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12 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, .1010. -- - - -- ' - ' I 1 I Ml I I HI- - ' ' ' Eagle Point Eaglets Bl W. Holeman of Puyallup, Wash., was here the middle of the week looking for a place to invest sionoy to advantage. Ho vreut from hero to Butte Falls, returning Wed nesday. Ho has been in the Hooa River, Pnlouse, Wenatchee, etc., countries and thinks m some re spects that this is ahead of them We are hnviug our regular quota of traveling salesmou and solicit ors here P. W. Crane, who was so liciting for a typewriting: company, and I. I Krnuss of Medford, repre senting the Pease Manufacturing company of Cincinnati, 0., who was canvassing for n patent sadiron. Mr. Ditsworth and his three youngest children, n daughter and two boys, came in Sunday evening and started early Monday morning for Medford to see the show, return ing Monday. The three children were delighted with what they saw. Speaking of the show, there was quite a delegation went from Eagle Point' that day and quite a large number passed through here in wag ons, buggies, etc., to seo the show. Mr. Long and Mr. Cassidy of Med ford were both out here for a night Tuesday. Mr. Cnssady represents a grocery firm in Portland. A. -J. 'Daley has had Stevens' hay balers balcing his hay, finishing up Thursday noon. i Henry D. Simon, George Lewis and Henry Childreth started on a aunt Wednesday in an auto, to be gone several dajs. We are waiting for some venison. P. II. Daley had his water tower and tauk put up. Wednesday and Thursday and will soon have water in his resideuce. Speaking of Pro fessor Daley, he expects to com mence our school one week from next MondnV, September 12. ' Mr. Hallev. the representative of Rev. Adams, Presbyterian Mission Is visiting Butte Falls in the interns' of the new church and is holding religious meetings. The daughter of our townsmen, Moore, accldently broke her arm by a recent fall. .Mr. Smith, the edgerman, while em ployed about the saw mill was caught In the machinery and whirled around, but' sustained only a seven) shaking and no internal injuries. He bad a narrow escape, W. H. Holeman, a banker of Puy llup, Washington, was looking aroun Butte Falls Tuesday, investigating the advisability of opening a bank. He Is now banking in Washington. He is much pleased with our town and may return. Messrs' Gerlg, Hafer and Dudley of Medford came in on Wednesday on their car and made an inspes- a of t fcmt dist'Ict and also Inspected railroad maters. Capt. Mahoney and Mrs. Mary Al This department Is a regular week- ly feature, dealing with all phases of the truit ana produce worm. To our Stockholders and Friends: The general market on BarUat peurs has not changed mucli from last week, prices ranging from $2.50 to $3 per bojc on mixed cars, fancy and dhoice. The majority of the as sociation cars are running heavy to ehoice. One or two of our markets have been complaining about peurs not keeping as well this year as in other seasons. One well-posted grower in tho valley remarked that He is not surprised at this, as this is what be expected. These condi tions are caused, no doubt, by our season being two weeks earlier than in formor years. The seasin being earlier does not apply alone to the Rogue River valley, but to all tho valleys of the northwest, and we get word that on account of the season eing earlier their pears are not keeping as woll as last year. One unfortunate . condition this year, on account of tho season being earlier, is wo have for competition many Heavy shipments of California moun tain Rnrlletts, nud being smaller in eizo than Rogue River pears, the prices realized for California stock will compnro vory favorably with our own stock for reasons stated dbovo, Wo are informed, gdnorally speaking, tho markets prefer a mo dium steed pear to tho largo pears. -. j Butte Falls Items By A. O. Howlett. the McMinuville Insurance company, was out last Tuesdav looking after the business of the company. Mr. Clark of Medford was out with his auto Tuesday evening with a lady and gentleman. I understand that he had come out to help a brother autoist out of trouble. Last Monday evening about S o'clock there were three men drove up in u buggy and one of them jump ed out in the dark and skipped around the woodshed nud the other two sat there thinking that he would return and pay his bill. After wait ing a while it occurred to them that he had said on the way out that he was going to Mnyfield's, so they drove down there, and as soon as thoy were gone he tried to enter the woodshed, but finding thnt way blocked he opened a door and went into the grninhouse and covered up with some sacks. In the meantime there were some 'young men who board here were watching, and as soon as he entered the gruiuhouse two of them started for the men in the buggy and soon brought them bnck. The procured a lantern, went in and in a few minutes located him and demanded four dollars for bringing him out from Medford, but as he did not produce the coin they took him out, made him get into the buggy again and started with him for Medford, a badly scared man, for they promised him all sorts of pun ishment, such as working on tho streets, going to the pen, etc. Mr. O'Brien of Butte Fnlls, n sub contractor ou the culvert work on the P. & E., was here Tuesday night, and reports thnt he has -about fin-, ished his contract. The steum shovel has had to sus pend operations for a while, as the railroad company have the roud bal lasted up to the bridge they are now building. The engineer. Mr. Fraser. bert who have homesteads in the un surveyed reports that their claims were brunt over and great damago to tho standing timber. Geo. Albert lost his cabin and many others suf fered by the fires. Messrs Mills, N'etherland and oth ers, who have been in attendance upon the Grand Jury have returned home. May of the fires in this section are under control, but there are some very bad ones still burning near Prospect, and they are sweeping to ward Butte Falls. There are a great many 6trangers in town and all seem to be Intent on finding out about the incoming railroad and seeking locations. David Day, wife and child visited Medford Monday and took in tho circus, while many others from this section were in evidence to seo tho animals. J. B. Knapp, asst. deputy forester of Portland, gave a detailed report IN THE FRUIT GROWING WORLD This is u good point to remember for future years, so that growers can thin their trees accordingly. All cubtern markets are glutted with heavy supplies of eastern peaches, ns well us phenomenally heavy shipments of western box peaches, prices ruling from 40 to 05 cents. Apples of all kinds are low in the eastern markets, ranging from .f3 per barrel to $1 and even 50 cents for common stock. In some markets ordinary apples are absolutely un saleable. Our coast markets, espe cially Portland, are overloaded with all kinds of fruit, and ono firm hand ling our local shipments of plums has i wired that we should discontinue shipment, us it is impossible to mnku sales. No sales of Howell pears have been made up to the present lime. Wo are now shipping Rose pears. Wo think the coming week will clenn up shipments of this variety. Those having large or small lots of this va riety should aim to get them in this coming week. Apples. Thoro are u few simimor npples being packed, hut on account of Portland und const markets being so low, wo havo sold one enr of such vurieties as wo are now receiving thinks that it will be a week or nmre before thoy will eouuueueo again. Tho company have employed Mr. Yinciu, tho sewing machine-ice cream man of Medford, as nightwutchmnn, to fill the place made' vacant by C. Plyniire, who is installed us fire man. Chnrles Brophy, who has boon visiting his brother, Benjamin, went to Medford Wednesdnv. John Nichols has erected a now woodshed and A. B. Zimmenuau is getting the material on the ground to build one for himself. Messrs. Hughes and Cowden of Butte Falls came out Wednesday af ter a load of goods for the former, and Mr. Hughes went on to Medford the samo day. 0. R. Brown commenced to put up the wire, two strands, for the telephono betweou here and Lnko Creek Wednesday. Wednesday night the timekeeper for the bridge gang came in about 10:30 with three men mid called for beds for tho three men, said that all of them, while working on the bridge in the course of construction of the P. & E., fell about seven foot and bruised him quite badly about the body and one arm. Thoy took him on to Medford Thursday morn ing. I did not learn their names. Mrs. Ringer, who has n place in the lower end of town, raised some peaches this year, and a 3-year-old tree that measured 11 inches in cir cumference. They were the Early Alexanders. Mr. and Mrs. Clancy Florey wei-. out the first of the week visiting their pnrcnts. James Watkins, his son-in-law and wife and baby, and Mr. Hutchasou. all Hung on the Trail route, called for dinner Thursdav: also Misses Ada, Florence and Bertha Dits worth, three sisters, called on their way to the vnlloy, where they have each a school engaged for the fall and winter. Another one of the sis ters went out to tench last Satur day and there is one now engaged teaching. to our correspondent that the fires about Dudley were about extlnglshed and that the Boldlers had left that section and the place was now undor patrol of civilians: that tho troops under command of Lieut. Campbell had gone to join Capt. Upton at Inimaha Creek, where there wore about 1G0 soldiers fighting the J fierce fires prevailing; that about ' ten miles of trenching had been done' that Lieu. Mitchell was in charge of soma 50 men; that tho soldiers had ' done noble work and too much praise ' could bo given them for their ef ficient service ; that the Forestry sor- vice was doing all In Its power to j check tho flames, and It was hoped j that when Mr. Cecil, Asst. Forester arrived on Thurday that tho flames' would be under complete control Mr.Knapp wants tho efficiency of tho I soldiers commended and duo credit, given to them and Major Martin, i with his aides for the very helpful j services which they have rendered. Major Martin, together with Dr. Pearson made a very social call j Thursday and reviewed the situa tion and origin of fires and express ed himself that It was more thatn' Kings, Lnuvcrs, Waxen und Hubs at 95 cents per box f. o. b. Medford. If your wants are not fully sup plied with box shook, paper, nails, stencils apd variety stamps you should take the matter up with thi office at once. Regarding packers, you should arrange to enguge such ns you may need nt the earliest possible moment. Our packing school it now in prog ress und moro scholars can be ao commodntcd. The nssociution car ries u lino 01 piCKiug limners unci u new picking utensil, sample of which can bo seen at this office. J Please bear in mind that tho as-i sociution needs' its money as fus us you can send it to us. While your portion may be small, please remem ber that every little bit helps. Our. obligations come due very regularly' aud in order to maintain thu line of credit this association is entitled to, we must bo ready with tho' money, und wo ask your assistance if von, have not dono your part. ' From time to time wo publish crop reports und letters from correspond ents through the different sections of tho United States, und one of our readers suggested it looked like hear" talk from start to finjsh. Tho fact of the matter is, up to the pies wilt time wo have had nothing but SALE OF DISHES i If you are wishing for a I beautiful sot of dishes ;; dishes that will give :: staist'aetorv wear :: ' dishes that will not eost :: ; too much you should :; call at this store and ; seo the VALUES ;; wc are offering in com- ; ;; plete sets, or you can ;; ;; buy the separate pieces. :: ;; The snvuigs will sur :: prise you. Come aud . - - -. . see. Allir 6 Allin 4 I : 132 West Main Street. Phone Main 2691 probable that horeaftor the govern ment each year during tho dnnger season would have a largo body of soldiers in this section.'" Bon Fredenburg and family were shopping with our merchants on last Thursday. There! s a general belloft hat the forest fires have been set out by different parties and there is a vory strong suspicion pointing In sevornl directions. Tho weather horo Is cool with light Indications of rain, yet tho heavens are filled with smoke and tho ntmosphcro Impregnated with odor of burning timber. Tho soldiers have established tho baso of supply at Englo Point, from which place to Butte Fnlls are being brought tho needed supplies. Mr. and Mrs. Karnes havo tho sympathy of tho ontlro community .Central Point Items Wooillawn orchard in oitwill not be n bad advertisement, niul this is exactly what is to happen. Charles H. Harmon, a prominent California iirtist, who lives nt Santa Hosn, was here last week and while looking over the fine orchards of this vicinity de cided on painting Woodlnwn orch ard and spent several hours in sketching it. Mr. Harmon's paint ings, especially his landscapes and marine views, ure excellent produc tions mid no doubt but "Woodlnwn orchards," the handsomest in nil Or egon, will look lifelike when por trayed by his magic touch. The merry-go-round hus struck town and the over-pious who object to thnt sort of umiiscincnt nrc deep ly absorbed in prayer, while the chil dren und young people are wearing the broitd grin of enjoyment and earnest expectancy. Francis M. Dnugherty, mining ox pert, left Newton, Kan., on Septem ber 1 in company with a number of "hear" talk to write about. When over anything is found that looks like short crop nnywhero we are on ly too glad to niuke note of it. Our aim in publishing this information is- to let those interested know whnt the fruit world generally iB talking and reading each day. Tho plain fuels will not hurt anybody, and while it may not please everybody to learn these facts, it dobs not change the conditions that Wo havo to meet before our crop is marketed. At this turn) ' Wo havo a roort from Oram Junction, Colo., that tho worms are taking the crop badly nud thut tho output itf 'badly overesti mated. We get a report from New York slato that tjioy have been six weeks without rain. We nro asked 'many times whnt wo nro going to get ftii our apples thiH year. This is too curly to ninko pre dictions. A great deal can happen to the eiistcrn crop boforo tho winter npples are harvested, aud no pains will he spaied to keep in touch with tho exact conditions. In reading these articles you must take them for what they aro worth. I nssuro you they will pot affect tho manage ment of this organization when It comes time for us to put n price on our output this fall. If the press reports arp corrost, it When The Quality Counts 132 West Main Street. J Phono Main 2691. Quality counts at this store. Whether it be canned goods, staple or : fancy, groceries, fruit, vegetables, flour, coffee, ' tea, spices or what not u wu ouor it ior saie it much be good not alone that, but it must J be tho best that the mar ket affords. Try this store and see if you don't find that every thing offered is of the best quality. Olmstead & Hibbard i Phone Main 571 t MMMMIMMtHMtIH In the death of their Infant child Dr. Honsonor attended tho llttlo ono and did all in his power to snvo the child, but It was of no nvnll no tho young ono was afflicted with a so vero attack of summer trouble. Mrs. Gobbley of Round Top was vlBltlng among hor frlonds lately nud did somo trndlng with our mer chants. Our town Is becoming to be mora and moro ordlnnry with the drum mers rb thoy drive all tho way from the valley to soil to our merchants. Merchant Hughes has gono to Jacksonville and other vnlloy points and while out will buy stock for his store. Ho Is doing a good business and as ho treats his patrons right bin business is Hiiro to grow. Mr. Vandonburg, who lately open ed a fruit store, keeps on hand a solect lino of pnlatublo and fresh fruits and is building up a good trade fother citizens of the sunflower state, who nro bound for Central Point, Rogue River valley. .Mr. Dougherty iff nn able promoter ns well as a mineral expert, und there'll sure be something doing when ho ar rives. The discussions ou wet nud dry Central Point have ceased and all attention 5s now turned to delin quent hoard bills und oilier small outstanding obligations of both scribes nud Pharisees, aud tho fact that tho law is being provoked to collect for nowspaporinl pork chops is attracting much attention. J. S. Murphy lias moved his fam ily from Medford to this city and is now comfortably domiciled in one of (he Hoswell cottages. Mr. nud Mrs. U. J utters havo moved into touiornry (piurtors ou their fine lot ou Miinzuuitu street, whore thoy will rcsido until a now residence is erected or decide upon the now cnnteiimlnlcd trin to Cali I develops that the Hood Iliver Apple association has contracted their en tire crop of nil varieties to Steiu hardt & Kelly of Now York, approx imately U00 to '100 curs. The apples aro in strong hands nnd controlled by people who havo plenty of nerve when it comes to holding nud always good ability to nsk strong prices when offering them for sale. These conditions will not hurt us iu tho least; iu fact, it should be to our benefit to know thut the only com petitor we have iu quality is con trolled by ono strong firm. Joe Steinhurdt, iu two or three letters, hus agreed to pay us u visit and wo are looking forward to this event with pleasure. If we cannot do business with him we can at least learn more or less from him that will be of value to the association. Yours very truly, C. W. WILMKHOTII. SEE LOW APPLE PRICES. Action of Banks Will Flood New York With Fruit, Expert Says. . I). K, Lynch, a well-known apple man, returned Jrom nu extensive trip through tho apple growing sections of this stato, Michigan and tho mid dle west, says the Now York Fruit Who's To Be Your . Grocer? Vo don't ask the ques tion to be inquisitive, but to attract your at tention. We want to be your "GROCER." If you arc now in the Rogue River" Vnlloy .you are probably shop ping around ito see where you get the best treatment and the most for your monev. GIVE US A TRIAL :: All we ask is a fair trial. :: Call and give us an or- :: der and allow us to '.' demonstrate that we '' can serve you the best ; for anything in our line. Allen 6 Reagan 'central and main l'HO.NK MAIN 271 1 fornia. Central Point is soon to be tho lioinu of C. W. Mraudou, chemist and pharmacist, who has couiouiidcd the most successful fruit trcu spray ever known to the fruitgrowers of Canada. While Mr. Hraudou is an American, he succeeded pi perfecting his compound while iu llritish ter ritory aud so successfully has it worked in that country that he now comes to tho ltoguu Itiver valley, where lit will establish a plant for its uiniiufnctiirc and will introduce it lo the fruitgrowers of this section. The Brandon Tree Spray company will be the name of thu new firm. S. A. I'uttisoti, chief pciicil-pushor of the Central l'oint Herald, n tenlled the mill of Medford's herd of F.Iks Wednosdny night nud nssisted in branding a number of "maver icks." A camp meeting in one end of town nud a murry-go-rouiid in an other is the program here for the next two weeks nud such a program should successfully separate thu -dieei) Vnm the goats. Journal. Mr. Lynch is perhaps one of the best informed observers in tho I'uitcd States, und his entire busi ness life has been iu thut line. He handled the Hood River deal for Stoinhardt & Kelly in the season of 11)08, nud iiiude record sales ou northwestern fruit. He says that while some of the orchards havo not an much fruit us last year, the iial ilv is exceptionally fine, and on the whole the yield will be large. Somo of the orchards visited by Mr. Lynch iu Western Now York average vory jugh on fancy largo fruit, ho says, aud tho simply iu the middle west is much larger than generally expect ed. ' "Tho annlo' problem this your will bo u puzzle," said Mr. Lynch.' "Iu provious years tho storage ware houses wore ready to hand out louiis to impecunious nud irresponsible .pcculuturH, but this year the hanks have taken the purse strings ou thu warehouses nud refuse to advance over 10 per cent ou the face value of Ihu fruit, so oulv responsible houses with strong financial backing will he A factor iu the game this year. , ' "The reports from tho Hood River section nro to tho offect that the yield will liu abnormally heavy, nearly '10 por cent moro than lust year, and that tho entire crop will I JUST RECEIVED A Car of Blue Ribbon Floor Our many patrons will bo glad to learn (hat wo havo recoivod a delayed car of that famous aud justly eolobrated Blue Ribbon .Flour. I f you over used Bluo Ribbon then went whoro you couldn't got it and had to take something "JUST vS CIOOD," you know that there is no flour just as good as Bluo Ribbon. Meral: 'USE BLUE RLBIBON' It's tho same story with every line wo carry they are second to none on the market, This ap plies to GROCERIES, MEATS, FRUIT, ETC. "We will be pleased to t enron you as one or our customers and guaran tee, that you will always t get satisfaction. Warner Wortman 6 Gore Grocery Phone 286 Market Phone 281 E. Main, near Bartlett ;; ., Roderick Husloy, our firo chief, has moved lo Itiddlc, Or,, nud a new chief has already been appointed, but not announced. John Hrown is soon to comuuiuco construction work ou a new busi ness block on Fourth and Pine streets. The old JofiVrs resideuce will tiu moved from its present sito on Fourth and Fine, streets to Fourth und, Oak, to mnku room for business houses. Conducted by Charles W. Wllme roth, manager of the Rogue River Fruit & Produce Association. lie u Went deal I a Igor than gener ally expected." These economic conditions, Mr. Lynch" Hayrf, will force more I'rujt ,oit the market this fall than over before, nud as a result Now Yorkwlll at tract the hulk of the stock, so that tho range of prices will rule abnor mally low. Thu fanners are asking .f!l por barrel now for fanoy red fruit, but up to this timu not a sale of u single barrel has boon reported. Editor's nete: If the above stuto meiit is true, it means a g'reat doal to speculative apple buying. I havo known iu many seasons where the hunks would advance practically three-fourths of tho money a spec ulator would pay for his apples. TJiis made it very easy to handle large blocks of apples, and many would be stored which would otherwise have gono into consumption. Vory few firms iu tho United States have the menus with which to pay iu cash nino-tcnths of tho valuo of their, pur oluiHcs, nud ou this account thorn will not ho so many apples stored thut ordinarily should go to tho cider press or evaporator, and ou this ac count will materially strengthen tho market after the holidays for fine, long-keeping npples.