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
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'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
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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.