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THE "TCDFORD DAILY TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, PRECOX, MONDAY, OCTOHER 4, 1900.
OREGON CHERRY CROP
YIELDS BIG REVENUE
By Wlllimn V Curti, SpiTinl Cur-ri'-Miinli'iil
lor lli" Cliii'iiitu llcriiiil
SAI.KM, On-tcii, Si-i.l. '.' i.Miiil.
l'l'lllllllll IH llll ItuMI Cil.V, Sllll'lll llll'
it lint Cherry I'ity. Tlmt lilt" win
lii".invcil iiimii ilin i'iiiitiil of Oregon
1y llii'li 1'nril'ii' Const NtifHi-rymi-n'M
A-ooiriiiliiin which mi'l Iiim'II lew
.Veni'N iifii iiml ii-Ki h ! In iiiiiiiuunit
I lin cherry t'cxliviil, which him hiui'o
liiM'iiinn n regular mill tint moHt im
Miilaiit event of the yr-ar. Tlio
cuthcriinf of lln Icyixliituro find t
imnigtiriilinn of (.'ovcrnor lire mcro
iiiciili'iilH in i'oiiiuiriHoii.
Tim people, of thix part of tin; Wil
Iiiiiii'IIii valley liro jiii-t liepinniiiK In
realize tin- vii I lie of llii'ir Hoil iiimI cli
nuiti', mid nlthouuh cherry treon have
Iiim'ii irrnwiiii; ever Miire the pioneer
Mclhmljht IliiMKiiililll'ilW Hl't them out,
it h'iih only recently tlmt commercial
Mi-iliililii"i wero iiimii I'li-iir. Now
IiiiihIiciIn ol "fiu iiiiTi urn planting
tri'cx, iiml within n few year the
Wilinnicllc valley will lin proilurini;
Inure cherries tluin lift of (lie rct of
tin- Cnili'il Stales I'limliiiii'il. 1 - ile
here li'll me tlmt i'lii-rrii-M are rapidly
lircolllillc olltnli'ti! ill the l'll"t lie
fiiii'i' tUc ti'pcn mi' wont out mnl lire
mi freipiently attacked liy worm
mnl oilier pc-U. from which tin' or
rliiinK of thU valley are always free.
Ami tin' mz". 1'ln vi i r iiml texture of
"ri"!;iiii cherries lire said to Im m
pcriur totliuM' grown elsewhere.
Very few of thi'iu lire shipped out
of this Main , however. OiTiiiinniil
a carload Km- to IIobIhii, New York,
I'liii-Mi.'" mnl oilier eastern cities,
which will nli-'. rli ns iiiimy as run
lie sent, litil lli( risk it greater tlinn
with oilier fruit, because cherries
cannot hi' pirki'il mnl allowed to ri
pen on tlio journey like pears mnl
iippli'K. TIk1 chief nmrki't, therefore
in the cminory, mnl hundred of
thousands of cases, which wmii mul
tiply into the million, nre put up
every hprinu'. There in no limit to
the imirki't for preserved and canned
cherries, unci n New York house re
ccntly Marled n new brnneb of " the
industry liy calling for "pic 'clierrii'i''
to he tdightly cooked here un1
shipped in barrel for immediate use..
If thin inetlioii proven to bo practic
nlile the pm-nihiiitii-H nre lieyond
eoniputioi). lieemiHO there in nothini;
better thru) cherry pie, mid every
town mid city in the country ou'i;ht
to nli-orli n vnsl (until,v. i
The Hnyiil Ann i a favorite dier- '
iy the lief priiditcer, tins ln-r-t Hid- ;
h r mid the best runner to u-e lo- :
fill ternin.' Diirinu m nntiunohile
ride nroniid the t.ubuib'.of Siilnn 1
thin nfternooii we were vlmwn oreh-i
iirdn of Hint ninety which hcimii to
lm vo performed minifies. One mini
whose lliilne wns j;iveii lis picked .1-1.
(Mill pounds of lfoyiil Ann clienie
from .'i'.'.'i trees in n five nere orehnid j
mtd i-old them n( five cents n iouml
to n ciinnery. t cist him $:i"0 to j
raise nnd pick the crop, tbrce
fiiuitlis of the' money beini.' pnid to
)iiikers. We were shown itnotheri
orcluird with 11.1 trees, which pro-,
liieed ifl KIO worth, nnd iinolhcr o1 j
only two ncres which pnid n net pro- j
fit of $700 iiniiunlly.
Tint cherries nre not the only fruit :
produced in Ibis .section. PlumR.;
peaches, pears, ripples, berries of nil i
kinds ji. row cniiitlly well, nnd 1",000, j
000 pounds of primes were packed j
mid shipped lust, year from this!
county. Cherries have not yet !
reached their full devolopment and
the prune crop is still the lnre;est
source of revenue eo the fanner's
except hops.
Orepm in ihc urcntest hop pro
ducer of nil the slates and morn thnn
-ID ,,er cent of the entilro crop of the
nlry, or an nvcniL'c of about 20;
(lllll hales, is crown in thin section.
California produces 05,000 hales:
Wnshinirfon nnd New York, each
10,000 bales. Tn western and middle
Oregon lh peculiar eiimalo eondi
tioim required for hop culturo nre
found lo iicrfeclion a wnrm moist
alniosphcro with nllernnte fog and
sunshinn and dry upell of weather,
while Ihn hops nre mnlnrintr. The
mnxiumm yield is nlmul 2000 pounds
to Ihn ncres; 1 Tin minimum nbout
1200 pounds. A bale of hops nver
n(,P, 1S0 poiindo and Ihn average
price for a lonK term of years has
been 12 renin n pound. Hops vary
more Hum any oilier crop in price
They have been ns low us seven and
oifrhr cents a pound and ns high ns
$1.10 ft pound iluriiiB Pcscnt
generation. They ai selliiig for 22
ei'iilH now. It cost nbout n'ven cents
n oiinil to raise hops in this in this
valley more or lens, according' to the
local coiiililioiin, so Hint ii fariiicr
can come out u lit tit- ahcml if he
sells lor ten cents, and Vi cents is
a good profit.
The crop is mini II Ibis yenr because
last seiison before the price was so
low Hint many ol the Imp growers
pulled up their vines mid set out
fruit trees in their hop fields. Thin
M'iisoii the total will probably not ex
ceed 80,(10(1 biilen, less thnn has been
produced in Oregon since 100 1, when
Ihhe total was 71.000 bales. In 1007
Hie maximum of l.'lll.fHM) bales was
sent to market, hut it brought only
1.02 1,(100, while in lOO.'i n crop of
ll.l.OOO bales sold for IrVini.OOO; in
1(11)1, a crop or 8H.0II0 bales sold for
ijt.j.OOO.OOO, and lOO.'i n similar crop
sold for $1,000,000. Last yenr a
crop of 118,000 bales' brought onnly
$l,7'i0,00(). llenco the funners got
discouraged mid went into fruit. At
present prices, however tint 80,000
bale tcrop will bring nbout ns much
an the 118,000 balen brought last
year. ,
OVER 1000 STUDENTS
ENROLLED IN UNIVERSITY
rXIVKKSITY OF OKKOON. Ku
iene, Oct. A. Hcgistnition in all de
parlmciils of Hie I'niversity of Ore
gon reached 1000 students. Tn the
colleges of liberal nrts nnd engineer
ing the enrollment now is nearly fiOO
-indents, and the total registration
for the year in these two depart
ments will reach "00, mi increase over
lnt year of 20 per rent. The fresh
man class, all of whom nre high
school graduates, numbers 2."0 stu
dents, firaduates from practically
every foiir-yenr hith school in Ore
iron have entered the university this
fall, and there is also n very notice
able number of students entering
who nre graduates of high schools
outside of Oregon.
' TOWER OF LONDON.
Th Ptrf.ct 8yttam by Which IU
Trtsur Are Quardoi.
The Tower of London lni tlio most
perfect njslcin of ourglur alarm Hint
Iiiin yet liecii duvlucd.
I''roui Scotiiiiiil Viinl, from tlio gov
ernor's. lieadiiiinrtci'H and from oilier
places known only to a law rexpoti
Hible olllcliilK the wliole Tower can be
:Iok1 t'lectrlcully within n few ec
Diids. Kvcn the poiKleroim gutei at
tlio mlilille tower, whkli welgli some
lonit mnl ttirougli wlili Ii vlsltorx pam,
Hiving to iiiiloiuutlciilly, and tlio escapo
of every one within In liiKtmitly bnrred.
At the name time an alarm bell ring
to worn wardens, police and HoldlvrH.
. In particular the precaution In the
apartment containing (lie crown Jew
els are of a moat Helen tlllcn liy clutM
rate kind. Ono of the beefeater on
duty In tlio room lias merely to prem
button, whereupon the heavy doof
clone, the alarm bell below ring, the
other gate slam to and look, and ever r
person within the tower in Instantly
cut off from the outer world.
"TUo man who can get away with
any of the crown Jewels deserve
them." observed a Tower ottlclnl.
"Kroin where 1 am xtiiudlug I could
close every Important door and gate
la the Tower In as short a time a It
tukea to litter these words."
It was mainly to Insure the safety
of the crown Jewels tbut the ysieui
was Installed.
No order hud been homed for the
closing of tint Tower on a recent Sat
urday when, greatly to tbelr alarm,
the visitors found door locked, bolted
ml barred against them for nbout ten
minute, preventing any oue leaving
the Tower.
"The Tower simply closed-tliat I
nil." remarked an oltlclnl. "Who caus
ed It to do so wp do not know. If
might have been Scotland Yard, where
'he pressing of a button would Im
prison every soul within the Tower un
til the police gave the nlgnal for their
release. ,.r It might have Is-rii the
governor, anxious to lenrn whether wn
were. nil at our posts. At any rate. It
wns none of the minor olllcl.ils.
"In fact, wliojloscd the Tower and
why Is a secret known only to the
highest niithoiilloH. Ther1 wns .no
alarm, no attempt to seize the crown
Jewel." London Mall.
Thfi Town of Buhir.
ItesldeniH of n miserable seaport on
the Persian gulf culled their town En
quire (llnoslii er). It hiis nurrow, dirty,
111 paved Nlnels. The city 1 visited
by oarfbfiial:eK and simoom uud mints
!t children of wholesome air and fresh
wnter. It appear, however, to have
enjoyed high repute among the ancient
Klnmltes, who havo left hurled about
under u.nlderlng heap orlck wltb
cuneiform Inscription. In summer tlio
citizens of liushlre live In a beat that
I almost uiiheuruble.
"Tho Picnic 8treteh."
Tbongh n brilliant conversationalist,
Ocorgo .Meredith hod, of course, hi
Uent moods, and he happened to be
In ono of theiu at a certain picnic.
Next to blm nt lady, herself a good
talker, who had been looking forward
to this meeting for day and, it may
be guessed, preparing for It In Tain.
The only sentence that passed hi lip
wo wben be reached slightly across
her for the salt "Excuse the picnic
tretcb." Manchester Guardian.
Stenography, Typewriting,
Bookkeeping, Mathematics,
Penmanship, Business Cor
respondence, Legal Fmun
and Commercial Lw ay
expert teachers. Terms
very reasonable. No busi
ness college methods.
Afternoon session 3:30
to 6 p. m.
Night session, 7 to 9:30
p. m.
Apply 135 Bartlett Street,
Opposite High School
TONIGHT AT
THE BIJOU
Billy Empey Van, Mgr.
OF
"ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE"
THIS IS THE LAST PERFORMANCE OF THIS PRODUCTION AND
IS GIVEN BY SPECIAL REQUEST IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE
THE SCORES WHO WERE TURNED AWAY LAST EVENING.
Beginning Tomorrow Night
"The Bohemians"
A Comedy Melodrama
Will Be The Attraction of Two Even
ings. Don't forget the time or place
Curtain Raises at 8:15 - - - Admission 10c 20c
"For you particular customers who demand the
best groceries, we recommend Folgers Golden Gate
Coffee."
It is so good arc cannot obtain a better coffee not if we paid
$1 a pound for it.
Everything about Folger's Golden Gate Coffee is perfect, and
we sell it with the positive guarantee that it will please you,
Allen & Reagan
GROCERIES, CHZNTAWAEE, FRUIT AND PEED.
When we suggest that you
Toast Your Bread
On Breakfast Table
We do not mean that you should eat off
the stove toast .
With an Electric Toaster
and have crisp, brown, delicious toast
costs lc per meal to operate. We
have the best toaster on the market for
sale at $4.50. Clean, appetizing, sanitary
ROGUE RIVER ELECTRIC CO.
Successors to Condor Water & Power Co.
4 vtcoroRD, ouooir B.
State Depositary
Established 1S8S.
Capital and Surplus 125,0OO
Retourrci $700,000
HIGHEST ATTAINMENT IN
SYSTEMATIC BANKING SERVICE
The Jackson County Bank respect
fully solicits your account, subject
to your check, with the strongest
guarantee of safety nnd efficiency.
We offer the highest attainment in
systematic banking service, which
assures the greatest care in every
financial transaction, with this oblig
ing institution.
W. I. VAWTER, President.
O. R. LINDLEY, Cashier.
APPLES AND PEARS AND ALL KINDS OP j
FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL 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, OREJON
J. E. ENYART, President
JOHN S. ORTII, Cnshier.
J. A. PERRY, Vice-President
W. B. JACKSON, Ass't Cashier.
THE MEDFORD NATIONAL BANK
CAPITAL $50,000
SURPLUS $10,000
Safety boxes for rent. A general Banking Business transacted.
We solicit your patronage.
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