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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1910)
InSPFORT) atAIL TRIBUNE, BEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1910, 4 Medford Mail Tribune Complete 8orlci! Thirty-ninth Tear; Dally, Fifth. Year. XTJSMBXBD DAILY BXOEPT 8ATVB DAY ST THH MSDFORQ rRXNTXXO 00. EXPLORING NEW TERRITORY. A A consolidation of the Medford Mall, Ubtlshcd 188: th Houthtrn Oregon Itn, eatabllahed 1901: the Domocrntic Tlma, established l7Sj tho Aahland Tribune, established 1896, and the Med ford Tribune, established 1908. GEORGE PUTNAM, editor itnd Manager Entered a second-class matter Ko nmbr 1, 1909, at tho noatofftce at Uedford. Orecon, under the act or garch S, 1878. Official Paper of the Cltr of Medford. auBSCBxraosr rates i Ona year by "mall ... s92 One month by mall... . .50 TfT month, delivered by carrier. In Medford. Ashland. Jacksonville, Talent, Phoenix, Central Point, aold IIUl and Woodrllle .JO lunday only by mall, per year.... 5.00 Woefcly. ona yearj. . . . . .j. . . JTaH leased Wire XXnlttd patohes. rress xu- The Mall Tribune i on sale at the Ferry News Stand. San Francisco. Portland Hotel News Stand, Portland. Bowman News Co.. Portland, Or. W. O. Whitney, tfcauie, osn. Hotel Spokane Kowa Stand, Sp Spokane. Fostatfa XaUsi I. to lJ-pape paper.... Jo .sc 1J to 24-paRe paper.... 21 tQ to 38-pago paper. November, 1S09 1.700 1.93S 1.111 December. 1909 Jaauary. 1910 February. 1910 March Clrcolauoni S.JS0 2.JS0 1,300 1,150 l s,:oo J 1,200 1 2,221 4 J.SI5 2,100 7 2,150 8 1,250 9 2.250 10 2,350 11 2,250 U 2.300 14. 2.250 It 2.250 II .Sft Total 0.9 50 Lets deductions 1,150 18 20 21 22 2,250 23 2,300 24 2,250 35 3,250 37 2.300 38 2,250 29 2.350 30 2,250 3X. 3,260 Net total 59.B0O Average net dally 2.203 XSBrOBS, OXSKSOX. Metropolis of Southern Oregon and 'orthern California and faatest-grow-ik city in Oregon. . Population. April. 1910. 8598. Banner fruit city of Oregon Rogue Itct apples won sweepstakes prUe and JUe of -Apple Mag of tts "WorlA" it National Apple Show, Spokane. 1909. .Rogue River pears brought highest Rices In all markets of the world dur ing the past fire years. Write Commercial Clab for pamphlet. The hookworm has attacked the alfnberry. Every 0110 is important now to the census man. Vale envies tho Medford spirit.-So docs all Oregon. Cleanliness is next to Godliness clean up that yard of yours. Don't forget who your grandfather was when tho census man calls. , A-Central Point girl forgot to look for a man under the bed, but there was one there. If Teddy comes to Crater Lake he will sco something that Africa and Europe couldn't show him. T. H. Moore is to build a $100,000 hotel at Ontario. He would have dono better to build it here. Klamath county has a special elec tion to move the courthouse April 30 and Klamath Falls is much excited. Governor Patterson of Tennessee has made justice a farce by pardon ing Murderer Cooper, slayer of ex Senator Carmack. Valuablo horticultural information is contained in the ada of wildcat promoters. They can teach Profes sor O'Gara a lot The crater of Mt. Aetna is a great drawing card for tpurists. The cra ter of Mt. Mazdma will be a greater one if made accessible. Edison has perfected a storage battery that will run a streetcar for SO cents a day. The Eugene Guard p'ertinnntly asks: What's the matter with trying it on congress T A fly's career is graphically por trayed in moving picture films. It is shown imbibing poison, carrying putridity and discharging germs upon the nipple of a baby's feeding bot tle. It may help educato the public in cleanliness. The creation of proposed Nesmith county from parts of Lane and Douglas would take 1472 square miles from Lane, leaving it 2008, and 468 from Douglas, leaving that county 4303. The joint area of tnese two counties is now larger than ten other counties of the state, and af ter division would have vast re sources and large population. FEW dnvs nco Southern Pacific officials tardily J is covered the country lying between Grains Pass and Crescent Citv. The fact that Hill is likely to invado this ter ritory is evidently responsible for the exploration, other wise this rich region would have lain there until dooms day without an effort on the part of tho Harriman torees to se riously, consider it as available territory. They reported that it was a very hard trip, tho road was very rough and very hilly. It crossed three mountain ramies and there wore grades eiffht miles long. Frequent lv thov had to get out and walk. They wore eleven hours I traveling from Crescent City to Waldo, a distance of fifty I miles . Going in between Waldo and Crescent City they mot but due team and that was the stage on the return thoy met one team other than the stage. From remarks dropped, the inference is to be drawn that it is a rough, mountainous country, scarcely popu lated. And this recalls the fact that it is but a few years since that E. H. Harriman crossed central Oregon, pro nounced it a desert, and said that he had seen but three chipmunks and a couple of coyotes, the only signs of life in 300 miles. Yet there are two lines of railroad being built today to furnish transportation to tho chipmunks and coyotes. The same officials that pronounced central Oregon a des ert are now working large forces in building roads across it, yet they made no effort at railroad building until forc ed to head off a rival line's invasion. The available tonnage and possibilities of the Crescent City route cannot be seen or even surmised from the wagon road. There are countless mines among the hills, each of which will produce a considerable tonnage with trausptfr tation facilities. There is the largest redwood timber bolt in the world, immense forests of pine and fir, and numerous fertile valleys suited to agricultural and horticultural pur suits, and capable of great development with transporta tion. The country traversed is a rich one, and with a rail road would become one of the most productive on earth. It has every advantage of climate and natural resource. Virgin countries are developed through railroads. Countries do not develop much nowadays in advance of the railroad; imagination is necessary in the accomplish ment of great undertakings. Particularly is it necessary in the railroad builder, who must ee far enough into the future to realize the possibilities of development. DECEIVING THE PUBLIC. section. Theso conditions do not exist in tho vicinity of Portland, and there can bo no comparison of the two sec tions 011 a fruit growing basis. Rogue River apples win sweepstakes prizes at world's apple shows, and sell for highest price in all the markets of the world. For many yoars Rogue River peal's have received the top notch price wherevor offered. Fruit pro duced around Portland has neither name, fame or repu tation for flavor, quality or quantity, and, moreover it will not stand shipment to distant points. Rogue River fruit laud is high in price bocauso it pro duces rare fruit. A profit of $1000 per aero is not unooir mon no aero of fruit any whore near Portland ever made such a record and none over will. The land about Portland may bo suited to cherries and other small fruit, but it is not and never will bo valuablo as'apple and pear land, and is not iu any seuso in the same class with tho land about Medford. TO PATRIOTIC CITIZENS. Tho taking of the census begins today. Energetic enumerators have been secured, but these young men can not enroll all tho names of all the people unless thoy have tho aid and co-operation of everyone. Many people will not be at home when tlio census takor arrives, Homo will, be out of tho city, some will purposely dodge the enumora tors. It is highly important lor Mod ford and its future that every name of every resident gets on tho roll The political importance of tho city deponds upon tho number of inhab tants shown by the consus. Its political and social standing in the state and in tho nation is determined by tho census. Appropriations for public buildings and extensions of tho fodoral service in overy diroction are dotorminod by tho census. If you are a patriotic citizen you will seo that your namo is taken and that thD names of your family and rel atives aro included. If your noighbors aro out of tho city, call up tho Commercial club and give tho names to tho secretary. It' you hear of any family not on tho roll, ox plain to them tho importanco of having the city credited with full population, and if they will not take the trouble to seo about it. take it up with tho census 'man yourself. Many pooplo who live in Medford are absent from the city on business or pleasure a great part of the time, yot they belong hero and every effort should bo made tp have thorn enrolled. Do what you can to help got the names jf theso absentees. To convince the world that Medford is tho motropoll of southern O rogon and has experienced wonderful growth nothing will tell the story liko tho consus. A Portland realty firm advertises, under the caption, "Medford 10,000, Portland 25p,000' and then proceeds to comment on the fact 'that a 200-acre tract of land lying near Medford was sold for $40,000. It states that the laud is uncleared and that it will take at least $75 per acre to clear it and set it to fruit, and that it takes three years longer for the trees to come into bearing than it does around Portland. It then proceeds as follows: "Our tract .near Portland is just as good fruit laud as the Medford tract. It will cost $25 per acre less to clear it. It 'will come into bearing if set to apples or cherries three years before the Medford orchard; when in full frui tion it will pay more dollars per acre than the Medford tract." t This is a fair sample of the falsehoods that unscrupu lous real estate sharks and wild-cat orchard men circulate . to deceive the ignorant who fall for their get-rich-quick lure. Land comparatively worthless is purchased at a low figure, advertised extensively, and sold to the unsuspect ing public on the pretense of its being valuable orchard property. Any land suitable for orchard purposes near Medford is worth more for fruit raising than any land in the vicin ity of Portland. Soil, altitude and climatic conditions combine to make the Rogue River valley an ideal orchard You Can Be Independent Buy An Orchard Tract Eden Valley Orchard Subdivided This famous bearing Orchard has boon sub-divided into small tracts and sold at reasonable prices. If you are looking for positively tho best thing in tho northwest in a small orchard, this is your chance to got in right Most Profitable Investment TO BE FOUND IN Well informed business people from all parts' of tho United States and Canada aro looking to the Rogue River valley for safe investments. Years of experi ence in buying and selling orchard land its us the better for sii"i hp investments that will yield large returns. Our properties have proven worth. We can assure you that you take no risk when you purchase one of the 30 to 100-acro orchard tracts located in the famous Eden Valley orchard. Wo sell tracts to suit, AMERICA planted to tho best commercial variotics of bearing trees. You aro assured of a splendid income tho first year. We can stato positively that this is tho best chance for solid, sound investment to be found in America. A high-class bearing orchard of proven worth is certainly a moro profitable investment thau waiting for trees to grow on land that never produced fruit. You are sure of big roturns almost at once, either as a grower or by ro-solling. Coma and lot us show you. Secure an Income At Once, PROVIDE PLEASANT EMPLOYMENT PLEASANT You can buy as many acres as you dqsire, build a home on ground commanding a view of the entire val leyenjoy the electric light and power, telephone, i daily mail, and livo within easy reach of the busiiicss and social life of tho metropolitan city of Medford. A climato unsurpassed anywhere. Magnficent Homesites ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS 4 A small bearing orchard, planted to the best com mercial varieties of trees, will provide tho most fas cinating as well as healthful and profitable employ ment, and insures an income of from $500 to $1000 per aero each year. Horo is Bolid investment, and tho income or profit from sale is sure. John D. Ol well EXHIBIT BUILDING MEDFORD, ORE GON I With theso gentle thoughts the ed itor of the Wood River (Wash.) Times approaches the season of sow ing: . "The season for sowing is at hand. Let us all prepare to scatter seeds of kindness, sow abundantly, that we may roap a largo harvest of true happiness, and have our garners overflowing wjth peace and good will, and we can heap our measures with malice toward none and charity for all." BUILDING COLLAPSES; SEVERAL INJURED NEW ORLEANS, La., April 15. An unidentified boy, 12, was killed . today and five persons were injured j in tho collapsj of a building at tho corner of Rampart ana Canal streets. Tho accident occurred shortly before noon. Mark Twain Home. NEW YORK, April 15. Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) return ed homo today from Bermuda, whore he went after the death, just at Christmas time, of his daughter: Ho left Now York at once for his home in Redding, Conn. He paid no calls and received no visitors in New York. Duel In Portland. PORTLAND, Or., April 15. A Diooay auei, rer.uuing in mo aeaia of ono of the combatants and the fa tal 'injury to the other, was fought between S. Murakami and K. Ogata, Japanese, in a rear room of an Ever ett street lodging houso lato last night. Murakami fell with a bullet in bis heart. Oysta la thought to bo dying. . t Gossard Corsets THE FDTEST PRODUCTS OP THE MOST FOREMOST CALL AND SEE THE NEW LINE OF COR SETS THE LaGreque All Wool Suits NOW ON SPECIAL SALE. Don't fail to come and seo tho bar gains we are offering in Spring Suits. All the choicest, new spring models and the fabrics are beautiful. All $15.00 Suits to go at ...$11.26 All $20.00 Suits to go at $15.00 All $25.00 Suits to go at $18.75 All $30.00 Suits to go at $22.50 All $40.00 Suits to go at $30.00 All $45.00 Suits to go at $33.75 Every suit is guaranteed to fit per fectly before it leaves tho store. You will find what you desire by coming Friday. Don't fail to see the windows. Famous Kenyon Dusters These can't be duplicated. Tho Ken yon make beats the world. Fine linen, khaki, silk, etc., all neatly made and serviceable to a great degree. Prices very reasonable. Reiser Neckwear Just received, a now lino of Ja bots and other now styles of neck wear. 25c and up. THE WOLRD'S FINEST GOODS AT HAVE GOODS OF ALL Silk and fabric Gloves, long and short styles, all colors and white and black. If you want service you must buy tho best and we recom mend ' Kayser Gloves Medford's Quality Store For Women tne last nepmmuau imiwimi uuwi tlon was dlotated. The activities of the New York county Republican HaskinB for HeaJ u. IL