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BETTER FRUIT 



April 



Future Fruit Outlook Most Encouraging 



By C. C. Hutchins, Secretary White Salmon Commercial Club 



THE fruit groweis of the White 

 Salmon Valley believe that the fruit 

 business has "come back," and back to 

 remain. This applies not only to the 

 apple but the pear and other orchard 

 fruits. A general feeling of optimism 

 ])revails, and encouragement to give 

 their orchards even closer attention 

 from now on. It has been a hard 

 struggle in this and all orchard sections 

 to bring properties to the point of com- 

 mercial bearing, and to the point where 

 a profit over expenses might be en- 

 joyed. The past season's market has 

 not only covered the cost of produc- 

 tion but in most cases returned a very 

 satisfactory margin of profit. That a 

 certain degree of prosperity prevails in 



the district is evidenced by the Colum- 

 bia State Bank of White Salmon having 

 the largest deposits in its history. The 

 large orchard of the Mt. Adams 

 Orchard Company, in the Gilmer dis- 

 trict, coming into commercial bearing 

 for the first time this past season, 

 shipped out in apples and pears over 

 $25,000 gross; with a handicap of a 

 fifteen-mile haul to the shipping point 

 and a number of quite extensive im- 

 provements, including a large storage 

 building and spraying machinery, they 

 netted several thousand dollars, ac- 

 cording to their field manager. Homer 

 Green. So encouraged were the stock- 

 holders of this corporation, they voted 

 at their recent annual meeting to in- 



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Get Your Irrigated Farm ^ 

 From the Canadian Pacific 



IN a climate not excelled by any agricultural 

 area in America you can own a fine, rich farm 

 of your own. The Canadian Pacific Railway offers 

 you this opportunity to achieve independence 

 and grow rich — in Western Canada. The lands 

 offered are in the largest and most substantial 

 irrigation undertaking in the Continent. The 

 price is only $50 an acre — some for less. 



Twenty Years to Pay '^^ "' from 50c to $1.25 per acre 



■V , i,,,^ J, /,, forthe maintenance of the system 



You pay down lOo and have 20 ^„j j^e delivery of the water. Ir- 



years in which to pay the re- rfgation here is not an experiment, 

 mainder. the nrst crop is often ^ 



ofThe lands ^^"^ ^^^ '""'^ ""'^ ^^^ BUI Irrigated Farm? 



Because irrigation in Southern 



$2,000LoanedtoFariner Alberta 



Loans of $2,000 in improvements • — insures crops every year 



are made to approved settlers on —increases crops every year 

 irrigated iarms with no security , • i, . , 



except the land itself. You can -^^kf ^ J"" practicaUy inde- 

 lake 20 years to repay this loan Pendent of weather condiUons 



at 6% interest. — produces great quantities of 

 ... coarse grains, pasture, alfalfa. 



Irrigation, Crop Insurance roots, thus developing the live 



Thisland is not arid butproduc- stock industry ivluch is safer 



lion can be greatly increased by ^nd ultimately more profitable 



irrigation. There is an unfailing tta° wheat farming 



supply of water which is admin- — tends toward close settlement, 



istered under the direction of well cultivated farms, good 



the Canadian Government. The neighbors, good roads, schools, 



provinces have no control over it churches, telephones, mail de- 



and there is no conflict of law or livery, co-operative marketing, 



authority over its use. The water and a high standard of com- 



is free, the only charge being a munity life. 



The Opportunity for You i i 



The Canadian rarifir Railwiv icnnii-a that ' M. E. THORNTON, Supt. of Colonization I 



ine l^anaoian lacinc Kaiiway Knows tnat C* "\DIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY 



us prosperilv depends on tbc prosperity of | i te u- II 1 r 7; i . n I 



the settlers jongitslines. BeMus/itwants | US Ninlll Ave. E.. Calgary. Alberta I 



good eettlcrs it is willing to sell its lands i I would be interested in learning more I 



at these remarkable prices and terms. ' about: I 



C 1 C 'I'l * 13 Irrigation farming in Sunnv Alberta. ■ 



Oend tor special railway | a f'^rm opportunities in Allicna, Sas- ! 



rates and special booklet I □ ^;'elrr"Xly'"t't:s°- f„r hon.e 

 fully describing all lands I ^ ''■'^"'- , . ^ . , 



I . . Ill 'I I (-^ Dullness and industrial opportuiu- I 



and giving all details. j li-s in Westem Canada. | 



M. E. THORNTON n TownloliingrovdngWestemtowns. | 



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f 116 Ninth Ave. E., Calgary, Alberta L — ^_ — _^_^__ — — ■^^Jn 



crease the acreage of pears, putting in 

 the Bosc, and to make a number of sub- 

 stantial improvements, including prob- 

 ably a cold-storage plant for the pre- 

 cooling of their pears. 



The outlook for the future of our 

 orchard fruits seems most bright. As 

 far as the pear is concerned, it will 

 probably always command a price 

 which will net the grower a good profit. 

 The Eastern pear orchards have suf- 

 fered greatly from the blight, to such 

 an extent that the majority of them are 

 no longer a factor in the market. The 

 East must look to this Pacific Coast for 

 its pears. The apple does not, however, 

 hold this position, for throughout the 

 East and Middle West are large pro- 

 ducing sections; it is up to the growers 

 and associations of the Northwest to 

 keep a lap ahead of those sections in 

 their quality of fruit and pack. During 

 the past four years thousands of acres 

 of orchard throughout the United States 

 have been sadly neglected; many of 

 them beyond recovery. This has been 

 caused by the low prices prevailing for 

 several years; almost prohibitive over- 

 head cost in the way of labor, team 

 keep and hire, box and other materials. 

 Many of our orchards, too many, are 

 owned by non-residents who are un- 



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THE SELF-OILING WINDMILL 



has become so popular in its first four yeara that 

 tiiousanda have been called for to replace, on their 

 old towers, other makes of milla, and to replace, at 

 small cost, the gearing of the earlier 

 Aermotors, making them self-oil- 

 ing, ha enclosed motor 

 keeps in the oil and 

 keeps out dust and 

 rain. The Splash Oil- 

 ing System constantly 

 floodseverybearingwith oil, pre- 

 venting wear and enabling the 

 mill to pump in the lightest breeze. 

 The oil supply is renewed once a year. 

 Double Gears are used, each carrying half the load. 

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 Water Supply Goods and Steel Frame Saws. 



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WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT 



