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About Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927 | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1909)
t t PAGE EIGHT MAKE GOOD MONEY STOP AT GRANTS PASS Opportunities Offered the Man Who M'unts to Make u I'rofitable Investment. Then; are vast sources of newly created wealth In the country around Orants J'ass. This has been done by the building of the 50 miles of Irri gating ditches. These ditches more than double the producing capacity with this pioneer who lias a vine A every ai re of land under them, i yard of GO acres In this county in coi.-iefjin ntly ( i m 1 1 1 1 n the value of the land after adding the cost of ditch const ruction. There are no opportunities in any county sui passing those around the city mentioned. There are la rue and Hinull tracts vthl'h can be purchased ami divided and put back on the market In live, leu, and twenty-acre tracts .-it double lb" pi be for whph tney were purchased. This has been, done many times luring the past year. One Instance Is where a young man purchased a l'u-acre pue for $:;,:,io, after a few months be sold a forty of It for $:000 and a little later he sold an other at the same price, thus selling two-t birds of his bind at $ I "imi, $.'i00 more than he paid for the whole place. Another party who purchased a large farm cleaned up 110,000 over and above the money liit in the deal. We could go on naming deals of this kind to the number of fit least fifty where from $2000 to $1 0,000 was made In each case. There Is lit possible way In which the writer of this or the pub lisher of this paper can make even a lollar out of any laud deal, so it will 1)0 seen that there Is nothing to be Kiilncd by exaggerating the condi tions around Grants l'ass. To those who aro passing through wo would say stop over and see the opportunities for yourselves; It will cost you nothing extra and may re wait In making good money for you with Binnll outlay. Wo remember once of reading that grape growing Is the aristocracy of all horticultural pursuits. If this Is Dash Style Grace Vou'll find all (Ii ice in every MSHOP SUIT Temporary Sloro ('.Hi St. Ojip. Western Hold C. P. Bishop & Co. L. B. Hall s Art Store l!?;idiiu.'U',s for ii i t ii FineArt Goods llavil.md, FnglUh, Ger man and An-Irian Ghiua Fine display of Gla- Wai'e .illd t'l'iH'Len . w 1 Paper I'leiurv luria I mm ill: OlO N. Sixth At. bums V.h, O10, IMioiVf 1,1 .1 BISHOP'S Ready i Tailored f Clothes f true this favored county should be the home of the real aristocracy of the state and Mr. A. H. Carson, the pioneer commercial grape grower of Southern Oregon Is the leader of the chin. Josephine county, Mr. Carson says, has within Its oorders the veiy finest land adapted 'o the cultivation of the grape and II !a his opinion that with the push and energy that Is now taking place In the develop - merit of these cheap lands by plant - lug them to grapes the county will In the near future bo largely an aristocracy of grape growers. A talk ' bearing Is worth;, of p ibllciition i,u I we therefore tlve below what, he has to say. "I came to Josephine county In 1S7 1 from the Mast. Two y.nr. later 1 located on my pre-cnt p!a known un Keilland vine;, aid. I aw the wonderful fruits of all kind, grown by the pioneers for home i;.-.e and that early date , r ..;:.. 1 lie PI t -li y Gtanlt Pm At! Sludio. I.. H. JIALl,, I'UKSIDKNT COM. UK KOI AK 01,11! great possibilities of comini'ic lal i fruit glowing In Josephine count). I My place Is located on i lie reds hill ; overlooking ii,,. (Vriu,. alley of ih,. J Applegute river. I lie.nail (deal ing jthe land, anil as fast a-i my laboi prepared an acre I planted Ii to vari j oils fruits, 1 planted about an a; n ;to grapes, such varieties us 1 could procure cultlni;s of from In jdo.e ei j neighbors. With care this lifl vl:.e- ii tbilved and bur.' jKi apes, I bat bro-.i-ht i: j pbuiei r I'rli'iid.s lo my n tllelll. A lew e;S late twelve acres lo vine-, i;,, en 'i t i.l el my til se ' plant", i-e ,, I'er.ie S s.l' co , ami .Mission vailctie w It h t ills t welve acres w civ .,iii h I !ial i I believed I hat Josephine , em . could grow ami mature the best ' Kuropean types of ,;rape ;. s e h a ' ; Ihe Toba, Mala m ,ir,l i ', u n b hon , ! varieties ihai liad made ihe -;,.it( state uf California I'nnin i- for It fine grapes. I sent to Calltoi ni,i and j got cuttings of these three ,n b ile'. propagated and planted them In th,. ! vlue.xard. lu due time Ihev 1., r. fruit and developed ( liara teil-uls of uuallty in flavor and color In tlieir growth that makes th. r. I a niil'ei iui lame grape wneli Clown here than when urown In Califoiula. I have gathered ii!an i I isier.- of these trapes that wcli'lled llotll !o ir to six pounds, and even mape In the cluster perfect , 1 found the growing of the grape so profitable that more than forty acres I had planted to i ,.. A V4. :' r :M r till THE ROGUE KIVER apples, pears, peaches and prunes were taken up and planted to grapes. The newspaper man wishing to get for his readers valuable Information asked: ; "What do you find the profits of a vineyard annually, Mr. Carson?" j "The question Is a leading one, 1 but as I have promised you the 'facta as I know them, will answer 1 your question. With Tokay, Malaga J and Cornlchon varieties I have at five years old been able to realize per acre net. As the vine at- 'tain ag' at :ht to ten years old. I have realized $2:,) net per acre on 'Tokays, and oie- season 1 was tib'.e to get net to tie- acre. Hook.' were kept, and there is no guess work in this statement. Why, Yes, there ;u e thousands of a' its of i lioiee grape bind in .1 h phine couu i; that are awaiting brawn and brain to le- developed. No, there is iicj se-ret in the growing of the grape. Any nanonabiy intelligent, n.au i an plant, and can.- for a vine- yard and make it a sir-ess. nrovid lug In- Is willing to work and look after the details. ' "Yes, ten acres of grapes after1 I 'icy become einlit ( Ill's old will j keep any family well. Why, the owner if ten acres of Toknvs should I'av an annual Income of 1 1 1 r "ow many families lu any other line i ot indeavur get half of that amount? i Yi 1', as to the market demands for - nil grapes we grow lnv, wen eveiy available in re in the county p nni' u ami in iuii neariim, with t he Kasiern demand which U annually growing fa -til' than we are produc ing we cannot supply It, nor will we ever be able to f - tills reason, these Kuropean grapes are tender varie ties, their zone of growth I- limited to a very small area of this Western coast. Kerne-liber h . Concords and American map s grown la ihe Kat do not compete In the markets w ith our Kill opeail t pes, hence tile s:il districts wherein these be grown and matured :iys can havi an In- I depeiol nt mark.t that Is alwas """u!l,Ui ,""l,- "We have a de bled ndiant .n'. . s - over our California friends grow-lwas ing these .hoice grapes. W'c do not ' "'"I on any ot our I vopes i. irrigation as docs our Cali fornia tlelghh.TS, hence their shbi plug dualities are superior to their's. I have shipped maii nates (,f these grapes Cast by express to every state east of the Kockles and every grape ; '4' ,1 . ' . '.ii 4. COURIER. Just Keep Right on The way you are going and you'll come to the I est Clothing S'ore in Southern Oregon. That's sound ad vice to give anyone reading this advertisement IT'S A SPKCIAL HA 1ST, S( HAI FM-li ii )lX Clotliinn' Store Geo. S. Calhoun & Co Cutliilcrs lo Boy and Mjn arrived in condition, although ten days on the road in a hot express car without, P'e. "With increased acreage planted to these fine grapes we then can or ganize an association and market these grapes in New York and other Eastern markets in car lots at a profit greater by twenty-five per cent than I have been getting for the output of my vineyard. This extra twenty-five per cent is my selfish motive In desiring the expansion of the vineyards of Josephine county. My snnll sixty-acre vineyard is not enough for me to go East where I know after five years careful investi gation of the market demanas of the East for these choice Tokays and other grapes we can so successfully grow here my profits will be increas ed. "Why a novice can take my paper 'On How to Start and Manage a Vineyard,' written several years ago, ami have no trouble to grow a vineyard. Varieties, and how to do it, are all set out in that paper that any Intelligent man cannot make a , mistake if he follows m advice in : that paper." EMPLOYMENT FOR MEN AND TEAMS Kniployment for men and teams j lias been furnished by the Irrigation t company this spring. At th present time there are ill the s"t'Vice. been hard to gi twenty-four teams Heavy teams have t and more of them would be employed If they could be found. The price of men per day is $2 and where men furnish a team, the price is $ for man and team, "f $ii for a man and two teams. There will be Work on these ditches ill of this year and part of next, and I. ! perhaps huigtr. The con-tnrtlon i of the Irrigating ditch has been n source of a rent revenue to n nm. slderable number of men. The one trouble the company has found was , i. .,... i .. .-...lie Kimim, iii'ini leaius ana n finally forced to purchase sev !eral of these In order to keep the work going. Th tgatlou company hai the . for ditch 'cures the minimum utost Improved machinery construction and thus se bulldlng of a ditch at n i est . (Iratits I' the center of a s ; i;i:': - : , large area of timber lands; the sugar pine, the fir, cedar and other mer - chantable timber. It Is estimated that It has 9,000,000,000 feet of standing timber. Many men and hundreds of teams are employed in C. H. DEMARAY .Dealer in. Drugs and Druggists' Sundries "Purity "is our motto Wo si.-ll nothing but the host. Special attention given to the compounding of prescriptions. i&ogue River MM 14 H II aiiey Enjoy the fruit of your labor Get an ORCHARD, VINEYARD or FARM of your own in the Kogue River Valley, County of Josephine, Near GRANTS PASS, OREGON In an unsurpassed climate, and where TOKAY GRAPES, APPLES, PEACHES, PEARS and all Small Fruits will bring you excellent returns IRRIGATION, is now a CERTAINTY. Where there is IRRIGATION there is always WEALTH. Now is the most opportune time for the INVESTOR and IIOMESEEKER to get in on the ground floor, and while VALUES ARE YET LOW and certain of rapid and marked enhancement 1 Are you in this If so, either Ihe Bes Realty Co. GRANTS PASS, Oregon CI ! "PualityThi Dkst 1 k m . 1889 TO 1909 The R. L. Coe Co. BIG STORE Wa opem,l for Lusiiuss Oetuher 1st, 1M in the ;i:;uIhv'"lHiilili,,gl,;1,k()f,!1e Rrst National Rank. ilntiM-, wasth''li1',t,,,le.in,usin()n thonortll the Railroad tracks, and U imw the oldest and Ijirt sto:v room in .losephine Countv, carrying 'wbletlielloiirspaeeofiuiyhoiKein theeitv GRANTS PASS, OREGON. jthis business during the season. 1 j WANTED To borrow $2500 on j Business property. Will pay 7 j per cent. Address "Business," ! tare of Courier, Grants Pass, Ore. 1 1 Laoas interested country? write or call on CSTABLISHKO I 889. t-Fuller GBANTS-jPASSiOREGON