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,-".tfJ i'.WS " fr(Z'fiP,T,''??i "!:f! .'"I'VLKf T'' .n ,,Tt..tTTB cpiMTC PARS. OREGON MAY 8. 1908. KlWtl'r. MYTH Ll'UIO" PROFESSIONAL CAB0S Dr. M. 0. Flndley ba gone for boat ix' month study in Urnnsny, after which he will be In bi office s usual. The doctor ha kept hii rec ord carelully and broken glssse can be promptly placed by sending them to bi office. Hi practice ia left in Dr. Lougrhldge' care. Dr. Lough ridge tent eye and has had several year experience. ge LOUGHRIDGE, M. D. PHYHICIAN AND SURGEON Re. Phone 714 Oito or country calls attended night or day tim and H, Tuffs building. Ollioe 1'b.oiie 261. GRAawPASS OaEOOM. J)R. C A. CAMPBELL ObTEOl'ATIIIC I'UYblClAN Graduate American School of Osteopathy, Kirksville, Mo. Cbronic'DlHeaHes and Ureases of Women and Children a specialty CONSULTATION FKEK Rooms 1. 2, 8, Kind National Hank Bldg. l'honea: OUice,7Tl, Kes. 703 0ats 1'ah Oasuos J)R. ALMEDA M. MARTIN, OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Specialize on Diseases of Women and Children Room 20A, Conklin Bldg. '"r 11 out 9 to 6. Other hour by appoint ment. Jf t D. NORTON, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Practioe In all State and Federal Court. Oflloe la Opera Ilouae Building. 0AT8 Pass, Obkqon C. HOUGH, ATTORN EY-AT-I.AW, Praotloee in all State and Federal Courts Oflloe over llalr-Rlddle Hardware Co. OaAMTa PAaa, - Oaaooit QL1VER S. BROWN, LAWYER. Office over Dixons Store Chants Pass, - Obhgon Q. S. BLANCHARD, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW. Practice in all State and Federal courts. Banking and Trust Company's Building;. Qsamt Panb, , Ohkoon. II. 13. HENDRICKS OOUN8ELI.OK8-ATLAW Oirll and criminal matter attended to In all the court. Real tats and Insurance. Oflloe, 6th street, opposite Postoffloe. WILLIAM P WRIGHT, U. H. DEPUTY PURVEYOR MININU KNtllNKKR AND DRAUGHTSMAN Oth St., north ol Josephiue Hotel. OaAMT Pass, OaaaoN. The Popular Barber Shop Oct your tonsorial woik done at IK A TOMPKINS Ou Sixth Sticet Three chairs Hath Room In connection N. M. McGUUW, PIONEER TRUCK and DELIVERY Furniture and Piano Mevlng GRANTS PASS, OREGON. E. A. WADE Dry (ioods, Underwear, Notions, Kte. Front Street west of Palace hotel GRANTS PASS. OREGON. i GRRANIS PASS Commercial Club Will furnish iuformatiou of A Josephine county free of 4 charge. Cortespondenoe so- licited. k i L. B. Hall President V JH. L. ANDtaws.. ..Secretary I II iOGOE RIVER VALLEY OUKD NOTKS IIY CIIAHLKM MKHIOIIVIO Secretary Orant Pa Fruit Oroweri A -aoolation Valuable Information for Orchardiste. Horare W. Day, managing member of the firm .f Sgob-1 & Day froii dealrrs of Ntw York, airived ii. Qiauta Pa-s Saturday evening and re teamed over until Sounav evening to interview Secretary Meeerve, f the Fruit Oroweri Association, ami th lea Hug Iruit growers of this di triut. Mr. Day makes a trip each si ring through all the principal fruit district of the United Stated. On tli is trip he came direct lo California and fiom there he cam- to Medford and thi'ure to Grants Pa and from l.ere he went north to visi. tne various fruit di.tircta of Northern Oregon ' ... r.t ,'..hini,.n T,la,, r!,,lriuin ' aAJU ll vwni wl jui " and thence on ea.t l Ihe firm of Sgobel & Diy has ben In bmineM for 38 year and it was tbey who organized the auction system ol filing fro it that has now come to be adopted in all the big fruit mar keti of Ike United States and Europe. It was this Hrm that urnde the world's record sales of pears lat fall when they auctioned off a car of Cornice peart for J. W. Perkins of Medfurd for the fabolona price of IQr8, this oar netting Mr. Perkins over f.1000 after the expenses rf picking, pack ing, freight and coojtnlmloo were paid, and aa the growing of tb pears and the interent on the invest ment aud land taxei probably stood him $500 he had a net profit of fOO. With such a profit aa this it is little wonder that Mr. Perkins has re fused an offer of $75,000 for his pear orchard. The other record sales that Sgobel & Day made were two cats shipped by the Medford Fro it Growers Association, one a oar of OVniite with some D'Anjoos tnat bronght $!U24 and the other a car of Cornice and Winter Nellis that sold for $3420. Sgobel & Day also made some record sales of California peara but at not the fancy prices had for Kogaa River valley pears. A car of Cornice of 1100 half-boxes sold for f 3986. A osr of Cornice and Winter Nellis sold for $.1789 and two oars of Winter Nellis sold one for I373A and the other for $afil4. These pears were all from Santa Clara valley, a smail mountain locked vallev that is the ouly district in California that is able to grow a pear that can suoetsfully compete with Hon no River pears for fancy price. The Saramento aud San Joaquin val leys are the other pear districts of California and while a good pear is rained the quality is not such as will bring faoey prions. Of grapes Soobel & Day handled over 100 cars last sea sou, principally Tokays. Mavhews dis trict, California, Ihey eold 35 cars of Tokays that averaged I15H5 a car. Ther cars each contained WO crates and each crate ooutalned four ba-keta of six pounds of grapes to the basket. From Udi district they sold 44 CBrs of grapes that averaged $1 IStl a car. Sgobrl & Day also handle large quantitiea of foreign grown fruit. Just before Mr. Day left New York early In April his Hrm got in a con signment of pear, peaches and plums from South Africa. This fruit waa packed in excelsior with oue layer of fruit iu a box, the buxs being about the size of our cherry boxes. This fruit was brought from the interior to Cape Town by rail and thence by steamer to Loudon and theu reloaded on another steamer for New York. The fruit was nuder refrigeration all the tune t a temperature of 84 de gree and It arrived iu perfect condi tion and sold well. Last May Sgobel A Day got In a shipment of apples from Australia, lielng brought by steamer by way of Loudou and nnder refrlgsrattou. The apples arrived lu good shape but though fresh from the trees, for Ihe Australian, as also the South I African, fall comes at the same part of the year an siring, in America. ; they lacked the quality of Ihe Aineri lean apple aud consequently were ! slow sellers. Mr. Day Is oue of the beet posted J men lu the Uuited States on all that ' pertains to marketing fiuit and he 1 willingly replied to all the questions i that Secretary Meeerve Ranked hiai ' relative to the leit telliug varieties of ' fruit ou the New York market aud the quality of fruit and methods of packing required. As to quality Mr. ! Day stated that it munt be strictly fancy and that it was sheer follythat i would eutail little profits or more likely a los to the grower to ship to long dixUuce markets mirthlog hut the very )esl of fruit. In the East and in Eurpoe there are thousands of people having plenty of money who an large ivuBuuiom of fruit and who will pav7a hig 'price for it provided It has the high quality they require. . This ola of buyers re so particular j that they will not bay au apple or other fruit that i the least ill shapeu or on in oolor. even though It may be itmolutery fn e from bl ea or ut er faults. In 8ilseniuig and New towns thelo. equattt ai p arre . not Rood seller, ti e mti er I a and . rinetric 1 tp; s being tb favor fr-s. ! As to color a. d size 'he Am ricao ' waul a tlx, r u apple, the bug and '.he render t' belt, r le i- -uid, I whilt) the Euglmuuau au.i i.ia ueigh bus of tlie adjoining Cju tr.e. of : Europe inn-i ou .having a n h jeiluw J ppple ol uediu ii eie. lha best sizes oi ewtowus I r the Louden u, arket am 4 and 4j t.er running in, in 12d to l'i'J to the lx., wiiil. for N. w Vork ' the b.t sellei are tne a autl U tier """e l,'u lia tJ tl,B t"'1 "Dur "P' are eI" P' ted ami foi ihe Aineri. an market t ,e H, i)i aud 4 tier aie iu most de mand the A ernau not wn.ing a s i.all apple, lu p ais the trade de mands a medium izr, tue eitia laige aud the very rmall pears b lug slow sellers. Of Bar Irtts tna 140 to the box sell the best. Pears should he graded to size us car? folly as apple. Mr. Day ins sta that the appearance of fruit has quite as uioch to oo with its selling as ha the quality. Strictly faucy fmit, if sloveuly packed aud in dirty, carelessly nailtd box with only a peuoil marking to indi cate what the bux contains, will ouly sell aa secoud grade and alow Balling at tnat. It pays big to grade. with th greatest care, pack bouestly and artis tically aud to use lithographed label to show what the box contains. And the boxes should not ba given the big belly, as waa foimt-rly the rale, and the fruit squeezed too tightly in the box, yet the greatest car should be taken to give sufficient pressure for should the trait become loose in the box while in transit it will bruhe and ruin. In packing pears Com ice should always be put in half boxes aud all other kind in full boxes. Sgoel & Day have handled Rogue River Valley fruit since the begin ning of eastern shipment aud iu Mr. Day' opinion, as based on the mar ket deniaada of the past and preseut and the outlook for the future, the only peara to be grown in this Val ley are the Cornice, Bartlitt, Winter Nellis band D'Anjou. Their order of preference being as here given, the character of soil aud local conditions gnverniog the kind the Rogue River orJiiardist should plant. Mr. Diy is firm in the belief that the Cornice will always bring extra fancy prices until superceded by a better pear, and that Ins not yet been brought out by the nurserymen. As to selling prices there ia little difference in Ihe Uartletts. Winter Nellis aud D'Anjou. Of apples Mr. Day said for Rogue River growers to plaut only Spitzen burgs, Nnwtous and Winesaiie. As tl.e Auiticau consumption of.froita is incrasing fanter than is that of Europe and as the American will have uuth ing bat a red apple the Spitzenburg is steadily galuinir in demand aud Mr. Dav thinks this apple will con tinue to lead and to go etill higher iu price. As Rugue River Spitzen burg rank with the best that are re- oeived jln th New York market he hoi Is that growers here should plant principally of that .variety, yet the character of the soil would govern the variety to grow. The Newtons, considering all factors, will oou- tiuoe to lie a I profitable apple for Rogue River orchardista. The old time Winreap, Mr. Day believes, is sure to be one of the big money makeri for Rogue Rivsr valley and he would recommend Its planting. The Winesap stands np well iu ship ping, keeps well in storage and is a good seller If ef large si. aud of rich, red color such as can b growu here, aud it i steadily gaining in favor with the Eastern trade. Whtli apples will always be a profit able crop to Rogue River orchaniiUs yet Mr. Day think that pears will be the big tuouey maker for this valley. Rogue River pears by rettsou of their perfect quality uow lead th world iu price, and all the other fruit district of the United States having been tested there is no likelihood of this valley looaing its prestige as a leader in growing Una peara. Such is the ravage of the blight in all the East ern states that the crop of pear is steadily decreasing each year and aa tha blight'is uow in every fruit dis trict in the United State and ha exterminated every pear tree in whole districts the ootlovk "for this fruit is not euoonragiog except In Jiso lated, mountain locked valleys, such as Rogue River valley. Mr. Day see oo reaaonl why the orchard- , isti ofjthis valley Should ;not be able , to keep .their orchards free of the Might. If they are vigilant and have the pest laws rigorously, enforced the Rogne River pear grower will have ao trouble from blight and as Ihe'ricb people will have pear gardlea of I the price the record price or 14388 tor , a car of pears of the crop of 1S07 will become the average price for pears from this valley. Being told that Rogue River valley can excel Califor- j nia In grape is it does in apples, pears aud peaches, Mr. Day asked to have a consignment of grape sent tc bis firm this fall that he might test them and submit them to other grape exprts of New York. The best sell ing of the Pa ifio ooast grape in the New York market, Mr. Day stated, are the Tokays, Cornichons, Malagas, Morotcos nd Mnncats, the prioe ranging usually in the order here named. If Rogoe River grapes attain standing in the Eastern markets such as has its pear and apples, grape growing would vie with that of pears and apples for big profits, for the.de- mand is rapidly growing and there are but few sections of the United State that can grow a strictly first claes grace and especially of tha fancy European varieties. Had Secretary Meserve known in time the date that Mr. Day would be in Grants Pass a meeting of the fruit growers and others interested in this indsutry would have beeu called to be addressed by Mr. Day. A talk such a would be given by a man tboroghly posted, like Mr. Day, on the prob lems ennnecteu with the shipping and marketing of fruit wonld be of the greatest value to the oroharditss of Roijue River valley. Mr. Day hopes to again visit Rogue River valley next spring and he will be glad to meet with the fruit growers aud give them all the pointer on the fruit in dustry that he can. The interview with Mr. horace W. Day, of Sgobel & Day, New York, herewith published in this depart ment should be out out aud preserved by all the fruit grower of Rogue Kiver valley for future reference. The information that Mr. Day give ia not to be bad from the usual sources available to frnit growers and the facta and figures he gives are both helpful and encouraging to all who are interested in the industry that is cer tain to be the chief wealth producer for Rogne River valley. Lawn weeders jost the thing to pull that planton root aud all-out of your lawn, at Hair-Kiadle's. COFFEE Good grocers like Schil ling's Best, for it makes good-will and not trouble ; in case of complaint, the money is ready. Your rrocer returns four monty If yon doo't likt il; par him rteware of Frequent Colds. 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