The Medford mail., March 09, 1906, Page 11, Image 11

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Medford's Leading' Furniture & Carpet House
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Rooking 0 hairs,
Morris Chairs,
Leather Chairs,
Reception Chairs
Dining Tables,
Center Tables,
Iron Bedsteads,
Wood Bedsterds
MATTRESSES, ETC., are of a variety
that places us in a position to please
the tastes and pocketbooks 01 all.
Chiffoniers Picture Frames
Dressers Window Shades
Sideboards Cupboards
Wardrobes Secretaries
Stands Linolium
Desks Bookcases
,' In fact, everything that goes to
make up a first-class
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furniture
store. Is a stock that is seldom
seen in a town of this size, and
THE PRICES ARE RIGHT.
WE ARE the leading Carpet House in Southern Oregon,' and have sold more carpets the past season than all other
houses in the valley put together. We have a complete line, arid we sew and lay your carpets.
ALSO A COMPLETE LINE OF WALL PAPER.
The MEDFOR.D - FURNITURE - COMPANY
OUR MOTTO: "Buy a Seller, Sell a Winner, Win a Buyer."
VEGETABLES AND
SMALL FRUITS
Good Opportunities for This
Line of Business.
Toe business of raising vegetables
and smalt fruits is one of the remun-
A.nMa nnranfta fnllnwnd in the Vflllev
and one that is oapable of oonsider-1 vored valley, bat the raising of this
able extension. A readyjhome market class of traits is not carried on as ex
is found for much of this produoe in : tenaively as it might be, or as it will
the several towns of the valley, bat j be in the future. There isn't a vege-
All other vegetables thrive here.
Tomatoes attain a large size and are
of excellent flavor, and besides are
good snippers. Fifteen tons to the
acre is about an average orop.
Jaokson ooanty is the home of the
watei melon,, and the reputation of the
melons grown here is suoh that noth
ing but Southern Oregon melons will
be tolerated in the Portland markets,
when the season is on. They are
large, finely flavored and in short are
the "real thing."
Blaokberrles, raspberries, strawber
ries, all kinds of berries reaoh the
highest degree of perfection in this fa
shipments have so far been confined
to berries and tomatoes.
With a cannery or two to work up
table or fruit indigenous to the tem
perate zone but oan be grown here
equally as well as In any other aeo-
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A Group of Vegetables Raised in tho Valley.; ;: Photo by Hull
the surplus the business of truok farm
ing would be greatly lnoreaBed.
The raising nf onions has become
one of the fast developing branches of
vegetable raising during the past few
years and the finest onions on earth
are grown in this valley. Eagle Point
-twelve miles from Mearora is me
principal onion-growing center, al
though a great many are grown along
the Bear creek bottom. The average
orop per "ore on good land if about
eight tons,' and the prloe per ton
usually In the neighborhood of $20.
Off a tract of land, an acre and a quar
ter in extent, at Eagle Point, 73,000
pounds of onioas were gathered, v
Good Opportunities for In
dustrial Enterprises.
Although Medford is well supplied
with business enterprises of various
kinds, there are openings tor new in
dustries, whioh would prove lucrative
to the founders and beneficial to the
city.
First and foremost is a cannery for
the canning of fruits and vegetables,
the manufaoture of piokles and in faot
carry on all the branches of the oan
ning business. In the vlolnity of
Medford tons upon tons of vegetables
could, and would be, grown if mar
ket suoh as a cannery would afford
oould be bad. -Many acres of the Bear
oreek bottom lands oould be utilized
for berry culture and a new source of
income to the "farmers and employ
ment for labor would be established.
The canneryman need never be af
raid of running out of stook to work
upon, once the people oommenood
raising produce for that purpose.
Nowadays there 1b almost enough
fruit and 1 vegetables' wasted In the
valley to keep a small cannery In op
eration though the season. In ths ap
ple and pear season there Is always
more or less fruit perfectly free from'
worms or disease that is not market
ableon acoount Of Imperfect shape,
laok of size or oolorlng. This oould
all.be used. The stimulation given
to the growing of small . fruits and
vegetables by the eBtaDiisument of a
cannery would be great.
The field is here waiting for some
one with enterprise and experlenoe to
exploit it, and we do not believe there
is a better opening for a business of
this nature anywhere than right here
in Medford.
Every olasa of vegetable and fruit
which la put up In cans la grown here,
and perfeotly. The biggest and jnoi-
est tomatoes, the most fragrant on
aie many ideal, places for dairies.
Pure air, pure water and plenty of
suaoulent grasses form a combination
hard to beat from a dairyman's point
of view. It will not be many years
before Jaokson county will be noted
for its dairying industry, lnoompany
with its other many resources.
A creamery is now in operation in
Medford, which haa been doing a
very successful business tor the past
three o. four years.
tion of the country. ' Even theml
grant from the middle west is com
pelled to admit that Jaokson county
corn looks just like the real stuff, and
it not only looks it, but it is.
Our potatoes, celery, asparagus, cab
haa. In fact all kinds of vegetables.
oannot b beaten. . "The proof ot the . ououmbera in berfeotlon, berries,
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prodoota of toe gardens and berry enumerae all joat say averythlng .and
patohes of Jaokson county.
Table grapes have proven a very
sure orop and travelers aay that the
product la superior In flavor to the
California grapes. Tokays bring three
cents per pound at the vineyard and
practically all the foot hill land la
suitable for vineyards.
that ia no exaggeration
A ooid storage plant la another
thing whioh la needed in Medford,
In the oolder ollmates of othr states,
as there are no bitter winds nor blind
ing snow storms to contend with. In
the.foot bills surrounding the valley
The Cost of Things
The easterner la of the opinion chat
the necessaries of life are muoh
higher here than they are back there.
The following la a fair sample of the
prloeB charged for suoh goods here
and are on a class of goods that make
it easy of comparison with eastern
prioeB:
DRY GOODS.
Caltooes, 5 to 6ii cents.
Muslins, unbleaohed, 3K to lOoeuts.
Muslins, bleached, dii to Vii oants.
Ulnghams, 5to 0)i cents..,: .,
Canton flannels, 0J4 to 15 cents.
Sheetings, 5-4 to 10-1, 13 to 29 cents.
Outing flannels, 5 to 10 oents.
Peroales, 8 to IB oents.
Tioklngs, 10 to 25 cents.
Urasb, 5 to 15 cents- .-
FURNITURE.
Iron beds, 83 up.
Solid oak, cane Beat dining ohair,
11.25. -
: Matrasses, $2 up. '
Extension table, hard wood, 6-inch
leg, 812.50.
As a matter of fact furniture la as
oheap here as it Is in the east, owing
to the faot that much of it is made
here on the coaBt.
CLOTHING.
" Blue ' serge' suits, ' good quality,
$16.50 to r5.
Worsted suits, fair quality, $6.60 to
$13.50. .V - '
Worsted lulta, better grade, $15 to
$25.00. '
Overalls, best makes, 65 oenta. '
Clothing Is practically the same prieo
here as in the east and a person does
not need so much of it.
HARDWARE.
Oulok Meal, 6-hole range, with
warming oven, $50. ?
10-quart tin milk paU, 25 oents.
Barn shovel, 85 oents.
Mayaole hammers, 75 oenta.
D-8 Dlston saw, $1.85. '
Nails, per pound, 5 oenta.
' 6-quart tin pan, 10 oenta.
GROCERIES.
100 pound sack ot sugar, (grana
lated)$6.25.
50-pound sack of beBt flour, $1.00,
Beat uuoolored Japan tea, per pound,
60 oents.
Arbuokles or Lion cotfee, six pack
ages, $1.00.
Uraokers, per pound, 10 oents.
Royal tfakiug Powder, per pound,
50 oents.
Diamond O soap, six bars, 25 centa.
Star ohewing tobacco, per pound,
50 oents.
SHOES.
A shoe that sells for $3 In Chioago
aells for $3 here. The prioeB of shoes
are exaotly the Bame here as they are
any plaoe in the east and the bland
are the same, much bb Douglas, Sell'.
Crawford, Crossett, Walkover, etc.
Lumber la muoh oheaper here than
anywhere in the east and of better
grade. A person oan build a house
for about a third less titan in the east.
A careful investigation provea - that
the oost of living here is not noticea
bly different here than in the east. -
Eden Valley Pretty and Productive
(Continued from page 10).
Howell varieties, and it nnat sn
per box to grow and ship them.
Uherrles and grapes have not been
raiBed extenBlveiv. but thn nmnll nwh.
ardB aud vineyards of N. S. Bennett
ana ocners nave proven conclusively
that they are a successful orop and
yield profitable returns. Mr. Bennett
haa between thirty and thirty-five
cherry trees In bearing, which bring
mm about 75 annually above all ex
penses. These trees give two full
crops In three years, while the third
orop Is about a halt orop. Blaok Re
publicans, Royal Anna and snob varie
ties oommand ready sale at from 1 centa
to 6 oents per pound, while some of
the fanoy varieties bring even better
prloes. Isolated trees in full bearing
have been known to produce from $12
to $18 worth of cherries in a single
sea'on, but orchards will not do so
well as isolated trees. . .,;
GRAINS AND GRASSES
owing to the adaptability of the
Rogue River Valley to the growing of
more profitable orops, wheat farming
U'not oarried on so extensively as It is
in other sections, The faot is that
thla valley raises little or no wheat
for export. The orops are all used at
home. The average orop is between
200,000 and 300,000 bushels.
Corn is grown successfully, of excel
lent quality, bat it all goes to line the
ribs of those porkers mentioned in an
other part ot thla paper.
Oats, barley and other grains all
Photo by Hull
flourish, but no more than ia neces
sary for home consumption ia grown,
for reasons given Bbove.
The ohiei forage plant grown ia al
falfa, of whioh tnonsanda of tons are
put up eaon year. Three cuttings are
made on unlrrlgated land, and where
irrigation la to be had four orops are
gathered. The average yield for the
season on good land la seven tons to
tbe aore. -
Timothy, clover and other forage
plants also flourish.