SECOND SECTION UNITED PRK88 ASSOCIATION Full Lowed Wire Itcport. PAGES 9 TO 10 The only paper In tho world published In a city tho elzo of Medford having a leased wire. "OPR'PH YBA.R. MEDFORD OR IWON, SUNDAY, FEB R AIRY 20, 1910. No. 287. 5 n hmii wee U UINt Wtt Medford Mail Tribune K'S REPORTED SALES SEASON ON I REAL E! N FUIE SWING; STATE MEN JUBILANT Every Class Property Moving, Rapidly Many Buying Orchard Tracts tor Homes City Property Is in Demand Many Building and Choice Residence Sites Change Hands Banner Week In Realty Circles Demand Is Brisk and Steady. 4 One million eighty-two thousand nine hundred und fifty dollars ia the' total amount changing bands dur ing the past week in local real estate circles. Every dais of property orchard, timber, city which i offend flndH a strong, Mendy demand. The pale making the to tal over a million of dollars are thoK reKrted by locnl real entate men during (he week. There were many (-ales . made which are withheld for the present and two Hales of over $50,00(1 are now being closed, but the agent n yet decline to announce the Miles. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4444444 The week in the banner one MedfordV historv, and it came was predicted by realty men. an coon n the weather willed and balmy Mtien were conducive to trip throughout the valley. The. yeai promises to be n record-brenker. Medford has Htruok her gait upon the highway of prosperity The big sale of the week wan that of the Barrel! orchards to a nyndi- ente of Spokane men for $500,000. Thin is the banner sale in commcr oiai on-hard property of the entire northwest. Following thi sale was a second one, in timber land, B. H. Hnrri polling 4000 ncres of timber land on Foot creek to eastern men, the con sidcration being $125,000. In city property, the sale of the James N. Smith Nob Hill tract for $00,000 was the top-nolcher. Other notable purchases in city property was tho purchase of the property ot Mrs. Hello Nickel! for $15,000 and of Mrs. Brooke for $10,000 bv Mrs. F. W. Carnahan and Mrs. Lou F.nynrt. These nre both ohoice business sites on South Cen tral avenue. A. Conro Fiero nlo purchased the Schermerhorn prop erty on Wet-t Sixth street, paying $10,000. Dr. F, E. Page lias accumulated a few more neres of I?ogue Hiver val ley soil in addition to his already oonsidorablo holdings, havi;ig pur chased 228 acres from Sylvester Patterson near Tnltno, and adjoin ing the famous. Snncrest orchard on the east, paying therefor $55,000. The land is all susceptible of fruit culture and will be utilired for that purpose, Dr. Pago Ijhh already contracted for. trees to plant 200 acres, or 14,- South Central avenue, between Main 000 trees in all, and will have a crew at work at once preparing the ground for planting, which will com mence at once. J. E. Darksdull reports the sale of the Brooks property, corner of Kighth and Centra) avenue, fronting 50 feet on Central, to Mrs. Carna han and Mrs. Enynrt, for $10,000. Mrs. C. II. Carey is also among the purchasers of city property, having purchased two lot in Queen Anne addition it double corner for $1500. Mrs. Carey is undecided whether to build on this property or ujmiii the one she recently purchased on the Orchard Home road. W, M. Holmes reports the sale of the Jos. Taylor & Son's place, north of the chy, for a consideration of $35,000 nil told. The property con sisted of (15 acres, nnd It. A. Matth ews of Minneapolis paid $1S,000 for 32 acres. The tract was placed jn the market entire, nnd in order to make the Matthews sale Mr. Holmes was obliged to take up the balance at $10,500. He isn't worrying over his bargain, either. Five hundred dollars an acre isn't much for that class of land Hear creek bottom and under irrigation. . A. Folger. late general ninnnger of the, Goodrich Rubber company, purchnscd through the agency of An derson & Green nnd Ira J. Dodge. 1(1 acres of the old Whetstone plnce, wt-st of Medford, lying just south of the Perry subdivision, and naid therefor the very low price of $350 an acre. I en ncres of this is wood land, which when cleared will make a beautiful pnrk and home grounds, nnd it is the intention of Mr. Folger to build n home there, grow fine cat tle and live tho simple life. Mr. Folger has also purchased from John Dent 10 acres east of the Lindloy property for $3500. A. Conro Fiero has purchnscd lots 1 and 2, block 50, at the comer of Grape and Sixth streets, from G. L. Schermerhorn for $10,000. Judge W. E. Crcwes of Seattle has purchased from Mrs. D. R. Andrus en acres smith nnd west of the citv and ndjoiuiug the city limits, for $17,000. Judge Crewes didn't in- end to fall 'in love with the Rogue River valley when he enmo here, but he just couldn't help it. V, A. rolgcr nnd Ira J. Dodge have purchnscd four lot in block 3. This property fnces on the railroad wo blocks south of the depot, nnd it is the intention of tho purchasers to use it for warehouse purposes. he price paid was in tho neighbor hood 'of $4000. J. E. Rnrksdull renorts tho snip bv Mrs. Belle Niekcll of her property on OREGON'S ORCHARD WEALTH. t (Portland Oregonian.; t The Halo of tho Uurrell orchard in the Tfotnie River valley for $500,000 will hard- I ly fail to attract attention far beyond the state lines. The purchase was made by I experienced men familiar with the growing and marketing of fruit. There is noth- t i ing in the record of the properly to indicate, that they have made any miBtake. I The sale of this particular property is of exceptional interest aside from the mag 1 nitude of the transaction. It was one of the first "high-priced" orchards sold in southern Oregon, and at the time of tho original transfer there were plenty of pes simists who were firmly convinced that the orchard would never earn a satisfac tory interest on the investment. We have listened to this talk of overproduction and low prices for more than ten ycai-s and meanwhile the orchard acreage contin ues to increase, the demand remains unsatisfied and prices advance and do not de cline. What an Oregon fruit orchard can do not one year, or two, or three, but right along, year after year is shown in the statement that the Bartlett pears on the Burreli orchard have netted an average of $G00 per acre for the past nine pears, this figure running up to $1000 per acre Inst year. There are smaller orchards in southern Oregon which have made even better returns, and the same is true of orchards in other parts of the state. It has been more than ten years since many of these orchards began paying huge dividends on the investment. An increasing output in the next ten years may slightly reduce the size of these dividends, but there is an enormous "leeway" for shrink're in prices before" the industry will cease to be remunerative, even at present hiirh-priced valuations. Thus far the demands of the wealthy consumers take up all of the best Oregon fruit at such high prices that it is difficult for consumers in moderate financial circumstances to secure first-class Oregon apples or pears. If the supply ever overtakes the demand, which is now fixing prices on such a' high level, even a moderate decline in'prices will enormously increase the demand. At at cost which would still leave the growers a good margin of profit, the demand could be expand ed enormously. The fruit orchard which will turn off $1000 per acre represents a good manv yetn-s of hard labor, and a considerable cash outlay, but there still re main in Oregon many thousands of acres of land which is susceptible of just as great a development as any now in the dividend-earning class. Money is plentiful in the west, but it is not so plentiful that men will pay $500, 000 for an orchard unless they have positive assurance that it will yield a good re turn on the investment. Judging the future by the past, the new owners of the Burrell orchard have made a good buy. BANK D P SITS AND POSTAE ECEIPTS MAKE GREAT GAIN Month of January Shows Unprecedented Growth in ostal and tanking Receipts These Are Probably the Most Unerring Indices tat the M'aterfal Welfare ef the City and They Are Prem ising Much for a Banner Year In Medferd. H' 4 Bank Deposits. January, 1905....$ 600,498 1906.... 726,971 1907.... 1,084,63k 1908.... 1,254,489 1909 1,261,431 1910.... 1,863.568 Increase during 1909, $602,- 137. Per cent increase, .48. January, January, January, January, January, t 4 nnd Eighth streets, to Carnnhnn nnd Mrs. J. comprising 70 feet frontage on Cen tral avenue, for $15,000. W. T. York & Co. report the fol lowing snles: . A. J. Shirley to E. N. Campbell, 75 acres two miles west of Talent, comprising 15 ncres young trees and 45 acres under cultivation $10,500. Mrs. Christy to Chnrles M. Eng lish, house and lot at corner of Grape and Fifth streets; $2600. S. I. Wilson to Chnrles M. Eng- HkIi and George Treohler, 33 acres and a fraction four miles northwest of Medford, 25 acres in bearing or- chnrd; $17,500. W. T. York & Co. to C. M. Eng lish, residence property on New town street; $2500. One of the Midwny trncts to Mr, Davidson for $2600. S. M. Robinson, Talent, to W. T. York & Co., about 30 Acres nenr Talent, $6750. T. Moffat t to II. D. Scbuler, bouse and three lots in Ross addition to Medford; $2050. The Valley Land corapnny reports the following recent sales: Fifty-five acres two and a half miles northwest of Central Point, belonging to T. C. Law, sold to A. P. Whitney at $12,000. Thirty-one ncres of brash land joining the George Hoover orchard west of Phoenix, sold to Anderson Mrs. F. W.;& Cook for $3000. This was the S. E. Enyart, ,L. Stephens property. Twenty acres just north of the nbove, sold to same parties at $2600. having formerly belonged to Mrs. bvnns. Twenty-six lots in the Westmore land addition to the city of Medford sold to L. J. Miksehe at $4000. Three lots in tho same addition sold to Hutcbnson & Lumsden at $650. Also four lots in same addition sold to Everett Finlcy at $700. Six ncres belonging to Mott Dcra mer nnd lying in northwest part of city, sold to the Medford Bnok cora pnny at $40Q0. The Oregon Orchards Syndicate reports the following sales: E. E. Miner to E. B. Suramy, prop erty nenr Gold Hill, $20,000. Five ncres on Siskiyou Heights to J. W. Dunlop, $4500; Three lots to Mrs. V. M. Chess- more, $2100. Twenty-two ncres in Crostbrook to Lewis D. Hcese nnd George Cassell,- 3-tllUH). Twenty acres in Cresbrook to J. R. Benner, $4750. Eighteen acres in Cresbrook to Mabel Evans, $4500. COUNCIL CALLS FOR BIDS ON PAVING OP 13 MILES OF STREETS The year ending January, 1909, is the most prosperous ever experienc ed by local banking institutions. Dur ing thoe 12 months the number of battles in Medford has been increased to four, two have doubled their cap ital stock and deposits have crown $602,137, or an increase of 48 per cent. By consulting the foregoing table, in which the tfttal deposits in Janu ary of each year back to 1905 are shown, it will be seen that the 1909 increase almost equals the entire amount on deposit in 1905 in round .figures, $600,000. In December," 1900. the MairTrib une, in gathering statistics for an annual number, found the totnl amount on deposit to be $1,847,300. Since then the deposits hnve grown jto $1,863,568 an increase' of $16, 26S in one month and January at that. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. McClendon ar rived from Lompoc, Oil., .Thursday, where thoy have been spending the winter with relatives. At a meeting of the city council hold Friday evening the recorder was crossing. instructed to call for bids for pav-1 Bartlett from Main to Eighth, ing. The paving program is full and; . Front north to Jackson, south to will soon be under way. Jcit5 limits. Although the year 1910 is still Fir from Sixth south to city limits, young, Medford has set a' mark in AJev between Fir and Grape, Main municipal improvement which prob-,to k,!;n,h ably has never been equaled by any1 Grape, Sixth to Eighth. wvvwMM cwum tu J. IILL ICCULll street. Oakdale, with exception of railroad city of S000 in the world, and which no other city in the northwest can show. Petitions for paving hnve come in until the totnl on file repre sents 13 miles of the city's streets. This .work is all to be done this sum mer. Medford has nearly three miles of pavement nt the present time and it is believed that by fall over 15 miles of the city's streets will be paved. Figuring 300 feet to a block, the petitions on file represent the pav ing of -about 200 blocks. The streets to be paved are: Genebsee street. East Main from bridge to city lim its. Riverside avenue. Twelfth north to the city limits. Central avenue, both north nnd south to city limits. Sixth, Rivorside nvenne west to street Ivy, Sixth to Seventh. Laurel. Main HRDLUSHRDLUU West Tenth, Oakdale to Hamilton in Ross addition. Laurel, Main to Fourth. North Orange, Main to Fourth. West Fourth, Oakdale to Colum bus. Roosevelt avenue, Main north to city limits. Jackson, Riverside to Columbia? ' North Peach, Main to Fourth. Summit avenue. MEDFORD THEATER RECEIPTS GREATER THAN PORTLAND Postal receipts for Janu-' ary, 1910, show an increase of 55 per cent over January, 1909. January receipts are tb largest in the history of the local postoffice for any month in any previous year. If the growth continues, Medford's receipts for 1910 will be over $29,000. Jasnary, 1910 $2424.43 January, 1909 ..... 1564.49 X t $ 859.94 Incraasc Per cent increase, .54 plus.' -f ---" Exceeding January, 1909, receipts of the local postoffico by nearly 55. per cent, the January, 1910, receipts are the largest ever known in any one month in the local postoffice, to taling $2424.43. The receipts in January, 1909, -were $1564.49, the increase being $859.94. Daring 1009 the postal rewipts.of' Medford increased 33 per cent over- 3f the receipts of one year ago. Eu gene's receipts increased 19.6 per cent and Portland's 5.09. During the year ending December: 31, 1909, the receipts totaled $19,- 013.68, -while for 1908 they totaled! $14,591.69, an increase of $4,421.99, or a little over 33 per cent. The receipts for December, 1909, were $2,403.59, while for December,. 1908, they vere $1,733.49. Receipts by quarters during the past year were : March 31 $ 4,164.25 June 30 4.799.90 September 30 4,304.23 December 31 5,945.30 Total ,$19,013.68'. The receipts for December, 1909,. show an increase of 26 per cent ovecr December, 1908. The receipts for Mclntyre & Heath ill- 1 1 jt in nnyu company Drote au rec- THE LA FEAN APPLE BILL ords for the. house, being $201 more than Eugene, $211 more than Sa lem and $7 more than tho last night at Portland, and this following a show the night before when the re ceipts ran up to $700. Manager Ha ielrigg is particularly grateful to the Medford theatergoers for the good showing he was enabled to make, for this being Klaw & Erlan ger's own show, and they controlling--the bookings for the entire United.' States, it means that Medford will get all the big attractions for next season. Manager Haselrigg reports that at least 200 people were turned" away Friday night. , Tho following is a portion of the nddrosH made by C. E. Whisltfr of Medford before the National League of Commission Merchants at Nor folk, Vn., in opposition to the pro posed La Fean bill, regulating tho sl?o of apple boxes. It embodies most of the arguments against tho measure from a fruit grower's standpoint : "Tho question of standards is the only question with us. So far as tho grading is concerned, so far as tho main features of tho bill nro con corned, well and good. 11 will moot with tho hearty support of all tho producers of the northwest. But it will not meot with tho support of those producers in regnrd to meas urement. It hns been demonstrated in this bill tliit tho hnsis which was taken nB a .standard for rnenKuro ment was tho Now York barrel. It flays, 'tho barrel now in common liso.' That is what tho bill snys, Gentlemen, whnt barrel is now in AN ADDRESS BY C. E. WHISLER usot Is there n merchant among you dare stand up nnd say just what barrel is referred toT Tho bill is lame in that respect. It simply says, 'tho barrel now in use.' I measured ono of those so-called standard barrols in Washington dny before yesterday. I also measured ono of the boxes which wo have scat down here, nnd I wnnt to say to you, gentlemen, that I have here a box of tho npples that won tho grand sweepstakes priro nt Spokane, at tho national apple show, when a car load of npples won a prize of $1000, and n prize for thrco boxes. "I havo two standard measures there, one-half bushel each. We are hero to defend that package. We will not stnnd under tho imputation of favoring a short package. Tho Lord abhors n short package, but n Just measuro is his delight, nnd so is it of all of us of tho northwest. Wo hnvo arrived nt this box ques tion, gentlomen, nftor 15 yenrs of experience of close application and hard learning. We hnve established a paokage wwhich exactly fits that box, and it has taken those years to do it, at an immense expense. You gentlemen in the east ore just now coming up to the proposition of n better pnokage nnd God speed you, becnuse we want you to ele vate to tho highest possible standard of perfection the grading nnd tho packing of npples, so that they will come to the consumer in the best possible shape. "Now, wo have conducted schools all over the northwest. 1 nnd my partner this fall pnid tho entire ex pense of n pneking school conducted under the supervision of the state, in order to eduento packers along tho lino of packing in this box. When yon nttompt to pack apples in a box you will find that there nre some scientific principles involved that do not obtain in pneking oranges, which seem to have been taken as tho standard for the pneking of apples. "The reasons nre plain. An apple is not shaped like an orange. An ornnge can be packed equally well in a square box, in cubical contents or in a coffin or n cheese box, so far ns that is concerned. becnntP it is round; it will stand a certain pressure which an apple will not stand. Apples aro not of an eqnnl and uniform shnpe, therefore it re quires a systematic packing, n sys tematic princinle to be observ!.' in put thoso npples in n box proporlv. o nnvo studied that out carefully after years of experience and hnvn found that there nre 17 different packs that we must cninlov in nut. ting npples properly into n box. Now, the minute von chance the sh thnt box you disorganize the whoio systom ot pqeking and yon have ruined our education and mnrl it of no effect. Wo must then start nnew nnci educate our pupils all over again, which is a despernto job, gen tlemen, to bring those packers up to the knowledge which they must have Jin order to pack that box as it .should be packed. J "Now, we have discovered as nearly as practicably the box which fits our needs. We guarantee it to you, gentlemen, as containing a bushel of apples. If you have tnken as n standard a mensuro which con tains more than a bushel, which we know nnd charge to bo the fact, you hnve taken a wrong standard. So we come back with tho govern ment bushel nnd ask yon to adopt the standard of the government to dny, which, as, yon all know, is' iiOW.4 inches. Tho box which wo hnve contains 2173.5 inches, without any distension whatever on the box. "Now, gentlemen, can you look mo ! in tho face nnd chnrgo me with try-! ing to defraud, as I rather took "it thnt it was charged by the last gen-! tlemnn on tho floor, who said that j tho only men who raised any objeo-' tion to this bill were the men who were trying to obtain money under false pretenses. Gentlemen, we are doing nothing of the kind. We offer you a fair measure. We offer you the standard adopted by the United States and we eive vou annuel, in fill that bushel up. "Do not for one moment lose sight of the fact that the northwest is wideawake on this proposition; that we feel we are giving the mo6t sci entific package there is in the world I We are the ones who nre setting tho grades and raising the standards more than any other point. I nm continually getting letters of inquiry from the old state of Virginia hove, from the state of New York, from the state of Pennsylvania, asking, 'How do you do this thing?' They nre beginning to see that we are iii the advance, but tfcey do not know how to do it. "Now, so far as the Colorado pneknge is concerned, gentlemen, they nro trying to get out of their package and they with their pack can use any and all shapes and sizes of box. Whyt Because their method is simply to face tho box and pour the rest 'in. Doesn't any man know , that you can pack that in a coffin or any kind of a drygoods boxt You . can do it, gentlemen, but you can't put them up in Inyers and tiers without some consideration. There is the difference. "Now, I would like to have thnt box of npples brought in. I want to convince you. I hnvo two govern ment standards hero of one-half bushel each, and if thoso npples do not nil those two monsurcs brim full, condemn our trade; but if thov do fill that measuro, gentlemen hich i? the United Stntes govern-. ment stnndard, we wan$ your con sideration. 1 1 want to say tkut; wA have the sanction of tho secretary ox agriculture at Washington. 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