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VOL. XXIII.
GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1907.
No. 17.
JOSEPHINE COUNTY HAS
GOOD FRUIT LANDS
The Llndlay Pla.ce Will Be Set
out to Apples and Pear
This Winter.
Tbe fine fruit lands of Josephine
county, of which there ii as large an
acreage as has Jackson county "and
four times tbe area of Hood River
Valley, is soon to be made productive
and this section of "Rogue RiverVal
ley will be shipping apples, pears,
peaches, cherries berries and melons
by the hundrads of car loads. Rais
ing buy, hauling wood and lumber
and mining has heretofore oooopied
the greater part of the time of the
farmers of this county, bat they are
finding there is bat a bare, hard liv
ing in that and those inclined to or
chard work are turning their atten
tion to fruit raising and the others
are. selling oat aud giving palce to
men who realize tbe big profit that
there is in trait raising. The result
is that there was more trees plauted,
more spraying and caring for of or
chards this last year than ever before
In the history of the county. Tbe
present year'will show a still greater
increase in tree planting and in or
chard care as many tracts of land are
being bought by new settlers who in
tend to take op fruit raising.
The 160 aores farm lately sold by
J. L. Liudley to P. B. Herman and
D. H. Flynn, is to be changed from
hay and grain to growiug fruit.
There are now 30 acres pltnted to
year old Spitzenburg and Newton ap
ples and five acres in bearing trees of
various kinds. The remainder of the
traot will be planted this Winter to
Spitzenberg and Newtown apples aud
to pears about an equal acreage each.
Mr. Herman and Mr. Flynn are both
from St. Paul, Minn., where they
-were in business ana each have their
families here with them. They are i
.bright, hustling men and their train
ing in business has taught them the
value of thoroughness aud promptness
in doing their work and the profitable
ness of producing a flrstclaas article
and of having it strictly as repre
sented when it is placed on the mar
ket, whether it ia apples, plows or
prescriptions and consequently they
will make sacceBsfnl orchardists. J
As proof of their progresaiveness
they have joined the Grants Pass
Fmit Grovews 'Association and have
oamed their farm, as is now the role
with'the members of this Association,
and will use the Association
stationery iu their personal corres
pondence. The name they have
chosen is Oak Grove Frait Farm,
there being a fine grove of stately
oaks ou the place. Their farm,
which lies on Rogue river two miles
west of Grauts Pass. is abeautiful.
level tract of the richest land in
Rogue River Valley and as the new
owners have ample means to im
prove it Oak Grove will be one of the
fruit farms of this Valley that will be
a pleasure to show visitors and a
source of profit to its owners.
Employes Much Help.
With the opening of the Mutual
Canning company's plant on 1 2tti
street recently the busiest hive of in
dustry in tbe oity, or perhaps in
Marion county, went into full opera
tion, sya the Salem Statesman. And
a like activity will obtain in Grants
Pass when the new cannery here gets
in the midst of the canning season.
The great building, occupying an
acre of floor space, was filled almost
Land Wanted!
I need more good
land to sell
THE REAL
Ground Floor,
to the doors with girls and strawber
ries, while a 'large force of men no.
haps 25 in number, unloading wagons
iruu as it .arrived from the farms,
nailed lids on boxes, carried fruit to
the hands stemmiug and grading ber
ries, and kept tbe ponderous canning!
machinery in full blast in order that
the great Saturday supply of berries
should be canned before the Sunday
vacation, for no berry is held over a
day or a night if possible. ;
There are aboni 150 girls and women
doing the stemming and grading of
the fruit, for every berry is carefully
placed with others of tbe same size
and condition of freshness, and re
quires a vast deal of work before it
appears as canned fruit.
After it is stemmed and graded the
fruit is paoked in cans where the
cooling takes place, followed by the
sealing process, which is done by
heat and pressure from the oil and air
heated machinery of the next depart
ment. This part of the work is
done by men who wear thick gloves
and oil-oloth 'aprons, forthe fruit is
kept at a high temperature and every
precaution ia taken to prevent acci
dental scalding.
From 8000 to 10,000 quart cans of
fruit is the average daily output
when a full working force is
present and the fruit arrives
promptly from tbe farm.
IRRIGATION CONGRESS
AT SACRAMENTO
Grants Pass Will Send Commit
tee to National Convention
to Secure Speakers.
The National Irrigation Congress will
be held at Sacramento the week pro
ceeding the meeting in Grants Pass of
the Oregon Irrigation Association. Such
has come to be the general interest in
irrigation and in the conservation of
the water and timber supply that the
forthcoming irrigation congress at Sac
ramento is attracting attention from all
over the country and there will be
many present from as fur off as New
England and the attendance promises
to be by far the largest ever had at a
National Irrigation Congress. The com
mitte representing Sacarmento expect
more than 3000 visitors in their city
at that time from outside of California.
Through the work of a strong com
mittee sent from Grauts Pass and the
other towns of Rogue Kiver Valley it
is expected to have at least 500 of those
attending the Sacramento irrigation
congress return to their eastern homes
by way of Oregon and attend the Ore
gon Irrigation Convention and take a
look at Itogue Kiver Valley and other
sections of this state. To accomplish
this purpose .Mr. -Meserve is enlisting
the co-operation of the Southern I'acilie
officials and of the business men of
Portland, and also Senators Fulton ami
Hoiirne and Congressmen llawlev and
Kllis. And he also lias the assurance
from Secretary Garfield and of Mr.
Newell, head of the I'nited States
reclamation service and Mr. I'incliot.
head of the United States forest service,
that they will aid in getting prominent
persons attending the Sacramento con
gress to attend the Grants Pass con
vention.
To have in conjunction with an ir
rigation convention a display of the
products of the section of country about
the town in which the convention is
ESTATE MAN
Opera House Block
FOR TRANSPORTATION
OF GREEN FRUITS
Railroad Companies Willing to
Deliver Fruits in the Best
Possible Condition.
It is interesting to review the pro
gress made in the transportation of
green iruit from Hood River to the
great markets of the eastern side of
the western continent. Not bo very
many years ago it seemed an impossi
bility to export the small and easily
perishable fruit from Oregon., owing
to the long haul causing the fruit to
become decayed and nufit for sale in
the great centers of the east and mid
dle west Now it is a common occur
rence to hear of our strawberries for
sale in the fruit stalls of New York
City aud Chicago.
And the modern equipment in rail
roadiug are responsible for this.
Nowadays farm produce of this na
ture is transported in tbe most scien
tific and expensive refrigerator cars
that inveutive genius is capable of
manufacturing, aud it arrives at its
destination iu nearly as excellent
condition as when first prepared for
its long journey.
Strawberries from Hood River this
season went to eastern oousmers iu
what might be termed palace re
frigerator cars, every endeavor having
been made on the part of the rail- j
roads to favor the shippers. These
cars are equipped with every facility
to preveut their ooutents from being
damaged iu tbe least ' and none of the
elegant pullmaus which pass through
Hood River ride so easy as they.
They are uiado especially for the
Pacific coast traffic and have fully
proved their worth. Tliey went
through on fast express time and tbe
fruit which they tiausported was sold
for top prices. Such is tbe progress
made for carryiug the Binall and per
ishable fmit of this part of the
American continent.
The future of the ttrawbtrry in
dustry in Hood River valley lias been
the subject of interesting discussion
among growers aud shippers. It is
our opinion, that the acreage will
uever be materially increased over
that of this year. Our prophesy it
based upon the fact that the young
orchards are crowding out tbe berry
fields. It is practically impossible to
grow berries iu tbe orchard after the
trees become fie years of age, and it
would not jusitfy a grower to plant
the berries for a leas term of years.
It is true, however, that much new
laud is beiug cleared auuuully, but it
seems that the acreage that is an
nually b:-ii)g cleared and set to straw
berries, is not in txorcs of that which
is beiug abandoned each year.
Ve are of the conviction that the
time will come iu Hood Kivor when
it Will he impossible to ship iu car
load lots, aud we hail tlie time wheu
the strawberry crates ciii be ex
changed for apple boxes. When this
day comes Hood River will be the
wealthiest ruril district on the habit
able globe.
held is the practice always carried out
at such gatherings. At tlie time the
Oregon Irrigation Association held its
annual meeting last year in Hood Kiver
that enterprising valley had the best
fruit exhibit ever to that time held ill
the I'nited States. The alifornians
are now making preparations to have
In Sacramento at the time of the meet
ing in that city of the National Irri
gation Congress, the first week in Sep
tcmbcr, the most complete exhibit of
the agricultural products of that state
over vet made.
Auxiliary Club.
A Indies club, to be temporary aux
iliary of tbe Grants Pas Commercial
clob, met Thur-iday afternoon and
elected Mrs. Arthur Conkliu as chair
man and Mrs. Jus. Mini secretary.
A meeting will soon be called and it is
hoped a large number of the ladies,
wives and daughters of the members
of the Commercial Club will attend so
that material assistance may be given
by the ladies in helping the irigation
convention and fair along.
Last Saturday, Jane 19, the crew at
the new box factory succeeded in estab
lishing a record for roofing which has
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j Using an average, 16 men laid and
! nailed about 20000 square feet of
piper roofing in a trifle over nine hours
THE OREGON IRRIGA
TION ASSOCIATION
M-.eta in Grtxnts Pass September
10. 11. exnd 12. in Convention
With Industrial Fair.
That an equally good showing of the
products of Rogue River Valley at tho
time that the Oregon Irrigation Associa
tion holds its meeting in Grants Pass
on September 10, 11, 12 is tho deter
mination of the Grants Pass Commer
cial Club an dof tho Grants Pass Fruit
Growers Association. This fair is to
be broader in Bcope than usually at
tempted at irrigation conventions and
will cmbraco a complete exhibit of
every product of Rogue River Valley.
The people of Jackson county will be
asked to co-operate and throug the fruit
growers associations and commercial
clubs of that county it is expected to
have that county as well represented as
will be Josephine county.
The Grants Tass Commercial Club
and the Grants Pass Fruit Growers
Association are jointly working in ar
ranging tho details for both the irri
gation convention and the fair, and
while these two organizations are taking
the brunt of the work and putting up
tho money for tho advertising and pre
liminary expenses, it is expected that
every resident of Josephjne county will
do their full part in securing a big
attendance for tho irrigation con-,
vention nnd tho fair and for a splendid
exhibit for tho fair. An executive
committee representing the Commercial
Club and the Fruit Growers Association
lias been chosen to have general super
vision of all arrangements for both tho
irrigation convention and tho fair.
This coinmitto is made up of Charles
Meserve, secretary aud manager of tho
Grants Fass Fruit Growers Association,
R. W. Olarko, Manager for the Grants
Pass Light and Water Systems, Joseph
Moss, real estate dealer, M. J. Ander
son, supervisor of the Siskiyou aud
Ashland Forest Reserves, J. E. TIair,
manager Southern Oregon Titlo Guar
antee 4 Abstract Company, R. H.
O'Neil, fiirnatiiro dealer, .1. II. Robin
son, of the Eureka Nursery anil presi
dent of the Grants Pass Fruit Growers
Association, ami Lynn 1). Allen, the
well known horticulturists nnd who has
the largest walnut grove in Kogue Kiver
Valley and a 15 acre pecan grove, the
largest on the Pacific Coast. This com
mittee is not for ornament and honor
but for hard work and each has ex
pressed a determination to do all pos
sible that the irrigation convention and
the fair shall be sucesses in the fullest
degree.
A meeting of the executive committee
of the Commercial Club was held Mon
day evening at the club room at which
several matters were acted on pertain
ing to tin- irrigation convention and
the fair. These undertakings will liave
so many details to look after, such as
securing speakers nod arrange the pro
gram for the irrigation convention and
to have Southern Oregon fully repre
sented in the exhibits at the fair nnd to
have the two events throughly adver
tised that it was decided to cmtdov
Charles Meserve to take full charge of
this work and be Hiieriiitendent of the
fair. As this work will renuire the
greater part of Mr. Meserve 's time
until the close of the fair it was voted
unanimously that tho Club pay him a
salary of 1,r0 for the time. The com
mittee in making this large appropria
tion of the Club's money felt thut it
was an advertising expendaturc that
would bring more returns to Grants
Pass and Josephine county than any
similar amount that had ever been ex--nded
heretofore for that purpose.
The irrigation convention will bring to
Grants Pass the largest number of
prominent Government otlicials and men
of National and State standing that
were ever in this city and the exhibits
of products and the showing of the
resources of Rogue Kiver Valley .will
bo so complete and attract such at
tention to this Valley as to bring many
investors and bomeseekera. Mr. Mes
erve has already done much work to
i make possible that Grants Pass and
j Kogue River Valley should have the
. advertising and the energizing advant
ing eveuts. Ho went to nood River
last fall at his own expense and at
tended the annual meeting hold in that
place of the Oregon Irrigation Associa
tion and with the aid of prominent
Southern Pacific officials and of Port
land business men he secured tho meet
ing for this year in Grauts Pass of the
Irrigation Association. He also attend
ed the Hood River fair.held at the
same time as tho irrigation convention,
and got pointers on how to make a
Rogue River fair as sucessful as was
that of Oregon's most famous npplo
district.
It is now a certainty that the meet
ing for this year at Grants Tass of the
Oregon Irrigation Association will have
on its program addresses by moro men
who are experts of National standing
in all phases of irrigation science and
agriculture in semi-arid districts than
was ever before had at a state irrigation
convention. There will be no orna
mental oratory nor political boom boost
ing at this convention, but each address
will be to the point on some topic that
will aid the farmers in conserving and
using tho water supply at their com
mand to give thoir lands tho greatest
productiveness possiblo. And in tho
presentation of facts pertnning to tho
natural resources of Oregon and especi
ally of Southorn Oregon, tho business
men, manufacturers, lumbermen and
miners will find ninny of tho addresses
of the groatost value to thorn. There
will be ou tho program at tho National
Irrigatoin Congress at Sucramcnto a
larger number of Government experts
from the reclamation, forest and goo
logical services as private individuals
of high attainments in those branches
of public utilities and it is the purpose
of Mr. Meserve to get as many as
possible of those men to take part in
tho irrigation convention in Grants FaBS.
Of a new power plant that is being
installed in the Klamath river section
the Klamath Falls Repubiloau lias tbe
aisistant Chief Engineer 8. W. Cortls
aud Construction Enginoir Edward
lilockley of the Southern Paciflo rail
rload arrived here Tnesclav. Tlie.
are here for the purpose of closing tip
some business couneoted with the
power project on Spencer Creek.
The 8. P. has come out in the open iu
regard to tho matter and all bills are
now paid direct by that corporation.
It is uow proposed to push tbe work
to an early completion and it is
hoped to accomplish this within the
next two years. Upwards of 300 men
will be employed there within a
snort, time and it is exepeoted that
HAM1MIOCK
SPECIALS
These are Live Ones
You'll Have to Hurry
DO IT NOW!
Regular 72 iu. Hammock
with cut pillow or val
ance, 7bc kind 50C
Regular 72 in, Hammock
with valance and pillow . A
$1.65 kind 1,25
Regular 72 in. Hammock
with valance and pillow
$2.35 and $2.50 kind ... 2.00
Regular 72 in. Hammock
with large val. and pil
low, strong and good
$5 7.i kind 3.00
Iteg. 84 in. Hammock with
heavy, large val., taffeta
pillow, best we carry,
K7S kind 5.00
Sizes gtven above is the bed of
Hammock only.
Furniture and Car
pets, Linoleums.
Lace Curtains, Por
tiere., Mattreues,
Pillows. Cots, Wall
Taper, Clocks,
Mirrors, Window
Shades, Pictures,
Picture Moulding.
ft H. O'Neill
THE HOUSEFURNISHER.
I ront St.,
PERNOLL MAKES GOOD
WITH PORTLAND
Plvs Fast Ball and Wins His
First Gams With tho
Big League.
"Hey, Rube I ", "mama's little'
boy" sweet sixteeu, never been kissed'
was thVklnd of stuff that was handed
up to "Jud" Peruoll Wednesday on
tbe Portlaud diamond wheu be started
in to pitch his first game of profes
ioual ball the game in which he
struck out six men in the six innings
he pitched. But that didu't worry
"Jud" much, nor did' it lastT"Tery
loug after he had struck out the first
mau up and thon" Jud". grinned, the
Bame old grin that is so familiar 4to
Qrauts Pass fans. The next man up
went down like the first and "Jud"
grinned again. They both tried all
kinds of ways to hit and then to bunt,
but "Jud" says "there will be no.
bunting" so the first Innings rolled
around aud nobody reached first
Tlie following ia what the Porthulll
Journal has to say about Pernull :
"Pernoll got on the good side of the
fans right away by striking out Mr.
Boruard aud Mr. Carlisle, two star
baiters of tbe league's leaden, if yon
please. After that he struck out an
other every now and then. Pernoll'a
bread winning arm is his left aud bis
jerky out and diop looked so bad to
Bernard that he tried to bunt. Car
lisle tried to bout too, and ao did Dil
lon, but none of them got to first.
"When the eud of the inning rolled
around you ought to have seeu the
griu ou Mauager McCredie'a face.
"More innings rolled around.
Wheu five were gone the Auguls were
still blanked and but three bits bad
beeu made. In the sixth the youth let
down and the visitors hit him three
times, putting one man across the
plate. McCredle was wise.. He pot
Peruoll out and let ilartman finish the
game. Six innluga Is pluuty to start a
young twlrler ou and the kid was re
tired with honor, not with disgrace.
"Peruoll was easily the feat a re of
tlie game. Otherwise it was a batting
match in when the locals came out of
the scramble on top."
In the six Innings that Peruoll
pitohed he struck out A, walked 2, and
allowed 0 hits, three of which were
made in the sixth.
they will complete their labors
within a year. The plant will de
velope iu tbe neighborhood of 00,000
horse (lower and this will lie used ou
the Sisklyous, the Shasta route aud
Klamath Falls-Natron division.
ONEILL'S
HAMMOCK TALKS
Now that warm weather is
here let as get down to business.
I wuut to talk HAMMOCKS to
yon.
I think I have the biggest as
sortment of Hammocks ever show
ia Oranta Pass. I was tempted
bv the low pries at wliiob these
Hammocks were offered and I
bought heavy. They are worth
more money in the market today
to buy than I am selling for.
The goods are perfect aud prices
low My advise is to order now.
Bet er seud in your order today
by mail, or if in Grants Pass,
come in and see ns.
Yours truly,
K. II. O'NEILL
MU)?ea and Ranges,
Granitewars,
Agtewars, Tinware,
Woodenware,
Wllloware, Cutlery,
Crockery, Lamp.,
Glas.w.re, Fancy
China, Oo-CarU,
liaby Carnages.
bat. 6 and 7
working time
ages f thee two public and far reach-