THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. DECEMBER g, 1CJJ.
TO
FRUIT THAT MEETS ROYAL FAVOJ
Nature and Science Work in Perfect Harmony Amonj Rotfue River' Valley Orchardf in ProJucinjf Some of World a Beat Fruit TKat Fincli Ready Demand Witk Rulers of Nations
V - ,J. r" -t v''te- . '
feev,- !h ; m
f S -9' - -l ."'i . ' , . ' . SS beyond th wildest drama
Branch of Rogue River Newtowns,
favorite fruit of. Klnr Edward, -who
recently ordered from Medford dis
trict. By Harry II. Hicks.
pEDFORD. Or.. Dec. 4.-r-6om two
I i J decades ago, a man who pre
. I yl. rented that. rard. combination,
JIT A financier and dreamer, dreamed
a dream, and In that dream, he
said to himself:
"I will plant an orchard of pears and
apples an orchard that shall yield m
thousands for my toll. It- shall prove
of such succes1 that many? will marvel
at it. and will, In turn, plant fruit trees
for themselves." j. So out of the soil of
the Rogue river valley h dug It; from
the clasp of the scrub oak and sage no
tore It, and he saw in his vision it
Ilea today an orchard that has brought
lilm thousands. ; .And .the others he
u reamed of, have come,' and nave built
a city with the wealth they hav taken
from the heavy laden orchards, and in
that city, near the green country, with
its warm suns of winter and its' cool
night breezes of the summer time, the
dreamer, J, H. Stewart, Is Immortalised
as "the father of the fruit Industry in
the Rogue river valley."
Today in and near Medford there are
0.000 acres of orchards and more are
constantly being planted. From these
orchards ome fruit that has . graced,
in recent years, nearly every royal ta
ble in . the civilised globe. Kings, em
perors, presidents, as well as their corps
of assistants which 'Include the ablest
leaders in the world have not hestltated
Young Cornice pear tree, which
produces highest , price fruit in the
world. ' - -
tails. For Instance, throughout the or
chards may be seen hives of bees, kopt
And now, not for their yield of honey but that .
years after, they still proudly rear their these busy insects mav scatter Dollen.
neaas ana continue 10 Dear crop er And as for the care of. the trees each .
as in a large family.
to pay tribute to the Rogue river valley,
which-through the high quality of its
fruit has indeed become their favorite
garden. Recently fruit ' was ordered
from Medford for direct ' shipment to
Buckingham palace; Senator Jonathan
Bourne each year scatters through the
diplomatic offices In Washington. Corn
ice pears from this favored section, and
recently, when the presidents of the
two great American republics met at
the banquet board, Rogue river fruit
graced that -table.
Prosperity Abounds, . "
A visit to the orchards of the Rogue
are not without pleasure. A broad sweep
of valley surrounded by law rolling foot
hills greets the eye. The ranch houses,
well furnished, fitted with every knfwn
devise for human comfort, all give an
Impression of cleanliness. Not only are
the residences such as would well grace
any city's streets, but the barns,- yards,
packing bouses and other buildings, one
and alt tell a tale of thrift About
Picking Scene In Young Rogue River Valley Orchard.
An avenue'of props showing how heavily laden were orchards in Rogue river valley this year..
the houses for the most part rose
bushes, such as only Oregon can grow,
spread out their branches In profusion.
The home of the Rogue rover valley or
chardist Is the equal of those found the
world over.
In the cities fruit is a problem of
freight and speculation. Slips of paper
and broken boxes of fruit stand for
carload after carload of It Transpor
tation facilities do all that Is done to
it. Man only ; handles wooden boxes
as they do merchandiseand no man
knows the fruit for what it la the prod
uct of man's labor on the soil. But
here it is to be found on Its own stage.
On the sloplitg foothills, and alohg the
broad stretches of the valley, stand in
perfect rows . the trees that bear It
Here man plowed, planted, pruned, cul
tivated, and harvested the fruit that
was to bring prices breaking the world's
records. Here man has toiled and every
apple, every pear, in the nearby pacK
lng houses Is a fragment of a seAson's
work of someone's summer work the
visible symbol of effort wisely spent,
in fulfillment of promise, t
v ,
Science of Fruit Culture.
Come with me into an orchard of
young Newtown Pippins that favorite
of the English. These hardy young
trees, but 8 years old this season, im
agined that they were equal to the bear
ing of a crop. In the spring .time they
planted their roots deep down and their
buds were filled to bursting with the
mystery of plant life, Throughout the
summer their blossoms made their lit
tle corner of the world beautiful with
color. the little- apples were set, and
then man. In his superior - wisdom,
plucked tne little fellows, knowing that
in so doing the trees would make greater
progress. But if man cheated these
precocious yougsters they made up for
it by giving them the best of cultiva
tion. And the tree look hardy and
well able to go through the approach
ing winter for which, even now, they
give evidence of preparation. ' ;
Let us now leave the young New
towns and drive through the original
20 acres of Cornice pears, trees brought
from France by Mr. Stewart This or
chard has fathered nearly every pear
orchard In the valley. What tales they
have told of their native France can
only be conjectured. But they quickly
adjusted themselves to local conditions
and have given their owners returns
crop of jprlce smashing frnit
Record Prices.
The Rogue river valley, besides ex- What the Future Holds,
celling in apples, holds every record ' What the future can mean for the
for prices paid for pears. Cornice have Rogue river galley can only, be con
been sold for $10.08 a oox in London; lectured. The market for American ap
d'AnJous sold this season for nearly pies and pears is extending over the
seven cents each for an entire carload, entire globe. r With greater understand
nettlng the shipper $2215, and the car ; lng for the precoollng of fruit "so that
came from an acre and a half of groundt It can be transported to every quarter ,
while Winter Nells yielded $19,000 from of the globe the demand increases, jLong 1
18 acres. It is no wonderful fact recognized as members 'of the f royal ''
in the valley tolearn that this or that family,-ln the fruit world, their regal
grower has cleared over $1000 an acre claims are gradually being admitted in
from his fruit Once these yields were other lands. The choicest of all other
thought fabulous, but no more. frutis yield In time to the royal mem-
It was not a result of accident that bers from over the sea. Italy tires
such yields and returns have been se- eventually of her oranges and longs for
cured. No where is there a more in- the more solid comfort of the apple,
telllgent class of orchardists. "The Austria wearies of olives, the Greek
Rogue river valley Is the star section finds his currant grapes unsatisfactory
of the United States in fighting fruit as a' regular diet, nectarines and aprl
pests," writes M. B. Walt chief of the cots pall on the taste of the Spaniard,
bureau of plant Industry, department of and dates become tiresome to the Arabl
agriculture. Fruit growing Is a eel- an. The extension of commerce Is fast,
ence and local orchardists have applied making these nations and peoples ae
themselves well. Today It is the only quainted with the great republic of the
center in the world devoted to fruit in west and they long for the solace to be
which the department of agriculture has had from the best of our apples and
detailed an expert to assist the growers, pears. Trade follows demand and
.Nowhere is such attention paid to de- wealth awaits those 'who supply. .
GROWING PERIL OF INSANITY AMONG
SERVANTS By Dr. Britton Evans
The servant must know
0
the mistress.
her place. ..
"She Is lonely. She must fall back on
herself, and, being of limited brain
power, she has no resources. These wo-
F THE number of persona admitted "Theie girls of all nationalities have the meanest, smallest darkest and most rauit with their servants forget how
to the hospitals for the Insane in been told that in America work is easy, Inaccessible room in the house. If she largely they themselves depend upon the
the United States from 16 to SO pay is high and all people- are equal, tires of the kitchen she can go to her theatre society, books, music, dancing
per cent are said to be 'domestic They find the work hard, the pay not as room. If she tires of her room she can travel for 'entertainment
servants, ur mis class tne num- nign ss tney naa Deen lea io oeueve, return to the lutcnen. sue cannot enter Tnfc thniui internal sources of
PROFESSIONAL ARTIST HAS HIS OWN
' i STAMP By Elbert Hubbard
s
ler of men Is a negligible fraction.
OME way, when a man makes a
profession of art he lowers It
and himself. Nature seems
afraid . the man will build a
tower of Babel so high that he'll
competition for good places bitter, and any other room in the house except In entertainment and those who blame the enter paradise, and so she blocks his
According to Dr. Britton D. Evans, they break ddWn under the strain and the performance of her duties.
head of the New Jersey Insane asylum, disappointment " 'The servant girl does not get po
und a recognised Insanity expert, 30 per: "The second reason for the prevalence political freedom any more than her mis
t ent or tne entire admissions to his in- of Insanity among the serving class is tress. She doesn't want it. She has
stamp agent. And I cannot recall a if you express your liking for poetry
single Individual trained and educated no one ever thinks to ask you If you
for a- writer who ever was one. write. - If you state your preference for
The amateur is the man who does the a certain style of painting you are not
big things. " supposed to apologize for the fact that
ine great artists or eartn are men you never threw a pot of color at a
far wantin to ha diverted little game by stuffing him to the point who have been something else first and canvas,
would themselves be damorinr for di- of bursting with vanity so he can never something else besides professionals. But musicians
version. , , ' . get through the pearly gates, i
Thrust baok upon themselves, they The professional musician lives in a
fctirutlon last year were servant girls, the social Isolation which most servant religious freedom, but that is small com- would grow morose and melancholy, little world of his own fashionln
wny ao servant gins go insane! girls are compelled to endure. Com- fort And social freedom is denied her.
"There are two reasons two princl- paratlvely few homes in America can "Here is the crux of the matter. The
pal reasons, at least" says Dr. Evans,' afford to employ more than one servant servant girl is not one of the family.
the first being that the servant girt This girl gets the customary Thursday She suffers that roost terrible isolation,
class- Is largely drawn from the alien afternoon and Sunday evening off. On the loneliness of the stranger in the
flood, and many of tnese girls of for- ether days she is on-duty from C in the crowd. -
flgn birth come to America already vie- morning until at night when she fin- "The mistress may consider herself a
tlms of hereditary taint Many of them ishes wiping dishes and puts the kitchen model mistress. The work may be light.
l ave such uncertain mental balance that Jn order. the pay good. She may see to it that migrants tainted with Insanity. 8econd,
Ciey would break down sooner or later "She isn't Intellectual; therefore she the servant is well fed and comfort- I advise better treatment of servants; a
whatever their occupation might be. cannot fall back on books. She has able. . But the servant is a servant ytt r., lstlsin rt th matter nt ran.
Having poorly organised brains and cen- neither the time nor the money for the and, the gulf which separates her from ognltlon; the Institution of such means
tral nervous systems, they are unable theatre. If by rare chance she should her mistress Is no more easily spanned a will build them up -mentally, morally
to contend with the necessary trouble happen to be musically inclined, the here than in Europe. Any attempt at and socially and make better citisens of
They would think too much about them- nearly as small as an actor's universe,
selves and their thoughts would swing which means Broadway and "the prov-
ln too. cramped an omit Ana ir tney inces.
have forced 'an eh .
To belong to the "perfesh" Is to wear condition of tlmldltv on th nnbUo thet
a number six hat and lose all conscious- ' a man who does not' perform seldom
n ess. of the meaning of meum et tuum. dares reveal the fact that he knows a
But of all professionals none are quite jewsharp from an accordion, lest he in
so little and fussy as musicians. . , cur the irony of the man who slnas
And to prove the assertion, I'll ex- tenor at the Euclid avenue Methodist
happened to have an inferior mental
equipment, they themselves would run
the danger of going Insane.
"To prevent this going Insane of ser
vant girls I would first keep out all lm-
Most actors lose their real character
playing they are somebody else, and
writing men who brek away from the
great seething world of Ood's fallible
men and women become puny little fel
lows of myopic vision and atrophied
plain that if a layman ventures a word
as to his liking for music in a profes
sional's presence, he of the full collar
always Icily and ironically remarks
"Ali. then you play 7"
. The reply being in the negative, a look
is given that implies you have neither
church and - gives
harmony for $5.
10 lessons in vocal
and vicissitudes incident to the life of a mistress would net think of lending her familiarity or intimacy on the part of them.'
EtrruL me piano ror practice. She usually has tne servant is promptly squelched by
GREAT
SKYSCRAPER PLANNED
FIVE YEARS AGO
THIRTY-
Oi' Home Folks.
faculties yammering for dope, boose a rlBht to criticise music nor totlke It
This contempt for the layman I know
exists among histrions in degree, who
refer to the folks across the foetllghta
as "yaps," but not In the universal way
It does among musicians.
and cigarettes.
Shakespeare was a theatre manager,
Dante an office holder, Bobble Burns a
farmer, Lamb a bookkeeper, Milton a
school teacher and clerk, Wadsworth a
Abandoned to Fate.
Griggs Here comes one of those Are
tio explorers. Hb claims to have been
to the North Pole, and he'll talk us to
death. -. ' V ' ' ' ' '? '
, Brlggs-Well, here comes a neighbor
of mine who' is the father of a new
baby. We will Introduce them and
leave them to their fate.
OI' home folks! It 'pears you're Jist
Happiest an' bixziest
tlxln' up f welcome In
Rome one com In' home sgin!
Some ol' codger, like ss not.
That has raebbe nigh forgot
You an'' folks f ergot him, too
Everyone exceptln' you!
jfHOSE who rather .think we of the Ninety-eighth street to One Hundred galleries 4 feet In width. One above
cwentietn century nave it on and Second street and Madiaon to Third the other to the height of 180 - feet
everybody of bygone days In fer- avnue. New Tork IX city blecks. Then where is also an exterior gallery encir
tility of Imagination needn't ba th,m , ,, . cling the grand dome.
v int.- t. i. . . ... , . ii is tne aesire to incorporate in in um Kiiio
New. Tork skyscrapers, topping 600 foet ,oU- tod"r " covered with private th monum,ntal tem,. M of".h" His or footstool out an' Fit
Rassle out his essy ehalr
Put it by the table there
MASCOT GOWNS WHICH BRING LUCK TO
THEIR WEARERS : ' - :
ONDON, Nov. J 7 "Wear the hues suits. For one it may be turquoise, for Black, an American woman, gave a
which tone with your own color- another navy, and again sky. Those party to the king in the spring there
lng.- said a great student of the wltn a touch ot blue or brown In their WM reat crsse for frogs as mascots
ooeuib nunn ""' ..... An , w.,Hn ""a " woom uifj
" I, . " ' " . ' had brought luck, came to me and had
L
oould not have been Imagined at any residences and apartment houses. J.
Things in same or order.-most
this monumental temnle so much of th.
i . . : . . Thine
...n. .w4A t,mA tw.... iki.k r uurVh.m v t-a.w k. . .... . . iAH ne used i nave-em so a t.
r ",-' , . ; ura.give to it sucn magnincent .sublimity t,en he shucks his boots he kin
Plans for a building even nere gl- building, and It was announced that he, that it shall be for all time a just si? "I JucksTrm home gin'"
santlc than any of today were draws aa "boldly abandoning the beaten tracks source of pride to all Americana Bur-. "
loni ago aa UTS. a generation ago. It of imitation, has adopted a style giving rounding this central edifice are botan- Ol home folks! I tell r what
was to have been a mighty skyscraper, prominence to ecientlfle construction, leal gardens and encircling the whole ', do" .h'a?f ravlln' but
taking up 1$ blocks in New Tork City, yet expressing with Oriental splendor are apartments 12S feet la depth, open- fVhrfL 2i
to stand for all time ae a prpual tbe sublimity of modem civilisation," lng npoa balconies Into the gardens and MSrl u l?,Gods Idee
world's. falr No fl'shty enthu.lasuiRoogh4yapeaiang. -thU giant of freBUng temally.Bpon the surround- M what man hid orter be
tood for the Idea. The prominent men giants bigger than anything today lng streets. . ; Meets reculrements . , through
pi in tiaj wtr wniiu i am mawnii tooa ins lorm or a great dome rising 'Commencing upon a leel with tho tnrougn
1 vhibltlon company. Governor John A. above a huge building corerln a larser Interior court a r.rA.n. ... ...
will help materially. Indeed
blue.
their dresses of the same tones as those
an'
l !x was preKideat and General Dlven area than any building la tbe world now stories. Including the mansard, or roof
nd D. IX T. Moore were rice presidents. , or then. Hrre K bow the skyscraper each Is supported on columns, exposing
" - '- " awtrr wu tima Drmu intene to tne weoie to new. each occupant In
mms. and Intended to ewublish their appear: c lowing his department as . he mai
Then. 1 jucHn. that class is you!
Jofen D. WeUa. In Buffalo News.
" v - . ... vntnni m aqoaro mom maa enooee, witnout ohstrurtlng the general
1 " h""- - ww wjv.r, irri, uiib grane arcnitecturai view or ugnt
lit v m i ii l v L m -
Id's fair, public mnsum
Seeking Information.
From the Chicago Record-Herald. -"Is
there a preacher on this train?
Tfaft fifth ap t.n rWi. bkIcmI . Iir& dirk-rtunul
-T'1 PosiUon rlos abojo tBe surrounding Is Ughted from the top and sides, so he passed from one sleeper to another.
c' arte. In- It r. a Vt snass of dmnsa. minarets mrymnw-A K ih. II .K - w. . j i..... .... ... .- .... ... .
,.irl.t. rlrai ud tihilMOftkr. bubU. -i .... . .i I. . ... " . . . " 'r rrpraiea
, - ' ".".-w w-u h ruirm iw wa vprciai oeparunent. bis ouerr ror tne nrtn or sixth tlma
., ,. , , i . ""an 9 i or anpar- ersnea, i-cture rooms. ete the whol
... . ,,..,.....-. im.- tiirm Reicni or nxrt tnan see rtt. tbut cnfiriiut In, ui m!.
the
whole a book and roe up from a seat near
most one end of the car. "I have the prlv-
wmt Ai mt all will m amcuithlv
discordant tones and all will be con- '"Before the derby last May, two well exhibited In their particular mascots,
fusing. Jou can make the study of known women in the royal set came For some women green Is anathema. To
color as applied to your person a fine to me and said they wanted me to do- others It Is a gift which "keeps off the
art and the more you cultivate It In Sign them entire eetise gowns and hata evil eye.' .One of my best customers
discovering the effect of the various because they had heard this color was tells me thst If a friend presented her
shades on your , movements, the more so lucky. I agreed with them that to with anything green the friendship Is.
you will be convinced of tbe amailng-some It was a hue which brought good Inevitably broken before many months,
power of color In, Influencing your lo"f fortune, but for ethers It was exactly She says she has struggled to defy
This theory Is not exactly sew, yet the reverse and I knew enough about this, determining on no account to qoar-.
It Is only now that It Is being taken' the tones whicS'lt waa advisable for rel. but it is beyond her control and
up with wild enthusiasm by a set of them to don to realise that in their the Inevitable happen,
smart women, who, if not exactly fas- cases cerlee would hsve a bad effect "The influence of the mascot gown
clnated by the occult at least gTory Besides It was the last of all they Is always most indefinitely enforced If
In the idea of cultivating anything should have selected from an artistle tbe wearer is In good health. If at all
which Is of the nature which brings point of view. Incidentally t mentioned inoJpposed. she loses as It were, ber
grlot or la other . words, luck to tbe this to them, whereupon they both magnetism aad the gown is powerless
mllL promptly replied they did not tntn.i to draw any results. Ladles la tbe
All through the season just gone, a making martyrs of themselves for the country Sometimes write to me sending
few of the very up to date and "swag-- derby day as they wanted so badly the a specimen of their hair and a deecrip
ger" dressmakers made a feature of kings horse to win. I pointed out. bow- (inn of their coloring snd sk me te
"mascot gowns and did a roaring trad ever, that they would scrompllah tbHr compove a hrUge cost that will Improve '.
In them. ;In speaking on the nbJoct ends far more acoefully If tney tlwir chances or a golf skirt which will
the otfwr day. one of them said; agreed to wear the colors I urte1. attract th!r lucky istaf or light -ani
"A smart woman will wear any color One must be gowned In heliotrope. I the rei or my anility, carry out
later
torned
, --"'"i imi tti aorae. k reet la diarae- complete rtnaerrial emporium, but a tlse of being a tninUter of tbe aos- r combination under the sua provided Insisted, and the ether In a particular tlwir orders. 1 hey csaslly write
V. mt- w, is support Ma a doable colon- rait repository of art orlence aad lit- pet air." be sotd. "Can I be of any she thinks It will bring her good for- shade of pale yellow. ' ThT were nulls to iure wt that things hsre
i i. , " , "" ""oul coiontna, oacli col- erature, binding we together by some- service te ronT" . . tune, at the stun time you must and- tmenable and I dreod them aorording- la their favor.
I itn li ",r-,r-'"" 11 Pl'lar piwnting a srfoce eual thing tronger than the narrow bonds of "Tea," said the" larse passenger. "A- eretand." she sdded. "when-1 made mas- ly. .When tne fctnge horse won they .
' , rl.r.Tt.;! e tlrr.i. i . T? lr fr 4 life sised material nter-ta. and giving te us a fllow back In tbo dining ear has Wt et gowns. I make a point of trytn sent me a telegram from the coorse. VonTl Hare to Tell
,,x rfar.--l-n.tlrs of oar national sutuee Is full relff. Ii-re i. red tirwto ettr of h felgnest me IS that It wasn't Lot's wife Who. to hit upon the ton thst will be moot .1ftlmP a 1.4y flodn that a rs"- - - - -
- .w . ;.r We lBtltGUos w-iu find on cwMnre aad the rwtlrt rlrillcation." got Jcnrh into trowt.Je. and I thought helpfal to my cuetoraeca. Te a good ed Idol brlegs f.r good fortune. , In la shout t.t months
... ,5 iTa JTt- i.r " . jrffwn.1 .tnt, for ulr cti!ptt.red Only tho builjtng wee .wver bgun yoa might liave a Bible with ytm. so numh-r bltie is a r-T lutky r lor., hot th! rs.e I.rwiw a gown foritwr ... 7 T 'tS7r" ! Tl? . .
Wlm mimZ , V l,7"v lif sod the rrvKl data. orr reared its t could rror, he wsi wrong sod get U t Urn. to find out the . ads of the to e of rr rr.t Tbe rt-V.t -hX e-M ?r AV
,., .1 it ir Uww ,t:antn, art. tkmt nnU . the moaey.- f bias Which wi:i brieg the V n re- is a.lwa, . a.b.f.w,. Iftrr !ra liVAge Tr bona,