TllM MISOFOUD MAIL TKLBUNK. MISDKOIM), ORKCION, SUNDAY, .TANUAliY 2. 1010. ROGUE RIVER FRUIT KING THE APPLE WORLD 12 Oib T THE Spokane National Applo asked. This demonstrates tho hiMhcv prove thnt there is no such thing as m: tho modorn residence. -iiinu" of r ninny IA Show, during Nov. 1009, a car or tn0 men so common nmoug tno n overproduction or nign quality a titiy colonial style, lomo the 'rees nf iioeniv Itlvor Snlt2cnberg3 producers or fancy fruit every wr-ere fruit such ns Is produced about Med- v-d.nu anil eonwn out bungalow cifi.'nml aro from thron tn ulirtit crown by Tronson & authrlo, of that Now York Is tho only maric-j ford. With tho Increase or tho coun- Ions an energetic, monoy-pondlng foot In diameter on tao stump. Fully Eaglo Point, was Judged superior to which can offer extreme prices anil irv In population and wealth has com people. i.fi per cent of tho loss aro surface, any others shown from tho different demonstrates tho value of a scientific aNo an increase In tho demand for .Vodford's residence district repre- fl"" free of knotu. sections of tho United States, and marketing system which leaves noth- fumy fruit, and only a few places sellfjl tM0 xvlilest range of topograph T sugar pine U tho treo of wbb awarded tho sweepstakes prize Ing to chance or to tradition, but j-fow It. The demand exceeds the uK,t com uo ,iairort. From uonilv Kientwt commorcl.M Importnuco. and of $1000 and tho honorary title seeks and discovers the top i vnluo supply. Tho East cannot produce the nil sections a coinmnndliu: view r the 't ' Interesting fact that tho "duality Applo King of America." wherever It may bo found. Tn. was quality of apples and pears grown In TUn..y vm brt had. Some districts vugnr pine forostn of the upper To tho valley nlso canio ft prize 01 " R'"iu ""7 ("7"'!T tho Uogue Ulvor vnltev. wnerevcr ivrt, iui,i mt nmK n,e verdure elud iu are the larRMl In tho world. your rruits aro oirereii in0 nignesi banks of Bear creek; noinv on the 'rir pu has mo outward appear prlcea aro paid, and It Is always In pontic- slopes eait of the city, over- "'ire of white plue. but tho timber it..,,. .1 1. il nl f .1 ... ttrllrt" ... it I. - ...!... lu llirllt.l,. n II ,1 u. ri.lt mk n .. il 1 ... II ..V1....I... .....v.. ,...vv.. looKiiiK n vniioi moru oenuium w.nu , ,.,,i tha Slumandoah. from Tn' le ltock In hlg'er polish. For finishing, sash, Rpltr.enbergs, second prize for a te-.ncarij n "ox- unucc tv o northern distance to snow lined door and box material, uittr plno In l,nv ilUultiv e. Yellow Neytiwn Pip- numtd ... wacner on thn Rnnth. with the UUB irpassed. . . . k .1- C I V III- n 91 I1DMLI n 17 11 I - " - pins, second prlXO lor a piaie oium ur nn ununnnu ,.i.. nt Vou'tnwn ntratnst A1 COlll 1 " nntitnrR. and a nrlo for photOKrapbs "Seven years ago we leased a bad j... ----- - - - . win mniH' . MM.0firfM? WHY OnCHARDS ARE HEALTHY. .Jr1y under conlrgl ilurhu; tlio past will cut tlvo to olght lO-footi . ithreo yeais. TUu eoinnioiolitl oroh- sofin Mr Snltzenborcs. Iirst nrno lor iinfsuiin.vuv ..n u. .mn. mv v-... a thrce-box exhibit of Spltxcnborgs netted $2,176, to which may bo add- cd the $1,000 nrue. maHm: a not acainsi numi.vo vw.i..--. . - ... thtMl nrlio for a ten-box display of " 10 mo sruur 01 or i . Med ford Is rapidly becoming a city of beautiful homes. With the jsrowth suecedlnK rnngos of verRren hills OREGON APPLES ALL THE FAD n- nnftMrtftl miinntnlt nM too. nf tlt nlfv Ui9 oiitiit) n Lrfr.r imnrnvo- limhr-H riM tiiiia rtpmonstratlnc that tho of 33 acres of apple tives. the vnrle- ment In architectural d'olgn and tin- Oregon nppleH Iikta brcomo nil tho niror vnllov Is tho aiuilo king- ties being mostly Yellow Newtown Ish. As tho new wnter system Is T -e territory of timber tributary fad In New York t''U spnson. and tho imn or thfTworlil Plpplnsnnd Spltzenbergs. Up to nearlng completion. Insuring an to Modford extends far beyond the pec illar thing M that It Is not owing uom 1 virt Kihlblt 1901 tho orchard had been unprotlt- abundance of life giving moisture, limits of Jackson county. While th to nnvM'ln:- -at l as been said or Thie wnn tho first time Uat tho, ulp- "o spent tho first three years green lawns, shade trees and shrub- forest area of upper Uopie Ulver Is do" ' niorlcnn, says a Now I ill K'""!' b UVW Wit 4U Ulll lll?i H UCI J iUU I llvilf, ,.iv 1...V.VU .'.....J ,t...i.-nov, mwtu w ...i V'1hiij . ' .vii ... (lly P, J, O'Oara, novornment Palhologlst.) Urdu, throiiKh u curoful syHtoin of pHtrol, have suffered no loss. Only Rocua River valley bad ever sent nu exhibit to tho National Applo Show. How Tronson & Guthrlo came to nialco tho winning display Is lntereetlng. They sent word to the Commercial Club that they were willing to devote their time and en ergy to selecting tho apples from tholr five-acre Spltienberg orchard at Eaglo Point, providing the extra cxponso would bo guaranteed by tho club, which thereupon appointed John D. Olwcll chairman of a com mltteo to ralso the funds. Shortly after. Assistant Manager Flnlov. of tho Annio Show, arrived ond was taken to visit the orchard Tho beamy 01 me appies unpieoa.-u him and ho secured a definite proni- I; from the orchard owners to plnce a car on exhibit which afterwards won the sweepstakes r.s well as a I three-box exhibit. Tho latter won the , prlio as tho best exhibit of apples , grown In any of tho western states. Mnny Helped. 1 While Mr. Flnley was here. Mr. Olwoll started the contribution fund, and many business men pledged enough to defray expenses. The Southern Pacific agreed to rebate tho cost of tho additional haul . and the Pacific & Eastern hauled the car froe from Eaglo Point. Messrs. Olwell and Roscnbaum gav their checks to propay the freight bill and W. A. Hookor was omployed to accompany Mr. Tronson to Spo kane to aid In the unpacking and re packing. The car arrived late and the repacking had to bo done with - great haste. Messrs. Tronson & Guthrie per sonally packed the car. examining every apple nnd passing each through a pair of calipers. The en tire crop from the five acres, con sisting of 2.S00 boxes, were gone over to secure 640 uniform in size and color. Sell For lllc Price. The car of Spltzenbcrgs grown by Tronson & Guthrie In the Rogue River Valley, which carried off te grand sweepstakes pr'ze of $1.0i" against all competl ors, was offer for tho holiday trade of Washlnguu1 T). C, and sold at record prices which paid the grovers $3.40 a box f. o. b. Eaglo Point. This did not Include tho S1.000 prize taken at Spokane. The sale was handled by Crutch- j .Held & Woolfolk, or Pittsburg. Pa., : who sold tho car to J. R, Sherwood, ; Tltoro In probably no fruit district ithreo Mentions ago not a limn In tho lu th United Staten whoro ho gnmt Horiio Ulver valley know what pour attention Is pnld to tho matter of Might was, unit eortnlnly did not caring for tho orcllnrdH an In tho ntiytlilng ubout Itn control; to- lloguo Ulver vnlloy; not only am th ,mv ovory grower known tho t:aum orchards well cultlTalod, but tiTory of tho dlHeamt an well ah Itn tioatinont. attention Is given to tho Hclontltlc Th,. treatmeiit of iiteli dlHOUNim ih treatment of orchard fruit illHennpn, nthrcnoso. pch bllRht and other which, In no tnny loealltleN. through trouble which may bo controlled by enrolls effort, huro brought about pruylnic, Is so well undoritlood that complete nnnlhllutloit of tho fruit lu- tho Rroworn haro 1uiohI forgotten dustry. If there eter wore any fear tout them. Timely and offectlvo that InfiH'tloun or other dlHeanea prnylnK pnvrn a reoiirrouoo or would ruin tho orchards of tho Uogun tlwo troublc. To show what horll Ulver valley, theoo fnr no longer :Htiml limtmctlon ha douo In I he exist, nliuH It has boon tihown that IHogtio Ulver valley, tho remarks or a np-to-ilato methods ror tho trivxtnient'TlNltor nt ono or tho iiiwIIiikh of tho of diseased, properly nppllod, have hortlcultnnil noclety may bo quoted: proven efNetlvo beyond a doubt. "T)m orcbnrillstB or tho Uoguo Ulvnr lu order to fight orchard fruit dlw- Uey must ocrtalnly bo graduates, If oafes HucciuMfully there mtiMt 1 at t pmit-gradurtrs, in hortlc.ulturo. lhand a purfect knowledge of Mm sit- 'l"e they comprehend readily a tech nation so that there will bo no iuIm-j leal leetutiMin plant pathology which guldded of forts, and whore certain lii-M lll lreek to me." ThU Is, Indeed, fectloiiM dlseaiien nro to bo cotnbutled compliment to I tin orchiii dlstii of tho Miero must bo a milted effort on tho .Uoguo Ulvor vnllov. part of every grower. - THE PRIZE WINNING CAR OF SPITZKN'BEROS MR TR A'SdN 14 S r!KN HOI.DIKO THE HANNIIR. r WooVilncrfnn wtin HfRnoRPd nf It t nt pomnrVihin Tirlpps. iln 1904 we sold the apples from this of the villaga era. Stately mansions, nr?n to fe sou:!, nnd west extend- Some months ngo a Trtnch noblo- As soon as Mr Sherwood contract- orchard ror $12,000. In 1906 wo plcturosquo bungalows and cosy cot- lug into Josephine county, In Oregon, man arrived from Paris. Il0 stopped ,' cd for the car ne issuea a circular narvesiea n,uuu ooxus oi appieu, iuKi.-a aro k"uk ui il uj musit n. mm miu ji.iuu, mu muuiudm ... letter to tho trade, explaining that which sold at from 75 cents to $2.25 these apples had been considered by per box f. o. b. Grants Pass, Ore., expert judgee the finest exhibit that and from now on this orchard will had over been seen in the world. To produce from 400 to 600 boxes per this ho added an Invitation to all of acre. The average price of tho Yel Orgimlntloii Noceitry. I u order to carry on a ituccossftil ninimleii nunlnst dlsoaHO. there must ibe organization and Instruction, lloth iof these Important factors have been carefully planned. A corps of In iHiiectors, each with bis own district, 'takes charge or tho Inspection or ,.vory orchard and every fruit tree, iiu mutter where It iimv be. Tho In- dliectlon Is very rigid and In tho once , lor ail pomnceoim irnim vim i lect to pear blight, every treo lit ex amlncd critically. This Is done, not once a year, but several times, If uce stviry. Furthermore, the owners are Instructed as to thn nature of the idlscaso In question and ar given definite Instruction!, ns to how to pro n'ed lu tho eradication and treatment of the fliiiue. In order to prbvent tho Introduction of new dWeiii?, all nursery stock Is given a moit thor ough and searching examination, and rees condemned by tho Inspectoru :re ordered, to be dirtilroyed at on re. , What may appeal to ninny M n new feature for a district like the Uogue Ulver valley I tho appoint ment of an eutomologUt wIiihw duty It Is to study Insect I IT,, In U rela tion to the orchards. One Interest ing line of work which may 1 men tioned here la tho study of th cod- Mlt'K moth. Ki;tomologlHt (1. W. Tay lor 1ms under wuy tun placing or s voial breeding .cages, lu dlffrent parts of the valley, whereby he will 1 abb' to take careful note of Ike ib velnimient of the moth, and In this way be of great asslKtatieu to the orcburdlst In determining tho time for applying the spray. Il.wldmt this Im portant work, Mr. Taylor win guarn Mir Interests of tho valley by being on the lookout for troublesome In wets that may be Introduced In vari ous ways, Office I'MnhllMicd. Through the efforts of the Uogue Ulver Horticultural Society, a path ologist of tho United Suites depart ment of ngr!rultur0 has hum station h lu the valley, nnd nu office, with a large reference llbrnry on agricul tural and Horticultural subjects, has been provided. Tho government pathologist acta ns nn ndvlsory agent to any ono desiring Information, and visits lu person all parts of the valley seo that the Instructions or the PRIZES AT SEATTLE The grand prlto won by Uoguo Ulver apples at tho Alaska-Yukon exposition on account or the keeping qualities or tho fruit, Is another or tli,. proofs that this valley Is tho pre mier fruit-growing section of the world, k'roin tho first day or Juno until the K.th dny of October. Uogntt ver valley was represented by Just " boxrtH of tipple, as ugnlilMt l,J7r. i i otlmr parts of the state, I, COO " being exhibited lu nil, or the p or 1H0.K. The Uogit Ulver fruit sin ' !vil the tests and cniuo through lu feet condition and was given tlu i.-1 ii ml prize on keeping qualities. One part leu r ft-Muro for which Uoguo Ulver fnlt us lieou noted In the keeping qualities. Apples that are firm nnd perfect lu contour lu Octo ber following tho year tn which they were harvested, after (wring buen on exhibition, for several months, and nt the same time ham lost nothing or their other qunlltler, are certainly en titled to the premU rahlp of tho world. REAL ESTATE SALES tbs fancy fruit trade. Including for- low Newtowns nnd Spltzenbergs has e!gn legations, fashionable clubs, been up to this time $2 per box f. o. restaurants, including that in tho b. Grants Pass, making the yield per Capitol building Itself, to visit his salerooms and oo "this rare exhibit of the celebrated Oregon apples." Many Saw Fruit. As Congress was in session there were a great many distinguished for "elgners in Washington, so that tho fruit was placed before the represen tatives of every civilized country in the world Including, of course, those of tho United States. What the trade thought of the car Is shown by the record prices paid. It is of further interest to know that whereas this car was offered to every applo buyer In New York City. acre run from $300 to $1,200 for the entlro 35-acro tract." Elsmann Bros., Rogue River Valley. WHAT GEORGE RAE SAYS Mnnoger George Rae, or Rae & Hatfield, of New York City, the larg est firm dealing in Western fruit, says: "The finest fruit in the United States, without exception, Is produced in the Rogue River valley. Some years ago I thought that with tho constant planting of new orchards there would be an overproduction and thoro was not one of them who could that tho fruit could not be marketed afford to touch the car at the price at a profit. Experience, however. mountain bar- at tho Knickerbocker nnd Informed "V" J"" 'i-.V all parts or tho city. rlers being such as to make it lin- the waiter that Oregon apples were " , 1 . i ti ,,V i XM.At.mA l . l.nmn aUv whnA rmaolt.lf. n irvA l . iiiIok AVAnnt ..II t . I. ....llu - v., in .....r . ...... .... .nnl.l.n4n tViAlc fx,... 1 1. .1 I.I ntwt U If.. .1 I -....... .1 U .... t. . Unm aq tlnla Am Ant a nnil n Vlti iwl tnrA thn tltO fOJSt m II HAHtt TWll Ylf Indtlnnllif f It f IIia w a1 Atmilnun ... n M 11 ' ' ment houses thoso demoralizers or, Tl.e 1 fi'lflc & Eastern railroad at- Impressed, nnd the result wns thnt a tho homo aro as yet unknown. Num- ready touches tho timber belt of up- sample case was ordered. Tho fad. erous now additions that have been per Uogue Ulver, nnd ti'o ra'.lraad ror It was a fad at first, spread, and plaosd on tho market at easy terms proposed to tho Hltio Ledge copper now you can got all tho Oregon nn have gone like hot cakes, rendering mines will opon up tho vnst timbered plen you want In tho big hotels Ify It cheaper to buy and build than to region of .ho Siskiyou range. ntklng and paying ror them. In the pay rent. i Tho milling or tho lumber rrom Terrace, at tho Knickerbocker, In tho Tho flncat ol wator systems, tho these great iorots will be reduced to'Wnldorr, tho Astor, tho St. Ucgls and best of sower systems, the miles of minimum cost bocnuua of tho i nllmlt- nt Sherry's they occupy a prominent , 1 " ,,' t '"L ",n."i lAiV, i.J. nn.t pavod streets, oloctric lights and all ed wnter powor afforded by Ujguo placo on tho bill or faro, although a', ...i ' .... .,.,.1 modern conveniences, her progressive. Ulver and Rutto Crooks on the ono row months ngo they wore practically cultured people, the metropolitan and hand and l.y the Apulegatc. Little unknown hore. cosmopolitan character or the placo. Applegnte. Joe and Elliott Creeks on For tho Inrormatlon or Oregon Ti" ..1' i i- .V" 'm. ....? .. .1, combined with a most delightful ci:- the ather. . renders It might bo laid that tho Pn-!i ' ' h, " 'J .")Vt Vi,,w ,nv . n . mate and the most plcturesqufl of, Tho totnl oitlm.-ttod saw timber In clflc Const dollcncr Is quoted at prices .... .: sconory, mako Medfond sought among tho entlro valley Is upward or 22,- ranging rrom 35 to 60 cents a por- ' ' im.un.muu. cities as an Ideal place ror a home. ,000,000.000. tlon. And then all you get Is two! Vvttt Under Control. Tho residents or ifedford havo not. All the merchnntablo timber In- npplos. In tho fruit stores, where As tho nttult of this cnrotill work, been content with tho ordinary tn eluded In this estimate Is of first they occupy tho most prominent tho orchards or tho Uoguo Ulvor val- their dwolllng houses. They hnve grade. T.o trees aro long-bbodled, places, tho regular price Is 10 cents ley nro not menaced by disease It bullded in accord with the natural towering from 100 to 300 root, tho for each and ovory applo, nnd the has beon shown that ovon so drondod building sites found on every hand, straight brown trunks freo of limbs general opinion U that It Is cheap. a dlsenso nn pear blight has been on- Inspecto-t recelv their In- whle'i nro n 'vecordancu with tho regulations laH down by the state hoard of hortle ire for thn eradication of orchard fruit diseases. All questions regarding tho nature ami causcH of dlscascH aro referred to tho office, and upoclmons brought In or sent In are promptly examined nnd roiorted upon. Another duty of tho pathologist Is to attend tho meet Ings of tho horticultural societies ant unions nnd lect 11 ro on timely toplctf which nro or Interest to all f rutt- groworn. These lectures nro gltou at In 1908 an oatlmntA w made or thn real estate aaleH iuhiIh by local d"alr nnd tl'" total iih placed nt Jl.fi00.000. The totnl was large nmr one which far overtopped anything In the history of the olty. Hut for 1 90t the total will run ho twtwii four nnd fire million! of dol lars, based oil the estmntoM given by the principal real estate men of tho city. This lncreno Is due not only to more frequent changes lu ownership, but to the rlnn In the valuo of the property ltelf. Salon like tho Hopkins or chard sale for $168,000 and the Stewart place for $85,000 helps tho grand total. So does thnt of the An derson tract for $105,000, and a few more little transactions like tlioxe show thnt real ostato Is moving. When a man buys a plitce of prop erty for $9000 one year and sells It for $14,000 tho next, or another buys 80 acres ror $16,000 and sells n fourth of It n fews years later for $17,000, ns happened rncontly, that shows an advance In properly values. All of this has boon douo lu Mod ford during the past year, and the end Ih by no means yet. The totals of fairs hi very nar tlio $5,000,000 mark; 1910 will show- double or perhapt triple tho amount of the sales of 1900. The property Ik steadily Increasing in vnlue, many of the larger tracts aro being cut ii Into smaller fractions and plnced up on thn market, much now land Is be ing put In inapo for cultivation, nmT everything points toward grentor prosperity during tho coming year. Yellow Newtown Pippin applon hAve Ikm-u shipped from the Uogue Ulvor valley to London, England, and sold with a net profit to tho Ashland grower of $3,60 a box. Tho frolght per box on inch shipments was $1,065, Thin princely profit on n frmh fruit s nt acrons thn American continent nnd the Atlantic ocean rep resents what enterprise and thrift enn accomplish with tho fruit lands of the Greater Oregon. The Pacific Eastern Railroad j& jz? jz? And the Man Who Gave It Life THE enterprise of greatest mo ment to Southern Oregon now Is tho construction by John R. Allen, of New York, of the Pacific & Eastern railroad from Medford, through the timber belt, over tho Cascades, to Eastern connections, presumably tho new Hill and Harrt man lines being constructed down tho Deschutes canyon to Central Oregon. Tho construction to Butte Falls, 36 miles from Medford, Is being done by Porter Bros., and such rapid progress is being made that Butte Falls will bo reached by spring and tho manu facture or lumber In tho largest of tho world's remaining sugar plno -bolts begin in earnest. From Butte Falls, a branch lino "VUl bo built to Cr-ter Lake and the mnln lino be completed over the Cas cades, through Fish Lako pass, a maximum grado or 2 per cent having been secured. Thence tho lino will find nn easy routo to tho Klamath country and on to the north and east. As soon as tho lino reaches Butto Falls, an automobile, stage line will transport passengers to Crater Lake, according to tho plans of Mr. Allen. At tho present moment tho Pacific & Eastern is fully equipped and oper ated with profit from Medford to Eaglo Point, Ore., a distance of 12 miles. This entlro section is bolng rebuilt, heavy rails being used, curves and grades bolng eliminated and tho entire lino bolng built for heavy traffic. Tho present extension of 20 miles carries tho road through a country whore eight billion root of timber in addition to coal, cattle, fruit and Immenso riches In agricul tural products are now awaiting ship ping facilities. Tho lumber alone will provide the road with an immediate ( revenue of about $1500 per day at'a freight charge of $2 per thousand feet; coal properties already opened guarantee freight, after tho first six months, of a thousand, tons a day, paying 25 cents per ton; ten thousand adjacent acres of orchard land can bo mado to bear, on0 car load per acre bolng the reasonable expectation; the frolght charge being $10 per car; and to these sources f revenuo mu3t be added tho thousands of cattle now grazing In the region nnd the half million tons of copper blocked" out In .nearby mines. It Is estimated that It will tako fully 40 years to ship out all tho tim ber in the sup?rb forests of Jackson and Klamath counties. At the ond of that period tho road's tonnago of freight would not cease, because tho land, admirably adapted to fruit raising and 1 general egrlculturo, would bo used for farming purposes nnd tho clearing of the forests would bring an added population of at least 25.000. Tho Pacific & Eastorn was Btarted flvo years ago as tho Medford & Cra ter Lak0 railroad by a local company. Aftor grading tho right or way and laying tho rails, tne company went Into bankruptcy and tho rond was , sold to a Portland syndlcato who re organized it as tho Pacific & Eastern. Tho falltiro or the Oregon Trust &' Savings bank brought tho plans of, tho now owners to an untimely end , and tholr interests were purchased by I Edgar Ilafer and Dr. J. F. Roddy, who, nftor many unsuccessful at-, tompta to finance tho project, uold It to John U. Allen, What John R. Allen Says: "If Now York people could seo tho Rogue Ulvor valloy as I havo seen it, they would bo captivated by ita charm and beauty, for It Is one of Nature rare beauty spots. If they real ized lta wealth of natural resources, and Its immense possibilities, It would bo a hlvo of industry. "I havo ovory reason to bollevo that Medford will bo a good sized city, tho metropolis of Us vast tribu tary territory and that tho coming year it wIU grow as nover bororo. "Th0 Pacific & Eastorn will bo complotod to Butto Falls by early summer nnd construction work will ho pushed on over tho Cas cades, Tho coming year will witness work bogun In earnost on tho lnterurbnn trolley lino to connect tho various towns of tho val loy, nnd a resumption of activities In mining and timber Interests. THE lending figure In tho develop- over since been devotod. His Initial Urdford, tho starting point of tho ment of Uoguo Ulver valloy In experlonco wns with tho Louisville. & Pacific & Eastern, innf vnr 1. John it AitAnn nf Nnshvlllo railroad, rocolvltig n snlnry. Mr. Allen first became intorestod last year I! JOlin II. AllOnil, Ot . 12 . month. Taii vnnrn lati.r'ln Hi Tlnni Ill.nr .oil.. (W Now York City, purchaser, owner and jl0 wuu rooolvlng $12,000 per yoar. lyearn ago, when ho purchased for Diiiiuor or 1110 racmo et r-amorn ran- upon leaving mo i.ouinvillo a road, on which a roreo of 1000 men Nnshvlllo, Mr. Allen wont to Moxlco, aro now engaged In rushing construe- V c "1 ,,c fc , J? " " ' v , ' " futti tn mlnrvi .ml rallrrmiln nnil frnrn tlon from Modford to tho timber bolt thtiKi amassed a fortune Ho ro at Butto Falls and on acromi tho Cau- malned In tho southern ropubllo for cades to an eastorn connection. ' three yearn nnd soon thoronttor hla ' Mr. Allon Is also tho promotor of nn services woro securod by tho Rich lnterurbnn trolloy lino to connect the mond & Danville railroad. With It towns of tho Uoguo Ulver valloy at 'ho was connected ror two yoarn, tho 11 cost or sovoral millions and has following two being dovotod to lin hoon granted frnnchiios for the samo portnnt work in association with tho In Modford und Grants Pass nnd con structlon will begin with tho spring. Mr. Allon has rocontly purchased tho famous Snowy Butto orchard at Con- trnl Point at a cost of $108,000, and several business lots In Modford on which ho plans to erect modorn busi ness blocks, and has also socurod considerable timber holdings, John Uoborts Allon, tho son of John Wlckhnm and Cnrollno (nob erts) Allon, wns horn on tho ICth of April, 1802, HIh ancestors, previous to tho sottlomont of tho family In this country, woro of nnclont Scotch and English stock. Although Mr, Allen's, hlrthplaco was In Kontucky, tho American branch Panama Railroad Company, Tho vnst possibilities or tho Northwost then aroused his Interest, and ror tho past 20 yoarfi ho has boon promlnontly Identified with railroad building and tho mining Industries or Washington, Oregon, Arizona nnd California. Mr. Allon was mnrrlod in Docembor, 1880, to Miss Katharine. Clnrko. Thoy havo throo children, ono son and two daughters, Mr. Allon has travolod extensively and Is tho mastor of fiov eral languages, Ho Is prosldont of tho East Canada Smelting Company nnd of other notable corporations, Uallrond building In tho United Bobt. fl. Towne, of Now York, tho fa mous nine hedge copper ml 110 011 which Mr. Towne has slnco spent $1,500,000 In development work. Mr. Allon wns Induced to purohaso tho then bankrupt Paclfln ft. Eastorn through Dr. J. F. Itoddr. and ban skillfully untangled the proporty from a maze nt legal technicalities and fi nancial embarrassments that would havo discouraged 099 men out of 1000, nnd successfully Placed It upon a firm financial basis, Mr, Allon lias mot with a cordlnl rosponso rrom the people or Medrord and thn Uoguo Ulvor valley In bin de velopment otfortn, and bus round tho pooplo anxious to moot him hair way In any publlo onterprlso calling for tholr co-operation, Ho roprosontH In addition to his own woalth, a syndi cate of Now York cnpltnllstH and It lu oxpoctod that many millions will bo sopnt In tho duvolopmont of tho valloy and Hh dormant rosourcos through his efforts within tho next fow years. Sotno Iflastoru mon think It absurd to hold a good Orogon nppl0 or poar States whllo, or courso, it has soon of tho family itho Inst of its transcontinental and was originally of Virginia, his grand-. colossal dnys, has by no moniiB lost. orchard nt from $1,000 to $1,000 an father having been born In Hnnover all Its romanco or profit. Tho Pa- ncro. Can It bo culled absurd to county, not rar uistnnt rrom men-.cine & Eastorn railway or Orogon la mond. Mr. Allen's boyhood wns spont upon ongngcel in uio construction or nn oxtonslon of unprocodontod Import JOHN n. ALLEN his rnthor's farm, hlB education bolng anco to tho rich soctlou of country rccolvod In tho country schools of tho , through which It will pns.i, It will neighborhood. At tho ago of 10 ho 'also bo tho railroad pathway to thn ontored upon actlvo bueinoBB nro, rocontly acquired Crater Lnko Nn 'choosing u vocation to which ho has tloiuil Park which Is 80 miles fromjthoso figures. plnco nuch valuations when thoso or chards will yield annually from $C00 to $1,400 not, por ncro, nB somo hnvo douo, Tho tlnio 1b near when all of tho good Orogon orchards will bo hold at from $2,000 nn ncro upbo cniiHo they will pay big roturns on