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About Medford daily tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1906-1909 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1909)
1 Trout are Taking the Fly And we have the FLIES THAT FASCINATE the finny tribe in end less variety, made to order all sizes and colors, designedespecially for the Rogue river and tributaries, guaranteed to hold any size fish We have the finest assortment of up-to-date fish ng tackle ever displayed in southern Oregon-all brand new-all sty esof Rods Reels Lines, Leaders, Spoons and Hooks. Don't forget our $80 anglers prize for the biggest steel head caught in the Rogue this serson on one of our hooks. MEDFORD H ARDWARE CO. HEADQUARTERS FOR FISHERMEN FIRST ORCHARDS IN ROBUE RIVER VALLEY Anderson Grove at Talent and Va- noy Grove at Grants Pass ; the Only Producers. SAYS HIS HANGING IS A BIG THING In lh" yt'ii r tss:t-l the Orcein and 'ill it'i i ni in railway cntnilelcd the building nl its line smith of Itoschur IhrmiL-h I hi' Iioj-ih' Itiver valley smith to Wedding, ('nl., says I liiiliculural (miiiiii'Hii!t' A. II. 'aiMMi in his an mini I ri'ntrl just published. This jrave Ihe Uuf-tie Itiver valley railway Jneililies north to Portland, Or., and Kouth to San rYaneisen. Prior to the emniletinii o' this railroad, now Jdinwn as a iart of the Southern l'u tyi(v, I he horticultural development of the Konue Itiver valley was ol' u primit ie character. Apples, pears, grapes and other I'rnils were rown hy (lie pitHieer -el tier only for home iiso. The only orchards ol' any size in the lioyne Itiver valley were the ap ple and pear orchards of K. K. ' An derson o' Talenl. in ,laelson county, of 'yhotit ten aeres, and Ihe apple or chard ol' .lame.- Vanoy, I'onr miles and a half west ol' Grants Pass, in Josephine eoiinly, eon la in inn; about r'fii'ti! acre-;. There was no market for lite apples and pears rown in the-e two orchards, and the surplus not reiiiii I'd hy the owners was free ly -ien awaV to pioneer neighbors, who were uilhonl fruit, ! Win n the railroad was completed, apple anil pear buyer-, eanie into the ltone b'ii-r alley from California anil biinlll the -urplu-; fruit t'nmi the-e two ui'chanK, pael;iiii; the ap ples ami pears with their expert Chi nese packers, and shipped the same south and ea-t as t'aliforaia :rown fruit, ttrei.n, or the Hne.ue Itiver valley, at that lime received no credit for her apples or pears in the east ern in a rket I', very bo v was -hipped branded a- California i;rowii. It i- a fact well known here that (he A'lderoii and Vanoy orchards which were in their prime in ISSii-l - the time of the bnildnn; of the rail road made both of the-e pioneers rich, as the demand created by trans IHUSI-:, Idaho, April ;I0. -- "All ritrlil; let thcia shoot their wad. When it is a hitr t hin.tr that is eominj; off,' remarked (-'red Seward today, when informed thai the state board of par dons had refused to interfere in Ihe death sentence imposed by Ihe Mos cow court, in which he was eonvicled of miirderini; a woman of the under world. Seward will he handed Fri day at the .stale penitentiary. IT wa.s twice granted n reprieve on the urmitul thai new evidence would be produced. Kli Jones has secured the eonlrnet for the carpenter work on Robert Kyle's new residence on the east side. Work wns commenced there Monday rnnrnin. KLAMATH RAILROAD NOW REACHES MIDLAND KLAMATH FALLS, April MO. The track crew reached Midland at noon today with the rails, and thus eompleted the laying of the trayk for the railroad across the marsh. This has been the most difficult piece of work yet encountered by the lracklayin; crew, oir account of Ihe condition of the t;rade and Ihe difficulty in seeuriiiR men. It is said that rV reman Ma it in Dillon of Ihe track jjan ilischa rtjed "HI men in two davs. A man has to work in irder to hold a job under Uillon. and mi this account ihe crew has been re luced durinir Ihe past week from "0 men to les.-e lhau Mai. I he engines with balastinij crews have been t'ol- nwinir the sleel rnnir. and the track will be ready for Ilea y I ravel in a few dn vs. With the track acrns the mar-h it will be a very simple matter to com plete it to Klamath KalU. The engineer- -tale that I In- will lake about a week. The rrade from Midland to Klamath Kails is solid a ml none of the difficult ies across the niar-h will be encountered. A- the halla-tine. i-. done uearlv as fast the track is put down, it will put the railroad into thi- city ready for operation early in May. H0BS0N LODGED IN JAIL FOR ASSAULT of Ihe Weed railroad as far ns Kricknii and l'etersonV camp and were returning on foot, when Hob sou assaulted him with a knife and club. He was cut over Ihe eye, hit on Ihe head and robbed of $.". It is also stated lhat I'Yitsch had $170 on his person, in a money bell, which was not taken. Hobson will prob ably have a hearing some lime this week. NO FROST DAMAGE ABOUT CENTRAL POINT Knockers have been busy lately circulating calamity .-lories about the ;reat damage done to orchards in the Central Point section by re cenl I'msiy nights. Krai (men nil re xvl that but very few blooms were killed and in almost all cases the only effect of (he frost has been to lessen the eost of thinning the drop, which is usually no small item of the nn nual cost of earing for a commercial orchard. V. H. Hopkins reports practically no' damage done in his orchard, as h Kd Hanloy, Will Stewart, J. W. Merrill. V. H. Norcross and many other prominent orehardisls. porti talion possibilities created hi-h prices for me pnuueis oi ine-e inn orehards. Tt is enrree! to say that the Ander son and Vanoy orehards wen the prime factors that started omnmer- rinl appli and penr prowint in the Rogue River valley, which nt the present time has reached an acre nee that R K. Anderson nnd James Vnnov never dreamed of when they planted their orchards in the early pioneer days of the titties. Miss FTanel Knynrt left Thursday to visit relative in New York city. DIRECTOR NEWELL TO VISIT KLAMATH FALLS KLAMATH FALLS, April ,1ft. Itefore many days elapse Director of t he railed Slates Iteclarnatioit Ser vice Newell will be in Ibis city. Such is the announcement made hy Pro ject Kui.riuecr W. W. Patch, who re turned from Weed this ,i f'lernooo, w her he went on Monday In meet Supervising iMiirineer Hnpsou. Mr. Hopsou was on his way to Portland, to meet Mr. Newell, who will arrive in Ihal city within a few days. Not ince t he commencement of work mi the Klamath project will an event carrv with it -o much import ance as (be coming nl Ibis lime of Mr. Newell. It is generally under stood now- lhat the real head of the service i- Mr. Newell. BAjSE BALL SXjTNBAY ivi i r w ij v s HILT Nothern California Champions'? 0 PURSE Tie Hottest Game of ths Season Turn oj and help the boys pay lor their new suits . GAMj CALLED AT 1 p. m. Admission 25c Grandstand 40c $15 BIOS OPENED TO BUILD SAN DIEGO & ARIZONA R. R. Ylil'K A. tSi-kiy.ii t'..t April 30. .lo-eph l.oekyear. Constable of Weed, hit-, arrived here with (tiM'i:e H.ibson, whn i c1uuumI with usnult mill n doiullx' wcjtpntt with intent in kilt. nhsmi v:w Indoii in the onunty jnil pcnilini; his preliniinary hjiriitj. which wil t;(kc pl.irp ns soon is T.popohl Kritsol; is nhln to attend tMnrt. he hoine now in the hospital nt Wed. tinMiM-ffoinff trrattnent for the wounds receit'd Ht thr hands itf Holison. Or. Ti'M says that the wounds aro not necessarily danger ous, hut that it will take some time before he will he able to be around. It is claimed by Pritseli that he and TTobson had been out on the line SAV IHKIIO. April :tl. l;i,l will bo optMit'd tomorrow for the 'jrailinir ot the San litL'o nnd Arizona liail- road. wbirh is beinc proinoti'il by bn II. Kprei klos. The first work on (he road will be beirun earlv in Ma on ihe section from National City to Ti.juua on the Mexican side of ( Ihe boundary. It will parallel the boundary Hue until it reaches Ihe Ja- j ennihn valley, when it will turn back : into California, funniii); through the j imperial country to the Colorado I river. ; material al l.'i cent- per ouuds le-s than the corKi'atioiiiaiidiird prices. This cutting of rj Ims se-ri.ui-ly curtailed the ouj of Hie i tn t plants, who have inBieil that ihc will cuter into a w;4 prices. I'he price on steel rail- wliowever. probably remain the snmjeel wire and steel rails have lierl-re "een held up in price by the tiiiiot with stand the enl- of the inlndcnts. ANOTHER BOAT WILL GO IN UPPER LAKE PORTLAND SANITARI HOLDS ITS STEEL TRUST DRAWN INTO ' FURTHER PRICE CUTTING riTTSIU'liCt. April 30. A cut ,.r ten cents per hundred pound- is e HM'ted tomorrow on steel wire. The independent- have already -old tnuch WASHINGTON. P. t The Mount Tabor. Or w as today jsiven the ins; for the Alaska c.imine year. The VJ7.."i0 per heai per mo ka sanitarium bid Vl." Secretary ltallincer he stitution wns wot -tiffs ped and was not re-p. 1TRACT ril 30. litariuni. h for ear- irinj the price is The Sit- head. but t the in t eqnip- KI.AMAT1I FALLS. April 30. Another passenger boat will soon be in operation on the upper lake. Clyde Huffman has just eompleted a ill-foot bout with a .-eeu foot beam and it was turned over to the, painter- this afternoon. 'fhe boat is equipped with a four- ; cylinder ill-horse (Htwer ua.-oline en gine and is said to be built for fast i travel. A tf'uss cabin will cover the j deck, which will acommndute 4U pas- j senders. The new boat will be put ! in commission about MaT 11, and t wil make round trips to all point.-' on the upper lake. town- of the interior will l)e without mail for four months because the river steamer refuse to continue the service at the present rate. THOUSAND WIDOWS , FLEEING MASSACRES LONDON. April 30. A thousand wulows and orphans wnn escaped the massacres are swarming toward the mission at Antioch in the province of Aleppo. Many are starving. Several fell dead mi U. rnnd. .Massacres aro still sweeping east and north. ALASKA STEAMERS j NOW REFUSE MAIL FAIU11ANKS. Alaska. April 30 It is announced her today that be- j tween t00 and 1000 residents of river ' WASHINGTON. D. C. Anril 30 The call of the supreme court docket was suspended today. According to the announcement of Chief Justice Fuller the court will take a recess from Monday. May 3. until May 17, hen a further recess will be taken until May 31, the dale of final " ioHinment for tke term. ... J . p 1 1T ?er!rtment r? l-I
