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VOL. XXII. GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1906. No. 29. HOOD RIVER FRUIT FAIR BIG SUCCESS Display of Apples Fine Orchard ists Get Big Prices.V alley Pros perous, All Through Union. Charles Meterve, secretary and manager of the Grants Pass Fruit Growers Union, returned Sunday from a weeks trip north, three days of t which he spent at Pood River seeing the fro it fair at that place and in taking notes of the methods of grow ing and marketing fruit in that Val ley that holds the honor of getting the highest price paid for apples this year lay any growers 1 n the United States. Mr. Meserve reports a most pro St able and enjoyable trip and he ex presses appreciation for the many courtesies extended to .him by Presi dent E. L. Smith and Secretary C. P. Thompson of the Hood River Fruit f air Association, and to Mana ger; E. H. Shepard and Assistant Manager E. A. Franz , of the Hood River Api'e Growers Union and who are also publishers of Better Fruit, and to A. L Mason, one of Hood Rivers most successful apple growers and to all the citizens of Hood Rher town and valley, who each was a ommlttee of one and all . working together to entertain to the fullest ex tent the visitors to their progressive, handsome valley. Though in a busy season, for apple picking was on, the farmers were out in force at the fair and they and their well dressed families came iu baggies and carriages and not lumber wagons, and when they paid a bill it was with cash or a check and not in brass money or a long-winded promise. -And what was most noticeable there -was not a poor skeleton of a scrub boree driven by these farmers such as can be seen all too frequently on the streets of Grants Pass, for the Hood River horses look as sleek and 'well fed as do their owners. Tte Hood River roads are fine turnpikes and the rural mail and telephone 'covers the valley and each farm lias these essentials to modern rural life. The dwelling have the tasty appear ance of town homes and the barns and apple houses are well painted. A traveler will not see cows in the front yard and pigs at the back door of a Hood River orchardist's home, nor are gates to be seen that are off their hinges and the barn yard lit tered with farm implements ia carious stages of repair. The orchards are the center of Ik-j terest to the visitors to this very handsome and productive valley for they are in their perfection the em bodiment of the application of brains and muscle in farm work, bnt more of the former than of the latt r, for it takes the reading, intelligent person to grow fruit, and the mno who reads little and sits in a saddle or .on a spring scat to raise tock or grain -would make a failure at fruit raising. All the trees in the Hood, River or 'Chardsare as uniform and symmetrical .as though grown in a mould and they are as vigorous and healthy as the trees in the forests for l hey are given the best of care and the highest of cultivation. As to being given the sickly, scrobby appearance by pests, as is the case with every orchard iu Josephine county, the Hood River orchards are as free from pests as it is possible to secure aud it is the rule that in an entire orchard not a Nbox of wormy or scaly apples can be lonud. Their cuuuty fruit inspector is on duty all th time and is paid f3 a day and all f xpensrs, snd if he finds the least indication of disease or pest in an orchard the owner is forced at T5h3 j 1 Sell r.m,,nH Floor. Courier Building, GrantsJPass, Ore. once to eradicate it. By this close vigilance the pests have been almost exterminated from the Valley and not having the favorable conditions for breeding in the orchards they have almost disappeared from the forests and no longer swarm as they do here in this Valley from the trees of the woods to thoce iu ihe orohard. The Hood River orchardists do not get trees from outside nuneries as they fear diteases and pests may be inipcrtrd and they have found that the home grown trees being acclimated bring the best results. That Rogue River Valley fairly i warms with pests is due to the importation of thousands of trees each year that are grown in sections where little or no attempt is made to suppress the dis eases that threaten to destroy the fruit industry of the United States. That there is big profit in Hood River fruit land is proven by the fact that $100,000 cash was refused this Summer for the Beulal) Land orchard owned by O. L. Vanderbilt. Kales though have been made for other or chards at corresponding prices. Hood River soil is quite similar to much of Rogue River Valley land, but only apples and strawberries oan be grown successfully by reason of the colder climate. The fruit crop is estimated to bring in this year fully $300,000 and when the preseut young orchards are in full bearing by five years hence, there will be $1,000,000 to pass through the Hood River banks to the credit of the farmers of that little valley that is bnt nine miles by 20 miles in extent. But by intelli gent, intensified methods it is made to yield a wealth not equaled by any other equal sized district in Oregon and its loyal residents expect that the time is not distant when their fruit will annually bring them 5,000,000. Hood River town, which has ' a population of about 2000, has a pros perous, up-to-date appearance, quite in contrast to the average town that is dependent almost wholly on an ag ricultural district for its support, showing that the fruit industry is a solid basis to a town's prosperity. The store., are large and carry fine stocks and the residences are as a rnle such as can be found in a city. The high school will compare with the bast in the state and the country districts have graded schools, there being several two and fonr room buildings in the Valley. It was 12 years ago that the Hood River fruit raisers held their first fruit fair and they have made sn ex hibit every two years since. .So suc cessful have been these fairs and so popular with the general public that it is proposed to hold a fair each Fall hereafter. The business men of the town heartily co-operate with the farmers iu the work of preparing and carrying on these fairs and put up the greater part of the guarantee fund each year to meet the expenses. A small admission fee is charged that usually pays all the expense. The first fair was held in a hall but it outgrew that aud in recent years a tent has been used, owned by the As sociation. As the fair grew the tent was enlarged and this year it was 75x200 feet and every font of space available was occupied by exhibits that eiubaced every kind of fruit, farm and garden products. There was aUo a highly creditable display of fancywork and band painted China ware two of the pi"cen having taken premiums at the St. Louis World's rair. Some fine poultry were on ex hibition and several coops containing different varieties of pheasants at tracted much atteutiou. Several swarms of bees under glass were another attraction. Tie display of (Continued on Page Four. ) 1 Real Estate t SURETY BONDS. FIRE INSURANCE AND RENT HOUSES. W. Lr. IRELAND, Real Estate Man. GRANTS PASS SCH00S DOING GOOD WORK Enrollment Shows Satisfactory Gains Ten Rooms on Roll for Perfect Attendance. Below are given some items from the report of attendance in the public schools for the school month of September, 1900, as compared with the same month for the two sessions previous : Sept Sept Sept 1904 1905 1906 Total enrollment 84 729 734 No. cays absence ....892 308 2ti) No. cases of tardiness 85 24 9 Average daily attend 580 631 645 Percentage of attend 97 97 98 A glauce at these figures shows a hteady increase in enrollmeat each year and a great improvement from year to year as regards regular attend ance. Of the 201s days absence last month, 16 days are recorded as ab sence unexoused. While the report of attendance for the month is doubt less the best in many respects for any month in the tiiree sessions couoerned, yet there is room for improvement. The superintendent and teachers earnestly request patrons of the school to aid in the matter of regular attend ance, that the report of attendance may improve from month to month. There is scarcely anr good oxense for tardiness, and there should be no absence except when sickness of pupil or sickness in the family makes absence on part of ti e pupil neces sary Pupils detained from school from any other causes are recorded as "absent unexoused." Iwo cases of abeeoce or tardiness thus recorded nnexcused, within the school month render the pupil liable to suspen sion. As an inoeutive for regular attend ancs on the part of pupils a reward of one half day' holiday is offered to each "room" that has no oases of tardiness and no cases of absence un exoused during any school month. The following grades have thus earned the half day's holiday for the month of September : Seoond grade, East building, Miss Peck, teacher. Third grade, East building, Miss Eaton, teacher. Fojrth Grade, East building, MijS Horton, teacher. Fourth grade, Overflow school, Miss George, teacher. Fifth grade, Overflow school, Miss Parramore, teacher. Fifth grade, Central school, Mrs. Merritt, teacher. " Sixth grade, Central school, "Mim Rodney, teacher. Seventh grade, Central school, Miss Rathbuo, teacher. Seventh grade, Central school, MUs Turfs, teacher. Eighth grade, Central school, Miss, Olseu, teacher. Recent school legislation makes 1 compulsory the attendance in school for the full term of children under 10 , years of age. Persons or corporations employing children under this age, during school hours, are liable to heavy fine, as is also any one con tributing in any way to the truancy of a pupil. A truant officer has been employed by the local school board to see that these laws are properly com plied with and to look after atmuttes. We quote at length from the law : CHILD LABOR AND COMPUL SORY ATTENDANCE. Sec 2. No child undei 14 years of age shall be employed in any factory, store, workshop, In or about any mine, or in the telegraph or tele phone service. Sec. 8. No child under the age of 14 years shall be employed in any work, or labor of any form, for wages or other compensation during the hours when the public spools of the town, district or city are in session. Sec. 4. Attendance at school shall be compulsory upon all children be tween the ages of 8 and 14 years dur ing the whole of the school term and upon all children between the ages of 14 and 16 who are not emloyed iu some lawful work. Sec. 6. No child under 16 years of age shall be employed, permitted or suffered to work in auy employment enumerated in Section 2, etc. Sea 11. Any person or corporation who shall employ a minor contrary to the provisions of this act, or who shall violate any of the provisions thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in a sum not less than f 10 nor'more than 25Jfor the first offense, nor leas than $25 nor more than 50 for the seoond offense, and be imprisoned for not less than 10 nor more than ' 80 days for the third aud each succeeding offense. See 13. Any parent or guardian who shall violate any of the provis ions of this act, or allow any child under their custody or control to do so, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than 5 and not more than $25. DELINQUENCY AND TRUANCY. Sea 1. In all cases where any child shall be a delinquent child the parent or parents, legal guardian, or any other person, by any act encouraging, causing or contributing to the de linquency of such child, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon trial and conviction thereof shall be fiued in a sum - not to exceed $1000, or imprisoned in the county jail for a period not exceeding one year. Sec. 2. The words "Delinquent child" shall include any child under the age of sixteen (16) years who violates any law of this state or any oity or village ordinance or who is a truant from school, eta Sea 8. Justices of Peace shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the cir cuit court in all prosecutions under this act. Charter Meeting Called. We, the undersigned members of the common council of the city of Grants Pass, Oregon, call for a publio meeting at the City Hall, at 8 o'clock p. m. October 22d, 1906, at which all legal aud qualified voters of the City of Grants Pass will have au oppor tunity to liotin to a publio reading of the Charter as proposed and adopted by the common council, which said charter wilt be submitted at the next city election. This meet ing will le called to order by the Aui'itor and Police Judge of the City of Grants Pas, Oregon. Aftei the readiDg of the proposed charter aiiyoiie desiring to criticize or object to said charter or any portion thereof will be allowed to file his objections in writing with the Aud tor and Police .iuugn nn or before noon, Oc tober 231, 1906 and the same will be considered at a rpecial meeting of the oommou council to h held at 8 o'clock p. m. in the City Hall, October 23d, 190(1 L. B HALL, T. W. WILLIAMS, F. FETSCH. W. M. HAIR, T Y. DEAN, K. W. CHAUSSE, J. C. RANCLE. Mil ttonntiful now Combina tion DfsfcK tind BookOascs $15.00 to $30.00 Ournew Linol e ums are on the way will ar rive th's week. Hand some pattosns, both inlaid and reg ular prices riht. Our New Line of ROCKERS and Dining Chairs cannot be beat. This fine Rattan Rocker, no arras, $3.75. See the new goods. The Imperial Washer Call in and examine the Easy Running New Washing Machine. The easy price will aurelyjpleaso you, too. I ThomaS (Si R0GUG RIVER PEARS BRING HIGHEST PRICE Medford Man Gets Record Price In Nrw York City for Cat of Cornice Pe&rs. Last season J. W. Perkins of Med ford beat the world's record in the returns received from a car of Corn ice pears shipped from Medford to the New York market. He realized a gross return of $3429, and a net return of $2700.73. This year be shipped a car of fancy stock to the same place and he has received word that he had broken the record again, the carload bringing $3450, and netting him $2710, an increase of $9.27 over that of last year, and the highest price ever paid for a carload of pears in the worM. All of the pears In the oar were large, averaging 85 and 40 to the half box, there being 65 35 's 588 40's and about 50 half boxes of smaller ones. They were packed extra fancy with lace paper, etc.. and marked with Mr. Perkins' brand, which in itself stands for high quality. Mr. Perkins won out this years in the face of greater competition than he dad last year. In 1905 there were only five cars of Cornice pears mar keted in New York. This season his ai the 14tb car to reach the market, most of the others being from Cali fornia. They brought on an average from $3.35 to $2.75 per half box, gross. One of the factors to be considered in this connection and one that has a di rect bearing on he price paid is the fact that these pears will be put In cold storage and will be In good con dition In January, while eight weeks is about the limit of the time that the California product can be relied upon to keep. Medford Tribune. Mistakes Brother for a. Deer. Edgar Robinson was killed by bis brother on Elk Creek 45 miles north east of Medford, near the old Apple gate mine, by accident, last Wednes day, having been mistaken for a deer In the brush. The coroner's jury impaneled by Coroner Kellopg found that deceased came to his death by neaus of a gun-shot wound inflicted by Albert Robinson, that his age was 19. The bovs were accompanied to the mountains by their ancle, Mr. Scott, THOMAS & O'NEILL Homes Furnished Complete Satisfaction Guaranteed Money Back if You Wantli Interesting prices on CARPETS this week. A lot more new patterns of Rockers, Parlor Stands, Tables, Music Cabinets, Hachelor Shaving Cabinets, up-to-date O'Neill - J& and a young man named Pea roe, to gether with their younger brother, Leonard Robinson. The remains were packed out from the upper mountains by the survivors and taken to Medford. The young man who did the shooting waa with other members of the party, Including de ceased, to up within a moment before the shot, and ran up to the dying brother with the exclamation: "Obi I thought it was a deer t Forgive me, forgive me 1" NO OVERSTOCK OF GOOD APPLES The Big Crop of This Year Has Created a Greater Demand at Profitable Prices. One savlug feature about the apple is the fact that there are so many by products f this fruit. It is not ouly possible to find a sale nearly always for good fruit as it oiuies from the orchard ready for being ' consumed, but it has now reached the point where an enormous quantity of good apples Is required every year for other purposes. Iu some sections large quantities of apples are cot op and dried,' some from the warmth of the sun and others dried out by especially equip ped maohluery. The evaporators now do the larger business In this branch, snd in many cases the dried or evapo rated apple has increased very much iu value by slicing and taking most of the water out of the fruit when it is stored for future use. This year the world's markets ap pear to be practically bare of evapora tioed and dried applet from the past season, owing to the short supply of apples In 1905. It goes without say ing that there will be ample fruit to take oare of the demand for evapor ated and dried apples this season. - Repot ts from every direction shows that the jelly makers, the cider and vinegar people aud many distillers are taking time by the forelock to replen ish their stock. Most of thene plants are being run. -overtime to their full capacity. -1 From the seier.il by-products we" can make from the apple it has been urged that as many as possible of the cores, skins, pumice, baa applnn, etc, be nsed for silage and dry skins be fed to cattle or other stock. It Is be' lieved that if as much as posxihle of the inferior fruit be used in this way the markets will be greatly better for good, sound fruit. A splendid array of tasty patterns in Wall Papers 10 to 75c silverware at u-ss than wholesale. Knives and Forks, per set, $2 50. Cake Moulds, Pudding Moulds, Patent Pie and Cake Tins, all kinds Cake Spoons, Egg Whips, all kinds dover, 10c Kraut Cutters, 35c to $1.50 The Imperial Washer House Furnishers