MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 3.1, 19.10,
This department Is a regular week
ly feature, dcallnn with all phases ot
the fruit and produce world.
IN THE FRUIT GROWING WORLD
Conducted by Chnrlcs W. Wllmo
roth, mnnnnor of tho Ronuo River
Fruit & Produco Association.
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To Stockholders and Friends:
In some sections of tho vnlloy peat
lacking will begin tho coming week,
-which mnkes tho season of shipping
considerable earlier than former
years.
TJio pears must bo pioked nud
packed wlion conditions demand; at
the samo timo wo must delay all we
can without danger to fruit on ac
count of tho market conditions in tho
east.
Our eastern correspondent writes:
"Por your information wo anticipate
a pood jump in tho pear market next
-week, and you will noto by Now York
today that there is signs of it. You
-will undoubtedly see Now York do
"better tomorrow, and you will also
see Boston next week in pretty Reed
snapo. You will very likely sec the
leading eastern markets in ten dnys
.from now in Reed shape. Our wires
ioday indicato that Georgia peaches
are done, practically, and peaches
-will be in Reed demand for tho next
iwo weeks, and naturally, with the
scarcity of penches, tho Bartlett
pear market will do much better. The
Sacramento river is now done, and
Suisun will bo done in a few dnys.
These, as you know, nro the two
heaviest California pear districts. Of
course, thero are pear districts
through California to ro forward yet,
tut 75 per cent of tho California
pear crop will have Rone forward by
Saturday."
I have every reason to believe
iheso predictions aro correct, conse
quently tho lonRcr wo can delay
hipping tho better, but in our anx
iety to retard shipments, caro must
4 taken not to allow penrs to pass J
ilhcir prime for carrying qualities.
WICKERSHAM AND
NAGEL SIDESTEP
DLL RECEPTIONS
Officials Are Not Exactly Popular
in Alaska With Factions of Pro
and Antit-Gungenheim Forces
Many Are Disappointed.
JUNEAU, Alaska, July 30.
"United States Attorney-General
"Wickcrshnm and Secretary of Com
merce and Labor Nagcl, who are
louring Alaska, are not particularly
popular with various citizens of the
great territory becauso the two of
ficials consistently decline to take
any part in tho bitter political fight
between the so-called Guggenheim
nd anti-Guggenheim forces.
It is asserted that the action of
"Wickcrsham and Nagel in refusing
cavitations to attend receptions, din
gers or to meet delegations wns in
spired by tho fear of the officials
that one faction or the other would
Misconstrue their positions.
At Ketchikan yesterday a citizens'
committee, led by the mayor, at
tempted to secure an audience with
tko cabinet officers. The committee
,...
wtucu uuu couic enurgeu wim mo
mission oi to img or ttie alleged
wxuiigs aone -aiusKn, uia not succecu
5a meeting tho visitors. Shortly af
terward Wickcrsham and Nagel sent
u message to Mayor Valentine of
Juneau, in which they, stated that
they could not ntatend the reception
Juneau was arranging in their
honor, owing to limited time.
It is -whispered that the cabinet of
ficers Rot wind of tho fact that some
xed-hot Krievances were to be aired
-at the reception.
Practically all the coast towns
aad arranged some affair in honor
of the visitors and there is a general j
feeling of disappointment over the
inability of tho citizens of the terri- J
tory to secure the official ear for a (
Jew moments. j
" I
PIRATES DfflSFI) ;
inn no uiui uiuLU ;
- -" .
BY PORTUGUESE
journals hero suggest that such an
invasion of European sphorcs of in
MACAO, July 30. -With Die cap- tore-it i strangely at variance with
lure of tho Chinese pirate chief and tho Monroe doctrine.
the disporsal of his men entrenched
on Colowan islanad, tho Portuguese
governor of Macao today announced
tko successful termination of the
campaiagn against tho sea robbors, CHICAGO. III., July .'10. Nineteen
No details of tho fighting wero officials of tho Illinois Central rail
Riven, but it is said that the com- mad have resigned as a result, it Is
waudor of tho Portuguese gunboats hind, of the investigations of the al-
oil colowan lost many men hoforo
tho pirates- woro driven out.
One of the places advertised for
rent would mi.ke your kind of a home
-puiiap.
Wo will bo ready to recoivo pears
for packing or shipping at our Cen
tral Point warehouse on Tuesday,
August 2; Medford warehouses by
Wednesday, AuRUSt 3.
Growers must notify us when to
expect their pears for packhiR at
association buildings. At Central
Point the amount of penrs is limit
ed and an effort must be mado to nil
pick at a stated time, so wo can
have packers ready to put the fruit
out promptly.
Packing School.
Our packinR school has been in
operation for tho past week. We
have turned out an avcrnRe of 20
. packers each day, and our instruct
ors arc much pleased with the suc
cess the packers have made. We will
continue our packinR school next
w-t. niul im to this timo wo have
I applications from about 325 pack
er.
Your mauaRor is much pleased
with the number of pnekers we have
been able to secure, as well as their
determination to learn, and the class
of people cominR in to the work.
Important.
The packinR paper for tho entire
Medford district is stored in oue
warehouse here in the city, and your
manager has been uneasy on account
of the liability of fire. Wo keep a
watchman in the wnrehouso day and
night, but it seems very important
that each crower should come for
his naiier at onco and not take the
risk of fire dostrovine our supply.
Wo can keep this paper insured, butj
wo cannot get another supply in
BLAMES BANK
FORJHIS FALL
Assistant Cashier Who Stole $600,
000 Says He Took Money, as He
Got Only $25 a week and Handled
Millions.
NEW YORK, July 30.
the bank which employed
-Blaming
him for
paying him a miserable stipend nud
then allowing him to handle millions,
Erwin Wider, arrested assistant
cashier of the Russo-Chinesc bank,
admitted that ho stole $GOO,000.
Wider broke down in his cell and
wept as he told his story.
"Yes, I took the money and the
securities," he said. "It was only
what you might expect of a man
Retting $25 a week and handling mil
lions. It's tho bank's fault. The
bank shouldn't put a man on a mis
erable salary in charge of everything
with no thought of the conse
quences. "Wall street seemed safe. I de
cided I would take a chance and play
the market. I did not get reckless
until I was in so deep. I believed
the market would turn. It didn't,
and here I am."
Wider intimated his willingness to
tiinc iuii uuiuiia uj. ma pucumuuua
ma ..ii woioi n v i: M.k.inir.un
wuen ,he proper t5me comeg He
win be arraigned Monday.
OVER INTERVENTION
BERLIN, July 30. America's
proposal to undertake a reorganiza
tion of Liberian finances is attract
ing considerable attention in German
flinln, nn tir. sifrnlnc irlin,, ii id n
arded as nn interesting innovation
on the past policy of tho United
States. Coming at a timo when
Amcricn is endeavoring to solve the
difficulties of the Nicaragnan situa-
tjon without foreign intervention, it
has served to direct notice to the
nir;r ' " Uni,cd SMa
Tll0 ,,,, TmWM ,, lh(1
..,,-'iv.i., .,,t,u, t..u t jq v;-
measures contemplated in Liberia 113
'enuivalent to the erection of a pro
tectorate," and somo of tho other
NINETEEN OFFICIALS
RESIGN OVER SCANDAL
leaed ear lepniring graft.
It is predicted that wholesale ur-re-ts
will be made. Tho authorities
aro seeking Henry C. Oaterman, or
ganizer of the Memphis Car corn
puny, wanted as n witness
time for this year's crop, and if it
was destroyed it means that our crop
would have, to ro without paper. I
wish each grower would come to tho
help of your manager in this matter.
Havo you ordered all tho stamps,
steueils, numberiiiR machines and
other equipment for tins years
workf 1 again ask you not to de
lay in this matter any further.
Yours very truly,
KOQUE K1VKK FRUIT & PKOD-
UCE ASSOCIATION.
C, W. Wihueroth. Manager.
Rains Benefit Apple Crop.
Kochestor, July 22. From Sodus
through the whole of Western Now
York, particularly in tho great fruit
belt of Lake Ontario, rains havo
fallen since last week, and reports
state that all fruits have been bene
fited to an enormous degree. The
rainfall was perhaps the most Ron
ernl this season, and tho heaviest.
It covered an area of several hun
dred miles given over chiefly to or
chards. Perhaps the farmer of Monroe,
Genesee, Niagara and Orleans coun
ties have the best causo of all to
feel grateful for the precipitation. It
is the general opinion that there will
be plenty of apples, and even farm
ers who have light yields are op
timistic, feeling that there is not go
ing to be n crop failure in this sec
tion. It looks now that the general
average of Baldwins will exceed that
of other years. It has been the
boast of Monroe county that there
"has always been some crop and
never a complete failure," and tho
improvements which will result from
tho recent rains and following warm
BDOST LOCAL
TROUTSTREAMS
Pamphlet Issued by Southern Pacific
Company Under Title of "Outings,
in Oregon," Tells of the Rogue
River Valley.
The Southern- Pacific has pub-
lished its annual booklet of "Outings
in Oregon," and although it comes
after nearly every one has planned
his outing, it is calculated to be of
assistance in advertising the vaca
tion and tourist attractions of the
state. Medford outings arc describ
ed as follows, Crater Lake being un
der a special bead:
"From Oregon's earliest histoiy
visitors have praised the Rogue River
'alley in prose and verse, in speech
ana story. rernnps tne answer
made by Bishop Joyce to a question
propounded at a dinner party in
London, 'What to you is tho pretti
est spot in the world?' when he re
plied, 'The Rogue River valley ns
seen from the Siskiyous in the
spring,' is as perfect a commentary
as one could wish. Tho valley opens
out in a breadth comparable to the
Willamette, though the general ele
vation is higher. Medford, beauti
fully located in this magnificent vnl
ley, is a town of new growth, modern
in all that spells progress, and am
bitious in all that means improve
ment. There is a sunny warmth and
glow in the atmosphere, but even in
midsummer days tho altitude fore
stalls the possibility of enervating
heat. The fertile farms about Med
ford provido the most delightful
country sojourning, the Rogue and
Applegntc river., Table Rock and tho
springs near by invite to picnics and
jnuuts of n day's duration, while by
stage or privnto conveyance you can
make pleasant journeys to tho lake
region eastward.
"Rogue river is noted for its steel
head and rainbow trout fishing.
Many fly-casting experts from New
York and other eastern cities visit
Medford for n week's fishing on the
Rogue, yearly. A movement is under
way to build n mnendarnized road
from Medford to Crater Lake, a dis
tance of 80 miles, at a cost of half
a million dollars, work to begin the
present summer.
"Before leaving Medford visit
Jacksonville, one of the most inter
esting spots, historically, in Oregon.
This is tho Jacksonville of early
mining days ,
" 'When cards wero religion
And piotols wore priests'
tho littlo city today resting on streets
of gold. Here you walk in tho foot
steps of men who made early Oregon,
lifiton to tales of Indian lifo and
legends, Indian peace and warfaie,
of gold discoveries, of quiek justice
and pioiic.T rule.
"For details as to Rogue river or
other outing points, nddrcsH Medford 1
Commercial club, Medford, Or," j
weather will help tho district great
ly. Growors and operators in this
uitv this week from Western Now
York contended that, all things con
sidered, fruit conditions, especially
lato apples and poaches, aro better
thnu, reports would indicato. Pio
neers asserted that up-stato counties
havo seen infinitely worse seasons in
the past, and have never failed to
have a yield.
A well-known apple dealer, who
has just returned from a compro
hensivo trip through tho up-stato ap
ple belt, covering several hundred
miles, stated this morning that a
general improvement line occurred in
fruit prospects and that tho talk
heard early in tho reason of nn ap
plet, fniluro is not now warranted by
actual growing conditions. Tho only
npples that aro really Roing to bo
short, ho said, are such early varie
ties as Twenty-Ounce, Aloxnndors,
Spies, etc. Lato npples will bo
lnrger than expected on tho Bnld
wiu this season. Commenting upon
the Baldwin, the mainstay of the
Western Now York apple industry,
this dealer's remarks are particular
ly interesting.
Vast Trade in Fruits.
Washington, July 22. During tho
fiscal year which ended Juno 30 last
the value of tho fruits and nuts im
ported into or exported from the
United States aggregated over $55,
000.000. nceording to statistics com
piled by tho department of com
merce and labor. About two-thirds
of this, or .30,000,000, represented
imports.
Domestic production, however, is
rapidly supplanting eortain class-is
ELECTRICAL COMFY
WONDERFUL
GROWTH
Two Boys Start Electrical Office at
Home and in Short Time Are Do
ing a Big Business.
Less than tbreo years ago two boys
Parted in the electrical business,
They had no office except their homo '
thoy had ao storeroom or ware
house and very poor tools or sup
plies. They wero first-class workmen and
knew how to do work that would
please.
From the start they had all tho
nork they could attend to. Thoy
found that a downtown office was
necessary, so thoy rented epneo In
ono of the stores and displayed tuolr
fixtures In a window. Orders camo
thick and fast. All work was dono
satisfactorily no dissatisfied custo
mers ever put In an appearance.
The FLYNX BROS, bollovo In be
ing thoroug'i and doing everything In
the beat possible manner. They com
menced to keep n stock of supplies
and In a littlo over a year thoy not
only were doing an Immonso amount
of work, wiring a great many of the
very best buildings, but thoy woro
furnishing tho fixtures for tholr
work. A comploto stock of fixtures
was put In about sovon months ago"
and a storeroom taken In tho now
Palm bulldlns. Since that timo tholr
business has grown wonderfully un
til today they can show as neat a
lino of elcctikal fixtures nc can bo
found In Portland or many largo cit
ies. Plyna Hros. certainly havo rea
son to feel that their business Is
successful. Thoy have always sold
goods remarkably close and dono
work very reasonable, and will con
tinue to Jo 0.
Every man or person who contom-
pj lutes bullt'Ing will savo money by
figuring with these lioyc, for any
thing In tic electrical lino. Thoy
havo .lio goods tho supplies, and
turn out tho vory best work.
GOVERNOR OF ALASKA
IN STAGE ACCIDENT
SEATTLE, WiihIi., July .')(). A
Hpecinl from HninoB, Alaska, Hay
Clovcrnor Walter E. Clark had a nar
row escape from death and ono man
wns killed whon tho Ilainy Hollow
stage upset in the Klcheiia river,
near Glncicr ereek, Wednesday
morning, the news just reaching
Lore. I'at Kennedy, brother of Dick
Kennedy, a well-known Alaskan, was
struck 011 the head by the plunging
horses and killed. The horses woro
drowned, The stago was occupied by
Kennedy, Governor dark and a
party of capitalists. All e.xcont
Kennedy escaped. Tho river is vory
high. The driver was nil experienced
man and the accident unavoidable.
The horses stumbled, tho stago car-
cencd and overturned. Kennedy's
body was brought hero today.
of fruits formerly impovled in largo
(Uiaiiltties. This is especially (rue o(
raisins, prunes and oranges. Bui lo
oul production is still unahlo to moot
homo consumption in bananas, figs,
walnuts, communis and almonds. In
181K1 tho United States imported mils
nud fruitu worth 2 1, 000,000. Ten
yours later these imports aggregated
ifllUIOO.OOO. Now thev havo reach
ed $30,000,000.
Hudson Valley Fruit Crop.
Columbia ville, N. Y July 21. I
take issuo with tho report of tho
Now York Fruit association, pub
lished some timo iiro, which is far
from correct, so far as tho Hudson
valley is concerned. The association
reports Bartlett pears light in some
counties, notwithstanding tho fact
that the Hudson valley has a bumper
crop of ponrs of all varieties. I
havo never seen a finer crop at this
time ot the yenr than wo havo at
present or the prospects for good
quality better. The peach crop also
is very largo and thoro aro twice as
many apples as most growers admit.
James A. Hayncs.
Southern Applo Crop.
Koehester, N. Y July 21. The
southern applo country will have
from 80 to 00 por cent of a full crop
of apples in tho valley between the
Blue ridge and tho Allcghniiies. This
estimate is based on tho bumper
crop of 1005. In ouo locality there
are almost 50 miles of continuous
apple orchards. About one-third is
in full bearing. Wo spout a half day
in a typical orchard of 85 acres.
About one-hnlf of the trees were ma
ture. The rost were !)-yenr-old
HILL ROUTE
TO CALIFORNIA
Line to Run Along East Side of Tulc
Lake, Thence in Straight Line
Through Modoc County, Thence to
Western Pacific Connection.
The Siicrameuto Union snys:
From Klamuth Falls the proposed
road will run In a southcast'orly
ill-
rectlou nlong tho east side of Tulo
lake, or ns It Is sometimes called,
Rhett Inko, thence In n nearly
straight lino through .Modoc county
to tho lower end of tho Rig valley,
where It will crosB Pitt river and
climb nlong tho hillsides until It
reaches tho tnbloland near tho head
of Heaver crook In Lassen county.
Tho lino will tl'on benr Bouth through
Mountain MoadowB, nig Meadows,
passing near Prattvlllo and ovor Wolf
crook summit Into Indian Vnlloy
through Grcenvlllo In Plumas coun
ty . Tho lino will no down Indian
creek to a connection with tho Wost
orn Pacific at Keddlo station.
From Keddlo In Plumas county tho
Hill traffic will entor tho Sacramonto
valloy and reach San Francisco ovor
tho Western Pacllfc railway, a fact
that is old news now and which was
recontly confirmed by Western Pa
cific officials In an Interview in Snn
Fran Cisco.
In this distance of about 200 miles
thoro will not bo more thnn 30 miles
of difficult construction. Tho ro
maiudo or tho lino will run ovor prn
tlcally lovol ground ns far ns rail
road construct'on is concerned, nnd
tho grado vill not exceed 1 por cent.
Tho proposed lino for nearly tho on-
tlro length will skirt or run through
tho vast tlmbor holdings of T. B.
Wnlker that will furnish much
freight. It will nlso run through tho
largo govor'.mont irrigation district
south of Kl.'.matli FallB.
New
Stationary
When you wrlto a frlond or
send a IjiihIiicbh letter you nro
Hiiro to want tho boat pnpor.
Wo will bo plensod to havo
you Inspect our lino of Station
ery, newly nrrlved. Call hero
for
Chocolates
and Confections
Delicioiuly flavored, temptingly boxed
FOH OALE UV
MERRIVOLD SHOP
Ifef
grafts on 2-yoar-old stock, and tho
latter woro loaded, and tho whole or
chard carried 10,000 barrels. The red
apples woro boginnliiR to color, Or
chards from 300 to 500 acres are
not uncommon.
It would seem to mo that the West
ern New York growers will make a
great mistake if they do not secure
the enactment and enforcement of
laws, as in Oregon, for the control
of pear blight, and plant pear trees
instead of apple trees. Owing to fit
vorahlo climatic conditions, the
southern growers can produce ap
ples much ohoapor that the Western
Now York growors. On their old or
chards they get largo annual crops
without cultivation. When thoy bo
gin to work those orchards properly
their output will ho greatly increased.
Shaft to Adam and Evo.
Spokane, WiihIi., July 20. A. P.
Crowcll, formerly state horticultural
commissioner of Spokane ami Slov
ens county, Washington, bus submit
ted a proposal to tho national apple
show to erect a mnmmnth monument
to Adam and Evo in one of the apple
belts of the northwest.
Utah Applo Crop Short.
Salt Lake City, Utah, July 20.
Cachu valley -will havo about one
hnlf of a crop of apples this year.
Box Klilor county will have the larg
est peach crop sho has over handled
and about half of an apple crop.
Weber county will report something
better than hnlf of a crop of both
peaches and apples. Salt Lake val
ley the samo. Utah valley will not
have much over one-half of a crop,
but on account of the increase in
THE WOMAN WHO SIGNS THE
CHECKS
is the woman that know how reli
able, trustworthy and obliging the
uianageuieut of the Farmers' At
Fruitgrowers' Bank is. We loan
money on good security ami are al
ways ready and wilting to oblige de
positors. When you want your rela
tions to be perfectly satisfactory u
your banking accounts, try doing
business with tho
FARMERS' & FRUITGROWERS'
BANK.
Splendid Business Opportunity
For Party
Absolutely Safe and
Phone 4141 t Once
Excursion Ratesto the East
DURING 1910
Southern Pacific
(LINES IN
TO
Chicago
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Kansas City ....
MIttMM
at. Joseph
St. Paul
St. Paul via Council
Minneapolis direct $60.00
Minneapolis, via Council Bluffs $63.90
Duluth, direct $66.90
Duluth, via Council Bluffs $67.50
St. Louis $67.50
Tickets will bo on sale May 2d and 9th; Juno 2d, 17th
and 24th; July 5th and 22d; August 3d; September 8th.
The above rates apply from Portland only. From points
south of Portland, add ONE WAY local rate to Port
land, to mako through rate via Portland. Ono way
through California, add $15.00 to above rates. Except
that fares to St. Paul and Minneapolis one way via Cal
ifornia will be $2175 higher, and fare to Duluth $24.75
higher than fares via direct routes.
Ton days provided for tho going trip.
Stop-overs within limits in either direc
tion. Final return limit throe months
from date of sale, but not later than Oc
tober 31st.
Inquire of any S. P. Agent for complote information, or
WM, McMTJRRAY
General Passenger Agent,
acrenge will ship more than over be
fore. Nova Scotia Fruit Crop.
Washington, July 22 The fruit
outlook in Nova Scotia, according to
a report received from American
roiiHiil-Clenei'iil James W. BiigHilalc,
is oNlromoly good. With favorable
weather a crop of 1,(0,000 barrels
of apples iiiiiv bo expected. An
abundant crop of plums, pears ami
all small fruit I- anticipated,
Pajaro Valley Apples.
Walsonville, Oil., July 8. Preccnt
Indications arc that, with tho excep
tion of thu Bcllcfloiir variety, tho
Pajaro valley will produce a crop of
apples of excellent quality and com
paring favorably in quantity to th
crop of tho past season, While then
is only about (10 per cent of a full
crop of Bclleflours, tho quality is
first-clans, being of fair sir.o, smooth
and hut slightly blushed.
Early varieties, consisting of
Gravoiistclns and Skinner ScedliiigN,
will bo ready for shipment about the
20ih iiist., while Fall Pippins, King-.
Alexander?, Violets and Dittouhcim
th will he rcadv early in August. V
me unable to quote prices of any of
these early apples at this writing, but
believe that four-tier Gravensteii:
will sell at about $1.10 to $1.50, and
four nud a half-tier at about 20 iv
25 cents per box less, f. o. !. Cali
fornia. Woodall vv Co., Liverpool, cable:
"Heavy rains causes English applo
crop to be the worst failure for sev
eral years. Consider prospects fa
vorable for o.xnorl."
WitH $3600
Fine Income Assured
FROM ALL POINTS ON THE
OREGON)
RATES
$72.50
$60.00
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$60.00
$60.00
$60.00
$60.00
Bluffs $63.90
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