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THE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDEORD, ORrcOON, AVElNKftDAY, DECEMBER .15, 1900. ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ROGUE GROWS NEWTOWNS Tho Fruit Grower of St. Joseph, Mo., contains tho following artlclo in Its December Issue: "In the October Fruit Grower wo took occasion to remind Colonel Drackett, United States pomologlst, that two sections of tho far west grow N'owtown Pippin apples, not withstanding these sections wcro not Included in tho list of places ho men tions as growing this variety. "Now comes Dr. E. D. PIckel, Med- lows: Percy Collier, u K.ider of yo .ford, Or., with this complaint: I.'ugene High School l.hgut team of -It Is hard for us to understand W Carlton Sicuwr of Cot why tho editor of tho Fruit Grower !' Ovo a riacluutc uf the Hose should fail to mention tho Roguo.n: hlgi school and Icrder of Its Rlvor valley. Oregon, where moro' ' J" aams,t Ashland. Newtown apple trees ar0 planted w.th Hmvar.1 Itnm.MV:'. n gradu than In tho Hood River district and te of the SalenPhlgh school and a whero thev also grow to perfection, i member of the Salem team last year, I alyso send a clipping or two from as alternate. The Utah debato Is our local papers. Please read them j considered one of the most important and ponder them well, then somo- debates that th0 university enters, time leave the office long enough toOn account of tho dlstanco between visit us. would like to show e two schools, each team is com- y0M posed of two men. In previous con- V "We stand corrected. Wc knew tests the University of Oregon has tho Rogue River valley grows New- won oue and lo8t onc- town Pippins, and good ones, too. Dr. PIckel sent us a box of the finest apnles of this variety we havo ever Eton. "One of tho clippings 6ent by Dr. PIckel tells of a sale of nearly $6000 worth of apples from three acres ot trees. Th trees are 22 years old and ther are 159 planted on three acres, or 53 to the acre. They pro-j duced 2650 boxs of apples, which at $2.25 per box, brought $5962.50 or S19S7.50 per acre The total cost of cultivating the land, spraying, pruning, picking, packing and ship ping the fruit Is given at $300 per acre, leaving $16S7.50 Jer acre net. "This estimate was made under the supposition that the Newtowns would bring $2.25 a box, and yet It was expected that tho orchardlst would sell at $2.50 per box, so that the figures would be raised corre spondingly. "We say again: The Rogue River! country surely raises Newtown Pip pin apples." MANY AVIATORS TO ATTEND MEET IN LOS ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 15. Roy Knabenshue, Wlllard Lincoln and Beechy will participate In tho avia tion meet planned for San Francisco next February, according to an an- nouncement todav y members of W cone through the hunting season , u "B on u .me. ur ,uo the committee have the affair ,n JtZt mbbit stew of which , rerprovmliaV 2 charge. Replies to the invitations sj,0 is particularly found, Mrs. Mnry l by uU flrm Helnzinan wanted tho sent the aeronauts were received late j Coleman of Morgnntown prayed that . improvements already existing con yesterday, and the committee claims uer appetite for rabbit might be ap- demncd and sold as a public utility to to be In a position to announce au- pensed. With great faith in prayer the highest bidder. He offered further thorltatively that the proposed meet is assured by their acceptance. I pome hunter friend to ' leave one at The Pacific Aero club, which Isljlc door. At dinner tme the rabbit sponsor for the meet, today Initiated had not come, so with a sigh she a financial campaign and its officers Went down cellar for potatoes, and believe that the necessary $50,000 there in the potato bin, so frightened will be made to secure tiie appear-j that it was unable to escape her, nnco In this city of Paulhan, the Mrs. Coleman found the rabbit she French aviator, and other bird men desired. One blow with a stick fin who will participate In tho Los An- jshed it, and she soon had the rabbit geles meeting In January. s(ew for -which she had prayed. HEALTH Aro you aware that every other form of artificial illumination, ex- mosphero and tends towards sick ceptlng electric light, eats up the ox- ( ness or discomfort? ygen In the air, and robs your lungs j Truly thero Is none. and your family's lungs of the Another point: most essential and life-giving elc monta of which the air we breathe Is composed? Did you over think of that? A gas flame, or an oil lamp flame, ' as much oxygen as four adult per sons. That means that If there are six people In your parlor In the evening, and throe burners (gas or oil) are.' alight. tho result on the air in that room is tno samo as u mere wero -Jghtccn people there. Ever go out In the evening to a -card party, or some similar affair, 3ind stay for several hours In a room Jn which twenty or thirty peoplo wer0 -congregated and that room llght ed with gas or oil? Remember what a long, relishing draught of pure night air your poor lungs breathed In when you loft that house? Remember what a relief It was? A gas or oil flamo cannot burn for a mlnuto in air from which oxy gon has been extracted. An electrlo light burns in a vacuum enclosed In an air tight glass bulb. Catch tho point? Now when you install electric light In your home you are Just chas ing so much unsanltarlne.89 out of your homo. Is electric light more exM.'iisIvo . when you consider this? Would you not consider buying, at however choap a price, a piece of furniture, or drapery, which was un der suspicion that.lt harbored disease germs? Do you consider thero Is any econ omy in buying and using any form of light (no matter how cheaply It long. OREGON HIGH SCHOOL WINS FIRST DEBATE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Ku-I gene, Dec. 15. Three men trained In tho Oregon. High School Debating league have Just won first honors In debato at tho University ol Oregon, ' having been chosen, nftor a rerles of hard tryouts In wUIj'i n lorgo number ot men competed, to ttpitsent the j university against the University of; Utah In their annual debate on Jan- uary 2s. The team cbonon Is as fol GRANTS PASS BUSINESS MEN MEET AT SMOKER GRANTS PASS, Or., Dec 15. The Grants Pass Commercial club held a smoker at Us regular meeting last evening that brought out a largo crowd of business men. Coffeo and sandwiches were served and a thor oughly Kood time was observed by all. TUe most Important business transacted at the meeting was tho naming of the caves in tho south westers part of tho county. It was officially determined to call them the Josephine county caves. GRANTS PASS REDMEN ELECT NEW'OFFICERS GRANTS PASS, Or., Dec. 15. Ta kllma tribe, No. 29, held their regu lar election of officers on Monday evening and the following were elect ed: Lee Sill, scachem; T. M. Renshaw senior sagamore: D. E. Dotson, Junior sagamore; Marcus W Robblns, chief of records: W. G. Thrasher, keeper ;of wampum; Fred Roper, prophet; George Finch, trustee. PRAYER BRINGS WOMAN FAT RABBIT STEW i j NANTICOKE, Pa., Dec. 15. ITnv- Kho waited hooefnllv all moraine for: HINTS may be bought that vitiates tho at- Electric light Is eminently safer than any other kind of light. No matches are required. And matches cause more flrea than anything else In tho wide world. 'ian nr nil Inmns when vou consld or this? Once more Gas and oil are both expenslvo a little neglect a little absont-mlnd- f thmihtle8. ne8aand you and your famlly ar0 In Imminent danger of tragic, sudden death. ' Is electric lighting more expenslvo ; than gas or oil lamps when yon think Jt over? Besides If there weren't those real and tremendous arguments In favor of electric light In the home what light Is there that compares with it in quality for a moment? Think of Its brilliancy, Its stead iness, Its convenience, its absolute perfection of quality. No flickering uncertainties. No shadows on tho book or papers. No chairs to climb on to light it. No matches to strike to light It. No nerve-irritating roar. No fua0 or soot to blacken celling or curtains. No stale, unpleasant odorr. No coal oil can In the kitchen. No lamp chimneys to clean, No lamps to fill. No wicks to trim, No broken down mantels to rufflo your temper. And - wo could go on for a long tlrno yet. But, we'll leave It to your own senso to complcto th0 list, and boo tho point".' Wo know it won't take mm i nc 11 i SS? i'os b 0 l Srir mci r J jmnti Compnr. Ik t8 WfeJ J Copyright. r VjY J 1387. 190. by II 1 rV Suwwt I I (If Unnl i I vJ: J v Chapter 26 T 1IH Qrst season of tho Doom coiupauy was most successful. Its prospects for tho future were bright. The drlvo had been delivered to Its various owners at a prlco below what it had cost them severally and without the necessary attendant bother Therefore the log. gers were only too willing to renew their contracts for another year. This J did not satisfy Nowmark, however. 1 "What we want," ho told Orde. "Is a charter giving us exclusive right on tho river and authorizing us 'to ask toll. I'm going to try and get one out of the legislature." He departed for Lansing as soon as tho assembly opened and almost Ini- "What tec vant it a charter.' mediately' became lost In one of thoso fierce struggles of politics not less bit- ter because concealed. Ilclnzman was already on the ground. Newmark had guarantees as to future improvements, In addition were other and moro po tent arguments proffered behind closed doors. Many cases resolved themselves into a bald question of cash. Others demanded diplomacy. Jobs, fat con tracts, business favors, Influence, were all flung out freely, bribes as absolute as though stamped with the dollar mark. Newspapers all over the state were pressed into service. Among these delicate and complicated cross I currents Newmark moved silent, cold, I secret. H seemed to understand them, to play with them, to manipulate them as elements of the game, i The flgbt endured through most of the first half of the session. At the to", howwer. the i bill passed tho board. The company bad Its charter. "It's cost us plenty, anyway." Ordo said wheu the charter bill became a law. "The proposition's got n load on It. It will take us a long time to get out of debt. The river driving WewrwrK t Orde mean $ome(hlnq to to these fellowi now." won't pay quite so big as we. thought it would," be concluded, with a rue ful little laugh. "It will pay plenty well enough," re plied Newmark decidedly, "and It gives us a vantage point to work from. You don't supposo we aro go ing to quit at river driving, do you? Wo want to look around for somo timber of our own. There's where the big money Is. And perhaps wo can buy a schooner or two and go Into tho carrying trado. Newmark & Ordo means something to these fellows now," Chapter 27 I N tin- course of tho next eight years Nuwmurk & Ordo floated high on that flood of u (parent prosperity that attends a business well con- R1 L7JQJ i iverman By Stewart Edward White J ectved and passably well managed. The Uoom and Driving company inmlo money, of course, for with the margin of 60 per cent or thereabouts necessl. tatcd by the' temporary value of tho improvements good years could hardly fall to bring good returns. This, It will be remembered, was a stock com pauy. With tho pro Us from that busi ness the two men embarked ou a sep arate copartnership. Onle lived at ease In a new house of some size, surrounded by groundH. He kept two servants. A blooded team of horses drew the successor to the original buckboard. Newmark owned a sail yacht of five or six tons, in which, quite solitary, he took his only pleasure. Hoth were considered moii of substance and property, as In deed they were. Immediately after the gmntlug of the charter to drive the river tho part- ' ncrs hud offered them an opinirtunlty of acquiring about liO.OOO.OOO feot of timber remaining from Morrison & I Dnlv'M nrlfttinl hnlillnt- OnTn Hnnll completed the purchase on long tlm j notes, neiow me uooms tney ereeteu i a mill. The following winter Orde , spent in the woods, Ity spring be had banked about fl.000.000 fret. At the end of the fifth year tho op portunity came to got possession of two lake schooners. Onle nt once sug gested the contrncf for a steam barge. Towing wns then In Its Infancy. Orde j thought that n Meam barge could b i built powerful enough not only to car- I ry Its own hold and deck loads, but to ' tow after It the two schooners. New- mark agreed with him Thus the firm went Into the carrying trade. The i most Important acquisition was that of the northern penlusula timber, . Most operators called the white pine- along and back from the river inex haustible. But Orde saw the time not far distant when the world would be ' compelled to look clsewhero for Its ' lumber, and be turned his eyes to tho nlmost unknown north. After n long Investigation ho purchased 300.000.000 feet. This wob to bo paid for mostly by the firm's notes, secured by Its oth er property. To Carroll. Orde was always the samo big. hearty, wholo souled boy she had first learned to lovo. She had all Iris confidence. I) o b b y had turned out a sturdy, honest little fellow, with more than a streak of hli mother's charm and Intuition. "I want to give htm all the chance there Is," Orde explained to Carroll. "A boy ought to start where his father .left off and not hare r do the nn m e thing nil over again." "Why don't you let him con Whti tUm't you let Itlm continue your butnct" tinue your business:-" smiled Carroll. "By the time Bobby's grown up this business will all be closed out." re plied Orde seriously. Three years after tho conversation last mentioned, which would havo mado Bobby Just eight, Orde came home on n summer evening, bis faco alight with satisfaction. He believed he had found tho oppor tunity, twenty years distant, for which p had been looking so long. Orde and his wife sat together on the top step. lie slipped his arm about bor. They breathed deep of the happi ness that filled their lives. Two shad owy figures defined themselves ap proaching up the concrete walk. "Hello!" called Orde. "Hello!" a voice responded. "Taylor and Clara." said Ordo to Carroll, with satisfaction, "Just the man,l wanted to see." Tho lawyer and bis wife mounted the steps. Clara Taylor stopped short and con sidered Ordo for a moment. "Let us away," she said seriously to Carroll. "My prophetic soul tells me they aro going to talk business, and If any moro business is talked In my presenco I shall expire. Come, Car roll; let's wander down tho street and sco Mlna Ilclnzman." Tho two sauntered away, "Look hero, Taylor," broko In Ordo abruptly; "you told mo tho other day you had fifteen or twenty thousand you wanted to place somewhere." "Yes." replied Taylor. "Well, I bellevo I have Just the prop osition." "What Is It?" "California plno," replied Ordo, "California pine," repeated Taylor. "California's n long way off, nnd there Is no market, Is there'" "It's cheap," replied Ordo succinct ly, "I don't say It "will bo good for Immediate returns, but In twenty or thirty yearn It ought to pay big on a small investment mado now," Taylor laughed, "Laugh all you please," rejoined Orde, "but I tell you Michigan, and Wisconsin pine Is doomed. Twenty or thirty years from now thero won't be 1 any w hlle pine for tialo." "Nonsensel" objected Taylor, "You'ro talking wild." "All right," snld Ordo quietly. "Well. 1 wnat do you tliluk of Indiana ns n i I good Held for timber Investment T" I I "Indiana!" cried Taylor, nutated. ! "Why, there n no timber there: It n n prairie." "There used to be. And all tho I southern Michigan farm bolt wan ttuv i ' bored, nnd around here. We have our i stumps to show for It, but thero are no cvtdeucos at all farther south. You take your map and see how much area i has been cut already, That'll open ' your eyes. And. remember, nil that has 1 been done by crudo methods. Tho de mand Increases as the country grows and methods Improve. It would not surprise me If some day thirty or forty millions would constitute an nvornge cut." "Why Is It that no ono"- "Hccttuse." Onle cut trim, short, "the big things are for tho fellow who can see far enough ahead." "What kind of a proposition havo you?" asked Taylor after a pause. "1 can get 10.000 acres at an average , price of SkS an acre." replied Onle. "about IPO.0iTO.0iVl Toot In timber." "That's about 20 cents a thousand." Orde lioddod, "And of course you couldn't operate for twenty or thirty oars. and there's "The bio thl)ij$ arc jor the fellow who can tct lar cnouyh ahcait." your Interest ou your money nnd taxes and the risk of tiro and" "Of course," agreed Orde Impatient ly, "but you'ro gettltig your stuuipage for it) ceiitH. and In thirty years It should be worth a dollar and a half." At the present time sugar plno such ns Onle described would cost f3.&0 to $1. Taylor rein i wed Into thought. "Look here, Onle." he broko out finally, "bow old aro you'i" "Thlrty-elght. WhyV "How much timber have you la Michigan?" "About 10.000.000 that wo'vo plck'ed up ou tho river slnco tho Daly pur chase and :i00.000.000 In the northern peninsula." "Which will take you twenty years to cut nnd mnke you a million dollars. Then why this Investment thirty years ahead?" i "It's for Hobby." explained Ordo aim ( ply. "A mau likes to havo his son I continue on In his buslucas. 1 can't do H here, but thero 1 can. It would . take fifty years to cut that pine, and that will give Bobby n steady Income ' nnd n steady business." I "Bobby will bo well enough off any J way." Ho won't havo to go Into busl- J ness." ; Ordo's brow puckered. "I know a man. Hobby Is going to work. A man Is not n success In life ( ! unless he does somothlng, and Bobby Is going to be a success. Why, Toy- j llor." he chuckled, "tho little rascal fills the wood box. for a cent a time. and that's all tho pocket money ho , gets. He's saving now to buy n thou I sand dollar boat. I've agreed to pool , , In half. At his present rote of Income ! I'm safe fur plmri 1 voir yet." iTO BE COHTIinnCD. . Burglar Msdlelns. "A society woman onco asked me what she shtuld do if a burglar were to get into her room and awakca ber from sleep," said a former police cap tain. "I told her to do nothing except sit up in bed and squeal for help at the top of her lungs. That's the medi cine for Mr, Burglar, Not one of tho gentry In 10,000 will do aught saro run like a deer when a woman begins to yoll. Tho uuro enough professional will not harm anybody unless corner ed, aud to shoot Is the last thing ho contemplates in his philosophy. An amateur loses his head and. uses his gun, out a icgulur nover." Baltimore American. Sarcastic. ' A pompous looking lawyer ouco chartered a hansom cab, and on reach ing hlu destination he only gave his driver tho shilling required by law. Tho driver looked at the coin and bit his Hp. Then In tho most courteous manner ho said; "Do step In again, sir. I could ha' druv ye a yard or two far ther for this 'ere." London Fun. Reatons For Love, Patience-A II the girls Just hnto him because he's going to marry me. I'j trice You lovo him for the cnomles ho has made, I supposo. Yonkcrs Btntcs man. The Manager. "Aro you nblu to manugo your hus band V" "I don't have to, My mother lives With us." Houston Post, PLUMBING SUAM AND HOT WATER HEATING All Work Gimrnntaod IMcok Roumnmblo COFFEEN & PRICE 11 North D St.. Mfdfoid F. N. CUMMINGS OSGOOD & CUMMINGS Civil Engineers THE BEST EQUIPPED ENGINEERING OFFICE IN SOUTHERN OREGON. Surveys, Maps, Plans, Specifications, Reports, Estimates, Etc., Water Pow ers and "Water Works, Paving and Road Making, Sewerage, Railroads, Ir rigation and Drainage. OFFICE: MEDFORD NATIONAL BANK BLDG. Order FOR YOUR XMAS TURKEYS, CHIOKEN3, THE FINEST CITY WITHOUT EXCEPTION Rex Market Huth & Pech Props. Phone 3271 GOLD RAY GRANITE CO. Office: 209 Woat Main St., Mud ford, Oro. Operating Quarry D KALE US IN BUILDING, MONUMENTAL AND CRUSHED GRANITE If you cannot roach us in portion, you enn roach tin by ' Phone 3272. ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. PHONE US YOUR ORDERS. Tj?1 It Ih a Kood habit. It is a rapidly growing habit with nil Mod ford. It !h n iinbit by which thousands envo in their dally nnd monthly nnd yearly oxpondituroa. It is n habit that booomoa fixed tho oftoner pooplo buy lioro, And tho brond rcnaon is Bat infliction, Poonlo aro satisfied with our groceries. Pooplo uro KiitiKfied with our prices. Peoplo nro satisfied with tho ways of tho storo, its manners nnd mothods. WHY PAY 35c FOR A 5 POUND PACKAGE OF OATS WHEN f&toAW 1 WE HAVE THEM FOR 30c? Rex Grocery uOne Price to Everybody" IMinne T. W. OSGOOD Now ETC. 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