Medford daily tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1906-1909, April 21, 1909, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextSee the Free Trip Offer to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition on Page nrrv yrr - - -w ttv . ftto J Wi MEWFOKO WAIL Y TRIBUNE FOURTH YEAR. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 19()9. No. 28. WOSPECTS WERE NEVER BEFORE AS BRIGHT FOR CROP ' These Are Anxious Nights for Local Orchardmen No Damage Has Been Done to Fruit so Far. LOCAL MEN LOOK FOR LAFGE CROP AND BEST OF PRICES Eastern Fruit Crop Seriously Injur' ed by Frosts Peaches Gone in the Wenatchee District. These are anxious nightH for the . fruitgrower. Light frosts nrc the usual occurrence, but no fur it is the concensus of opinion but sligiht dam age has been done. There will be heavy crop of pears, a Inrge crop of apples nnl a good crop of peaches in the Rogue River valley, unless tin foreseen conditions arise. The young fruit and the bloom successfully with stood a drop to 28 degrees Tuesday night. Many of the orchnrdists have been experimenting with smudge, but nothing to prevent frost frost has been done in a majority of instances Prospects are for record prices. Frost in the custom states, in Colo rado, Missouri and other fruitgrow ing regions of the central states have killed the peach crop and damaged severely all other fruits. In the Wo uatchee and Yakima districts, scarce ly a peach is left, and tho other crops will not be heavy. The severe win tor did great duniuge even to Hood Hivcr, and the prospects for a largo output ure slight. The eastern Ore gun crop will be a partial failure, leaving the liogne Hiver valley alone to be counted upon in Orefon tor n large fruit yield. Never Saw Better Yietdfl "In 30 years of orchard experi ence, I never saw better prospects for a big yield," said L. L. Hums, manager of the Gold Range, Moun iiin View and other orchards belong ing to the Rogue River Investment compuny. "This mborning I mude a minute examination of trees in many orchards, nnd cannot see that frost hus done any material damuge. We always have a frost scare in the spring, but only occasionally is any damage sustained. The cold spring and continued cold weather has ac climated the trees to stand more than an ordinary degree of frost." "So fur ns I know, little damage has resulted from the frost," said J. E. Watt, president of tho Rogue River Valley Horticultural society. "I have examined many orchards, and while some of the fruit has been nipped, no material injury has re sulted. I look for an extremely heavy pear crop and a fair sized apple crop, hut not as large in proportion as the pear kield. which promises to be phe nomenal." No Damage, Says Perry. "So far. no heavy damage by frost has been reorted to me," said J. A. I'erry, manager of the Rogue River Fruitgrowers' association. "It will be ome days before we will know wheth cr the crop will he materially affect ed. I hear conflicting reports, but no grower has reported damage. I do not think liny t'rop has been injured, except perhaps the Bartlett pears, slightN. The foothill orchard have not beert touched.?! . At The Tribune-office I). H. Haw kins, an experienced fruitgrower, oh Wednesday morning made a tour of TAFT WILL TAKE UP ROOSEVELT'S FORESHOLICY President Announces That He Is a Firm Believer In the Conserva- tion Movement Started by Predecessor. WILL CONTINE TO HOLD GOVERNORS' CONGRESS Gives Orders to Different Depart- j Has Words of Praise for the Valley ments to Carry On Work as 1 Urges Duality in Fruit Ship Outlined Last Year. ' ' ped to New York. WASHINGTON, B. C, April 21. It has been announced that President Taft is in hearty sympathy with tho Roosevelt policies regarding fores try and conservation of natural re sources. The announcement was made today and was the first inclina tion that the public hud that Taft would not undo the work accomplish ed by former President Roosevelt. It was feared ill the west thut this might be the case. The president announced that he would call the governors of the va - rious states into conference in Wash-1 ington as the time went on in order that a more thorough understanding of the various sections of the coun-jtrip try might be bad. The president has issued orders to. the various departments to carry on ! the work of conservation as they did ; under the Roosevelt regime , the valley orchards near Medford, which would suffer if any, on ac count of the elevation. lie brought back young fruit and blossoms from all, and the effect of frost was j scarcely perceptible. Mr. Hawkins states: What Investigation Showed. I have examined the orchards with i the result that I findthat so far but ittle damage has resulted to the or- card crops in this valley. Tho Hutch-i ison-Lnmsdcn orchard appears to have sustained none nl all, the bloom the north side of the orchard hav ing an especially healthy appearance. "No serious damage was done the fruit in the Marshall orchard. . The pears heiug but slightly touched beneficially so in fact while tho ap ples seem wholly to have escaped in- jtiry. "The fruit on the north side in the Hill orchard is slightly damaged. To- ward the center of the orchard, how- over, and farther on to the southern onfines the damage done the fruit is scarcely perceptible. The" Lewis and adjacent orchards live received no injury- worth nc-!1"'" ear similar iun crop is ex muting. In one or two places the ' P00- nut sustained slight injury from fts of the northern breeze, but no lamage of a serious nature result ed. "In Ih.i l n rsliitll firflin t-il smniltriiur ... ,. , . iv.'w 1-i.w.n'tpil In ns ii snlcp-.inrn : ueainst frost. In the Hill orchard, i K;llis Pe"rM f'"' ,hc New Vork mar however, and in the Hutchison-Linns- I "her varieties being more suit- ei nrehnrd n well, nn smtioVmo- ... done. "The trees in the Hill orchard are young. Having out scant milage ana j meager nature-protection. I he trees ; in the Marshall orchard and the j Hutchison-Lumsden orchard arc large i with a setting of dense foliage and , bloom, uil 01 wmcn niios means 01 protection. "With three or four more days of growing weather the foliage on the trees will have become intensified to such a degree as to reduce danger from frosts to a minimum. The promise now U another banner crop of fruit for Rogue River valley." ! PROSPERITY IS i ON TAP SAYS FRUIT BUYER Horace W. Day of Sgobet & Day of New York Is In Medford on His Annual Trip to West. .ROGUE RIVER COMICE I LEAD THE ENTIRE WORLD t I Horace W. Day of the firm of Sgo bel & Day, the lurge fruit buying firm of New York, accompanied by his son Kenneth H. Day, secretary of the firm, is in Medford on his annual trip through the fruitgrowing dis tricts of tho United States. Mr. Day is most enthusiastic regarding the outlook for the coming season, nnd expects not only a large orop of fruit, but high prices. He predicts the return of prosperity and states that tho entire country will go forward with a now impetus as soon as the tariff bill, now before congress, is j disposed of. Mr. Day has just completed his through the fruit districts of ! California, and reports that tho state will have a lull crop if nothing un- expected turns up in all deciduous fruits with tho exception of plums, of which there will be but hnlf a crop. they are not as yet out of the woods, as a lato frost might injure them to some extent, but present indications ire splendid. The peur growers are fighting pear blight with tho best of success and ure making moro prog- ' lpss vcr uetore. The breaking .of the levee in the Sacramento last winter, however, worked a groat hard ship on somo of the orchards, es- pecially the large one of Howard & Reed near Yuba City, which was neur- ly buried by the sand which was washed in. Grape Crop Large. The Tokay grape crop will be enor mous and tho present planting will insuro no less than 10,000 carloads for eastern markets in a fow years if the unexpected does not happen. Tho crop in Cornice ond Winter Nclis pears will be a good one, but, however, will not be larger than last - venr - 1 IIR aPI'l ""p will be large. Last !'ear Watsonville shipped no less than i'uu ,'ar" 01 Newtown 1'ippins to tho London murket, and of those Sgobel & Day exported 160 cars. The rc- however, were unsatisfactory. .nr. iay expects 10 remain in Merf- lord for several days looking overlsomo that tho contracts can be con the local conditions. He is most en-Strued to mean that the lawn owners thiisinstif over the ci-rtninties of the are enjoined from transferring their future, especially in regard to the lands during the life of the airen. iiiWIi.ll (',,,., I,... ,1'A,,; I III!.... ' irinirr "",0 Ior ""l" markets. Prices Satisfactory. The prices on the fruit, he said, if properly selected will be satisfac- i trv. Th one thinir thut ho ;u u,miilv. (lu,.iiiv. nunlitv. jn a.)tlles ti.e two b ', v,lriol:ou f are the Snitze,h,.ru j .i, Vp.vtlin - n Ptnnma Th. , - . imv iwuie mum satisfactory for his market, and it is to be hoicd that the quality this year will be up to its usual standard. The larger sized Kewtowns command bet ter prices in the New York market than if sent abroad, as the English- (Continued 00 page 8.) GETS PERMIT JACKSONVILLE Bell Telephone Company Loses Out In County Seat Twenty Year Franchise Granted Citizens. FARMERS AGREE TO CANCEL CONTRACTS WITH PACIFIC CO. City Council Wanted Thirty-Foot Poles, Ail-Night Service and Modern Service; Refused. Tho city council of Jacksonville on Tuesday evening turned down the Pacific! States Telephone & Tele graph company's franchise in the county scat. They voted to givu tho Citizens' Telephone company a 20-year fran chise in that city. Tho council demanded that the Hell company erect only 30-foot poles, give all-night service, and install a modern system. This was refused and tho council canceled its fran chise. Over ;i.r fnrmers who uro now pat rons of the Hell Telephone company have agreed to cancel their telephone contracts and give their patronage to the new company. llow soon the mutter will be put into ettttct is not known, but proba bly after such time as the Citizens' Telephone company have succeeded in installing their system. BEAUTIFYING WALNUT PARK BY SETTING OUT TREES K. N. Warner is leaving no stone unturned in lidding to the beuutv and attractiveness of his Walnut Park uil- lition to the city. Ho is now open ing a street north and south through tho addition, which he will name Chestnut nnd along which he will set Chestnut trees. The prices of his lots are to be advanced $25 on May 1, and if any remain unsold the oricc will be aguin advanced on Juno 1. Walnut Park has an ideal location, being just outside the present city limits on West Seventh street, and affords n most beautiful view of the neighboring mountains. Ilcnson In vestment company are handling the lots. WATER USERS OBJECT TO FORM OF CONTRACT KLAMATH FALLS. (Jr., April 21. Lond owners under the first unit of the Klamath project are objecting to signing the contracts required by the Water Users' association before wa ter will be delivered under the instal ment payment plan. It is held bv incut, which is ten vcars. Aimin it is claimed there is no provision for disposing of inherited lunds in cuses where the heirs are all land owners under the project, and are nil hold ing contrai ls for KiO acres, the max imum Minmi.il I.. ...I ..II .l . " " ' ..".-co any one WRAPPED SNAKE AROUND BOY'S NECK; IS INSANE TACOMA, Wush., April 21. Rav !g boyond all efforts to quiet him, the 7-year-old Ron of C. H. Seeley, living near here, around whose neck a companion wound a dead snake a week ago, may never recover bis rea son. The lad was so frightened that he went into hysterics. MOSLEMS KEEP UP SLAUGHTER OF CHRISTIANS Over 600 Are Slain in Provinces of Asia Minor In One Day Horrible Cruelty Is Practiced. OVER 6000 HAVE BEEN SLAIN IN THE PAST FEW DAYS Consular Advices Paint Dark Picture Presence of Cruisers Thought to Have Effect. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 21. Tho massacre of Christians by fn nulical Mohammedan hordes was re newed in the portion of Asia Minor today. Over tiOO uro thought to have been slain today. Many wore killed neur Alcxandrctto. The torch is being applied to dwell ing houses in nil towns throughout tho province. No fewer than 0000 pursons have lost their lives since tho outbreak of the trouble. Consular advices report scenes of the most inhuman cruelty. The arrival of tho cruisers of England niid tho United States will' have u good ef fect, it is believed. Tho government troops huvc benn powerless to check the outbreak. LOS ANGELES CAPITALISTS CHARGED WITH FRAUD LOS ANGELES, Cal., Aiiral 21 Charges that Ed II. llarriman, II. E. Huntington, General Harrison Gray Otis, the publisher of the Los Angeles Times, and other local capitalists arc members of a syndicate which purchased liiuil preventing the com pletion of the $2.'l,000,000 Owens Hiv- cr acue(lui t project, will be inves-I tigated by the city attorney. Tho ob- lent of the project is to supply the city with water. Charges were made to the council by the Democratic I league. BRYCE MAY SPEAK AT THE SEATTLE EXPOSITION SEATTLE, Wash., April 21. Jo. siah Collin, the chairman of the com mittee on Predeiiliiils and special events, has received u telegram from Ilntish Ambassador llryco acknowl edging an invitation to give an ad- Iress at the opening of the exposi tion. A reply will be made latei'. LEG BROKEN WHILE HE IS EATING PIE CHICAGO, April 21. Alis Massur in a hospital with a broken leg, 1111 injury he sustained while trying to eat u piece of pic and ut the same time guide his bukerv wagon over n mound of dirt in the road. The ve hicle upset and threw Massar undi! a wheel. BALLINGER WILL FAVOR DECHUTES RAILROAD WASHINGTON', D. ('., April 21. Secretary liiiUiiigcr will not sign his decision in the Deschutes Canyon case until tomorrow. His decision, it is expected, will be favorable to the railroads. Shorty Dodge of Olson mill sec lion has taken a trip to Medford for homestcud supplies. J. Ocppert of Obenchain has been poying a business visit to Medford. I START THURSDAY AFTER FUNDS IN DEADjARNES Proposition Made by Kiser Pho Company tor Enlarged Pho tos Goes Over for a Week. DETERMINED EFFORT WILL BE MADE FOR MORE FUND Panorama of Crater Lake Would B Splendid Advertisement at Seattle Fair. Soliciting funds for the Coinmor- ciul club pamphlet will begin in cum ost Thursday and tho special com mittec, reinforced by several volun leers, will call upon every business' mun in town to got 011 tho publicity'! bund wagon. At Tuesday night's peuinl mooting a resolution was pass od instructing tho secretary to give out pamphlets only to subscribers to the fund. Advertising in the Pacific Mouth- lv llltioiltltinu' in !fc.rifl il rnrmtli wnu nr. dercd cut out. Tho proposition from tho Kiser Photo company for a dis play of enlarged photos, colored in oils, for the Seattle fair was laid over for a week, owing to the small attendance at tho meeting nnd to HWilit the result of the soliciting com mittee. In the proposition from Kiser it is stated: "The pictures aru photographs en larged frum Kiser's negatives. They are then colored by hand by tho host artist we have ever seen work ut picture tinting, all the work clono under Mr. Kiser's supervision. Tho method of coloring ill oils is 11 new one and besido giving a beautiful ef fect has the great advantage of be ing pei-uiauenl. Since this is 1111 orig inal method, there are no pictures 011 tho market other tliaii u few that Ihavo been so colored within the past six n ths, and 111111 nf lli'isn gre in the possession of Mr. I...,.! Hill, pres r Mm tlrc.ii i:il r,.;i-,iv who has kept ti !u-.y since he first saw the picture. Kir mountain scenery this method of treating a picture is the most satisfactory that Mr. Hill has ever seen. I do nut hesilato to state ilial the combination ol the enlargement and tho artistic and rugged coloring is the only thing that realll brings the spirit of the mountains home, and it comes the neurcst to doing justice to the won derful lake of any reproduction, paint ing or olhorwiM. that I have ever seen.'" One of these pictures can be seen at the Commercial club rooms. It is a work of art. The committee appointed to aid A. O-l rainier, the Chicago hotel mull, who seeks a site for 11 new local ho tel, reported that .Mr. Ostrander hail been iul i-odiiccd lo .Mr. .Moore, hut hud secured 1111 opt inn oil the old Plir iliu properly 011 North It and Sixth streets for $l.i,l)0U and would proba bly use this ns the site for his new lintel. Messrs. C. II. Snyder, Ernest Webb and Charles Young were elected mem bers. Toggery Hill, who is always up-to- date, has again shown that he keeps up with the procession and is noe of the most progressive of marehants by installing the latest thing in store fixtures, used by first-olnss houses alt over the country, satin finish, square and solid brass tubing. The new fixtures will add much to the ap- Jpearanee of the Toggery, one ,of the busiest of local stores. ': ,