The Fruit Feud: Oroville vs. Riverside

The last issue of the Riverside Argus calls down the GAZETTE in a pretty play of sarcasm because this paper had the temerity to state that peach trees and newly planted orchards in portions of Okanogan county were injured by the recent severe winter, one of the most severe winters ever experienced in the country. The article was founded upon the observations of the editor and information derived from reliable authority. This paper did not state that fruit trees had been killed, thus embracing all kinds of fruit, as the Argus, in its anxiety to force a case of issue, tries to make it appear. Peaches alone were mentioned as being extensively damaged, and the younger fruit trees planted last year. If the Argus denies that, it is too ignorant of conditions to be worthy of notice. All the hardier varieties of fruit trees stood the winter well, and the usual heavy crops will be harvested. The Argus is assuming a belligerent attitude without cause or reason. We have little patience with those who are afraid of the truth relative to the country in which they live.