Rogue River courier., October 21, 1910, Page PAGE SIX, Image 6

PAGE SIX
ROGUE RIVER COURIER
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21,
191Q
FAMOUS
E
YIELDS A BIG
The Rogue river valley la famous .lake just before It empties Into the
for Us orchards and Ita pr!ze-w Inning 'Uogue and this Is used as a reservoir
Spltzenberg and Yellow Newtown ap- i and affords amle water for the i Tri
ples. All over the world where j gallon of the entire tract. The lake
choice apples and pears are In de-;U about a half mile long and has no
niand the name Roue Is a household ; visible outlet, but the water seeps
word. j slowly through the ground 'to the
The remarkable fact about this Is .river. This lake Is also fed by many
that as yet there are comparatively 'springs.
few old orchards In the valley. And This has long been known as one
these few orchards are the ones that of the model orchards of the valley
have earned the valley lis reputation, and ha j been visited by thousands of
In a few years thousands of acres people. It was formerly owned by
planted In the last six years will have Chris Elsmann, one of the best post-
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readied maturity and their product! fruit men In the valley, and was
win leaui mis market jor choice
run f (i. ii. . . ..
West nf flinnU Pjijc Tlii.. i '
4m I I ,1.. 1 .1 . . I
Mieain locait il at no ,,nr n,..,..,. '
of anXoy creek and the Rogue. I
its owners are Kltner Shank, who
owns onr-half of the tract, while the
firm of Buckley (UU ulcr owns the
other In If. Mr. Shank manages
the place and gives It his personal
Attention.
The harvesting of the apple crop
...L ...iuhki. ,anu or me few, iion under ills ownership.
older orchar.h. I The orchard is fully equipped with
What is considered to be by fruit :nll the modern conveniences ami ap-j
experts the best orchard In tho Val- j pllances used In the fruit growing
ley Is the VanXoy orchard, four miles . business. The packing house Is slxtv
has been completed for this seasoning tiny sort of a foothold
and the result Is 1 4,000 boxes of
choice fruit from thirty-two acres of
twenty-year-old trees. The varieties
are Spltzenbergs and Yellow New
towns and both are of excellent qual
ity. The Spitz from this orchard are
the most highly culored apples that
will reach the markets this year.
The crop of 1 4 .o)t boxes from this
orchard required nineteen carloads
to ship it to the eastern markets.
It Is almost beyond the compre
hension of the average downcast
fruit grower to realize how large ; remarkable for color, size and unl
proflts can be made from an orchard 'fortuity.
in the Rogue river valley. While no! The soil of this place Is n deep,
returns are In yet from the ship-; rich sandy loam, the kind of soil that
menu. It Is estimated that the crop 'has been found the very best for the
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f.'vwif'v'.-r:.
PACKING 1IOISK OX
will net over IM.mM Uis y. nr. on
the lusN of p:lre reielved III other
years Wlien It Is taken into eon
sldeciitlou that the present owners
paid only $J7,r.OO dollars for Ihe
onhaid lesi than two eurs ago, It
can be readily seen how profitable
an Investment n Rogue river valley
onhard U
During the picking season thU or
chard w;m the scene of in mil actllty.
1'otty-fhe persons were employed us
I'Ukein, packers mid sorter.
The VauNoy orchard has Its own
Irrigation ssteiu mid thus Is not at
thw mercy of any corporation for It
ater. The creek forma ftunU
RIVER ORCHARD
CROP 10 OWNERS
SriTZEXnKIttIS FROM THE VAXXOV ORCHARD
brought to ts hluh stato nf ciiHUm-.
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size and is three ,
stor en ii lw.li'tii Tlw. i,.., i...
own power nlnnt. l on-lstl nir nf n
I'feain boiler capable of developing i
- horse-power. Then here is a ful-
ly equipped suray factory, whore the
owners manufacture all their own
sprays, for this orchard Is scientif
ically managed and every precaution
Is taken ta keep Infection from gain-
There Is a modern and commodi
ous residence on the place, several
barns and tenant houses, as well as
a boarding house for the help. Last
year this orchard took six premiums
at the fair at Ashland and this year
It won the prizes for the best wine
saps against the entire Rogue river
valley at the fourth annual exhibi
tion of the Rogue River Valley In
dustrial fair held at Grants Pass.
Experts who have seen Ihe packed
fruit of this orchard say that It Is
THE VANXOY ORCHARD
growing of fruit. It is easily work
ed and lehls bountifully of nil
kinds of crops.
The place has quite an Interest Iik
history. The orchard was formerly
old Fort VnnXoy and was the scene
of hostile preparations during the In
dian wars, it was named after the
original settler on the land. A ford
and n ferry were also maintained at
this point on the river and the pla e
was known all over Orcson In the
curly das.
Now It Is lu the heait of one of
the richest section of the world and
affords an Ideal home site The or-
cliardlst In th Rogue river valtev
a fortunate man. Here there are
exirt'ines oi neat ana coia; no elec
trical nor wind storms.
In fact the climate Is so salubrious
that this valley has become known
as the Italy of America. And the (Mrs. Coutant returned from their
growing of choice fruits has ceased j Alaskan outing on Friday, having
to be a mere series of hard tasks. been absent a little more than five
It has become an art and a science, j weeks. They made short visits In'
The most successful growers are I Portland and Seattle from which last
those that mix a lot of brains with: named place they took a steamer for
tlu lr labor. Orcharding in the Rogue j southeastern Alaska. The steamer
river valley Is an occupation that can j left on the 12th of September and the
claim the best there is in any man in, trip was one long to be remembered,
an intellectual way. ' Jas tney salied over a sm0oth sea the
C. E. Whistler, formerly of the i entire distance; even Queen Char
Palisade fruit district of Colorado, jotte sound, Milbank sound and
and one of the greatest authorities DIxons entrance, which are usually
on peach growing anywhere, said of j more or less rough, were as placid
the young peach orchard on this as a mill pond. The distance trav
place that it was the best one In thejeled by water to reach their point
valley. There are 13 acres planted j0f destination was about 1100 miles,
to three-year-old peaches and this On the wav un the steamer touch
year they yielded a box to the tree.
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" uwr. i in v uu i a iiia o o at ta
,imd so far there are 63 acres In
, trees. All of these trees will com-
nienco to bear next vear so the crop
1 will be even Kroner 'than it was this
1 vear rnul .wilt in,-.r..no frn, vM, tn
ear
yir until the apple trees have
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RKWARD OFFEISKD
FOR PETTY
THIEVES
C. If. Sampson, owner of the fam-!entPrpi',s,nR ,)P0"K !t 1,as two
ous Tokay grape plants on the corn-1 R00'1 daily ''a''ei's en, h nf h
er of Fifth and E streets, has nare 80rrod vith rab,e Iiews rel,01-ts
complaint to make. Miscreants, i from thp Stntes- Jn?au has not
presumably boys, have been in
(h(
habit of breaking into his place and
stealing the grapes. Mr. Sampson
does not care particularly about the
value of the grapes, but he Is Inter
ested in demonstrating that this is
the greatest grape country on earth.
He has been engaged In ralslntr a
few vines of fancv grapes for the!"""lS01 'woii are on tbe oppo
past 17 years for demonstration pur-!8lte 8'de f nastlno channel, those
poses and his place Is famous all overnrr,und the cn,i,al rIt-v wlU be ,n the
the country from the number of "Pw fll,,,rp-
people who have visited the place' M,,rh ha bppn don In the way of
and see,, the beautiful bunches. j Improvement around the mines of
Mr. Sampson formerly had a pick-' TrPadwe11 dl"-inR the last year, but
et fence around the place and that
was frequently broken Into.
spring he placed a high woven wlrei
fence around the place In
thp linnp
that this would stop the depreda
Hon. The other morning he found
that a section of this fence had been
cut out by pliers nnd most of hts
choicest bunches taken away.
Mr. Sampson Is willing to pay a
ood reward for the arrest and con
vlctlon of the perpetrators of this t
crime, for he Is determined to stop :PS,'an,,( son sickness. For two days
this practise which has been going :n,y 12 WPnt down ,0 moals- Com"
"ii for a long time. Mons may he illustrated by the ex-
jperlence of a lady passenger and her
TP.ontl.ES ARE AIRED flv-'pni' old daughter, but sea
IX 4PSTICE (H)I RT slc'k l100Pl0 npvpr Rp my sympathy.
I The steamer mounted the great
l.eo Haurdon has been bound over!"8 a"d rollod 0VPr ,hp nrpan nlto
to the grand jury n bonds of $.100 1 m,k,cssl'- Th'' of the little
by Justice of the Peace Holman to Rlrl lny ln hpr bprt" nPPnrp'1,1y n
answr a charge of larceny from a lab, ,0 llf ,,Pr bpnd' Worothy, the
building preferred tiy R. M. Thomp. irblld lny on tbp fIoor' vcry "l(,k
son. The defendant. It Is alleged "Mamn" B,lp In a week voice,
stole clothes from a room at the I.ay-i"1 "m polns; to die-"
ton hotel. i Tn niother, filled with sympathy,
He was arrested by Deputy Sheriff n')llod: "l rnn't "Hp It dear." Rut
Cheshire at Medford Sunday, where tb'!' poor ,l,tlp Rlrl and hor mother
he w as engaged ns special police-': WP 110 niorP ,0 bp la,'','l nt than
man at the Natatorluni. n 'arR0 "'aJorlty of the other passen-
This morning there was an assault ' pora'
and battery case before court which j
he took under advisement. James I Mrs. M. M. tiorham was a Grants
Koyce was the defendant and he was j Pass visitor Mondav forenoon re
charged with pushing an old cripple ' turning In the afternoon to her home
bv name of l.etnon. another Inmate I nt Woodvllle. Mrs. Gorham says
of the county poor farm. The dls-jthat the city of Woodvllle Is flourish
pnte leading to the hostilities arose jlng nnd was Incorporated last week
over the food supplied at the farm. More people are coming to that little
' landed the first Mow by ,Hty this fall than can be accommo-
striking Roy. e w ith his crutch. ! dated with houses. A new store Is
jaNo going Into business In that cltv
s.iles books for merchants are sup.! with a SIS.noo stork of goods eon
Piled by the Courier. Our prlcea irf slstlnn of ladles' and gents' furnish-
tie lowest an th books the best
, Pslbl mad.
AgA SHOWS GREAT
PROGRESS EVERYWHERE
C. G. Coutant, of The Courier, and
ed at the famous mushroom city of
Prince Rupert, B. C, which is to be
the terminal point on the Grand
Trunk Pacific. In 1907 Mr. Coutant
visited this place and found about
50 people residing there and today
It has a population of over 6000. It
has large business houses, hotels and
three daily newspapers. It Is a live
town, which is indicated by the busi
ness done and the price of real es
tate. Business lots have sold as
high as $30,000 each. It is expected
the railroad will reach Prince Rupert
within the next three years. This,
we are told, is to be the metropolis of
British Columbia, and the commer
cial center from which even Alaska
will draw a large share of its sup
plies. The location Is 90 miles south
of Ketchikan and our Canadian cous
ins claim that the Grand Trunk Pa
cific will open a new route to the
middle west which will bo two days
nearer Chicago than by way of Se
attle. By the time the road is com
pleted the company will have ready
a line of fine steamers to run to all
cities along the Alaskan coast.
The steamer msde a stop of an
hour at Prince Rupert and then push
ed on to Ketchikan, where a large
amount of freight was unloaded.
'wlll('h Rave opportunity for the pass
iensers to eo ashore and meet old
-
friends. The next ston was at Wran-
gell, the second white settlement In
Alaska, then came Petersburg and
finally Treadwell, where Mr. and
Mrs. Coutant were met at the dock
by their daughter. Mrs. Aikens. They
remained at Treadwell 19 days, visit
ing from time to time friends in
Juneau and Douglas.
Juneau is the capital of the big
northern territory and it abounds in
I been as prosperous as it should dur
ing a year or two past, but it has a
bright future before It. New and
rich mines are opening and addition
al machinery Is being added to old
ones. It Is safe to. say that within a
year or two Juneau will be the cen
ter of lasting prosperity. What the
8 mi ,s 100 ""l10"3" nd too
This'10"" to tPl1 ln f'onnertin with this
outing.
"-- '"'minis more io oe IOK1,
Thnioi In . r. 1. I . . i . .
except the return trip, which was be
gun on the sixth and ended in Grants
Pass on the fourteenth. The steam
er part of the Journey, which was so
pleasant going north, was quite the
opposite southbound. DIxons en
trance was lashed by a storm of great
fnry nnd of ,hp 130 Passengers few
lng and (trocerlen.
Best Job printing at The Courier
A LEADING QUESTION
The Southern Oregon State Norm
al school Is the only state Institution
In southern Oregon. If permanently
discontinued, It will probably be
many years before we have another
state Institution.
The normal school 13 the most
beneficial of all state Institutions, for
its product is trained teachers for the
public schools, and these better fit
ted teachers go out to every locality
and the whole of southern Oregon
gets the benefit.
It the citizens of southern Oregon
were to select any one of the state
Institutions which they would like
to have placed In their midst, they
could not select a cleaner or more
attractive one. If we could have for
the asking a branch Insane asylum
or branch penitentiary, it would
simply mean the expenditure of a
large amount of money and benefit
In that way only the particular com
munity where located and no other;
such an Institution has no product
it. Is simply a public safe-guard.
A state normal school does not re
quire much money for maintenance,
but Its product is clean and healthful
and lasting. The whole state Is bet
ter because of It.
The Southern Oregon State Nornv
al Is the poor man's school; his sons
and daughters can be graduated
there at much less expense than at
any other state school. Or If they
attend but for a few terms, the train
ing received in that short time Is Im
mediately available to them as teach
ing experience and the district secur
ing their services gets better returns
from this sort of a teacher than from
one with no normal training.
Every
other state In the union,
save Nevada, Wyoming and
Dela
ware, support state normals; Dela
ware Is a very small state and has
two city normals Instead; Wyoming
and Nevada are not states for Oregon
to pattern after In an educational
way. California has six normals,
Washington three and little Idaho
two. Oregon needs all three normal
schools and until they are provided
the public schools of the state will
suffer and suffer tremendously.
Forty-three point ssven per cent of
the present teachers in Oregon's pub
lic schools have had normal training
and our normals have been In exist
ence only a comparatively few years.
HOP.XV HANDS WIN
ENTRY TO COUNTRY
Ellis Island, N. Y., Oct. IS. Re
cause he had hands that looked like
the hands of a toiler and his words
had the ring of truth. President Taft
today allowed George Thornton, a
Welsh miner, to enter the United
States with his seven children, over
ruling the objections of special In
quiry board.
"I have my health and strength;
and. sir, look at my hands. Are they
not the hands of a man able to do
work?" was the plea Thornton made.
"They say might kiddles might
become public charges because T
have only $lfir(. That is not so.
There Is not a Thornton of the name
that ever asked for charity. All I
ask Is a chance to make a living for
the babies. Their mother is dead
and they have nobody to look after
them but mvself."
FOR
TIPATI0N.
A Medicin That Does Not Coit Any.
thing Unless It Curea.
The active medicinal Ingredients of
IJexall orderlies, whh h are odorless,
tasteless nnd eoh rless. s uu entirely
tiew discovery. ( '..mbltied with other
extremely valuable Ingredients, It
forms u perf.vt b.ovel regulator. Intes
tinal invig ..aior and strengtheiier.
:exiill orderlies re eaten like candy
and are notable for their agreeableness
t' the palate and gentleness of notion.
They do not cause griping or any dls
agreeable effort or Inconvenience.
Fnllke oiber preparations for u nu0
purpose. t!i. do not create n habit,
but Instead tliey overcome the cause of
habit acquired through the use of ordi
nary laxatives, cathartics n,id harsh
physic, nnd permanently remove the
enu.se of constipation or Irregular bow
el action.
We will refund your money without
argument If they do not do as we snv
they will. Two sb.es. 23c. and loe. Sold
only at our store-The Rexall store.
Clemens.
Mrs. Prank Rnrkhart. of Ketchi
kan, Alaska, was met at the train
by a number of friends on Friday
morning, whit, on her way to Cali
fornia to spend the winter. Mrs.
rturkhart has a number of friends In
this city and nt Frultdnle who will
remember her while residing n
Alaska.
Mrs. W. W. Webb left Tuesday
mornlnn for her home nt Mercedes
Tex., after visiting with her mother!
Mrs. M. M. Spencer, of this rltr. Mrs
Webb will visit at San Francisco, I
Angeles and Hutchinson. Kan, be
fore returning to her home n Texas
A FAIR PROPOSITION
Proposed Nesmith County vi,
Support of Voters eriu
The people of southern Lan , ,
Northern Douglas counties, nL
lng more than eight thousand SS
feeling that they are qualified
economically administer their n
affairs from a governmental stl7
point, have initiated a bin for ?
creation of a new county to be k J
as Nesmith, in honor of James Wim
Nesmith, a pioneer whose 2
shines In the firmament of iiC,?
ous Oregonians. The proSS
county would contoin 1,94a
miles, of which 1,472 , would
from Lane and 468 from DouS
leaving the former 2,908 Jt
v.,v, iohvi t.oaj soua
miles, a sufficient area from ru
to still form several counties the sir
of Multnomah, Hood River, Coliin
01a ana wasnington. The total
assessed valuation of Nesmith
county would' be $5 309 5
leaving Lane $18,000,000 '.'.i
country within the proposed new
county is capable of maintaining .1
organization that would. we believe
be to the best interests of the nenm.
embraced within the territory and
at the same time not deprive 'other
people affected of their rights Z
increase their burdens, nor 'work
them any Injury whatsoever.
Owing to the large area of the
two old counties affected many resi.
dents are put to great inconvenience'
delay and expense in transacting
business at th,e county seats. To com
pel residents to travel from twenty
to sixty miles over bad roads In or'
tier to pay their taxes, serve on
juries, or as witnesses, Is to Inflict
a hardship upon them; yet it Is more
a matter of self-government for
which the progressive people of this
proposed county are contendln?
Taxation and representation should
go hand in hand, but not so under
present conditions. For Instance,
Cottage Grove, the second city In
size nnd importance in Lane cniinty,
has never been permitted to name 1
county judge, and It has been j
quarter century since it had repre
sentation on the county board of
commissioners; while the territorr
from Douglas county has never had
either a county judge or commission
er. The representatives in the state
legislature are from the county
seats Eugene nnd Rosehnrg thus
leaving a large tax-contributing com
munity without voice In either local
or state affairs. Ninety-two per cent
of the residents within the proposed
isesmtth county signed the petition,
praying the voters of Oregon to
grant them self-government bv the
creation of the new county, while one
particular section Immediately out
side the original boundary lines peti
tioned the Nesmith committee for
admission to tho new county, prefer
rinng to take chances with the new
rather than to remain with the old.
This shows conclusively that the sen
timent of the taxpayers of the pro
posed new county are practically un-
nnimoun in favor of division.
Jointly Lane and Douglas have
.). Mid. (too acres, or more man me
entire Willamette valley, and of this
vast area, only n million and a quar
ter are asked by ;he new county.
Th peoole within the territory of
proposed Nesmith county are pre
senting their rase to the voters of
the state without the slightest mis
representation, pinning their faith In
the voters to support their conten
tion that local self-government is the
ideal form of government; that the
nearer home government Is cheaper;
that laws ore more effectually en
forced; that greater development of
country Is possible; that better high
wnys are nttalnnble; that Its citizen
ar convenience by nearness to the
sent of government; that taxation
n'wt mnrpKontntlon go hand In hand,'
and that by the creation of Nesmith
countv the efforts of a largo and pro
erosslve community would he ren
dered more effective In Increasing
population, developing the resources
nnd enhancing the greatness of Ore
gon. fPnld Advertisement.
GRANTS PASS TRUCK CO.
MXCH BROS., Proprietor
(Successors to N. E. McOrew)
PKOMPT AND RELIABLE
SERVICE
PlnnoH nnd Organs
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ut your liat of material.
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