| Show THE PLACE FOR FRUIT GROWING our esteemed fran I 1 10 0 W warner of moab grand county utah whose communication on the subject of fruit raising raisin gand and its encouragement by the prec and by bythe the territorial fair w is published a few weeks agos ago writes again under date data of the 2nd and dinst in a very interesting and diverting man ner er on bis bin favorite and a really import ant anit theme his conclusion that we must be a new bagdat hand att the pump 11 it if we have not heard of the grand girand county potatoes and of the man thit that raised such a large crop of squashes that he had bad to rent his bis neigh bors farm to pile them on ss is so manifestly a bit of pleasantry that it makes our confession of agnor ance less la humiliating his further observation that he would ship a sample squash to the NEWS if the weather were not so BO cold that he trust it to a flatcar flat car and he Is ie afraid the railroad company would not enlarge the door of a covered oar car for or the purpose 1 supplies HUp plies al another kother in stance of how bow the soulless transportation companies ignore the rights and needs of their patrons his final remark that since he cannot do us ue the pleasure of seeing such a squash he at least can do himself the tee pleasure of sending a crate alte of apples is not cot only quite philosophical bat eminently on en torta ining as an well his apples have been duly received critically exa examined mineO and extensively tasted and with the full consciousness that what we are about to say may be taken down and later used umed in evidence against us we pronounce them monsters mo naters in size also and solidity models in flavor and juiciness beauties in color and in all respects equal to it if not surpassing the blot best we ever saw at first glance we thought he had bad reconsidered his promise and bad really sent seat us squashes squash ash and after mature consideration we came to the opinion that a grower and a county that can show such fruit may dellbe well be par pardoned donea fr pride in the product and ought to be encouraged to lot let fruit fault growing be abear sole and especial business from this thin time on our correspondent rightly right ily says thit that a newspaper has a great deal to do with making a people and that in bis bin travels he has found the NEWS in the farm farmers erss homes esteemed by its readers riot not only for fer its church news but for the interest it has always shown in the agricultural and horticultural labors of the community he points out that the steady pursuit of this thin course cours will win new friends and firmly believing this the NEWS repeats its 4 to agriculturists and fruit and stock growers to furnish whatever of interest may come under their observation as the result 0 of f personal experience we shall be happy to furnish space for all such communications cat ions brother warner taking us at our word saye 1 I see what my neighbors over the line in colorado are doing they are planting fruit trees t by the tb tousand usand and they have not as good a climate as we have in utah either there is more to be made from one on acre of fruit than from one hundred acres of grain and without nearly as much labor 11 a statement we can readily believe since looking at the samples sample he sends bends from grand county it will give us sincere pleasure to receive from him such suggestions as will show the people of utah how to live and make money without plowing in the same game furrow that their grandfathers did aid and especially how to grow fruit so large that hotels and retail dealers can cant it handle it at all |
