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THE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1909. APPLE GROWING TAKES RIP TO SNYDER LAKE i , GIVES PLEASURE Not Only Is the Orchard Man Grow '. Ing Rich, but He Is Getting v , Great Pleasuro From His Efforts. SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 0. Mod ern conditions and tho increasing do nrnnde for clean fruit of color, size and flavor havo made apple growing rihighly profitable industry in tho .northwest, and Uiore aro many, in tsludmg tho foremost pomologists, f who belioVo that tho day is not in a (he far distant futuro when tho prod j iicta of the commercial orchards in . Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana will exceed in value the total yields of tho bonanza fields in thenc com monwcalths. Indeed, tho fruit areas . aro being extended so rapidly that computation of tho probable orop in 1015 is bowiklering because of its enormity; but there is room for an army of growers, opportunities to mako hundrods of thousands of dol lars, to establish pleasant homes, to develop horticulture and to have n part in tho growth and progress of tho country. Lessons peculiarly of interest to tho growers in tho northwest aro ' taught in tho showing of tho possibil ities of intensive cultivation, and this may bo shared by orohnrdists in all ' i tt... -..:... 1 .1 11.- 1 J 'for tho reason that tho Spokane expo sition is neither insular nor sectional. It is not out of place to say thoro wan a ready market for 5000 cars of northwestern applos ovor the output of the orchards this season. Tho crop is short in the northwest this season, but the growers will receive more money for their apples than ever before in the history of the in 4nstry. Tho total crop of the United States this year is not more than 27, 000,000 barrels, of which about 10 per oont is for foreign trade, as against 07,000,000 lmrrole in 1800. Great Demand. There wore, periods in the history ' if applo growing in America when tke fruit was, actually a drug on the , market.- That was bofore orchard ing boenmo an established industry in tho northwest. , Eastern farmers then did not have to grow apples; in fact, all thoy did was to pick them from the trees 'and dump them into barrels, Timo worked changes, and the applos of Washington and Oregon gradually found tlioir way eastward. Thoy oreatod a market for themselves, limited rh it w"aB, and the growers be gan to extend their orchards, and mako a business of applo culture, Conditions developed the fact that a much bettor applo could bo grown by intelligent cultivation than by the haphazard mothod of lotting tho trees caro for thomsolvos. The products of tho orchnrds of tho northwest were received with favor not only nt home, but also abroad, and when tho people found tho hotter apple, thoy wore no longer satisfied with tho inferior fruit Thov domnndod tho best, and, in mnny instnncos, tho growors woro not pre pared to supply tho now stnndnrd. Thoy woro not oqnnl to tho tnsk of improving thoir orchards; thoy per mlttod their trees to run down, and, n a result, boennio so unattractive that it could not ho sold, and thus . r .i . i . p . . i it.. ,itu iiuniiiuii ui. tiiiiuiiiiH' gradually slipped away. Thoro hns been an awakening in tho east, more especially throughout Now England, but noithor this nor tho coming gonorntions will seo tho day when tho custom growors can again hole) tho markets of tho world, it' tho growers in tho west continuo to im prove their npplos. Tho wostern grow ers have outstripped their eastern brethren by tho adoption of roodorn methods in cultivation and havo sent to tho markets clean or and moro at- l ! r f a i n. . . i I .u uuuoHuy puokou aim of thoso f RMd j 5so to t Tlintfiltf ntxtl ma nAmlil.nt. I ' - 3ty, and with thoso important advan tages their produots will always ho in demand at good prices. EAGLE POINT EAGLETS. (B yA. O. IlowlctU Tho last time I wroto for publica tion it was for tho Mail, but as that is' a thing of tho past, I now com mence to givo what items I can col leot to tho gonoral reader of Southorn Oregon and tho adjoining country through tho medium of tho Mail Trib ne, and I do not feel that I have ic ho introduced to tho general nows paper roador, as I havo been promi nently before tho public in that lino of business for the Inst 25 yoors, and I trust that toy many friends, scattorod ovor thn country will ac cept my thanks for the many favors itews for publication and k tke at sWripttous aad job werlo and I also a-sk a oeutiuuaua THE. PROPOSED NEW STATE W - - v . -v SCALE, JUnel.- 25 Miles. J n lk.....C 5.. v 777)-' . ny PL fTh- . -AT V: vvV? r. m" i amp r.n ' C?00T CO ' 1 kgxfmss. - . . , . n r? i '7 1? ,, ! ... Mi ri- J v : s H m29 lot J.a.Jt .JiJMJ I MJ I ' AST iflM lv - i -c rm jTX1 1 rnfiiTr ' 1.. ic " ? r y mtn. ; WT m2K JAj-g LUAfs co Al. MfMnn r-Ar rn lit ' i . fs N iJ A ' i IGLFVA QO . t ' THE MAP OP TH NEW STA'IH OF SISKIYOU IS REPRODUCED ABOVE THROUGH THE COURTESY OP 1. NORTON, PUBLISHER OP THE Y REKA JOURNAL. IT WILL GO f DOWN IN HISTORY" A3 THE FIRST MAP EVER PREPARED OP THAT GREAT STATE. i to bo ns faithful in tho futuro as I havo tried to bo in tho past in giving tho general news of our neighbor hood. I, B. Williams and Mrs. A. N. Thomas wont to Central Point on business last Wcdnosdny. Tho railroad men aro pushing thoir work on as fast as thoy can and tho hotels at this place aro crowdod every night by railroad men and transient roomers. A force of mon commonced to lay steol a day or two ago and thoy aro rushing tho work along as fast as they can, They have Uio roadbed gradod ready for! the ties and stool for about four miloa from tho Eaglo Point depot, and tho graders aro going right along with tho work. Mr. and Mrs. Harron, who aro lir ing In the Dr. Coghlin place, wer Meiford visitors last Tuesday. IT reports a fine variety of fruit o tin plae k .has caarg of; ! that 1m fcae tat boast ni bara wmr? plotion that he has had oreotod on tho place. Professor P. II. Daley, the prin cipal of our school, reports that tho school is progressing finoly, growing in iutorost, ns well as in numbers. There aro now 08 names enrolled and more to come. Siuco tho board of control of the stato of Oregon havo been sending out their notices to tho wator-usors of Little Butte crock, woll digging has become tho order of tho day, and G. W. Daley, S. II. Ilamish, A. C. Howlott are preparing for tho emergency that is likely to anso over tho wator problem, and aro propanng to pump water from tho wells and be, independent of tho hoard altogether, Mr. Deter, be who originally opon ed the meat market her and sold oat to Hcury Daley Simon, has bpngbt back into the institution aud ueV? tkey wiil do a good basums ia tbtir Km, improving tho timo during the pleas- company, stopped at the Sunnysido John Jordan, was tho guest of Miss ant woathor to put ia their fall last Wodnosday night on his wny up Cornell Jackson Wednesday night grain. ,tho country looking for turkeys for Wo havo a now barber shop in our Loo Bradshaw is hauling and stor-( shipment. Ho went no up toward town and we predict fpr him a good ing his applos in tho Holmos ware- Trail. business. hquse, and as soon as he has enough I Tho many friends of Miss Donna A. C. Ackorman, our state snper hauled to fill a car will ship thorn Rndor aro pleased to seo her back .intendent of instruction, will deliver hum. iiv luijuiio a iinu iui. ui nniL'a iiiiiu in mmum t un uui iiuiiun a a leoiure on cuucauonni lines on this fall; m fact, this Butte crook hardwaro and drug store. Owing to country is coming to tho front as .tho sickness of Miss Allison Officer, an apple nnd poar-producing coun- htr mother, Mrs. Cora Officer had try. opoaKing oi .nppios, x coniu t to temporarily wiuiurnw irom not help but notiee the difference in store. tho apples here and in tho nillnm- A. H. Aimmormnn, our now mer- from wooic, The appios in tins coun Thursday evening, November 11, nt 7;30. Let ovorybody turn otit and fill tho church buildinsr of Eaelo tho Point to its utmost. Mr. Whitley of Prospect returned mer- from California ast Wednesdnv. last, chant, bought a load of hogs of John stopped at tho Sunuysido over night itry.IIiginbothnm last Wednesday, or, nud Thursday went on un to his aro so much uottor colored and have rather, a load that he brought out or home. a much richor flavor. tho foothills for another man. lie j Jake Jonas, who has spent tho Air. itouortsou, wuo bought the paid u cents a pound live weight. summer in the neighborhood of Tal- t J. G. Martin Wraltcs Entertainingly of Trip Through Orchard Districts of the Rogue. To tho Editor: Last Sunday morning, October 2ir by special invitation of Mr. ana Mrs. Medley, late arrivals from Mis souri, but recent converts to Rogue River valley's balmy climate an&the busy, attractive Mcdford, they insist ed I should accompany them for a. day of pleasuro and sightseeing through the highways and byways of the rich, diversified farming and or chard section of the Now Hope coun try on Snydor creek, ft small tribu tary of Roguo river, some 20 miles- north of tho county. Our trip was: one of pleasure and surprising changes from start to finish, for the; roads were smooth and hard and the- dny was one of those warm-hearted" ? 'l-cheering autumn days that sel f1 n, if ever, visits any other coun try eavc the Rogue River valley, the- In' d of sunshine, progress and' plc tv. My newly made friends and" comiwi"r wore delighted to seo the broad, deep, swift, crvstal waters of the famous Rogue river, with its bigr toothsome silverside salmon cau tiously sporting about, the envy and" admiration of the passer-by. We note in crossing to the north sider the Modoc orchard company making extensive preparations for planling- their 160 acres to fruit, a happy sur prise was m store for us when wo reached the base of Table Rock to- note'it being apparently so near from: Medford nnd yet so for, dotted witlr such a variety of traiber. -with it base almost surrounded with exten sive orchards, alfalfa fields, well, improved farms and modern sur roundings, all tinged with the toucli of autumn loveliness. Although ' it was Sunday, manr fields wer dotted with teams, plow ing and seeding, while other newly sown 4tields gram 'was p, oovenng the ground with a brirht promise. Many fields and gardens were stilf carpeted with huge pumpkins, water melons and big ears of yellow com still hanging, with fat porkers in evidence to prove the productiveness: of the northern part of onr riclr county, so long isolated by distance from the rapid chnnges in real estate. We arrived at onr destination at 11 a. m. and found the New Hope Baptist church, built some 20 years ago by Rev. A. J. Slover, a pioneer Baptist minister, still intact, but long since given over to bats and owls, ns many of the faithful, earnest workers and charter members of this once thriving, busy place of worship have moved away, while others have crossed tho unknown- divide and arc only known to memory. While in the vicinity we were the aruests of Mr. nnd Mrs. E. D. Wilhito, pioneors, whose fertile fnrm of 80 noros of commercial fruit, alfalfa and timber has but few equals and no snporior-s north of tho county in cleanliness and productiveness. As for as tho eye can see in any direction improvement nnd development is the keynote. Our ilmner with these kind, hospitable- people is tho most difficult of de scription for your hnmhlo .corre spondent to tackle, but the old-fash ioned pumpkin pie nnd delicious sweet cidor the kind our mothors mnde tells tho whole story, that mndo us feel so hnppy nnd content- . ed and elft an indelliblo impression on our Missouri minds thnt a brishn . and promising future nwaits tho Now Hope country. J. G. MARTTW. ; f a4WWWl Sheldon place, near tho mouth of Little Butte creek, came ia with a load of wood for one of oar citi zens. He called at the Sunuysido lor dinner and report everything lively ia bis seottoB, Charley Coarai ef Medfard. who 'ia tail,; uattea are ia ia & eaiylay af tke Vaiaa Meat Speaking of our merchants, they ent, returned to Eagle Point las aro snupiy uopig a nig qusiness nnu Wednesday and is now awaiting the are kept busy most of the time, and arrival of his mother from Wallowa. our blacksmith, W, L. Childretb, aad his brother, George, are kept a-go mg all the time. Miss Lot JeaaUgs of Tewa, a graaddatigkter f ur townsman, They expeot to live on tke Jonas farm this season. D. F. Craddock has a want ad in this issa read it. Three Mia were arrested kert on tho railroad Wednesday morning. They aro accused of stealing clothes from tho boss bridgo builder, ne took a handcar and started for EnHrt Point depot, where he found them waiting for tho car to co to other parts of the country. Tho men tried o tnko tho hnndcnr, but were over powered, badly benten and nut in a box car and locked in. The sheriff called nnd thev wero taken to inil. Tho same night there wns two suits of clothes, a hat and pair of shoes taken out of n room in tho Sunnv- sido hotel by railroad hoboes. Thov mnde good their escapo before tho lott was discovered. Thoro ara sonio hard lookers coming out hero. now. TAXIDERMIST AND FURRIER Send your trophies to me for mount ing. Big game heads, fish, birds and' mammals mounted true to nature by improved methods. I do tanning, make-fnr-ruge, make, remodel and clean fur uarnients. Express and mail or ders promptly attended to. C M. HAKRIS. 405 Wanhinxten Strut, Portland, Or, Telejftkana Main 3600.
