THE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDEORD, ORrcOON, AVElNKftDAY, DECEMBER .15, 1900.
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT
ROGUE GROWS NEWTOWNS
Tho Fruit Grower of St. Joseph,
Mo., contains tho following artlclo
in Its December Issue:
"In the October Fruit Grower wo
took occasion to remind Colonel
Drackett, United States pomologlst,
that two sections of tho far west
grow N'owtown Pippin apples, not
withstanding these sections wcro not
Included in tho list of places ho men
tions as growing this variety.
"Now comes Dr. E. D. PIckel, Med- lows: Percy Collier, u K.ider of yo
.ford, Or., with this complaint: I.'ugene High School l.hgut team of
-It Is hard for us to understand W Carlton Sicuwr of Cot
why tho editor of tho Fruit Grower !' Ovo a riacluutc uf the Hose
should fail to mention tho Roguo.n: hlgi school and Icrder of Its
Rlvor valley. Oregon, where moro' ' J" aams,t Ashland.
Newtown apple trees ar0 planted w.th Hmvar.1 Itnm.MV:'. n gradu
than In tho Hood River district and te of the SalenPhlgh school and a
whero thev also grow to perfection, i member of the Salem team last year,
I alyso send a clipping or two from as alternate. The Utah debato Is
our local papers. Please read them j considered one of the most important
and ponder them well, then somo- debates that th0 university enters,
time leave the office long enough toOn account of tho dlstanco between
visit us. would like to show e two schools, each team is com-
y0M posed of two men. In previous con-
V "We stand corrected. Wc knew tests the University of Oregon has
tho Rogue River valley grows New- won oue and lo8t onc-
town Pippins, and good ones, too.
Dr. PIckel sent us a box of the finest
apnles of this variety we havo ever
Eton.
"One of tho clippings 6ent by Dr.
PIckel tells of a sale of nearly $6000
worth of apples from three acres ot
trees. Th trees are 22 years old
and ther are 159 planted on three
acres, or 53 to the acre. They pro-j
duced 2650 boxs of apples, which at
$2.25 per box, brought $5962.50 or
S19S7.50 per acre The total cost
of cultivating the land, spraying,
pruning, picking, packing and ship
ping the fruit Is given at $300 per
acre, leaving $16S7.50 Jer acre net.
"This estimate was made under
the supposition that the Newtowns
would bring $2.25 a box, and yet It
was expected that tho orchardlst
would sell at $2.50 per box, so that
the figures would be raised corre
spondingly. "We say again: The Rogue River!
country surely raises Newtown Pip
pin apples."
MANY AVIATORS TO ATTEND
MEET IN LOS ANGELES
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 15. Roy
Knabenshue, Wlllard Lincoln and
Beechy will participate In tho avia
tion meet planned for San Francisco
next February, according to an an-
nouncement todav y members of W cone through the hunting season , u "B on u .me. ur ,uo
the committee have the affair ,n JtZt mbbit stew of which , rerprovmliaV 2
charge. Replies to the invitations sj,0 is particularly found, Mrs. Mnry l by uU flrm Helnzinan wanted tho
sent the aeronauts were received late j Coleman of Morgnntown prayed that . improvements already existing con
yesterday, and the committee claims uer appetite for rabbit might be ap- demncd and sold as a public utility to
to be In a position to announce au- pensed. With great faith in prayer the highest bidder. He offered further
thorltatively that the proposed meet
is assured by their acceptance. I pome hunter friend to ' leave one at
The Pacific Aero club, which Isljlc door. At dinner tme the rabbit
sponsor for the meet, today Initiated had not come, so with a sigh she
a financial campaign and its officers Went down cellar for potatoes, and
believe that the necessary $50,000 there in the potato bin, so frightened
will be made to secure tiie appear-j that it was unable to escape her,
nnco In this city of Paulhan, the Mrs. Coleman found the rabbit she
French aviator, and other bird men desired. One blow with a stick fin
who will participate In tho Los An- jshed it, and she soon had the rabbit
geles meeting In January. s(ew for -which she had prayed.
HEALTH
Aro you aware that every other
form of artificial illumination, ex- mosphero and tends towards sick
ceptlng electric light, eats up the ox- ( ness or discomfort?
ygen In the air, and robs your lungs j Truly thero Is none.
and your family's lungs of the Another point:
most essential and life-giving elc
monta of which the air we breathe
Is composed?
Did you over think of that?
A gas flame, or an oil lamp flame,
'
as much oxygen as four adult per
sons. That means that If there are six
people In your parlor In the evening,
and throe burners (gas or oil) are.'
alight. tho result on the air in that
room is tno samo as u mere wero
-Jghtccn people there.
Ever go out In the evening to a
-card party, or some similar affair,
3ind stay for several hours In a room
Jn which twenty or thirty peoplo wer0
-congregated and that room llght
ed with gas or oil?
Remember what a long, relishing
draught of pure night air your poor
lungs breathed In when you loft that
house?
Remember what a relief It was?
A gas or oil flamo cannot burn
for a mlnuto in air from which oxy
gon has been extracted.
An electrlo light burns in a vacuum
enclosed In an air tight glass bulb.
Catch tho point?
Now when you install electric
light In your home you are Just chas
ing so much unsanltarlne.89 out of
your homo.
Is electric light more exM.'iisIvo
. when you consider this?
Would you not consider buying,
at however choap a price, a piece of
furniture, or drapery, which was un
der suspicion that.lt harbored disease
germs?
Do you consider thero Is any econ
omy in buying and using any form
of light (no matter how cheaply It
long.
OREGON HIGH SCHOOL
WINS FIRST DEBATE
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Ku-I
gene, Dec. 15. Three men trained
In tho Oregon. High School Debating
league have Just won first honors In
debato at tho University ol Oregon,
' having been chosen, nftor a rerles of
hard tryouts In wUIj'i n lorgo number
ot men competed, to ttpitsent the j
university against the University of;
Utah In their annual debate on Jan-
uary 2s.
The team cbonon Is as fol
GRANTS PASS BUSINESS
MEN MEET AT SMOKER
GRANTS PASS, Or., Dec 15. The
Grants Pass Commercial club held a
smoker at Us regular meeting last
evening that brought out a largo
crowd of business men. Coffeo and
sandwiches were served and a thor
oughly Kood time was observed by
all. TUe most Important business
transacted at the meeting was tho
naming of the caves in tho south
westers part of tho county. It was
officially determined to call them the
Josephine county caves.
GRANTS PASS REDMEN
ELECT NEW'OFFICERS
GRANTS PASS, Or., Dec. 15. Ta
kllma tribe, No. 29, held their regu
lar election of officers on Monday
evening and the following were elect
ed: Lee Sill, scachem; T. M. Renshaw
senior sagamore: D. E. Dotson, Junior
sagamore; Marcus W Robblns, chief
of records: W. G. Thrasher, keeper
;of wampum; Fred Roper, prophet;
George Finch, trustee.
PRAYER BRINGS WOMAN
FAT RABBIT STEW i
j
NANTICOKE, Pa., Dec. 15. ITnv-
Kho waited hooefnllv all moraine for:
HINTS
may be bought that vitiates tho at-
Electric light Is eminently safer
than any other kind of light. No
matches are required.
And matches cause more flrea
than anything else In tho wide world.
'ian nr nil Inmns when vou consld
or this?
Once more
Gas and oil are both expenslvo a
little neglect a little absont-mlnd-
f thmihtle8.
ne8aand you and your famlly ar0
In Imminent danger of tragic, sudden
death. '
Is electric lighting more expenslvo
; than gas or oil lamps when yon think
Jt over?
Besides If there weren't those
real and tremendous arguments In
favor of electric light In the home
what light Is there that compares
with it in quality for a moment?
Think of Its brilliancy, Its stead
iness, Its convenience, its absolute
perfection of quality.
No flickering uncertainties.
No shadows on tho book or papers.
No chairs to climb on to light it.
No matches to strike to light It.
No nerve-irritating roar.
No fua0 or soot to blacken celling
or curtains.
No stale, unpleasant odorr.
No coal oil can In the kitchen.
No lamp chimneys to clean,
No lamps to fill.
No wicks to trim,
No broken down mantels to rufflo
your temper.
And - wo could go on for a long
tlrno yet.
But, we'll leave It to your own
senso to complcto th0 list, and boo
tho point".' Wo know it won't take
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Chapter
26
T
1IH Qrst season of tho Doom
coiupauy was most successful.
Its prospects for tho future
were bright. The drlvo had
been delivered to Its various owners
at a prlco below what it had cost them
severally and without the necessary
attendant bother Therefore the log.
gers were only too willing to renew
their contracts for another year. This
J did not satisfy Nowmark, however.
1 "What we want," ho told Orde. "Is a
charter giving us exclusive right on
tho river and authorizing us 'to ask
toll. I'm going to try and get one out
of the legislature."
He departed for Lansing as soon as
tho assembly opened and almost Ini-
"What tec vant it a charter.'
mediately' became lost In one of thoso
fierce struggles of politics not less bit-
ter because concealed. Ilclnzman was
already on the ground. Newmark had
guarantees as to future improvements,
In addition were other and moro po
tent arguments proffered behind closed
doors. Many cases resolved themselves
into a bald question of cash. Others
demanded diplomacy. Jobs, fat con
tracts, business favors, Influence, were
all flung out freely, bribes as absolute
as though stamped with the dollar
mark. Newspapers all over the state
were pressed into service. Among
these delicate and complicated cross
I currents Newmark moved silent, cold,
I secret. H seemed to understand them,
to play with them, to manipulate them
as elements of the game,
i The flgbt endured through most of
the first half of the session. At the
to", howwer. the i bill passed tho board.
The company bad Its charter.
"It's cost us plenty, anyway." Ordo
said wheu the charter bill became a
law. "The proposition's got n load
on It. It will take us a long time to
get out of debt. The river driving
WewrwrK t Orde mean $ome(hlnq to
to these fellowi now."
won't pay quite so big as we. thought
it would," be concluded, with a rue
ful little laugh.
"It will pay plenty well enough," re
plied Newmark decidedly, "and It
gives us a vantage point to work
from. You don't supposo we aro go
ing to quit at river driving, do you?
Wo want to look around for somo
timber of our own. There's where the
big money Is. And perhaps wo can
buy a schooner or two and go Into tho
carrying trado. Newmark & Ordo
means something to these fellows
now,"
Chapter
27
I
N tin- course of tho next eight years
Nuwmurk & Ordo floated high on
that flood of u (parent prosperity
that attends a business well con-
R1
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iverman
By
Stewart
Edward White
J
ectved and passably well managed.
The Uoom and Driving company inmlo
money, of course, for with the margin
of 60 per cent or thereabouts necessl.
tatcd by the' temporary value of tho
improvements good years could hardly
fall to bring good returns. This, It
will be remembered, was a stock com
pauy. With tho pro Us from that busi
ness the two men embarked ou a sep
arate copartnership.
Onle lived at ease In a new house
of some size, surrounded by groundH.
He kept two servants. A blooded
team of horses drew the successor to
the original buckboard. Newmark
owned a sail yacht of five or six tons,
in which, quite solitary, he took his
only pleasure. Hoth were considered
moii of substance and property, as In
deed they were.
Immediately after the gmntlug of
the charter to drive the river tho part- '
ncrs hud offered them an opinirtunlty
of acquiring about liO.OOO.OOO feot of
timber remaining from Morrison & I
Dnlv'M nrlfttinl hnlillnt- OnTn Hnnll
completed the purchase on long tlm j
notes, neiow me uooms tney ereeteu i
a mill. The following winter Orde ,
spent in the woods, Ity spring be had
banked about fl.000.000 fret.
At the end of the fifth year tho op
portunity came to got possession of
two lake schooners. Onle nt once sug
gested the contrncf for a steam barge.
Towing wns then In Its Infancy. Orde j
thought that n Meam barge could b i
built powerful enough not only to car- I
ry Its own hold and deck loads, but to '
tow after It the two schooners. New-
mark agreed with him Thus the firm
went Into the carrying trade. The i
most Important acquisition was that
of the northern penlusula timber, .
Most operators called the white pine-
along and back from the river inex
haustible. But Orde saw the time not
far distant when the world would be '
compelled to look clsewhero for Its '
lumber, and be turned his eyes to tho
nlmost unknown north. After n long
Investigation ho purchased 300.000.000
feet. This wob to bo paid for mostly
by the firm's notes, secured by Its oth
er property.
To Carroll. Orde was always the
samo big. hearty, wholo souled boy
she had first
learned to lovo.
She had all Iris
confidence.
I) o b b y had
turned out a
sturdy, honest
little fellow, with
more than a
streak of hli
mother's charm
and Intuition.
"I want to give
htm all the
chance there Is,"
Orde explained
to Carroll. "A
boy ought to
start where his
father .left off
and not hare r
do the nn m e
thing nil over
again."
"Why don't
you let him con
Whti tUm't you let
Itlm continue your
butnct"
tinue your business:-" smiled Carroll.
"By the time Bobby's grown up this
business will all be closed out." re
plied Orde seriously.
Three years after tho conversation
last mentioned, which would havo
mado Bobby Just eight, Orde came
home on n summer evening, bis faco
alight with satisfaction.
He believed he had found tho oppor
tunity, twenty years distant, for which
p had been looking so long.
Orde and his wife sat together on
the top step. lie slipped his arm about
bor. They breathed deep of the happi
ness that filled their lives. Two shad
owy figures defined themselves ap
proaching up the concrete walk.
"Hello!" called Orde.
"Hello!" a voice responded.
"Taylor and Clara." said Ordo to
Carroll, with satisfaction, "Just the
man,l wanted to see." Tho lawyer
and bis wife mounted the steps.
Clara Taylor stopped short and con
sidered Ordo for a moment.
"Let us away," she said seriously to
Carroll. "My prophetic soul tells me
they aro going to talk business, and If
any moro business is talked In my
presenco I shall expire. Come, Car
roll; let's wander down tho street and
sco Mlna Ilclnzman."
Tho two sauntered away,
"Look hero, Taylor," broko In Ordo
abruptly; "you told mo tho other day
you had fifteen or twenty thousand you
wanted to place somewhere."
"Yes." replied Taylor.
"Well, I bellevo I have Just the prop
osition." "What Is It?"
"California plno," replied Ordo,
"California pine," repeated Taylor.
"California's n long way off, nnd there
Is no market, Is there'"
"It's cheap," replied Ordo succinct
ly, "I don't say It "will bo good for
Immediate returns, but In twenty or
thirty yearn It ought to pay big on a
small investment mado now,"
Taylor laughed,
"Laugh all you please," rejoined
Orde, "but I tell you Michigan, and
Wisconsin pine Is doomed. Twenty or
thirty years from now thero won't be 1
any w hlle pine for tialo."
"Nonsensel" objected Taylor, "You'ro
talking wild."
"All right," snld Ordo quietly. "Well. 1
wnat do you tliluk of Indiana ns n i
I good Held for timber Investment T" I
I "Indiana!" cried Taylor, nutated. !
"Why, there n no timber there: It n n
prairie."
"There used to be. And all tho
I southern Michigan farm bolt wan ttuv i
' bored, nnd around here. We have our
i stumps to show for It, but thero are no
cvtdeucos at all farther south. You
take your map and see how much area i
has been cut already, That'll open '
your eyes. And. remember, nil that has 1
been done by crudo methods. Tho de
mand Increases as the country grows
and methods Improve. It would not
surprise me If some day thirty or forty
millions would constitute an nvornge
cut."
"Why Is It that no ono"-
"Hccttuse." Onle cut trim, short, "the
big things are for tho fellow who can
see far enough ahead."
"What kind of a proposition havo
you?" asked Taylor after a pause.
"1 can get 10.000 acres at an average ,
price of SkS an acre." replied Onle.
"about IPO.0iTO.0iVl Toot In timber."
"That's about 20 cents a thousand."
Orde lioddod,
"And of course you couldn't operate
for twenty or thirty oars. and there's
"The bio thl)ij$ arc jor the fellow who
can tct lar cnouyh ahcait."
your Interest ou your money nnd taxes
and the risk of tiro and"
"Of course," agreed Orde Impatient
ly, "but you'ro gettltig your stuuipage
for it) ceiitH. and In thirty years It
should be worth a dollar and a half."
At the present time sugar plno such
ns Onle described would cost f3.&0
to $1.
Taylor rein i wed Into thought.
"Look here, Onle." he broko out
finally, "bow old aro you'i"
"Thlrty-elght. WhyV
"How much timber have you la
Michigan?"
"About 10.000.000 that wo'vo plck'ed
up ou tho river slnco tho Daly pur
chase and :i00.000.000 In the northern
peninsula."
"Which will take you twenty years
to cut nnd mnke you a million dollars.
Then why this Investment thirty years
ahead?"
i "It's for Hobby." explained Ordo aim
( ply. "A mau likes to havo his son I
continue on In his buslucas. 1 can't do
H here, but thero 1 can. It would .
take fifty years to cut that pine, and
that will give Bobby n steady Income
' nnd n steady business."
I "Bobby will bo well enough off any
J way." Ho won't havo to go Into busl-
J ness." ;
Ordo's brow puckered.
"I know a man. Hobby Is going to
work. A man Is not n success In life (
! unless he does somothlng, and Bobby
Is going to be a success. Why, Toy- j
llor." he chuckled, "tho little rascal
fills the wood box. for a cent a time.
and that's all tho pocket money ho
, gets. He's saving now to buy n thou
I sand dollar boat. I've agreed to pool ,
, In half. At his present rote of Income
! I'm safe fur plmri 1 voir yet."
iTO BE COHTIinnCD. .
Burglar Msdlelns.
"A society woman onco asked me
what she shtuld do if a burglar were
to get into her room and awakca ber
from sleep," said a former police cap
tain. "I told her to do nothing except
sit up in bed and squeal for help at
the top of her lungs. That's the medi
cine for Mr, Burglar, Not one of tho
gentry In 10,000 will do aught saro run
like a deer when a woman begins to
yoll. Tho uuro enough professional
will not harm anybody unless corner
ed, aud to shoot Is the last thing ho
contemplates in his philosophy. An
amateur loses his head and. uses his
gun, out a icgulur nover." Baltimore
American.
Sarcastic. '
A pompous looking lawyer ouco
chartered a hansom cab, and on reach
ing hlu destination he only gave his
driver tho shilling required by law.
Tho driver looked at the coin and
bit his Hp. Then In tho most courteous
manner ho said; "Do step In again, sir.
I could ha' druv ye a yard or two far
ther for this 'ere." London Fun.
Reatons For Love,
Patience-A II the girls Just hnto him
because he's going to marry me. I'j
trice You lovo him for the cnomles ho
has made, I supposo. Yonkcrs Btntcs
man. The Manager.
"Aro you nblu to manugo your hus
band V"
"I don't have to, My mother lives
With us." Houston Post,
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