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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, LEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 2. 1910.
Medford Mail TRrouNE
Complcto Bcrlcs: Tlitrty-ninth Year;
Bally, Fifth Ycnr.
PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SATUR
DAY BY THE MDDrOBD
rBINTXNO 00.
A consolidation of tho Mcilfonl Mall,
established 1889: tho Southern Ore
Rontan, established 100J; the Democratic
Times, established 1SJ2; tho Ashland
Tribune, established JS36, nnl tho Med
ford Tribune, oslnbllshed 1906.
OEOndn PUTNAM. Editor nnd Manager
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Medford, Oregon, under tho act of
March 3, 1879.
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NO OVERPRODUCTION POSSIBLE.
(From J. C. Wnlllno's History of Southern Orcflon.)
Apple growing in tho Pacific northwest is at tho same
stage of development that citrus fruit raising was in
southern California a quarter of a century ago. Then Cal
ifornia supplied but a small percentage of the oranges and
lemons consumed in America, yet there was talk of over
production. Today it yields thirty times the output of
that date and the increased production does not keep pace
with the demand.
Wliat lias Happened m uautornia to tne citrus inuusiry . , . ; . , ui,nt oo.n.nuu.ty.
will nlsn Imimnn in tho north wnst. to thn rmnlo industrv. i of Sim nlliP nv nllnr l.'ina nlinlit llui As 1'OgUrds tllO Ol'lglll of
-nw rtirt n. r H.Jbodw !tnbo, o"1' conjecture
fact that the United States must look to the northwest for
INDIAN WARS OF SOUTHERN OREGON
As to clothing, the Untptiuus wore, tho on'vly Jews, whoso migrations,
not in nnv wr.v peculiar. Tho moi -hooosh in war niul lovo of barter
woro no oovorh.g in fair o- warnJ)W, l"m$ w,"t! f Wuicu
weather, but Jn severe seasons adopt- I " .poiuiliiinli.m.
o.l n garment made of tho skins of ot ' 10 IvIIokUiitH yl to
nui.nnls. Females woro a skirt f ! " lrl ot Doug a-
cedar fibres fastened around tlio "-. 'here they own ami nil
,....! ii..,....: i... i, i luritts, and nro useful members of
its apples. Here only do favorable natural conditions ex
ist, rendering a safe and sure income from the investment
possible.
Oregon today produces but an infiuitismal portion of
the apples consumed in the United States. The apples
OWORW CIBCUUVTIOH.
Average Dally for
November, 190lt..... 1.700
December, 1903 1.S4?
January. 1910 1.923
February, 1910 2,122
APRIL CXBCVX.ATIOXT.
1... 2,300 IT 2,375
3.. 1 2,350 IS 2.325
4 2,300 19 2,323
G 2.300 20 2.325
6 2.300 21 2,325
7 2,300 22 2.325
5 2.300 24 2,400
10 .2.. 2,350 25 2.350
11 2,300 26. .V 2,450
12 2.300 27 2.350
13 2,300 2S 2.350
14 2,300 29 2,350
15 2,325
Total ........5S,S25
Less deductions 300
57.525
Average net dally. 2.301.
STATE OF OREGON, County of Jack
son, 85.
On this 30th day of April. 1910,
personally aopeared before me. G. Put
nam, mnnager of tho Medford Mall Tri
bune, who, upon oath, acknowledge. that
tne above xigures are true ana correct
fSean II. N. YOCKEY.
Xotary Public for Oregon.
MEDrORD, OREGON.
Metropolis of Southern Oregon and
ivortnorn caiuornia anu lasiesi-gruw
lnp city In Oregon.
Population. May. 1910. 9.000.
Hunk denoslts. S2.500.000.
Banner fruit city of oregon Roguo
River apples won sweepsiaKes prize anu
title of
Apple King of the World"
at National Apple Show, Spokane. 1909.
Rogue River pears brought lightest
prices In all markets of the world dur
ing the past five years.
Write Commercial Club, enclosing
cents for postage on finest community
pamphlet ever written.
Good mines, but baJ roads, exist
throughout southern Oregon.
Grants Pas3 s to have z local min
strel Bhow. The peop-e ha,ve Med
ford's sympathy.
The Central Point hotol Is being
rehabilitated and refurnished, which
Is yood news to travelers.
All northwestern states report a
banner applo crop, which vith high
prices Insures prosperity another
year.
Hog3 are selling for higher prices
In Medford than In Portland or the
east. They ere becoming as valuable
as Comlco pears,
Government labor exchanges In
Great Britain have proven a great
success, flndinG employment for near
ly 1000 people a day.
Any'solution of the vgiter problem
made by tho council will be satisfac
tory to tho people of Medford so
long as they settlo It.
The city's now hill reservoir is be
ing filled with water for tho first
time. It insures tho fire protection
liffordcd any city In tho, la d.
"Weston, tho aged pedestrian, his
completed his walk from Los Angeles
to New York city in 78 days, which is
going somo for a man of 71.
In a printed card of regulations for
Information issued by the Wells, Far
go Express company in tho early fif
ties, tho last regulation read: "This
company will not bo responsible for
any loss or damage occasioned by fire,
tho acts of God, or of Indians or any
other public enemies of tho government."
Hecauso i. pugilist was killed in a
fight, there is popular agitation
against tho Jeffries-Johncon fight In
California. Pugilism la a survival of
tho barbaric Instincts that exist in
p.U humanity. Most all condemn tho
sport, but moat all HUo to see It. Peo
ple aro killed daily In auto races, In
football, baseball, swimming or some
of tho other sports. Vby make an
exception to the ring?
Grants Pass papers aro carrying
their Jealousy of Medford and Ash
land to an absurd length when they
garblo tho report of tho geological
survey to read as follows: "Tho val
ley lands In the vicinity of Grants
Pass along Boar creek aro particu
larly adaptod to fruit culturo, and
tho Roguo Itlver vallor has becomo
Justly famous for tho excollont qual
ity of apples, pears and other fruits
raised thoro."
l-'ieli formed a staple article of
diet with the Unipquas, salmon ami
salmon trout boitic tho principal va
rieties, which woro, anil 8till arc
abundant in tho Uinpquu river and
its tributaries duriiiK certain soanons.
Tho fish, bciiiK caught in soiae ap
proved Indian fashion, was roasted
before fires. Heine cut into eou-
briug fanev prices in a few markets. Most of the people foment sized portions it was impaled
Ul l'"l'ivo Viiov ua- uuauiu.umtu i"-" I-"- " j tliroitKll With Splinters to piOVCIlt it
It is regarded as a luxurv. Each vear sees the output in-! from fniiinj; to pieces. Thus broiled
creased and in the course of a few vears Oregon will leadlu, f"h. snhmm "f " tof
, . . , , n vori welcome and toothsome addi-
all States lU apple production. tion to their limited cuisine.
The apple industrv, like the orange industrv, will have: i" times before tho coming of the
its ups and downs. But it is rapidly reaching the stage ihml frenuout wnr8 wilh le Vmmm
of an absolutely safe investment, through the organiza- but finally, through mutual interest.
fir,! fl,r nn.nv,lirn nvnln,, .l,,'.li o,d?n0 flin .nv. effected ft COIlUtion. Fromtllis
Keung niacumery necessarv to Handle tne product at a bejrnn to wane, in the deuuie end
profit to the grower.
Americans are rapidly becoming a fruit-eating nation.
It is not so very long since the orange was considered a
luxury, and this is true much more recently of grapefruit.
Xow they are common articles of diet. Many have ex
pressed the o)inion that apples should be so common aud
low-priced articles of -food as bread and butter, eggs and
milk. Jlowever, these have at times almost becomo luxu
ries in recent vears.
thoio
hand,
topic
of a
iti in 1S50, tho Kliekitats. n power
ful and restloss tribe from beyond
tho Columbia, entered the- Unipqun
valley, having conquorod nil tho In
dians whom they met in tho Will
amette Valley, and subjected the
Umpquas nlso to defeat. They oc
cupied n portion of the lat tor's coun
try and became- the dominant tribe
northward of the Rokuo rivor valley.
The Kliekitats were nnnnllv rn.
jnowned in trndo and war, nnd their
erviees were in renuost bv the wbilos
Although the domestic and foreign demand for these nt various times when the other
friiirc line innvnnood cfi.niirnlv niifrh flm i.n,li,nf! fitnbos were to be foutrlit. In 1S")1
, g . WW
the apple has steadily decreased. The apple crop for 1909,
reported to be less than 23,000,000 barrels, for example,
sixty Klickitat warriors, well mount
ed and nnned, offered themiolve
to assist in tho war against tho
t r t...L it. .
was only slightly in excess of one-third of that for the years Ztl' Smiia'r toP , io
the Des Chutes, a smnll but active
tribe, who, under their chief, Scm-tes-tis,
mado expeditions for pur
poses of war or barter from their
homes cast of the Cascades ns far
ns Yreka, whore, in 1S5-1, they as
sisted tho white: against the Shastns.
In somo of their characteristics the
Kliekitats irresistibly bring to mind
1896 and 1900, and much less than the crop for 1905, when
the production reached a low figure.
Statistics gathered by commercial organizations show
that the annual production of apples in the United States
is becoming less in proportion to consumption each year,
and has actually been less in the aggregate the last few
years than formerly. The figures since 1895 follow:
Year. Barrels".
1S95 s " 60,453,000
1896 , 69,070,000
1897 41,536,000
1898 2S,570,000
1899 58,466,000
1900 ...56,820,000
1901 : 26,970,000
1902 .46,625,000
1903 :.: 46,626,000
1904 45,360,000
1905 24,310,000
. 1906 38,280,000
1907 , 29,540,000
1908 25,450,000
1909 22,735,000
Authorities on the subject of apple cultivation declare
that overproduction is out of the question, saying among
other things:
"Our highest grade of American apples cannot be du
plicated on the face of the earth, so we have the world for
a market for our best apples. Our railroads and steam
ship lines are ready and glad to take our fruits to the ends
of the earth. The person then who looks for this business
to speedily become unprofitable does not understand the
situation. The 'calamity howler' may, scare some people,
but not the intelligent fruit grower who understands the
situation.
"If the business of apple growing should be overdone
in the United States, it by no means follows that the in
telligent and careful fruit grower in the Pacific states
would be out of a profitable business. The evidence mul
tiplies on every hand that a grade of apples is raised on
the Pacific slope, especially in the arid and semi-arid sec
tions, that cannot be duplicated anywhere."
Professor H. E. Van Deman, a noted pomologist and
judge of the first exhibits at Buffalo, Portland and James
town and in Spokane during the second National Apple
show last November, on being asked what could be put
into the soil to give apples the best color, replied that it is
not so much what is in the soil as what is overhead. ' ' Sun
light is the chief factor in giving color and quality to ap
7 ies," he added, "and on the Pacific slope, in Washington,
OregonIdaho and Montana conditions exist in this re
spect that cannot be found elsewhere in the world."
As no spot in the northwest has as much sunshine as
the Rogue River valley, and as none of them have such cli
matic advantages and none produce a more perfect apnlc,
there is no reason for fearing that apple culture in this
limited area will ever be overdone.
tnbes, only conjecture is nt
Not onough in known on that
to serve for the foundation
respectable hypothesis, although tho
common origin of all North American
tribes has been taken for granted.
Prom facts which have oonio under
his notice, Judge Kosvborough, for-1
inetly Indian agent in Northern Call-1
fomin, is of tho opinion that there j
have boon three lines of aboriginal
migration southward through South-j
orn Oregon nnd Northern California,'
nnnlely, ono by tho coast, disporting
townrd the interior; secondly, thai
nlong tho Willamette Valley, oroasing
the Calapooia mountains and tb
Uinpqun and Roguo llivors, ShnMu
and Scott valleys; the other wave
coining up the PesChutes river and
peopling the vicinity of the lake.
As nn evidence of tho second move
ment it is known that nil tho tribes
inhabiting the region referred to
spoke the same language and eou
federated against their neighbors,
particularly tho Pit Itivcr Indians,
who nrrosted their course In the
.south. The traditions o&the Shastas
show they had driven n tribe out of
their habitation and occupied it them
selves. Tho Klnumthg have boon known
among thomselvos nnd surrounding
tribes as Muck-n-lueks, Klamath,
Klnmcts, Lunnini (their own name)
nnd Tlamath. The Roguo River,
according to various authorities,
called themselves Lo-to-ten, Tutata
my. Totutime, Tootouni, Tootooton,
Tutoteu, Tototin, Tutotutua, and
Too-toot-ua; nil of which may be
regarded ns tho same word, uttered
variously by individuals of different
tribes, and reproduced in writing as
variously. For the purposes of this
history their ordinary designation,
Roguo River, will bo adopted, inas
much ns they have attained a celeb
rity under that nnmc, and as it in
consequence convoys n readier moan
ing than either of tho native words
the use of which, in addition, carries
a suspicion of pedantry. Tribal des
ignations among tho Indians, It is
to bo observed, woro nnd nro .exceed
ingly indefinite and troublesome to
(ho Student. For example: Tribes
of restricted numbers frequently call
themselves by' the nanie of their
head chief; nnd' tho tribal name Is
froquoutly used Indifferently with
that of the chief. The Klainaths, for
a time called themselves, nnd were
called by their white neighbors, l.n
t.akos. Their principal chief nlso
bore thai name, and by it was known
to a large part of tho state. The
uaiuo, beyond doubt, is I, u-luo, moan
ing, in French, tho Lake, nnd was
applied to the great Klumnth hikes,
upon whoso shores these people
dwelt. Adopted by the natives, tills
foreign word was applied to tho tribo
nnd to the great peace chief, who
became in his day tho most eminent
of his race. The habit of loosely ap
plying their designations has made
tho study of Indian traditions nnd
history very difficult indeed, and is
probably tho most fruitful source of
orror which presents Itself in tho pur
suit of uborlgtnnl archaeology.
(To llu Continued.)
Nonrlly Klllss Former Wife.
HKDIjANDS, Cul., May !!. Mm.
M. Fourben is In a local hospital
today Buffering from a fracture of
tho skull, and tho body of David l)a
vios, her former husband, who in
flicted tho Injury, is nt tho city
morgue. Davles shot himself through
tho head after ho hud attacked Mrs.
Fmirbon, beating her bond with tho
butt of a revolver.
Mrs. Fourben divorced Dnvles
sovon years ago. Her refusal to re
marry him Is believed to have been
tho enuso of tho tragedy. At tho
hospital, it Is said, Mrs. Fourben
probably will recover.
How to got work that yon really
know how to do- is huportriit.
HaskluM for Health.
COLONISTS RATES
T0 OREGON ihe
GREAT NORTHWEST
Tho management of tho Southern Pacific Co.
(Lines in Oregon) takes great pleasure in an
nouncing that the low rates from Eastern cit
ies, which have done so much in past seasons
to stimulate travel to and settlement in Ore
gon, will prevail again this Spring DAILY
from March 1 to April 15, inclusive.
PEOPLE OF OREGON
The railroads have done their part; now it's
up to you. The colonist rate is the greatest of
all home-builders. Do all you can to let east
ern people know about it, and encourage
them to como here, where land is cheap and
home-building easy and attractive.
FARES CAN BE PREPAID at homo if desired.
Any agent of the road named is authorized to
receive tho required deposit and telegraph
ticket to any point in the East.
REMEMBER THE RATES From Chicago, $33;
from St. Louis, $32; from Omaha and Kansas
City, 25. This reduction is proportionate
from all other cities.
Vm, McMTJRRAY,
General Paasonger Agent Portland, Oregon
The Pasadena
of Oregon
r1 t. :
't
People of refinement; people with means; rotircd business men; professional men;
college and university graduates, are coming to the. Rogue River Valley by tho score.
Within the past two years almost a hundred Chicago and Evanston, Illinois, peoplo have
purchased homes near Medofrd, and nearly every one of them has a friend or two
whom they hope to induce to come and locate in the valley.
New York, Philadelphia, Boston and many other eastern cities aro almost if not
quite as well represented, while St. Paul and Minneapolis have more representatives
here than any other several cities combined.
Think these statements over and get your thinker going. Write to tho undersigned
or the Medford Commercial Club for detailed informtaion about tho country, and you
will never have cause to regret it.
Bearing Orchards
Near Medford
Most of the producing orchards have been hold in largo holdings until recently.
9, few weeks ago tho Eden Valley Orchard, containing 605 acres, was placed on tho
market in any desired acreage. Wo have been authorized to offer tho 'bearing apples
and .peal's for sale, and if you know anything about this country and want a desirable
block of bearing trees, write or como soon. During the past weok over $150,000
worth of the property has been disposed of. It is located within two miles of Medford
at an elevation of about 100 feet above tho city and is one of tho best kept orchards in
tho world. Parts of tho orchard offered for sale have paid tho owner over $600 per
acre per year for four years straight.
Do not como unless you aro prepared to stay, for just so sure as you do como the com
bination of fat soil, grandeur of scenic beauty and Itajian climate will steal you, body
and soul. After ono visit hero you will bo miserable any other place on earth.
John D. Olwell
EXHIBIT BUILDING
MEDFORD, OREGON