THE MHDlfOBD MAIL TRIBUNE, MED3iK)RO, OKKfiOX, SUNDAY, .TANUATIY 2, 1010.
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! RAPID GROWTH IS MADE BY ALL ROGUE RIVER VALLEY CITIES
ASHLAND
ISvor nlnco tho Bplrlt of Progress
waved Uh wunt! ovnr tltn groat ulalo
-of Oregon, (Im rivalry between her
iiiont progremilvo cities In the, mutter
r substantial growth has been keen.
In luokliiR over th renordn ot tho va
dium rIUoh wherein public und pri
vate Improvements have, been marked
during tlm year Just aloned, Ashlaad,
tlio homo of health and tho allmaHc
mill scenic capital of tho Htata
titandH out pre-rnlnnt,
Her population of G0 rooraaeats
nn Increase. In th twolvo montnt Jusl
onded of romfitnlBK aver 20 pr ant.
ThU rat of lucre Bt, oredlbla M It li,
Iiiih probably bean ttllacktly nvtpMi
liy one or mow of her slater allies,
tint It Ih to tli diameter ad Mtant
of her public and prlvat Iwpravt
incuts Hint Asbland would point to
Justify Hi" natural prldo It teals In
lior present tttutin.
With nn assessed valuation of
nboul $2,500,000. Ashland has ex
pended three-quarters of a million In
lioriiiiutont Improvements of a public
nnd private nature. It iiiuhI bo con
ceded tbnt n rorord of liuprovnmmits
for n yonr that rearh tho total of 3H
Vr cent of tho iiHiwiid valuation of
tlio entire city, Ih one tlmt will tlo
niiiiid attention.
First In iniiKultud ""'l Iniportnnco
of tho public ImprovoiiiontM Ih tho
now hydro-electric power nnd light
Iiik plant. Tho upper power station,
(In which Ih Instnllml u 000 b. p.
Vetton wheel) und tho damn nnd
nlpo lino Hr4, nlrndy coiunleled nnd
the wntnr will ho turned on iih hooii
h tho polo lino nnd who nro In
place. Tho original plnn contain
plated nn auxiliary plnnt of 200 i li.
ii. further down tho crok, but this
will not bo Mulshed until vm time.
UiIh coiiiIuk fall. Tin completed
plant wtll roprHUt nn Inveatmeut of
11 10.000. ,
October, the pnvlntc of !-oiir h
Mud Main Htreota from the, depot to
IMinan strata w liiUbml nt k
flout of $70,000. Th Improvement
In tho Miot arvlraable of the patent
uiHthod. bidtig known ns bllullthlc.
Imrd aurfaw pnvaiinnit. nnd now that
It iiiarlla lmv bii dotnimHtrated to
tur proporty ownnrH. It In proliabli
that not I" than two mlloa of It will
liit laid thla year.
With tho pavliK enmo conrrot
curb. Kiittem and wvml m of
imnt walk. reproHOittlnK more
than $20,000 In notunl cot.
llettitriuttntM to the wntor dlHtrlbiit
ItiK Hyntom to tho xtnt of J&.000
hnvo been mnd In tho jmat yonr. nnd
nn oven Rrcntor turn In tho newornK'0
nyiilein. , .
Certain nlih-htll ntrootH hnro been
cinvertcd Into n ayHtom of nceii c
lrlvowMH. nod while tho cont of thin
liiifiriivomnnt wn nominal. heliiK lM
thnn 3R00, they hn0 opened up rca
Idontnl dlHtrlctn and nddod to tho
pleiiHiiro of nil who own Yohlclo to
nn talent fur In uxcohh of tho cost.
In btmlnoHH block, hulll by private
capital, tho Hliowinr i oven ouuur,
oxceedlnK tho public ImprovomenU
In nctunl cnh InvoHtod by nearly
linn nnn.
Bphco forhhlH n detailed description
nf itnu nrlrnt- Imnrovomontn. but
n Hut of them, toother with tho
coHt, will bo of lnlrft.
Anhl.n.l mr. No. 94 4. 11. I'. O
Klk ro pnttliiK th flnlHhlnK touchen
on the r new temple, Tim nuuuini;
in four Hlorlrs hlith. 70x100 lu Hlro(
modern In -vory particular and repro-
nonta nn nxpenoltnre or Mii.uuu,
fhi. Anhlnnd Ulneral SprliiB 9n
Itnrluui throw open IIm doom to tho
nubile lnut month. Tho building
rrnund Hlincrt of 120x100
Iiiih two large nwlmuitnK pools, tub
bntht and an amuHetueni pavunon
nil.! mnl lSTi.000.
The l'nclflo Tolephono and Tolo-
Krnph Co, have rebuilt tlieir linen.
lnyliiR many blocks of underground
cnhloi nnd !nntlled a now central
iierrr HYntein at a cot of JfiO.000
Th- Klrst National Hank has piiHt
complotod a beautiful now brlclc and
Htone bulldlnic at a cost of $20,000.
The combination Htoro and office
liulldlnK erected hy I'ctonvon t
Swimnen. Itundell. AHhland Feed
ator and S. H. Stoner. In tho first of
tlio cemeni inocaa niinuiiiRn in ftn
lnnd. It cont nomethliiB over 30,000
tn build.
Tho Worth-Stok-nntler block,
built of content hlockH, coot $12,000.
Tho Southern Oregon lTonpttal Is
jiow ready for occiipanoy. It Is mod
om In nvory ixtrtlcular and oomitruet'
od with n view to enlargement na
nocoiiilty rooulreH. Ita coat has ox-
cooded Jir.,000.
Tho AHhland Creamery's now con
croto "ClnHB A" bulldlni: roprosentB
nn oxpondlttiro of $10,000.
The McNnlr-AlIon huslnesH nnd of
flco block, n two-story brick, hns
reached tho roof lino. It will cost
Sin. 000.
Tho romodolllnK of Mnnonlc Hall,
now uenrliu: complotlon, will cost
S10.000.
Tho Paulson block, built for tho
l'nclflo Stntou Tolophono Co., cost
sr.. ooo.
Tho nbovo ImprovomontB In tho
hiiBlnoHfl district alono ronoh tho
vory roHpoctnhlo total of $257,000.
Nor Iiiih tho roaldout district boon
hohlnd In tho nront forward movc
liient. Not hnvtnR a biilldliiR ordl
nanco offoctlna; tho torrltory outHldo
of tlio flro llmltn, tho oxnet nttmbor
anil cost of theso linprovonionts can
not ho Rlvon. Hut It In connorvntlvo
to Hny that moro thnn 1C0 now homos
hnvo boon oroctod In AHhlnnd durltiff
tho yonr 1900, mnny of which ox
cood $15,000 In cost. For tho purposo
of furnlshlnB n perfectly rollnhlo ba
flls upon which to flRitro, It will ho
snfo to put tho avornRO 1(50 rosl
dencco nt $2000 each, mnlcltiR a neat
total of $300,000. TIiobo flRtiroa do
not contomplnto repnlre and additions
to old bonnes, nor tho building of tho
$ IH, 000 CnrnoRlo Ubrnry upon which
work hnH only just hoRiiii.
To Bunt up tho total of Improvo
moritH In AHhland for tho yonr Junt
ondod:
Munlclpnl Improvoinontu ,,,$21.1,000
llimlnoHH hlocliH 257,000
HoHldonccH 300,000
Total $770,000
With thlR record to point to, with
a w-enlth of undovolopod rosourccB
conl, procloiiH mliiornlH, tlmhor,
Itllliel'lll Hpl'lllliH, kiiolln, 1 1 1 Ml II in on t it 1
cnuille, hulldliiK iitono and othorH,
with nil uiioxcollcd water and howhro
iiyHtmii, with tho bout apple, Mar nnd
punch n ml ntiiult fruit RrowtiiK lands
to bo found out of doorn IiihIiI,, of nnd
ndjucunt to Uh city IIuiKh; with n
iiceulc ouvlronment that Is a dally
Kourco of dollRht to Ihn oyo; with a
cllmnto llko thut of Hnppy Valloy.
tho homo of HuHNclns; with excollout
hcIiooIh and churchcH, and with n
coiitcntod hut proRremlvo population,
Anhluud fenrn comparlHon with no
city on tho Rloho.
CENTHAL PtINT
Tho year which In Junt drnwItiR to a
clone bun iHi'ii marked lit Central
Tolnt by tho Rreatest pror.renH of any
twelvn montliH In Ihn Iowiih hlntory.
Olvlo linprovements reach Inn a urand
tolul of moro than $92,000 havo been
completod und undertaken dtirliiR
that tlmo while the development of
tho HiirrotinilliiR country bar, boon
uiiparnlloled In the pnxt,
l)iirln tho yeur tho town voted
bondii to tho amount of $25,000 for
tho piirjioHo of InHtnllltiR n water f.vh
tem nnd mi excellent nupply of pure
wntnr, Hiifflrlent for nil purponeH for
ti town of moro than double tho pres
ent population bun boon developed,
and other preliminary HtcpH taken to
wnrdH perfecting a uiodei n water tyit
lorn which will bo compleled within n
few iiionthn. Ilenldon thin Intercut
bitH lii'Kii taken 111 tho question of but
ler nlilewntkH, and nlrondy nlmoflt
iiiie-hulf mile of cement wulks hnvo
been laid oli tho principal IiiihIiiohh
atreot. Three modern brick IiiihI
mM hlockH linve been completed and
one lnrto cement block hulhlliiR U
now In emir of coiiHtructlon. Home
thirty now iIwoIIIukh have iiIho htpsn
erected, uonrly nil of which nr of n
uioHt Miilmtiiutlul cbnrncter, and the
demnitd for house has been and I
till fnr lu excel of the supply. 1'cr
Hin lu n poult lun to know state that
durliiK the month of October alone
about thirty fHiollloa who cnuiP here
in loeate for winter, many of whom
would have Immui pennanetit rmld-iKs
were oIiIIki1 to xo eta where became
of the Hcnrolty of hoiiao for rent or
sale. Three nw Indintrli-. n. plnn
Iiik mill, a nnali and door factory and
a retiHMit IhiIIiIIiik block plant havo
b- en liiKlnlleil durliiK I he ynr. i ll
of which nre dolnt: n Rood biiHlncfH
lu nddllloit to all those thliiKH n live
commercial club was brnunUeil here
hut April and hns been provltiR an
Important factor lii the jjencrnl nil
ranreiiient of tho town p.nd cont
in unity. A civic Improvement club
linn aluo Just boon organized by tho
Indies of the town who nro now pre
paring to uudcrtnko a number of
needed Improvements coining within
their fcope with tho opening of tho
coining nprliig. MerchnntB nnd busi
ness men generally report a growing
volume of IiiihIiiohh during tho 'cnr
with prospects for tho futuro brighter
than over before. Ono Inrgo now
stock of general merchandise will bo
opened hero January 1st, and tho an
nouncement Iibh Peon made Hint woric
will he commenced In tho early spring
on n Inrgo throe-ntory brick block
80x140 In which n department store
will bo opened during the coming
summer. Ono of tho host huslneuH
corners In tho town has already boon
purchased for this purpose.
The cniiHo of this encouraging
growth nnd business nctlvlty In Cen
tral Point Ih not fnr to Rook. Rur
rounding tho town on nil aides Is
tho rlchoHt nnd bent fruit flection In
tho Hogue river valley or In tho
world, nnd tho rapid development of
thin wonderful wealth producing ore
tlon meniiH tho growth nnd enrich
ment of tho town at well. Applo or
chnrds which 'nctually produco ns
high as nt tlio rate of $2450 nn ncro
nnd pear grovea which produco nH
high iih $1250 per aero nro mostly
found Immediately adjacent to Celt
trnl Point.
Within n torrltory of loss than
four mlloH square and lylung Imme
diately tributary to Central Point, tho
land hiiIoh during 1909 aggregated In
round nuiiibein $700,000, which Is
probably tho boot record for nn oqunl
amount of territory, not Including
Bnien or city proiwiy, or nny nlnco in
th0 northwest. Tho largest Individ
ual orennrd nnie of the year wna that
Of tho Hnowy nutto orchard, which
Immediately ndjnlus tho town limits
and which Bold for $108,000, and tho
hlghost prlco per aero yot paid for nn
npplo orchard In Oregon, Is $1500,
whlcli wns paid last January when
twelvo ncroH of the Plalnvlow orchard
one-half mtlo onst from town sold
for $18,000. Tho purchaser of thla
tract hns nlnco retusod $23,009 for
tho plnco.
Centrnl Point has corfnlr
Joyed tho moHt prosporoim year lu its
hiHtory. hut, Judging from t in flood
of Inquiries now holng rocolvod by
tlio Hecrotnry of tlio commercial club
from homeseokors In nil sections of
tho country, nnd from other promis
ing Indications 1909 hns boon hut
nnrnost of what tuny bo cxpoctcd from
laio nnd other futuro years.
GOLD HILL
In hnppy nccord with tho gonornl
progress and prosperity of tho Roguo
rlvqr vnlloy, many changes hnvo tnk
on plnco nt Gold Hill during tho
past twelvo months which marks tho
dawn of a now era.
Kxtonstvo Improvomonts hnvo boon
mndo In tho wator nnd sower sys
tems, A special oloctlon has been
callod for tho purposo of voting on a
proposition of purohnnlng now school
grounds nnd tho bulldlnc of a mod
ern school hotiso; a splendid content
sidewalk hns been laid on Main stroot
nnd tho futur0 outlook for gonornl
lmprovomontH woro novor hottor,
Tho country tributary to tho town
has mndo many ndvancomonts. Tho
Dol lllo, consisting of 700 ncros of
land, Is bolng planted to various kinds
of fruits. H, O. F. Astbury, owner of
tho HIvoiHldo orchnrd, Is nddlng to
tho productlvoncHH of IiIh nlnco bv
nddliiR now treos, Mr. llornco Pol-!
ton Ih also planting a now orchnrd in
addition to tho ono now growing. Mr,
Mowouuiu, wno recently acquired tho
Bam nufftold nlnco of 200 acres. Is
mnklng oxtonslvo Improvomonts. Tho
old Colvlg estate, recently piirchaHd
by Mr. Nyo, Im being plimlerl to fruit,
Tho Chunvor eHlnto adjoining C.old
Hill and cotiHlntliig of 1200 acre Ih
being planted to fruit.
Tho (lrey Haglo mine located on
Bardlno creek Ih Instnlllnif a now
quarts mill and other machinery.
Mr. Frank Hughes of Halem, owner
of an extensive lime deposit n.enr Gold
Hill, hns purchased a modern plant
whlch ho will commence Installing
wiwun mo noxi lew uoys; no nns
purchased a car load of machinery
nnd It Is expected to arrive noon, hnv-
lug loft Vork, Pennsylvania, throo
weeks ago.
lu the creek bottoms tributary to
Gold Hill nr located Home Of tho
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known. In Foots creek Champlln
nrothors HiiccfHtfully operate the
largest dredger In Oregon with a
largo output of gold annually.
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WOODVILLE
Woodvillo Is ndmlrnbly locntfd In
svuu luiriiiifrn rim nr rn irnenn fiviti
""-""'liliii imiii iiiu ii ii i i
8 .
ii. . Sn V. I t, V f ",0M,C , orni' Mulke' Performing the dedica-
of tho Southern Pacific rnllroad, 1 tory coromouy
Surrounded by forested hills over The new steel bridge, noarlng corn
green with fir, pine, lnnrel nnd mun-' lotion, nt Woodvllle, will won bo
zanlta. with Itoguo river meeting ; op? u for traffic. Woodvlllo will then
hero, affording an unlimited inpply of Kot what rightfully belongs to her
mountain wnter. Shut In from chll
ly winds and heavy fogs, an uttnos
phoro nearly os remarkable In color
as tho waters of Crntor Lake, that
th locality could bo appropriately
nnmod Kmerald Valley. The soli ia
u deep rich sedomontary doposlt with
gravoi autisoil so woll stilted for the
rapid crowing nnd maturing of Yel
low Nowtown. nenrn and alfalfa.
Tho foothill land Is dark chOcolato to
reddish soil and th0 kind orchardlsts
nro winning on tholr SpltzenbergH,
ponchos, apricots and Tokay grapes,
whoro doen color nnd flavor aro cou
Hldorod.
Iargo commercial orchards aro be.
Ing planted. Already thero la about
1000 ncros. Alfalfa, beans, corn, on
ions, molons, celery und potatoes aro
grown to perfection. Thoro Is an
nbuudanco of wator In Kvans cre?k
and whero alfalfa is Irrigated It cuts
four to flvo crops n souhoii
Mr. I
Slfors from n nleco of land
50x200 foot harvested 2400 pounds
Nowhoro aro cducntlona' facilities moro comploto than In tho Roguo
Rlvor Valloy, Woll equipped school 8 abound.
A A O n
of onion. Mr. SlferH places Ms
rnvi twnlvo Inches npnrt and one
lineal foot averaged almost two and
a haff poiindH per foot. The largest
onion weighed three pounds und
thirteen oiincen.
TT (, Old Mill Mel- nnd Irrigation
company (n corporation) Uvo a dam
on Kvntu creok thrci miles from
WVidvlllo 284 feet long and 23 feet
deep which backs the water a distance
or one mile up tho creek. Ample
wnier is scciirea to irngat,. all the '
land botwoeil tho dam nnd Woodvlllei
If proporly used.
On Hvnns creek nnd Its tributaries
are billions of feet of the finest Hugarlslvo lint of athar choice city property,
nnd yellow plne that some day must, Goth gantltaian enjoy n high bus!-
a'l pans through Woodvllliv Tho
I . m.. it. ..
m iow ".""iiiiii uu r.in croen Haip
a number of car loads of lumber from
Woodvllle every year Then- ii a
good opening here for a box factory,
The citizens of Woodvlllo district'
ectcol vol! $15,000 without A dls-
font,nR vot0 t0 b,l,w "w schoo
,l.0Us!; 11 18 b,,llt Hf br,c,: (,nnde 111
iue uisinpii on a cenunt hastunent.
is two storlos ' Kb. contains sir
rooms and Is steam heated through
out. The contractors woro Mr. Clark,
Grants Pnss, on tl, building", nnd Mr.
W. A. Altken, Medford, on the steam
heating. Tho building was formally
...,i m nn t-n-t
t
tl e trado from tho sou'h sldo ot
Roguo river which formally has gone
to CrantH Pass and Cold Hill.
The now olectrlc rood from Grants
Pass to Medford will pass through
Woodvlllo.
At present land Is low In price In
spite of tho advance It took the past
year and It In still within tho reach
of tho conservative Investor.
.Today tbor0 Is not nn e:npty build
ing In Woodvllle and ' lie thero hns
boon considerable building done the
past year thero Is u constant demand
for moro dwelling houses. Mr. In
ventor, you could woreo than pnss
Woodvlllo by.
THE VALLEY LAND CO.
At tho forefront among tho lend
ora In promoting the welfare and ad
vancement of MrMfm-il wn flinl
Messrs. i .t. Vnwmmi n.wi n ti t
liner, who composo Tho Vnlloy Laud
, Co. and who hnvo been operating horc
. for tho past three yenrw. They nro
! Rpeclnllsts In Itoguo Illvor vnlloy or-
I chards, ranches and city property,
stnhlUhlng tholr business thrco
years ago and showing mnrked nhll-
Hy In their chosen field by rapidly
i forging to the front rank of reliable
, dealers. From their lists of well so-
lectod properties, tho firm is In po-
Isltlon to supply tho demands of all
classes of buyers, whether they ?
ae -King a residence lot or a business
block, fruit ranch or farm. They
control the Westmoreland addition
to tho oltr and havo a lnrc mcIii-
, noss stanaMae: and the organization
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ana miiui iney poesos cspcctaiiiy
cotamaai tka to outside Investors
s.skiat reliable and profltnblo In-
vestments, and with theso as well as
local property owners they will bo
clad to corresnond.
M Newman is also an attorney at
w. having graduated in 1902 from
tho law department of tho stato unl
vorslty of Minnesota, and enjoys a
largo practice, having ono of tho best
oqulppod law offices in tlio city. Ho
is a member of the M. .sonic. Modern
Woodmen and Knights of Pythias
lodge. Ho served during tho recent
Spanlsh-Aiuerlcnn war, having enlist
ed with tho First North Dakota vol
untoers, and was with that regiment
lu the Philippines. Mr. Lorlmor is
a niembor of the Redmon. Royal Ar
canum and Royal League orders, and
both gentlemen belong to tho Com
mercial club.
C. H. PIERCE & SON
A spirit of enterprise Is reflected
In oach dupartment of Mcdford's bus
luoss affairs, but In none Is It accom
panied with so much efficiency as In
tho real ostato business, In which de
partment uyplcally successful repre
sentatives are Messrs. C. II. and C.
C. Plorco, doing buslnoss under the
firm nam ot C. II. Pierce & Son.
Those gontlomon transact every
sort ot business relntlng to real es
ato and their .four years successful
effort havo given them an unusual
nnd exact knowledge of local condi
tions as irell as a wide oxperlenco
and financial responsibility of a high
order.
Tho firm has done somo conspicu
ously successful work In platting tho
rlerco subdivision. "Medford
110181118" nnd tho highest credit has
como to thorn upon the skill and
JudRinent shown In handling tho llar-
mini tract of 1C0 acres, dlvldod Into
five and ton-acre tractH, ono-i.nlf mllo
from tho city. No moro expert rep-
rosentntlvcs In their special lines,
either for city or country property,
can he found In tho city. It Is their
lntontlon to orgnnlxo and enlarge
tholr business during tho coming
year by admitting a number of lend-
Ing citizens to momborshlp In tho I
firm,
D. H. JACKSON & CO.
A spirit of enterprise Is reflected
In each department of Mcdford's
tniulnna n ffnw . i . . In lM I
"' jiuhd in ib
coupled with such cfflclencr and
probity as In tho real Mtnto business
Typically successful representatives
nre Messrs D H Jackson and C
Walker, wbo com'prlso the firm of
D H. J.alijon & Co. Theso gontle
men transact very sort of buslnoss
relating to real estate, having excep
tional facilities, a wide acquaintance
and an exact knowledge of local con
ditions as well as financial responsl-
Llllty off a hrgh ordor. Mr. -Jackson
has lived here for a quarter of a
; renmry ana was tormeriy sncrui ot
the county, uoth ho and Mr. AValk
ior are known everywhere as four
J square men and they have ono of the
beat lists of good buys in tho city.
They own city proprety, alfalfa and
fruit land and have a young orchard
under way.
GEO. A. BUTT
Medford has lately seen much de-j
velopment In Its retail trade and es
pecially Is thl sannarent In tho Jew
elry line, the prosperity we havo been JRogUp River valloy are ono of tho
oxprelenclne being seen and felt lnlraro delicacies of tho world, limited
the purchasing power of tho people
for Jewelry and ornaments for the
home and the person as. never before.
One of the most Comtileto stores In
this lino was opened last last year by
Mr. Geo. A. Butt and he has Just
moved to his new quarters In the
Syndicate block and Is equipped for
me manufacture of hls i Grade low
elry, diamond setting, engraving and
ropalrlnc. I?? I'M a b?utlful stock
of high grade dianirnds. wtaches,
joweiry, etc., ana the rinlsn and fit
tings of his now storo are all In
keeping with his stock. Handsome
show casts cover every Item that can
oe ciasseu as bolonging to an un-to
dato jewelry storo and everything is
arranged In a manner that makes tho
storo one of tho show places of tho
city. Mr. Butt Is a member of tho
Lilts, tho Modern Woodmen and Red
men nnd hns shown his fath in Med
ford by purchasing city proporty. Ho
was with Shrovo & Co. of San Fran
cisco for two years and camo hero
from San Luis Obispo, whoro ho was
Inspector of watches for tho S. p.
and also a member of the city coun
cil
MEDFORD SASH & DOOR CO.
A city which has experienced the
phenomenal growth and expansion
that Medford has enjoyed during the
pnsi few years, has necessarily added
to Its valued enterprises many new
Interests and ono which has found
especially largo opportunity for suc
cessful operations Is the Medford
Sash & Door Co. They are manufac
turers of sash, doors, mouldings, In
side finish, stnlrwork. grills, coun
ters, fixtures, etc. The proprietors
nro Messrs. P, C. Hanson and Thos.
Moffat. Thoy havo all the latest im
proved machinery for making any
thing and ovryhlng of wood, tho
list Including 'ilfnrs, st'ck'.rs. sand-
ers, framing mtieVluery, etc. Every-
tning is aono In the most perfoct nnd
workmnnllko mnnner and no flaws
aro evor discovered In tho work exe
cuted oy this firm. Only tho best
materials aro used and the hlehost
class finishings nro tho result. Over
xi&.ooo ts Invested and twonty peo
ple omployed. Both Messrs. Hansen
and Moffat aro members of tho Ma
sonic order and tho Commercial
Club and own city proporty. They
have In contemplation over $5,000 In
Improvements for tho coming year.
W. STRINGER
In nothing Is the nrosnorlty and
development ot Medford moro strik
ingly indicated than in Its flno gro
cery storos. "Toll mo what a man
eats and I will toll you what ho Is"
Is an old saw hold In a good doal of
rovorenco. Judging tho pooplo of
Medford on this ground, a largo per
contago of us could establish our
claims to high rank, becauso wo eat
oniy tno best.
A largo, varied and
comploto lino of tho host Is hnndlod.crop Is cut for hay, nnd after tho
Mr. w, ainnger, tno west tficiojBoeu crop is orr tno ground thero Is
grocor, His stock Jncludos all things fully two months' pasture, for dairy
in groceries, both stnplo nnd fancy, '.cattlo on tho alfalfa Holds. Thla foa
frults, vegotablos, flour, cigars, to- turo Is adding greatly to tho valuo
haceo nnd confectionery, while a Bpo- of alfalfa lands, and will rosult In
clnllty Is mad-, ot flno tens, coffoes, 1 much hlghor prlcoa for hay than have
otc. Mr. Srtlnger has tho oxclu- provallcd heretofore.
slvo salo of White Rlvo Co.i- nnd
Steel Cut coffee. Ho hns hofn horo
four years nnd owns somo find city
proporty nnd timber lands. Ho In n
momhor of tho Commercial Club and
ranks ns ono of our energetic nnd
progrcsslvo business mon.
ROSES.
In no part of Oregon, a stato fa
mous for Its beautiful roses, do rosea
nourisn notter than in tfco uogue
Itlvor valley. Not oven Portlnnd, tho
"roso city," can produco finer flow
ers. Hoses In Medford and vicinity nro
In full bloom at least two months bo
fore the first buds open their fra
grant petals In the state's metropo
lis, and throughout tho ontlro sura
nor and until Into In tho winter, they
continue to bloom. A little caro. a
llttlo wator, nnd soil and sunshine
does tho rest, Nowhoro Is a llttl0 as
sistance so abundantly rownrded
nowhoro are roses more prolific.
In two or three years climbers
react th top of tho porch and adorn
ttf t f 1. Mini IttAAi- 4t. 1
j -... .nun uiyvaiu kUU tiWUHU Biury
WlilUUWH.
In color, po:'fnmo and slzo tho
I,u "u ikuuu unur vuuuy
scoro ino top or tno list.
THE WARDROBE
Fw houses Interest tho male resi
dent moro than thoso dealing !n
clothing and furnishings and in this
connection we aro pleased to be ablo
to point to such n store as Tho Ward
robe as representative of this Inter
est. Tho storo was established In
1908 and has Just moved Into mag
nificent new quarters In tho Syndi
cate block. Tho proprietors nro
Messrs. F. S. Brandon nnd R. J.
Whitney. Their store Is stocked to
roplotion with a lino of clothing,
furnishings, hats nnd shoos for men
and ladies shoos. Thlr exclusive
lines aro Longley's hats., tho hand
mado Hunkiedorl shoes for mon and
a special lino for ladles. The Angeles
shoe, that sells for $2, $2.2.5 and
$2.50. A specialty will hereafter bo
mado of clothing for boys from 3 to
15 yoars of ago. The stock Is splen
didly displayed and In hnylng tho
proporiotors show tho results of
years of experience. Both Messrs.
Brandon and Whitney aro energetic,
enterprising citizens and aro well and
; favorably known throuehotit tho cltv
, ana vicinity.
CHERRIES
One who Inspects th0 fruit mar
kets of tho East Is always Impressed
with tho cxcollenco of tho sweet cher
ries from tho far Northwest, which
te.ritory has an absoluto monopoly
of th0 production of that flno fruit,
tho sweet cherries which have mado
Oregon famous succeeding nowhere
else but on the North Pacific Coast.
Such cherries as we produco In tho
In consumption to tho very walth?.
least of the Rockies. An eminent au
thority llko Georgo Rae, of Rao &.
Hatfield, New York, dealers, statos
mat a carioaa ot such cherries, "fan
cy packed" with tho noted carrying
charactor of our fruit, can, bo rolled
on to nel tho grower no less than 20
cents per pound at shipping station.
Tho Eastern cities could us0 a thou
sandfold the amount produced todv.
The leading varletlps In tho c -"-merclal
line of cherries, own Orem
for their nativity, being chanco so-'-lings,
th0 more noted being the Bin t
and tho Lambert, with the Hosklns
nnd tho Black Republican In cloa
lino. The famous Royal Anne, trans
planted to Oregon's congenial cllir.
struggled In tho Eastern states for
exlstenco ns th0 "Napoleon," but Is
known today solely by Its Oregon
name.
A. H. DAVIS
Medford Is making great use of
electricity, and ns a result ts calling
for wiring and an equipment of tho
artistic and beautiful In fixtures for
tho lighting of her modern build
ings and residences. This Is tho
kind of work that Mr. A. H. Davis
does, and ho carries a flno line ot
fixtures and finds a largo demand
for his expert skill. Estimates aro
furnished for all kinds of electrical
work, and when Mr. Davis gives fig
ures ho Is prepared to oxocute the
contract la In tho most workmanlike
mannor and to uso tho very best
materials. Ho Is ono of our most
popular business men and hna
many friends among all classes
ALFALFA
Alfalfa Is nn of tho most profit
able crops raised In tho Rogue Rlvor
valloy. Threo cuttings a year aro
harvested without Irrigation and tour
with wator. Ten dollars a ton has
been a minimum prlco for years, and
it frequently sells as high as $18 nnd
$20 a ton.
Mfalfa la also a profltnblo crop to
grow botwoen trees In young or
chards. It can ho grown for seed and
ylold from $75 to $100 an acre. As
hay, alfalfa ylolds from $30 to $75
an aero.
Ono 17-acro Hold of nlfalfa near
Medford has produced an nvorago
ylold of 80 tons for 23 yoars, without
irrigation. Whero irrigation is em
ployed, tho ylold Is far grater. Tho
mnrglns of profit In alfalfa growing
aro largo, as It costs but $4 to $0.
por aero to market.
In tho Roguo River exists one ot
tho groatest sood producing sections
of the contlnont for alfalfa sood, for
which thoro Is an Increasing demand
both tor seeding and lu the dyo
works, Tho seed grown horo Is of
very superior quality, nnd In some
tow Holds th0 net yield oxcoeded $75
por aero. Ao only tho last crop la
dovoted to sood, a very heavy first