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tfi Editorials @j
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
Waste of Forests Means Ruin.
mHE people of the United States can derive an
object lesson from Bradl as to the climatic
effects produced by the destruction of forests.
No more striking Illustration could be found of
'he fact that trees make the weather.
IlgQEZin In northern Brazil large states have been
brought to the verge of ruin through the devas
tation of the timber lands. United States Consul General
Beeger at Rio de Janeiro calls attention to the chronic
■drouths and torrefactlon In the states of Rto Grande do
Notte and Ceara, where the parched country has brought
such suffering that relief measures have been put In opera
tlon by the government. The consul geenral points out
that the situation there can be definitely traced to the
*vv an bon destruction of the timber, once abundant In those
regions. Now the states are being depopulated, and des
olation reigns where once nature offered every Inducement
to the settler.
The United States In recent years has taken steps to
ward the protection of its forests, but the laws are still
far from stringent The government was slow to awake
to the urgency of the matter. The waste of timber in this
-country during tbe past fifty years has been almost beyond
belief. The continental railroads alone destroyed millions
■cf acres of forests. They slashed and burned recklessly
in building their lines, and their engines set fire to and
ruined vast areas. Settlers, with no thought of the future
■value of the timber, added heavily to the waste. In one
way or another, the ruthless hand of the destroyer has
Bone damage that can be repaired only at the expense of
many years.
The forestry department of the government Is one that
ahould be built up and strengthened by laws designed not
only to foster the growing of trees, but to protect the tim
ber now standing.—Chicago Journal.
We and Our Neighbors.
M^pa^^MMIGRATION is a subject of Infinite possi
▼ bllltles. We had 939.830 Immigrants last year;
3? I ■ Canada had 128,000. Who is the more advan
taged? Of ours 855,000 came from tbe south
fVyWyi of Europe—Latins and Slavs—a class that ail
authorities on the subject say Is little to be
desired. Of Canada’s comparatively small
Amount 80 per cent came from Great Britain, Germany.
France, Belgium, the Scandinavian countries and the
United States —-the best material In the world to build up
A country and make It richer materially and morally. Not
the kind to people the slums of the cities, live from hand to
mouth, increase tbe drain on pauper care, and, in large
part, to get out of the country when they have got all out
-of It that they can or want » » »
Canada has millions of acres, and she Is setting about
their disposal In a way to attract the good citizen. She
offers, too, a stable government; peace, order and law,
where, alas, we have and offer turbulence and a liberty
that, becoming license, Infringes on rights like a tyranny.
Is tbe great republic losing Its charm? Is the glamor pass
ing off? Our Immigration total does not look like it. But
again comes the question of quality. What boots It that we
get the offscourings of Southern Europe and part with
some of our best blood to build up our neighbor to the
north, where fruits of their Industry are absolutely lost to
«is?—lndianapolis News.
The Cost and Folly of War.
HE war In the far East, according to the eom-
Tputatlon of a well-Informed newspaper of
Paris, is costing the Russian government at
K least $1,000,000 a day, and the expense is in
creasing dally. If the war continues for years,
as the experts say It Is pretty sure to do. Rus
’ sla will accumulate a burden of debt that will
rest heavily upon many future generations.
Of course, $1,000,000 a day Is not a surprisingly great
sum for a first-class power to pay for the conduct of a
war. Our war with Spain cost us considerably more than
that. But it was a short war and our financial condition
Was very strong. Russia, on tbe contrary, has been throw
ing millions after millions since tho new policy with re
gard to tbe Asiatic portion of the empire was put into
operation. Nobody knows how much the Trans-Siberian
railway has cost. But it is an enormous amount; and the
expenditures on Port Arthur, Dalny, Harbin, Vladivostok,
and the other outposts have run Into the hundreds of mil-
OBEYING ORDERS.
During the war with Spain 47,000
soldiers were at one time camped at
-Chickamauga awaiting orders for the
invasion of Cuba. Some of the regi
ments wer^made up of the finest and
most earnest young men of the com
munities from which they came. The
exigencies of camp life necessitated
duties with which they had been un
familiar. From one cavalry regiment
two young men, cultivated, wea.ihy,
and graduates of colleges, were detail
ed to assist It^Jiorsesboeing; and so
faithfully did they do their work that
within a month they were able to
make as good a horseshoe, and shoe a
horse as well, as men who had been
trained to the trade from youth.
“It was not exactly what we had In
mind when we enlisted,” said one of
them, ‘‘and it was as near the battle
field as we ever got; but It was our
way of serving our country then, and
we tried to do our duty.”
A harder duty still was assigned to
another man In the same regiment.
The major detailed him to keep the
regimental canteen. Not only was he
a total abstainer, but he was opposed
to the canteen on principle, and in his
-conversation with bls comrades had
made no secret of bis feeling In the
matter.
Ue hotly resented bls assignment to
this hateful labor, and could easily
have risen In rebellion nt what seemed
a gratuitous Insult to his well-known
principles. But he said to himself that
the responsibility for his assignment
to the task rested with the major, but
the responsibility for the way In which
he performed his duty was Ids own.
So he took up the unpleasant work
amid not a little curiosity on the part
of bls comrade* concerning the way In
which be would obey the major's or
dera
lions. Indeed, it was pretty well known to tbe Japanese
as well as to the rest of the world that Russia's treasury
was In an extremely bad way at the time war was declared.
But the $1,000,000 a day is, after all, only a small part
of the bills Russia has to face. Her losses of battleships
hive meant tbe destruction of hundreds of millions of dol
lars’ worth of property that must be replaced, and the
prospective capture of her great towns with their arma
ments must make the Czar's heart sick.
Considered as a plain business proposition, the war with
Japan does not seem to be a very good Investment Even
though Russia should win at last, she will have to defend
her possessions more expensively than ever, and how many
years of ownership of Manchuria will be required to make
up her losses?—Chicago Journal.
Railroads in Darkest Africa.
fTV^^T seems only the other day that explorers were
I Owl T Igalning fame by penetrating to regions of
|“x| M I Africa through which one may now ride In a
drawing room car. The other day the first
|^CX^o|:hrough train left Cape Town for Victoria
fa Ils, on the Zambesi River, near where Liv
ingstone died, and on the edge of that region
tbe exploration of which made Stanley famous. With the
opening of traffic of this southern section of the Cape to
Cairo road half tbe splendid dream of Cecil Rhodes—a
dream which caused men of lesser minds to say that he
was touched with madness —becomes materialized Into a
prosaic, working fact, a matter of freight rates, time tables
and tips to the Pulman porter.
From the north one can now travel more than a thou
sand miles to where only a few years ago. ’’the fires of
hell encircled In the desert lost Khartum” as easily as one
can travel to Chicago, and south of Gordon's reclaimed
capital the railroad Is creeping along the banks of the
Upper Nile. From Cape Town to Victoria Falls is another
thousand miles, leaving something like 2,500 miles more of
road to be built, but much less than that if use is made,
as it will be at first, of tbe long stretches of lake navigation
available. A section of only 750 miles will carry the south
ern stretch of the road to Lake Tanganyika, from the
northern end of which a short section will connect with the
head waters of the Nile.
Before we fully realize what Is being accomplished, the
scream of the locomotive whistle will scare the Infant Nllus
In his cradle and the realm of the Pharaohs find an outlet
along the shores where Table Mountain looks ont toward
the Antartic seas. All the schemes of ambition cherished
by the dead Egyptian kings had no vision of expansion so
great as this. Tbe dream of Cecil Rhodes was greater than
the dreams of the Pbnraohs. —New York Press.
A National Peril.
HERE is more in the toleration of recent auto-
T mobile performances on the highway than the
mere ignoring of tbe rights and the safety of
other people; since the thing would not be pos
sible unless we had forgotten part of the spirit
of our Institutions;
For instance, it is Impossible to avoid the
conviction that tbe only reason some of the men who drive
racing machines escape gaol is that they are conspicuous
in some way, generally the possession of a good deal of
money. The average man would serve a term behind the
bars If he caused the needless annoyance and danger and
damage which these men do.
But If this is true, where is the practical equality before
tbe law of which we have boasted for years? And without
that what becomes of the basis of our system of popular
government?
It is not merely In tbe matter of sport that the change
has come. It is commonly observed that It Is almost Im
possible to punish individuals or corporations of a certain
prominence for some offenses. Between the complaint and
the exaction of the penalty there Is almost always a way
of escape for these people, although there would not be
for smaller fry. The exceptions are Just about enough to
prove the rule.
It Is a more or less clear perception of tbe fact which
causes much of the discontent which existing in ignorant
men. takes queer and unreasonable forms, but is none the
less founded In a certain degree of Justice, and which
among wiser men leads to apptthenslon of the future, un
less we can bring about a more general regard for sound
principles of justice and for the authority of law against
one exactly ns against another.—Hartford Times.
"I will give you the beer if you want
it,” be said to the first man who asked
for a drink of beer, “but I have some
thing better here in the finest lemon
ade to be found in camp.” Removing
the cover, he disclosed a generous ves
sel filled to the brim with rich lemon
ade, and a large lump of Ice in the.
middle. It was too tempting to re
sist, and the lemonade was purchased
Instead of the beer. Before noon of
the first day his lemenade^vyas known
throughout the camp, and the run upon
the canteen was such that he was kept
busy making more, and ho took pains
to keep the quality up to the mark.
The major came by and saw how be
was conducting the place, but he rais
ed no objection. The men of the regi
ment understood the reason for sup
plying the lemonade, and although at
first there had been some disposition
on the part of the rougher ones to
make merry over the uncomfortable
situation in which the young man had
been placed, even these came to ad
mire the spirit In which he obeyed or
ders. and they rallied to his support.
When his duties at the canteen were
over, be was found at the camp
Young Men’s Christian Association,
helping In the religious work of the
regiment. But the popularity of bls
lemonade proved so great as to de
mand a steady supply of it, and in
proportion as the lemonade was con
sumed, the sale of other drinks dimin
ished.
The young soldier had obeyed bls or
ders. and performed a task which Ills
soul despised, but he did It In a way
that helped to give nls regiment the
reputation of being one of the soberest
and most orderly In camp.
Wave* of Pessimism
Pessimism always exists, but It
comes In waves, and a wave of thig
kind is Just now sweeping over the
world. Anyone who will take the trou
ble to look over the magazine and
newspaper files will find half a dozen
times In the last 20 years when we
were treated to the same pessimism
and to much the same stories of na
tional, moral and political decay as we
are to-day. If all of these were true
we would be sunk so low to-lay that
It would be impossible to go any lower.
If, however, we compare lons ranges
of time we see unquestioned progress
In every line, moral and political, as
well as industrial and financial. We
bear complaints of bad municipal gov
ernment, of graft in St. Louis, crook
edness in Minneapolis and rottenness
in Philadelphia, but, as a matter of
fact, the conditions for the country as
a whole are greatly improved. The
apparent decline Is due to the fact that
we know of all the corruption to-day,
thanks to the press, whereas of old It
was hidden away in darkness and se
crecy. In the same way the apparent
Increase in crime, which is the basis of
the English plaint, the greater number
of arrests reported everywhere, tho
larger number of prisoners in jail, do
not really mean more crime, but are
due to the fact that we have a better
police system and that very few
crimes go undetected and unpunished,
as they did formerly.—New Orleans
Ti mes-Democra t.
Mechanism of Gasoline Engine.
It can be understood to what a nice
ty the mechanism of a gasoline engine
Is adjusted when It is stated that to
make 1,000 revolutions a minute means
that in a four-cycle engine there are
500 sprays of gasoline forced Into the
cylinder. 500 times the electric battery
makes a spark and 500 times the es
cape valve Is opened to let the gas out.
Too Much to Expect.
Brookelelgb—l don’t know what
time It Is.
Ascuin—-Isn't your watch running?
Brokelelghr-I don’t think so. I
could hardly expect the pawnbroker to
keep It wound up.—Philadelphia Press.
What has become of the old-fashion
ed men who * the question?
- THE CALL
I walked with on^ whose-child lyid lately died.
We passed the little folk 1’ the street at play.
When suddenly a clear voice "Father!* cried;
The man turned quick and glad; sighed; moved away.
I spoke not, but 'twas given me to discern
The love that watches through th’ eternal years;
God surely so must start nnd quickly turn-
Whene'er the cry of “Father!” strikes bls ears.
—Good Words.
When the Heart Is Young
510 0U refuse to marry her!" ex
\/ claimed 81r Charles Waldegrave,
stopping in his walk to face his
rebellious son. “What do you want?
Eva Grantbolm is beautiful. Her face
and figure are perfect That she Is
wealthy should be no disadvantage in
the eyes of your father's son. Egad.
Harvey," he added somewhat more
mildly, “when you have come to my
years, the age of discretion for a Wal
degrave, you will understand that a
substantial bank balance Is not the
least asset In many a fair lady's claim
to beauty.”
“Not in my eyes,” retorted Harvey
Waldegrave. "When I choose a wife
I shall certainly not consult her bank
er before I allow my heart to throb
for her."
Sir Charles curled his Ups super
ciliously, but his voice betrayed bls
anxiety as he replied: “Am I to un
derstand from your remark that your
heart Is already In the throbbing state;
that the lady is already found? It so,
I warn you that in this matter I have
made my stand. Either you marry
Eva or—l need not put the threat In
words. I have no wish to quarrel with
you, Harvey," he added somewhat sad
ly, “but I love the home that I was
born in and It has pleased me to see
my sentiments shared by you. It
.would kill me to see the place In
strangers' bands, to know that you
would not be Its master. That Is
what your refusal means to me—to
you. That my extravagances have
brought our fortunes to this pass does
not help to make the matter less bitter
to me."
Harvey's handsome face softened.
“The very reason you have given,
dad, Is the one which impels me to
pursue the course which I have cho-
Ben. Practically penniless, possessed
of nothing but an honorable name. I
shall not stoop to sully It by bartering
it for money. With regard to your
other question, although I do not think
you put it seriously, so far I have seen
no girl with whom I would wish to
share that name.”
His words appeared to afford bls
father satisfaction, for laying his hand
upon, his son's arm he said pleasantly;
“Until then the threat I made Just
now is held In reservation, and per
haps before that time the discretion I
spoke of may have come.”
“You condemn me to a long course
of celibacy, dad.” laughed Harvey, “If
I have jo wait till your age."
"My age! Y’ou speak as If I were a
rival to Methuselah. I was 49 last
March, and do not feel a day older
than when I was the age you will be
next month. Egad, boy, If you dare
to tease me about my age I may enter
myself for the matrimonial stakes
against you and back myself to carry
off the prize.”
“So far as I am concerned,” retort
ed Harvey, his eyes twinkling with
merriment, “you would have no cause
to fear, but even supposing we were
both to run, who knows what the lady
might have to say? Her feelings
would have to be consulted. Beauty
and money, the combination, as you
say. is peerless. She may know her
value and not let herself be won."
Sir Charly gazed amusedly at his
handsome
"Upon my word, Harvey, were I to
close my eyes I might wonder if you
were my’ son. When I was your age
every girl was to be won."
“I challenge you to win her," an
swered Harvey smiling. He believed
that Sir Charles was Jesting, and was
well pleased to find the conversation
which had begun so ominously brought
to an end so pleasantly.
"At my age undoubtedly It will be a
sacrifice, but with an undutiful son
who absolutely refuses to aid me I
shall have to make it and pursue the
matter to an end. What that end
may be thirty days will prove; but
come, Harvey, It is time to dress for
dinner. The thought of what I have
embarked upon will make it a pleasure
to me. Old as I am, I will let you
seo that I have not forgotten how to
woo. The lesson may be useful to
you.”
• • • • • • •
The dinner gong bad sounded. Im
patiently Sir Charles fretted about the
room, for young ns he considered him
self he had reached nn age when din
ner becomes an Important event in the
dally round of life.
"See If Miss Grantbolm Is coming.
Mary," he began querulously, when
the door was thrown open and Eva
was ushered in. His sentence ended
abruptly in a scarcely restrained ex
clamation’of admiration.
“I am afraid I am lute,” she said
with a smile to Sir Charles, which In
stantly caused any recollection of his
late impatience to disappear, “but U
you will forgive me I shall make
amends In future.”
lie drew her arm through his, and
as Harvey followed with his sister he
failed to catch bls father’s answer;
evidently It pleased her, for she laugh
ed merrily, but pleasant as tbe laugh
was It jarred on Harvey.
Somewhat discontentedly he took
his place opposite her at the square
table, but sullenness was not a natur
al attribute of his, and throwing it off
be endeavored to talk on topics likely
to Interest her; but although Eva an
swered frankly, she made no effort to
pursue the subjects, but turned at
once to Sir Charles and listened with
sparkling eyes to his discursive stories
of the days when he was in the
guards.
A quite unusual frown marred Har
vey's face as dinner ended. Sir
Charles, with old-fashioned gallantry,
opened the door for Miss Grantholm,
and laying his hand on his heart bow
ed deeply as he did so.
Sir Charles' face was beaming as be
resumed bls chair. Filling his glass
he held it in tbe air.
“Miss Qfantholm, Harvey. A I'ou
trance, my boy," he added merrily, ■■
he placed the empty glass upon the
table.
“A I'outrance," cried Harvey mock
ingly. .
"You mean to enter for the prize."
cried Sir Charles, but his voice showed
no enthusiasm.
“I did not sny so," retorted Harvey
coldly, though bls pulse was running
at twenty over normal rate. “In the
meantime you have the advantage,
and ”
“I mean to keep It,” said Sir Charles
dryly, as, the sound of music reaching
them, he left tbe room.
Harvey lingered over his wine.
"The mere fact that I am practic
ally penniless debars me from wooing
her," he mattered gloomily.
Sir Charles bad left the door ajar
and the pure rich tones of a rich con
tralto voice were borne into the room.
An ardent lover of music, Harvey list
ened entranced; then, unable to keep
away, be In his turn entered the draw
ing room to find his father hanging
over Miss Grantholm and urging her
to sing again.
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Day after day passed and Sir
Charles was constantly at Eva's side,
while Harvey studiously tried to avoid
her company, but without avail. Her
laugh In the garden, her voice In the
hall, Irresistibly drew him to her side.
He knew be loved her, that no other
woman could occupy the place she had
taken in. bls affections, but he feared
his love was hopeless and steeled him
self to regard her as bis future step
mother. The thought made bls blood
curdle, but a word, a smile, from her
was sufficient to make hope rise within
him. and for the time being be would
forget bls father's more successful
wooing. With such a word and smile
she greeted him one afternoon when
he found her seated in the garden.
She made room for him by her side,
but somehow conversation seemed to
fail them.
"1 hope you have enjoyed your visit,”
he said lamely, for she was leaving on
the morrow. “We shall miss you."
“I am glad of that." she answered
hesitatingly, “for your father has ask
ed me to ” She paused abruptly
and a dainty blush rose to her cheeks;
but Harvey’s face had suddenly be
come white and strained.
“Has asked you to ?” he repeat
ed. bls voice trembling. "To come
back again," she said, with a little
nervous laugh, “and I have promised
to come; that is, If you and Mary will
bo glad to have me."
Her eyes were fastened on the
ground, but she stole a hasty glance
at him and saw the misery upon his
face.
“My father has asked you to re
turn; does that mean”—be hesitated to
ask the question which was life or
death to him—‘that some one here has
gained your love?”
It was not the question she had ex
pected him to ask. and her face was
almost as pale as bis as she forced
her Ups to answer. The word came
faintly, feebly, but Harvey beard It
and It was "Yes.”
He had been holding bls stick with
both hands across bis bent knee, and
although the strong wood broke In
half bls face showed no sign of the
pain which cut bls heart.
“It Is far too cold for sitting out of
Coors,” Bounded Sir Charles' voice
from twenty yards away. Before Eva
could stop him Harvey bad leaped to
hfs feet and joined bls father.
“So you have gained the prize,” he
said hoarsely. “Allow me to congratu
late you. Beauty and money,"youth
and love, a prize worth winning.”
Sir Charles stared at him with un
disguised astonishment.
^What does this pleasantry mean?"
be whispered angrily, looking to where
Eva sat. Then, placing bls arm
through Harvey's be led him out of
earshot
“You conceal yoar joy admirably,*
continued Harvey sneeringly.
“What Joy?” asked Sir Charles, fear
ing his son's reason hnd been sudden
ly affected.
“You need not conceal It; Miss Gran
tholm has just told me that she has
accepted you."
“The douce she has!” exclaimed Sir
Charles, blushing under the tan of ac
tive service. “An hour ago she. told
me no, decidedly."
"She refused you!" cried Harvey,
hardly believing that be beard aright,
“yet she is coming back.”
"Miss Grantholm has the good sense
not to allow my mistimed proposal to
stand between her and your sister's
friendship; she knows I am a gentle
man and will not presume again."
"But —shesald —that you—that some
one here bad won her love," stammer
ed Harvey. “Are you sure you have
not misunderstood her?”
Sir Charles smiled grimly.
"She made It very clear.” Then bls
Ups relaxed into a well-pleased smile.
"You love her, Harvey. Love makes
one cowardly, but were I in your shoes
I should require no incentive from my
father to send me to tbe woman who
has confessed her love for me."
Without a word Harvey left his fa
ther’s side, and ten seconds lat^r he
bad found Eva still seated where ha
had left her.
“My father lias sent me back to
you,” he said gently, and as he spoke
he took her band in bis. She made no
effort to withdraw It, and his courage
rose.
'You told me some one bad won your
heart, the heart which I would give
my life to win. My fenrs told me that
all hope of happiness for me was dead,
but now I have come back to ask you
If you spoke the truth —to tell you that
I love you. Darling, I have loved you
from the moment I saw you."
"Yet you said you would not stoop
to woo me, that your name should not
be sullied by sharing It with me," she
said, but there was no anger in her
tone.
"What nonsense Is this, E>va? Who
has dared to credit me with such an
Insult to you?”
She laughed merrily.
"It Is useless to deny It I heard
you and your father talking; I beard
yon say tbe words you now so Indig
nantly deny.”
In an Instant It came back to him.
"I forgot." be said sadly, “but if you
beard you know my reason. My love -
has made me forget lack of fortune. I
had no right to speak."
"It is no lack in my eyes,” she whis
pered tenderly.
Forgetting all else save that she
loved him his nrm passed round her
and he pressed Ills lips to hers.
“I meant to teach you both a lesson,”
she whispered ten minutes later, “but
you have taught the teacher what it is
to love.”—The Tattler.
BUDDHIST HOUSE OF WORSHIP.
Temple Erected at the University of
Pennsylvania.
Tbe Sommervllle Buddhist temple In
the University of Pennsylvania mu
seum comprises the most complete and
elaborate representation of a Buddhist
house of worship ever set up outside of
tbe countries where Buddhism Is the
prevailing religion, says the Booklov
ers’ Magazine. Buddhists frequently
visit the tionple and spend hours there.
Three Images In the temple, those of
Fudo, Kongara and Seitaka, were pro
cured by Prof. Sommervllle from the
famous Koyasau temple in Klsbu,
Japan. The most artistic piece in the
temple Is a vase of bronze flowers,
which came from a temple at Kioto
and is nearly four centuries old.
In this curious temple Japanese resi
dents In Philadelphia, and chance pil
grims In the city, gather at times to
pray for victory for the arms of the
Mikado. They find themsolves In an
atmosphere so like that of the land
of tho lotus that they can easily im
agine themselves transported to their
Island home, worshiping at tbe famil
iar shrine of earlier days.
Not a single article necessary to sup
port this Illusion Is missing. Buddhas
of various sizes smile benevolently and
eternally at the visitors to the temple;
lotus plants, symbolical of the life that
springs from a lowly beginning to a
splendid flowering, give color to the
scene around the altar; gods little and
big. and of various stations In tbe
hierarchy of Japanese deities, rest on
their pedestals within the rail and
smile or threaten according to their
mission.
At the outer gateway of the temple
are seen two life-size figures of seml
mendlcant fruit sellers, constructed
with the wonderful fidelity to nature
for which Japanese artists are noted.
At the Inner gates two gigantic statues
stand, with greet muscular arms up
lifted in an attitude suggestive of ven
geance should any visitor misbehave.
These are the Gods of Silence found
at the entrance to Buddhist temples.
Their threatening attitude Is to com
mand all Intending worshipers to leave
levity behind when they crosj the
sacred portals. Within the gates Is a
cistern and towel rack, where the wor
shipers pause to cleanse their feet and
hands and rinse out the mouth, while
behind this is to be found the temple
proper.
The World’s Largest Orchard.
America claims that thedargest or
chard in the world is in Missouri. It
Is the great Winans orchard, near
Marshfield, in Webster County. There
nre 86,000 apple trees, 10,000 peach
trees, and 10,000 pear trees, Just at
proper bearing age. The acreage cov
ered la 1,240, and It Is estimated that
tho orchard Is now worth $408,000,
Th^re are to-day In the county 1,000,-
(toO bearing trees.
Why don't these rising people get t»
the top?