Lewiston Orchards LifeAN EXPONENT OF PROGRESSIVE HORTICULTURE AND THE SUCCESSfUL RURAL COMMUNITY

VOLU~IE 2 OCTOBER, 1913

Great Grain Fields Seen from Lewiston Orchards

NUMBER 10

G LDIPSES of some of the most fer­tile and productive grain regions of

the world can be had from Lewiston Or­chards. Looking toward the west andsouthwest, across the Snakf, river, canbe seen the grain fields of Aso'tin county,"Vashillgtol1. To the north, the Palousehills rise along the Clearwater riveT atLewiston to the great Palouse wheatcountry. 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 thenorth.

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

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 tothe acre, while that of the entire UnitedStates (report of 1911) is only 12.5bl1shels. Last year there was also har­vested on the Daniels and Wallace farm1Joo tons of wheat and alfalfa hay.There are 300 acres of alfalfa, and this

AN ORCHARD HOME m' ATTRACTIVE LOCATION AND DESIGNTH 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 spreadOU! 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 isa 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 sleepingporch 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 frontentrance. 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 oaklIlin. 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 ilndof 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.

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of the Orchards company blend withthose which extend ~yond the orchardtracts to the foothills of the Craig moun­tains, and ~yond is the great Camasprairie grain region. To the south amagni ficent view is had of the wheatfields that extend from the Orchards 1

the Craig mountains. In the foregroundappears the grain fann of Messrs. Dan­iels and Wallace, one of the largest in thestate of Idaho.

Nestling in "Tammany Hollow," thevalley of Tammany creek, are the ranchbuildings, including the home of Mr. D.S. Wallace, the manager of the big farm,his partner, Mr. A. B. Daniels, ~ing aresident of Coronado Beach, California.

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about twelve miles, and comprises aoout7,£XX) acres, of which 720 acres are ownedand the remainder is leased, the latterportion varying from year to year. Itis a curious fact that owing to thegradual rise in elevation toward the}1lOuntains, there being a difference ofseveral hundred feet between the northand south ends, there is a difference ofmore than a nlOnth in the ripedng of thegrain, the harvest season beginning atthe home end about the middle of Julyand ending at tfte mountain end aboutthe middle of September.

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

year two crops were cut. The harvestseason this year has been of ideal char­acter. this being a factor of vital import­ance. About one-third of the grain cropis usually barley and aoout two-thirdswheat. The grain is principally fall.sown, fall seeding beginning as soon asharvest ceases. About 800 acres of thefall-sown grain is ::rlready showing agreen growth of several inches, This ha!tbeen aided by recent showers.

The busy season begins with the workof haying in June and continues untilthe grain has been hauled to market inthe fall. This season in the grain harvestfour headers, with eighty horses were

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An Expert's OllinionWm. Rolfe, of Gold Hill, Oregon, an

experienced pear grower, and for manyyears superintendent of the famous Bur·rell orchards near Medford, spent severaldays here in August studying conditionshas since written from Portland givinghis opinion of conditions here, as fol~

lows:"I-raving visited your section recently,

and after a careful inspection of your or~

chards, and feeling that it might interestyOll to know my opinion and impressionsthereon. will say that I am very agree~

ably surprised at what I saw. Havinglived in California and Oregon for thepast 35 )'ears, most o[ which time I ha\'~

passed in the fruit and orchard industryI had come to think we were the onlyfruit section. but after seeing yOllr richsoil and abundant water system, and thevast extent of your orchards, with theirhealthy, vigorous, fruit laden trees andvines, I feel that you are about to tako:yOnr place as one of the (eading de<:id­iOlls fruit sections of the Pacific coast,which means of the United States and ofthe world.

"[ looked carefully into the physicalcondition of your trees and vllles and Ifound them exceptionally clean and freefrom pests, showing that these orchardshave been most intelligently and pains­takingly cared for. The system of inter·cropping adopted by some of your grow·ers was very interesting to me, oonfinn~

ing the excellence of your soil and show­,ing what can be done on a few acres. Isaw growing between the trees, acres ofpotatoes. cabbage. onions. carrots, beetsand other garden crops, which with fac­ilities for handling and marketing shouldreadily place one on Easy street.

"I noticed on some of your avenuesare planted English walnuts for shadeand ornamental trees; the surprise to meis that they are not planted 'en block: forcommercial purposes, as they are theIllOst promising trees r have seen northof Ventura county, California.

"Tn conclusion, allow me to say thatLewiston, as I see it, with its vast agri­cultural resources, its splendid irrigatingand power systems and its equable cli·mate. should have uninterrupted pros­perity if it comes into its own."

Home HappeningsThe Nez Perce & Idaho Railway Com·

pany (the Johnson road) has securedfrom the city council of Lewiston a fran~

chise to operate a railroad on Snake Riv~

er a\'enlle from the terminal grounds onthe southern end of the same avenue toa conne<::tion with the Terminal com·pany's tracks at the bridge. The trackon Snake River avenue is to be laid with~

in 90 day.':. The first spike was drivenOctober 9. The work of grading- be­tween Lewiston and the mouth of Tam­many Hollow has' been in progress forthree months past. The road wilt thenproceed up the Hbllow, immediatelysouth of the Orchards. and thence toLake Waha ami beyond to Vollmer, a

Moosejaw and Detroit, en route to his distance of 55 miles. Application hashome in Newark, N.]. He is chief clerk ~-')een made by ~Ir. Johnson for use ofto the general manager of the Public Ser. the terminal track on Main street.\'ice Railways Company of New Jersey.He is owner of five acres in block Wi,and plans to come to the Orchards iorpermanent residence in 1915.

A. V. Richardson, of the Gil1:>ert ra­per Company, of l\'Ienas~,a, \Vis. who"W11_ five acrcs on Powers .v'enue and'l'!;;!tfeIHh street, made hi;; f:.·st visit to:1i~ ).roperty last month and \Va" highlypil ::J~('(~ with the out!vok He exp'~..:t'l to1l1·''.l !-is family here and !JIIi!d inside of1\\"f' rears. He spent a week here visit·ir,~ bi~ son, N. D. Richardson, of Lewis·101' rl'd his daug-hter. '1iss Eli;>;abethP:.:Ilardson. teach~r of musIC III theCa' kton schools.

::\[r. and \Irs. \rill French hall asguests for ten days a brother of 'MrsFrench, John R. Luce, and wife, ofC1e\'t~lalld. Ohio. On the evening ofSeptember 18. a re<:eption was given :ntheir honor by Mr. and i\[rs. French, theoccasion being a very pleasant one, witl"guests in attcndance as follows: Mr.and Mrs. J. B. White, Mr. and MnsJ. L. Goodnight, Mr. and Mrs. W. HBankson, J\o[r. and Mrs. L. L. Detrickand niece. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Butler,).{r. and ~lrs. F. B. Lail1g, Mr. aml Mr.':.J. L. Klapp. l\f rs. O'Connor. Mr. antiIHrs. Will j\'Toffitt, Frank D. Webb. Mr.Lucc is a railroad engineer and was veryfavorably imprcssed with developmentsand conditions here. They left on Sept.22 for San Francisco, expecting to re­.turn home later by way of Salt L.akeCity.

Coming and GoingJ. 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 asummer visitor who spent two days here.He is manager of the Burrill Investmen~

Company's orchards at Diamond, WashProfessor W. H. \-Vicks, head of the

horticultural department of the Univer­sity of Idaho, with two assistants, "penttwo days here, investigating onion grow­ing.

C. S. Jacobs and family, of Keno.~ha.

\\'k, who arrived here early last u'mthrlre ;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 visitorhele Oct. 3, returning the next day to herhome at Oak Park. She expressed her­self as channed with the appearance ofthings here and with renewed desire toretain her holdings of ten acres on \11{ar­ner avenue and Eighth street.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Eddy have asguests, who arrived. Sept. 3, Mr. an~

'Mrs. F. B. Lamoreaux and Mrs. A. EEddy, of Ashland, Wis. Mrs. Eddy j"mother of Mr. Eddy and Mrs. Lamor­eux is his sister. Mr. Lamoreux is alawyer, of Ashland. Jt is expected thatthey will remain for several weeks.

\V. S. Stackpole, who arrived here tbe\;lst of August, left Sept. 14 over theO. \Ill. R. & N., to visit at Spokane,

Community Life in Lewiston OrchardsLewiston Orchards~Assc'cjntion

The first straight carload of. applesever sem out of Lewiston Orchards wasshipped Sept. 27, through White Bros& Crum, by the Lewiston Orchards As·socialion, to Fargo, N. D. They were ofthe Jonathan and :Mclntosh Red varie·ties, and were of high grade and charac­ter, under the "Gateway Brano," AboutOne carload a week arc now being hand·led, chiefly of the Jonathan vadety,llutthe 'Winter Banana will COl1le next andwill be followed by the Rome Beauty.Newtown Pippin, 'Vinesap, Spitzcllburgand other winter varieties. Some Tokaygrapes arc also being handled at thepacking house. Nearly 30 carloads ofpeaches were shipped.

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GOING AND CO~nNG.

E. P. DaVIS, of Eugene. Oregon, washere last month. to look over his five·acre orchard on Preston avenue betweenFourth and Fifth streets.

Mrs. Nancy Willis, of Berlin Falls, N.H., arrived Sept. 15. for an extendedstay with Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Ames.She is a sister of Mrs. Ames.

Mrs. Mae Troeh and little son, ofPortland, Oregon. arrived reccnlly fora visit with her parents, Mr. and MrsS. W. \Vhitford, on Burrell ave.nlle.

Miss Bessie Smith, of Vy'al1ace, Tdaho,who owns five acres near th(' -;1IlIrchwas recently here on a visit to her si3ter1\'1 rs. Omic Smith, who has five acres onBryden avenue and Eighth stree>:.

R. D. NE:well, of Hermiston, Oregon,engineer in charge of a govcrnment irri­gation projcct, with his assistant. JohnGriffin, spent a day last month in study­ing the Lewiston Orchards project.

G. E. Brasington and wife, of MaidcnRock, Wis., and Dr. O. H. Anderson, .,fPlum City, Volis., were among the sum­mer visitors. Dr. Anderson and Mr.Brasington each own five acres in block87, near headquarters camp.

Among the summer visitors were D. P.Wood, chief clerk in the office of the 0W. R. & N. Railway Co., at Portlandwho owns ten acres near the Relief reser­voir: and H. B. Lancaster, superinten-t­ent of the Yakima Valley Railwav ofNorth Yakima, Wash.. who owns fi veacres in the same vicinity.

H. A. Brewer, of Portland, managerof the American Linseed Oil Companywho owns ten acres near the Relief res­ervoir and ten acres a mile and a halffurther east, with his family, r«ently vis­ited the Orchards, it being Mrs. Brew­er's first visit here. He expects to bt.:i1don his Relief reservoir pro~rty nextyear.

of market conditions that often causeswidespread losses that are not warrantedby lhe production of the seaSOn. This i~

especially true of the situation as to easilyperishable fruits like peach('~.

The production of fine fruit is thefirst step toward commercial success inthe orchard industry. To make it com­plete. the problem of distribution mustbe solved, and the modern way of doingthis is by organized effort. Lewiston Or­chards growers appear to be meeting bothrequirements of success and the district jg

thus doubly favored in its prospects ofgrowing greatness.

VALUE OF C()-{)PEIlATlONEach succeeding season gives new evi.

dence of the need and value of coopera.·tion among fruit growers, especially inthe matter of marketing. The leadingand most successful fmit districts, bothof the northwest and elsewhere, havebeen those where the coo~rative prin­ciple has most prevailed. Almost everyseason witnesses local fruit panics invarious places, where growers are DOtwell enough united for systematic dis­tribution; the result being demoralization

ALFALFA IN 1'111' OIlCHAIlDSAlfalfa is becoming an important in­

ter-orchard crop, as the orchards cometo bearing age. Under irrigation, inLewiston Orchards, alfalfa shows awonderful growth, giving three or four,sometimes five crops in one season. Itrequires here no special care or use ofspecial nitrogen cultures to get it start­ed, but rapidly develops and often givesa crop the first season.

An orchardist here relXlrts that thisseason he sowed alfalfa as an inter-or­chard crop, between rows of appletrees five years of age, using oats as anurse crop, and has harvesled aboutnine tons of oat hay from the narrowstrips between the trees on a five-acretract, the actual space used being aboutthree acres. Meanwhile the alfalfa iscoming on and will probably need cut­ting before the elld of the season. Up tothe time of cutting the oals it had no ir­rigation.

1:t is said that there arc ,5.000,000acres of alfalfa in the United States, alarge part being in the irrigated sectionsof the west, and this area will be rapidlyincreased. Its average yield is morethan double that of timothy or clover,while it forms a great reclamation agentfor worn-out lands, owing to its storageof nitrogen. It gathers nitrogen fromthe air and adds it to the soil. For theorchard, it is also valuable for the pene­trative power of the roots which oftengo from twenty to thirty feet deep, andopen the soil for the admission of mois­ture. As an inter-orchard crop, it isvaluable in many ways, and affords apractically certain source of income.

to Lewiston Orchards growers. The fewsamples sent elsewhere have elicited thehighest praise and its reception in futurecompetitive exhibits away from home is:e.....pected to win for it new honors.

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Lewiston Orchard8 Life. to July, 1914Beuer Fruit, onl! )'ear .....•......'Welltern Pouhry. one year .

H. H. S. ROWEt.r... Editor.W. S. THORNBER, and CHAS. A. COLE.

Horticulturist.. Contributing Ed:lOE1I.

LEWISTON OIICHAIlIJS ALEAIJEIl .

Lewiston Orchards takes its place thisseason as a leader in the production ofhigh grade fruit, especially of the leadingcommercial varieties of apples. Thoughthe present season i~ the first one ofany commercial importance for the dis­trict, the evidence has been overwhelm­ing in behalf of the claim that the fruitproduction is of superior character. Theopinions of growers here have been con.fifmed by that of some of the best fruit­growing and marketing authorities in thenorthwest.

No person can see the beautiful fruitwith which the apple trees in LewistonOrchards are this year loaded withoutbeing convinced that the district is readyto take its place as a leader in that line.The fact that the apples here are con­fined to a few of the leading cammer·eial varieties mak~ the situation espe<>ially significant, from a marketing pointof view. It means that Lewiston Or­chards apples will at once find a place offavor in the markets of the world.

To begin with, Lewiston Orchardsfruit has made a hit right at home thisseason, for at the Lewiston-Oarkstonfair the majority of all awards for fruitand almost every one for apples, went

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For the Information and aid of orchardowners here and eillewhere.

Published on the te':1th day of each month,In .Lewiston Orchar<!s, by the LewistonOrchards Lite PubllshinC Company.

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

T HE evergreens as a group arc oneof the most attractive and useful

of all ornamental plants for the beautify­ing of home grounds. In spite of thisfact. they arc almost completely eliminat­ed from many lawn plaintings in thenorthwest. Even though we have manybeautiful kinds found nowhere else inthe world we are extremely slow in us­ing them.

Almost auy of the large parks ofEurope have a better collection of thenative evergreens of the Pacific slopethan it is possible to find in even our bestparks. Tn fact. a vcry large percentag~

of our western parks make no use what­ever of the western evergreens. and yetwe have some of the most beautifultypes grown anywhere in the world.

People generally arc entitled to theirlikes' ami dislikes in plant life" but isthere any onc who docs not appreciatea wcll gTown beautiful specimcn orclump of the evergrecns, especinlly fhlr­ing" the wintermonths whcn all else isbare and brown? There is no group ofplants anywhere that can take the placeof evergreens for landscape effect andthe district or communitv that can not~row at least some of the;'" is indeed un­fortltnate.

Rarely do they make good street trees-However, long lines of some particu~

1ar species. produce excellent reo'Sult<:. especially ill rural commu­nities. As l'ihade trees for group or mass-planting. many of the pines or firs do ex·ceptionally we1l-but should be plantedin an irregular manner and never instraight rows or at regular distanct'Sapart. The differences in size. color an:1shape are valuable factors in evergreengroups.

\Vhen evergreens are used for orna~

mental plainting they should not be;sheared or pruned. only enough to cor~

rect flagrant irregularities or develop afull. perfect top.

Evergreens may be transplanted now(during September) without difficultyif the roots are never permitted to be·come dry and if placed in moist soil·The ~reatest care must be exercised infirming the soil around the roots. Loose,shal10w planting is responsible for more10ssel'i than al1 other causes together.Evcrgreem: transplanted now shouletmake a full growth next year.

The following trees are thoroughlyadapted to lawn or park planting in theLewistOn district:

White Fir-A native of the Pacificnorthwest. A large, rather rapid grow·iug, upright tree with erect to almosthorizontal limbs and !i1very white needlelike leaves. A very variable plant, val­uable for its beautiful silvery foliage. Atree that is perfectly hardy anywhere inthe northwest, adapted to all kinds ofsoil. and one that should be extensivelyuscel as a specimen plant or in smallclumps 011 lawns or in parks. The moresilvery the individual tree, the mOTe val­uable it is for specimen planting. Thecommon fir is closely allied to the Sil·,rer fir and while "er)' pretty is not tobe compared with the Sih'er form forornalllC'lItal planting.

Colorado Blue Sprl1ce-A native ofthe Rocky mountains, particularly in Colorado. A strong, rapid growing, pyra·lllidal-shaped tree with strong, horizon·tal branches and stiff silvery grey leave..-another very variable species, especial­ly valuable for its silveT)··white foliage.It is probably one of the hardiest sprucesin f:;ultivation, adapts itself to all kinds ofsoil conditions and is thoroughly hardyan)·where. It is extensively used wherespecimen plants of :'l. striking habit arecompact and massy in effect, but as theybecome older the long horizontal branch.es ~tand out in a very picturesque man~

ncr.The Koester's Blue Spruce is a Tare

and "ery valuable form of the ColoradoB1ne Spruce propagated by grafting toinsure uniform well colored specimem;.A grafted specimen should be carefullyprotected for the first few years afterplanting to protect from injury, as aninjured sPecimen never amoun\t..s tQmilch. There arc several other namedsorlS of this species offered for sale.

En~lemann's Spruce-A native of thePacific northwest. A rapid growing,dense. compact tree with numerousstron!!I)' erect <:mal1 branche!i and anabundance of short ~tiff leaves. A treethat grows so abundantly in the hillsthat few people realize how beautiful itis for lawns or park planting. It trans­plant); easily. adapts itself to varied con­ditions and should be cxtensivcly used.Occasionally Very fine specimens arefonnd growing in the woods. Whentramplanted to park~ or lawns they

make almost as valuable individual treeilas the Colorado Blue Spruce.

Oriental: Arborvitae-A native ofAsia. A small compact, collical tree orlarge shrub, with abundance of green­ish yellow to dark green foliage. A treethat starts into growth very slowly and,while it never produces a large tree, yetis is very adaptive to planting as a speci­men on slllall lawns, parks, etc. It is veryhardy, withstands neglect and abuse re­markably well and can be prOfitably usedin many different ways. Closely alliedto the Oricntal Arborvitae are the Amer­ican Arborvitae. a beautiful mediumsized tree. and the Giant Cedar or Ar­borvitae of the northwest. In climate...where it will stand. there is no tree mOTQbeautiful or attractive than the GiantCedar. .

Douglas Fir-A native of the Pacificnorlwest. A tree with many commonnames. none of which seem to exactlyfit it. It can not be truly called asurl1ce. pine or fir. and yet it is cal1ed allthree in different parts of the country.Botanically it stands alone. the sole rep­resentative of a noble race. A tall. rapidgrowing. beautiful tree wtih an abund­ance of soft. rather ligllt green leav~,

thoroughly hardy and admirably weltadapted to lawn and park planting forclumps. individual specimens or for thatmatter 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 int9growth 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. Oneof the most satisfactory pines used oma·menlal1y. The cffect is alwa ...s contrastvwith other trees. and while coarse ingrowth. it is valuable fOr clump plantingin large parks. but not adapted for speci.men planting in small yards. It is some·times used as a street tree and profitablyso if llsed in sufficient quantities.

White Pine-Native of the UnitedStates. 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 theother produces harsh contrasty effects;

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each, however is good in its place. The,Vhite Pine is a fine grower, adapts it­self to about everything, except greatquantities of ooal smoke; is free frompests 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, withdark green foliage. A very wide-spread.ing plant; frequently, while not morethan lcn or twelve feet in height, it maybe fifteen to twenty feet in diameter.Valuable for clump or mass planting.

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

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and of light green color. A tree that isperf«:t1y hardy here and one that makesan excellent specimen plant for both lawnand 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 horticulturalvariety of the common Red Cedar. Astrong. vigorous grower producing asplendid little cone-shaped tree withoense silvery grey foliage. Valuable forornamental planting. for specimen aswell as mass planting. The common RedCedar can be used in very much thesame manner, only it is not so attractive.There is also a western fOrm native alongthe Snake River that can be ll~ed to ad-

5vantage.

lrish Juniper-A nati\'e of Europe. Astrong growing. hardy. medium sizedtree that produces a very pretty additionto our ornamental evergreen. While itwill stand abUSe and very dry soil, it isIlluch more beautiful llpon rich. moistsoils. 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 oiEurope. A dwarf slow growing. wide­spreading shrub. that is extensively usedfor specimen plants. screens. and mas..planting where an evergreen is desired.It rarely prodtlCes a plant mOre than tenor twelve feet high. but is very attrac­tive. Jt is also a valuable hed~e plant.

Evaporated Fruit Conditions in the Pacific Northwest

I K resp:mse to letters of inquiry, ad­dressed to several of the leading whole·

sale grocery finns of Portland, Oregon,regarding the lllarket conditions fOtjevaporated fruit, some interesting infor·mation has been received, the followingparagraphs being quoted from the cor·respondence at hand:

"There is a very good Illarket in th:ssection for evaporated peaches. pea':",; alldapples, if dried as they are prefl... ~(' ..i inCalifornia. but the market for dr:".\ cher­ries and berries in this district is vcry lim·ited. However, we understand that thereic; a very good market for t',e.::(' itemSin M0ntana and Wyoming.

"There is considerable dl'nand fordried fruits all the coast and a large:unount of the coast prodll~t.s go e.l;t anlla j,::'cat deal of them go t<, El1r".:>~, t,f'.f:1r as we know. 100 per ce.: of thepeaches used in Oregon and \Vashingtonare 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 andMichigan. particularly. Oregon andWashington do not dry enough aF~~les

to supply the local demand. We h:l':eshipped over one hundred tons of evapo­rated apples from the state of Califorf'iawithin the last fourteen months Thereis particularly no demand for dried cher·ries. There is, however, a little dt:mandfor the pitIed. lig-ht-colorerl cher6es for

The electric street railway franchiseof F. L, Shmn expired August 1, and

he seeks renewal. while several otherparties desire similar privileges.

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

confoctionars' use. 'Ve cannot give youany information in this respect, if tl~e

demand wotlld be sufficient to pay to eleythem. There is a goorl demand for drierlblack cap raspberries and loganberries;little or no demand for dried blackberries.If there are any apricots grown in thatdistrict, they could be handled here at agood price and we believe. while evapo­rated apples were rather low 1.ast yearon account of a heavy crop pretty muchover the whole United States. that theywill command a better price this comingseason."

"As a rule there is a fairly good mar­ket for peaches of good quality; someyears the prices are low when other<tried fruits are low but on an averagcthe prices are very fair_ There is verylittle demand for evaporated pears, es­pecially unpeeled. The Portland jobbersbuy very few of these, in fact, sometimejthey do not carry them at all. The de­mand east is not extra large. Evaporatedapples which are from good stock andnice. clean evaporated are in quite gooddemand every year. Occasionally whenthere is a short crop on the Pacific coast,a good many car~ of evaporated apple!.'are shipped inn from New York stateand also some from St. Louis. It all de­pends on the apple crop over the coun­try. Last year there were plenty of freshapples everywhere and none brought infrom the east. There is no demand for

S. Thornber will speak on "Vallie ofOrchard By-Products."

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

evaJXlrated cherries in this part of thecountry. except some that go to Alaska.There is very good demand for evapo­ra'ed raspberries and loganberries. TheseI)crries were selling in large quantitiesullIil the prices were mn up so high thatpeople quit using them. Three years agothe)" were sold at about 1&. deliveredat Sioux City and later on the price wentlip to 28c or 30e 011 the ooa:-t, whichmade the price prohibitive and jobbers inthe 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 themajority of them are sold along the coastunless there should be a shortage of ap­ples through the middle west and NewYork state. Evaporated berries andcherries are generally in good demand atstich jobbing points as Chicago. St. Paul,:\[inneapolis, Sioux City and Omaha.New York also takes good quantities ofevaporated berries.-·

"',Vith reference to yOllr going into theevaporating business. you will have tofigure on averaging several years to findont whether you have made a profit ornot. You may start in just at a tim~

when there is no demand and have totake low prices or carry some of the fruitover."

freshment committee composed of Mrs.W. S. Shearer, 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 giveit:; annnal hazar and chicken pic supper.

6 LEWISTON ORCHARDS LIFE

Successful Community School Reception •m Lewiston Orchards

U ;.JOER the auspices of LewistonOrchards Assembly, the people of

Lewiston Orchards joined in a reception,Sept. 22, to Supt. F. W. Simmonds, thenew head of the Lewiston schools, and tothe three teachers of the Orchards school.Miss Elizabeth Stone, Miss Lulu Wal­lace and Mrs. Mary F. Gano. The ar­rangements were in charge of the schoolaffairs 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 inthe main auditorium of the church wherethe g-uests were received by Presidentand Mrs. Keedy, with Supt. Simmondsand the Orchards school teachers, In­traduC'"ed by President Keedy, Supt. Sim·monds gave an address of eloquent andinspirin~ character. along lines pertain­ing to school interest,;.

AN IMPRESSIVE ADDRESS.Said Supt. Simmonds: "1 am delight­

ed with the splendid community spirityou have evolved and are cultivatinghere-you have every reason to take aroyal pride in it. Each community coinsits own charac'cr which is as differentfrom that of cvery other community asthe difference in individual personali­ties. Whcn the director of the UnitedStates mint makes (I die to stamp a dol­lar. he mar issue duplicates at will, butwhen nature coins a character, be it com­munity or individual, a duplicate is neveruttered.

'''We a~ parents and we as teachersstand 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 ourresponsibilities and opportunities. Theproblem evermore confrOnts us, how canwe give the best there is in us to thechildren of the community in which welive, and what is more how can we d~­

velop the best there is in them?"Never before in the history of hu­

manity has there been such universal rec·ognition of the truth that we are indeedour brother's keeper and protector, alsothe truth that if we would confer thehighest and best on ~en and women, wemust begin the investment while they areyet children. One of the great basictruths 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-rnydeeds and acts affect you, yours affedme-inevitably and profoundly, Goodfortune or disaster never ,falls to the lotof an individual alone.

THE GREAT PROBLEM."The problem of civilization and con­

sequently 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. Themotive is essentially altruistic and hasbeen most clearly expressed in the word;of the Great Teacher. 'I came that yemight have life and that ye might have ;tIllost abundantly.' What a splendidvisiOn and prayer? And the earne!itprayer of every father and mother shouldbe. I wish my children to have the op­portunity of living a greater and moreefficient life than was permitted me.

"The past has poured out rich bles­sings and opportunities to lis-richerthan any previous generation ever re­ceived: now if we are honest and if weare faithful to the trust. we will not wrapthe "talent" we have received in a nap.kin. but we will see to it that Our chil·drcn receive added opportunity to liveefficient lives, and become better serv·ers of humanity. And this high motiveis not to actual fathers and mothers onlynor is it restricted to the children of theirown flesh and blood; there is a raciala social, a spiritual relationship thatprompts all normal men and women toactively concern themselves with thewholesome and happy development of allthe children of the community in whichthey live.

ALL ARE RESPONSIBLE.;'Parents are. of course, primarily re­

sponsible for the conduct and charact~r

of their children, but they are not alonein this-human society, today is so in­terrelated that we are aU in a degree re­sponsible for the character of every childreared in the community where we live.Who is to blame when the child goeswrong? Is the child himself the onlyone 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 oncethe oldest civilization in the world, as

well as the newest republic. Dr. SunVat Sen, the eminent scholar and firstpresident of the Chinese Republic r~­

lates the story of justice meted out inChiua to a young man who had killedhis father: The young man himself wasPllt to death, his uncle suffered the sam~

fate, his teacher and SL"t of the nearestneighbors 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 aItdirectly accountable and responsible forthe boy's conduct. Of course we canhardly apply this system literally here,but if in general a greater CQrumunltyresponsibility were felt and if we exer­cised more of the spirit of the elderbrother, om courts would have fewerproblems to solve and mOre of our boysand 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 typeof 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 to­

day to rob the child of his rightful her­itage-earnest hard work. There arethose who would turn all work into playand then sugar coat it in order that thechild 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 playand plenty of it. but on the other hand letus not forg"et that work, hard work ifyOI1 please is also a portit')n of the child'..rightful heritage; and that one of thevery best lessons he ever will learn willbe the ability to apply himself to the taskat hand. vigorously and industriously,and that nothing can take die place ofthis power of concentration.

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

•

life by putting more into it. To gainstrength, se:r control, and confidence inhimself, the child himself must gtappl~

with hard problems instead of sugarcoated ones if we expect him to cope suc·cessfully with the complex problems atlife. The child must team to think, hemust know by actual experience what in.tcnse hard study means and by this knowhis powers and how to apply them mostefficiently.

"\Vordsworth furnishes us with one ofthe most wholesome pictures of the right­ly trained characters to be found in allliterature, in that delightful poem, 'TheHappy \Varrior.'

" CHARACTER PICTURE... 'Who is the happy warrior? who is heThat every man in amlS should wish to

be''Tis he whoSe law is reason; who de-

pendsl'ooll that law as on the best of friends;Who. if he rise to station of command,Rises b}' open means; and there will standOn honorable terms. or else retireAnd in himself possess his ()wn desire:Who comprehends his trtl:-t. and to the

:-ameKeeps faithful with a singleness of aim;And therefore doeS" not stoop, nor lie in

waitFor wealth, or honors. Or for worldy

state:\\Thom they ~hotlld follow: on whose head

must fallLike ~howersof 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 notPlays. 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 heThat everr man in arms should wish to

be: "GOOD OPPORTlJXITlES.

Tn conclusion. Supt. Simmonds againcoll~ratnlated the poople of Lewiston Or­chanl~ all the splendid community spiritthat was evident and on the opportnnityhere enjoyed to develop the children intostron~. capable men and women. it beinKan ideal :-pot for rai~in~ boys and girls.

LEWISTON ORCHARDS LIFE

The school he said was now in go01hands and the teachers doing earnestwork

A brief musical and literary programwas given that included two pleasing vo­cal numbers, by ).Iiss Elizabeth Rich­ardson of Clarkston: several charminglylinterpreted readings. by Mrs. S. B. Sted·man; several spirited piano numbers byPaul \\'hite, and an interesting dramati..:monologue by John C. Bonnell. de-'dingwith incidents of army life, :Mr. Bonneltbeing one of the Civil War veterans ofthe Orchards. Light refreshments were:-erved and the meeting closed with mem­ories of a pleasant and profitable occa­sion for all who participated, the generalfeeling being that all elements of thecommunity were nnited along the hilZh­est lines of school interests.

PEACHES TO CALIFORNIA.Mr. and :Mrs. W. S. Burriss, of San

Francisco. Calif., who were visitors hereearly 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 theirtell-acre orchard here, the fruit havingarrived in good condition. Among otherthing-s the lettcr says:

"it may be of interest to you to knowthat all shipments of fruit into this stateare opencd and inspected. Needless to~a)' this shipment passed without anyquestion. California people have ratheran inflated idea of the quality of theirfruit, and the native Californians rathe.resent having any ot!tside fruit shippedinto this state.

"The peaches are certainly fine, andwe shall enjoy them this winter, not onlylor their superior flavor, but also forthe sentiment attached to them as comingfrom our own trees. \Ve were naturallyinterested, too, in the manner of packin~

and labeling, and are very much pleasedwith lhe package. The receipt of thisfruit has made liS more anxious thanever to make the Orchards our home, andwe are holding our thumbs in the hopesthat nothing will occur to prevent usfrom carrying alit our wishes in this re­\!ard. We often speak of our pleasantlittle visit to the orchard and of the kinrltreatment we received from a\1 those wemet connected with the Orchards."

A GREAT APPLE DISTRICT."There is no longer any doubt that

'the Lewiston Orchards will be one ofthe best apple·producing district~ to be

7fO\lIld:' said Geo, E. Crum, of the firmof White Bros. & Crum. who. On Sept.4. made a thorough examin3tion of theapple crop of the district. "The Jona·thans al1(\ Rome Bcallt}·s give promiseof high color and large size. and are nowfar enough along to assure as fine a qual­ity and as high color as are produced inall}' section of the United States.

"1 have always been a belie\'er in th~

Lewiston Orchards. ~ut I lllust sal' thatwhat I saw there todar is much abo\'emy highest expectation~. Up to the pres·ent time. it has beell largely a matter ofspeculation as to what the qnality of theapple crop would be. \Ve have knowl1lhat great care was exercised in the se­lection of the nursery stock. that thetrees have received the best of care am\that we have good reason to e.xpect afruit of the highest quali'y: but therewere the soil conditions. climate and at­mosphere over which the growers had liecontrol. The fruit now speak!' for itselfand the growers and the companr havereason to congratulate themselves uponlhe 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 Octobercrop of handsome berries.

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

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

September showed a temperature halfa degree above the average and withslightly less precipitation than usual. Ttwas 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 andfilled 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 weighedIi pounds. They were raisedwithout spraying, pruning or irrigation.A~ to what ihey might have been underfull care. l\'fr. Bonnell does not ventureto estimate. He has some white-meatedpeaches. the \\'heatling. that are novel­ties.

--8 LEWISTON ORCHARDS LIFE

More Than One Hundred Premiums Taken by Lewiston Orchards Fruit

Timely Hints for the Fall Care of nosesBy Chas. A. Cole. Horticulturist.

A s premium winners, Lewiston Or­chards fruits made a splendid show·

jng at the reecn: Lewiston~Clarkstoll

fair. More than fifty awards on fruitand about fifty awards em Other .e..xhibitswere recei\'ed by growers of this district.Of the 104 awards, 83 were first pre­miulllS and 21 second premiums, dividedamong 26 cxhibitors. There were 19awards for womcn's work, 13 for vege­tables, 7 for school work, 4 for flowers,3 for poultry, 2 for canned fruit and 2for general display.

]. E. Btu'er received first award forinuivi'tlal display and second for thebest district display. All of his exhibitswere grown on ten acres, and included 25varieties of potatoes, 18 of apples, 16 ofcorn. IO of canteloupes, 8 of squash, 6 ofwheat. 6 of watermclons, 6 of peache~. 7of onions. 6 of beans. 5 of grapes, 5 oft()1l1atoes, -1- of cherries, 15 varieties offlowcrs and many others, making se\'­eral hundred in all. All were ~rown be­tween orchard trees. :\Ir. Butler alsoreceived 15 awards on plates and sepa­rate exhihit~ of fruits and vegetables.

D. R. :\lcDonald. who is one of thepioneer" of the Orchards, made the bestshowing' in boxed apples, from his five­acre orchard. He no~ only WOn the $50

T HESE cool snappy mornings re­mind us that summer is past anJ

that our out-door rose blOOms will quick­ly disappear. Just because there is nobloom on the bush is no reason why weshould neglect it. The roses that wehave picked more than repaid us for allour care dllring the spring and summer.and now we should prepare the bushesfor a comfortable winter, especially so ifwe desire maximulll results the next sea·son.

The first thing to be done after thefoliage is frozen is to give the bush ,],light pnllling. If there are long canes.six or se\'en feet in length, these shouldbe headed back to three feet or less.Practically all shoots should be headedin to some extent. This will make thebranches more resistant to the wmtelwinds. You probably have noticed whenyou pruned your bushes in the springthat many of the new canes had all thebark nearly torn off by t.he constantpicking of the thorns of one cane on an-

clock offered bv the ~orthern PacificRailway Campa,;)' for the best ten boxe;;of apples, the display being Jonathan", btlthe also received first premium far thebest three boxes of Jonathans and firstpremium for the best three boxes of Mc.Tntosh Rcds: and he took first premiumon plate exhibits of Spitzenburg, Jona­than and McJlltosh Red.

John \V. Raben was awarded first pre­mium for the best ten boxes of fOur va­rieties of apples, and serond for the beStten boxes. They reDresented the splen­did crop that he produced this year onhis ten·acre orchard on \¥arner avenue.

L. A. Blackman had the best threeboxes of Yellow Newton Pippin.. fromhis five-acre orchard, which this s~son

has one of the heaviest crops in the Or­chards.

J. B. White received highest awardfor the best three boxe!l of Winter Ban­anas, and also for the box of largest ap­ples. also \\'inter Bananas, a vcr)' beauti­ful display.

All of the box displays attracted BlUchattention. There w~re also many plat~

exhibits of fruit and the growers fromLewiston Orchards took a large numberof awards. Of these J. E. Buller re-

other. The whipping around of th~

canes also damages the buds. I rio notthink it advisable to thin out the canesin the fall as these old canes will addsome protection against tlte wind.

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

If a person desires to propagate someplants. the prunings can be cut up int,)six indl lengths and then plant in a weltdrained soil. Set deep enough so thatonly the top bud is exposed at the sur­face of the ground. Cover over witha litter to a depth of six or seven inches.remove the covering in the spring andkeep well watered. In making these cut­tings use only this season's wood---o1derwood does not give satisfaction.

ceived 8, H. H. S. Rowell 12. N. R. Lee7, 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'sprize was for the biggest apple.

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

In woman's work, Mrs. Myra Eddywon twelve premiums, nearly all firsts,and she also took four first premiums forflowers. Mrs. R. G. Bailey took threeprcmiums all Indian Runner Ducks. !\lissOra L. Kennedy took all thc premiumson salads. Last but not least were theseven premiums taken by the school chil­drcn of the Orchards, including: GordonButler, potatoes; Perry Mattoon, cucum­bers: Geneva Canfer. bcets: l\<felvin Can­ter, pumpkins; Walter Santo, watermel­ons; and Eleanor Eddy and Lucine Old­enburg in canned fruit.

Grain Fields Seen from Orchnrds(Continued from Page 1)

used; also -a horse machine with 36horses, and a steam harvester, with 12horses to wait on it; these cutting .ISOacres a ·day. Two ;hreshers were em·played. The grain is hauled during twomonth.. 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 Danielsand "Vallace 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 histeams for grading purposes. The fannhas about 70 head of work animals of ibown and employs others. There are alsolPSed a 45-horse-pow.er .engine and a110-horse-power steam engine_ Thesteam harvester cuts from 40 to 50 acresa day, or about 800 sacks of grain.

III the successful conduct of the farmthere is evidenced a careful businessmanagement in every detail.