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About Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927 | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1909)
(HUNTS PASS, (KK(;oX THE HOGl E IUVEK COIUIEH. PAGE FIVE V tl-i v. a - m .. i TW ',1 - .. -f f "i. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AS A FRUIT GROWER Experience in Uu Cultivation f the Apple, Pt'iir anil l'cach in Josephine County. The First National Bank of Southern Oregon Grants Pass Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits . $90,000 Transacts a genera 1 banking business. We endeavor to merit your patronage bv courteous and eilicient service L. B. HALL. President J. C. CAMPBELL, Vice-President II. L. GILKKY, Cashier U. K. HACKKTT, Asst. Cashier 40 mil: of Irrigation Canals Are being constructed here It Means: Apples Peaches Pears Grapes Melons Berries ALFALFA These mean Fortune, Health and a i Sunny Smile 365 Days Per Annum I can locate you on any sized tracts from one acre up to 300 acres at prices all the way from $50 to $300 per acre. The crop off these lands will pay for themselves every year I. L Andrews GRANTS PASS, ORE. Masonic Temple, Suite 4 (Ry John H. Robinson.) Editor Courier: As I have had 2o years experience in fruit growing I will give your many readers some of the reasons why 1 think the Rogue River valley is destined to become one of the greatest fruit growing sections of the Pacific Northwest. Our climatic conditions arc such that we can raise to perfection all the fruits, large and small, grown in the north half of the North Temper ate zone. I am told by many people from dif ferent parts of the United States that they have never eaten any peaches anywhere that excelled those grown in our valley, either in size or flavor. While at the World's Fair in St. Louis in 1904, being interested in fruit growing myself, I took special pains while going through the Hor ticultural and Agricultural buildings to observe the display of fruit from the various parts of the United States, and I did not see anything that excelled our apples, peaches, pears, prunes or grapes. I have gathered apples here one than Grants Fass might point to with pride. These three buildings, capacious though they are, will not meet the demands of the rapidly growing school population, and at a recent school meeting the sum of flOut) was voted for enlargement. The corps of 25 teachers, count ing the superintendent, Prof. R. R. Turner, Is an exceptionally fine body, and the work being dene in all departments is of a high order. The High School is doing high-grade work and in all departments below university and college the education al facilities afforded by the schools of Grants Pass will not suffer by comparison with those of the best in the large cities. With regard to the churches, we have our full quota. There are two Methodist Episcopal, North and South, a Baptist, Presbyterian, Epis copal, Disciples, Adventist and Ro man Catholic. In no city do the prominent busi ness men take a more active part in the work of the church than here. The mayor is superintendent of one Sunday school, the cashier of the 1st National Hank of another, the assist ant cashier of still another. The churches are prompt: to co-operate in looking up and relieving all cas n' actually suffering and necessity, and they work shoulder to shoulder for moral purity and civic righteousness. There is a live ministerial uniun where all the evangelical meet on Monday mornings for fellowship and tion insures good prices to the fruit grower and the fanner for their p'j di;cts. Josephine county five-acre fruit farms will make a handsome living for a family and In ten years lay the foundation of abundant wealth. Stop over at Grants Pass and see the country that Is now being placed under irrigation. If you are a home seeker do not fall to see the cheap lands which can now be secured. This Is your opportunity and it will be your fault if yon do not take it. Take a bite of one of those delici ous Spitzenbergs growing near Grants Pass. For size, flavor and de lightful coloring they lead the world. Or try a Jonathan, a Wluesap, n Baldwin or Arkansas Black, and note their splendid coloring and flavor. Then come to Grants Pass, the home of the red apple, and feast on the fat A the land. The easiest place in the world to I make an honest living is Josephine county near Grants Pass. It Is the land of sunshine, productive farms, prolific orchards and the natural home of small fruits. Stop over at Grants Pass as you are passing through the country. The United States Weather Bu reau says: "The district known as Southern Oregon is the most delight ful portion of the state." For soil that will produce excellent returns and with a climate exceptionally de lightful the Rogue River, valley excels. Money Making Real Estate at owner's price yOUR CAPITAL will increase rapidly in size if you invest in Rogue River Fruit Lands Investigate and lo convinced. It is worth your time H. B. Hendrichs &i Son Grants Pan, Oie. 6iK and G Sts. Farm ivnd Fruit Lands When vou come to CJ rants Pass call on H L. Kerzinger The Heal Kstate Dealer 41) Front St. Grants ! 1 can Ktcate you on a gootl homestead. Also have somo line timber tracts for sale IPhoto by Grtnli Pn Art Sludiol SHERMAN PRESENTING TOKAY GRAPE VINES TO SCHOOL CHILDREN fall and kept them In very good con dition, not in cold storage, till I gathered apples from the same trees the next fall. I set a small peach orchard 2," years ago and have sold peaches from the trees every year but one for the last 22 years. My peach trees for the last IS years have netted me, on an average, over $200 per acre, and sjme years over $400 per acre. My pears have done nearly as well, and the Spitzen berg ami Newtown Pippin apples for the last few years better. From one pear tree last season we gather ed 1 n 1 His of meri'hantable pears, and t!ii' seam iii.fmv over l'.en which solil for 2e to Ic per pound. In 1007 we received a letter from Su'oMo A I ;. commission mer chants of New York, tliat o,ir New town Pippin apples, croun on second bench red land, non-Irrigated, were too law for the London market. My experience and nb.-ervatlon has been that the waudy loam and red loam row our be-t fruit, but that at an elevation of inn to ,'omi f, ,.. tlie fr,t : f.-e( r f o'M f-n. t. to discuss the physical needs of the needy, the moral needs of the city and to plan for a more harmonious and effective work along the lines of effort that properly belong to the church. Grants Pass is not only a city of schools and churches but one where there is a most complete harmony of effort in the work of making good citizens. (0U!MBIA(lFE of Portland, Oregon &TWJ6T COrimNJ' important poiti:i:s IV SMALL SP. i: By settling in the Rogue River valley you will escape the hard win- i li is of tlii- eastern and middle states land enjoy the finest climate In the j United States. I The climatic conditions around ll'iiants Pass are all t list t could be de sired. The weather Is always mild, winter and summer. There tire no thunder storms or violent tempests. The thermometer In the coldest weatle r rarely reai he..; as low a-; 1!" lleL'1'ees above Zero. Grants Pass has a lil:.r fruit and .i" table i ;uiic ' v an I I hi - in. -til i- 1)1 RECTORS W.M. M. LAUD, Portland, Ladd & Tllton, Hunkers. THEODORE it. WILCOX, Portland. Portland Flouring Mills. WALTER MACK AY, Portland, Capi talist. RICHARD WILSON, Portland. Capi talist. RICHARD li. IIOGE. Portland, Carneule Steed Company. I It. I. Mi CoRMHVs. Tacotna. Weyer- haeuscr Timber Company. j C .1. SMITH. Seattle, Capitalist. ii:i)V. COOK INCH M, Portland, Viie-Pie.'ebnt Ladd .; Tllton I Hank. Js. It. LINTIIICI'M, Portland. Attot- ncy. 'S. It. LocKWooD, Portland. Vice j President and General Mansicer. IS. IS. I5KOW N. (Jenei-al Agent '. ' Grants Pass, Uteou p. sn ' s r; on !,,!- i I-. I, : ; ! . a i I tiem n-tain- ve have e;,s wind to blow off tie' fruit w l;l!e matu' i'-g thitn In an op. m ' i I'iti' , Our w :i-:n s u nsli i ne ;i!,d p"e i!i,r at ::e so'ierii' comlit Ion-', during the latter part of the grow ing season fives a color and flavor to our fruit that the better It Is known the more famous It becomes. Apples packed In our packing house the same season were shipped to New York. London, Honolulu and China. About two-thirds of the way around the earth. Hence we might say we have the world for a market for our winter apples. Maxwell Automobiles Snvcn Models Prie s fmin S.'sOOJo 8 1 TT0 Maxwell cars are sim ple, durable, speedy, ivlialih', a pod hill (ThiiIht and very eco nomical. Are ciisy to opi'intf and absolutely dependable. F. B. Olding' N. c.th St. (iriints V:ss , . On-oii GRANTS PASS A CITY OF j SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES One of the first questions asked j by the man of family when contem plating niovlne to n new place Ih; "What about the schools and churchex?" Nearly every letter from protective settlors contains i this question; and thcr Is no qus tlon of the many ns''d that will af ford us greater patlufartlon to an- i sv er. Tho Hluh S'hool, East Side and General Grant discovered the Rogue River Valley ami ibe beauiiful city which now bears his name, in tl a ily fifties. If it was pod enou;rh for him in thoM days, it is piod cnoujrh for YOl' NOW. I have lived here nearly 25 years and know the, r history, value and possibilities of every tract of good Farm and Fruit Land in this famous and productive valley. By consulting mo before buying, you will profit by my long experience and intimate knowledge of the'economic and other conditions existing here. Tom Galvin Real Estate Grants Pass, Oregon I ii formation for the asking a ! i.i .-. : cl i ; i i ! i - I':-:: M -it . i. . 'L . Mi: I : t t- - 1 13 "She can look out.but you can't lool in" tmoi 2ucfor MM PORCH SHADES Make your porch cool, airy, shady, private. Another good feature about them Is tho peculiar fact that thoHe Mttltifc on tho pop h ran see out, but pans critljy cannot In, In other words, you havo complete privacy, and ran tiBO tho porch or veranda the snme as an Inside room, with Infinitely tuoro comfort on hot day. Bold only by R. H. O'Neill , The Home FurnUlmr 0