Orenon Historical ?cetV
City Hall
Rogue River Orchards Yield $1000 an Acre Annually
EDFOED DAIM TRIBUNE
FOURTH YEAR.
MEDFORD, OREGON, SATURDAY,' OCTOBER 2:5, 1909.
No. 186.
M
ALLEN
TO
BUILD
ELECTRG
ROAD
CLEAN HP
YARDS IS THE
OF
LEY
SLOGAN
0'
Assistant Pathologist Issues Letter
Telling of Need to Clean Up
Infected Trees on Bac!:
' Door Lots. '
INSPECTORS FIND THE
ORCHARDS IN GOOD SHAPE
In the Few Trees Scattered Over the
Town Lots Lies the Greatest
Danger From Pests.
(By P. J. (Warn.)
During the past few week the
county fruit insectors Imvo been in
Hpeeling llin commercial orchards of
tho Koguo Iliver vnlloy. Willi tho
exception only of mime abandoned
tracts, thoy hnvo found everything in
a very satisfactory condition. Thev
hnvo done their work well, mid thoir
reports show tluit the eommerciiil or
chnrdists of tho entire vnlloy are co
operating in the work of eradicating
all diseases ttud posts. 'The success
which has hvun attained in tho con
trol of KMir blight has been ho slrik
ing, especially in very largo orchards
that the writer desires at this time
to voico his appreciation of tho good
work which tins boon done.
It will he noticed in tho nhovo com
incut, Hint mention has been mudo of
tho orclmrdx not situated within our
towns mid villages whoro n fur dif
ferent state of nffuirs exists. There
nre Home notuhlc oases where fruit
growers owning small tracts within
the city limits of tho Hcverul towns in
tho valley have done very creditable
work under numl adverse conditions,
It is really surprising that they were
Aide to hold tin ur own at all. Those
, who diil aro men who have no other
business within the city limits than
that of Inking care of thoir small or
chards. Strictly speaking, tho busi
ncss man or shop-koopor cannot look
nfler tho details of orchard fruit rnis
ing in tho way thai tho orchardist
would do it. Since (his is true the
back lot is no place for growing fruit
trees, and the front yard had bet
ter bo given over to shade trees, in
stead of fruit trees that cannot be
classed as shade trees.
The orchardist depends upon the
product of his fruit trees for his ex
istence, while tho business man in
tho city doos not consider the few
trees ho mny hnvo ns any real asset,
mid, as n matter of fnct, they hnvo
no place in his yenrly hnlniiee sheet.
The business man is entirely depend
ent upon tho farmer for his welfare.
Wo should lilco In nslc why wo hnvo
tho several ...thriving- towns in the
Uoguc River vnlloy tho' answer is
ensy; tho vnluo of tlm orchards,, ns
well ns thoir products hnvo mnde
tbeso towns whnt thoy nro. Tho oth
er grant resources surrounding these
towns wore horo long before tho or
chards, were planted, yot thoy did
not seem to hnvo tho almost miracu-
AND THE
CITY
TALK IT
Difference, However, Said to Exist
Amounting to Several Thou
sand Dollars Deal
Pending.
C0UNCILMEN WOULD
SETTLE THE LITIGATION
May Secure Wasson Canyon Water
and Right to Cross Hanley
Land.
YOUNG WALSWORTH
IS FOUND GUILTY
Xorrnl Wulsworth was this morning found guilty of manslaughter
for the killing of James Man kins a year ugo last Christmas. The jury
in returning their verdict recommended that mercy be extended by the
court.
With his father, Charles Wnlcworth, who was found guilty of mnn
sluiightcr Inst week, he will be sentenced early ii the coming week-
The case has been under way since last Mouday. The jury retired
Friday afternoon and came into courtn't 9 o'clock last night for further in
struction. They returned their veidict at 11:25 this morning and were
discharged.
For some two hours Friday the
city council was in consultation with
M. F. lluiiloy regarding tho present
situation of' the attempt of the city
to enter upon Mr. Hnnley's premises
on Little Butte crqck nnd complete
the gravity water, system. Attorneys
nnd newspaper men wero tabooed, the
council meeting in executive session.
It is understood that the council
mndo Mr. Ilnnley an offer of several
thousand dollars for a right of wny
nnd a settlement of all litigation. Mr.
Hanley, on tho other band, niado the
city a counter proposition, which,
needless to stnto, wns several thou
sand dollars more than that offered
by the city, and there tho matter
stands for the present, no agreement
ns yet being in sight. '
Tho members of the council nre of
tho opinion that if for a reasonable
amount a right of way across tho
Ilnnley premises enn bo secured, the
water right to Wasson oanvon and
Little Butto creek both soenred, free
from nil litigation, 1 lint it will be n
good investment for the city. Xl"
water from Wnsson ennyon, supple
mented by n certain nmonnt from
Little Butte creek, would be suffi
cient to feed the gravity water line
nnd. later, if the needs of tho city
demand it. there would be n lnrge
nmonnt of wnter left to draw upon.
Whether the city nnd Mr. Tin nicy
enn come to terms is ns yet n matter
of doubt.
Ions effect upon their growth ns bnve
the orchards.
There is but one conclusion : the
man who owns fruit trees within the
city limits must bo willing to enre for
them ns does tho practical orehnrd
ist or he will bnve to submit to their
removal by tho county inspectors'.
Unless he can keep out pear blight,
scale nnd other diseases which nro n
menace to tho commercial orchard,
his trees must be cut down. ..The
county frnil inspectors hnvo done
everything possible to make tho back
lot orchardist understand thn neces
sity of eradicating nil diseases, bul
much of his valuable timo has boon
lost through the unwillingness, or in
ability of the town orchardist to co
operate nnd do his duty. With so
many trees in Iho towns givon nbso
lulely no nltenlion. instead of being
a vnlunhlo asset they nre in renlilv n
(Continued on pnge 8.)
D'ANJOU PEARS
Hi NEW YORK
SELLAT $4.90
Manager Whisler of Bear Creek Or
chards Advised Regarding
Second Car of
d'Anjous. ',
CAR, FROM ACRE AND
' QUARTER, WILL NET $1500
Prices Remarkably Good in' View of
Recent Slump in the
Market.
C. E. Whisler, manager of the Bear
Creed orchard, has been advised by
wire of the sale of a car of d'Anjou
pears in New York city at an average
of $4.90 a box. . This is bis second
car to bo sold this season of this va
riety . The first car averaged $5.45.
In view of tho fact that tho pear
market in the enst has been suffer
ing a, slump since the Hudson-Fulton
celebration, these prices are exeep.
tioiinlly good ones. The car grossed
Mr. Whisler $2200, which will net him
about $1500. These penrs enmo from
nit acre and a quarter of ground, so
that Mr. Whisler will net something
over $1000 nn ncro from his d Anjous.
CLUB ON MONDAY
Ladies of Greater Medford Club Will
Elect New Officers on
Monday.
EQUALIZATION
BOARD TO MEET
ALL NEXT WEEK
In Order to Give All Property Owners
Chance to Look Over Assess
ment Meeting to Be
. . Continued. ;
L
TELEPHONE
GIVEN TO
SHARPE
City Council Votes to Give E. C.
Sharpe the Right to Construct
Telephone System in
Medford.
TERMS OF FRANCHISE .
FAVORABLE TO CITY
Company Must Get Busy or Lose
$1000 Must Pay City 3 Per
Cent of Receipts.
SUMMARY OF ROLL
NOT YET COMPLETED
1
V
IS
ALREADY
FORMED
At Next Meeting of City Council Al-
len Will Apply for Franchise
Will Also Apply In Oth
er Cities of the '
f Valley. 1
SOUTHERN OREGON
RAILROADS COMPANY
IS THE NEW CONCERN '
Now Is the Time to Visit Jackson
ville and Make a Kick to
Board.
During the next week the board of
equalization of Jackson county will
continue in session in Jacksonville
for the purpose of hearing complaints
regarding the assessment placed this
year upon the different parcels of
property in this county. This week
a large number. of adjustments have
been made and tho bonrd tnkes this
next week in addition to the one re
quired by law in order to give prop
erty owners an opportunity to air
their grievances.
A summary of the roll for this year
has not an yet been completed. A
vast amount of work has come up,
which in spite of the fact that As
sessor Grieve nnd bis deputies have
been hard at work, bus kept them
from completing the work until the
first of the week.
So, if anyone has a kick, they have
a chance during the coining week to
register it and have their assessment
equalized. ,
Tho annual mooting of tho Greater
Modl'ord club will bo held next Mon
day afternoon in the Commercial club
rooms at 3 o'clock. Asido from the
election of officers and appointment
of committees a vnst amount of im
portant business is to como bofore
tho club for consideration and a full
nttoudiiilco is requested.
The ladies of tho Greater Medford
club during the post yenr have done n
great and good work in Medford.
They hnvo taken steps which bid fair
to secure for Medford 'a Cnrnegie li
brary, nnd have raised the funds for
tho parking of nn additional block
next to tho present city pnrk on West
Main street. Many other matters
have been taken' up by tho Indies nnd
pushed to a successful termination.
In short. Mod ford owos much to the
efforts of this club, and it is hoped
that their usefulness will not dimin
is in the future
With only one dissenting vote, that
of IL G. Wortman, the city council
on Friday evening granted to E. C.
Sharpe, his heirs, successors, execu
tors or assigns, a franchise cover
ing a period of ten years for a tele
phone system in the city of Medford.
The matter was thoroughly threshed
out by the council sitting as a com
mittee of the whole, on Thursday aft
ernoon.. The terms upon which the fran
chise was granted were most favora
ble to the city. Mr. Sharpe was re
quired to deposit a certified check
for $1000, which is to be forfeited to
the city if actual construction work
is not started within four months
from the date of franchise or if
$2500 is not expended on material or
equipment within a period of the next
six months. The system is to be in
operation within IS months.
One of the most favorable terms of
the franchise is the section requiring
Mr. Sharpe or his successors to pay
to the city 3 per cent of the gross
receipts of tho company each year
the system is in operation, in this
city, hence with the growth of the
city and the institution of more tele
phones the revenue to the city will
correspondingly increase.
The rates to be charged for tele
phones ns provided by the franchise
nre the snmc now in force in the
present system. With the installa
tion of ench additional thousand tele
phones a higher rate not to exceed
50 cents a month for ench thousand
phones mny bo put into effect.
The other terms of the franchise
nre thoso customarily enforced in all
such grants. Mr. Sharpe states that
n site will be secured "nnd a building
erected. He is backed by Cnlifornia
capitalists'. Ho states that ho is in
good fnith nnd thnt ho intends living
up to all of his ngreemcnts. If he
does not, the city trensm-y will be
enriched by $1000.
Everything Is In Readiness for Work
to Start as Soon as the
Franchises Are Ob
tained. !
COMPANY INCORPORATED
FOR MILLION AND HALF
-
Left Orders for Papers of Incorpora
tion to Be Drawn Before
Recent Trip East.
John Roberts Allen, president of
the Pacific & Eastern, will apply at
the next meeting of the city council
for a franchise in this city for an
electric railroad. An application for
a franchise will be made simultane
ously in the ohter cities of the valley
from Grants Pass to Ashland.
A company has already been incor
porated for the purpose, and is known
as "The Southern Oregon Railways."
It is incorporated for $1,500,000. '
Mr. Allen states that his company
is ready to get at work as soon as
franchises are secured.
Before leaving for his recent trip
east Mr. Allen instructed his Port
land agent, Franklin K. Griffith, to
draw up incorporation papers. This
has been done and the company incorporated.
D
ESTR
OH PR
Y
PERTY
A $.1,000,000, seven-mile. 470-foot
drop, tunnel on Snnko river is pro
jected. It will be worth an enor
mous sum when completed.
The good roads people of Oregon
are going to spend $1000 n year to
help out ' tho organization among
farmers.
Some hunter or hunters nmbued
with a spirit of sheer maliciousness
have wrought a great amount of dum-
i age nt the home on the nliniBegM
nge nt the home on fhe Bnrneburg
place enst of Medford. They have
shot all the door knobs off the house,
broken every window nnd sent bullet
nfter bullet crashing through the wnll
of the house, causing considerable
damage. The house hns not been ton
nnted for some time, but was in good
repair, there being nothing to induce
a man to wreck it except n desire
growing out of criminal niischiovotis
noss. Will Stewart is looking for some
trace of tho offenders nnd should
they be apprehended thoy will be tak
en to tnsk for tho offense.