InSPFORT) atAIL TRIBUNE, BEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1910,
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Medford Mail Tribune
Complete 8orlci! Thirty-ninth Tear;
Dally, Fifth. Year.
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EXPLORING NEW TERRITORY.
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A consolidation of the Medford Mall,
Ubtlshcd 188: th Houthtrn Oregon
Itn, eatabllahed 1901: the Domocrntic
Tlma, established l7Sj tho Aahland
Tribune, established 1896, and the Med
ford Tribune, established 1908.
GEORGE PUTNAM, editor itnd Manager
Entered a second-class matter Ko
nmbr 1, 1909, at tho noatofftce at
Uedford. Orecon, under the act or
garch S, 1878.
Official Paper of the Cltr of Medford.
auBSCBxraosr rates i
Ona year by "mall ... s92
One month by mall... . .50
TfT month, delivered by carrier. In
Medford. Ashland. Jacksonville,
Talent, Phoenix, Central Point,
aold IIUl and Woodrllle .JO
lunday only by mall, per year.... 5.00
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The Mall Tribune i on sale at the
Ferry News Stand. San Francisco.
Portland Hotel News Stand, Portland.
Bowman News Co.. Portland, Or.
W. O. Whitney, tfcauie, osn.
Hotel Spokane Kowa Stand, Sp
Spokane.
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I. to lJ-pape paper.... Jo
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1J to 24-paRe paper....
21 tQ
to 38-pago paper.
November, 1S09 1.700
1.93S
1.111
December. 1909
Jaauary. 1910
February. 1910
March Clrcolauoni
S.JS0
2.JS0
1,300
1,150
l s,:oo
J 1,200
1 2,221
4 J.SI5
2,100
7 2,150
8 1,250
9 2.250
10 2,350
11 2,250
U 2.300
14. 2.250
It 2.250
II .Sft
Total 0.9 50
Lets deductions 1,150
18
20
21
22 2,250
23 2,300
24 2,250
35 3,250
37 2.300
38 2,250
29 2.350
30 2,250
3X. 3,260
Net total 59.B0O
Average net dally 2.203
XSBrOBS, OXSKSOX.
Metropolis of Southern Oregon and
'orthern California and faatest-grow-ik
city in Oregon. .
Population. April. 1910. 8598.
Banner fruit city of Oregon Rogue
Itct apples won sweepstakes prUe and
JUe of
-Apple Mag of tts "WorlA"
it National Apple Show, Spokane. 1909.
.Rogue River pears brought highest
Rices In all markets of the world dur
ing the past fire years.
Write Commercial Clab for pamphlet.
The hookworm has attacked the
alfnberry.
Every 0110 is important now to
the census man.
Vale envies tho Medford spirit.-So
docs all Oregon.
Cleanliness is next to Godliness
clean up that yard of yours.
Don't forget who your grandfather
was when tho census man calls.
, A-Central Point girl forgot to look
for a man under the bed, but there
was one there.
If Teddy comes to Crater Lake he
will sco something that Africa and
Europe couldn't show him.
T. H. Moore is to build a $100,000
hotel at Ontario. He would have
dono better to build it here.
Klamath county has a special elec
tion to move the courthouse April 30
and Klamath Falls is much excited.
Governor Patterson of Tennessee
has made justice a farce by pardon
ing Murderer Cooper, slayer of ex
Senator Carmack.
Valuablo horticultural information
is contained in the ada of wildcat
promoters. They can teach Profes
sor O'Gara a lot
The crater of Mt. Aetna is a great
drawing card for tpurists. The cra
ter of Mt. Mazdma will be a greater
one if made accessible.
Edison has perfected a storage
battery that will run a streetcar for
SO cents a day. The Eugene Guard
p'ertinnntly asks: What's the matter
with trying it on congress T
A fly's career is graphically por
trayed in moving picture films. It
is shown imbibing poison, carrying
putridity and discharging germs upon
the nipple of a baby's feeding bot
tle. It may help educato the public
in cleanliness.
The creation of proposed Nesmith
county from parts of Lane and
Douglas would take 1472 square
miles from Lane, leaving it 2008, and
468 from Douglas, leaving that
county 4303. The joint area of tnese
two counties is now larger than ten
other counties of the state, and af
ter division would have vast re
sources and large population.
FEW dnvs nco Southern Pacific officials tardily J is
covered the country lying between Grains Pass and
Crescent Citv. The fact that Hill is likely to invado this ter
ritory is evidently responsible for the exploration, other
wise this rich region would have lain there until dooms day
without an effort on the part of tho Harriman torees to se
riously, consider it as available territory.
They reported that it was a very hard trip, tho road was
very rough and very hilly. It crossed three mountain
ramies and there wore grades eiffht miles long. Frequent
lv thov had to get out and walk. They wore eleven hours
I traveling from Crescent City to Waldo, a distance of fifty
I miles . Going in between Waldo and Crescent City they
mot but due team and that was the stage on the return
thoy met one team other than the stage.
From remarks dropped, the inference is to be drawn
that it is a rough, mountainous country, scarcely popu
lated. And this recalls the fact that it is but a few years
since that E. H. Harriman crossed central Oregon, pro
nounced it a desert, and said that he had seen but three
chipmunks and a couple of coyotes, the only signs of life
in 300 miles.
Yet there are two lines of railroad being built today
to furnish transportation to tho chipmunks and coyotes.
The same officials that pronounced central Oregon a des
ert are now working large forces in building roads across
it, yet they made no effort at railroad building until forc
ed to head off a rival line's invasion.
The available tonnage and possibilities of the Crescent
City route cannot be seen or even surmised from the wagon
road. There are countless mines among the hills, each of
which will produce a considerable tonnage with trausptfr
tation facilities. There is the largest redwood timber bolt
in the world, immense forests of pine and fir, and numerous
fertile valleys suited to agricultural and horticultural pur
suits, and capable of great development with transporta
tion. The country traversed is a rich one, and with a rail
road would become one of the most productive on earth.
It has every advantage of climate and natural resource.
Virgin countries are developed through railroads.
Countries do not develop much nowadays in advance of
the railroad; imagination is necessary in the accomplish
ment of great undertakings. Particularly is it necessary
in the railroad builder, who must ee far enough into the
future to realize the possibilities of development.
DECEIVING THE PUBLIC.
section. Theso conditions do not exist in tho vicinity of
Portland, and there can bo no comparison of the two sec
tions 011 a fruit growing basis.
Rogue River apples win sweepstakes prizes at world's
apple shows, and sell for highest price in all the markets
of the world. For many yoars Rogue River peal's have
received the top notch price wherevor offered. Fruit pro
duced around Portland has neither name, fame or repu
tation for flavor, quality or quantity, and, moreover it
will not stand shipment to distant points.
Rogue River fruit laud is high in price bocauso it pro
duces rare fruit. A profit of $1000 per aero is not unooir
mon no aero of fruit any whore near Portland ever made
such a record and none over will. The land about Portland
may bo suited to cherries and other small fruit, but it is not
and never will bo valuablo as'apple and pear land, and is
not iu any seuso in the same class with tho land about Medford.
TO PATRIOTIC CITIZENS.
Tho taking of the census begins today. Energetic
enumerators have been secured, but these young men can
not enroll all tho names of all the people unless thoy have
tho aid and co-operation of everyone. Many people will
not be at home when tlio census takor arrives, Homo will,
be out of tho city, some will purposely dodge the enumora
tors.
It is highly important lor Mod ford and its future that
every name of every resident gets on tho roll The political
importance of tho city deponds upon tho number of inhab
tants shown by the consus. Its political and social standing
in the state and in tho nation is determined by tho census.
Appropriations for public buildings and extensions of tho
fodoral service in overy diroction are dotorminod by tho
census.
If you are a patriotic citizen you will seo that your
namo is taken and that thD names of your family and rel
atives aro included. If your noighbors aro out of tho city,
call up tho Commercial club and give tho names to tho
secretary. It' you hear of any family not on tho roll, ox
plain to them tho importanco of having the city credited
with full population, and if they will not take the trouble
to seo about it. take it up with tho census 'man yourself.
Many pooplo who live in Medford are absent from the
city on business or pleasure a great part of the time, yot
they belong hero and every effort should bo made tp have
thorn enrolled. Do what you can to help got the names jf
theso absentees.
To convince the world that Medford is tho motropoll
of southern O rogon and has experienced wonderful growth
nothing will tell the story liko tho consus.
A Portland realty firm advertises, under the caption,
"Medford 10,000, Portland 25p,000' and then proceeds to
comment on the fact 'that a 200-acre tract of land lying
near Medford was sold for $40,000. It states that the laud
is uncleared and that it will take at least $75 per acre
to clear it and set it to fruit, and that it takes three years
longer for the trees to come into bearing than it does
around Portland. It then proceeds as follows:
"Our tract .near Portland is just as good fruit laud as
the Medford tract. It will cost $25 per acre less to clear
it. It 'will come into bearing if set to apples or cherries
three years before the Medford orchard; when in full frui
tion it will pay more dollars per acre than the Medford
tract." t
This is a fair sample of the falsehoods that unscrupu
lous real estate sharks and wild-cat orchard men circulate .
to deceive the ignorant who fall for their get-rich-quick
lure. Land comparatively worthless is purchased at a low
figure, advertised extensively, and sold to the unsuspect
ing public on the pretense of its being valuable orchard
property.
Any land suitable for orchard purposes near Medford
is worth more for fruit raising than any land in the vicin
ity of Portland. Soil, altitude and climatic conditions
combine to make the Rogue River valley an ideal orchard
You Can Be Independent
Buy An Orchard Tract
Eden Valley Orchard Subdivided
This famous bearing Orchard has boon sub-divided into small tracts and sold at reasonable prices. If you
are looking for positively tho best thing in tho northwest in a small orchard, this is your chance to got in right
Most Profitable Investment
TO BE FOUND IN
Well informed business people from all parts' of tho
United States and Canada aro looking to the Rogue
River valley for safe investments. Years of experi
ence in buying and selling orchard land its us the
better for sii"i hp investments that will yield large
returns. Our properties have proven worth. We can
assure you that you take no risk when you purchase
one of the 30 to 100-acro orchard tracts located in the
famous Eden Valley orchard. Wo sell tracts to suit,
AMERICA
planted to tho best commercial variotics of bearing
trees. You aro assured of a splendid income tho first
year. We can stato positively that this is tho best
chance for solid, sound investment to be found in
America. A high-class bearing orchard of proven
worth is certainly a moro profitable investment thau
waiting for trees to grow on land that never produced
fruit. You are sure of big roturns almost at once,
either as a grower or by ro-solling. Coma and lot
us show you.
Secure an Income At Once,
PROVIDE PLEASANT EMPLOYMENT
PLEASANT
You can buy as many acres as you dqsire, build a
home on ground commanding a view of the entire val
leyenjoy the electric light and power, telephone,
i
daily mail, and livo within easy reach of the busiiicss
and social life of tho metropolitan city of Medford.
A climato unsurpassed anywhere.
Magnficent Homesites
ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS
4 A small bearing orchard, planted to the best com
mercial varieties of trees, will provide tho most fas
cinating as well as healthful and profitable employ
ment, and insures an income of from $500 to $1000
per aero each year. Horo is Bolid investment, and tho
income or profit from sale is sure.
John D. Ol well
EXHIBIT BUILDING
MEDFORD, ORE
GON I
With theso gentle thoughts the ed
itor of the Wood River (Wash.)
Times approaches the season of sow
ing: .
"The season for sowing is at hand.
Let us all prepare to scatter seeds of
kindness, sow abundantly, that we
may roap a largo harvest of true
happiness, and have our garners
overflowing wjth peace and good will,
and we can heap our measures with
malice toward none and charity for
all."
BUILDING COLLAPSES;
SEVERAL INJURED
NEW ORLEANS, La., April 15.
An unidentified boy, 12, was killed .
today and five persons were injured j
in tho collapsj of a building at tho
corner of Rampart ana Canal streets.
Tho accident occurred shortly before
noon.
Mark Twain Home.
NEW YORK, April 15. Mark
Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) return
ed homo today from Bermuda, whore
he went after the death, just at
Christmas time, of his daughter: Ho
left Now York at once for his home
in Redding, Conn.
He paid no calls and received no
visitors in New York.
Duel In Portland.
PORTLAND, Or., April 15. A
Diooay auei, rer.uuing in mo aeaia
of ono of the combatants and the fa
tal 'injury to the other, was fought
between S. Murakami and K. Ogata,
Japanese, in a rear room of an Ever
ett street lodging houso lato last
night. Murakami fell with a bullet in
bis heart. Oysta la thought to bo
dying. . t
Gossard
Corsets
THE
FDTEST
PRODUCTS
OP THE
MOST
FOREMOST
CALL AND
SEE THE
NEW LINE OF COR
SETS THE
LaGreque
All Wool Suits
NOW ON SPECIAL SALE.
Don't fail to come and seo tho bar
gains we are offering in Spring Suits.
All the choicest, new spring models and
the fabrics are beautiful.
All $15.00 Suits to go at ...$11.26
All $20.00 Suits to go at $15.00
All $25.00 Suits to go at $18.75
All $30.00 Suits to go at $22.50
All $40.00 Suits to go at $30.00
All $45.00 Suits to go at $33.75
Every suit is guaranteed to fit per
fectly before it leaves tho store. You
will find what you desire by coming
Friday. Don't fail to see the windows.
Famous Kenyon Dusters
These can't be duplicated. Tho Ken
yon make beats the world. Fine linen,
khaki, silk, etc., all neatly made and
serviceable to a great degree. Prices
very reasonable.
Reiser Neckwear
Just received, a now lino of Ja
bots and other now styles of neck
wear. 25c and up.
THE
WOLRD'S
FINEST
GOODS AT
HAVE
GOODS
OF ALL
Silk and fabric Gloves, long and
short styles, all colors and white
and black. If you want service you
must buy tho best and we recom
mend '
Kayser
Gloves
Medford's
Quality
Store
For
Women
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