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THE MEDFORD DAILY TRIBUNE. MED FORD. OHKflON. TUESDAY. OOTOHKK iS. V.m,
TRUST TO GET
POWER CONTROL
Big Combine would Control Supplies
to Eastern and Western
Cities
WSHIXGTON, October 5. Tlio
agencies which aro pleading io con
trol the "vnter powers of the country
arc not confined to one city or sect
ion. The capitalists in the proposed
gigantic combination must be sought
in the East as well as in the West, in
New York, Chicago, Seattle and other
cities."
This is all tho agricultural de
partment people will say in the way
of pointing at the principals ot a
monopoly which is being created by
capitalists all the way from JNew
York to Seattle.
The investigators here who are
aware of the existance of the scheme
to control the water are not yet will
ing to give the names. It is stated
positively, however, that no one has
been selected finally tor tue grent
combinotion of capital, although such
names as those of Daniel Guggen
heim, Thomas F. Ryan, Senator New
lands and others have been suggested
and so for only reported. .;
It is stated that - the influences
which are behind this coal land deal
in Alaska are to a considerable ex
tentd connected with' the .-. relate
quest of a monopoly of the water
power.
Chief Forester Piiichot would not
today express himself on the matter
which has become controversial. .
So far officials are not disposed
to make specific references to in
dividuals concerned in the effort to
corner the water power of the coun
try. As pointed out at the agricul
tural department to-ay, the combine
is not yet a matter of record, and it
.'is suspected that the intended mem
bers of the syndicate will now act
warily in view of the agitation of the
subject.
STEAMERS
UNDESIRABLES
John Mitchells' Proposition to .Re
strict Admission of Undeslr
, , ble Aliens
Bijou Theater.
Owing to the fact that the special
scenery not arriving in time, "The
Bohemian" will not be put on tonight
In its place the English comedy
drama, "The Soldier's Sweetheart,"
will be substituted tonight and Wed
nesday evenings.
. BILLY EMPEY VAN, Manager.
DIED.
ROUSE In Medford, October 3,
Alvia A. Rouse, aged 47 years. In
terment in I. O. O. F. cemetery.
RAWLINGS In Medford, October
3, Mrs. Anna R. Rawlings, aged 73
years. Interment in Jacksonville
cemetery.
WANTED Table boarders wanted.
325 Riverside avenue, South. 172 .
NEW YORK, Oct- 5. Tho Amer
ican Federation of Lr'oor. through
Vice President John Mitchell, who i.
also chairman of the trade agreement
department of .'tho- National Civic
Federation, has issued a statement
declariugthnt certain steamship lines
are bringing undesirable immigrants
to this country and suggesting that
American wage earners advocate the
incorporation of the following re
strictions in the immigration laws: '
First, that in addition to the re
st riot ion imposed by the laws at pres
ent in force the head tax of $4, now
collected, should be increased to $10.
Second, that each immigrant, un
less he be a political refugee, should
bring with him not less than $25 in
addition to the amount required to
pay the transportation to the point
where he expects to find employment.
Third, that immigrants between
the ages of 14 Jind 50 years should
be able to rend a section of the con-
titntion of the United States, wheth
er in our language, m thheir own
language, or in the language of the
country from which they came.
PEST EXHIBIT
AT DISTRICT FAIR
Professor O'Gara and Inspector Tay
lor Will Have Interesting
Exhibit.
At the district fair in Ashland,
which opens Wednesday, Professor
P. J. O'Gara and County Fruit In
spector Taylor have prepared an ex
hibit which will be of interest to
every fruit grower in southern Ore
gon, for there will be shown every
pest and disease which has attack
ed the fruit trees of the valley. . The
insects and the like will be mounted,
while diseased branches of fruit will
be shown.
Professor O'Gara will be in at
tendance and will give short talks
regarding the different phases of the
various fruit troubles and their pre
vention. The exhibit should have
much value of a neducational nature.
CURTIS WRITES OF thcn nro 45.000 acre in apple and
FRUIT INDUSTRY pears, averaging 70 pear treos and
LC0.!,.'.!."".,,4 Jfryin PL'S0.!-! SO apple lives to the acre, in the int.
of KI74 feet. It is u well-built, well-' lm,,""u' vicinity of Medford, There
kept place, with lip-to-dntu shops, "rt' 111 'l'1,sl 100,000 unoccupied acres
paved streets, concrete sidewalks, at-' wtiitnblo tor fruit growing in I ho
tractive homes, mid numerous schools "oguo River valley, and they nro be
am! churches. The town was laid out j '"K "I1 1,1 rate of 12.000
in 1872 by a man named BrolmckJ acres a year. The planting of apples
who came up here from California, l'l'!,,"s 's "bout eVcn ; and the two
bought ItiO acres of land, and when i "" l"l.v equally well. Apples are n
the railway came along ho pcrsuad-1 "lolv certain crop; the pear trees
ed the company to build him a sla-jy"'1'1 "'S-"r quantities, and the fruit
lion and call it Medford.' There wus'si'"s for high prices.
one of tho oldest in 1 'here are many large orchards,
Jacksonville, five I """'b larger than are found in any
otner section or the state, but most
a mining camp,
Oregon, called
miles westward, which at one time
was famous. Several millions of dol
lars of gold have been taken out
there, and it is producing u little
every year still. Medford became
the railway station for tho miners,
and at ouoo got a good business.
Roguo River valley was one of the
earliest of the mining districts on the
Pacific const lifter the mining ex
citement of 184!), and at one time it
was thronged with miners-. It is
claimed that it. has yielded $25,000.-
000 of gold. There are various ver-
of the fanners limit themselves to
40 acres, which is "a ouq-inaii or
chard,'.' as the saying goes. .That is,
one man can cultivate 40, nrros of
fruit without assistance except in
picking time; but if he attempts more
than that ho is compelled to hire help,,
and then, his troubles begin. Labor is
very scarce, uncertain and unrelia
ble; wages nro very high, ami if the
owner's house is small, it is usually
inconvenient to furnish bod and board
for a hired man. " Tho advice of ex-
sions to account for the name. Some perienccd fruit growers is either to
LOST Plain gold ring,. "Alice" en
graved on inside. Return to this
office and receive reward. 175
WANTED Experienced lady clerk.
Hutchison & Lumsden. 10
of the old settlers sny that it is due
to the performances of a Mexican
desperado named Joaquin Marietta,
who used to steal horses and cattle
and hold up stages in early times;
others declare that the eccentricities
of tho river are so roguish that it de
serves the name.
The first people who followed Bro-
back here raised Rtock and then
plowed the lnnd and sowed wlieut.
Several farmers set out fruit, trees
around their houses,, which produced
abundantly, but there was no-market
except in the mining camps,, and the
apples and pears were practically
worthless except for homo consump
tion until the railway came. Their
reputation gradually extended to Srfti
Francisco, Portland nnd different
nniuug camps, aim snipmonts grew
every year until 1885, when J. H.
Steward of Quincy, 111., came out here
and became the pioneer of the Rogue
River fruit trade iu a commercial
way. lie had been brought up among
orchards, and not only had consider
able experience, but a genius for fruit
growing, lie was president or the Illi
nois state board of horticulture for
several years., lie was also a mem
ber of the Illinois' state senate.
Mr. Steward came out here acci
dentally, nnd in looking over the
ground immediately recognized the
superior quality of the fruit, and saw
the possibilities. TTo bought n quar
ter section of land, set out -140 acres
of pear nnd apple trees, and recom
mended everybody to go-into the bus
iness. The development was slow
for the first ten years, only a few
carloads being shipped to San Fran
cisco, Portland and other markets
on the Pacific const, but occasion
ally a box of apples or pears was
sent to Australia or China, and a few
found their way across the moun
tains to Chicago, New York and Bos
ton. The business did not assume any
thing like its present importance un
til five or six years ago, but now
keep within 40 acres or else go into
the business on a large scale, suffi
cient to justify the employment of n
gang of men and the maintenance- of
a largo plant.
Tho largest orchard in the Rogue
River valley, and I am told that it is
the largest in the northwest, belongs
to the Western Oregon Orchards
company, with offices at "5!) Dear
born street, Chicago, and it is sit
uated four miles from Medford. The
company owns 1700 acres and has
1120 acres planted in apple and pear
trees, which are cultivated according
to the highest scientific methods.
This is a stock company nnd I un
derstand it has orchards elsewhere.
Walter. Barrel I. a merchant of Port
land, has 500 acres of trees; tho
"101 Orchard company" of San
Francisco has 450 acres; F. II. Hop
kins of Portland hns 200 acres; the
Hear Creek Orchard company, be
longing to Colorado and local people,
has 200 acres; the Sun Crest Orchard
owned by Dr. F. C. Page, has 140
acres in Newtown nnd Spitzenhcrg
nnd Jonathan apples nnd 00 acres
in pears.
Tho Snowy Butte orchnrd hns 300
acres; William Hurt Hamilton has re
cently purchased 1100 acres' and is
planting 500 acres to pears this sea
son. The Del Rio company has 730
acres lying nlong the track of the
Southern Pacific railway, nnd is
planting GOO acres to penrs.
, Two years ago Mrs. Potter Palmer
of Chicago purchased 100 acres of
3-ycar-old penr trees, paying $270
an acre. Honore Palmer, who came
here to visit his friend, F. II. Hop
kins, one of the most successful hus
bandmen in the neighborhood, caught
the penr fever, and persuaded his
mother to come out. She proved an
easy victim to the fascinntions of the
country, and has since bought 1400
acres of new land, for which she paid
$35,000 nnd has already cleared 400
acres, which will bo planted to trees
during the coming winter.
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WHAT'S THE ANSWER?
Several other Chicago pcoplo have
orchards. Mrs.' Streator, tho widow
of Dr. Streaor, bus (JO acres; Bou
dinot Connor hns 200 acres, A. Conro
Fiero has (JO acres, and Mr. Vilas, a
nephew of tho late senator front Wis
consin, hns 50 acres. Thero are also
a largo number of Minneapolis and
St. Paul pcoplo.
New land costs from $150 to $250
an acre. It costs an average- of $25
an acre to put tho soil in order and
set uut tho trees, and an average of
$10 an acre for five years to carry it
to the bearing stage. Then tho cost
of producing the crop depends upon
the ability to obtain pickers when the
fruit is ri)e. Pickers are scarce, and
they demand $1.75 a day, boarding
themselves, or $1.25 a day when they
aro boarded.
John D. dwell, one of tho most ex
perienced npplo nnd penr growers,
tells mo that the cost of production
will average 00 cents a box; tho
freight on apples to Now York city
is 50 cents a box, or $1 a hundred
pounds, on penrs it is $1.40 por hun
dred, with corresponding rates to
Pittsburg, Chicago, St. Louis and
Missouri river points.
Pears run from 110 to 155 to tho
box, about 500 boxes to tho cnr. Ap
ples run from 120 to 130 to the box,
and will bring an average of $2.25
n box through the season hero on the
curse. Tho Nowtowu pippins are
nearly nil shipped to England and
sold at auction upon arrival there.
The SpiUcnhorgs nro nearly nil sold
in Now York.
Tho ground is prep;: red by plowing
and cultivating,. and nursery stock is
set out during the winter season and
cultivated regularly and closely.
Corn, watermelons and strawberries
may he planted between tho rows,
which will 'pay expenses until the
trees begin to bear Ilia fifth year.
Encli year the trees must bo pruned
and shaped up, and after tho fifth
year, when they begin to boar, they
aro sprayed regularly to kill tho Sail
Joso scale and other parasites,
Medford is not dependent upon ono
industry, however. Timber, cattle,
sheep and mining contribute to its
wealth and prosperity, nnd a rnilwny
is now being built to the headwaters
of the Roguo river, where is ono of
tho Inrgest stands of timhor in tho
country. lqlHi
DO
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KN O W
That it wont be long until time for setting your
trees? Better come in and let me make you
PRICES ON THE BEST TREES
Before it is too late as they are being
booked out fast at this time 1 of year
H. B. PATTERS0N,The QuakerNurseryman
Office in
Hotel Nash Office