YHBMOK:siy5h -oregonian tiitrsiat, MAT 26, iu 10. BIG ACREAGE SET NEW ORCHARDS Hill Party Notes Development of Rogue and Umpqua Valleys. i SOME LAND LOW-PRICRD Great Northern Disapproves Meth ods of Minority Stockholder In terested In Townsite Plan, ' Mr. Hill Says. BT R- O. CALLVEBT. ROSEBURG, Or., May 23. (Staff Correspondence.) Something like 30, 000 acres have been set out to new orchards in the Rogue River and Ump qua Valleys In the last year. These figures are those given by horticulturists la the two valleys and Include 15,000 In the Medford and Ash land territory, more than 4000 acres In the Orants Pass district, and 10,000 acres in the country directly tributary i to RoBeburg, in the Umpqua Valley. A fruit bug. this time attacking the human species, apparently has invaded Oregon, and as It is not confining Its ravages to the two valleys named, what Oregon will finally achieve as a fruit producing State is hard to conceive. Carload to Two Acres Estimated. Those inclined toward the statistical line can gain some Idea from the state ment that in this section of Oregon, horticulturists figure on a yield of a carload of fruit to every two acres of land. This average may not hold out when the new orchards are in full bearing, but if it does the one year s plantings would produce yearly yields of lo.OOO carloads, or about SO times what the famous Rogue River orchards around Medford are now yielding. There is not yet much talk of fruit canneries. Apples and pears are graded, but it is asserted that boxes or seconds" properly marked and placed in the cars with the higher grade brought better prices in the Eastern markets last year than could have been obtained at canneries, and that what was left of the fruit was not fit for canning. But so diversified are the fruits and vegetables that can be raised in South ern Oregon that it seems only reason able to suppose that the country as it advances will not be wholly spe cialized, but that some of the product of the land will have to find their way to canneries. Some Low-Priced Land Left. f,Jhe.KH111 P.arty dePrted yesterday rrom the main road after Grants Pass was reached that some of the Rogue River Valley where it widens agiYn could be seen. This section of the valley once was devoted principally to trl STZln,S 01 meIons. hay, grain and are .Mlw I Patches and hop fields Mi I, , bf seen' but tney ar rap Idly giving place to orchards. unnn J1? read of the 8ftles of 10 rc,hard ,and in the Rogue Valley and thinks it requires a fortune m " to fruitgrowing i the valley has still something to learn. There rc f !and about 12 miles from Grants Pass that has the general char- rCttehri8tlCf, f th ther d ?!t land The" triley- at I Prlce of 15 an acre. h k 1 Was bousrh by men who In ?r,S? am"S the sucssful ones set th 1 7lngri and they lntend to t the land to fruit trees. hi! fr0m. the waSon road, rather than from the observation platform of a railway car. that one can obtain th best Idea of the fruit valleys of We8t! ern and of Southern Oregon. Each of the main valleys has its smaller trib utaries and while the railroad follows themain water courses, the wairon road takes short cuts, climbing up I nd" fltJt 'mountainous, barrier that divides the Rogue from the Umpqua y..a"d J" followi " the traveler for a. time loses sight of orchards and cultivated tracts othor , . "a ThUendrn 1,nfrent mountain farms Xuh X smooth when compared with other mountain roads in Oregon traveled by the Hill party and along numerous stretches it is well graded Even after the Umpqua River is reached the rnart L. er . 13 Southern Pacific cloly. but goeTove? ?h fMm Whi.Ch lnsP'ring views of the fields, orchards and oak-covered knolls, are obtained. Small Valleys Xumerous. Small tributary valleys are more UrRo,Btv the UmPa than of the Rogue Valley and .thus from the wagon road good conception of the extent of the district is secured. The Lmpqua has been a great prune pro ducing valley and its orchards are yielding something like 6.000.000 pounds annually, but the apple fever has attacked the orchardists strongly and the tendency toward apple plant ing is growing stronger. A new phase of the possibility of the Oregon Trunk line entering any part of this district by building across the Cascades has been given since the visit of Mr. Hill. Although the Trunk Line s articles of incorporation have just been amended to permit such construction Mr. Hill held out no hope to the peo ple of Medford thafcthe Pacific & East ern would be extended into the Des chutes country. In fact he discouraged the idea. This was after he had been out over the route as far as Eagle Point. Mr. Hill went to Medford admitting little or no knowledge -of the line or the conditions under which the Hill Interests purchased It. He told the business men of Medford that ne had understood the mountains . could be crossed at an elevation of about 2000 feet, but on investigation found that the Survey attained an altitude of 6000 feet. Scheme Xot Countenanced. He asserted that the Great Northern would not approve crossing the moun tain range at such an elevation. Mr. Hill also criticised the realty opera tions of- a local minority stockholder and officer of the road. The president of the Great Northern discovered that the Pacific & Eastern extension now under way passes within a quarter of a mile of the town of Eagle Point, a village 61 years old. Instead of giving the town sidings and depot facilities, a new townsite has been platted three miles away and the business houses induced to move. A local officer of the road is interested in the townsite and Mr. Hill declared it was a scheme which the Great Northern could not countenance and to which it did not wish to be considered a party. Mr. Hill mentioned these things briefly at the banquet given in his honor by the Medford Commercial Club Friday night and expressed regret that he could not give the city more en couragement as to prospective railroad development. 100 LOSE LIVES IN FIRE Steamer From Japan Brings Details of Horrible Disaster. VICTORIA, B. C. May 25. Details of the' disastrous fire at Aomori, North Japan, in which 100 persons were burned to death and 8000 of the 11,500 buildings were razed, with loss of 2, 000,000, were received by the steamer Inaba Maru today. The burned area was one and three-sevenths miles long and a quarter of a mile broad. Soldiers, -searching the debris, found several score of charred bodies. Thirty thousand homeless people were gath ered in refuge camps.. Great suffering followed the. fire and supplies of rice brought, in were, eaten raw, by. the sta. mg people. A store of powder ex ploded and shook the whole area soon after the fire was extinguished. The fire originated in a small house and high wind and lack of water re sulted in a conflagration on, both sides of the river. One -family, seeking to save valuables from a-storehouse, was locked in by police, who were Ignorant of their presence, and all perished. Agonizing scenes' occurred" in the streets, where crowds -seeking ' to save their furniture, were . driven away by fames and many who ferried their goods across the river thinking to find safety there, were driven away and their goods destroyed. CHAUFFEUR MAY BE THIEF Youth Arrested at Roseburg Also Wanted at Lebanon. ALBANY, Or., May 25. (Special.) The young man arrested at Roseburg under the name of Edward Shultz Is wanted at Lebanon for larceny. While at Lebanon he was working as chauffeur for Dr. J. C. Booth end went under the name of Lennox. , One afternoon he secured a horse and buggy at a Lebanon livery stable and Invited a young woman to drive to this city with him. When they arrived in Albany the young man asked his com panion to hold the horse while he 'went into a store. She held the horse for al most an hour and then went to investi gate and discovered that her companion had walked Into the front door of the store and out a rear door. He had not been heard of since until his arrest in Roseburg. The young woman who accompanied Lennox to this city secured a driver and returned the team to Lebanon. In the meantime it was charged that the chauf feur had taken a gold watch and some other articles from the residence of his employer. Dr. J. c. Booth. FISH TRUST MEN INDICTED Twenty Officials of San Francisco Combine Are Held. SAN FRANCISCO, May 25. Indict ments against 20 officials of San Fran cisco wholesale fish-dealing firms, com prising the so-called "fish trust" of this city, were returned by the grand jury tonight. The indictments are a result nf investigations made into the business metnoas or the fish companies bv Dis trict Attorney Fickerts of heads and other officials of the fish companies charged with violation of the Cart wright anti-trust law. YAKIMA NEEDS 5000 MEN Labor Bureau Formed, to Sunnlv Help for Fruit Harvest. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash.. May 25. (Special.) Leading fruit men of the Val ley, meeting at Toppenish today, de cided that 6000 laborers are needed to harvest the fruit crop this season. ' A Yakima Valley labor bureau formed, committees were named was and help plans formulated to secure the needed. . Fall From Flume Injures. VANCOUVER, Wash.. May 25. (Sdo- clal.) John Huston fell from a lumber flume at Lucia Spur, on the Northern Pacific Yacolt branch, this afternoon, and sustained several broken ribs, and internal injuries. Doctors have been hastened to the Lucia Company's mill in an automobile. Once before Mr. Hus ton fell from the same flume, but he was not badly injured then. His in juries this time are tnought to be ser ious. Mr., Huston is one of the own ers of the Lucia Company's mill at Lucia Spur. Grants Pass Wins Game. GRANTS PASS. Or., May 25. (Special.) The ball game this afternoon between Glendale and the home team was won by Grants Pass by a score of 6 to 0. DUFUR HIGH - -.. - I j. '. x . - - .... EIGHTH GRiDE GRADUATES ARE ST.WDIXG, AXD THOSE OF TEMH GRADE ARE SEATED DUFTjROr., May 25. (Special.) The accompanying photographs show the graduates of the Dufur Hirh School of the year 1910. They are: Standing, left to right. Marion Winslow, Dudley Tobin Letah Otlv a Thomas Strachan; sitting, May Strachan. Rodney Cooper and Stella Benedict. Those T standing are eith grade graduates and those sitting are tenth grade. The graduating exercises were heM in the1ethfdist Episcopal Church here, and were unusually interesting. The class colors are lavender and white Metnodlst NEW HQUTESOUGHT Surveyors Run" Line From Jordan Valley West. HARRIMAN CREWS WORKING Intention Evidently to Enter State From Main Line and Cross to Old Oregon-Eastern Survey Grade Comparatively Easy One. BURNS. Or.. May 25. (Special.) An im portant movement of the Harriman rail road interests is in progress in the east ern part of Harney County and across Malheur to the state line. Crews of sur veyors have been at work for some time running a line from the Idaho border, at Jordan Valley, practically straight west ward through Barren Valley to Venator, where the intention is to join the former survey of the Oregon Eastern, made four years ago by the Oregon Short Line. The Intention, as near as can be ascer- tained, is to enter the state from the main line at a point in the vicinity of Jordan Valley, then cross the Owyhee River west of there and proceed on an easy grade across the tablelands, avoid ing the triangle that would be made by going around by Ontario and Vale; .then southward along the course of South Malheur River; also leaving out Malheur Canyon entirely, with its threatened right-of-way troubles, and making a sav ing of about 100 miles. The engineers, who are now working in Barren Valley, in the vicinity of Cord, are said to have founVl an easy grade all the way less than 1 per cent and few curves. The only costly engineering feat will be . in crossing the Owyhee River, where a bridge of 100-foot span and 1200 feet high at the deepest point, will be required in order to keep on the lines of least resistance so far as the contour of the country is concerned. Attorney Zera Snow, of the Short Line, W. B. Ayer, the capitalist, and Carl Spuhna arrived from Prinevllle in their automobile Saturday night, and after a rest, without indicating their purpose, they followed the track of Louis W. Hill, going to William Hanley's ranch, thence across the country to Lakeview and Klamath Falls. EFFECT IS FELT AT REDJIOSD Coming of Railroad Sends Up Price of Land. REDMOND, Or., May 25. (Special.) Railroad work is progressing rapidly on the new contract for building the Oregon Trunk through this country. District En gineer Lentner has established his camps along the entire line' and is now ready for the contractors. Mr. McFee, of Henry & McFee. the contractors, was in Red mond Saturday, looking the ground over and making arrangements to begin work as soon as the supplies, which are on the way, reach here. He has engaged the services of all the freighters between here and Shaniko to transport supplies. The advent of railroad construction is already affecting the price of farm lands, and one farm of 80 acres, containing about 63 acres of irrigable land,, has been sold for J13.000. Men are looking for farms and business locations as never before and are coming in every day. The de mand, for lumber is so great that none of it is unloaded at the yards, but Is taken direct to the building sites. A contract has been signed for- the building of an electric light plant, and it is expected that within 60 days the streets, business houses and' residences of Red mond will be electric-lighted. BEXD GETS DIVISIOX OFFICES Town Is Made Headquarters for 1 2 5-Mile Contract. BEND, Or.. May 25. (Special.) Bend is to be the headquarters for both the en gineers and contractors on the recently let section of the Oregon Trunk Railroad construction. Such a move, long expect ed, has become a certainty in the action of J. J. Cryderman, division engineer, and Malcolm McPhee, representative of H. C. Henry, who yesterday completed arrange ments for office quarters here. The engineer and contractor's chief have leased for an indefinite period Lara's Hall, a large hall in the center of town, which hitherto has been devoted to dances and public entertainments. The proprie tor of the building, A. M. Lara, has been instructed to subdivide the hall into a number of offices. This work is now be ing done, and within ten days the engi neer and contractor will take up their working quarters there. Mr. Cryderman has entire charge of the engineering work recently let to Mr. Henry, and Mr. Mc Phee Is the latter's hight-hand man," who directs the construction work along the SCHOOL HOLDS ITS GRADUATING it'. 4 i' i-ry.. nan-' . . 7"7 r -7. - 1 i It furnishes tangible assurance of the good faith S. company behind every Eastmoreland improvement promise. Work begins June 1st Columbia Trust Centloraon: The COLUMBIA TRUST 125-mile stretch from Madras to the Klam ath reservation from the contractor's end. At this place also will be situated the headquarters of the medical work for the Henry contract. Drs. Coe and Ferrel, local physicians, secured the medical con tract from the road-builders, and plan to erect a hospital here at once. It is un derstood that from the sub-hospitals sit uated at the various camps to the north and south, those patients who can be moved to advantage will be brought in to the headquarters here, where they may be under the, care of the directing phyei- EXERCISES. ij. t' J7 . Vi' , , HIS . -'j ; LI'.r!.v,tr LAD D ESTATE COMPANY WM IADD. Pres. CHASi-lADD. VFK4.' 22 4-i STARK STREET. Conpariy, contract orlayins the water Yours truly, Make your Bastmoreland homesite selection today Prices go up when the work starts. slclans. At least two assistant doctors will be employed. Bight engineer camps have been "in stalled on the right of way north and south of Bend. At all of these men are "on the Job" and there is every indica tion that commencement of actual con struction momentarily is expected. Cer tainly every possible preliminary step ap pears to have been taken, and it now remains but for the "muckers," as they style the grader workers, to put in an ap pearance to transform the present mani fold preparations into welcome railroad realities. LICENSE WINS IN ASOTIN Majority of 47 Is Keen Disappoint ment to "Drj-s." i vote of 122 to 75 the advocates of 11- I censed saloons won the election here - See Them in Bloom ALSO Rhododendrons arid Kalmias Nurseries on Columbia Boulevard Take Vancouver Car J. B. PILKINGTON Nurseryman LET FREOEKICX H. STRONG. Scey &Treaa. J. WESLEY LAOD. ArttSacyi Portland. Oregon., nay 20,1910 mins 11? be. letTon Tuesday - Gofiretart COMPANY yesterday. The majority of 47 in favor of the "wets" was a keen disappointment to the "drys." The election was spirited. Of 217 reg istered all but 20 cast their votes. Every sort of conveyance was pressed into serv ice to bring voters from out of the city to the polls. The result makes Asotin the oply "wet" town within 30 miles. It is declared by city officials that the sa loons will be regulated very strictly. The winning' ticket was advocated by the organization known as the Taxpay ers' League. MURDER REMAINS MYSTERY Officials Have Xot Single Clew in Thrasher Case. JACKSONVILLE, Or., May 25. (Spe cial.) Sheriff Jones reports that there is not a single clew on which to work in the Thrasher murder case. District At ill TEE next; BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING torney B. F Mulkey expresses his opin ion that the mystery will never be solved and has about given up hope of ever bringing the murderer to Justice. The Italian, Nlckolas Joy, has been re leased, as there was no case against him. Jacksonville Gets Concrete Walks. JACKSONVILLE. Or., May 25. (Spe cial.) Jacksonville will soon have cement sidewalks the length of California street, the main residence street of the town. 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