TMOnUDJrORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, ilWHRUARY 2, 1010.
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Consul Henry B. Miller Writes Inter
esting Account of Market for
Fruit Offered In Old
Erin.
Tho ponr market scoiuh to lmvo fowerj
sources of simply Hm ny othor'
fruit hoio. All tho rionloti nro mix
iour for n lnrj-er supply of mr. nutl
i thoro seems to bo n Rrotit opiwrtunily
for Orepm full tuul wlntor pears in
the future markets. Unfortunately
the Oregon ponr has not yet boon re
ceived in sufficient quantities to es
tablish its reputation as a distinctly
Oregon product, and is advertised
under a placard of California pears,
although displayed in boxes marked
distinctly lloguo River pears from
Medford, Or.
There should bo n careful and
oonmlote invostiiriition of the nossi-
iitiL.tA&i, iroianu, uoc. -i U , hilities in tho ponr market through-
thc Mail Tnbuno.jLuolossd herewith! out Europe by tho Oregon Horticul
plenso find copy of my report to tho
stnto department on tho apple market
in Belfast. For tho benefit of tin
fruiterowors of the Pacific north
west; and of tho Rogue River volley
in particular, I desire to supplomc.it
this report with some special obser
vations. Oregon apples -arc already well
known in . this market r.nd lm.vc n
first-class reputation. It is a gen
eral statement of fmit dealers here
thnt Oregon produces tho finest ap
ples that reach this market, and it b
turnl sooioty. This should ho fol
lowed by thorough investigation of
different varieties possible of pro
duction to perfection throughout tho
Willamette vnlloy, and if my impres
sions nre corroot, this investigation
would result in extensive plantings of
FRISCO HAS TWO
B
HEALTH
OARDS
Taylor Board Resists Efforts of New
Mayor to Oust Them Will
Apply for an Injunction.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. U.
Two boards of health will bo in 80s
sion hero next Friday, according to
today's status of political affairs
The Taylor board, which is resisting
the mayor's attempt to oust them,
will hold a session while tho Mo
Carthy now appointees ,aro planning
to take charge ot city affairs. Un
their general beliof that there is noiof tho markets of Great Britain
possibility of overstocking this mar-J should not oxceod 75 cents n'-box of
ket with tho Oregon apple. Cali- ono bushel each. This will leave i
fomia apples arc also to bo found 'fair margin for the dealer, aud
in
fall and winter pears, for iny obsor- leas the courts iutorvene it is likely
vations load mo to beliovo that tho that a fair-sued municipal tangle
Willamette valley has unsurpassed
advantages in production of this
fruit.
0nal Will RetluctvCost
The cost of transportation to any
thnt a fair-sued
will result.
Tho Taylor boa'rd, which refuses to
resign, is making preparations to ap
ply for an injunction to restrain the
mayor from removing them. They
declare that thoy havo done th6ir
duty and thnt thoy cannot be remov
ed for cause Tho McCarthy board,
which secured their seats with tho aid
ma apples arc also to no tounu tair margin lor tne tlonier, aim a-. ,,, . ,
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LuuaiuuLuua1 uuutiimca uuiu, uiifc cti'iuiimu iiivmi tu mu iriuuuuui. iitu i , .1..,, it, .... it. ,
.... , . ... ( . i i p n 1 i t ililil iiiiij tniti r.i;i'i in.-iu iiuiu mi' ii
Crcgon product. In fact, tlio Oregon and tho quantity consumed simply
product here stands in a class by . enormous.
itself. This is most likely duo to j When tho Panama canal is com
the fact that Oregon produces not Ipleted ships will load at Portland for
only high-class fruit, but through tho j Liverpool and many other European
organization of fruitgrowers, thoy 1 ports. The cost of transporting np
not only ship a finer quality of np-, pies when the canal is completed will
pies to this mnrket, but they are so not exceed one-hnlf of the present
packed as to arrive in a better con- 1 price. This will undoubtedly insure
ficcs of tho board of health, will
hold its sessions in the regular board
room, whilo their opponents will meet
at tho offices of ono of the contend
ing commissioners.
(Dr. Guy K. Manning, a member of
tho board, who was appointed yes
terdav by tho mnyor to the new roin-
mission, is placed in a peculiar qnan
dition than from any other locality, n. profitable market throughout Eu-. vU,J;ftst ,he MoCar(,
Socoml Quality Fhnls Market rope generally for Oregon applet and j --!
, pears, and will mnke n cortninty of j 1.
Before baring any experience in
Tho rank and file of the health of-
boaid hns Hcleeted its subconuaittoos
and isprooeodiug to routluo work of
the doartinout.
PITTSBURG FEARS
COMING OF GROUNDHOG
I'tTTSnUItU, Fob. a. Tho ground
hog has gono wrong for tliroo huo
sesslvo years In IMttaburK and Henry
Pennywlt, official weather forecaster
for this dtBtrlct warns tho pcopfo to
Ignoro tho cronturo when ho omorKOtt
from tits holo Wudnosdny, In 100
and 1 1 0 1 tho ground hog's shadow
wna plainly vlclble, yet tho wonthor
was mild for the next weeks, In ret
ittntlnn of tradition, and In 1008,
when ground hog day wna & black an
night, six weeks ot heavy mum and
flood followed.
Incidentally Pittsburg la a bit
anxious, since tho Purls flood, There
nro threo rlvirs threatening rittn
hurg, while Paris has but one. The
wonthor bureau reports that tho now
fnll for tho past month lies boon 22. G
Inches, tho largest for any Hlmtlar
period tor 10 years. Tho guosscti are
that the abundance of comets or tho
genoral ww.r and tear an tho sun
might Uav'o anything to do with tho
phenomonal weather thin year wcro
met at tho local woathor bureau with
tho statement that records at Kow
observatory In London, for tho pant
12C years, showed that tho temper
tore has not varied .is a whole nuo-
olghth of a docrco.
SAN FRANCISCO MAN BUYS
HALF INTEREST IN MOORE
Km 1 1 Mohr, of San Francisco, has
nurchaxud n 0110 half Intim-m In tho
Mnnrj, TltifiO nnil Kir nttil tlm luiu1 '
firm of Rau and Mohr went Into bus
iness yesterday at noon.
Mr.'Slohr and his family catno hero
about a week ago and the result of
his Investigation ot Modford's possi
bilities was an Investment In a half
the fruit mnrkets of Great Britain, Ija, STe"t VJ11"0.1 "ot 0,lli' ior ,lnjJn 1 fico apparently aro deciding tho mat-1 Interest In to hotel property.
thni' " ' tor for themselves. Several of th
nothing but tho first-class product i nunnhty of common stock. What the
of Oregon orchards could find a I Ogon orchanl.st wants today ,s not
market' here. This preconceived ' so muchJJ (ncy price for Al fltoek
onm!nn hn honn nnmnlplolv sl.nH.T. i,s " PVO lur UIU COII.I.m
" t 1
cd by a thorough examination of the
fruit markets in this part of the
world, and there is no longer nny
question in my mind, but that sec
ond quality of Oregon product will
find an ever-increasing demand nt n
good profit to tho producer. If the
packing and snipping is corned on
varieties and grades,
This will bo insured by the new
j route of transportation direct from
Portland through the Panama canal
to all of the European ports, and will
place the Pacific coast 011 nn equal
footing, ns far as the co.t of trans
portation is concerned, with the great
with the same unifomity to a true apple-producinjr sections of Canada,
standard ns is done by the fmit-! Work Cannot bo Orcnlono
growers' organisations throughout ! By tho time thnt orchards planted
Oreaon of their first quality. j today come into bearing, this new
Organization of the fruitgrowers, ' trade route will be established, and
however, is the key to success. Or-j there will thon be no question ns to
ganizations in different parts of the! the permanent valuo of Oregon orc'h
state should see to it that a reliable ards of fall and winter pears. The
standard of grades is established as demand o fthe Europenn market for
nearly uniform as possible. Follow- American npples may be comprehend
ing'this, the fruitgrowers' brganiza-. ed by the statement that at this time
tion of the Willamette valley, togeth-1 of the year shipments from Atlantic
er with those of Hood River, Rogue I ports to Europe exceed .100,000 bush
River and others, should select niels week, and nine-tenMii of this
selling n;enoy for their product, nndi fruit is below the standard of first-j
establish n representative in Liver- class Pacific coast stock. '
pool, who would have control of the I .There need be no fear of Oregon!
sale of their fruit throughout Orcnt producing too ninny npples by tho J
Britain. There seems to be an op- time orchards now planted come in?o
portunity for the Oregon apple-1 bearing. The only problems nre the I
growers to market Jier ten times the production of good fruit, establish
higher officials have tendered their Nollce to Union Carpenters.
resignations to the McCarthy board, Then! will be a called meeting on
while others have applied to the new Thursday eve, February 3. .Members
board for orders. urged to be present. Important busi
Tu tho meantime, the McCarthy ncss. C. E. LEATIIERMAN, R. S.
SEE US FIRST
I When in need of Eloctrio Wiring, or Fixtures, and snvo money by get
I ting best workmanship. Dynamo Repairing a specialty.
FLYNN BROS.
MEDFORD'S PREMIER ELECTRICIANS.
7 WEST MAIN STREET.
Wm. E. STACY & GO.
REAL ESTATE AND EMPLOYMENT.
District Agent for ALADDIN LAMP Local agents wanted, Lamp 011
exhibition and for sale at the following plncoo. Alton & Ucagan'a, War
ner, Wortman & Gore's and Weeks & McGowan'11 furniture atoro.
Office 8 South Central Ave.
MEDF0RL, OR.
quantity nt present, shipped into this
country. It is important, however, to
emphasize the fact that organizations
for growing, grading and marketing
are the essentinl features to nccom
plish this result.
Uniform Grading Requisite
The general tendency of tariffs iu
Great Britain nt the present time np-
pears to be largely 111 tho direction of
preferential tariffs for British col
onies. 'Its accomplishment may be Hhown f,;0 aiapatoH quoting John L. 1
not far distant, and may give a fa- nu. - .win-in- , i,,. :
mcnts of standard grades through
large organizations, skillful packing
nnd systematic "methods of market
ing through large associations. Very
trulv yours, '
HENRY B. MILLER,
United States Consul.
JEFF WAXES ANGRY
AT JOHN L.'S
EVERETT, Wash,, Fob.
REPORT
.WJen
vorable advantage to BritiVh Colum
bian and Canadian fruit. It is pos
sible to overcome even this advan
tage by superior skill through well-1
developed organizations of growers
in producing and marketing. Condi-:
tions in Oregon are especially fnvor
ablo to the establishment of organ
izations for this purpose.
The first requisite is tho produc-1
tion of more Oregon apples of a good '
M , 1 ? : "cu" ""l"""0 ",0,wore trying to queer this match. If
establishment of uniform grades; for SulUvan kn0WB ttnythlng about the
urge qunnt.ties The third requisite he . have to OHt hIfl
is a substantial and mtelliccnt T..t 1 n
m7. f .TpT andtdIu,P0Bin1f he knows about tho 'frameup.' If the
Sulllv
championship heavyweight battle Is to
bo a fake, Jim Joffries frowned om
inously, and as his interviewer mov
ed nearer the door, tho bollermakor
I thundered:
j "Say, how do you think It makes
! a man in my position feel to hear all
' this knocking?"
The newspaper man refrained from
hazarding a guess and Joff continued:
"Well, it looks as if certain people
vantage of tho present opportunities
in these lines, there is no reason why
Oregon apples, and pears as wpll,
should not lend in the markets of the
world.
Consumers in this country pay 4
cents a pound for ordinary cooking
npples. For table apples, from 0
cents a pound to 4 cents each for Or
egon Yellow Nowtown Pippins, these
bringing the very highest prices. The
demand hero at those prices is enor
mous, and tho Oregon fruit, with its
fight has been fixed, then old John
L, must havo been In on the fixing,
for I know nothing about It."
PROMINENT GRANTS.
PASS COUPLE WED
Among the popular weddings of
the season to take plnce in Grants
Pass ocenrred Wednesday evening
last at the residonco of J, D, Fry,
when W. B. Fry and Miss Maud Wil
liams wore mnrriod. Tho ceremony
fine color nnd juicy qualities, will,wns Performed by Rev. Robert Mo
have no trouble in capturing the larg- Lcan' 1,1 tho Presence of immediate
est pnrt of the market.' relatives and friends.
Having had more than 20 years' Both were roarcd m 0rantfi Pans
exporionce in producing and market- ,Mr' Fry ifl a son o J D' Fr5'' 11
uunKcr, nnu in now ongageu in uum
ing Orogon apples, I am convinced
that there is a handsome profit to the
Oregon grower nt these prices.
Demand for Pears Increase
Fall, and winter pears sell in this
market from 0 to 8 cents each. Rogue
River peara brkg tho higlwst price.
ness for himself as a dmggist on
tho east sido in Portland. Mrs. Fry is
a daughter of J, H. Williams, of Wil
liams Brothers, largely interested in
lumbering nnd milling.
Wear Kidd'a Shoes.
$12,525 Eleven acres in Cornice peal's, 30 years old,
nine acres in Bartlett and Anjou peal's, 1 to 3 years
old; close in; good mil. Terms.
$12,000 Eleven acres in Cornice and Hose peat's, li
years old. These trees arc in full bearing and will
pay a good income on the nriee asked.
$24,000 Thirty-two acres in Boscyand Anjou pears;
trees are from 4 to 7 years of age. Complete set
of buildings. Close in.
$7000 Thirty-five acres of black sticky, three miles
from Medford, al.1 under the ditch and can be irri
gated. $13,000 Thirty-two acres, close to Medford; eight
acres iii "Newtowns and Spitzojiborgs 5 to 7 years
of age; 14 acres in alfalfa; three acres in peaches;
two acres in berries; irrigated; buildings.
$13,000 Twenty acres; 1G acres in 7-ycar-old New
towns and balance in 3-year-old Bartlett peais; no
buildings.
$7500 Ten acres, all planted to Newtown and Ppit-
zenberg apples, 7 to 11 years old.
$18,000 Thirty-five acres, about 25 planted to apples
and peare, in bearing. Trees are from 6 to 15 years
old; buildings; four miles from Medford.
$14,000 Thirty-five acres; buildings; exceptionally
fine 'place for a home; twelve acres in apples a d
pears 3 years old; about an acre of bearing orchard;
.11 acres in alfalfa; all fine deep free soil.
$150 to $200 per acre Stewart acre tracts; two miles
from Medford; tracts are from 10 to 25 acres in size.
Fine building spots on all; can all bo irrigated;
cheapest tracts in the Medford neighborhood; easy
terms.
$300 per acre Finest five and ten-acre orchard and
garden tracts in the valley; easy terms.
$35,000 270 acres; buildings; 2G acres in bearing
Spitz, Newtowns and Cornice pears; about 60 acres
in ono and two-year-old apples and pears; fine or
chard land.
SELLING AGENTS FOlC SNOWY BUTTE
ORCHARD TRACTS.
W. T. YORK & CO
Baker's
vs.
Home Made Bread
Wo have honie-mado broad. Which would
you rather oat, homo-mado or bakers'? A
foolish question to ask, for most peoplo
would bo willing to pay twice tho price for
homo-umdo broad they pay for baker's, but
you can buy tho good old-fashioned homo
mado broad at tho Rex Grocery for tho sumo
price as baker's. Largo, well browned
loaves, both nourishing and palatable, and
baked from tho host flour in tho city.
"Yakima Best"
Take a loaf home with you nud bo con- ,
vinced.
Rex Grocery Co.
Best Groceries
At Prices Strictly in
Keeping with the
Quality of Our
Stock which is
Unexcelled
A Trial willCoavince You
Allen Reagan
. The Square Deal Grocers
SNAP
In Business
lOOxlOO on one of our best
business streets
A good stock ranch of 200
acres for rent.
THE ROGUE RIVER LAND COMPANY
Fire Insurance No. 1 1 North Central Ave.
PLUMBING
Steam and Hot Water Heating.
All work guaranteed. Prices reasonable.
I. P. MOORE AND E. E. SMITH
Old Tribune Building. Phone 2931.
DRIVERS that know the country
RIGS that cover the country
QVlOUhY ANI WITH COMI'Mjrr TO YOU AUK AMY.U'H to mm
KOIJNI) A'l 1'IIK
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