Show Mountain Inter Inter Inter- Mount in News NeW's Service B By The Th Republican s Special Correspondents I TROPIC PRODUCES EXCELLENT FRUIT Village in Garfield County Has Reputation for Its Fine Orchards ITS POPULATION IS Residents tic Arc 1 11 l Miles Promo Prom Railroad Rail HaJJ road Rut lImit I Expect to U Make c selves n lIo Tropic Feb 12 r Thirty miles southeast of Panguitch Pan In county Is Is situated the he little town of or Tropic whose population numbers numbe 71 1 It is nestled fleShed In a little covo COVe Just under I the rim of the time Great Basin Dasin an and re receives re- re Its water ater supply sUlI from flom tho the east fork of the Sc lct river Farming Farming- stock and Shed sheep raising and fruit growing g arc time the chief occupations of time the people The Thc fruit Crull Industry merits special attention Almost as soon as this little lilUe village c was lal laid out fruit trees tires of the choicest varieties were verc planted Within a few years cars fruit was grown in good oo quantities quantities quan quan- titles an and quality and is being raised tit it the present time lime although last ast spring for COl the first time In the history of or th tho I place lace a heavy frost rost destroyed the major part of It This fruit Is free from worms worm and amid strict care Is being taken to keep down own fruit tree pests The orchards s now no planted cover COVel 99 acres divided dl as follows Sixty five acres of oC apples six of plums and anti prunes sixteen of peaches two of pears Car one of cherries four of ot currants cur eui- rants and five of Strawberries Straw Straw- berries tomatoes raspberries an and grapes g are also raised in limited quantities These orchards s arc all nil young youn and an well kept assuring good crops The largest hugest ones are arc owne owned by M. M t. t G. G Llo Lloyd d George Georgc Shakespeare Ole Ahl- Ahl storm John Ahlstrom T. T H H. Cope William and Hem Henry Juiley an and T. T R. R Cope The Thc varieties grown ro most successfully successfully success success- s- s fuli fully are arc the time Gano W. W AV IV y I h Shannon an and Jamestown Jamestown James James- town apple Alexan Alexander cr peach Bartlett pear and an 1 Houton louton In 1903 1303 there were grown ro In the orchards of M. M G. G Lloyd 1 that measure measured 14 1 1 4 Inches incites Jn In n circumference and anti that measured 1 12 4 3 In In- In ches cites These apples were entirely free trec from worms were re c-re an and kept well In addition to the time fruit not needed fur for homo home consumption many of the smaller sim fruits sell ell readily at soo good prices at Panguitch while the apples are UlO sold old III in Pluto county More Mome money would be bl t If Jr time tho railway fun CIC not I I 3 n away avay Wn l hut but ut residents of cf th the reel feet confident that conditions will Improve on and that hELL the tho industry will yet bo be o u a paying In Iii In- vestment nt |