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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. ': ,