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THK MEDFORU DAILY TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1909. MEDfiORD DAILY TRIBUNE Official Paper of the City of Medford. Published evert' evening except Sunday. MEDFORD PUBLISHING COM P A N Y Oeokue Putnam, Editor and Manager. Admitted as Second-Class Matter in the Postoffiee at Medford, Oregon. SUBSCRIPTION RATES : On moath by mail or carrier. .. .10.80 One year by mail W'00 TODAY'S WEATHER PREDICTION. Fair tonight and Thursday. Warmer. A rare and salubrious climate soil at remarkable fertility beautiful scenery mountains stored willi liuul, copper and gold e-terwive forests streams stocked with speckled beauties game iu abundance a oontented, progressive people such is -be Rogue Kiver Valley. Average mean temperature S5 degrees Average yearly preoipitalien 21 inches SALARIES FOR CITY OFFICIALS Medford has an excellent set of city officials. ' Doth mayor and couiiei linen devote a large part f their tune to the administration of municipal affairs, which arc economically and excellently conducted. Medford has been exceptionally lucky. Few citizens in any community can spare the time from their personal business to administer the affairs of the public. That we have had such officials in the past, shows the high level of public spirit that rules the community . As the city grows, more and more time is required to manage its affairs. It is unreasonable to expect men of ability to sacrafice personal business interests without some remuneration besides the conscioxisness of duty well done. Unless a man is well-to-do, he cannot afford to lose his time, which is his principal capital. AVc do not want to bar poor men from public office and under present conditions, the poor man cannot afford the sacrafice. The mayor and members of the city council should be placed upon a salary not a large salary, but sufficient to compensate in a measure for the loss of time occas ioned, say $"() a month for the mayor and $25 a month for the councilman. Ashland has recently, voted salaries to the administra tors of its business affairs. It is right that Medford should do the same. We can never be sure of a business administration until officials are paid iu a businesslike way. v A special eleclion will be called shortly to vote upon amending the charter to enlarge the city limits and take in contiguous territory. At the same time, the proposi tion of salaries for mayor and council should be submit ted to tin? people. The laborer is worthy of his hire and the city official of pay. Neither can be expected to do much without just recompense. a portion of the trart. Both apple aud pear trues In tlie old orchard aro heavily laden with fruit. Last year from on'' Dt-ar tree alone 54 boios of fruit were picked. Advance In Value Since this property was bought and developed It has been discovered that a largo portion of the orchards aio underlaid with coal. It Is located only one-balf mile from the Sunnysldo mines now in operation. With fruit trees ou top and coal underground, this company has cer tainly a very bright future, and the actual value of the orchard land can hardly be estimated at this time. Great advance In property of all kinds during the past few years In Rogue Rlvor valley has greatly en hanced the value of this orchard. It would not be possible now to buy raw land at twice what was originally paid for It. Adjoining land Is held from $100 to 200 an acre, and is stilled to be cleared before being of any use for orchard purposes. Planted orchard-! throughout tbe valley sell from $.'100 to $500 an acre, with trees the same age as those In this orchard. TAIiKNT TALES Frank Oatman has the orchard ho has charge of in fine shape. Fred Rapp has commenced to cut bis fine crop of alfalfa. Charles Walters and wife were Medford visitors Monday. Welborn Beoson was a Medford visitor the first of the week. J. G. Qore ot South Medford was up In North Talent Monday evening. Mrs. E. Olbhs was in Medford Mon day attending the memorial services Mrs. M. E. Hamlin and daughter, Mrs. Charles McOraw came up from Santa Rosa Sunday night to visit rel atives and friends. A Jolly picnic crowd from Phoenix public school came up Friday and went up on Wagner creek. The oc casion was the closing of tbe term at Phoenix for tbe year. Tbe party was acompanled by a local band of two drums and several other instruments. Last Sunday the good people of Eden precinct gahtered at the Christ ian church at Phoenix where memor ial services were held. Rev. T. P. Reld conducted the services and Prof. Davis, with bis excellent choir, fur nished tho music, aftor which tbe congregation, headed by the old soldlors, repaired to tbe grove where tables were spread and everyone iu vlted to partake ot a bountiful dinner. Old memories were renewed and a good time generally was Indulged In. DAIRV MAIDS GIVE WAY I TO COW MIIiKINU MACHINES NORTH YAKIMA, June 2. From dairy maids in white trouBers to machines is the change which has taken place at tbe Rudkln Model Dairy here since its establishment a few months ago. The machines for milking the tine Jersey cows have Just been Installed and re the first ever used in this part of the state. I They are driven by a steam engine. There are now but two machines' in operation, but If these prove suc cessful others will be Installed. The Rudkln Dairy Is a model insti tution. When its milk emerges, bot tled and labeled, it is Guaranteed to 'be pure as milk never was before in the irrigation belt. Every cow has a bath, the stables are washed and scrubbed, and everything is cleaned and polished each' day. 1000 ACRES OF ORCHARD '.i nge 1.) New Knitted C3,rf s lit Mill no pvltit'iia-s of vva.it i- vlsihU thrmi.uh out tho law trart. Sunt anil drouth Snm Cost IVtatts as "lilnck sticky,' though lhtn h iMinstdurnbio sandy loam and free soil Sonif of tin1 beat grows In tho valley are yielding record crops on similar land, notably the Hradslmw i orchard, which haa boon pronounced by experts tho finest orchard In the , Somo six years u;i Mr, Westerlund valley, and which' has never known and hla brothers firm visited the a crop failure. j Koguo Ulver valley. A study of the There Is not a well upon the entire! conditions here convinced I hem of the nn-bard. although there are a number . possibility of organizing a company1 of never falling springs whopp water and operating an orchard on a large la utilized for garden and domestic; scale. Tn start with they only had purposes. The soil Is of a character a few thousand dollars. This :is that holds moisture rendering Irrl spent. in securing a tract of foottilll gallon unecessary. Constant culti land, and upon It, some four years vat Ion keeps the surface pulverized ago the first trees were planted. Ad- and renders water unnecessary. dltlonal aciea.; was planted only jm ' tho money was paid in tlmt would ln-! auro tho cost o"f clearing and plaining; Some details of the cost of the or-' and bring tin trees to successful; chard are Interesting: fruition. It 1ms been tho unvarying' The rnw land cost from $;! to rulo of the organizers to keep out of $100 nn acre, clearing It cost an aver debt, and It Is probably the only large age of $3:. per acre, and tho total In orchnrd In tbe country which owes no vestment In the orchard to date Is money and is free from Incumbrances approximately $:nn 000. of ovory kind. This spring Mr. Westerlund moved ; his offices from Chicago to Medford. llom-p on FO..II.I1U j BnJ f m)W rvh(( thp orclmr(, M(( Mr. Wenterltiml was A pioneer Injsnniil attention determined to make electing foothill lands at a high ele-ttae Westerlund Orchards not only the vatlnn. The entire orchard Is out of i largest In the west but the most prof the frost belt and Its lowest level Is Itnble as well. over 1800 feet In altitude, some 400 That the orchard Is no experiment feet above the City of Medford. Tho j is proved by the healthy and vigorous ground originally was covered with j appearance of the old home orchard a dense growth of scrub oak and bull-j on the place when first purchased, pine, laurel and manranlta. The soil I used to supply the household wants Is deep, most of It Is what li known of those who for many years farmed Announcement I am handling rentals exclusively. Have you anything to rent? Do you wish to rent? 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