OREGON Is the Best
pirt of the United States.'
BOfiUE RIVER VRLLEY
is the best put of Oregon
MEDrORD la In the contar of tuo
vulley iind THE HAIL tlio best paper
If you want to '
Mine, Saw Lumber,
liaise Fruit, v . s
Grow Stock
or do most anything else you
will find your opportunity here
THE HAIL tells about it
VOL XVII.
MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1905
NO. 41.
mm
A. L. Irwiu baa beeu beeu appoint
ed ohief of police of Ashland, vioe G.
F. Egliu, resigned. ,
The Ashland branch of the Y. M.
O. A. is dead. The demise of the
organization whs brought about by
the failure of its members to pay tbeir
dues.
Mrs. Ella Lovelace died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. R. L. Dusen
bury, near Gold Kill last week, aged
eighty-tour ' years. The interment
wbb made in Jacksonville cometery.
The Gold Hill Canal Company re
oeiyed two oarloads of machinery from
the east last week. It oonsisted of
dynamos and generators for the eleo
trio light plant, and a turbine wheel
to develop the ueoessary power.
George Colain, an employe a mine
on Sardine oreek, was bitten Von the
hand by a rattlesnake while prospect
ing one day last kweek. With great
presence of mind be bandaged bis arm
tightly enough to stop the circulation
of the blood and opened the wound,
then went to Gold Hill for treatment,
a distance of several . miles. At'lasi
aocounts he was recovering from the
elfeots of the poison.
Bud Soribner, who took charge of
the ABhland House as landlord last
week, disappeared mysteriously early
last Friday morning and nothing was
heard of him until Monday, wnen his
wife received a letter from him dated
Red Bluff, Calif. In company with
Luke Soribner, she loft Monday night
for Red Bluff, where no traoe oould
be found of him. They returned to
ABhland yesterday afternoon. Mrs.
Scribnergoes to Scott Valley, Calif.,
today, to settle up hie business
affairs there, where he had a farm
leased. Luke Soribner thinkB they
will hear from Bud again by letter
soon. Valley Record.
The Tidingatells a pathetio inci
dent whioh occurred at the Ashland
depot last week. A family which had
recently uuuiu uuiu iimau wvro
about to depart for Portland. They
had two dogs, a Newfoundland and a
Russian blood hound, both magnlfl
oent specimens, which they had ralse
ed from puppies. Their (InanoM
were in suoh a state that it was im
possible to take both dogs and the
blooabound was Bold to E. 0. Barron.
Each member of the family took an
affectionate leave of the animal, wbioh
seemed to realize that it was to.be left
behind. The last to bid good bye to
the dog was a twelve-year-old boy,
whose espeoial property the animal
had been, and as the youngster was
led sobbing away from his old friend
the sympathy of the orowd was with
him.
The Ashland preserving plant began
operations for the season of 1005 on
the 28th of August . aud since then baa
been humming along at a merry clip,
with a large force of employes. Man
ager O. H. Fieroe gives a sample of
one of their busy days and all days
at tho plant are busy, Yesterday the
"orce oanued and pealed six tons of
tomatoes in just four and one-quarter
hours and then in tho aftornoon
shipped seven tons of canned goods.
Mr. Fierce states that the supply of
pears and peaohes this year was rather
short and oonsequently their output
of those goods will not be up to that
of last year, but they will have a re
onrd run on tomatoes, oanning more
than twice that of last year. Toma
toes this year are better than they
have been for five years, both in size
and quality. The plant this year is
handling only pears, peacbea and to
matoesthe three staples and Mr.
Fieroe thinks tbat the year, all things
oonBidered, will be a very suooessful
one.
Agricultural Awards for Jackson.
Jaokson county - won a number of
medals at the Lewis and Clark expo
sition in the agricultural department
for superiority in grains and graBSOB.
When the fruit awards are made
there will be more gold m dals com
ing this way.
Following Is a list of the medals
won for farm produots :
Gold medals S. M. Robinaon,oorn ;
Benjamin Beall, corn i J. C. Pendle
ton, German millet; J. S. Smith,
AuBtralian -club wheat; E. Britt,
orchard graBB and blue graaa ; W. P.
Byron, French winter wheat; A.
Luoke, yellow and white corn; M.
Marshall, wheat and barley; F. W.
Streets, wheat ; Mrs. Magruder, bar
ley; A. S. Furry, oata peerlees; W.
0. Daley, popoorn ; J. Thornton, corn
in stock; Edward Wilder, popcorn in
stock; J. W. Freal, oats in etraw; J
A. MoFall, wheat; is. K. recu, win
ter rye; Joseph Taylor, wheat; Ft.
A. Peil, wheat; Gordon Voorhiee,
corn ; Dennis Duggau, barley ; Benja
min Beall, barley; Fred Rapp, beard
less barley ; J. F. MoFall, yellow 1905
corn ; Horace Pelton, alfalfa, barley,
wheat, sweet oorn ; E. B. Barron,
little club and golden chaff wheat;
same, oata, timothy seed; William
Myor, beans; J. W. Smith, wheat.
Silver medal -3 W. Smith, Cehval
ier barely ; William Myers, peas; E.
U. Barron, blue stem wheat and rye;
Horace Pelton, English rye grass,
Shadeland oats. Pride of North corn,
white pearl corn, grasses; John Ar
nold, Rankin's oorn ; Henry Peck,
oorn; R. G. Brown, timothy; A. R.
Phipps, yellow dent oorn ; William
Coohran, white rye, nine foot; G. F.
Billings & Son, blue barley; Clay &
Header almonds; J. H. Shidler, al
falfa growth,
Bronze ineadls Four. .
Honorable mention Five,
Speoimens of Jaokson oounty black
alder, Oregon ash, eugar pine and
Oregon mnple were awaided silver
medals in the sta'te forestry exhibit at
the LewiB and Clark exposition.
Central Point School Repert.
- Report of the publio sohool for the
month ending Ootober 6, 1905:
Number of' days taught, 20; days
attendance, 3261; days absent boys,
59; girls, 31; total, 90; tardy boys,
18; girls, 18, total, 36; number en
rolled on register boys, 89; girl, 96;
new pupils boys, 89; girls, 96; total
185 ; average daily attendance, 163 ;
per cent of attendanoe, 97; nnmberof
visitors, 3; number of oases of oopor
al puishment, 1; number of pupila
neither tardy nor absont, 109.
The enrollment is thirty-three more
than for the corresponding month laBt
year and "the average, dally attend
anoe Is twenty-one greater.
The following is the enrollment in
the varioua departments:
Principal's, 43; grammar, 30; inter
mediate, 43; primary, 69.
. The objeot of thejpublio Bohool is to
give such training to the young that
they may beoome solf-relmul, inde
pendent in oharaoter and well fitted
to asBume all the rights and duties of
true citizenship.
That this object may be' realized the
teaoher aud parent must co operate
with each other in securing the inter
est, the oorreot deportment and prop
er effort of the pupil.
The best resuitB are rarely eecured
if this co-operation does not exist
We respeotfully aBk it of eaoh par
ent.
We are pleased to have the parents
visit the sohool at any time. Your
presonce will encourage and stimulate
the pupils to a better work.
v . A. J. HANBY:
Principal.
Must Have License.
The eommiBBion of internal revenue
at Washington, D. C, reoently ren
dereo a deoislon that will seriously
affeot a number of patent medioines
oomposed largely of distilled liquore.
He has reversed a ruling of his de
partment made many years ago, and
now decides that manufacturers of
theBe medicines must take out li
censes as rectifiers and liquor deal
ers, and that druggists and others
handling them will have to pay the
UBual retail liquor dealers' license.
The commissioner in a letter of in
structions to oolloctors of interna
revenue aays thore are a number of
compounds on the market going un
der the names of medicine that are
oomposed ohiefly of distilled spirits,
without the addition of drugs or
medicines in sufficient quantities to
change materially the character of
the whiskey. He authorized collect
ors to impose the speoial tax on man
ufoaturers of every compound com
posed of diBtilled spiritB, even
though drugs have been declared to
have been added thereto, "whon their
presence is not discoverable by chem
ioal analysis, or it is found that the
quantity of drug in the preparation is
so small as to have no appreciable
effeot on the liquor."
A Prize Box of Pears.
From Portland Journal :
In the Jaokson oounty exhibit at the
Lewis and Clark exposition -is a half
box ' of Comice- pears, fourteen in
number, that are exoiting the wonder
and admiration of eastern people.
The fourteen pears completely fill the
box. They weigh sixteen pounds and
two ounces net.
They were grown in Snowy ' Butte
orchard, the famous Olwell fruit farm
at Central Point, now owned- by F.
H. Hopkins, of Portland, and are a
showing what can be done in horticul
ture in Southern Oregon. The soil of
Jaokson eounty BeemB to be particu
larly adapted to the growing of fine
Cornice pears. Two carloads of the
fruit were shipped thia year from
Jackson oounty. It is Bald there are
only fourteen oarB of Cornice pears
produced in the entire United States.
They bring $3.50 to H at the farm.
Mr. Hopkins has 500 trees in bear
ing and this year planted 1,000 new
trecB. The Cornice is produced in
other Jackson county orchards. It
is expeotod a large number of aores
will be planted in this variety of fruit
in the next few years in Jackson
connty.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to express our hearfelt
thanks to those of onr friends who
wore so kind and helpful to usduring
our recent Bad bereavement.
BETTA SHIELDS,
MR. and MRS. JAS. SHIELDS,
Central Point. October 12th.
For Renl.
Dwelling house, nearly new. seven
blucks from post office. Enquire of
FANCY ROGUE
RIVER PEARS.
A Carload of Comice Pears Shipped
by J. W. Perkins Breaks the New
York Record for Prices-Value of
Fancy Packing.
Mr. J. W. Perkins, owner of Hill-
orest orohard, located two miles east
of tbe city of Medford, Ore., whioh is
in the oenter of the famous Rogue
River Valley, reoeived a telegram
dated Ootober 6th, from Messrs.
Sgobel & Day, one of the oldest
and largest fruit commission houBea
of Now York City, reading as follows :
"Your oar No. 5562 sold today at
auotion 17.70 to $6.10 per box, aver-
ag0 fr L ,pef b?X' 81-088 'r
car KH29.U0. Highest sale ever made
in New York City."
(A car consists of
500 full size
boxes or 1000 half boxes. )
The above telegram refers to a oar
of Comice pears shipped by Mr. Per- slve tuan tho reulr Paok- but iu oon
kins to be sold at auction on its neotion with fanoy high grade pears,
merits in the New York market, and '""J 3a"fled tho additional expens.
moans much, not only to the fruit' Pae' of Pa8e & Sou
growers of Kogue River Valley, but to fruit oomnieeion merchants of Port
every fruit grower and every resident land. 0r0'. was in Medford when the
of the state of Oregon. oar was bein8 ,oaded and examined
It means that Rogue River Valley. the frait and tne Paok TOry carefully,
in competition with the renowned At tuat time he mada tue statement
pear producing seotions of the King that is tno 'aolest oar of fruit,
of all fruit states, California; in com- every thing considered, that over
petition with choice fruit of Idaho, went ut of tnB 8tate of Oregon."
whioh carried off honors last year; Secretary Shepherd, of the Hood
and in competition with all the fruit RiTOr F14 Growers' Union, who in
producing sections of the entire Peotd a box ot theB P88 t Port
United States HAS BEEN PAID THE lnd,aB vory elaborate in hie praise.
HIGHEST PRICE FOR HER PEARS, Hob..' J. D. Olwell, an experienced
thereby having WON
HIGHEST
HONORS FOR QUALITY and TAKEN
FIRST PLACE AS A PRODUCER
OI'
lE HIGHEST QUALITY OF
FANCY PEARS.
This is true, not alone of the Comioo
pear, but applies equally well to any
and all pears of commercial value,
To illustrate whioh is the sale by Capt.
Gordon Voorhies of a oar of Bartletta,
whioh averaged $4.30 per box. "Also
a car of Beurre d' Anjou from he
orohard of E. J. DeHart, looated
south of Medford, whioh brought an
average of $5.36 per box at auction
aale.
This shows conclusively that the
Rogue river valley is peculiarly
School Notes.
GENERAL.
The tests for the first month deoid
ed several things: Who bad worked
off conditions; what pupils from
other schools should go on in the
grade to which they were assigned
and who were able to do higher work.
When theBe ohanges are made the
sohool will have Bottled into forderly
routine, which will not be brokeu un
til the close of the year.
Many new pupils enrolled Monday.
The matter of exouses for tardiness
and absence Boema not to be gonerally
understood by the parents. The only
valid excuses are:
(a) SioknesB of pupil or family.
(b) Necessary work,
(o) Exposure to health.
(d) Some urgent obbo Jrendering
punctuality impossible or extremely
inconvenient.
The exouae muat contain a reason
under one of tne four heads. The
same rule applys to oases where a
pupil is wanted at home before the
close of the session. - PupilB may not
write tboir own exouses and any one
who forges tbe name of a parent may
be suspended or punlBhed.
Prof. Signs has begun the canvass
to asoertaln the extent of the support
of tbe high school entertainment
oourse.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Prof. Carlock visited .the high school
last Thursday morning.
The monthly tests were given last
Friday.
Allen Guy Mickey and F. Wilson
Wait were high school visitors last
Friday.
Mabel Coss has returned to sohool,
after a few days' absence.
Hazel Enyart and Goraldlno Theiss
are enjoying the sights at the Lewis
and Clark fair.
Alfred rlyun has taken up work in
the hieh school.
Tho Coys of the foot ball team bavo
decided to let tne gins cnooao we
nnlnrs for the team. A samo is sched
uled between Medford high school
and Ashland high'school for Saturday,
October 14tb. For prutioulars see
bills.
fclUHTIl GRADE.
Charles Shearer, one of our pupils,
1b visiting the fair.
The examinations for the first month
were taken last week.
j MIbb Venita Hamilton.wbo has-been
at tbe fair, bas returned.
The attendance last month was very
d. tnere boing only two days eb
adapted in altitude, climate and the
nature of its soil, to the production
of perfeot pears in size, oolor, flavor
and keeping qualities ; pears wbioh in
their perfeotion excel those grown in
any other known distriot.
Mr. Perkins, in packing his fruit
for market, departed Bomewhat from
the usual methods in ,use. He used
only half boxes, holding twenty-six
pounds of fruit, and made from olear
No. 1 lumber. He also used a litho
graphed paper end label on tbe boxes,
'a0y iaco paper border aud litho
graphed top mat. This method ot
paokiug iB quito a little more expen-
fruit grower and buyer of Medford,
stated that thia oar ot pears would be
the Ducat ever sent into New York
City and the results have proven
him t) be 8 true prophet
Rogue river valley is capable of set-
ting the pnoe for fanoy pears and
FANCY PRICES. ' The fruit growers
in this valley are beginning to realize
what iB with in their grasp and to
morefully appreciabsthemeaningof
the words of Mr. Horaoe Day, senior
member of Sgobol & Day a veteran
in the fruit business whoBe solo
advioe to fruit growers has always
beeu three words "QUAL1TY,QUAL-
1TY, QUALITY" and that aDovo all
1b what can be obtained in tho grow-
lug of pears in Rogue river valley.
Our literary sooioty will give a pro
gram OctobBr 20th, whioh will bo aB
follows :
Opening Bong, School.
Biography, Lucy Shearer.
Reoitation, Bernioo Carder.
Conundrums, Clyde Roberts.
Debate Afllrmative, John Leslie
and Wilbor Swaggorty ; Negative
Ray Martin and Chas. Shearer.
Instrumental solo, Ethel Stevens.
Adjective Letter, Freida Hockenyos.
Jharacter skctob, Jouness Butler.
Paper, Editor.
FOURTH GRADE.
SuDt. Dully and Mrs. Stems were
visiting in our grade this week.
Georcte Ward. Charles Hondoraon
and Ruby Edwin enotered the fourth
grade Monday.
Helen Bluokwell has loft sohool and
gone with. her pareuts.to Orogon City.
Dean Morey aud Mildred Bliton wore
the only pupils who reoeived 100 in
geography examination.
Roll of Honor for September Pupils
noither Absent or Tardy.
PRIMARY.
Hope Armstrong, mien Askew, Rose
Bullock, Mildred Hodges. BeBsio Jack
son, 1'idolas Moran, Ethel Murphy,
Delia Warren, Mabel Pryor, Lloyd
Damon, Edward Heart'e, David King,
Earl Ling, Irvin Parkor,Roland Park
er, Urill Reynolds, Richard Sprague,
Ray Trowbridge, Murel Rhodes, Vora
McDonough.
FIRST GRADE.
Edwin Haymcnd, Warron Butler,
Mary Jackson, Vetrls McCredle, Ethel
Hale, Esthor Smith, Lee Ilalloy, Ida
Vincent, Lelah Osborno, Edgar Sago,
Leroy Carpenter, Luther Deuel, Wal
ter Scott. Elmer .Owen. Roland Hub-
bar.d, Charles Lewis, Alice Swag
gorty, Gladys Cmldoi-s.
SKOOKD GRADE.
Ava Unit, Orlln Irolanl, Cnpriol
Jonea. Bun Kinnerv. Harold Snyder.
Rober Strang, Herbert Strang, Loo
Scott. Roland Trowbridge, Leolu As
kew, Etbel Andorson, JeBsio Gains,
Cleo Hurst. Bornice Hale. Nina Hn:
rla. Analo Hallev. iKeedltb Jones.
Munon Kicbnrds, Grace Hcbultz, May
Sealu, Ruth Warner, bsthur Warnor,
Ethel Wheeler.
THIRD GRADE.
Orpha Stevens, Marion Cox, Lucllo
York, Vera Morrlman, Edna Dommor,
Margaret Brumblo.Maud Pryor, HobhIo
Rain. Edna Gore. Lozena MaKill.
Howard Wines, Roscoe Bsge, Tommlo
liorr, Roy Pryor, Adoloort anyaer,
Houston Line. Rov MoKoover. Har
old Trowbrldue. JeSBte Hoditea. Dia
mond Flynn, Paul Dunwoody, Walter
Vincent, iioraco llopklne,lvan Hnear
er, Frank tfmlth.
FOURTH GRADE.
Caroline Andrews, Walter Brown,
Mildred Bliton, Nellie Corum, Marie
Elfert, Chester Guult, Henry Gault,
Earl Hubbard. Dora Juraena. Julia
King, Rosamond Kennedy, Mabel
Keizur. Marie Kicrnan. Loraine Law-
ton,Theo. Moore, Dean Morey, liluuoh
Maule, Iva Martin, Edith Robinson,
Ehel Smith, Golda Taylor, Fred Tloe,
i ranees lorK.
FIFTH GRADE.
Charlie An trie. Herbert Alford. Har
old Coohran, Fred Deuel, Lloyd El-
wooo, ijoyu jiuuiunoson, rsoyo neiz
ur, Reuben LeMore, Morton Llndley,
Nolo Llndley, Clell MoCredle, Clatous
McOredie, Carl Martin, Albert Peter
son, UBoar Peterson, Geo. Reynolds,
Everet Van Dyke, Mary Orr, uottle
Shoults, Artie Clark, Helen Lawton,
Callie Vogoli, Ruth Woodford, Mar
guerite ClemmenB, Agnes Johnson,
Aladgo uuuersou, Berton conenDerry,
Irene Short.
SIXTH GRADE.
Peter Kingery. Edna MoTimmonds,
Beulah MoKeever, Gladys MoMlllan,
Mollie Merrlmau, Harry Porter.JesBie
Purdy, Jessemy Roberts, Frank Ray,
Mary Stevenson, Carl Bennett, Medn
Bish. Carey Bundy, Clem Chlldrls,
Ethel Elfert, lone Flynn, Vera Hen-
drickson, Minnie Gurgene, Lottie
Jackson, Bessie Jordan.
SEVENTH GRADE.
Ethel do Coudress. Loraine Bliton.
Mary Gore. Wallaoe Guberson. Edgar
Jona, Belle FhippB,Maud Ling, Clar
ence Keizur.
EIGHTH-GRADE.
Phoebe Armstrong, Huttio Allen,
Jeuneese Butler, ' PanBy Carney,
GladyB Foss, Fern 'Hutohison, Freida
Hookenyos, Agnes Isaacs, Mabel
Jones, Bessie Lewis, Myrtle Roberts,
ttstner smitn, ljucy snearer, iuva
Nofhgor, May Corum, Marie Fergu
son, Earle Armstrong, Teddy Hodges,
Walter Herbage, John Loslto, Roy
Martin, Wilber Swagerty. Cnnrles
Shearer, Clydo Roberts, Geo. Hen
derson.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Fave Burohell.Grace Brown. Gladys
Curry, Ethel Curry, Peroy Coohran,
lialbort uouei, iiazel Davis, unrragu
barbart, Agnes Foss, Hownrd Hill,
Ethel Jordan, Treve Luinsden, Ella
Maule, Annie O'Brion, EUle Phipps,
Fletober Pentz, Mabol Pruett., Sterl
ing Rothermal, Myrtle Riley, Fred
Strang, Sadie Van Dyke, Vernon Vaw
tor, Clara Wines, Blanoho Wood,
Fanny Whitman.
A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE MONTH
There are now enrolled over five
hundred students, with an average
daily attendance of 81 por cent. We
want to mnKe It uo per cent. Let tne
parents, ae well aB the pupils, all join
in bringing up thlB average.
The total number of tardy maiks is
forty-four. We want lees tban twonty-
tlve next montn. xno cost reoord
oomes from the sixth and eighth
grades, neither having latardy mark.
The fifth fls noxt with but one. We
want every grade to show a like re
oord' next monh.
It is a fsigniuoant faot that above
the primary the best per cent of at
tendance appears in the high school.
Evidently the studons are interested.
The oighth grade isn't far bohiud
only ono-tentn oi one per cent.
. Now, lot every pupil say "1 will not
be aDBent or tardy," and let every
parent say "I will not allow my obild
to be absent or tardy" and soe whut
a littlo determination will do to help
out the attendance.
W. C. T. U. Hems.
The Union met at the home of Mrs.
Day Ootober 5th with all officers pres
ent. After devotional exercises,
soripture reading by Mrs. Vogoli,
prayor by Mrs. Adkins, singing by
all, the Union devoted some timo to
business. Minutes of last meeting
road and approved. The commlttoe
showed seven visits made to tho sick
with Bubstantinl aid. Quite a discus
sion arose in regard to tbe Phoenix
pionio iu whioh tho county oxeoutive
meeting will bo held.- Threo'dolegotes
were elected to attond. Mrs. Colo
man, an inlluontiul tompernnoo work
er, was spoken of lu greatest sympa
thy and her passing on wne recorded
in tho county minutes. A few of tbo
ludiea attended tho oounty oxeoutive
meeting hold at Phoenix. Ono object
was to elect a county rocording Beo
retary. Mib. Buck was ohoson by
ballot to aorvo tho rest of tho year.
Othor business wob attended to, then
the executive meeting dispursed, to
meet in Ashland the aocond week In
September. The Medford Union will
meot at the Christian ohuroh Ootober
12th. All members areexpeoted to be
proaent. PRESS SUPT.
The Southern Orogon Equality Club
met at the Christian ohuroh October
4tb and ro-orgnnized. . Mr. John Day
noted as chairman. Miss Ora Adkins
was eleoted president ;Mrs. John Duy,
rocording eecrotary and correspond
ing secretary; Mrs. Hammond, treas
urer. A discussion arose to soleot a
plaoo for tbe club to meet. Tho
Christian ohurch was chosen for next
Wednesday evening, 7:30 p. m. Mr.
Day read tho program for noxt moot
ing. The olub was diamisaed by Mrs.
Adkins at tho Christian church Octo
ber 11th. All who signed tho peti
tions will bo present.
PRESS SUPT.
Probate' Court
Estate of 11. W. Elmoio. First and
final account approved. Final order
made.
Estato ot Granville Sears, an incom
petent. Bond of guardian on sale of
renl estate approved.
Estate of Goo. Wm.MoKnlght. Or
der oontinuiug final honrlng until Oo
tober lOyh.
EstataDf Geo. Win. Champliu. Ur-
derfcontlnuiug bearing until October
31st.
Estate and guardianship of John
Book, an incouipetont Ordor ap
pointing D. II. Miller guardian.
Estato of Jas. A. Pankoy, decoasod.
Order sotting November 18th day for
Dual settlement.
READY FOR APPLES
The Ingham Vinegar Company is
now ready to receive apples. The
maohinery Is about all iu place and it
1b expooted that tho grinding of ap
ples will commence Monday next.
This plant is up-to-date In every re
spect, and oo-nprises a press with a
oapaoity of from 200 to 300 barre s por
day, and tanks capable of holding the
juice of thousands of bushels of ap
ples. It ia the'Jntention ofthe com
pany to utilize all the cull apples of a
seotion of Southern Oregon reaohlng
from Grants Pass to Ashland and the
faotory is built with the idea of band
ling the orop, no matter how large It
may be. The storage room is in the
basement and from there the nppleB
aro takeu by a series of elevators to
the upper floor, whero they are ground
and dropped into the huge press be
fore mentioned.
On the baBeinent floor are to bo
plaoed three largo tanks, eaoh with
a oapaoity of 600 barrels, or ton oar,
loadB, In whioh the juice of the a pple
will be stored until ready for market.
The company is prepared to buy all
kindB of apples now.
A featuro in the estnblismeut or this
faotory in Southern Oregon, whioh
haB likely been'overlooked to some extent,-
is that it offors'a market for ap
ples whioh are generally allowed to
gu to wasto that is, truit whioh bus
fallen from tho treoB nnd deoaya upon
tho ground. A certainporosntage of
this fruit is infeoted with oodlin
moth. Its removal from tho ground
and destruction by means of a oidol
mill makes that many leas moths to
combat noxt year, whereas if .the ap
ples had been allowed to remain upon
the gronnd.tho moths would havo
many of them Burvived. Nor doos
the crushing of tho infected apples
affeot thu oleanlinosa or wholesome
ueBS of tho produot of the factory.
It is all lllterod,rellned and ro-reflnod
until nothing is left oxoopt the puro
applo older, so that tbiB institution
may be oonsidored to fill a two-fold
olllao, that of a usor of fiuit hereto
fore of no valuo whatevor aud a dos
troyor of that arob enemy of the apple
grower, the oodlin moth. Tho exper
lenoo of orobardmon in the vioinity
of Eugene, Lane oounty, whoro tho
nghum Company has boon operating
for the past throe yoars, has been that
the close selling of cull apples to tho
vinogar fuotory has resulted in a de
oided dimunitiou of tho moth orop
the noxt year.
Their Comrade Deceived Them.
Tho depths to whioh men will do
aoend for the auko of a fow dollura
was never more fully illustrated than
iu tho trial of Jones, Pottor ana
Wado in Portland laBt weok. Thoro
was presontod tho Bpecntaolo of old
soldiers men who had givon the host
days of.their youth to loyal, uusolllsh
dovotiotiHo thoir country confessing
upun tho witness Btaud thnt they hnd
boon party to on effort to dofruud tho
govorumont which they had givon
thoir blood to prosorvo. It waa piti-
ablo. Still thoao old niou aro'more to
bo pitied than blamod. Most of them
woro poor, dependout upon the pen
siou thoy drow for n livolihood, and
tho opportunity to secure a fow dol
lars, wbioh might help thorn' in their
declining years, was too strong to bo
resisted. Then agaiu it was an old
comiado ono who had aorvod iu tho
samo great conflict who assured them
that tboto was nothing wrong in tho
transaction. Ono wltnoss, nn aged
German, testified that, J. L. -Wells,
ono of tho dofonduuts and the com
rade bofore mentioned, had told him
that ho "need not go on tho land
and llvo, beonuso by a apodal act of
congress this wub not ueoessary; no
assured him thoy would havo mon do
tho work on tho oluim. "I know it
was wrong," wuiled the witness,
"but I thought of that.$200 and I was
gottiug old and know it would oomo
in handy. And then, too, I thought
that aB I served In the wnr for throo
yoars and three months, I wob entitl
ed to it."
Thia old man wiib ono of many who
were doooived in tho same way, and
all in tho iutoreat of tho mon who aro
Indicted for attempting to defraud
tho government.
Nowhere lu tho state, it is said,
waa tho olfort to got oontrol of the
public domnln so tain tod with fraud
os in tho Slletz distriot, whero notor
ious fruudiilont transactions havo
boon corriod on, and tho government
has boon ropoatedly victimized. Tho
ohief reason of this, it is oxploiund,
la tho special law governing tho Slletz
whereby timbor olntms cunnot bo ac
quired within tho reservation, and
tho land Is opon to homestondors
only. Tho country is lioavlly tim-
bored, and compliance with tho
homestead law thore Is said by rest
donts to bo extremely difficult. To
clear n part of a claim to raise agricul
tural products is a Herculean task
which is seldom attcmptod. The al
most troploal growth of all kinds of
troes and undorbrush mnkes travel
dllfloultand tho cutting of trolls ox
pensive.
The Slletz timber must be soon, jt
is said, to bo nppreolated. Trees
towor 300 feet into the blue, and
stand so closely together that no Bun
shine ever warms tho ground. Peo
ple who live in that vast jungle' grow
wan and pale.
The trial reveals what makeshift
attempts the entrymen made to fur
ulsh a showing suUioient to make
proof and acquire title to their
claims. Pitifully scant Improvement
on tbe homesteads are made to repre
sent an agricultural beginning. Three
or four hills of potatoes are oalled a
Hold on tho proofB; a little grass is
harvested and oalled hay. A half
dozen seodling applo trees constitute
an "orohard" for purposes of final
proof, and as long
frauded but Unole
entrymen thought
Wrong.
aB no one was de
Sam, the honest
he was doing no
STREET ECHOES
Opinions of Some of Our
Citizens-Serious and
Otherwise. - '
"Shorty" Hamilton : "You most
surely have been mistaken in your last
issue when you said that F. B. Har
rington, formerly of Medford, now of
Portland, had seonred a divorce from
his wife. I saw Frank several times
whou in Portland' last week and re
momber distinctly of bearing him
speak of his wife. I think iu faot I
know, it must havo been some other
person by tbe same name."
Ed. Phipps: "I had a good bunch
of fun a few nights ago with the con
struction orow on tho Medford A
Crater Lake railroad, They ' were
oamped near my plaoeaud a few even
inga before the night of whioh I speak
I took down a load of watermelons for .
them to do business with, and a few
days lator thoy got wutorniclon no
tions in their head again aud sent an
nvant oourlor to get my permiBBlon.
I gavo it all right and the full force '
began aotion, but they had mistaken
Lthe Hold and had gotten into, my
pumpkin patoh aud before my man
oould got to the sooue they had plug
god about all tbe big pumpkins I hud
hunting for ripe watermelons.."
Thos. MoAndrew: "Oh, yes; that
oorn I brought in is protty good oorn
good ouough for any oountry. If
I'd Bent it down lo Portland would
havo won some prizes sure. But I've
quit hunting tor big oorn ears lately,
sinoe a fellow bet mo a box of olgars
a few years ago 1 couldn't And an ear
of corn in this oountry a foot in
lougth. I brought him soveral of
thorn, and ho stood mo off with jut
threo or four olgars. That oorn there
in tho oxbiblt building, though, I'm
not afraid to sbo with oorn from
any oountry. It's as good as any of
it. Ob, wo onn ralso corn in South
ern Orogon."
John F. Whlto: "No. thoro isn't a
groat;doal doing in the real estate
lino, ultnough wo havo sevoral things
in prospoot. Whou pooplo from the
east who oamo out to tho fair have
timo to go home and begin to think
of what they bavo soon out hero, I
bollove tho oountry will begin to
reap resuitB from that fair. As it is
now they have seou so muoh that it
doosn't lmpross them.' However, I
hnve boon somewhat surprised of lato
at tho number of people from other
Southern Oregon towns who are try
ing to oxohnuge their property in
thoir proBont places of abodo for Mod
ford city property, or will take
ranch proporty oloso to the city.
What this movement means I am not
prepared to say, but it looks as if a
few fnrsighted pooplo iu those places
had commenced to ronlizo that Med
ford was the coming olty."
Hon. John D. Olwell: "I am glad
to got back to Southern Oregon,
Southern California, whoro I have
been for tho past two wooks,is a groat
a grand oountry, but it doosn't
strike mo so favorably as does the
Roguo river valley. Whllo I : was in
Rodlnnds tho thermometer ranged
from 05 to 105 every day, exooptlag
oik day when It was slightly oloudy.
It la tbo land of perpotual sunshine
and that palls on a person after
awuuo, iiero wo uuvu tuo woacnor
ixod about right sunshlno and
oondimonta whioh give splco to the
ntmoBphoro and mako ono know that
life la worth tho living. Thoro is too
much of a sameuoss ubout porpotunl
sunshlno, just as tboro is about per
petual snow, to suit mo, though poo
plo live in both ox ti ernes and scorn
to oojoy it, I may bo somowhat pre
judiced about this vnlloy, but I 'find
thnt I am not tho only one who thinks
tho same way."
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