MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY. MAY 2, 3910.
NORTHWESTCROP
OF APPLES WORTH
$175000,000
Tremendous Acreage Now Beginning
to Produce Much Fruit Splendid
Crop and Prices Outlook for this
Season.
Oficers of otat- hort'culturil
aoclations and commercial organiza
tions In Washington, Oregon, Idaho
and Montana report there Is every
Indication that the fruit crop this
year will be tho largest nnd most
profitable lu tho history of the four
Btates. There Is no danger of late
freeze, but should tho unexpected
happen tho owners of commercial
tracts aro ready to do battle with
hundreds of thousands of smudge
pots or orchard heaters. It Is pre
dicted that higher prices will pre-
Tall as a result of the heavy damage
to the fruit crop la tho middle west
ern states.
It 13 reported that Washington will1
produce twice as much fruit In 1910
as In 19 OS, the year of tho record
crop. Tho apple crop In that stato
will show an Increase of about 25 per
cent. Oregon, Idaho and Montana
will havo equally largo crops as the
result of Increased acreage and trees
coming Into bearing this season.
, 350,000 Acres of Apples.
With increased transportation fa
cilities and the steady influx of set
tlers tho early attempts In tho val
leys and uplands over tho northwest
have become more pretentious, sus
tained and systematic. Dry farming
is practiced extensively and Irriga
tion plants have been established by
private individuals and corporations,
also by the United States government,
which Is expending enormous sums in
reclaiming the volcanic wastes so
wonderfully rich and fertile and so
peculiarly adapted to raising fruits,
unblemished and perfect In size and
color. The apple is king. More than
350,000 acres of lands aro devoted
to orchards in the four states and
pomologists estimate tho valuo of
a full crop would undoubtedly equal
$175,000,000.
Tho World's Fruit Basket.
Northwestern apples are in demand
BINGER
HERMAN
8 MUCH BETTER
Aged Statesman Improves So That
He Can Set Up and Receive Vis
itorsWill Soon Be Able to Re
sumo Active Life.
ROSEBURG, Ore., May 2. For
mer Congressman BitiRcr Hermann
is on tho rond to recovery, accord
ing to u bulletin issued today by
Dr. Miller, tho attending physician.
Tho aged statesman spent tho greater
part of Sunday in a reclining chair
nud in the afternoon received a num
ber of visitors for the first time since
bis illness became serious.
In case no unforeseen complica
tions develop tho physicians believe
ho will be able to resume active life
in a few days.
NEW YORK, May 2. Long Island
was shaken by an earthquake late
yesterday, according to reports to
day from Hempstead, Miueoln and
Harden City.
Although no damage was done,
the sjiock was severe oouurIi to rattle
crockery and windows. Tho tremors
lasted several seconds
WAITING
WESTON
ENGLAND FENDS MADRIZ
WORK FOR IDLE FOR MOREPOWDER HAMMER ON ALL
SWINGS II HFNTRAI POINT NFWSI FTTFR
H Vl.ll I Hill. I Villi IH.IBVKMI
LABORERS TO DO
With Army Encamped Noar Blue
flolds President Awaits Arrival of
Not Quite 100 Out of 250 Labor Ex-'
i
changes Opened Yet But Work Is
Belnrj Found for Men at Rato ofj
5,000 a Week Seems a Good Plan.
THINGS WESTERN
Steamer From Now Orleans Witli . Podostrlnn Noars Now York City-
Supplies.
HLUEFIHLDS, Nicaragua (by
wireless to Colon), May 2. Fighting
on land and water is expected to be-
Hnnris Roast to San Francisco nnd
Los Aiiflclos Glad to Do In East
Apaln.
YONKKKS, N. Y. , May 2,
ward Pnyson Weston, tho
-I'M-
ngud
In tho eastern and middle western
states and in Europe nnd Australia
and the markets are being extended
year by year. American and foreign
experts, who havo studied conditions
in the northwest, refer to tho Pacific
states as "the world's fruit basket,"
adding there has been established in
a comparatively short time n do
main where the first fool of soil,
properly cultivated, is worth more
than all the mines from Alaska to
Mexico and all the "forests from the
United States boundary to tho Arctic
sea.
As gold was the strong magnet
which sent tho first Americans across
the unknown wastes of this continent
to the California coast in 1S49, so
today the apple, the emperor of fruit,
Is attracting thousands to the west
ern orchard belts. Millions or dol
lars havo been Invested in apple lands
west of the Kockles during tho last
decade and beautiful orchards of
young trees today mark tho spots
where but yesterday was a waste of
brown, barren sagebrush covered des
ert, j
LONDON". May 2. With not quite K "ore almost hourly. Tho forces
100 out of the 250 irovernmont labor of President Mndrir. encamped with-
exebanges authorized by parliament in forty miles of Nluofiolds are wait- j pedestrian, left hero at 7:20 o'clock
six months nro yet opened, employ- :,, .i.,, iu.r:v.,i ,,f oteainer from this niorninir for Now York, IS miles
meat is already being iound for Hint- xew Orleans, briiiKiuc arms and sup- distant, lie expects to arrive at tho
ish working men at the rate of 5,000 oU ,mU . Now York u,J0(ll (.cl()d.
weekly, according to an official Provisional President Estrada, i ,Ilia afternoon, completing his walk
stateniont just issued by the board iicnd o Uie revolutionists, has sent!from Lo3 Angeles, Cnl.
of trade. Altogether 33,000 have thrco snmI1 vcsselSi heavily armed,) Wt.8lon inirotly rested and
been provided with work thus far. to ,noot the steamer that Mndrir. is 'vomiy for ti1(3 ist j,ip of his long
The showing has como as a do- expecting and attempt to capture it.,rnmP( declared that ho would not
cided surprise to tho country, the Although couriers report that Ma-stop llllti ll0 a.tlohes Now York this
exchanges having been looked on at jrfz will not attack Dluofiolds until afternoon
first by the upper classes as So- tho arms arrive, tho city is in fear! uVm gl'ad to bo away from Cali
cmlistic innovations nnd with dis- thnt tho attack mny begin ot once. !f0rnia ," mid Edward Paysou Wos
favor by many working men because Mndriz. it is declared, has probably ' ,0ll today just before ho loft for the
they did not absolutely guarantee ;nUowed the impression to bo given 'lmjl es 0f his traus-contiuental hike
rr,k.?nd,M "J10?. caf fiulcdto 0llt that ho will not fight, in order ' from i.os Angeles lo New York. We,
find it. lho fact is, however, that to throw tho city off its guard. 'ton is twelve days ahead of his
largo employers arc beginning to re- Sending provisional soldiers to try 1 8l!hedule. "If 1 had a house in San
sort to the exchanges for help,, so to capture tho Mndriz supplies has 1 Francisco I'd rent it" continued
that good is not only already being weakened Estrada's forces defending! Wc!Jton with the hammer swinging
uum:, um muii; i3 .uiuui. H1 , muciicuis auu it is lenreu .uauriz oU. ,.i t,u,., r..i i, ,.;....
I I IkUIVItiltJ Ilk llltHkJ f lllllut lllttll
steady improvement.
Labor unionists, who, thought that
the institutions ' would bo used for
strikebreaking are not yot altogether
satisfied that they are not dnngerous
in this respect. Still, it is admitted
that the officials uniformly wnru
applicants for positions of the cir
cumstances under which such places
nro offered nnd ns yet no complica
tions have resulted.
Advanced liberals admit, however,
that the exchanges will not, without
other legislation, solve the problem
of British unemployed. They plan
ultimately, as explained by Winston
Churchill, former president of tho
board of trado and now home secre
tary in the English cabinet, to take
tho "whole area" or the groat trades.
"with all the workers in it and deal
with them through the exchanges on
a compulsory basis which will secure
to all at least a minimum of work
during fluctuations of employment
TTnakins for Health. "
will take advantage of the fact.
POLICEMAN WILL
BECOME HONEST FARMER
"Los Angeles isn't much better.
There aru lots of unprincipled people
out there."
When Weston arrives at Now York
ho will havo proved to his own mind
J. J. Brophy, who has hold down 'that walking will bring health to tho
tho night drift on tho polico force most sickly of persons. Ho said that
for tho past several months, has if ho wore 45 years of nge, Instead
resigned his position nud has been of 71, lie would complete tho trip in
succeeded by Hnrry Kiucnid, who is sixty walking days sinstond of 78.
as big and husk as is "Jeff" him- "I suppose this will be my last
self. a long wnlk," wns his comment "but
Mr. Brophy will take charge 6f tho I intend to keep walking ten or twelve
rAllrlrim rnnnli nn Mm rmn.tt milna ilnilv in li,Ati in nrimli win "
McAndrow ranch on tho
Rogue nnd will remove his
thither.
"I want to get tho boys out of
town," said Mr. Brophy. "Tho older
ones ,1 will send to Mt.' Angel, while
the little fellows will do well enough I left leg by falling.
for n 'tirao at the local school nonrj
the ranch. They will all havo the .f Boal values find buyers promptly
advnntngo of good, wholesorao moun- Iwhcn advertised for pooplo now-
tnin air and plenty of ont-door oxer- adays havo como to "know."
which is tho real thing for
family .Then Weston adverted to his pleas
ure of boing away from California.
Weston has been handicapped by
a number of accidents on his trans
continental journey, lie injured his
Miss Jouophlno ilimlon or Trail was
vlMltlug friends lu town last .Satur
day nnd Huntliiy. She In muuli Im
proved In health.
Tho baseball name between our
itnuninar school boys and lho base
ball luddleii of .lackHOtivlllo laid Hat
uttlay rt'Hiiltod as usual In a victory
ror tho Central Point players, the
Hooro being 11 to 7 lu fr.vor of our
llttlo chaps. Why, there's baseball
blood In oven tho babies of Central
Point.
Dr. Hay returned from San Fran
cisco last week and wan In Contrtl
Point Saturday with the wind news
that a carload of furntturo is on Its
way to this city, which upon Um ar
rival will bo Installed lu tho Central
Point hotel. Tho proprietor of tho ho
tel, Mr. Holt, has been forced to all
kinds of nt n n tii to accommodate tho
people who ntiiHt and would ho enter
tained lu spite of tho fact that thorn
aro not at present beds eiioiiKh to go
nro u nil.
A. L. KondrlrkB. n eproflontatlvo
of a Chicago hIioo Iioiiho, innde his
first trip down lu tho valley Inst Fri
day and during hln tutorvalci of busi
ness took occasion to look around a
bit. Ho was no surprised and delight
ed with what neemed to him thu
amazing possibilities of this section
that he took options oil several pieces
of property and said before leaving
that as soon as ho could get a vaca
tion ho would be down hero on n
thorough prospecting trip. Ills homo
h In Portland and ho remarked to
the writer while hero Unit tho Pott
land people nro all studying the mnp
of JackHon county, (lootl thing, too.
They will find that lots of things
can bo raised here that Multnomah
county never dreamed of
I). C. (Irooti, our pioneer teamster
and transfer ii.uti, says that Out nil
Point Is gelling loo busy for a quint
ma u to live lu ami thai his work In
becoming so strenuous thai ho liaiui't
any tlino to grow lull. Hut wo notice
that ho Is not want lug to sell hln
business or hln homo, unit Unit ho
takes all the business that comes hln
way mid IooUh cheerful.
The big steam roller thai Is to ho
used lu tho construction of tho water
system will bo brought hero from
Modford on Wednesday, nnd aflor
that begins operation wo will bo ablo
to see something doing.
Whether It Is through fear of what
the comet may do to us on May 1ft
or whether the religious Influence
now being exerted lu Medford has
extended Oliver to this section, Cen
tral Point Is surely at present tho
model town. Our marshal, J. II.
Holmes, has nothing lo do but look
pleasant. T. M. Jones has gone to
Portland for nobody knows how
long; everybody except the people
who have gone up to the revival serv
Ices at Medford In In bed and tiHl'p
when tho curfew bell rings, and when
the comet hits us- If It should wo
feel reasonably sure that such n good
little town will not be wiped off tho
planet, but will be left, as Noah's
family was, to repopiilato the Hoguo
lllver valley with model Inhabitants,
Tho loral gardeners around Cen
tral Point are furnishing the market
with plenty of fine strnwberrles,
splendid lu slxo nud color nnd very
reasonable In price.
The Proxbytorlans of this city aro
JiiHt waiting for Home benevolent cit
izen to donate a lot and when this Is
done they will at onco proceed to
build n house of worship. They
otiKht not to have to wait a day
cise, which is
growing boys."
Haskins for Heal u.
WANTED
Timber and Coal Lands
ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING CON
TRACTS TAKEN AND ESTIMATES
FUIIKISUED.
B. H. Harris & Co.
MFDFORD - - - - OREGON
Office In Jackoou oouuty Bank Upstairs
Attention
Land B uy ers
GilmanAndrews Tract
On Sale
We are now sub-dividing and selling the famous Gilman-Andrews Orchard property,
consisting of 296 acres, situated four miles northeast of Medford, between the celebrated
"401" Orchard and the "Vilas Ranch" orchard.
We can furnish you with unset, cultivated land; one and two-year-old trees; four-,rcar-dld
trees and six and seven-year-old orchard just coming into bearing.
This property will be transferred in tracts of forty acres or more at a price that cannot
be duplicated in Rogue River Valley.
There is no better soil in Oregon than upon this tract and numerous features, such as
drainage, fuel supply, transportation facilities, irrigation (if wanted), general improve
ments, etc., combine to entitle it to first place as an investment.
ARTHUR D. COULTER LAND AND ORCHARD COMPANY, Owners.
See any of the below named accredited agents.
OREGON ORCHARDS SYNDICATE, JOHN D. OLWELL,
ANDERSON-GREEN CO., MILES & BIDDLE,
HUNTLEY-KREMER CO., R. W. NORTHRUP,
W. T. YORK & CO., W, M. HOLMES & CO.
IRA J. DODGE & CO.,
Siskiyou
Heights
ADDITION NO. 1, TO MEDFORD, OREGON. A BEAUTIFUL RESDDENCE PARK.
"We have not been saying much about the improvements going forward on this prop
erty, but have been steadily sawing wood. A visit to this beautiful residence district will
convince you that within a fey months it will far surpass any other section of tho city.
Early buyers of lots are already beginning to take their profits.
ONE LOT WAS SOLD LAST WEEK AT A PROFIT OF ONE THOUSAND DOL
LARS OVER THE PRICE PAID A MONTH AGO.
REASONS WrfY
You should build your home .in SISKIYOU HEIGHTS. .
It is natuurally the most beautiful sec
tion of Medford.
Building restrictions exclude undesirable
neighbors and unsightly buildings.
You will not have to wait for street im
provements. All elements combine to make a healthful
location for your family.
Property values will increase moro rap
idly in Siskiyou Heights than anywhere
else in the cicy.
Your family will not need to cross a rail
road track to get to stores or school.
The social and moral atmosphere will bo
refined.
It is tho only district in the city where
these conditions obtain.
iSIiSRIYOU HEIGHTS
Is a natural park whose beauty has been preserved by winding boulevards and generous
parking strips. Tho land is high and rolling, affording magnificent views of mountains
and valley. The perfect drainage and its elevation above surrounding country make it a
healthful location. Tho lots are broad and deop and so varied in contour as to afford an
unlimited choice of stylo in building.
Here will be located the finest residence district in tho city. Tho rich, loamy soil will
produce, in the greatest profusion, anything that may bo grown in this climate. Tho luxu
riant growth of flowers, palms, shrubbery and trees will shortly make it a Residonco Park
of great beauty.
The arrangement of streets provide for a forty-foot roadway, a twelve-foot parking
strip abutting the cement curb, a five-foot cement walk, and a three-foot parking strip
between the walk and property lino. Tho broad parking strip will bo sot to shade trees and
shrubbery and the whole imrpoved to give a magnificent esplanade effect.
Purchasers of lots will bo fully protected by building restrictions and everything of
an objectionable character will bo excluded.
If you appreciate tho advantage of building your homo amid a beautiful environment
where all improvements will bo of a high character, where tho moral and social tono will
be uniformly superior, we invito you to make a selection NOW.
For prices and other information see or communicate with
Oregon Orchards Syndicate