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About Valley record. (Ashland, Jackson County, Or.) 1888-1911 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1909)
SHOES AT LESS THAN FACTORY COST SHOES SOMS EVIDENCES OF WHAT THE SOIL WILL DO. iBy Chas. W. Sherman, Talent.l The proposition of pumping water ; from wells for irrigation purposes si | fast gaining favor in this locality, We are closing out our entire stock of Men’s and Boys’ Shoes | there being four pumps in operation and certain lines of Ladies’ and hildren’s at a fraction of their i already. Ed Robison's and N. O.! Powers’s pumps are run by gasoline, I real value. This without doubt, is the greatest bargain oppor I and John Robison’s and James Gib- i tunity of the season. Here you have choice of new styles in son’s are centrifugal pumps run by I electricity. John Robison has a re Tan and Blacks at almost one-half price. : : : markable supply in his well, and will keep his pump of 200 gallons per min Ladies’ $4 (X) pat shoes .................. $2.25 Men’s $4.00 pat leather $2.50 ute capacity busy for threehours a' Ladies’ $4 00 pat oxfords................ 2.25 Men’s $4.00 velure calf 2.50 day. He states he can easily irri- ! Ladies’ $3.50 pat leather shoes....... 2.00 g^te 2.25 Men’s $3.50 dress shoes his eight acre tract with it. Ladies’ $2.50 dress shoes................ 1.75 2.00 Men’s $3.00 calf shoes .. The pumping system is proving a . All Children’s shoes at same reduction great economiser of water. With sev j All Bovs’shoes at the same reduction eral wells on the same slope, the same water can be used more than ; once because the seapage water form one irrigation will naturally refill the I lower well. That there is a handsome profit a all kinds of farming the following figures will show. These figures are not padded, but are given by respon Mr. Lambkin Buys Another Place. sible citizens of Talent and are ac curate. We quote the amount and Hon. C. B. Lambkin who came to trice of different farm products to Ashland from Iowa last fall, and pur show the profits of each class. A. chased a place on the Boulevard up Weider on unirrigated land has an on which he has just completed a average of four tons of alfalfa to handsome residence, which is a cred the acre, Fred Rapp on irrigated land it to the c'iy, has made another in five tons to the acre. Hay for sever vestment near the state normal school ( al years has averaged $12 per ton, lots in ----------- = PRACHT’S ORCHARD This tract has a gentle slope to the East. Every lot contains from fifteen to twenty-two of the great peach trees that helped make Ashland famous. : : : : : Smallest lots 50x135 Prices, $300 and up VAUPEL’S For particulars see JAMES M. POTTER Office with Valley Record Ashland Trading Go. l53'59,hEasi"ain st ONLY General MERCHANDISE STORE In Town FAMOUS JARS Stioes Slioes The House of Stars, the North Star, the R. J. <fc R. Star the line for the man who a hundred cents worth of alue for every dollar he lets I have one of the best of shoes ever brought to town and the prices are It will pay you to investi- before buying elsewhere, est shoe for the least money •U is my motto. Always the freshest staple and fancy groceries on hand. Rubber Ring SelfxSealing Airtight K««ps P«rf«c*lx Meats Fish Vegetables Fruits TRY A DOZEN TODAY Slioes Take a look into our DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT for the best values that money can buy. SHOES AND FURNISHING GOODS ir Brand Shoes are Better We Sell 6 Pairs Guaranteed Sox, $1.25 ' hence unirrigated land has yielded Mr. Lambkin purchased from A. H. 1 i $48 per acre, while irrigated land Connor and wife five acres of red or- ; yielded $60 per acre The cost of chard land, partly planted in apples harvesting a crop being $2 per acre, for $1950. unirrigated land nets a profit of $40 In December 1908 Mr. Connor pur per acre of alfalfa and irrigated land Corner Main & Helman Streets. chased his 16 acre tract, known as $50 per acre. the Bissell place, for $2150, and it is ¡On the farm of E. K. Anderson, one Phone No. 57 from this tract that the five acres of the best farms in Rogue River were sold Mr. Lambkin. Mr. Connor valley, a good crop of wheat is 60 still holds he remaining eleven acre, bushels to the acre, and the yield of A Complete Stock of All the Best together with the dwelling house and oats has been 110 bushels. This buildings. shows what can be done on good land Brands of Staple and Fancy Groceries in this section. Miss Helen Hughes, of Coquelle, The most noted orchard in this vi- Miss Elda Farlow and nerjpann An- ctaity** jf**Th'e Pellet orchSrd, now- derson visited Mount Ashland Sun- owned by the Talent Mountain View day. Orchard company. In 1908 from the 33 acres of old Mr. and Mrs. James Martin and on Lard were shipped eleven car Dr. and Mrs. Barham of Yreka spent lords of marketable apples, 600 boxes a few days in Ashland last week. t"> the car. These 6600 boxes were They made the trip in Mr. Martin s sold for $1.65 per box, making a to- auto. tai return of $10,890 for the 33 acres For the yield, or $330 per acre, F. W. Moore and wife have gone present year Mr. Quackenbush, the to their land holdings near the coast. superintendent, estimates the yield at They will continue on to Crescent 12,000 boxes, as there is an enormous City for a summer outing before re crop. turning to Ashland. On the eight acre orchard of Fred Rapp in 1908 the crop was sold for Mrs. Lucien Henderson, who re $5 000, or over $€00 per acre. The cently moved to Hilts with her two average crop on this orchard for children, where her husband is con- three years in succession has yield m.-eted with the Northern California ed $500 to the acre. Elmer Oatman Lun.bi r Co., visited Ashland friends and Fred Rapp have handled this or- Residence of Hon. C. B. Lambkin. this week. She was formerly Miss ■ hard in partnership for this time Belle Ross. and have kept an accurate account William Abbott and wife left Mon Miss Helen Provost left Saturday; if i.ue expenses. In 1908 the total G. H. Chrisman, of San Jose, Cal day for Pierre, Minn., on a visit. for Portland. She will stay a montn exp« use for plowing, pruning, thin visiting her sister Clara, and friends. ifornia, who solicited the busines. ning, picking, packing and marketing men of Ashland for advertisements Ladies' dress skirts to be closed • he iruit was $1800, which leaves a out at one-ithird to one-half less. Bee Mrs. George Myers, of Los Ange and write-ups and otherwise great lair profit of j.3,200 or $400 per be & Kinney. les is visiting her brother-in-law, L. ly aided the special edition leaves acre. This orchard is 27 years old for California tomorrow. Mr. Chris R. Ulen, of Ashland, Ore. and is a good example of what a ma man is an energetic and optimistic H. C. Emery is again at his post ture orchard with good care will ^o. in the United States National bank Mrs. Claudine Mellinger and little booster. E. E. Foss has a peach orchard after an outing at Newport with his daughter Margorie are enjoying an All waists one-third less at Beebe 20 years old, which has borne a family. outing in Klamath Falls. & Kinney. crop for sixteen years without a C. J. COBURN 133 East Main St Nims & Cappellar College Preparatory and Business School High Sshool and University Prepara tory courses in connection with the best systems in Commercial and Sten ographic lines makes this one of Or egon’s best schools. W. T. Van Scoy, A. B. Pres. A. C. Crews, Sec’y. Miracle Block Ashland, Ore. GET WISE Spray Pumps Spray Hose Lime Sulphur Blue Stone ■'ingle failure, and the average yield for tile sixteen years has netted the owner $600 per acre. In 1908 Mr. Foss realized $860 per acre. The logan berries on thiis place for the present season have yielded at the rate of $1000 per acre. On the farm owned by W. D. Hol Below market prices dridge is a young orchard five or six years old. It is a mixed orchard, ap now lowest at ples and peaches alternating. This orchard has borne fruit since it was three years old. In 1908 from 15 acres were sold $2000 worth of fruit, or $133 to the acre. In the present year there have already been sold 1600 boxes, and the indications are that the present crop is more than twice the crop of last year. In truck farming and berries there ere good profits also, but we have not the data to give an extended list of figures. On the farm of Frank Reed east of Talent two acres in to matoes in 1907 yielded 38 tons. 383 East Main An orchard in bearing order is generally considered more profitable than any other line of farming, but Full line of jewelry and silverware, when the income of those engaged in cut-class, and imported china, com raising garden truck, the question .rises which is the more profitable. plete assortment. All new and up- The prosperous appearance of the to-date good.s truck farms of North Talent speaks We ask you to kindly give us a call well for that business. On the farm of J. E. Roberts, in and get acquainted when you need In 1907 from 15 acres in all kinds of anything in our line, we will apprec sold 500 sacks at one cent per pound, brought in the same year $1000. Mr ; iate to have you give us a trial. You Roberts raised also a variety of veg will be satisfied with goods and etables, corn, beans, cabbage, mel ons, potatoes, onions and tomatoes prices. I- 1907 from 15 acres in all kinds of vegetables were sold $2500 worth oi truck, an average of $166.67 per acre. The average yield on the same land for several years has been $2,- 000 , or $133 per acre. It should be MANZANITA HALL remembered that the garden yields Palo Alto, California. the same year it is planted, hence A home school for boys desirous of one need not wait several years for a thorough preparation for college in the first crop. a minimum of time. Location adja The experience of Sylvester Stev cent to Stanford permits unusual ad en® will show what a young man can vantages. Ample facilities for all ath do in the garden business. Some letic sports. Seventeenth year opens Aug. 30. Send for Illustrated catalogue. years ago Mr. Stevens bought ten W. A. SHEDD, Head Master. acres of land for $200 per acre. It vas all purchased on time, not one Wm. W. Wilson, the up-to-date black cent being paid at date of purchase. smith and horseshoer; shop corner C street and First avenue; none but first- In three years Mr. Stevens had en class workmen employed. -.11 work guar tirely paid for the ten acres, deriv mteed. Special attention given to horse ing his revenue from the truck raised shoeing. on the land. Since then he has Try a pair of those swell shoes with cleared $2000 per year from his ten out the hurt and look pleasant. Co acres. burn sells them. Provost Bro s Carlquist Bros. New Jewelry Store Watch and Jewelry Repairing All Guaranteed