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ROGUE RIVER COURIER. GRANTS PASS, OREGON, DECEMBER 6. 1907 Ro&ue River Fruit Notes Profitable Pointers Regarding the Industry Gathered From Various Sources In This Favored Section of Oregon. X $ Fruit Incpector Eiauianrj ia going , wo, for he ask, where coold I riuht after the orowi-ra of Infected vent Hint amount of moner id fruit In Joaejihine coouty and 11 there ia anything he cao poaibly do to rid tliia entire region of the peat, be Htands ready topnt forth hia ntmoat endeavorl along thia line. It is not a very plaaaant job, bat he belierea that the growera who auffer meat now will rife np and call him "blesaed," when the; benin tp have much bttt-r froit in yeara to come. The New York correapondmt of the Chicago fucker, writing under data of NoTembor 16, aaid: "Somebody ia loaing an awful lot of money on the boxed Oregon applea which hae been aelling here at auction for the past two weeka. Oregou applea that coat $1.75 at a conservative estimate at shipping ttation have sold here at from 80o to $1 80 per box. Some froit aold aa low as 70 oenta. A good apple, each wrapped in paper, sold at 1.25 per box at the auction aale. Nearly every aale of weatern boxfcd applea baa ahown extremely heavy loaaea. "The alomp la attributed to finan cial conditions 'solely, aa the statixti cal poKttion of the American apple market ia very good. The government report gives the percentage of the ap ple crop of the country as 83, com pared with 69.1 a year ago; 41.3 for lOOfi, with a 10 year average of 62.5. According to this report there are leia than half aa many applea today as there were this time a year ago. " The members of the Grants Paaa Froit Growers Association are regret ting that they shipped a couple of cars of floe apples to the New York City Market, which arrived there right in the midat of the panic, for the returns from thoas cars are far from being satisfctory. The commie sioo men, fearing to bold the froit as it might spoil, put it on the mar , ket and it only brought about 7S cents ; per box, over and -bove expenses of getting it there. A better price bas been prevailing here at borne. How ever, they take philosophical vie of the sltoatloo and try to make themselves believe that bad they pot all the froit on the local market it would have broogbt the prions down very low and hurt many more i growers. Bat they are not alone in this matter, as the growers all over . the west bave been passing throogh , similar experiences. However, the re Inclined te the opinon that tbis if indeed an "off aeason" for the froit growers. The Central Point Herald bas tbis to say: "All Rogue River valley ap plea are good, hot, like Arkanaaa 'moonahine, ' mine are hotter than others. The very beat eatiug applta the writer has yet tailed are the Rome Beauties grown hy John J. Itrown. They just atxint melt in the month, nud in toothtotuenena and flavor are excelled bv no fruit in the world. Mr. Krown presented a hox to the Hennett show (.'otnpauy uin umer eveuing atiil there were sore a bunch of delighted 'Thea pinim' in town thnt evening. Mr. lirown Iihh WO boxen yet to market and ha will deliver name to order at any time. " In the following item Editor Kaiaer of the Athland Valley Record tell of the way orchard are valued up in that end of the valley: "W. H. Nor oroaa refused au offer nf fl'i.dOO for hia orchard latSaturday and informed the woiiUl'he-pnrcliaeer that hia price now ia fiO.000, or 1000 ier acre. The orchard haa 13 acres in full bearing, with some 20 acres of youug trees coming on, and the crop thia year will pay 10 per cent interest on f."0.000. Less thiin a year ago Mr. Norcross was ai-ked to put a price on tin. iroperty ail when he put it hi f2."i,tXK Home of hia ueighhota de clared that he was crazy for axkiug so much. Now he is of the opinion that pcrlups lie was a little otl for aakinii so little. He la not anxious for anytuxlT to take him up at f 0,- abaoluteiy gnt proposition that would bring iu in 10 per cent per annum?' ' And when the the em ire place is once in bearing that rate of inter st will be doubled and trebled several times." Local representatives of the various nurseries tell os that the demand for froit stock this season is something imply pheoome'iaL They remark that the apples take the lead, fol lowed closely by pears and peaches. Anil Ilia riAllian1 9tm nrnnii. lm ti,ta remarkable. All of which ia a most welcome indication and if it means anything It means that this entire sec tion is going to have a veritable boom in the growing of fruit. People of all classes and conditions are taking a hand io this laudable un dertaking and everbyody Is going to be materially benefitted by the out come, for what helps one class of residents helps all. In and around Medford the fruit growers are very much alive to the mutters which pertain to the industry and they are holding frequent meet iiiKS to provide waya and means, whereby they may be able to cope with conditions as they exist. Ihey believe most heartily in the co oper ation idea and attribute the remark able success whioh has come to their locality to such a widespread move ment to "stand together." They had a meeting of all the growers, Satur day, to disenss the sitoation and to take any actioo Decennary and it was very largely attended. The latest weekly report of V. Den nis A Sons of London on the condition of the apple market there says : "We report a very active market here for first class fruit, either in anples or pears. We bave today sold Canadian Rl baton ea, packed io bojtes of Califor nia size, at prices ranging from 12-6 to 1ft per box for No. 1 grade and from ST to 11 per box for the No. 9 grade. These No. Is wsrs exceptionally well-graded froit and attracted con siderable attention. For California New towns the prioe obtaiaable was abont 14 per box, about 3000 boxes on the market. Ia State Baldwins we uotloe quality coosidtrably Inferior to those we bandied laat week, and prices are proportionately redoced, uamely, about 16s to 18s per barrel, with good; State Greenings op to 20s per barrel. Exhibits in different parts of Port land indicate that Oregon is an ap ple-growing state from north to sooth and from eaat to west. In the tem porary rooms of the chamber of com merce on Stark street there are being received daily samples of this fruit from Rogne River, La ket lew, Tilla mook and Helton, Columbia county. Already there are on exhibition HpitzeulierKS and Pippins from the Medford Commercial club and the other samples will arrive tomorrow and Saturday. The reaolt of thia dis play of froit from different sections of ' the state will probably be to bring the I fruitgrowers of Oregon into a state or- ganlzation for the develo) meut of thej entire Mate, and Dot for that of any j particular section. I I TWraTP wtf Inl fi Tnl (of BBVBlBlBaBVBlHHsalBSKaSBBBBHBSHBaBaHSMBlVBlBBiBBSBBBBaaaaaaaaaaiw A Portland flrm haa purchased the :mlk of Rogue River Newtown pip-jl pins at 13.(10 par box. f. o. b. Med-1 ford. If the average yield ia 40 boxes per acre, it doesn't take a very extended mathematical calculation to I Rfcertain that tlus orcliardista rftliat; n-guin are getting over flOO an acre 1 1 for a siugle crop. thousands of workers Levi Strauss & Cos t&uaslcSiy Overalls ll III n V r fi ! ii .ih .fi 'i :r' . n .AzrMHl Catarrh Cannot be Cured with local spi licatlons. as thev can- uot reach the seat of the diseas. I I'atrtrrh is a blood or constitntioiml direaae. and in order to cure it nn nitint take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure ia taken internally and I acta directlv on the blood and niuoonsi surfaces. Hall's Catarrh 'hire la not, a quack mediciue. It was pe-u-ribed ' by oue of the beat pliysiciaus iu this couuiry for years and is a regular pre- 1 S'-ription. It is composed f the best tonics known, couiolued with the beat blood purilieta, acting directly cu the mucous surf aces. The perfect com bl unt ion of two ingredient is what produces ati'-h wonderful results iu ' curing Catarrh. Send for tettimonials Tree. K. J CHKNKY CO.. Props.. Toledo. O. Sild by all riruggista, Price 7.V. Take Hall's Family Pilla for con stipation, j A Dangerous Deadlock j that son ctino s t ruiiimtes fatallv. is the stoppage of liver and bowel func tions. To quickly end tbis condition without disagreeable sensations. lr. King's New Life I'li'.s shoold always j be your reiuedv. lloarartt'ed abso j luteiy satisiactory iu every c.4si it money Uck at all'drug stores. 3.V. The new firm of W. J. Gardner & Co. which recently bought out the Dry Goods stock of E. C. Dixon, is offering some big bargains by selling the goods at cost. We Must lave More loom And in order to move the gbodsjwe are offering them- at ROCK BOTTOM PRICES, as we have a new line of goods coming in later. See These Big Bargains $20 Ladies Jackets selling at .mm $6.00 $12 " $4.oo $7 and $8 $3.00 Girls' $G Jackets Selling at...'. $2 95 " $5 " m $2.io Boys' $5 Suits Selling at $300 " $4.50 Suits Selling at $2.65 You can't afford to miss these rare barpraius and now is tlie time to make your purchases. Como early and secure your election. This sale will he push ed until theso goods are sold, as we must make room for the large new s'ock which will soon commence to arrive. " j Ell Shoes i-Stock will go at Cost A 8 an indication of the sweeping reduction we are making in our shoe department, we quote a few prices as follows: The genuine Crossett Shoe for gentlemen, The genuine Crosiett Shoe for gentlemen, $220 Ladies Queen Quality Shoe, regular $3.50 now..... $2.35 Remember the Pla.ce And don't forget to come at once if you want to wnre these snaps. MONEY SAVED IS MONEY MADE and here is your chance to save much good cash. W. J. GARDNERS GO. Grants Pass' BlJ Bargain store