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Medford Mail Tribune
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SECOND SECTION
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PAGES 9 TO 10
KEFTH YEAR.
M I3DFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 10, 1910.
No. 951
IN MEDFORD'S SOCIAL REALM j&
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NY,
Tho Olive Itoliokuli Lodge, No. ii8,
held ilH niiimul installation of offi
cora TuoHilay evening. The now of
ficers nre: Noble grand, Mihh Phoobo
Vincent; vicu-grnud, M1hh Deliu
King', secretary, Mrs. Alberts; troiiH
urer, Mrn. Nolllo Wing. The instnlla
lion wiih followed Ity u banquet to
the new olficors.
Quito ii party motoruil to Ashland
to spend the Fourth. Among those
present wore: Itov. mid Mrs. Matlock
and family, Mr. anil Mrs. Meshler,
Mr. mill Mrri. MoltoynoIdH, MrH.
Joiioh and Miss Maud Joiich, Mr. and
Mm. Fred Day, MrH. Hull and Mr.
John Giinioll.
Mr. and Mr. Wilson C. Crilzor
arrived Friday from Detroit, Mioh.,
and will spend the summer liere. Mr.
Critxor Sh general manager of tho
Detroit Hlootrio Automohilo company
and Iiiih puruhiiHcd a part of tho
Coleman place, near I'houuix. Thov
are stopping at the Lucas homo.
The B. 0. club wab entortainod by
M!hh IhoIo Ewbaulc Thursday after
noon. Fart of tho time wiih spout in
sowing, after which contests wero
held in which MiHH Mildred Gorig
carried off tho prize. Tho club will
meet with MiHH Flynn next week.
Mrn. 0. Gregory, grandmother
of L. A. Gregory, MrH. C. P. Orcg
ory, his mother, and Mihh Harriet
Circuitry, his sister, all of Klaumth
Falls, are visiting Mr. and MrH.
Gregory.
A box Niippor will he hold on tho
lawn of tho Christina church July II.
There will ho n miiHicnl program and
Iioxoh contaiiiimr Htipiwr will bo Hold.
Ico cream and cako will iiIho bo sorv-
ed, All are invited.
Tho Ladies' Aid of tho Methodist
church will moot at tho church Tiich
day afternoon at 2:110 o'clock. All
members aro reoucHtcd to bo proHont,
iih Home special work is to he
planned.
Mr. and Mrs. Sterling wero hosts
at a very pretty dinner at the Nash
frill Friday evening. Tho guests
woro Mr. and Mrs. Tomlin, .Judge
Crowell and Mr. Sheldon.
Mrs. Sam Itiohurdsnii, Mrs. Geo.
Kim; of Portland and Miss Kuthor
ino Deuel rotuniod Friday from a
visit at Del Ilio ranch.
This department is a regular week
ly feature, deallnn with all phases of
tho fruit and produce world.
KcgulutiuiiH admit of exceptions
and grower miint rely to coiiHidorablo
degree on his own experience.
Affording tu Professor F. Walden,
tho well-known Washington horti
culturist, ponchos should bo thinned
early in Juno and npplos early in
July. In discussing this branch of
tho fruit-growing industry, ho sayH:
"Experience has taught mo that u
ttvo can bring a certain amount of
fruit up to a certain size, whothur it
iH evenly distributed over tho tree or
bunched together in certain places. If
tho front takes all tho lower apples
or poaehos and they are loft pretty
thick in the top, thoy need not ho
thinned. In top-grafting sonio ap
ple trues 10 anil 12 years old, I loft
Home limbii to bo cut off ono or two
years later. Those limbs, ho left, Hot
very heavily with apples, but I did
not thin them, and the appliiH woro
all brought up to a largo Hizo, thus
proving my theory that a tree can
bring a certain aiuuunt of fruit up
to ii largo size, whether it is scat
tered all over tho I roe or hunched to
gether in certain placos vci'y illicitly.
There is no hard and fiiht ruin for
thinning. An inexperienced peisiui Is
likely tu leave too much on the tree.
At tho liuio of lliiiniiug the applcH
and pouchoH are hiiiiiII and do not
hIiow as thoy will when ready to
pink. The best teaohor anyone onu
have is ' ONperieueo. It is hard to
lay down rulos that will apply
(Hiunlly to all varieties, Tn thinning
uppli'H, however, one rule is of uni-
c.i .wiii.inii.iii .m.i ii... i : itiiiil
l'irii Ml'l'lll itlli.ll, nun null in, nun
to ono in a place. TIiIh will be suf
ficient with soma varieties of apples.
For instance it is sufficient for Bon
T)iih, hut not for Missouri Pippins,
llowovor, whothor thinning to ono iu
Mr, and MrH. J. T. Hohh of San.
FranciHco are tho guests of Mr. and.
Mrn. W. F. Kau. Mr. Hohh is Mrs. '
Han't uncle and is one of tho offi-
cia)H of tho Southern Pacific.
Mr. and MrH. W. I. Vawter and
party motored to Ashland ThurHilay
evening, whore tliey attended the
concert given by the PhaviiiH Kus-
Hiun baud at tho Chautaipia grounds.
Mrn. WilliniiiH and tho McHHrn.
WilliauiH, who have been at Snowy
Itutto ranch for tho pant few weeks,
left Friday for their home in New
Jersey.
Mr. and .Mrn. JameH Tyler of Port
land Hpeut Friday and Saturday in
Medford. Mr. Tyler in news editoi
of tho Journal and one of the hunt-
known uewnpapor men on tho count.
MrH. Hanco of MinncnpoliH is tho
guest of hor HiHter, Mrn. George Os
good, at tho Osgood ranch, near
JaokHouvillo.
Tho wedding of Mr. C. W. Hoil
bronnor and Miss Blanche L. Toft
will occur IhiH week, but the date Imh,
not yet been made public.
Mr. and Mrn. Edgar Hafer return
ed WodnoHilay. Mr. Hafer has been
ciiHt and Mrs. Hafer met him on his
return, in San Francisco.
Colonel and Mm. Frank Hay of
Now York arrived Wednesday eve
nine and will upend a few weeks at
Gold Hay.
MrH. JiiHpor N. Field of Hedlands,
Cat., !h tho guest of her daughter,
Mrn. Hugono Foster, at Onk Mound
orchard. '
The Missionary society of tho
ProKhytorinu church will meet at the
church parlors Tuesday afternoon at
'2:110 o'clock.
Mrs. York and family and Mrs.
Nye and family leave today for Now
iwtrt, where thoy will Hxnd the sum
mer. Dr. and Mrs. J. V. Andrews of
Manknto, Minn., expect to return to
Medford thin week. They will he tho
costs of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Andrews.
Mrs. John F. White and Mi&s Zola
loft Friday for Colestin, where they
will spend part of tho summer.
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a place is sufficient or not, that
much must bo done, anyhow,, and
then if what aro loft nro too thick,
another rule must ho applied, and
that is to leavo no apples nearer than
four inches apart on tho same limb.
If two apples nro on different limbs,
then tho four-inch rule doos not ap
ply. Thos'i two rulos comes as near
giving a safe guide iu thinning ap
ples as tho work can bo done by
written directions. If only ono side
of thu treo has apples on it, thobo
rules should bo modified according
to tho suggestions already given. In
thinning peaches, tho first rulo is Io
leavo but onu poach on any limb not
over four inches long; the next is to
thin to one iu a placu iu all casos,
and the third rulo is to thin to four
iuchos apart on limbs over four
inches long.
Thu rulos that govern tho thin
ning of apples mid peaches apply iu
tho samo general way to pears, apri
ciilH, plums and prunes.
A fruitgrower must set a good
grin on those principles and apply
common seuso iu using tho rulos set
forth,
Itoil Color on Apples Help Them.
Crimson line eiWihles fruit to re
tain heat and their development Is
not retarded by eool nihts. Purplo
nIiiiiIo raises tho temperature greatly.
Hchiiarcht's in botany show conclus
ively that coloring matter in plants
is of material benefit to them,
Little apples on the trees in the
Wenatehci. vallev are now Inking a
eriinsou hue, anil thin fiift of early
coloring is what mnkes the fruit of
this region so big and red at harvest
time. The color on the little apple
lends to prevent arrest iu their de
velopment during the eool nights. The
Ethel Roosevelt
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liams Is u proteKe of President Tuft anil wanta to be senntor from the new state of New Mexico. He wua confiden
tial secretary to Postmuster General Hitchcock durluK the Taft campaign and traveled with the president durtiiR a
apccchmukliiK tour. After the election Williams was mado a member of the United States civil service commls
Ion, but his tmilth wus such thut he had to go to New Mexico.
red keeps them wiirmcr than thoy
would bo without color, and the more
red thoy have now the redder, bigger
and uuiekor thoy will grow in the
future.
The coloring matter iu the little
apples is caused by cool night, fol
lowed by warm days. The color be
ing induced by cold simply signifies
power on the part of the fruit and
plant to promote neU'-pmtootioii,
whioh acta nutoinatically. It un
doubtedly enables the fruit to ab
sorb heat enough to mnke inorr
progress iu its development than it
otherwise) could do; and, of cour.-o,
the apples are hotter off wit it than
they would ho without it.
Absorption of Heat.
For some years the fact has been
known botauically that the red and
purplo coloring mutter iu plants .so
prominently obMsrvahlc, especially in
plants of high ultitudc and high lati
tude, has tho power of absorbing tho
heat from tho sun's rayc, thus raid
ing the temperature of the plant
above the temperature ot the atmos
phere and enabling it to grow and
o.xoroiso its functions at a lower at
niosphoric temperaturo thun it could
do if these color were absent.
Korner bus called attention to the
fact that iu many Alpine Hpooic nor
mal green color may develop in the
lower vnllevs whore the weather i
warm, at the same time that bright j
iciIk and purple dominates in the
same species of plants in higher ol-1
alioiis, where the weather is cooler j
If ono of thi'ho red or purplo colored ,
plants v transplanted from the cold.
heights down to the wanner vullcn
it will speedily InM its high color
and become normally green, while at
the Mime time, if a green plant fromi
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the warmer location i transplanted
to the colder elevations above, it will
not be able to grow and exercise its
normal functions until it has devel
oped i( red or purple color.
Stub! has shown lv actual experi
ment that plants possessing these
higher colors absorb heat enough
that the atmosphere immediately un
der their leaves in n still time will
register somewhat wanner than the
eeneral surrounding atmosphere. He
attribute- this to the heat absorbed
bv the purplo coloring mntter during
bright sunlight,
Kenv observed that when the col
oring mailer of a green plant was
placed in -olntion in a glas- dish in a
Minny window that it would absorb
less heat than the rod or purple col
ors of the samo -pecios of plant
placed iu the same location iu the
same solution.
A IJirge Crop of Apples.
XKW YORK. July 1. Smitu ? the
hcst-piwtcd authorities on the apple
crop prospects aro on record as pre
dicting an exceptionally good output
this sen-mi. The prediction is based
ipi the growing conditions and sot of
fruit, n -hown iu widelv separated
sections of the countrv. In this con
nection a member of the National
Apple-Shippers' association, who has
jusl relumed .from n vi-it to the
principal up-state points said to u
reporter of the Guide: "In tho sec
tion between Huffnlo and 0-wego ev
en llnlilwin upple tree is loaded to
a great extent. The crop will be
enormous unless soiuothiug unfore
seen happens between now and tho
harvest Tho significance of the
Paldwin prospoct can be appreciated
wheu it i- realized that fully three-
fourths of all the trees in tho sec
tion aro Baldwins, Tho crop of
Greenings will be 30 per cout. In
tho case of this variety, a feature
not to bo left out of calculation is
tho fact that while tho set represents
fully GO per cent of a full crop, tho
prospect is more favorable for nn
out-tuni of big apples. This pros
pect, should it be fulfilled, means
that with Inrgo-size apples predom
inating in tho Greening crop, thoro
will be n larger fill of barrels. This
being the case, the quantity of bnr
rels is bv no means likely to bo ma
terially short."
lCiiriy Apple Crop Ilglit.
irOCHF.STEH, N. Y July 1. Lo
cal dealers are beginning to tnke
weekly trips through the up-state
fruit belt to keep iu personal touch
with tho progress of tho principal
crops. Interest centers in tho out
look for apples, as that is the crop
from which tho greatest revenue, is
obtained.
Tllflw.flll.lllO lilt, .lltfrwl 1...IT .1 1
...... v.. ,.,,.. ,,, nil, lima uuiiiurs
and growors declare. Thoy say that
while late apples proniiso well, thoro
will bo a light crop of early or fall
fruit. Twenty-ounce Spys, Alexan
der's and othor soft apples are show
ing up poorly and tho yiold will bo
smaller than usual, While in sonio
parts of the belt a few orchards aio
showing up well, they are tho excep
tions that prove the rule.
On tho othor hand, llaldwins and
Kings give promiso of good yield-,
although it is itnpossiho to forecast
as (o the quuHtv. That will dopond
on the weather from now on. Put
the orchards aro in oxcollont eondi-
I'nn Illi.l Ilin li.n.iC! CLn.u.i l. lin Inn.ln.l
IK'll 111.11 till livvn cvviil 11. i3 IWII1IVU I
with what promise to ho good up-J
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. TrowbridRO left
Tuesday for nn extended trip cast.
They will be away two months.
Mi. Lyman Orton is rpiitc ill with
typhoid fever at the Palace hotel in
San Francisco.
Master Carter Brandon, nephew of
Dr. and Mrs. Pickcl, left Wednesday
for n visit in Portland.
Miss Alice Lakcman left Wednes
day for a two months' visit in De
troit. Mrs. M. E. Worrell and Miss Helen
left Thursday for a visit at their
ranch in Sam's Valley.
Miss Gladys Carey left Thursday
for Seattle, -where she -will spend the
summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Daggett and Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Hanley motored to Medford
Sunday and dined at the Nash.
Miss Caroline Andrews entertained
the members of St. Agnes Guild on
Thursday evening at her home.
The Chrysanthemum Circle, No.
84, will have installation of officers
and initiation next Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Stewart of Oakland, formerly
Miss Jones of Medford, left Sunday
for her home in Oakland.
Mrs. Lena Ellingham and mother,
of Portland, are the guests of Mr.
nnd Mrs. Edmendes.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Olwell left last
Sunday for San Francisco, where
they will make an extended visit.
Misses Genovieve Wortmnn, Flora
Gray and Beulnh Warner spent Fri
day at Gold Ray.
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Miss Bess and Ida Lee Kentner re
turned Wednesday for a camping trip
at Big Butte.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Gore and Miss
Flora Gray spent the Fourth at Cole
stin. George F. King and family of
Portland are visiting in Medford.
Mr. Normnn Merrill is quite ill at'
his homo with tonsilitis.
'pics. As Baldwins and Kings are
j tho princpal lato apples, growers are
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and thereby offsot tho light yield of
fall apples. For some reason or
othor Greenings do not promise so
well. Most orchardists aro inclined
to think that tho crop will be shortor
thnn a year ago.
Orchardists say fruit trees all
through the up-stato belt came
through tho winter iu excellent con
dition. Cold weather did no appre
ciable damago nnd unfavorable eli
matical conditions iu the spring did
no serious harm to tho trees. But
to sorao kinds of fruit, howevor, tho
cold, wet weather did heavy damago.
Perhaps pears wore injured tho most,
Thoro we iv n fow Bartlett and Duch
ess pcai-s iu this section, growers
say, as a result of the damago done
in tho spring. Most of the penrta
dropped to fho ground. Some of the
other vnrioties promiso just a fair
crop.
The Huztmls of the Apple Deal.
At no time in the historv of ili
apple business of this country ha.
tho fact that an unusual hazard ex
ists for tho buyer, small and large,
in connection with tho purchnso of
the fruit been so prominent ns now.
It is appreciated by a few. Fxneri-
eneo has taught soaie tho ovils of I
nasty purchase, hut in a good many
instances the lesson loarned in the
process of forced liquidation of as
sots in tho shnpo of fruit on which
costs hnvo accumulated at the end
of one season hnvo boon forgotten
before tho advent of nnothor, Th
few wjso ones hnvo staved outMiiitil
tho high pressuro has been expended,
and there aro u fow operators in thi
mill'kot wilt) urn iint.iiru-iint. v,,...
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Recently tho memborsmp of .
Presbyterian church at Pkoenq
' turned out on masso to grcot Dr'
Buillio and wife, recently from Net
Jersey, tho former of whom has xtt
ccptcd tho pastorate at tho neighbor'
ing town. The ladies of tho churW
had tho reception iu ohargo and l
was largely attended by frionds a
well as members of tho congregatiM
at the beautiful new homo of Mr. aat
Mrs. Arthur Furrey, the pastor am
his wife having been given a heart
welcome to their new surrounding
A short musical program and n
freshments followed the reccptw
features.
The Nutatorium plunge will ope
for business Thursday aftorneei
July 14, and that samo night tk
will be dancing on the smaller floer
tho big hall will not be completed U
a couplo of weeks yet. Unless somtf
thing unforseen happens, the eatii
building will be completed and all 4
pnrtments running by August 1
when tho formal opening will ocn
The Frank Miller Carnival cm
pany opens a three days' cngagerae
the 14th with two performaso
daily, on the Natatorium ground
They promise superior shows, a be
loon ascension every day and fw
I big free outside features.
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Miss Colly and Rose Chandler w
leave for their homo at Coquille M
weunesany niter an extenaea n
with relatives in this valley. 6
Noah Chandler and his father ma
Wiley Turnbow and George Chan!
all took a trip over to Sterling iais
Thursday.
Mrs. Lillio Blackwood of Phoer
was In Medford Friday.
Miss Clara Allen of North TaU,
was among- those who we it to An
land to attend the joint installaUl
of Odd Fellows and Rebokahs Thu
a ay evening. ii
G. A. Hover and his son a'
daughter have been away on be,
nesc at Salem and other Wlllarae
points. Among other things they
tended tho convention at Eugene.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brown t,
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Nichols of Ea
Point are visiting in California.
Mr. II. C. Kentner left Tuesday
New York on a business trip.
Conducted by Charles W. Wilmi
roth, manager of the Rogue Rlv(
Fruit & Produce Association.
pies of prudence. Tho great r
mado by the speculator is his xuu
valuation of tho business, aoumei
tho grower, and in tho fact thi
good many cases, to little know!
has been gained concormng tho
duotiou (volume) of tho total cl
Speculators have lost thoir "su
on tho underestimating of tho
Tt has been years since this- oou
produced a really short cropof
pies, and woll-postod authontu
tho npplo gamo havo eotno to o
that thoro is now no suohithmg;
short a nolo cron.
Fruit Crop Wortlr 12,TJ00,00
State Horticultural. Commissi
Fred A. Huntley of Kenuowfc
quoted ns saying, that tho fruit
of Washington this year wil
worth fully .$12,000,000. He pi
tuo value ot tlio applo crop at,
000,000, peaches at $1,000,000, i
other fruits briugng the value il
tho amount numod.
longest Crop Kvor Produced!
SKATTLK, Juno 10.- Tho
crop of tho state of Washingtoi
this year bo twioo as large as it
iu 1008, which was up to nor
banner year in tho fruit iudust
this state, according to a state
by F. A. Huntley, stato commis
or of horticulture, who is in th'
on an inspection trip.
Mr, Huutloy stated that tho J
all over the stato will bo doublel
ot any other crop over product
Washington.
"Tho fruit crop in Wushjugtwl
vear is tho most rcmajlcahln
known," snid Mr. Huntley m
oussing prospects roeentlv
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minis iu iruit promiso euorl
yields. Thoro nro no failures.
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