Historical Society.
Oregon
hland Tidings
SUNNY
SOUTHERN OREGON
ASHLAND
THE BEAUTIFUL
VOL. XXXVII
ASHLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1913
NUMBER 83
As
SENTIENT SEEMS TO FAVOR MARKET
THE KEDFORD PEOPLE LARGELY FAVOR PUBLIC MARKET-BUSINESS
MEN SOMEWHAT DIVIDED
A representative of tbe Tidings
visited the public market at Medford
Tuesday and interviewed the niarket
master, purchasers and producers,
and also visited a number of busi
ness houses to see what the general
opinion was as to the public market.
Whjle in 8om e instances there was
fault found with, the method of
handling the market, in no instance
was a man found who would say out
right that it should be abolished.
Marketmaster E. J. Runyard was
among the first interviewed. He ex
pressed regret that the visit had not
been made on a Saturday and in the
busy season of the year, as on other
days at this time there is compara
tively little business being done.
The Medford m.irket is conducted
la a building about 50x100 feet in
size, constructed for that purpose,
. and arranged so that there is a row
of stalls down each side of tbe
building. These stalls are each
8x10 feet in size and each has a door
opening in the side of the building,
no that the producer can bring his
rtuff directly into his own stall.
These stalls rent for $3 per month
vr 20 cents per day each, and are
nly rented to bona fide residents
of the county.
The plan originally was only to
liermit each person to sell the stuff
that he produced, but this was found
to be impracticable, as in the case of
Meats, for Instance, it was found
that there was net a single stock
raiser in the county that could sup
ply the demands of tfle market from
his own raising, and as the equip
ment of a meat stall was quite ex
pensive, including provisions for re
frigerating meat unsold at the close
of the market, a strict adherence to
the rule would have debarred any
neat stall at all and would have
rendered the market unsuccessful as
the meat stalls were among the best
drawing cards.
It was therefore decided by the
council committee in charge to limit
the -sale' to- meat and p-odnce -actually
grown in Jackson county.
Another reason why it was impos
sible to strictly enforce the above
Tu'.e was' that with the grower ha
iig only an acre or so the cost of the
time in staying at the market was
more than the profit on the stuff, bo
they were permitted to turn their
stuff over to other and thus cut out
that expense.
A very short viHit to the market
was all that was necessary to demon
strate that the personality and effi
eiency of the marketmaster was a
very important if not. indispensable
element in the success of the under
taking. At first thought the market
master seemed simply a sort of spec
ial policeman whose duties were only
to see that the stall tenants kept
their stalls in fair shape, did not
Bhort change or short weight their
customers, and that they paid their
etall rent. However, these are
among the least of the Juties of this
officer, if the maritet is to be a suc
cess. There are two things that
must be especially guarded against.
One is glutting the market with any
particular thing, and another is a
MAY HAVENEW SLOGAN
"Come to Ashland and Live to 15e
One Hundred" is Good
Motto.
There is talk of a new slogan for
the Ashland Commercial Club adver
tising, "Come to Ashland and live to
be one hundred." It is a good motto
and one which every resident of Ash
land can concientiously use and
push. But living to be one hundred
Includes other things besides good
air, good water and good climate. It
includes the wherewithal to get shel
ter and food. It is therefore neces
sary, in addition to urging the ad
vantages of the city along those
lines, to develop the city and coun
try along lines which will give the
man or woman who is drawn here
by the climate so'.r.e means of liveli
hood. There are bound to be many
drawn here by our climate and we
should have something in the way of
a profitable vocation to offer them.
If having some means to invest
they wish to invest it in Ashland and
vicinity, they must have an oppor
tunity to get it at a price which will
return an income from it. If they
cannot get it they will be compelled
to go elsewhere.
shortage on some needed articles.
The marketmaster must at all timeB
have his finger on the pulse of trade
and be able to judge from day to
day approximately what the demand
of tbe next day will be. Having
done this, he must see that there is
a supply forthcoming and that there
is no marked over-supply, as if a
producer fails' to sell out reasonably
close then be will not continue to
bring his stuff to the market.
As an instance, on Thursday of
last week the marketmaster went to
tbe various producers and asked how
many chickens they intended bring
ing to the market, and found that
the intention was to bring about
500. As 300 is r.bout the average
number sold on a Saturday, he
scaled down the number the various
producers were to bring, and as a
result only five were left unsold.
With a weekly rale of about 300
chickens 16 is th? most that have
been left on hand at any one time.
Because of the fact that there was
not enough staff produced, by the
stall holders to supply the demand
one or two were allowed to buy and
resell last season, hut it is expected
that outside of meats this will not
be permitted this year.
The producers have sold over
three tons of bacon this winter be
sides what was sold in the regular
meat stalls. Not only did the Tid
ings representative interview tbe
marketmaster, but he talked with
purchasers and with producers, and
all had the same story to tell, the
market benefited both.
An interview with various trades
men in other linej showed a large
preponderance of opinion in favor of
the market. The meat market men
strongly oppose it, as do some of the
grocers.
Before the opening of the market
the grocers were importing a large
portion of tbe green stuff sold in
Medford, because of the fact, they
say, that they could not depend upon
the farmrs to bring it to them regu
larly. The producers, on the other
hand, declare that the Medford gro
cers could have gotten all the stuff
they wanted had they been willing
to pay cash, but they wanted to pay
ojly in trade, and the hucksters
must have money for hardware, dry
goods, clothing, etc.
Mr. and Mrs. V. M. Ford, who
have a stall, were among those in
terviewed at the market. They have
a six-acre truck farm, and before
the market started were not making
expenses and were entirely discour
aged. They find it profitable, even
though selling on a close margin,
and say were it not for the market
they would have to give up in de
spair. In speaking of the possibility of
the success of a market in Ashland,
Mr. Runyard said that he would dis
courage the attempt to start a mar
ket unless there was a building built
for it and so arranged that tne stalls
could each have an outside rear en
trance, as often the producer could
not get his stuff in place until after
the hour for the opening of the mar-j
ket. and that it would be impracti
cal to have them bringing it in
through the space reserved for the
buyers. He also emphasized the ne
cessity of having fcr a marketmaster
some niaa who had had experience
in the mercantile business; a man
capable not only of handling men
but of gauging the amount of pro
duce that can be dispose?! of from
day to day.
Another important question to be
settled, he said, before the project
was launched, was whether or not
the farmers and market gardeners
were in favor of a market and would
support it.
After watching the market for a
short time the Tidings man inter
viewed several business men in vari
ous lines. While some were not en
tirely satisfied with the conduct of
the enterprise, nearly everyone be
lieved it helped the farmer and the
consumer, though admitting that in
some instances it hurt the meat mar
kets and the grocers. Of course the
packing houses are dead against the
market system as It causes the home
raised meats to be sold in prefer
ence to Portland or eastern pack.
As a compensation to the business
men. at large, it was said that the
market drew trade to Medford. Pro
ducers who would naturally bring
their, produce to Ashland and trade
(Continued on Page Eight.)
ROYAL. CHANGES HANDS.
H. II. Cummings of Merlin Takes
, Possession of Koyul Cafe.
George Mold has sold the Royal
Cafe to H. H. Curnmings of Merlin,
who took possession on Tuesday.
Mr. Cummings will continue the
short order business along the lines
on which Mr. Mold so successfully
maintained it, and will also reopen
the bakery. George Fisher, the
well-known baker, will take charge
of that department of the business,
which will insure its popularity.
Mr. Cummings has, been engage!
in developing a piece of fruit land
at Merlin, and formerly came from
North Yakima, Wash.
Mr. and Mrs. Mold have not yet
decided what they will do, but will
probably go to California in the near
future.
Cheese Lovers:
You will find the finest line of
cheese in Ashland at the Ideal Gro
cery, including After Dinner, Cam
embert, Neufchatel, Oregon Cream
Brick, Limburger, ' Wisconsin Swiss,
etc. Phone 156.
The ladies of the Congregation
al church will hold a bazar and give
a cafeteria dinner at the G. A. R.
hall Wednesday, March 19.
O'G ARA TALKS TO THE ORCHARDISTS
PATHOLOGIST GIVES LONG ARTICLE ON NECESSITIES OF ORCHARDS
IN THE SPRING TIME
With the advent, of fine weather
comes the necessity of cleaning up
the orchards before the blossoming
season begins. This will bo neces
sary in order to prevent widespread
infection, through various pests, into
all the orchards of the country. The
most important disease which should
be closely guarded against is pear
blight, which affects all pomaceous
fruits, viz: Apple, pear, quince, lo
quat, serviceberry, haw and moun
tain ash. Therefore, all trees above
named should be carefully examined,
end, if found diseased, the af'ectcd
parts destroyed. Remember that
pear blight is a bacterial disease
which cannot be cured. However,
its spread may be prevented by care
fully removing all cases of infection
which have held over from the pre
vious year. The germ does not live
in the ground, nor does it fly about
in the air; it lives only in the bark
tissues and the cambium layer of. in
fected pomaceous fruit trees. To
show how dangerous this germ is, a
single organism, i permitted to re
produce under ideal conditions,
would give rise to 1,140,000,000,
000,000 organisms in 24 hours. In
sects are the agents of distribution,
and, when it is known that the aver
age flower on a fruit tree may be
visited at least 20 times during its
life, we see the chances for infection
through this source are very great,
providing living germs are in the im
mediate vicinity where insects may
come in contact with them.
Besides pear blight, we have an
other enemy which must be fought
tha San Jose seal 3, or Chinese scale
as it should be called. The commer
cial orchards are particularly free
from this insect pest, but soi!ie town
lot orchards are not. This inject,
according to Professor L. C. Marlatt,
U. S. department of agriculture, is
so prolific that a s'ngle female, dur
ing a single season, would have
3,216,080,400 descendants.
Supposing that 'all these insects
from a single female, which had
been permitted to winter over, had
secured a foothold on the fruit of an
apple orchard, and allowing 20 scale
Insects for each apple, 1,236,954
boxes of apples, with an average of
130 apples per box, would be ren
dered unsalable. Think of 2,000
carloads of fruit rendered unsalable
by one insect! Aa a matter of fact,
according to the state horticultural
statistics, a single scale insect found
upon a fruit would render it unsal
able. We are giving these enormous fig
ures in order to make everyone feel
the necessity of cleaning up. It is
not a matter of the few. trees in
your own orchard or lot, but it con
cerns the whole community, and par
ticularly the commercial orchardists
of the valley. A number of people
never feel like doing anything until
the Inspector comes, and then feel
that the inspector wants to do them
harm. An inspector never destroys
property, but does abate nuisances;
and this in accordance with his in
structions. It is remarkable that
Ul YS OCT ISKOTIIKli.
A. K. Joiiljin Sells Interests to
Hi other, 3. S. Jordan.
A. E. Jordan returned yesterday
to Oakland, Cal., after a few days'
stay with his parents in this city.
While here he sold his interest In
the electrical business of Jordan
Br h. to his brother, J. S. Jordan,
jwiio has been associated with him in
! the business the past few years. The
! business will hereafter be known as
J th Jordan Electrical YVorlts. Al
jhns a host of friends in Ashland who
whl regret that he has decided to
leave Ashland permanently. The
best wishes of all go with him. J.
S. will keep the business here up
to the high standard of success here
tofore maintained.
To My Customers and Others.
I have moved my Jewelry store
Into the handsome storeroom in the
Elks building and am again ready
for business. I will give 20 per cent
discount on all goods during March.
Come in and see my new store and
take advantage of the saving.
It. J. ?MTH, Jeweler.
Elks Building, Ashland. 81-tf
Mallory hats for style and ser
vice. See Enders' window and pick
out your Easter hat.
people who would not think of dis
obeying a quarantine order in' case
of smallpox or scailet fever pay no
attention to orders of the very same
nature given by the horticultural in
spector.
The county inspector has already
given out legal notice through the
press for everyone to clean up. His
order Ml'ST be obeyed, or unpleas
ant consequences will follow. Time
was when the law was not enforced,
but that time has passed. The com
mercial orchardists Ml'ST be and
T'iT. le protected. The county is
paying for this protection, and the
inspectors will enforce the law.
Everyone who owns treeF, whether
fruit trees or ornamental, must look
after them. It will ve very much
cheaper to look after your own trees
than to have the inspector clean up
for you. At this time, look every
pome tree over very carefully and
eradicate pear blight if you find it.
If you do not know what blight is,
please call at the pathologist's office
and find out, or nsk any inspector.
Whether your trees have scale or not
does not matter; they should be
sprayed just the same. The ma
terial to be used is lime-sulphur so
lution diluted in accordance with in
structions already given.
If you have no spray pump, do not
try to put the mixture on the trees
with a whisk broom or garden
sprinkler. Better hire someone who
has a good pump and can do a good
job or cut your trees down and burn
them up. By doing either one or
the other you will save money.
To those owning trees within the
city limits, let it be said that you
should take prido c-nough in your
city to have clean trees In your back
yards and net have them overgrown
with pests. Let each one consider
himself an inspector working for the
good of the whole community, and
wben disease is found either report
the matter to the proper authorities
or eradicate it. Remember you are
your brother's keeper,
Thr-e Times.
The New York Tribune relates
that ex-Governor Pennypacker, dis
cussing the divorce evil in Philadel
phia, said with a smile:
"In these times one never, as the
saying goes, knows where one Is at.
An acquaintance of mine extended
hi ; hand to me at the Historical So
ciety the other day and cried:
" 'Congratulate me! I am the
happiest man alive!'
"I looked at him doubtfully.
" 'Engaged, married, or di
vorced?' I asked."
Household goods for sa!e at a
sacrifice. Bedroom set, chairs, ta
bles, gas stove, heater, baby cab,
many other articles, by parties leav
iug town. 478 Allison, street. It
Yes, there will be skating at the
Natatorium Saturday night. Music
by the Porter orchestra. Saturday
afternoon, children under 16 only
15 cents. 83-lt
SHOULD' PROMOTE
J. G. MILLER WRITES INTERESTINGLY AND PROFITABLY OF CON
DITIONS IN ASHLAND AND ROGUE RIVER VALLEY
"By industry we thrive." The
axiom of long ago when our nation
was in its infancy when every heart
throb meant expenditure of vitality
not for luxurious recreation and
mere convenience, but for the build
ing of a home, a country, a nation,
each pulsation representing a stroke
effectual, "hitting tbe nail on the
head." Every one with sleeves
rolled and hard at it producing cloth
from the yearly clip, shoes from the
home tan, sugir from the March
drip, lumber with the broad axe and
hand saw, thus ad infinitum pro
ducing everything in the way of
home necessities.
Were those people hnppy? Mar
velously so.
A century's developments were
wonderful. The hand spinning
wheel largely supplanted by the
great woolen milN of the New Eng
land states and the cotton factories
of the south, production demanding
of prosperity greater tt rides and
larger achievements.
Another century breaks the sod of
the middle west, and production,
enormous production, demands of
prosperity the mighty mills of com
merce today dotting this great na
tion as do the stars the firmament.
Production stands at the helm of
all homes, count) ies and nations
that . prosper." Produce something
and the sequel must follow. This
great principle in nature's economy
cannot be gainsaid, neither can it
be ignored w.lthout disaster.
Produce not one thing only, but"
any and every thing that with ten
der fostering can be produced, and
prosperity is yours. The individual
who owns ten' acres or less, and buys
the family, supply of potatoes and
other vegetables from the grocer or
other source, violates the law of pro
duction and prosperity and fully de
serves the inevitable penalty. Pru
dence would not advise the planting
of oranges or other citrus fruits in
the Rogue river alley, even if the
Oregonian dubs it the old-time "Gar
den of Eden," but dozens of nature's
products, without which we cannot
live comfortably, can be produced
here profitably.
There are a few orchards that pay
well, but a large portion are a rich
man's luxury or perhaps a poor man's
financial pyre. The writer is in-
! formed by those in position to know
that more money is paid for grnln
shipped in than is received for fruit
shipped out. Shipping out fruit,
even where the net yields are not
large, is all right, but to ship grain
into a farming country is a Violation
of the law of production and pros
perity and is beyond doubt the cause
iOf lean bank accounts and responsi
ble largely for the locking of the
wheels of prosperity, Farm lands
galore, with prices soaring around
the $300 mark, and , shipping in
grain for feed! Perhaps $4 0,000
worth, each year chipped into the
valley. The law of production Is
violated and prosperity cannot fol
low. Timber lands produce a great ar
ticle of commerce. This production
demands means of manufacture and
transportation. This demand results
in the forging of new trunk linen
and the installing of enormous lum
ber plants. The rich gold ledge
needs only to be disclosed and her
demands for smelter and iron rails
find early response. We must be
producers if we would thrive.
Ten thousand hogs could be
grown and fattened on the products
and by-products of this valley, and
I who dare say that there Is no de
mand for the porker? Who lacks
relish for the home-cured meats?
Ten thousand dollars are sent out
cf the Rogue river valley each year
for brooms and it never comes buck.
It Is a fact, too, that no state in the
Union can produce as tough a fiber
In broom corn as can this valley, and
It grows Ijt such quantities as to
make it profitable for the grower.
The production of this commodity Is
nicely started and now demands fa
cilities, capital, machinery and men.
This means that $10,000 will be kept
at home. The development of other
resources should follow In close suc
cession. The general cry among growers is
that the merchants refuse to buy the
home product. Admitting that there
may be some ground for such views,
the writer is slow to accept the state
ment as being true In a general
sense. Surely the policy of the pru
dent merchant is to not only support
HOME INDUSTRY
but carefully foster home production
In every line.
Co-operative effort, proper appli
cation of right methods based ou
correct business priniplen, will re
sult in th much-desired prosperity.
The merchauts are the most bid
able and affiliating class to bo
found. They will tarry in stock just
what thp trade requires if it can bw
had. Especially is this true if tha
article is a homo product.
It is up to every grower to pro
duce enormously. Plant enough for
a regiment or two, give it the need
ed care, and a narket will follow.
One of our thrirty giocerymen dis
plays on his door this placard:
"Country produce' wanted." How
many growers are ready to respond
copiously to the demand?
It is up to every producer to call
for thecoma product. With empha
sis this article appeals to the con
sumer to ask of tht dealer the home
product. Home-cured meats, home
dried fruits, home-manufactured
brooms, home-ennned goods, home
grown beans, celery, cabbage, pota
toes, onions, etc.
The merchant will carry in stock
anything that there in strong de
mand for. No community can pros
per where shipped-in products am
bought in preference to the home
grown. A reform in methods ami applica
tion of principles is essentially im
portant. Facts and figures count.
It is true that beans can be bought
cheaper in Japan than from the local
grower, because they can ho pro
duced more cheaply thoro. But add
to the Japan price the transporta
tion charges and the wholesale prof
its and we consumers eat Japan
beans not one cent cheaper than the
home-grown, and In the event we
support the Japanese government at
the jeopardy of our own best inter
ests, local and national.
Rogue river beans and other prod
ucts are good enough. Seldom ex
celled. Grower,- merchant, consum
er, stay with the home product.
Affable co-operation in the devel
opment of our own resources on a
scientific basis will pay the mort
gage and give ub a bank account re
plete to a satisfaction.
J. G. MILLER.
Ratio Was Fiim.
John B. Ratto. Jho impersonator,
the fourth number In the Ashland
lecture course, was one of the best
entertainments of the kind ever seen
In Ashland. He held the close at
tention of the audienco during the;
entire evening and made good
throughout. His makeups, done in
full sight of the audienco, were re
markable and his inimitable way of
telling stories captured the audi
ence. Mr. Ratto spoke very highly of
the Strollers quartet, the next num
ber of tbe course, which cornea three
weeks from tonight.
The Trinity church ladies will
hold a cooked food fuIo at the Ash
land Trading Co. store next Satur
day. RAISED A JPAY CHECK
John Waller Attempted to Pass
Suncrcst Orchard ( h k Raised
From $'.5 to $I3.:.
John W. Walker, a laborer, win
had been working a short time al
Suncre.st orchards near Talent, was
taken to Medford today to bo given
a preliminary hearing on the charge
of raising a check. He had been
given a check for $2.25 and 'raised
it to the sum ot $42.25 and present
ed it to tho Talent State Bank for
payment. E. H. Adarnson. the cash
ier, immediately suspected from the
appearance of the check that it had
been tampered with and be tried to
get H. F. Meader, tho manager of
the orchard, over the phone, but was
unable to do so. He had Walker de
tained, however, and Dr. Hart and
R. L. Burdic, who happened to be
there with his auto, took the check
to Mr. Meader, who at once hurried
to the phone and told Mr. Adarnson
to hold Walker. Walker was taken
to Medford this morning on a war
rant sworn out by County Attorney
Kelly, and,' as above stated, is hav
ing a hearing today.
Clean rags, suitable for wiping:
presses, wauted at TidingB office.