tuce, a vegetable with which he has had wonderful success.

In woman's work, Mrs. Myra Eddy won twelve premiums, nearly all firsts, and she also took four first premiums for flowers. Mrs. R. G. Bailey took three prcmiums all Indian Runner Ducks. !\liss Ora L. Kennedy took all thc premiums on salads. Last but not least were the seven premiums taken by the school childrcn of the Orchards, including: Gordon Butler, potatoes; Perry Mattoon, cucumbers: Geneva Canfer. bcets: l\<felvin Canter, pumpkins; Walter Santo, watermelons; and Eleanor Eddy and Lucine Oldenburg in canned fruit.

Timely Hints for the Fall Care of noses

Grain Fields Seen from Orchnrds (Continued from Page 1) used; also -a horse machine with 36 horses, and a steam harvester, with 12 horses to wait on it; these cutting .ISO acres a ·day. Two ;hreshers were em· played. The grain is hauled during two month.. time to the nearest warehouses, according to the location of the field~, either to Lewiston. \Vaha or Sweetwater.

Whh the prospective coming of the John· son road from Lewiston to Vollmer, the (road t..> cross one portion of the Daniels and "Vall ace farm, the matter of marketing the grain will be much simplified.

Mr. \Vallace has done much to encourage th~ construction of the road and lately offered the free use of fifty of his teams for grading purposes. The fann has about 70 head of work animals of ib own and employs others. There are also lPSed a 45-horse-pow.er .engine and a 110-horse-power steam engine_ The steam harvester cuts from 40 to 50 acres a day, or about 800 sacks of grain.

III the successful conduct of the farm there is evidenced a careful business management in every detail.

By Chas. A. Cole. Horticulturist.

HESE cool snappy mornings remind us that summer is past anJ that our out-door rose blOOms will quickly disappear. Just because there is no bloom on the bush is no reason why we should neglect it. The roses that we have picked more than repaid us for all our care dllring the spring and summer. and now we should prepare the bushes for a comfortable winter, especially so if we desire maximulll results the next sea· son.

The first thing to be done after the foliage is frozen is to give the bush ,], light pnllling. If there are long canes. six or se\'en feet in length, these should be headed back to three feet or less.

Practically all shoots should be headed in to some extent. This will make the branches more resistant to the wmtel winds. You probably have noticed when you pruned your bushes in the spring that many of the new canes had all the bark nearly torn off by t.he constant picking of the thorns of one cane on an-

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other. The whipping around of th~ canes also damages the buds. I rio not think it advisable to thin out the canes in the fall as these old canes will add some protection against tlte wind.

Fall cultivation will consist of spading lip the ground in the rose bed and banking up the plants to a height of five or six inches. Now is a pretty good time to add some barnyard compost as fertilizer. The compact can be piled on the bed to a depth of four or five inches, but don't pile it up around the base of the bashes.

If a person desires to propagate some plants. the prunings can be cut up int,) six indl lengths and then plant in a welt drained soil. Set deep enough so that only the top bud is exposed at the surface of the ground. Cover over with a litter to a depth of six or seven inches. remove the covering in the spring and keep well watered. In making these cuttings use only this season's wood---o1der wood does not give satisfaction.