THE MED.rOK D MALL TRIBlfl"' MlifDIfORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER. 28, 100.0.
Medford MailTribune;
The picturesque valley of the
Roirue.
hemmed in by
verdure ehul hills, is the greatest natural fruit belt in the.
I'l'nMSIIED DAILY KXCK1T SATIMUUY.
A consolldntlon of .the Medford Mnll, established 1SS9; the Southern OroKon
lan, established ll02. tin- Democratic Times, established ISIS; the Ashland Trib
une. nlillshHl 1S96. nnd the Medford Tribune, established 100$. "
Ufficial Paper of the City of Medford.
OEOHGE PUTNAM. Editor ami Mannpor.
pntored as second class matter November -1, 1909. nt tho tostoffiee at Medford,
Orepon, under the net of-March S, 139.
no year, by mall.
SJ7BSCRIPTI OX HATES:
, J5.00 One month by mall or carrier. ...I
,G0
AN ACRE OR TWO OF FRUIT
MITCHELL IN WASHINGTON
TO ADVISE WITH PARKER
U'ni'ld 'hniv cull nl .. .,,...l.:.i.i i, .iil i i. ' . ""
the perfect product. Here are D0.000 aeres of eouuuer-! Mi. Liorld viu ,
eial orchards that cannot be equaled on the globe, whose dent of tho National Clvlo iVdoru-1
apples win the sweepstakes prizes at world's apple shows, ! went to WnslmiKton today to1
whose pears sell to Unhands epicures at $10 n box, whose!1'0 lvTa !!. Umay ,w,,, All,l,il '
iia.ii.1iiw .-. Pii.of ,..ai.,1o ..f ...i..l.iv. ,..i i iNukoi- will appear lu-loro tlw i
products command the highest price in the worlds mar- n reversal of tho .leoision of the
courts of tho District of Columbia,
commit liiijj .Mitchell, .Satmtul Clomp- I
era anil Frank .Morrison to jail for
disobeying an injunction forbiddbiR
them to put the name of the Huok
Stovo & Kanuo eompany of St. Louis
upon their list, marked, "We don't
patronize."
"The iight intiHt continue to up
hold the boycott," mud .Mr. Mitchell.
NO LtFE appeals more to the eitMyorn man of the
world, to the rtired business man oi" to tho younth iii
the morning of life, and to the lover of out-of-doors than
horticulture. In God's pure sunshine he can follow the
simple life;1 breath 'pure mountain air and lead the life
worth while. f
There is physical exercise a. plenty to rebuild the body,
refresh the jaded mind and restore fading health, and brain
work sufficient f o oxercise all the faculties, for the success
ful orohardist must possess those qualities that make for
success in the commercial world. There is ample thnofor
leisure, stud and recreation hence fruit raising is the
ideal occupation for the man of culture the gentleman.
In the Rogue River valley, conditions are ideal. Uenco
we find the highest grade of intelligence, men who have
made names in the professions, on the stock exchange and
in commerce, men from all sections of the globe, among the
orcnaraists ot rue vauey aim m love wrui tneir occupation. USC(l for agricultural and fruit purposes, the elevation and
No plaoe in the world does, finer fruit :grow, apples, ' si0pG being ideal, and the soil, proved bv experiments al
pears and peaches that command. the highest prices in .ajl ; VCIUY conducted, adapted to fruit of all -kinds,
markets of the world, retiu-as Jfhrit net as high as $1000 Over $25,000,000 in placer gold has been taken from
an acre to the grower, and sometimes higher. Bartlett , the soil within a few miles of Medford and each vear sees
pears have yielded $2250 an acrOli the Bear Creek or- a substantial increase in the total vield. Over a million '
chard, Cornice pears from the Hillerest orchard sold at dollars spent in developing one mine in the Blue Ledge,
$10.03 a box in London, Winter Nelis pears have netted district proves it one of the greatest copper deposits of
$15:50 a tree the entire orchard, Newtown Pippin apples the west, and railroad and smelter will soon make it ae
average the grower from $2 to $3 a box at the orchard and j t.essible and a prolific producer. Within sight of Med
nearly the entire crop goes to England,. and Spitzenbergs ford's doors are coal mines under development, with an
yield even more and are the favorite fruit of New York j average vein of 12 feet, estimated to vield 2000 tons per,
swelldom. Returns so far received this season show that dsn of fine bituminous om
kets orchards which yield over $1000 tin aero annuallv
to the grower. The planted orchard area is increasing at
the 'rate of 15,000 acres annually, and will eventually com
prise a quarter million acres or more.
Medford is the railroad center of the present and the
future. Within two years it will be the only city in west
ern Oregon except Portland to have a competing railroad
and will be connected bv trolley with nearbv cities. Al
ready its railroad business, both passenger and freight,
exceeds that of any other place in the state except Port
land. With the completion of the railroads under con
struction and planned, will come the lumber mills and the
smelters, the payrolls and population.
The Pacific & Eastern railroad, on which 1000 men are
now rushing construction to the Cascades and beyond,'
will tap the largest of the remaining sugar pine belts, con
taining eight billion feet of merchantable standing timber,,
half of which is sugar and yellow pine. To cut this tim
ber will require seven sawmills cutting a hundred tho.u
saand feet each per day for 800 days in the year for a term
of 40 years, equivalent to 35 carloads a day. or over 10,000
cars a year during the entire year, insuring labor for over
2000 emploves, or a pavroll in manufacturing lumber of
$3,000,000 a year. As the timber is cut, the land can be
Spitzenbergs have netted $1500 an acre, Newtowns $1-120
an acre, Bartletts $10S0 an acre, d'Aiijous $9S0 ari acre,
seven-year-old Howells $718 per acre, while even the des
pised Ben Davis has yielded $500 an acre. Peaches yield
$500 an acre and other fruits in proportion.
Xowtfere are apples 'and pears so prolific. One Yellow
Newtown, tree in the Mountain View orchard' at Talent
yielded 57 boxes this season, and. from 23 acres 12,000
boxes "were picked. The Xorcross Central Poyit New
towns produced 592 boxes per acre. A yield of 520 boxes
to the acre was the record of the Tronson & Guthrie Spit
zenberg orchard. A yield of 600 boxes of Bartlett peal's
to-theacre of 435'boxes of Winter Nelis and of from 300
to 500 boxes an acre of Howells, of 250 an acre of d'Anjous
and Cornice, is not at all uncommon. These prize com
mercial varieties, shy bearers in most districts, are as pro
lific in the Rogue River valley as the cheap varieties else
where, and orchards become avenues of props to support than fedford
tne enormous yields. nild the future has arrived
Rogue River pears took all tne iirst prizes at tne Aias-ka-Yukon-Pacific
exposition. Rogue River apples won
sweepstakes aandfirst prizes on JSpitzenberg and New
town Pippins at the Spokane apple show. The quality of
fruit produced is unexceled anywhere. Pear conditions
are most favorable in the world for high prices, as the
yield matures after the California crop is exhausted and
before the local eastern crop is marketed, while the supe
rior keeping quality enables fruit to statnd shipment to
any j)ohit. .
around Medford are in bearing, and as this fractional!
bearing acreage is m most instances paying all expenses :
Medford has spent within a year $350,000 for a gravity
water system fed from the snow-clad summit of Mt. Mc
Laughlin, $150,000 for 20 miles of cast iron mains in a city
distributing system, over $100,000 for three miles of hard
surfaced pavement, constructed 25 miles of sewer system,
many miles of cement walk and other improvements, a
greater expenditure per capita than ever made by any city
in the land in the same length of time. During the same
period over two and a quarter millions have been spent
for building materials for private construction in Med
ford. Medford has more natural resources than any place in
the country, and the. QpmniQrcial club offers $1000 for
proof to the contrary. These resources are many and di
versified. Few" are developed, others are, in process of
development. Any one of a dozen that, might be named,
properly ueveiopea, .lusury me existence or. a cu.v larger
promise a certain iuttire-1-
i n i xi
.mi lOLfuuu'r
IN A NUTSHELL
for caring for the entire planted acreage and m addition
making money for the owner, the above figures offer a
suggestion of what the profits to local fruitgrowers will j 0 mn
be within a few years, for fruitgrowing is still in its ih- Nccted.
lancy in inc itogue.;iuvei- vuuu.v.
Pruit 'buyers all admit that there is an increasing de
maud for fancy fruit at fancy prices, and the sections pro
ducing it are so limited in area that there is no danger of
over-production. Despite the increased orchard area of
the northwest, there is an annual decrease in the fruit out
put of the United States, and more orchards arc yearly
abandoned m the east ana central west tnan are piauieu
in the northwest. Pear districts are few and the demand
great.
T EDPORD has:
J-"-- 7500 population.
$2,000,000 bank deposits. , ; '
$350,000 gravity water system. '
$150,000 cast iron city .distributing system.
Three miles of 'paved streets. " , .
Twenty-five miles of Iscwer system. - . ."
Free mail delivery system. J
Pine electric light and power system.,
A $10,000 high school, a $40,000 Sisters' academy and
. ,1 1 .M.1. ... 12.1. -
,v;i two massive grammar senooi inuuunga, wnu a- umu pru
THE CITY OF MEDFORD
EDFORD spells progress aand municipal adyanec
It is the most metropolitan small city in the
... , . .j.
world and its population tlie most cosmopolitan, a citizen
M
TrA,ifm.rl is n eitv of some 7o00 inhabitants where two
years ago there was a village with a scant 3500, with the
finest climate in Oregon, in the center of one of earth s
richest, fairest and most picturesque of valleys. On the
west the hills are underlaid with gold, on the east with
coal A little further back on the one hand is an immense
belt of -timber, on the other one of the world's largest
copper districts, xxuuugn v"". " ,
most beautiful of the many beautiful rivers of Oregon,
wasting more power than Niagara in its tumbling course
in ho sea. Bevond in the hills at tho very summit of the
Cascades, in the burned out bowl of a gigantic volcano,
are the blue waters of Crater Lake, the greatest natural
wonder in tho world.
The best hotels and grills south 'of Portland.
A free public library.
A city fire department. '
The best of city governments.
The biggest railroad business south of Portland.
The only railroad under construction from western
Oregon to the east. '
The geographical location for a metropolis.,,
The progressive people hat create on.t.M
And is gateway to Crater Lake, the world's, greatest
natural wonder. j
Rogue River Valley has:
Average rainfall, 20 inches.
Temperature, highest 105, lowest 18, mean G5.
Average elevation, 1500 feet.
Fifty thousand acres, commercial orchard.
Rare metals and minerals in abundance. f . , ' .
Limitless quantities best building granite.
Best placer ground in existence. ,
Finest grade whito and black marble in America?
Best hunting and fishing.
Immense coal fields under development. ' ' ' . . .
Immense irrigation possibilities. , ,
More water power going to waste than Niagara.
More undeveloped resources than any spot on earth.
FAIL TO FIND MUCH
WANTED OFFICIAL
(United Prea Leased Wire,)
LOS ANGELES, Cnl., Nov. 27.
All efforts today to reach Walter
Parkor, tho land nnd tax xngent for
tho Southom Pacific railrond, who
is accused of offering n bribo in con
nection with tho granting of a local
franchise to II. J. Lelandb, city clork
of Los Angolos, in an affidavit mado
and sworn to by Lolando, wcro with
out avail.
At his offico it was announced thnt
Parkor was out of tho city and hud
been siuco yesterday nftornoon. At
his homo smoko wns scon Issuing
finm Oin nliiirmnvH nf lllft llOllfiO nnd
from tho servants' quartors in tho j
rear, but no response was mndo to
repeated ringings of tho doorbell, '
You Can Buy
N. Y. Pippin
Spitz
Bartlett
Bosc
Cornice
Winter Nelis
Direct from tho OUOWKltS. Ab
solutely Reliable and Dependable
Stock growu by Xum-ryiitcu who
know lmn'. Write us for prices
beforo signing n contract.
NORTHWEST NURSERY
COMPANY
18 K. Vakliiw Av,
Xorth Vnkltua, Wa.th.
Where Are the Dead?
DIDLE AND REASON HARMON
IZED. . This Question Is of Vltnl Interest
to Every One.
It U tho key to proper llibln
Mitdy.
"N tho Kood mother forever hoj
ii ruled from her wtiywmd loved
ones who have died 011M1I0 of all
hope nnd iimide of eternal torment
and despair, it' CuhiuiMm bo
truer " Atlanta CoiiHtitulion,
Where A HE your deceased
noighhoi'H, friends mid relatives?
' What U YOtJU HOPE?
Come bear what IhU nlilo
lUottklyn leeturer has to Bay. It
u'lll comfort you mid brluht.i
our life.
HEAR, THEN JLIJUE.
Dy Evnniicllst 0. L. Sullivan of
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Come, but leuo piejudieo at
limne, Christian church, today at
J::i0 p. in.
"Mr. Sullivan's discourse was remarkable (or the array ol Scriptural
evidence brotinlit forth." Rltzvllle Times.
SEATS FREE. NO COLLECTIONS.
Savoy Theatre
Tonight v
THE TWO MR. WHITES (Full of Fun).
HE FELL IN LOVE WITH HIS WIFE (Clever Comedy).
HIS LOST LOVE (A Bionraph Drama.
ONE DIME.
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tho Koguc liiver valley are fenced with Page, Ve fur
nish man and tools and assist in the erection of every rod
of fence without extra cost.
'RANCHES FENCED COMPLETE
Estimates
furnished for local or non-resident
( 'orrcspondence solicit ed.
owners.
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"The Page Fence Men," Agents
JACKSON, JOSEPHINE, KLAMATH AND LAKE COUNTIES, OREGON
MODOC AND SISKIYOU COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA
Phone Main 2681.
MAIN OFFICE:
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MEDFORD, OREGON
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