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The analysis given below as that of the Ashland Lithia Springs is not the analysis of the original Ashland Lithia Springs. VALLEY ASHLAND, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, AUGUST 4, 1909. VOL. XXII ROGUE RIVER RECORD. VALLEY FRUITS [By Chas. M eserve, editor Rogue River Fruit Grower. j MARKETING ADVANTAGES The fruit growers of Rogue River Valley have exceptional advantages for profitably marketing their fruit. The freight rate for this valley to the Eastern markets is the same as is had by all the other Pacific Coast fruit districts. The rate on apples to New York is $1.00 a hundred and on pears it is $1.50 a hundred pounds. This rate is but little more than that paid by the Michigan, Mis souri and other fruit districts on shipments to New’ York and it is giv en by the Southern Pacific in carry ing out that company’s policy of building up a big fruit tonnage as is being done in building up the freight traffic from other industries. These fruit shipments are given fast ser vice and this with the refrigerator cars and the remarkable quality for keeping and for resisting travel ware enables Rogue River pears, apples peaches, grapes and other fruits t< reach distant markets in as perfect condition as to nearby markets Within another year a pre-cooling plant will be established here and that will enable the early fruits, like peaches and Bartlett pears, to be sent to the most distant markets oi to be held when a glut in the mar depressed ket * has temporarily prices. Another great advantage that the Rogue River fruit growers have if the profit saving method that they have for marketing their fruit. Thi- is done by means of co-operative as sociations, of which there are four in the valley, composed of the frv growers of a district and which has the entire handling of the fruit croj from the time it is matured to the distribution of the proceeds of th sales to the members. This method eliminates the local middlemen anf their excessive toll, which in frui districts where the growers are no organised often takes all the profit: ¿•’■.d lea.’- aftir but a ba’-e Thes inspectors are on duty for the entire time and with the hearty co-opera tion that the fruit growers are giv ing in this pest warfare there is ev- ery certalnty that within five years the 22 different kinds of pests now iD the county will be reduced to half that number and those remaining will be so diminished that they will cease to be a menace to the fruit it dustry. The fruit growers being so largely in the majority in the Rogue River Valley will insure that the pest laws will always be enforced with vigor and this will make fruit growing more profitable in two ways for it will decrease the cost produc tion fully 10 per cent less than in the pest-ridden sections and it will raise the quality of the fruit anf that will enable better prices to b< had. One of the greatest menaces to the orchards in the Eastern states are the countless thousands of wild fruit trees and shrubs that are p breeding place and harbor for all manner of pests. This danger does not threaten the fruit growers o Rogue River Valley for there are very few wild fruit trees and bushes. their jobs by political pull. a whose duty Tt 'is to enforce the assc ciation’s rules for picking, grading packing and loading, and he also has full control of the marketing of th< fruit under direction of the board of directors. Through these associa tions, Rogue River fruit is put di rect into the markets of all the prin cipal cities of the United States ant THE ASHLAND CONCERT BAND of Europe, Canada, Alaska, Siberia. Ashland has splendid musicci tal Japan, China, Hawaii, Mexico and other countries. Such good prices ent, and much of this talent turns are had that the best orchards and its attention to band instruments. A. vineyards are paying a net dividem J. CcCallen, the director, is a chip each year on avaluation of from off of the old block, his father be $1000 to $7000 per acre. For the fore him having led a band nearly all Ashland district the Ashland Fruit of his adult life, and organized the & Produce Association handles the first band at Lakeview and was its Young fruit. This association is one of the leader for eighteen years. leading factors in building up the Andy's system of keeping up a band fruit industry in this section of in a town is to keep young men in Rogue River Valley and of making terested. as the old experienced play Ashland one of the most thriving ers will eventually drop by the way and prosperous of the small cities of side and become “lookers on in Ven ice,” and mu icians are not made the Pacific Coast. ready in a day, but are more of a THE FRUIT PEST PROBLEM Experts of the Department of growth. This policy is working well Agriculture have identified nearly in Ashland and the director is al 1200 different pests that are destruc ways able to get the proper mater tive to fruits, vegetables, grains and ial for state occasions from this in grasses in the United States. Of teresting array of members; Cornets. this great number but 22 have been O. F. Car on. able to effect an entrance into Rogue A. Dawkins. River Valley. That so few pests H. G. Enders, Jr. have invaded Rogue River Valley is Carroll Wagner. due to its isolation from other fruit A Folsom. districts and to the enforcement for Paul Guiley. the past three years of the state fruit Horace Provost. pest laws which forbids the shipping P< rry Smith. of diseased trees, shrubs, plants and Willis Bailey. fruit. With the continuous chain of Walter Bass. mountains all around the valley a Andrew McGee. barrier is formed that prevents pests W. Holmes. from reaching here by natural means i- .Lon Beagle. so that the pests now here were F. Jeter. brought in on shipments of trees Altos. plants, seeds and fruit, they gettin; Lloyd Goodyear. in her«^ before the present state pest Harold Patterson. laws ywere enacted and put in force T. T. Provost. From this on there is little likelihood Bert Griffith. of more pests getting into the valley W. Herndon. for they will be intercepted by the Jan Mowat. rigid inspection that is made on all A. B. Anderson. shipments of trees and fruits that Cbas. Robertson. are received here, but if a new pest Kenneth Lilly. does get in it will be soon discover A. O. McGee. ed and eradicated. Clarinets. No other county in Oregon has so Phil S. Rose. large a corps of fruit inspectors as Fred Rocho. has Jackson county, or is doing so W. H. Gilli . thorough work in inspection both of L. N. Kildahl. orchards and vineyards and of im Frank Jordan. ported trees. While other countie« O. D. Caldwell. rely on one inspector to do the work Lloyd Casebeer. this county has four inspectors, all thoroughly posted and energetit A. E. Jordan. men and not getting nor holding Walter Herrick. WEALTH OF MINERAL SPRINGS. and other impurities. Surface waters, lakes and streams, Various Kinds of Potable and Medi and especially ground waters, wells and deep springs, are often more or cinal Waters—A Few An- less charged with different mineral alized for this Issue. constituents taken up from the soils and formations through which they tBy C. Bradley, Chemist Oregon Ex- pass. When the salinity of the water is more than ordinary the water is périment Station.) commonly termed “mineral” water, Water is recognized as an almost Mineral waters are characteried universal solvent. Many chemical by a salty taste and are quite often salts like common salt and sugar are associated with a flow of gas as they dissolved quite readily by it and sub emerge from the ground, Carbonic stances which are ordinarily consid acid, hydrogen sulphide, recognized ered insoluble, like glass and min by its odor, and nitrogen are gases erals are nevertheless taken up by commonly noted in mineral waters. water in small quantities. Gases The character of the mineral mat such as air, carbonic acid gas, and ter which a water contains is deter ammonia are likewise dissolved by mined by the deposits of salts in the water. earth with which it may come in con All natural waters may be con ven- tact. ___ „_ ____________ Old sea beds for example, fur- iently divided into three divisions, j nish the salts ordinarily contained in namely rain water, surface waters sea water. If the water becomes and ground or deep waters. charged with carbonic acid, which is Rain water when collected in the often true of deep waters, it is then open air is the purest of all the nat capable of dissolving lime stone and ural waters, being free from dissolv becomes laden with carbonates of ed mineral salts. It, however, con lime, magnesia or iron. tains dissolved gases obtained from The constituents of mineral wat the air by its passage through it. ers vary greatly both in regard to When collected from roofs, rainwat the kind and amounts. Commonly er is often contaminated with dust such waters contain chlorides, sul- NO. 14. ph$tes and carbonates of sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium. Mcge rarely elements like lithium, bojon, iodine and bromine are pres ent! The therapeutic value of these waters depends upon these various salts which they contain. Thè Southern Oregon district fur nishes/ ;s. !_ a ______ number ___ of _______________ excellent min eral waters, both from the stand- point I Iof of Dalatability palatability as well as of medicinal value, The following an- alyses bi waters from this section have been made at the Chemical Laboratory of the State Experiment Station. All results are reported in “parts per million;” these values may be converted, if desired, into "grains per gallon” by dividing by 17.12: ASHLAND LITHIA SPRINGS Parts per million Potassium chloride ............ 510.00 Sodium chloride ................... 3452.00 Lithium chloride ................. 3.39 Ammonium chloride .......... 3.388 Sodium sulphate ................. 450.90 Sodium bicarbonate ............. 2513.00 Magnesium bicarbonate ...1014.00 Calcium bicarbonate ........... 1120.00 Iron and alumina................. 10.00 r ’ W rf w-.rl L/C Silica ........................ Potassium iodide . Potassium bromide Sodium borate . . . Calcium phosphate 76.20 none none trace trace Total ............................... 9152.878 COI.ESTIN MINERAL WATER Ammonium chloride . 2.138 Sodium sulphate .... 9.119 Sodium chloride .......... 26.48 Potassium chloride . . 802.90 Potassium bicarbonate 804.30 Magnesium bicarbonate 605.7 Calcium bicarbonate . 2542.0 Silica ............ ’................. 89.2 Lithium ........................ none trace Sodium borate.............. trace Calcium phosphate . . . Iron and alumina .... none Total ................................ 4881.737 Gas given off from the water is carbon dioxide. SODA SPRINGS (Jackson County). 29.83 Sodium sulphate .... 7.96 Sodium bicarbonate .. 292.50 Potassium bicarbonate 473.99 Magnesium bicarbonate 453.03 Calcium bicarbonate . 70.20 Silica ..................... .. none Iron and alumina .... none Sodium chloride ..... none Lithium ................... .. -v Total .......................... .1327.41 ASHLAND SULPHUR SPRINGS Sodium sulphate .... Sodium chloride .......... Potassium silicate . . . Potassium bicarbonate 35.44 J Magnesium bicarbonate Calcium bicarbonate Iron and alumina .. Lithium Potassium iodide 28.70 noue none none Total HELMAN WHITE SPRINGS Ammonium Chlo-ide . Sod’um chloride Potassium chloride Sodium sulphate . . . Sodium carbonate . . Sodium UV ai bonat«- ' Í '-■’f’.gX-jl r.r) I Calcium bicarbonate Silica . Iron and alumina . . . Calcium phosphate . . Lithium ........................ Potassium iodide . . . A Jackson County Exhibit at he State Fair ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lloyd Stratton. S. Adams. Otto Dyer. Rex Stratton. H. Sander. Glenn Gulley. G. Herndon. Lynn Mowat. Trombones. K. P. H. Nims. H. C. Beebe. Howard Brown. Jap Loomis. E. M. Koenig. Hiram Fordney. Cedric Myer. Otto Klum. W. Morris. Baritones. I. F. Koenig. R. V. Goodman. H. G. Eastman. Geo. Crawford. Saxophones. Fred Knott. W. L. Morgan. Verne Blue. A. S. Thompson. I. F. Porter. Floyd Dickey. Basses. O. C. Purkeyqile. M. E. Briggs. F. L. Dodge. Drums. W. F. Loomi . Kenneth McWilliams Chauncey Casebeer. Visitor’s Tribute to Ashland .67 34.17 224.00 17.55 52.63 .14.00 10.56 49.20 none none none none Total ............................... 409.74 Gas given off from the water is nitrogen. matchless Garden of the Gods and the migh y rocks and peaks that stand I as everlasting sentinels over -the Bow much to the comfort and pleasure of I Written in July 19074 visitors and tend to inspire in others V’here the rainbow tinted shells of der Assembly; but in all my wander what they each undoubtedly have, the abolone play with the fern-like ings among Chautauquas I have fount Chautauqua zeal and enthusiasm. The spray of the seaweed along the shore ihi spot where I have heard a sweet management have just cause to feel ' of h? billowry, blue Monterey bay, er voice or listened to a more per proud of their assembly, of their ex i I first caught the Chautauqua fever. suasive wooing than the music of cellent program, of the co-operation ' I caught irom Bishop Vincent four- mingle waters in their joyous shout and interest of the citizens, and I tee) years ago, as he stood on ’he as they dash and play through Ash their generous patronage, of their ' shores of the bay at the vesper hour, land canyon. Twelve miles of melod I 1 lie buildings and charming Chau- ' add e1:,ins an audience of some three and every mile filled with a grand, tauqua park so rich in nature s beau- I thoisand, telling us with arms out- ae * song and a resonant chorus of ties as to be an abiding attraction as ' stretched toward the golden west, in praise to the Father of Waters. long as time shall last. A thing of woris that the glory of the depart Twelve miles of ever changing, ev beauty is a joy forever. ing day made at once a sermon, a er varying charm. A playground for Sometimes our own Jonestown sun prajer aid a benediction. 'There is ■hou.iuds of the happy children of set seems to lack in beauty of tint i a w?deue*S*Tu God’s mercy, like the the light and shadow that continual and color, our Jonestown creek be wideness- of the sea.’ ly play hide and seek among the comes common place, our growing SJice'tnen, each season has found dashing waters and thick forest fruits and laden orchards ordinary, me follow tng the blazed trail of the leaves, a vast botanic garden of our hills with their wealth of timber Chattauqu# east, west, north an< terns, mountain lilies, trailing vines and changing shadows of ever vary south. 1 have gathered around the and delicate woodland blossoms. The ing color and yellow valleys that run driftwood are off the beach at Ocean sweet musical call of the waters of 1 i to greet the hills, cease to at- Grove ami enjoyed the after hour Ashland creek, the whispered invi tract our attention and lose their stunt frsisToi the talent; have listene tation of shadowy firs of the hills, charm. We look across the fields to the rung led music of the singing the snewery banner of glad welcome for pastures new. We seek other sands pt old Orchard and the chorus tation of shadowry firs of the hills, scenes. We talk up other Jonestowns. class; ivirn equal delight I have re the snowy banner of glad welcome I velled im the charms of Long Beach from th-: towering granite butte, the In our own little village, nestled among the mountains were all the ; subtle, sweet perfume of the moun elements of horticultural wealth and and G C __ rove. Tr < | ITyt e followed the zigzag tain lilies, will always remain in mem prosperity, all the golden apples Chaut^igus »ay into the land of the .melody that will ever fill my soul above and under ground, while beau cotton and the corn, of the citrus ry singing a siren 6ong of subtle ty lingered everywhere. Yet we grove nd the magnolia bloom. to with longing to drink in again the prized it not for our eyes were blind- wander back to ttie broad, level prai- charms of nature in Ashland canyon, [ ed because it was common place. W I pfát Northwest, where and listen to the feast of music, el I saw it every day. We do not know t ton stretches out as far oquence and song so bountifully pro , if there are such in Ashland. If so n see—a billowy ocean vided by t’'e Southern Oregon Chau i wake up. THE NEWSPAPERS OF JACKSON Nature has more than COUNTY splendor. I have been tauqua assembly. done her part. She has been lavish usands of delighted au- While nature has so well done her in al) her gifts. Let each boy and Ashland has two newspapers—the have listened to the part in making the assembly at Ash- girl and every citizen sing a song of Valley Record and the Ashland Tid is at the Mother Chau- land attractive, the old time Chau- praise about your own fair city as ings—both of which are equipped :hed the shadows tauqua resorter cannot but help note sweet and constant as the music of with printing plants that have no su X the^hall in the grove that man has not neglected his. The Ashland creek, and you will soon periors in any small city. DelevVns ake and Bay View, have auditorium is one that would grace make it what is now an apparent The Evening Tribune and the :ist - my _______ the _______ tenters “on the any assembly in America. One can- reality, Paradise Valley, a home for 1c; with ___ Medford Morning Mail are published hnks. of the Wabash far away” and not but feel grateful to the archi- | theusauds of resorters, farmers, hor at Medford. ’hve added my voice of cheer to the; tect who designed such a well equipp ticulturists, students, beauty lovers The Rogue River Fruit Grower norus o* praise over the winding, ed building for both seeing and hear- and pleasure seekers. Will you do the Saturday Review and the Rogue uadowy, b’ue Illinois. I have sought ing. The orderly and well kept your part? If so man may come and Magazine are also published at Med ut the Chautauqua hiding place grounds with an abundance of fresh , men may go, but the sweetness of nnung the Tt uasand Islands of the drinkink water appeal strongly to your song will go on forever. ford. The Central Point Herald is the It. Lawrence, delis of Wisconsin, and the stranger The kind and affable Louise E. Francis, Chicago. only paper at that place, while th«, he shaded gloves and cornfields of way in which the Chautauqua ma- Gold Hill News and Jacksonvillqiowa, Kansas aid Nebraska. I have chinery is run by President G. F. Bil- I Price of Special Edition Copies: 10c Post occupy the field alone in theirneard words of eloquence and songs ■ Secretary T. A. Hayes and their able for single copies; three copies for 25c. of sweet hai moe-y surrounded by the ¡corps of assistants contribute so eight for 50 cents, 15 for >1. respective towns. ’