THE MORNING OREGONTAN, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 23, 1913. FRUIT AND ROADS SCENES AT MEDFORD. MEDFORD TOPICS Apple and Pear Shipments Es timated at 1200 Carloads for This Season. HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION ON m in i hi inn ji i I ii nut. i .J. I ii I V!BT- - '-' ; -''9 - 1 ' - t : ' -' j V Jackson County Will Have Share of Pacific Thoroughfare Complete Within Year City Is Grow ing and Is Beautiful. MEDFORD, Or., Oct. 22. (Special.) Coming to Medford at the present -writing you will hear as the chief topics of conversation the prices ar.d yields of fruit, principally Newtown and Spitzenberg apples, and the reconstruc tion of that portion of the Pacific High, way In this county. Every reader of The Oregonlan "knows that Jackson County voted bonds to the amount of S500.000 for road building in the county, which was nullified by the Supreme Court, but later another vote was taken and the bonds again authorized. These bonds were sold a few days ago at a premium of $7800, which is per haps a record-making sale for Oregon bonds of that character, the interest being 5 per cent. Just now the authorities are busy on the 13 miles of the Pacific High way north of the California line, this stretch of road leading over the Siski you Mountains, and of course connect ing up at the state line with the Cali fornia road over the same mountains. It is declared that a road has been laid out with no grade to exceed 6 per cent, and little with so steep a grade, and work is going forward in real earnest. From this stretch northward through the county the present road is good, but it will be all hard surfaced and in a year from now Jackson County's part of the Pacific Highway will be a delight to travelers. Fruit Crop 1200 Carloads. Medford commission merchants, who are best versed in the fruit business, aver that the pear and apple crop of the territory tributary to Medford will this year amount to about 1200 car-j loads. The prices of early-shipped pears and apples were good. the. prices of those being shipped now are better and they have still an upward ten dency. The best rewtowns ana bpitzen bergs are now bringing in excess of $2 a box. A record pear sale was some time ago made, for a half car lot, of J5 a box. These were extra fancy D'Anjous. That was a rare instance and it must not be quoted broadly that Medford pears sold for that price. It is said that there are 140,000 acres of good-to-fair fruit land In what the Medford people call "the Rogue River Valley." The Rogue is a long river. It has many valleys. There are Rogue River valleys almost from its source to the Pacific. The Rogue River flows through the valley here a number of miles from Medford. It might save confusion if the "country around Medford was spoken of as the Medford Valley. The town is surely big enough and prosperous enough and important enough to monopolize the name of its tributary country. How many people has Medford? That is a hard question to answer. The cen sus of 1910 recorded them at a little less than 9000. During the next two years after the census the town gained, lost and stood still by spurts. During the last year there has perhaps been a substantial increase. It looks like it to the occasional visitor. Now the people say the population is all the way from 10,000 to 13,000 perhaps the first figure is nearer the truth than the latter. City's Beauty Marvelous. Medford is a city of marvelous beau ty. The townsite fs magnificent. The streets are wide and, as a rule, well paved. Indeed, they declare they have "the best-paved city in tho world." In the city limits they have, between 22 and 23 miles of high-class paved streets, and three to four times that many miles of good curbing and ce ment walks. Medford put in a superb water sup ply at a cost of nearly half a million dollars before the paving was done, and also as near a perfect system of sewerage as could be devised. The business streets are lined with fine buildings. They have no great sky scrapers, but business bouses far above the ordinary In cities of this size. But it is in residences that the city shines. The residence districts really are magnificent, showing that the people who reside there have means and know how to erect and maintain fine homes. A good way to get a line on a town is to see what is being done by the banks. Medford has three banks, and their statements are as follows: Med ford National, capital and surplus, 7142, 000; deposits, $600,000; W. H. Gore is president and John S. Orth, cashier. First National, capital and surplus, J167.000; deposits, $586,000; F. K. Deuel is president and M. L. Alford, cashier. Jackson County Bank, capital and sur plus, $184,000; deposits, $471,000. W. I. Vawter is president and C. W. McDon ald, cashier. Farmers and Fruitgrow ers Bank, -capital and surplus, $52,000; deposits, 91,000; Delroy Getchell Is president and L. L. Jacobs, cashier. The town has some notable buildings. The Natatorium is one. Portland has no structure in the same class. As sort of side Issues there are two of the finest halls in the state In this build ing. Another is the Hotel Medford, which is not surpassed by any hotel in the state outside of Portland, and none of the Portland hostelries sur pass it in the way of. accommodations, while its charges are moderate, when the high class of service, the variety and quality of food and the cooking are taken into consideration. The new Carnegie Library building i3 a remark ably handsome structure, while its lo cation makes it far more attractive than it otherwise would be its fine lawns, beautiful trees and spacious grounds. The Southern Pacific depot is also a showy building, commodious and well kept, and the depot grounds are superb. Medford has one of the most active commercial clubs in the West. The present president is J. A. Perry, the secretary is F. VV. Streets. The latter is on the job all the time, the former whenever It is necessary. The club has a building on the railroad right of way. about two blocks above the depot, with a wide cement walk reaching from the lepot. In this building Is as fine a ilisplay of fruits, vegetables, cereals iind other products as can be found anywhere, and the rooms are visited by large numbers of strangers and trav elers. The Medford people are In a sense the proprietors of that great natural wonder Crater Lake. This is the place to come by rail to get to this, greatest of all Oregon show places. There is a fair wagon road from here there and autos will take one there and, back for $10. This is a trip that every American ought to take, for Crater ake is one of nature's masterpieces. Many scientists say it is the first of Western scenic wonders. ? 1 Jit - Jd 7 -rttf k . m. rata TOP, MEDFORD HOTEL AND PARK) LEW1ST0N SOON TO BE FRUIT CENTER Output of 4500 Carloads Be lieved Likely in 1916 and . Selling Is Problem. CENTRAL AGENCY NEEDED All Canning Packs Should Be Gov erned .by Body's Rules, So 50 Per Cent Might Be Advanced, Says Plant Manager. BY MARK "WOODRUFF. LEWISTON, Idaho. Oct. 22. (Spe cial.) With an output of only 25 cars of apples for 1913, and In a short crop year, the Lewlston orchards have had no difficulty in solving the mar keting problem. But with 30,000 acres of young trees to come Into bearing by 1916, when the output should be at least 4500 cars of apples, the T.owistnn nroducer is mightily con cerned in a method by which his crop may be marketed without loss to nim self or excessive cost to the consumer, and without creating wild and disas trous competition among all growers who have fruit to sell. t -i .rrof.r. o ia thin vprt mar keting through the Lewiston Orchard Association. The stun is nanaieu in carload lots through the commission i whltA Rrnft Sr. Cnim. The 1IUUDO ...- - orchard association is only useful in requiring a uniform pack or ine af ferent grades and for assembling car load lots from different growers. It is announced that the Lewiston Orchard Association will . affiliate with the North Pacific Fruit Distributors in 1914. Benefits Are Expcctea. Through that general selling agency, which expects to command a majority of the growers of Idaho, Montana, Washington and Oregon, It Is believed . v. . . ! f 1 nn on ha IntAlllfTAntlV lllill 1 11 G KUlfc WWJI " ' o --rf distributed over the world - and by eliminating one or two oi me nnnnm sions and profits heretofore taken be- ... n,n,i. nnri rnniiimer. the fruit will go on the market to the ad vantage of both the latter tactions. The necessity of a general selling agency, cooling warehouses, etc., is illustrated by the failure of the grow ers of this district to realize on the immense 1913 peach crop of the Lewis ton district. Ir dozens of peach or chards the fruit has not even been picked because of the prices. Owners- 111 peuLii viLiimui -' f n."( - - occupations for day wages. It is be lieved here that tnere are many por . - n ,k & TTniori fitntpn where these fine, big peaches could have been sold nt a profit had the growers been able to look them up. It is a case of se curing a market or uprooting the trees. Co-Operative Canneries Failures. ..,tlua pnnnprlM have nrovftd a f-iilure at Clarkston and at Jultetta. Both were erected in 1908 by the Clark ston Fruit & Canning Company, a co operative organization of 63 farmers. . i ........ ai-A n n w nwned bv nrl- nu i i iij-iiiii-. " " - - vate corporations and are operated oc casionally UUring mo Beaouii. j. no Julietta concern will this year send out t - nA nnlv a little more will iva xixi o, j go out from the Clarkston plant. "In 190S, when we organizea ion m- -AAintn , a fn rm r stood to- Buuiauun, . 1 - gether and they realized more money for their fruit tnan aiu mo men wuu sold on the open market, ana got tneir ii,i. ' uaM W W Mahan. one of the co-operative organizers and present superintendent oi ine cannery. "Then came internal aissension. ouiue . V. A n nrhA nnCa,A Bmoll tit ITT1 had to havo cash sooner than it could be realized from a pool. Others be came offended because the manager rejocted much fruit offered at the can nery; these growers seemed to think, - riS1! , ; " ' i -ACS j .-:?sjs$o::'":v . .. AT m L CENTER, NORTH SCHOOL BOTTOM, that stuff that they could not feed to hogs was good enough to can. We could not secure enough capital to finance our operations In co-operation Borne stockholders sold out for 25 cents on the dollar. Usually the wealthier members bought that stock, so that now the cannery is operated as a pri vate concern. We buy for cash from members of the company and public alike." The Sprague Sanitary Preserving Company is another canning concern in operation at Lewiston under the dl rection of A. C. Whistler. The latter was the first superintendent of the Clarkston and Julietta co-operative concerns. Central Agency Approved. "The idea of a central selling agency of some kind for the fruit and produce of the Northwest has my approval," de clared Mr. Whistler. "Canneries and dryers should be able to work through it, but the man ager of a co-operative cannery should be an outside man a stranger to the members of the co-operative institution he Is looking after. He must have au thority and experience. "The central selling agency should Issue rules governing all canning packs, requiring every canning plant to comply and enforcing inspection. Then when I had a car of anything ready to ship I could send it to Central and draw 50 per cent of its value in cash. As it is now the small canner sells assorted lots by carloads. Seldom does he sell a whole car of one class of goods. The result is that his money is tied up most or the season." H. L. Powers, of Lewiston, is advo cating a plan to educate the people of the world in the use of the apple, teaching them to know the varieties and grades of apples and the seasons during which they should be used. He believes that eventually the commer cial apple will embrace not more than 10 varieties, and advocates a campaign of the same magnitude as that behind the banana, orange and raisin, only few years back. !S UMATILLA DRAINAGE DISTRICT ADOPTS XEW PLAX. Town Lot Owners Xo Longer Will Have 13-to-l Ratio Advantage Over Acreage Holders. STANFIELD. Or., Oct. 22. (Special.) Hereafter the owner of a town lot in Stanfield will not have more than 13 times, proportionately, the' voting strength of the owner of farm lands in the Umatilla Drainage District out side the city limits, as has been the situation heretofore. In the by-laws as adopted at the organization of the district, the voting strength was based upon acreage; each owner of land In the drainage district, no matter if only a cemetery lot, was entitled to one vote and one additional vote for each addi tional acre of land owned in excess of the first. Since there are more than 13 lots in one acre, the owner of the city lots had an unfair advantage over the acre age owners. At the adjourned session of the an nual meeting Monday forenoon, the committee appointed to recommend changes reported in favor of basing the voting power upon the total as sessment against the land owned, one vote being allowed for each dollar or major fraction. Changes in the method of electing di rectors were also recommended and adopted. Heretofore the directors have been elected at large; henceforth they will be elected by districts. The directors for the ensuing year are (i. L. Dunning, who resides in Dis trict No. 1; R. H. Irwin, who resides in District No. 2, and Glen Richards,. In District No. 3. The board has organ ized and elected G. L. Dunning presi dent and It. H. Irwin secretary. Ashland Stono Examined. ASHLAND, Or., Oct. 22. (Special.) A representative of the United State Geological Survey is making an ex tended examination of stone in this vicinity, preliminary to selection of ma terial for Federal buildings in Oregon. Among specimens forwarded to Wash ington are samples from the Penniston granite quarry. In Nell Creek Canyon, a short distance south of Ashland. ! II . iiiira'-BiiiMi ii-sjMMiiiiiiMisii i ni t nisir iri sMmtiiiiiaiii6- ir -f- .. v. .i- LISTER POLICY flOT NEW WASHINGTON "HONOR SYSTEM' DATES BACH: TO 1872. Old Residents Recall How in Terri torial Days Manslaughter Con vict Was "Farmed Out." , OLTMPIA, Oct 22. (Special.) Il lustration of the old adage that There's nothing new under the sun. even in modern penal methods. Is af forded by the discovery that an "honor system" of handling convicts, almos exactly paralleling the policy of the Lister administration, was in vogue in Washington Territory as early as 1S7Z. In that year In the administration oi Territorial Governor Solomon not even the old prison at Bucoda was in exist ence, wuile Walla walla penitentiary was still farther In the future. A man named McAllister was convicted of manslaughter in another part of the state, and though there was no terri torial prison, was sen to Olympla to serve out his term of imprisonment, since this town was the territorial cap ital. There being no other place of confinement he was lodged In the county Jail. But labor being scarce, a rancher named Connolly requesiea me use of McAllister to cle.r some lands In tne vicinity, and since the convict gave his promise to make no attempt to escape he was allowed to go unat tended each day to the Connolly place. There he grubbed stumps and broke land, returning each night to the Thurston county Jail. McAllister was natd a small sum daily for his services. This money he sent east to be used for the education of his daugnter. TRAGEDY CAUSE MISSING Jury on Boise Murder and Suicide Is Unable to Find Motive. 5 WI O IZ, lUttUU, " The Coroner's Jury which investigated lilt 1IIU1UCI 0.11.U ouiv-'u jw.w j day, when Glenn Wardell shot his girl wife and killed himself, was unable to assign a cause ior tne crime. mc jury had all the evidence that the po- . x Klnna In Ho hanrla lice aepanaieu. cuuu and examined a number of witnesses. as follows: snr. k- 4,,,r -fi-nA fhof Vfnla Phar. vv v, i. " e juij, 4.- lty Wardell, aged 21 years, a native OI INeDriMttt.il, JCa gunsnot wouna nuui o. hands of Glenn E. Wardell. .mv. t.A iurv find that Glenn E. ttt..ja'ii arA 99 x,- o r "j n. nativ A of vyaiucui w-bu j - - t Iowa, came to his death ty( gunshot ouna lnmctea uy imoou. V. trim a m ctlll somewhat of a mystery. Temporary in- sanity is Deiievea v C4 i 3 i .... rAorA t Vl M Hnrv eviueaca uiwue"- showed young Wardell purchased the revolver tne morii"B i j. i H a V a n. ciin In the S&JQ HO WO.lli.cu w o house for he had been bothered by an unknown man hanging around his i II- nurhnnpH a Tl P W mOtOr- piava. iiu cycle to use as a means of conveyance . . n , . 1.1- U'a .11 between rvoio H.ua " . . . leit no ciew iimv mo " , V meditated. A double funeral will be held tomorrow anernoun m u ' when 'Wardell and his wife will be burled side by aide. HEALTH IS INSTITUTE TOPIC Teachers at Centralia Gathering Play at Basketball. CENTRALIA. Wash.. Oct. 22. (Spe cial.) Addresses by Drs. F. G. Titus and A. C Gaul, of Centralia, were fea tures of today's programme of the Lewis County teachers' Institute, In session here. The former spoke on dentistry and the latter on guarding the health of the school children. Dr. E3. T. Mathes, principal of the Belllng ham Normal School, spoke twice dur ing the day on "Some Neglected Fac tors" and on "Pacific Coast Problems Kentucky has shared with the world her most famous aged high quality Whiskey for three generations. Dur ing over 66 years W. H. McBrayer's CEDAR BROOK has had 'first call" both in the "blue grass state" and in best hotels, clubs, restaurants, homes every where If uncertain try why! I$i3 &ilag Wz$Qmk um3 ROTHCHILD BROS., Distributors of Education." This afternoon the vis iting teachers were the guests of tho Centralia Auto Club for a ride over the surrounding country. Monday night two basketball games furnished amusement for the visitors In the first game the Doty men teach ers defeated the Centralia men, 35 to 3 while local women teachers defeated the Doty women, 12 to 0. Diversity of Fruit-Growing Urged. DALLAS, Or., Oct 22. (Special.) Urging the growing of diversity in fruits, so that the cannery, if one is secured, can be assured of a long run, R. M. Barthold, vice-president of the Central California Canneries Company, made an interesting address yesterday before the fruitgrowers of Polk Coun ty. Mr. Barthold's presence here was urged by the growers, it being the be lief that after making a careful inves tigatlon of the fruit country here the company, which he represents, would decide to build a cannery in Dallas. While encouraging the growers and members of the Dallas Commercial Club, Mr. Barthold said that the com pany would take no action in this di rection until it was assured of a suf ficient quantity of fruit and vegetables THE PERSONAL OPIH OF AN ELDERLY MAN Prominent Woman of Seattle Says Plant Juice Has Almost Made Her Young Again. Among the Seattle ladles who have tried Plant Juice and found It good is Mrs. A. N. Pettigrew, who resides at 116 Twenty-ninth avenue. She says: "I have only used one bottle of Flant Juice and it surely has helped me. Of course, at TS, I do not expect to be made young again, but I felt as though there was something somewhere if I could only find it that would relieve me of my stomach and liver troubles. My liver has given me considerable trouble for a good many years. Last Fall I had a severe attack of bilious ness, and have not felt well all Winter. Plant Juice has helped me from the very first dose, and I think It Is Just what I needed." Plant Juice Is a vegetable remedy that has proven a great beenfit to elderly and aged, as well as the younger generation. As a general tonic, vitalizer and vlgorator. it is without an equal. It tones up both mind and body and gives energy and strength. Thos who suffer from poor circulation. Im poverished blood, low vitality, indiges tion,' gas, bloating, headache, dizzy spells, a feeling of faintness or weak ness, hot flashes, pains across the back or in the joints and under the shoul ders will find quick relief in the use of Plant Juice. For sale at the Owl Drug Company's Store. Adv. j . Wo man is Stronger Than his Stomach B8L8IM The Medical Adviser by R. V. Pierce, M. D., Buf falo, N. Y. answers hosts of delicate questions about which every man or woman, single or mar ried ought to know. Sent free on receipt of SI one cent stamps to pay for wrapping and mailing. 1:1.:- Mil to keep the plant in operation a long season. Girl Found at Centralia. CENTRALIA. Wash., Oct 22. (Spe cial.) An 11-year-old girl named Wil liams was picked up last night by the local police, who are investigating charges made by neighbors that the girl and her five-year-old brother have been mistreated by their parents and that the girl was thrown out of the AILING WQiE IDDLE AGE Mrs. Hilbert Tells of Her Dis tressing Symptoms During Change of Life and How She Found Relief. Fleetwood. Pa. "During the Change of Life I was hardly able to be around at all. I always had a headache and I wa3 so dizzy and ner vous that I bad no rest at night. The flashes of heat were so bad sometimes that I did not know what to do. " One day a friend advised me to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound and It made me a strong well wo man. I am very thankful that I fol lowed my friend's advice and I shall recommend it as long as I live. Before I took the Compound I was always Eickir and now I have not had medicine fron s doctor for years. You may pub lish my letter." Mrs. Edward B. HlL- EERT, Fleetwood, Pa. , Such warning symptoms as sense of suffocation, hot flashes, headaches, back aches, dread of impending evil, timidity, sounds in the ears, palpitation of the heart, sparks before the eyes, irregu larities, constipation, variable appetite, weakness and inquietude, and dizziness, are promptly heeded by intelligent wo men who are approaching the period in life when woman's great change may be expected. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound invigorates and strengthens the female organism and builds up the weak ened nervous system. It has carried many women safely through this crisis. ill mmmmmim LET the greatest athlete have dyspepsia and his strength will soon fail. One's stamina force fullness and strength of mind or muscle depend upon the blood, and the blood in turn, requires a healthy stomach, for the stomach is the laboratory where the food is digested and such ele ments are taken up or assimilated which moke blood. In consequence all the organs of the body, such as heart, lungs, liver and kidneys, as well as the nervous system, feel the bad effect if the stom ach is deranged. . Dr. Pierce's GoMen helps the stomach to digest food properly, starts the liver into new activity, removing the poisons from the blood, and the various organs get rich, red blood, in stead of being illy nourished. The refreshing influence of this extract of native medicinal plants has been favorably known for over 40 years. Everywhere some neighbor can tell yon of the good it has done. Sold by all medicine dealers la liquid or tablet form or send 50 one-cent stamps to Dr. Pierce. Invalids' Hotel. Buffalo, and a trial box will be mailed you. mm, house by her irate father. It Is prob able that prosecution will follow. A YOU JfLD HEED It Is One of Nature's First Signs of Kidney Troubles If Neglected Serious Dis eases May Follow When the kidneys are clogged up and inactive, nature has a way of warn ing you. Backache is one of the first symp toms. You may also be troubled with disagreeable, annoying bladder dis orders; have attacks of lumbago or rheumatism; become nervous, tired and feel all worn out; puffy swellings show under the eyes or In the feet and ankles; and many other symp toms are noticed. If they are neg lected, dropsy, diabetes, or Brlght's Disease, which so often prove fatal, may result. It is not only dangerous, but needless for you to suffer and endure the tor tures of these troubles, when a little Croxone now will quickly and surely end all such misery. There is no more effective remedy known for all such troubles than Crox one, because It reaches the cause. It soaks Hfht into the kidneys, through the walls and linings; cleans out the cloggcd-up pores; neutralizes and dis solves the poisonous uric acid and waste matter that lodge in the Joints and muscles and cause those terrible rheumatic pains, and makes the kid neys filter and sift the poison out of the blood and drlvo it from the sys tem. You will find Croxone different from all other remedies. It Is practically impossible to take it without results. An original package costs but a trifle, and all druggists are authorized to return the purchase price if Croxone should fail in a single case. Thren doses a day for a few days is often all that Is ever needed to end the worst backache, relieve rheumatic pains, or overcome urinary disorders. Adv. NEW HEALTH FOR EVERYONE Hava you chronic trouble? Hav thB dortor given you up? Lo you wvni io be reborn? Let ma try to give ou new Hie 1 use no meui cines; no pain ful operations. foimpiy nature own remedies .. a 1 1 I URA. Bli " . German metn- oda. iany iry rne and are satisfied. Give ie a trlV frm nee if required. Call on me peroon- illy ut ti. mnw ,.rv 1TK KMt 6Uth St.. lrt iHiid. Oiefton. Take Mt. Ta Alter 40 IHtjV tut, This man, II r. J. R. Mill. vii deaf 8 year. H now hears perfectly. bor car. Phone J3 28 J 8. N0TIC Classified advertisements, to re solve proper classification in the next day's issue of The Oregonlan, must be in The Oregonian office be fore 10 o'clock at night, except Sat urday. Business office of The Oregonlan will be open until 10 o'clock at lght, as usual, and all classified advertisements for the next day's issue received too late for proper classification will be run under heading TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.