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TILE BEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREO Off. SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 28, .1909.
SIDELIGHTS ON
FRUIT
INDUSTRY
GOTHAM DEPOT
BADLY NEEDED
'retail denier in Hie ltijr 'ity.
I .There b such a demand for t!nj
'fruit grown iu the Rogue River vtPf
'ley that it eannto at nil times b
supplied, Imt it is nil eliised under
the head of "Oregon l'ruit," and 1
sold as mk1i some of it that no
saw Oregon, nor even pa.-s-eu
through the state on its way east.
Why not. with the pretute of win
ning- the grand prixe at the SMkmic
apple show to help. etnhlish a de
,pot for the litntititioti of Rogue
'River valley fruit in New York? It
will cost something, to lie sure, hut
the quality of the fruit, the ndver-
"Seven years ngo wo leased n bad- It has been the experience of ,,". .lV u.n..
. ... ..... . , f O I r ,U,mlmv..,f, ...V l.. .....IV- ,
Jy neglected nnu unprotitaiile orcii- ui y"htnm womW ,UtU.0 ,, S(1IUV tlu, ,iif
What Other Men Have Done Can Be Suggested That Rogue River Fruit
Done by the Newcomer
Wonderful Records
Made.
Growers Combine and Estab
lish Retail Market of
Their Own.
ard of 33 acres of apple trees, the !.hnt fr"U ,8hiPPcd
' - ' the east have vni
to the markets of
varieties being mostly cllow New- betfnllS0 tho fruit wns different in
town Pippins and Spitrenhurgs. Up quality, but simply because- the
to 1001 the orchard had been nn- wholesale market nt thnt particular
profitable. We spent the first three limo 'vns either strong or weak, as
n... i. ,
top to OUr . "v' ,iv5' "
one shipment would bring n profit
the apples for tl , ,,ro,Vtf. .vi,ji .1.., ,,.. ..
from this orchard for $12,000. In of the same quality would result In
190G wc harvested 14,000 boxes of a loss, simply on account of the way
apples, which sold nt from 75 cents " wllic the fruit was disposed of.
uie commission nierciinni tiuin't lose
years in growing a
trees. In 1904 we
new
sold
square
ference.
It is estimated that quarters could
bo engaged, a manager and a sales
man employed anil the fruit market
ed at better prices than are now re
ceived for less than the commission
now paid to the middlemen, who han
dle most of the fruit from this sec
tion. The fruit could be placed on dis
play in the chief city of the United
States in so attractive a manner that
to S-J.Jd per box t. o. b. Urants I as, I ....... ... . . . . . every passer-bv would see and com-
, - . . , . "i'K, " cuihiiiismuii came oui : o .1 . . .
Or., and from now on this orchard iof hc receipts; the transpor-11'"' MI,on L , Soo, xlw .'"l'1 l1'
wUl produce from 400 to 000 boxes 'n5nn Mmn,n;c w .,i.: i.:. increased demand for this fruit.
ner neiv. The nvernpo tiriee of the'nl.n. ! tho caterert
a- . ........ a. uuuli; villi Ul illU tlUt I L - I
X' II X- 1 1 1 1 . .
,n In ....... . "
o public taste who
Yellow N'owtowns and Snitzenliunrs i. i. : .. was anthonzed to place the label.,
o-.vv.., 11. v; 1U1..1 HU lure? II illlll'.,r . .. ., T, .. ,.
has been up to this time $2 per box 'on this end of tho line the grower. 'Roffl,e 't
f.o.kGnt.P;jj nMnp 3ieldp.r It has been suggested that the ClnrZ
acre run from b00 to ?1200 for cn- fruit m of Soutllctn 0rCffon mcnns tht mo"-
tire 3a-ncre tract." Lismann Bros., ' .,,1,1:, .. 4I ,
Kogue River valley. Ropue Rivcr f ; ono f ,ho IT f.VA s
. . , cities of the east, preferably Newl
xWm appiCJ, York-, mul soil frnm l,nf
FOR
SALE
At Reasonable Prices
Ready to Deliver Now
Newt owns
Spitzenbergs
Bartlett
Rose
Cornice
Winter Nellis
And all commercial varieties. See
L. E, HOOVER
Or Call Phone Suburban 371
MEDFORD
The Days of Hand Sweeping are
Over. Ask to see the
VACUUM
SUCTION
CLEANER
Yellow Newtown
TO ADVKKT1SK
ix Tin: mail TiunrxK
D. Warner sohl seven Walnut
Household Size Can Be Attached
to Any Lamp Socket.
Rogue River
Electric Co.
Successors to Condor Water & Power Co.
have been shipped from the Rogue the Inrf,0 c;nsumers onlv ,l!5 Park lots at GJemlale Monday. Only
Kiver valley to 'London, England, and aml pcnrs of tho Roj;ne Rivcri;n,. cIBUt lots left cut of 54 lots.
ley. By large consumers it is meant j Call at my office ami consult me
hotels and restaurants of about the lot I am going to give aw i.v
sold with a net profit to the Ashland
grower of $3.00 a box. Tho freight 1 tj,0
Z" . fu,"ue"" "ua the city, which cater to tho trade absolutely
xuoj. auis pnnceiy proiu on a -l.;-!, .c ,, i.cf ...,.,-...t..,
i the cost. :
uoirue River apples and pcnrs have
a reputation all over the world and
i command the top price everywhere.
I but the greater part of the amount
received for a box or a carload of
'.apples or pears sent to New York
not go to the man who hns
l . mvitrn fhn trilit.i'hn l.ni- r-.i .-i t H.nl
1 -, i 1 1 , , . , --
uKtc. v,an u oo cauea aosura to ti,- c:i
froe
fresh fruit sent across the American '
continent and the Atlantic ocean
represents what enterprise and thrift 1
can accomplish with the fruit lands
of the Greater Oregon.
Some eastern men think it absurd
to hold a good Oregon apple or pear oc
L. D. WARMER.
place such valuations when those or-
4 fflflC 1MlK1 rrvsr aa1 Sunlit
. J, fnJ1 ?'ield annual'yfrom $a numerous pests which beset the or
to $1400 net, per acre, as some have chnrdist everywhere, and seem to be'
done. The time is near when all of more aumerons here for the reason
the good Oregon orchards will be that th5s is the best orchard conntn.
held at from 2000 an acre up, be-,;,, the World and therefore the best!
cause they will pay big returns on;for those parasites which live upon
tuose Cgures- jfruit or fruit-growing trees, and fin- I
Orders for sweet cream or butter- 0"y, ac.ihe .,mat"d' Perf
mk promptly filled. Pbono the pr01duCtl f Sd nnd h3 0Wn 01
creamery. nJ watchfulness upon tho market
but to the commission man nnd the
First-Class Ladies' and Gents'
BootblacK
Parlors
DYEING AND OILING A
SPECIALTY.
V. W. Howard.
Coast Champion Bootblack, Prop
G S. CENTRAL AVENUE.
CRESTBROOK ORCHARD TRACTS
5-10-20 Acres . ANNOUNCEMENT
Adjoining Hlllcrest orchard and con- , T,IB ""K"0 Hivor Cuhmur & KnMmtine eompany will davi
tnln unexceled rfeei) rich soil Rca- Mondays and Thursdays of each week to custom work in the man-
tain unexceieu nee i, ricn son. Hca utneture of cider, apple butter ami j.-ihes.
SOnable prices and generous terms. I'lione your orders for nieo su.-et eider to ll.VJ. Deliveries ikII
OREGON O -CHARDS SYNDICATE 1,0 mn,, " T"t,,,d,,H Hnd Fn,,,UH of w,u,h WMk
n.n,,r- n,r-n . .v, ROGUE RIVEK CANNF.RY & tVAPOilATING COMPANY
SELLING AGENTS ROGUE RIVER VALLEY
Mill In West Mcdford. Phono 11X2,
I Medford Iron Works A very perplexing question
E. G. TROWBRIDGE, Proprietor. 1 1 ,H ,mw "w,l,,t Hlm" 1 Kot" ,l' wil1 m H,ork il wi" 1101 ,"'
t hard to settle that question.
It Ff Undry and MaChltliSt t, I lvo a fine Uno of Howard, W'aitham, Elgin, Hamilton, Ilatnp.
All wr,. of Engines, Spraying Outfits, Pumps, Boilers and Ma-f ! Nw K.fgland wteheS gold and filled jewelry, cut RlaH and
.. , i i o .u n "liver Toilet Articles, the best gooiln for the prieen.
chlnery Agents In Southern Oregon for Fi(l Wnt(,h m( Jowi)lrv Ik.mirillk, n)nimfrturiiiK. AH.k"'I-
FAIRBANKS. M0PSE & CO. , m, ty lno engraved free
GE0 A butt, 135 West Main Street, Corner Grape.
T
A BARGAIN
We Have the Exclusive Handling of a Twenty-Acre Tract
Close to Medford, Planted as Follows:
Sixteen Acres irk
Newt owns
7 Years Old
v.
Four Acres in
Bartlett Pears
2 Years Old
The soil is absolutely first-class, and is the owest priced orchard property to be had
within five miles of the city of Medford. We can sell this, if taken soon, at
$625.00 an Acre
and can make good terms. Will be very glad to show yon this property at any time.
W. T. YORK & CO.
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