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THE MEDKOKD MAIL TRIBUNE, MPKHU), OR HO ON, S TO DAY. .TANCURY 2, IH10.
NUGGETS OF GOLD ON FRUIT TREES IN ROGUE RIVER. VALLEY
SUPREMACY of Rogue river apples entire rnrsold nt the -n;o of i' tfc c tits brought $3.i!0 n box In Chicago. ,.r.-t a . i ao'd nt $3 por box,
and pears has lone boon acknowl- uer pear. Comlco nail U'Mijou pears Eight-year-old Newtown l'lppln np-'$2Ui; from an Yellow Newtown Pin
edged In the fruit markets of tno from this orchard took flist prlro nt pies on the Hover orchard yielded this . plus, aoi packed boxot. oi.id at la So
xvorlil. thouch tVl Is the first year thu Alaska-Yttkon-Paclflc exnosillnn. viar from thrre tn five Iuhm e inw !..-. u- r.i. ..n 1.1 m
growers over offered their products a total of 31 cars of pears Wore told and sold for $2.50 a box r. o. b. , cut per box!"$24.25: total receipts.
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llU COUiycilllUIl "liu fc.iu "wnw . , IliUli. lilt? UkV (111,, UIVIUUU.
pie shows. Englaud takes all of the. The Marshall Otvlmnl. Wostottuml Orchard.
Newtown Pippins produced, Now From not mor Uun .i: t-ai-old From 18 trees of Newtown J. A.
TYork City tho Splttenbcrgs, while, the d'AnJou pear trees, ucr.ipv Ins convld- NWsterland picked 93 boxes of ap
pears, universally conceded the finest erably le?8 than one acre of land, G. pies for which ho received $1.80 per
Srown, unug mo uiguroi. luitca " c. Aiarsrnu nsrvosie.i .'ji tun io:;.'a nox not. Tuo trtos aro seven veara
stll the markets of tho world. Returns
for 'tho present year aro not nu in,
"butithe following shows what Roguo
river orchards have done In tho year
.ot our Lord 1909, and that $1000 an
aicro net Is a common occurrence:
Tho Norcroes Orchard.
From his 17-year-old Spltzonberg
orchard near Central Point V. H.
Norcross aTeraged 420 boxes per aero,
which netted him $2.50 a box at tho
orchard, or $1050 per acre. Tho fruit
was marketed In New York City.
Prom 10-ycar-old Newtown Pippin
trees 592 boxes per ncre, which sold,
t. o. b. orchard, for $2.40 a box, or
$1420. $0 por aero. TUe rrmt was
marketed In Loudon, EnKland. .
Mountain View Orchard.
A. C. Randall picked from the ,
Mountain View orchard at Talent this ;
fall 13,500 boxes of Newtown Pip
pins. Twenty-three acres yield. d 12.
000 boxes, which will net $2 a box. i
or over $1000 an acre. So far as;
sold, his Newtowns have nottod $2.25
a box. One tree ylolded 57 boxes, a
record yltld for any section.
From 2S Gravensteln apple trees!
3Ir. Randall sold $600 worth of ap-
pies, the crop being 450 boxes, ani
average of ovor 16 boxes to tho tree.
or ovor $21 per tree. Oae tree of.
Gravonstolus yielded 35 boxes.
From throe and a half acres of
"Wlnesap and SItzonborgs. Mr. Ran-,
dall sold 1500 boxes of apples at $2
n box net. or $3000, an average of
$SS0 an acre. I
Tronson Guthrie.
"Tronson & Guthrie from five acres
uf lC-yoar-old Spltzenbergs, picked '
2700 boxes of apples, nveraglnp 540 !
boxes to the acre, which netted them !
an average price of $3 a box. or $1,
020 an acre. In addition they secured
$1100 In prises at Spokane and $3.40 ,
n box for their prhse Spltaeuzerg ap-
plea. The lowest price received was;
$2.50 a box net. They secured $1000,
sweopstakes, first prize for carload i
of Spitsfenbergs, first prise $100 for,
uest 3 box display of apples. Last
year they avoraged $2.47 a box for
their apples.
R. C. F. Astbury, from 500 trees on
, hlB Riverside orchard, noar Gold Hill,
has marketed four cars of Spltzen
borg and Ben Davis, principally the
latter, which has grossed him $5000,
or a net proft. deducting all exnenses
oi operation, or $3000.
The Rurrell Orchard
The Burrell orchard, owned by tho
Durrell Investment company of Port
land, broke all records for quantity
tnis year, shipping 40 cars of pears
irom 4fc acres, wnich averaged $2 a
box at tho orchard, $40,000 for the
crop. Their Bartletts netted $1000
an acre and for the past nine years
nave netted annually $600 an acre.
One car of Bartletts this year sold
lor $425 a box In New York City, the
high record of the year for Bartletts.
Four cars of Howells were sold at
V2.C5 a box f. o. b. Medford,
In addition ten cars of Newtowns
ana ono car of Jonathans have been
shipped, returns for which are not
In.
Tho Goro Orchard.
Tho seven and a half acre Bartlett
pear orchard owned by John G. Goro,
soutn or Medford, 13 also the record
breaker of the valley for yield and
price. Mr. Gore this year shinned 12
cars of pears from the orchard, which
netted him $9335.10, or $1244.68 per
ncre.
From an apple orchard of the same
olzo Mr. Gore has picked a crop of
Newtowns that will rua a carload to
tho acre, nnd net nearly $1000 an
acre.
From seven acres of j6-enr-old
TJartUtt pears W. O. Estep from his
, laieni orcnard sold an average of
-on ooxes to the acre, which mstteJ
?2 a box to tho acre. The entire crop
grossed $10,750, or $7000 net, or
an acre gross.
Her Creek OrcLartl.
From the Bear Creek orchards C.
13. Wbisler sold fron six acres u 7-year-old
Bartlett pears 230 boxes per
aero, which sold in Kew Yoric for $3
a box, netting $500 an aero. Four
acres of 21-year-oM Bartlett pears
ylolded 600 boxes per ncre, which sold
at $2 per box in Medford, netting
?1080 an acre.
Four acres of d'AnJou pears 11
years old yielded 250 boxes por aero,
soiling for $5.12 a box in New York,
netting $9S0 an aco. O'Anlom from
this orchard broke 4e d'AnJou record
soiling as high as $7.25 a box. An
of pack-d fruit, or list u inr lc.nl. old, Tho greatest yield for any one
l aese soiu m isow orK ror $2,750.00 troo was seven boxes, which nottod
grots. Tho nvurao jross price per $12.70. Tho average yield per tree
box was $5.46. HlgjeJt price on 46 was five boxes and the average re
boxes, $6.75. Not urtrnK' 'n Med- turn per tree was $9.45. Ho exhlh
ford, (about) $4.50. Swrnl of theie Red Newtowns nt Spokane and Aah
tros packed 25 or moro boxes, thus land which wrro awarded tho follow
nottlng about $112.j0 pr troo. iThe Ing prizes: Second prize nt Ashland
net return ner aero was not iojs tuna against 11 competitors and also at
From twa
$1022 ,R. (Ytt of miravlnir four
times, $33; cost of bo.xi3, $42.60:
rarest, choicest, llnent pear hi tho
world, and Incidentally tho highest
prlcftl, (trows to perfection In the
Kokuv River vtvlloy. CIomo to u dozen
cars have boon shipped, but returns
l aw not yet noon r.colvod, uumt of
the fruit hotng placed In cold storage
cast or wraupiiis papot. $21; com of (or tho Christinas trndo. California
itnitMu, H4I .... uu t 1 ...! Jt I O. . . . . ...
iMii-niui,, f.o, v.irn moor Hireu. umuco rave gnissail $33U.s a oar this
L'i'ifi xi,e outside of own lnbor.pcnsoii, and as .Medford Comlco ni
si. ...CO. Net receipts off of two-'.,-, Urltik? n Vlnhor tltturo, fancy
thirds ncro, $SSo.lR, prlco are txpocted.
Bartletts Mr.
pack d boxc.
UiOrfO tCW trees Dear t l lUUlie Of Kutmlor .lonntlinn llimrnii mmmllv
no unKS oronard until the young nahl $9 a box for 00 boxes of Comlco
iretw wining inio ueannu. uio irm to bo sent as preerntH to tho dlplo
was sent to the following poiirs: mntlc corps at Washington. Ust
Alaska, the Phlllppln islands. China yenr Medford Comlco pears from
and Japan, to London and Mexico tho Hlllcrest orchard sold ax
and to nearly vory state In tho high nn $io,0S a box In London and
l; n Ion. i.. tftrtt .... .. tn i a i..
,.! v.n.r o, , .. .. ."' "
. . , ......u..,,. iM.Mi- oiiuw i u vn! s igimiv pjiiMani ior sninu New York, whlio a carload urosiittd
np,s ' t?.v m, - old prize against 43 competitors. I orders. It will bo the means of Inter- $ 462 2 S if or $ S 10 a box t h u k roon
JlaMha l had 1 i50 Itcnnett and Klero On-lmrds. ostlng many people to Investigate tho fmtt record of tho world'
Tncy wrought nrnc- b. L. llennett from one and a half resources of the groato-st vail y In ijogu,. River Km ft (Jiimvci-n' t'nloiis.
Tho Roguo Rlxvr Fruit Orowors'
union, representing small growers,
T'avo shipped 50 nirs of pears this
Benson, which rwaltzcd tho following
pi I.- i lu C letjro;
30 errs llurtletts $2.60 to I'.l.Bli
VI rnrs Winter N-lls . .$2.50 to $2.75
2 rnrs Howells $2.80 to $3.00
1 mr Comic- $5.30
4 cars d'AnJou $3.00 to $6.75
On car d'AnJous, tdp price, $6.75 ;
nvrnge. js.oo.
T!u union has shlppml 17 cars of
apples, som; now crtialim the ocean.
Modford and you nhould get his 19101 th0 leudlug oxcIiihIvo lines curried
cnloudiu with tho snapshot of hlin
tu Ken lauding a nlnifpound trout
no is a past muster of A. ! . ft A, M
a mmnhor of tho K. P's, Redniou
Woodmen and Commercial club, nu
trensuror of tho HiIsIiiohh Mon'rt ns
soclatlon, Ho Is Intcrcotcd in 12
ncrs of desert land that Is now iihih
tor griulng and on which ovoryouo
iiopim tnoy win striHo on.
WILLIAWNV AITKEN
The practical plumber and heating
contractor film a most Important po
sltlou lu our biiHlnoiK and household
lutcrcHtu, and Medford has no hot to
exponent of tills worthy work than
Mr, William A. Altken. Ho has lmcn
hro voveral yottrn and dons contract
work, all kinds of Jobbing, repair
Ing and remodeling. Ills handiwork
Is noon lu many of tho nubile mid
private hulldlni;s of tho city and the
very generous patronage rocolvoii
room to show In nu Incontestlhto inmi
nor the degreo of ability that murks
H workmanship. NcHitlflo princi
ple and the lnttt lininovod meth
ods are used 1'routptltudo Is the
watchword with Mr. Altken and his
Ix employes, and superior work U
tl result. Plans anil tnmt s are
nubtultted on ptumblnir, stoam nnd
hot wutor heating, and tho flicures
theroftir will bo found HXtruiMy com
netltlve, while sltunlliiK for iiliHolttt'
value and prompt porforninnctt. He
is one of th IncorporRtor of thr
0rniHt-Cony llardwnro rompuny
and will Iimvh tho plumbliiK depart
ment in too n-w nuiiilliiK mnl n
dhow room that will exhibit all kinds
of plumbing, proimrly couneeted mi.
'I'huy will liuvn the lnrK4t stock of
pluuiblng goods In the slat outside
of Pnrtlnud.
H. C. KENTNER CO.
A TYPIC AL PICKING SCENE IV A ROGl'ii RIVER V LLEY O.
tlcally $2.00 net per ncz, o- l.':o0 acres of New'owns has pick l 7i0
per acre. boxes which at an nv.rsM' pr:ce of
Three acres of Wlntar Nells ylel'Jvd $2.00 a box is $930 an acre. From
Mr. Marshall 1.500 nox s. but the re-the same orchard a year ugo Mr.
THE TOGGERY
In a city of Medford metropoli
tan proportions, (for Medford Is villi--rally
conceded to he tho uiotropo
Mi of southern Orenou) ont nnturHl
Iv rinds the hlRhiwt reprosentatlouN
t f tho various tlopartinwnts of trade;,
and In tho Ilnv of men's wear In
Mttlforil, such a representative Is
u il la Tl Tonjcry. ownml and
i-ra'ed by Mr. W. K. Unnes. famll-m-Iv
known as "Toggery Ulll." Il
li.t hven in Medford ven yoar-. and vjfo-d. Ilk- every oihr eltr. Is
iinKignt with Mm a valuable ex. pnrvssed of t fswrlto sbopplni
! ri.Mir. un-to-date methods, ttnttr- point In which the proprUtor's In
!" anplloattott aud an engtiilaK !- dtvlduallty has been exprMei In
:isl:lon. HU was thv plonner liaber- stook and store. Mr. II. C. ICswtner
d.i.s! ery store south of Portland. He has dune this for Mmlford-ln a big
i- an exvllcnt location and hie store dimrtmeirt store, where ther U ev
1 nocked from floor to celMng and -rythluir for everybody lu Ho line
t' i rnllerr crowded with tee choir- , f nttnrel for all lht inMibcrs of
t of koo.Ik f.r nun's wci.- -'V'r- th. fiim!v The II C K-ntner Co.'
nut h it ! o He has tin- nnfnll- stunds r ady to uii!y all mvensl
i -iii."i?n uf tli.Ht who Mpprei-late i -i ! i !! i-v ,, eluth
' end UUHlltV In drew and The Intr nlim.ii. fnrnl.hl
'l i;-.., . yi)..MiinioiM with hlKti !.'luiiH , d em. Iru I'tal... nu a $.".o! ehluwy. a washer. xtrwtor.
ii id. goiids and dressy finish. Mr. n0 toock ! gh iTinl.ivm nt toiltwun ',0'- vu- teller am
aro Hart, Hohaffor & Marx ulolhlng,
lunon wiiiiii Hhoes for ladles aud
Crounott'a shoen fur men. Mr. Kent
nor Is a merchant prince of 40 yearn
oxporloucu without a idnulo day'a va
cation. (Jhllllcotho and Trmilon, Mo.,
noar Kantian City, worn his places of
biiHluoKM before coming hero four
yenm auo, llo has built up a magni
ficent trade among our vory best
pmiplo and Iti one of Medford'n most
popular (iltlxeiiH, Ho has done villi
nut work on the school bonrd and
Is a iimnibiir of the Masonic, Odd Fol
lows, Elks unit Commercial Club.
turns on these have not al'. been ic-
celved but so far na have been they
have netted arouna $2 00 tvr box ct
Med for J.
Jllllcrcjit OrchnrtL
Reginald Parsons of tho Htllcrest
orchard quotes the following records:
In Bartlett pears, 440 7-year-old
trees, covering 5.S6 acres, yielded
1489 boxe3 per acre, which netted an
average psr box of $1.93, or a net
return-of 490.40 per, acre. Ex
penses did not exceed $50 an acre.
leaving a profit of $440 per acre
Bennett picked 2200 boxes, whi.-h
netted him $2200.
A. Conro Fiero hns a two-acre
orchard of mixed varieties from whjch
he has marketed 1200 boxes .of ap
plso, netting him $2500. His total
expense of .labor and operation has
been under $500, so that he clears
$1000 an ncre.
E. II. Waterman Orchard.
E. B. Waterman won sweonstakes
and two prizes on Bosc and Howell 1
pears at tho Ataskan-Yukon-Paclflci
oxnosition nt Seattle, nnd threo firsts '
In Howell pears, 342 7-year-old at the Southern Oregon district fair 1
trees, covering 4:56 acres, yielded! His 7-year-old Comlco yielded thelrl
1393 boxes, 4.07 boxes to the tre, flr3t crop this year, averacinir 50
305.4S boxis to the acre. The aver-1 boxes to the acre, bringing $3 30 a
ago not returns were $2.35 per box. box in New York. His Bo3c pears.
or $3273.55, at tho rate of $717. S8
per acre. Tho cost per acre is esti
mated by th0 owner at $50, making
he net profit $GC7.88 per aero.
The Winter Nells pear record oT
tho world is held by the Snowy Butte
orchard at Central Point, recently
purchased by J. R. Allen of New York
from Fred H. Hopkins.
Snowy lluttc Orchnttl.
Sixteen and a half acres of 19-
year-old Winter Nells pears yielded
the record average of 435 boxes to
tbe acre, which sold f. o. b. orchard
at $2.12 a box, or $900 an acre. The
fruit was marketed in London and
New York. In addition there were
two carloads of culls. Tho same
orchard yielded $19,000 worth of
poars two years ago.
George A. Hover.
Pears from the George A. Hover
orchard near Medford were awarded
gold medal and sweepstakes at the
Seattle-Yukon-Paclflc exposition at
Seattle and first awards at tho South
ern Oregon district fair on Comic and
Howells, and second on Bosc.
Thirty trees of Bartlett pears
ylolded Mr. Hover 400 boxes that
notted $1.75 a box at tho orchard.
Ho sold a car of Comlco In New York
for $5.50 a box, and a car of Bosc at
$3.65 a box. Four hundred trees of
young Bosc pears yielded 900 boxes
and brought tho same figures, about
$2.50 a box net. His Howells
averaged six boxes to the tno and
sold nt $3 a box In New York.
Tublo Rock. Orchard.
Colonol R, C. Washburn has pIcT: d
eight cars of apples from trn arrr
of his Table Rock orchard, conslsMm
of Newtown, Spltzenberg and Win
saps. Two hundred and forty trrcs
of 6-year-old WInesaps yielded 1200
boxes, which netted him $2 a box
His Wlnosapi aro extra larg, run
ning 72 to the box.
A Pencil Orcluird.
E. E. Foss of the Walnutmere or
chards near Talent reports the fol
lowing yield from his poach grovo:
Yield of ono acre of Crawford
peaches, 125 trees, 1107 box's; sold
no i boxes at 75 cents nor box f. o
b. Talent, or total of $830.25; ontlre
cost of raising, taxet, etc., 14,2 cents
per dox. 1157.19; ontlro cost of pack
ing, boxes, etc., and delivery to car.
$164.94; total expense.. $322.13; net
profit per acre, $508,12.
These trees aro 19 years old and
havo had a peach crop every year
since coming into bearing 10 crops
in 16 years.
J. C. Pendleton's Orchard.
J. C. Pendleton of Table Rock re
ports as follows from tho "OakB" or
chard, tho family orchard, consisting
of 38 21-year-old bearing trees, cov
ering two-thirds of an aero, for the
year 1909:
From nine Spltzenberg trees, 32
AN AVENUE OF PROPS.
tho world,
Bartlett pears averaged growers $2
a box not; Howells avorngod $2.50 a
box. net; Cornice, as far as heard
from, have brought from $3.50 to
$5.50 a box, and d'AnJous havo not
ted from $3 to $4.60; WIntor Nolls,
$2 a box nnd better; Bosc, $2.00;
Newtown Pippins so far havo aver
aged $2 to $2.50 a box f. o. h. or-
naor; 8,,t:,01crK. from $2.50 to 'neckwear tho. famous Rufus Water
,V7, Vr .r ' , 0 ?w,,,uk Ul i "ouso uno, etc. From a small begin
to $1.75 at tho orchard. nlng Mr. Isaacs now carries n $20,-
ti. n ,,r V,'iXTH' 000 Htock ftml employ-.. four pooplo.
Tho Doy Du Comlco pear, tho H0 Is tho past mastor flBherman of
Isaacs carrlos ono of the moHt com
ploto and comprchotiHlvo linos of
men's auks and furnishings to bo
round In tho stato. In clothing he
has tho exclusive lino of tho Wash
ington TallorB of Now York, Schloss
Bros., Baltimore, and Society Clothes
for young men. In underwear Oant
uor & Mnttorn'a lino of San Francis
co and Dr. DIciuoI'h linen mesh. In
17 people This Is tho storo whoro
you can seo things, It having heon es
puelnlly planned nnd constructed to
moot tho necc-Hsltlos and conven
iences of tho company's business.
Thoro ro 14,400 square fit of
floor spaco and tho ladles' nnd ehll
drens ready to wear garments nrr
alono given 75 feet square, Thoro l
a rest room, reading room nnd overy
thlng Is In metropolitan pj-oportlons.
i ho clothing Is hung on garment sup
porters of various kinds nud ono can
niTTEf? & DUNLAP
Among the most Important por
iiulsttea of n metropolitan city In
cltnn. nrMstlc, attractive confec
tionary stores, where dainty sweela
I'oollnc drinks. Ice u renin and select
contentions may ho purchased. Huch
it storo Is tho populnr and well
known Rlttor Dutilnp ostnulliHi-
mnt nud lu addition to being ron
'ort Ion !. they are InlmenonUtH of
lu. hluheet ordir, haitdlluK every
thing for tho iisor of the wood.
This store s ono of tho most elan-
orsto uf Its kind lu this nee t I'm and
doK an extensive bim'nos lu It
various lines. Meters Rltmr Dun
lap own the hiilldliin Hlid have $30,
ono Invested, riving employment
to six people, ntuntiK litem Mr.
ICarl Reynolds, who has heon with
them ovor a year.
They rontemnlHte a 30 fool ex
tension lu the rear next spring, thus
Hiving them additional room for
th Ir (trowing business.
Mr J. r. Hitter estniiiisneu tuo
husluoM ten years auo and Mr. Owen
Dutilan has been associated with Mm
for the past ihree vtnrs.. Their busi
ness shown wnt enterprise lutein-
tfftttlv directed can accomplish lu
Medford.
PANT0RIUM DYE WORKS CO.
Among Medforr many impoit-
anl Interprlaee ha are evidence of
he reality and extent of Um city h
h'veloutneiit, a noticeable place must
h a'slgned tn the l untnlum ,1'yo
Work company. the plan: in
nlendldly iiulpi"ft fir ihe appiov-
d hMiidllnif of nit kinds of wearing
pparel, having all the ne-ejiv inn-
hot
1 en
gine. S,0(I0 Is Invested and revrn
pnoiile are employed.
Tho proprietors are Messrs K C,
Elliott and 1.. A. Cook. Thy havo
hi- n hre for nine iiwntK and do
everything lu tho cleaning nnd dyeing
line It Is tho superior quality of
their work that enables them to
excel nil others, Work Is nlwnyii
d tie to tho customer's complete
satisfaction. Tho firm Is character
ized by a restless reaching out for
wi n' Is best, n tlrclnss attention to
all that makes for offlcloncy In thotr
Itchiness, nnd thotr iimiunllfled ca
pacity to faithfully fulfill every, pro
m'"' Two automobiles will ho put
on by them In the spring with which
to make dollverlos In tho surrounding
c Jiintry.
HUNTLEY-KREMER CO.
get a very good Idm nt nlt ft Dtilr
...iii ' . : : -. m" 'uuj nuii u ttuii. ruuuii in:
win iQOK wunout trying it on. Among Joined tho Commercial Club.
Thousands of people havo their
Vi a turned toward tho fruit growing
crtlons of tho country, necking new
homes or Investments, and this fact
Is rrognlzed nnd taken advantage of
by tin Huntley-KreiniT Co. through
Milr establlHhinent of eastern con
nect huh, Medford will bo brought
o tho attention of tho fruitarians
throughout tuo oast by moans of tho
advertising sent out by this firm as
never heforo. Tho mom hers of tho
firm aro Messrs. Early W. Huntley
nnd George E. Kroiuor and they hnvo
biaiitlful offices lu tho Fruit Grow
ers bank building. They havo boon
hero only a short tlmo but thoy havo
becomo recognized ns nmong
loading firms contributing conspic
uously to tho devolopmont and up
building of thin section. They camo
hero from Minneapolis, whero both
were graduates of tho law donartment
of the University of Mlnnosotn, ob
taining their II. 1 1. degrees In 1907.
rhey have had considerable exnorl-
unco In the Inw, real ostato and In
surance business nnd after visiting
ovory rruit vniry m Washington,
loniio anil Aiontnnn, they decided
lint soiitnern Oregon nnd Medford tn
'iiotropnlls' wns the most nromlsluu
ii'nre. Mr. Kromor wns tho attorney
for tho Minnesota state Dontnl
Board, a position which ho roalgncd
on coming hoo, Both Mr. Huntloy
and Mr. Kromor havo purchased city
proporty nnd n fruit ranch and hnvo
ROGUE ORCHARDS AS DIVIDEND PAYERS & j& BY CHARLES A. MBOEUF
THE 400 carloads of apples and
pears shipped from that part of
Roguo river valley In Jackson
county during tho present season up
tp.Docember 31, netted tho growers
$600,000. Tho number of acres of
planted orchard in tho district is to
day 60,000, nearly all of which havo
beon sont out during tho past seven
years, while of that numbor, 25,000
woro piantea in tno past two years.
The crop roturna for 1909, there
fore, represont an Item of $10 per
aero for tho ontlro 60,000, or upon
tho basis of $100 valuation per acre,
10 por cent rovonue. Measured by
commercial plandard, an investment
yielding 10 per cent not profits per
annum is a a rlctly gilt edgo ono.
But not to exceed 3000 acres of tho
60,000 were In bearing In 1909, and
of these, not les3 than 1500 were
young orchards, Just reaching tho
bearing stago, and which produced
UtUo moro than traceB of fruit. Us
ing tho samo valuation nt inn no,
aero, the 3000 ncren onrrieil onn ,, ,
... .14,1 4 A A . Ijka '
vnuv uoi, uu i; g jduu acres, oo per
:eni. At a valuation or siooo nnr"
T - ' I
cro, tno not rovonuo for tho 1500
waa m iiyr cent, in oilier i
tno l&cu acres produced .
tn nnv 10 nn. n , ...... il
upon 60.000 acres at $100 per acre. , River Valley will bo fruit raising.
in ia iuuu ui jurtro, ovor iu,uuo , r uuy aovoiopcu, anu using ns on oa
acres will bo In bearing, and upon tlmato, one-forth of the hearing ro
tne most conservative basis 10,000 , cords of some of tho present orchards
carloads will bo shipped In 1915, of a It will produce not less than 75,000,
total valuation of $10,000,000, or 000 dollars worth of fruit each year,
ovor tvIco the present annual pro- or an umount equal to that of tho
duction of fruit in tho ontlro str.to, 'entir0 fruit production of California
A Comparison. today.
An interesting oxamplo of condl-1 A Mutter of Progress
Hons In tho Roguo River valley Is a It is now rathor p. matter of pro
comparison with to dairy industry gress than prospect. The best re
in tho Willamette valley, admittedly suits mav with nil rnnnnnnliln unfr.lv
ono of tho greatest Holds for dairy- bo looked for. Much caro has beon
lng on tho American contlnont, nnd 1 exercised in tho soloctlon of soil and
tho dovelopmont of which Is proceed- nursery stock, In planting tho crcat
Ing upon a most stable basis. The area of orchnnla. Th
Willamette valloy contains In round of cultivation aro bolng and havo beon
figures 3,000,000 acres of Innd dl- practiced, Only tho best varieties of
roctly and indirectly suited to tho apples and pec.B aro bolng planted,
rn sing of dairy cattle. Tho total, Tho old orchards havo boon tested
value of dairy products for 1909 was and found to rnnfnrm tn nil rnnnlr...
approximately $10,000,000. or at a ed standards. Tho Spokano National
valuation of $50 psr acre. 0 por cent i Apple show last Novombor uwardod
net lncomo; at a valuation of $100tho fumous Swoopstako prizo, with
por aero, tho incomo figures 3 nor tho broad title of AnniA winr ,.f i,n
J.0111',..?.1! a Btat0 01 fuU devolopmont I World, to -Tronson & Guthrlo of Englo
to WjlJamot to valloy will produce Point, for tho host car of apples ox-
iuu.uuu.uuo oi uairy products per hlhltod. It wos a car of Spltzonbor
year, In addition to other products variety, which Is tho vory best sol
pf tho soil. Diversified farming will. lor in tho greatest and most critical
bo its great industry. It Is tho tia- of Enstorn markots, and Biirpnsies
Jural homo of tho cow, and tho cow anything ovor placed on exhibition,'
is destined to bo supreme. JtIio competition was open to all, re-
Tho great Industry of tho Roguegardless of point of production, ulzo,
. variety, color or other qualifications
luumuo oi nu3o'tito prrcc;ion. To
earn such nn award In tho largest, and
most comploto, and oxcluslvo ex
hibit of fruit ov?r hold, is a worthy
loxamplo of what the Roguo Rlvor
j Valloy has dono, can and will do. In
11908 Now York City paid $10.02 por
60-pound box of ponra irom tho Roguo
j River Valley, tho highest prlco ovor
, obtained for pears In commordal his
tory. Tho young orchards havo mado
loniiallv famoiin rncnnln POtuttiiri'
paid at th0 rate of $1980,00 por car
iur ojmzoniJorgerB in lyuu, grown on
,ono of thoHo. Othor Illustrations of (ho
samo Kind aro to nutnoroua to re
cord. Nature Ix-iiiIh llaml
Tho reason Is slmplo, Evory foa
turo of th0 wonderful country tri
butary to Mndfmwl lu nnlnrnllv n,1.
nptod to tho culturo of high grado
ailPles and llfnrn nnmnlv nltlliidr.
cllmato, soli and wator. Tho sur
roundings alono aro conduclvo to on
prgy as well no a spirit of progress
lvonoss. This is why tho Roguo Rlvor
niiuy m iiuraciing nationni atton
tion, for Investment Is ono of tho
onuses responsible for recognition of
tllO VallOV by Now Ynrlr nn.l fill Inn ttn
capitalists, and toduy tho culturo and
Intolllgenco of noarly ovory stnUi In
tho union la roprosenlod In tho owner.
hip of Roguo River orchnrdH. Thp
dollghtful onvlronmonta Hiiggost tho
reason for permanent resldonco of
llO host fllllllllcK nt (tin nnllrn Mimlrir
Attracted by the nlninntilH nt t.rndf
IpIcnBure and hoalthftil conditions.
housnndH aro making tholr haraos In
tho Rogu0 Rlvor Valloy oach yonr.
Tho valley is ruoldlv
formed Into a panorama of incom
parable loveliness, and tho hnro
Holds of ffin vrtnrn mm nm n
ClorlOIIB llllppf",nn nt nrnlmnl. loll
out on tho strictest of tnuthomatlcal
lines and onllvonod horo and thoro
with tho graceful outllno of bunga
lows, colon In I unit nthnp mn,i.n
BtyloB of rcsldoncoB, all typical of tho
tasto and roflnomont of tholr occu
pants. An (imnlrn nt Itnnir lm
croated In tho heart of Orogon, tho
nuiin toiiiioation or wnicu rosis upon
tho npplo and tho pear Industry.
'i iro t'eatiircs
Two lmnortint. fnnh tpn npA tt I, .
b ino In rnlnd ob to tho prospects of
this Hoctlon: Flrflt, Is tho produc
tion of fruit Hirniiirlinnt llm TTniin.i
StntCB, which is woll known to ho con-
i niiniiy uocroaHing lu tho torrltory In
tho East. Sncnnd. Hi.. Inn.,.
bolng plantod to fruit In tho Pacific
Htntos of Oregon, Washington and
Idaho. Whothor or not tho orchards
In tho Enotorn, Middle nnd Western
states will bo rohnhlllt;.tod, or a fur
ther dotormlned offart by now plant
ing mado tn rnnlor,. Mm Inrmn. .,
duction to tho aamo or groator fitund-
ard. m.ittnre UMin i la nlmnlti,
(llfforent to nogiio Rlvor Intorosts
10 whnt oxtnnt nMinr Pn,.l(ln ui,.inu
dovolopo. Tho fnct Is pobUIvo that no
ottior Enutorn orchnrd districts was
"U1 kuiioii uiion 10 Hunjoct its appieB
and penra to tho camo aovorltyof toHt.
by reason of lonir iIIhIhtipk uiii,.
,na thoso In this Hoctlon nro compellod'
luruo oi conditions to do. That no
hastcm product Is In tho Hnnio clans
Of COmillltltlnri im nnru ta nl.i,. ,.
tnlnty. Our Nowtown npploa com-
nir.nd tho hlghost prlco on tho Lon
don mnrkot. New Ynrlr nn.l nii..
-r ----- ...... KIKI WVIIUI
Oflfltorn Cltlnfl. TlnrMnrr nivicd ren...
. . I'WMIII I I Mill
Modford, In splto of tholr long haul
ticrosB tho contlnot, roach destination
in porfoct condition, and top tho mnr
kot. WllllO Co 111 Inn nnrl nllinp fnll n.
ntlos nro In tholr qunltly and porfoc-
hwii, uinuiiuuy meal to tins vniloy,
HlK'clnlty In Quality ,
Our Blioclnltv In Hiinnrlnr
which hnB alrondy mndo tho Roguo
Rlvor Vallov bo woll if
standard Is nvnrvtliimr Mi.ii iu'
sonted by tho olomonts of perfection,
'I ho lino of apples and penra la rapidly
crowing ovor tho ontlro country.
PrlcoB aro advancing lu tho same pro-
portion, and continuous production In
thQ Rogu0 River Valloy, ovon to nn
abnormal oxtont, miiHt not bo looltei
upon nppprohoiiBlvoly , bo long as
quality is tho flnit consideration.
I Practically no markot In' tho Uni
ted States outsldo of Nov York and
Chicago havo aa yot boon Introducod
to our fruit. Tho room for oxpnnslon
is thoroforo groat, nnd tho producing
nroa of tho Pncllllo Const, capable of
marketing npploa and poars of tho
samo class of rorfoctlon n thoso of
Soiithorn Orogon, so limited, that our
jium oi compoution in practically baro,
.It will bo a nit ttor of yoaro boforo
I tho ontlro Pacllllc Const Is In position
to supply tho Nntlon'H noeds, and tho
crucmi tost win coino with voliimo.
Tho Roguo Rlvor Vniloy nood fonr
no competition oxcopt mipororlty,
which nelthor tho grout Eostorn mnr
kot nor Spokano havo as yot acknow-
loilroil flin (ivlntnncn nt Wlint flnnth.
om Oniiron wants nnd'lnvltcs hi enm-
potltlou. Few Btniidnrds nro kopt iii
without It. It Is after nil a survival
of tho fittest, and If giinrdrib by tho
prosont gonorntlon of fruit growers In
Southern Ornunu tho nrnlnirillHlu nt
Modford will ho proparod for tho flnni
iohc.
Tim fnturn rnnlil nnt l.n mi In In. I
In morn Klowlnir colors than urn Mm
prospects for 1010,
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