TllM MISOFOUD MAIL TKLBUNK. MISDKOIM), ORKCION, SUNDAY, .TANUAliY 2. 1010.
ROGUE RIVER FRUIT KING
THE APPLE WORLD
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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
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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