VOL. XXII.
GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1906.
No. 22.
WILL FEAST ON
MELONS AND FRUIT
Visitor at Fruit Growers Matting.
Have Opportunity to Test
Rogue River Products.
It is planned that Grants Para will
entertain in a manner creditable to
( the town that is the commercial
metropolis of Southern Oregon, the
' guests that will be In the city next
Monday to attend the Frnit Growers
meeting. There will be an unusual
number of prominent persons from
abroad in the city on that day.
Among these will be Dr. James
Withycombe, Prof. A. B. Cordley and
Prof. C. I. Lewis of the State Agri
cultural College; E. H. Shephard,
manager of the Hood River Frnit
Growers Unon, A. J. Mason, one of
Hood River's, largest and most suc
cessful orohardiits; H. E. Lounsbury,
of Portland, district freight agent and
H. A. Henahaw, traveling freight
agent for the Southern Pacifio ; S. A.
Herrio, of Portland, of the Amour
Refrigerator Car Company; A. J.
Leland, traveling agent for the
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad.
From Ashland is expected President
A. L. Irwin, Manager A. L. Kitchen
and Secretary M. C. Lininger of the
Ashland Frnit & Produce Association
and from Medford President S. L.
Bennett and Manager J. A. Perry, of
the Rogoe River Fruit Growers
Union, and J. D. dwell, the well
known fruit raiser and bayer. C. E
Haskins of Gold Hill, who has a state
reputation as a scientific orobardist
and originator of new varieties of
cherries and other fruits will attend
as will also a nnmber of other of the
Jackson ooonty frnit raisers.
The visitors will be given a gener
ous treat of watermelons, cantaloups,
oassabas, peaches and grapes to give
them a demonstration of what Rogoe
River Valley can prodooe in that
line. And it is planned to have an
exhibit of apples, . pears and other
fruits both ripe and green at the
meeting. As many farmers are not
able to recognize the various pests an
exhibit of them will be made and
orobardists are expeoted to bring in
samples of pests as well as of fruits
and other things of interest to froit
raisers. That the visitors may see
that Rogoe River Valley is a land of
flowers as well as of fruit, it is de
sired that the ladies as'ist the recep
tion committee in makiug a fine dis
play of roses and other flowers. I
The meeting will be held in the
room of the Grants Pass Miners Asso
ciation as it is well Baited for the
purpose. There will be ample seatB
for those attending and table space
for holding the exhibits. There will
be forenoon, afternoon and evening
sessions and all who are interested
in the froit industry are invited to
attend. As fine fruit is of interest
to the ladies they will be made wel
come at the meeting and then there
are many women who are successfully
managing orchards. The develop
ment of so profitable an industry as
that of froit will be in this county
with the increase of wealth that it
will bring makes it a matter of im
portance that the business men of
Grants Pass give it every encourage
ment possible and to that end they
should attend the sessions Monday.
From Grants Pass the speakers will
go to Provolt where Tuesday a froit
growers meeting will be held, with
Wednesday at Murphy and Thorsdar
at Wilderville. lhere will be evening
sessions in addition to the day ses
sions at Provolt and Murphy. Basket
dinners will be held at the Murphy
Sell Real Estate f
and Wilderville meetings. The meet
ing for Friday has been changed from
Lee school boose to Woodville as hop
picking is at its beighth in that dis
trict. The business men of Woodville
and the farmers about there are mak
ing preparations for a meeting that
will be well attended and the equal of
any of the others. The series of
meetings will be closed at Merlin
where forenoon and afternoon sessions
will be held Saturday and this meet
ing will be a success too as the citi
zens of that hustling town are makiog
ample preparations for it.
FRUIT-GROWERS TO
HOLD MEETINGS
At Six Plaices Next Week, the
First to Be Held at
Grants Pass.
That the Hood River Froit Growers
Union at their annual sale last week
got $3 a box for their Spitzenbcrg ap
ples and 12.25 for their Newtowns of
this year's crop f. o. b. Hood River,
has given a greater impetus to the
fruit industry in Rogue River Val
ley. Rogoe River growers will not
get that price for trier apples this year
though it is conceded by experts that
apples can be grown here that folly
equal those of Hood River in quality,
color and keeping, for they are not
up on raising or advertising their
froit like those hustlers of the north.
Bnt the time is not distant when
Spitzenberg and Newtown apples can
be sold at Grants Pass for Hood
River prices for the growers of this
county are awakening to the necessity
of using more skill and care in grow
iug the trees, pruning, thinning.
picking, grading, paoking and in ad
vertising their froit.
It is with the object in view of
educating the farmers of this seoiton
of Rogoe River Valley in the art of
raising apples and pears that will go
as fanoy pack that the series of six
fruit growers meetings were arranged
for by tbe Grants Pass Froit Growers
Union and whieb will be held nasi
week under the joint aospioes of the
Union and of the State Agrloultoral
College. These meetings will be
held at Grants Pass, Provolt, Mur
phy, Wilderville, Woodville and Mer
lin in the order Hatred that for Grants
Pass being on Monday and Merlin on
Saturday.
The best array of talent will be at
these meetings that ever was at a
fruit glowers meeting in Southern
Oregon. As the Rogue Rievr or
chardists are particularly desiroax to
learn the Hood River methods of
srowing and marketing fruit the ad
dresses of E. H. Shephard mauager of
the hood River Froit Growers Union,
and of A. J. Mason, one of the largest
and moat successful orchardists of
that famous district, will be of special
interest. Then the very practical
talks of Dr. Withycombe, Prof Cord
ley and Prof. Lewis, from the Experi
ment station of the Agricultural
College, will be of valoe to every per
son who is striving to raise high grade
froit. Then it is expected that a
number of prominent orchardists of
Jackson county will be present to give
their experience in rasiing Rogoe
River froit.
For Fire Insurance
The O. F. R. A. of McMinnville
are the cheapest and have 12 years
standing without a peer in Oregon
for settling fire losses. That tells the
tale. Don't be deceived by other
asenta who have selfish motives. In
no event will it cost yoo more thao
the standard stock companies charge
per annum. H. B. HENDRICKS,
Agt Grants Pass, Ore. 7-27 tf
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UfQ Real Estate Man.
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Grants Pass. - Oregon.
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HOOD RIVER GETS
$3.00 A BOX FOR APPLES
Revises Fancy Fruit and Makes
Big Profit, Rogue River
Could Do Sevme.
The Hood River Fruit Growers
Union inaugurated three years ago
the plan of sjlling their apple crop
on a sale day to the highest bidder for
cash f.o.b. Hood River station. Un
der this plan the onion fixes a datfe
on which its board of directors will
open bids and award the sale of their
froit and notices to that effect are
sent to all the buyers of the world.
This year the union set Monday,
August 20, as the date for opening
bids for their apples. Bid were
filed by many large buyers and two
of the biggest New York firms and
who are the largest fruit dealers In
the world, E. P. Loomis & Co. and
Rau & Hatfield were represented by
the heads of the firms who came to
Hood Kiver to Inspect the orchards
and then to bid on the fruit
Loomis & Company were the success
ful bidders and thsy pay for the apples
a record breaking price and the pay
ments are made as fast as the cars are
loaded. Of the details of this record
breaking sale of apples the following
is from the Hood River Glacier and
the subjoined article is by tbe Hood
River correspondent of the Oregonian:
"The superiority of the Hood River
apple over that of other fruit has been
fully demonstrated by tbe sales of
Hood River froit which have taken
place here in the last few days.
While buyers who have been here to
bid on Hood River fruit have bought
fine quality Ben Davis apples in
Missouri which tbey say can bo de
livered in. Europe thij year for f2 a
barrel a three bushel barrel at that
Hood River frnit has sold for more
than that for box froit containing one
bushel. Buyers wbo have traveled
the country over from coast to coast
estimate the orop this year at 72,000
000 barrels as against 29,000,000 last
y ear."- Larger they ' say than the fa
moos orop of 1896 which year previous
to this one broke all records for ap
ples. Still they bave come west for
apples and bave paid for them prices
that exoeeded the expectations of the
most sanguine.
"While it cautiot be learned exactly
what was paid for the crop of apples
disposed of by the Apple Growers'
Union Monday, those in a position to
know say that it will average higher
than last year which was the highest
known in the history of apples grow
ing in Hood River. Purchases made
by buyers independent of the union in
the lat few days -brought the top
notch price of $3 per box for Spitzen
bergs and 12.25 for Newtowns and it
is said that the onion has received a
higher price than this for these var
ieties of apples. The union's fruit
was bought by the firm of E. P.
Loomis & Co. who were the highest
bidder, winning oot over Rue &
Hatfield, who last year handled the
product of the uoion. The purchase
of the Loomis company will iuclode
about 65 cars of 40,000 boxes and Is
the largest purchase of apples ever
made by one firm at Hood River.
This does not include the entire Pro
duct of the Apple Growers' Union,
bot when it is known that the entire
production of the valley last year was
only 60,000 boxes, it will readily be
seen how moch more froit will be
shipped from Hood River this year
than last and how much greater the
returns will be to growers. In fact
it is estimated at dooble or aboot
120,000 boxes for all varieties.
"Without tbe increase io price
which growers are said to have re
ceived this year, and taking tbe
average price per box for last year's
fruit the app'e crop of Hood River
should be wortb 1 100, 000 more than
it was then.
4 'Any Increase added to this will
make the figures run op very rapidly
and show a marked increase in the
valley's revenue.
"While the officers of the onion will
not at present make any statement as
to the exact prices received they say
that the sale has been a most satis
factory one, but that for business
reasons tbey do not care to announce
tbem as yet, but will do so later.
"Tbe bidders will not make any
statement in regard to tbeir bids as
some of the unsocceeifnljones are still
in the market for some of the Hood
River fruit and naturally consider it
bad business policy to make koown
tbe amount oftheir bidswben they
are still trying to purchase from In
dependent growers. It can be stated
however, on the authority of one of
Hood River's most astute apple men
that when the price Is known it will
be the most conclusive evidence of
the soperiority of Hood River apples
that has ever been given and settles,
he says, for all time the question as
to the future of Hood River apples. "
Predictions by applebuyers and
growers that the price of Hood River's
fancy fruit woold be lowered this
year on account of the bumper apple
orop, both io the East and tbe West
were rudely upset when it became
known that the highest price ever
paid for the fruit was obtained here
Monday.
Just what the price is ' cannot be
known as the direotiors of the Apple
Growers' Union are not prepared at
present to give it out. It is s'ated.
however, that it is probably over 3
a box. The meeting of the direotors
of tbe union to receive bids was not
concluded nntil a very late hour
Monday night aod while nothing
could be learned from 'them exoept
that the apples were sold, events that
transpired during the day indicate
that they brooght the record price.
Early Monday, consternation was
thrown into the ranks' of the apple
bidders by the announcement that tbe
Davidson Froit Company had bought
several crops of applss for whiob they
had paid as high as $3 a box. This
caused other buyers to readjust tbeir
bids and is said to have been the di
rect cause of seodlng the price of
Hood River apples to a higher price
than they bave ever gone before, for
New York buyers real lied that unless
they made a higher price than the
Davidson Company, the oontrul of
Hood River's fancy froit might pass
out of their bands. It is therefore
said that the firm of E. P. Loomis &
Co., who secured tbe froit, must
have paid more than the price offered
by the DavidBon Company. While
the bidding requires that the bids
must be tested, bidders are allowed
to make any number of bids. So
that Loomis & Co. , learning of the
much higher price than' they had ex
pected for the apples, boosted it to a
figure high enough to secure tbem.
The Davidson Fruit Company's par-
chase was in tbe neighborhood of
1000 boxes for which they paid 3 per
box for Spitzenbergs and 2.25 for
Newtowns.
George Rae, of the firm of Rae &
Hatfield, who were the next highest
bidders to Loomis & Co., and who
handled the product of the Apple
Growers Union last year, said that
while lie regretted very moch that
his firm did not get fie fruit, their
hid was as high as his firm cared to
go in view of the enormous apple
crop in sight. When asked what
maintained the extraordinarily high
price for apples grown in the Hood
River valley, when it was known that
thora was so much fine froit in other
localities this year, Mr. Kae said:
"The keeping qualities of the Hood
River apples Is what brings their big
price. I have seen other apples in
the West that looked just as good and
tasted just as good as Hood River
froit, bot they di not, as a rule, stand
the test of time. That is tbe secret
of their success. When other apples
bave been all sold and shipped, the
Hood River article is still in prime
condition. I do not care to make
kuown what my bid was this year.
It is a matter of confidence and will
remain unknown until announced by
the Apple Growers Union."
E. P. Loomis, who was the success
ful bidder ior his firm, while very
mocb pleased io having secured the
union's apples said he did not oare to
annonuce the price today.
MORE GOOD ROADS
TO BE BUILT
Clatsop County Joins Ke Procts
sion of Progress Josephine
Soon Do Likewise.
Clatsop county and Astoria bave
taken op tbe work for good roads in a
manner that assures highways for
that county that will be passable for
tbe entire year and give the city the
benefit of an increased trade from the
outlying districts. Clatsop county is
heavily timbered aud in the wettest
section of Oregon and road building
is more of a problem thao here in
Josephine ooonty, where nature has t
done so much and man so little for
securing roads that are not a canal of
mod in the Winter and sifting bank
of dost in the Sommer months.
, Four years ago Clatsop coanty
bought a large portable sawmill and
with the plank it has oat a number
of fine plank roads bare been built.
Bot rock roads have been foond to be
more economical where heavy travel
is had and two years ago the ooonty
bought a crusher. Bot a road covered
with lcose rock left for the vehicles to
pack down with the sorfaoe full of
chnckholea and rots was foond to be
an expensive effort a'id of little
value as a modern highway. Re
cently the city of Astoria itoruhased
a 16-ton steam roller at a cost of I850O,
that is a road roller, traction and
stationary engine combined. Some
firstclass road and street work is be
ing done this Summer and within a
few years Astoria will have streets
and Clatsop ooonty roads that will be
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attract the better class of settlers and
bring in Investors who will add to the
taxable wealth of the oouuty.
When Josephine county gets a
system of modern roads then will
modern, proeperoos farms replaoe the
hundreds of poverty stricken, ill
kept places that now give proof to a
belief that this is not an aglcol
toral section, the fow good farms
being confined to extra choice loca
tions. Jackson county, which has
Identically the same soil and climate
aud no greater area of arable land
than has Josephine county, is build
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can not be exoelled and which are the
leading faotor in bringing tbe pros
perity to that county that Iihs given
it au assessed valuation of 112,600,000
and made farm land sell readilv for
75 to $2U0 and orohard land f500 to
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Cake Tumors 10c
.' Clothes Pins
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ALARM CLOCKS
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