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About Medford daily tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1906-1909 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1909)
THE MEDFORD DAILY TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1909. Medford daily Tribune Official Paper of the City of Medl'ord. Published everv pvetiirm except Sunday. MEDFORD PUBLISHING COMPANY George Putnam, Editor and Manager. Admitted as Second-Class Matter iu the Postof f ice at Medford, Oregon. SUBSCRIPTION RATES : mnnik bv mail or carrier. .. $0.60 One year by mnU. .16.00 .., TODAY'S WEATHER MKLUIOI tun. Cool, possible light frost tonight. Wednesday, fair and warm. A rare and salubrious climate soil of remarkable teHiUly beitutiful scenery-mountains ston-,1 with coul, .opper and gold extensive forests-streams stocked with speckled beauties fame in abundanoe-a contented, progressive people-such is -he Rogue River Valley. ' '" , i m.. umnerature 55 flegree Average yoarly preoipitatien . . . 21 incites Tin: cow si st movement But these figures are more imposing on paper than the laud will justify as the possible home of a large population. By irrigation many thousands of these acres,, now prac tically a desert, will yet be made fertile; by drying up or draining the immense swamp areas iu some of the older states another large area will be eventually made available. The day-of "free land," however, in the golden west, a cry once so attractive to the immigrant or to the settler from the older states, has practii-ally passed. Much of the land yet unappropriated may be free enough, but it will require wealth to make it productive. s' The United States, as far as regards the opportunities it offers the landless, is at the close of its first great era. The eras to come may be better in some respects, but they will be different. There aVe no more boundless areas of fer tile, well watered soil awa iting the settler. The day of free land is over. tT WOMEN ONLY KNEW What a Heap of Happiness It Would Bring to Medford Homes. The colonist rales in effect during March and April ; brought 711,111 hoineseekers into the west and northwest. Of these 51,'JOli came over the Hill lines and 19,935 over the Ilarriman lines. The increase over the Hill lines oyer a VPflJ ago is 50 per cent and the increase over the Ilarri man lines 100 per cent. To Oregon points there came over the Oregon Railroad & Navigation and 'Southern Pacific lines 5-1M colon ists as against 31 (ill a year ago. Of course this does not include those coming to Oregon points through the Hill gateways, probably as many more. For northwest points the ilarriman lines carried 1 '2,000 people as against (853 a year ago. Advertising is held responsible for the increased im migration, and the results from this advertising campaign are just beginning to be felt. A still greater influx of hoineseekers is looked for this autumn. Concerning the colonist movement, K O. McCortnick, assistant traffic! director of the Ifarrinuin lines, says: "The farmers are beginning to believe the stories of great agricultural and. fruit yields in the west and north west which were at first but a fairy tale to them. Then, too, tlie vast numbers of farmers who have been settled on homes during the past few years are writing letters back east all Hie lime urging their relatives and friends; to come and share in the golden returns of intelligent j effort iu the country west of the Rockies. All of these things have their effect and you may expect to see the rush ; of honiebuilders continue from now on until the great do-1 main of which I speak has a fair ipiota of population." , And if this is true of the farmer, how much truer it is of the eastern fruit grower, who wears his life away produc-j ing one crop of inferior fruit by three years of constant i effort when a ouartcr of the effort insures him certain profits iu such a natural fruit section as the Rogue River, valley ! mi-: eh. i or "'';; i,ad" oyeu. Hard to do housework with an ach ing back. Brings you hourse of misery at leisure or at work. 4 If women only know the cause that Backache pains come from sick ked-. noys, 'Would save much needless woe. I Doan's Kidney Til's cure sick kM i nevs. that I was unable to do any housework. The kidney secretions were irregular and caused me much annoyance. My back pained me intensely and when stooping or lifting I had sharp twinges in my loins. My health was mueh run own, and at times I felt very miserable. t, tt : j mil. I. l. t . IJUNH B AIUUDJI WDID UlUUglllf lj my attention and I procured a box at ( Haskins' drug store. They helped me from the first. I continued and war sooa entirely eured. I have recommend ed Doan 's Sidney Pills to other suffer era." For sale by nil dealers. Price 50 cents. f'ostcr-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.. sole Medford people endorse this: Mrs. J. 1. n.'iutiaum, corner Twtlfth ' agents for the Un:ted States, and C streets. .Medford, Or., says: "I J Remember the name Doan 's suffered so severely from kidney troublo ! take no other. -and 40 The original thirteen states bulk rather small on the a map of the I'niled States. As respects population, not withstanding the enormous growth of the country since the revolution, the addum; of stale alter slate to the orig inal I'nited Colonics, ami star after star to the American flag, (he old thirteen still number about one-third of the entire SO.000.000 people of the Union, savs the New York "World. Another third, according to the bureau of statistics of the department of commerce and labor, live in the states created from the territory ceded to the common Union by the original states. This is the region known for half a century as the west, which has always been a relative term according to the period in which it was used. The other third of the population live in what were originally known as the Louisiana Purchase, the Oadsden Purchase and other areas added by purchase or annexation. The center of population, following the star of empire westward, has passed over Ohio and now halts in southern Indiana. It is interesting to learn from the statistics furnished by the bureau that in 1908 there were still 754.805,000 acres of unappropriated and unreserved land. Of this nearly one-half is in Alaska, and its value is yet to be determined. In Nevada there are 61,177,000 acres of this unnppropriat--j t.j iuw0,, 4fi m.r)00 acres, in New Mexico 44-. Gond Goods Moderately Priced at HUSSEY'S Including such goods as Hosiery, Ladies' Men's, & Misses' underwear, Plain and Fancy China House Furnishing Goods etc. In fact the only place in Medford where you can get just what, you need, and get your money back if it is not satisfactory or just as it is represented. FIRST ANNUAL REDUCT ION SALE One Week Beginning FRIDAY MAY 14th Latest Noyel . . . ties in . . . MILLINERY ii ii At DEUEL & KENTNER'S. APPLES ANTJ PEARS AND ALL KINDS OF FRUIT AND QRNAMENTAL TREES. YAKIMA VALLEY NURSERY Largest Commercial Nursery in the Pacific North west. Not in the combine. Competes with all first ( class nurseries. L. E. HOOVER Agent MEDFORD, OREGON FOR SALE 80 acres of best farming land In Rogue River val ley, all free soil and under irrigation ditch, with deed right to water. Two miles from railroad station, quar ter mile from schoolltouse. on rural delivery route. Land now in alfalfa and grain. Will make an ideal orchard. Price and terms reasonable. For information call at Tribune Office i t l i i i m Stain K posit::rv Established 1SSS. i sj.it.il and Surplus $125,000 Rcsoarrcs i'OO.OOO ' 8 9 lO II HERE'S OUR RULE. Toahnve aualitv and price so evenlv blended that vou will find it both profitable and pleasurable to have us do vour tailorine work. Drop in and see our new string fabrics. Don't buv a hand me don when von ran ret a tailor made suit at the same price. W. W. EIFERT THB PROOBbSSTVli TAIL)B II B - Highest Attainment in Systematic Banking Service Thtf Jackson County Bank respectfully solicits your account, subject to your check, with the strongest guarantee of ' safety and efficiency. We offer the highest attainment in systematic banking service, which as sures tin greatest rare in every finan cial transaction, with this obliging institution. W. I. VAWTER, President. B. LIXDLBY, Cashier. IF IT'S IN THE ELECTRICAL LINE "IT S HERE." So waste no more time call on I1C Wa tinva Ilia mnol .inmrtletA linA I of electrical sundries and equipment in electric lamps, bell buttons, house 'phones in short, it would be easier to mention what we haven't As to prices they are always beyond com petition.1 ROGUE RIVER ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION CO.