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MEDFORD MATT. TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREO ON, SlTNDAY, DECEMBER -I. 1910,
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What a Visitor ThinKs
of the Valley
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urrivel,! plei I
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J. E I'Velnuui. a reeeul
'o.xprenwcs his opinion ol Medfoid
u the Hokiio River valley i lul
'Ion i" ll0 Daily Hepoiter of Jlur
iioHville, 1ml.. lis old home town:
"Meilrunl, Or., Ot. JO, HM.
"Editor Kopoitor:
"IIuvIiik hern horn and ruined and
having led "'I active biiMincws euteer
for thirty year in Mnitinsville, I am
led disbelieve thai I have many
fiieiidH who read the Reporter who
will he interchted in hearing Irom n.
A Meore or more of perxoiiM linked
tne to write to them and I promised
that I would do ho, and fully intend
ed doinc ho when J promised, hut I
Had scarcely ever heeii a dn.v'a travel
from homo het'oro and did not lenlize
that it would take five whole dnv
for ii letter to reach MnrliiiHville
from Iiere, and five day to net a
lardy reply after it wan written by
tii v friends and mailed.
"Then, too, I heliovo that wo have
some friends who did not roiiiut u
)o wiitu, (hat will he ciiully jtlad to
hear a word through thu Reporter.
"After three day happily mid
profitahly npen in Portland and in
piakilur hide trips to Orepni Cilv.
Hone ('ity I'nrk and other plaecH, wo
took a uleopur for Bedford. We
raade it a rule to ariHo iih hooii iih it
wiih light enough to nee, and thus we
took ndvautniro of all thu daylhiht
vu could for nliHurvInc the eountr.y
Ave paHhed through. 'Twuh' dark
when wo pawed tliroimli HoKclnutr.
J Oil miloH north of hero. CoiiiiHv up
Tow Creek canyon, nonth of Hoho
lnir, af folded the roiiKhuHt ol
iiionulaiu scenery, and we could not
Vefraiu from wondering if Medfoid
Wan noinc to appear in mneh Mteli
it countrv. hat wo won) delightfully
vltrpriHed after a. wlitlu to see the
beautiful, hroad valley of the Rojjite
river como into view and orchard af
ter orchard appear on every hand
orchards from proceni of cleariuc
and Hcftili yotil trees to those in full
hcariuir, more heavily laden than I
had anticipated in my palmiest fan
c!h and hopes. Do you know that
1 have seen thu apple and Into pear
trees heavier laden that thu Medford
booklet shows them! Have seen a
dozen apples, uood-sized .Jonathan.
KpiUcnbiio,' and other varieties on a
foot of limb, and the rest of the tree
and tree after tree, and oiehard af-
aw for the most part are
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rillSIMl WIIIIOIIl IITIKlllum """ ""-J
arc much better keeping ipiulitie
and ilavor. I ate an apple a Yel
low Newtown Pippin, of the JDOSI
crop, kept in cold storuire a few
ilnvs imo and it was delicious and
had kept perfectly. The fruit asso
ciation here have several boxes ot
the 11108 crop in cold storae and I
a inreliubly informed that they arc
also in perfect condition. 1 saw sec
ond crop strawheriies, fine one,
loo; likewise beans, enhhnuo beets,
etc, jrrowjtiK in the guldens.
"It. K. Wilson, with whom Paul
niaiik, a brother of our Clem, woiks
on a ranch, will turn his pin on Ins
cull apples which our people back
home would like to hae for winter.
"Paul Hlauk has been a resident
here in this valley since June, 11)011,
and his brother, Cm I, is now a resi
dent of Medfoid, thoituh he is in
charm) of a itai'K of woikmen .it
Ashland, a few miles south. Moth
of the Hlauk hoys are looking well,
1 havo seen moio of Paul than of
Car;,
"Paul is teainbitf now for u com
pany of ranchmen and certaiulv
looks the part of health and says
this countrv is good enough for him.
He was in Dr. 0 Jorge Cook's hands,
who operated on him a few yenix
ago at St. Vincent's for appendi
citis, Dr. Cook told him to come out
here. He took his word for it and
is glad he came. Many of us know
how Carl llliiuk camu to Denver Inst
winter, accompanying poor Chmle.y
Petlit, a biother-in-law, who died
there. Carl then came on here and
joined Paul, and 1 think he is also
glad ho came. These boys arc as
popular here as their brother, Clem,
is ju Martinsville, which is saying a
great deal. Our families were yes-
'terday guosus of Paul Hlauk for u
trip to Lower Table Hock, and we
had a delightful time of sightseeing
mid experiences. We saw our l'irM
jack-rabbit, killed it and took its
ears, since it had uo further use for
them. 0. P. Ellin Vaiue upon a moun
tain rattler. He striujk it with n
htoue us it lay coiled and sounding
its tocsin of war. It was soon des
patched by a man with a revolver,
and he pinched off its nine rattles
for the baby to play with. He wasn't
rge ns some Jake Thackei
Farther than thul J huvc not Been a
it'Hhloiici' with a foot of gutter or a
down spoilt. Our city water l.t melted
snow and a cistern lHnot heard of.
Wo have not heard a rumble or thun
der or Been n blink of lightning and
I underntand they are both rare In
tho valley, '
I inlgt say here to my many'ad
I had yesterday In winnigvbgkiiJJ
mlrorH that 1 want a Stevens repeat
ing rifle, a binocular floJd glass, a
pair of Hlk skin bunting boots and
a few other etcetras for my Christ
mas. Talk It over at a iiiiibh meeting
so not to duplicate on presents, nnd
don't go to Bonding money to mo, for
that in the InBt thing I could possibly
need. I write you In penty of tlmo
so that you can have a number of
rnasB meetlngB if necessary, in order
to make out your list of presents
without duplicating. You can't af
ford to lot tho campaign or other min
or mutters Interfere with theHO mans
mcotlngs. I may tnko to tho pencil
pushing trial occasionally. If your
readers will stand for it. Wire mo If
your subscription lint bIiows a decid
ed slump,
Medford Iwh ten thousand popu
lation. Tho llogno Illver valley haa
tho finest of climates to be found.
Tho air here on this day of rain In
lighter and more delightful than Mar
tinsville can muster when Hho has
her Bunday clothes on, and I am not
"knocking" on tho homo of my nn
tlvlty, cither.
Sorrowfully yours ,
J. 15. FUSKLMAN.
PAST SEASON
(Continued
INCRATER PARK
from Page fi.)
the siiiull brown crawfish for fish
food, and that upper Auiin cieek.
Kast Anna creek, Sand creek and
Castle creek be stocked with casl
eru hiook trout.
Ksliinales of appropriations for
necessary improvements nud a prop
er nihuinislratiou of the affairs of
the park havo previously been sub
mitted, t
Very respectfully,
W. V. A It ANT,
Superintendent Crater Lake Na-
tioiuil Pink.
The sccrelarv of (lie interior.
ter orchard, almost as heavily
laden T You just cnniiot realira it.
How I wish that all of .vyu could see
the tipple and Winter Nelis pears a
they nctually are now. Apple pick
tug has been on for two weeks.
Twenty-five carloads left here Kii
dav for New York.
"We came here, first, for Mrs. IV
selniaii's health, so will lot up on the
fruit talk pietty soon. Have picked
alnioiuls from the tiees here, and
lhov are eeilainly delicious. .The
tree resembles our peach and the al
mond in its hull looks very mneh like
ii (piaiter-growu pencil. I do not
think they hear prolifically, for peo
ple do not grow them in a eounuer
cial way. Knglish walnuts will be on
the market the lust ot October. 1
have not yet seen uny bearing orchard-.
Our black walnut has bee.i
planted to u considerable oMont ami
wo m'o lows of tlitun hero in the cit
for hude, and pretty well laden wtlh
walnuts; have seen no white walnut,
tboiiuh they are here. In tact, vi
have not been out much because ot
our household piods pot .vol hnxit'g
ai rived, and our trying to i
new homo (which ue purchased) in
reiidineNH fur the arrival. We haw
two small hmuriilnwh in u iiihmI
growing lenldenee Miction of Mml
tord, and now, after a hipo of hI
mont a mouth, we are o.poeting mil
good dailv.
"Medford 1 u city of 10,0110 in
habitants, and she has them, I m
and scaicoly a hoium for ivnt and
not a stoieioom. At least oOD iei
deuecs, some of them fiur than un
thing in Mnrtiiihvillo, hau been buil
this year and more Mm tint, doilv
Moio InisiniH buildiugt!, euimlly h
HubktautiHl as the Citiriuio' Noli iml
Hank building, me now being erect
ed than all the InioiuoMn mums hi
MnitiiiHillu. In addition to thU an
two line six-story hotels boiiue tmi
up of eoueietr. uniiiitu and 'iHek.
fine Orcttou grny grunile is unlv S
or Hi mile distant. Medfoul h
lew fHettrii, I uudertuud, but yuu
jnt kei ytntr eye oil im.
"The SoHihorn Paeifia is the tnni .
diNiH'iisor of injuslieo a rrnds to
lailrond ImuiipniiNlion and fruwht.
but it is only n ipteaUiMi of a dim I
time until lliuiiuuin and Hill wil!
have lines Ihrough here fioiu the Pa
cific to lite iutetiur and lyisteni Or
trnin. hi a wry few ur Ou'ruh
will be plhid wth IritHNportHtinn ol
nil kinds aud in all wit. Oiowri
is a coiuur.
"I who in a vineyard Sutunl.
where the owner hu tons of lam.
lusciniix Tokay aud other vrietw
of urojkVH, some bunche weluhmg
two pounds or mure 1 hoimlu
kind 1 wanted at :i cents a poind.
1 piviime Tokuys iu Martinsvillo iw
about 10 cents a jsiund. Tliwo aie
raised without irrigation. The at
I as la
brings iu, but it was a raider just
the siiiiic. We had all been up on
Table Kock except father, who could
not stand it to uo all the way up.
Think of Mrs. Pusolmaii going en
tirely .up on the mountain a climb,
aud a stiff one nt thai, of more than
ii mile. We were .well repaid for the
effort. Frym this eminence we had
a most beautiful view of Mount Pitt
,'ll miles iiwny, us well us all othei
mountains of (he Cascade range, on
llie east, and (he Coast range on the
west, to say nothing of thu beautins
of the Itogiie river in its eiopked me
iitploriugs for miles, and the prolific
orchards and grniu farms on cither
side of it for miles distant in till di
teelious. One not uceiistomed to
such view power cannot couceixi
liow oim can see iu the western
mi un try.
"Mount Pitt is a very high peak
pei hup 7000 feet, nud is more clem
h isihle to the naked ee at
piiles ilintnnee Omit a Inrue wheal
rlok mi Honrv Shlruutnii, ,lr'- lull
to one standing on the cniiitlioiiM-tower.
tuh-a-r
Offutt Rornes
Auto Co.
Automobiles
nKNKKAh OVKHIIAUMNC1 &
MACH1NK KKPAIKINO..
First-Class
Workmanship Gtiaranteetl.
1MIONK MAIN (i'JIlI.
Corner Central Ave. and 8th t
Medford, Or.
The Fair Oaks
Orchard Traets
Closo to Medfoid. good road-,
splendid soil; 70 ncies no.
planted to pours and apple-.
Pnees riRht and tonus eus
Let nut uhow j on a good leal
estate investment.
Earle C. Sabin
Room 202, Fruitgrowers Bank
Biilldino.
Diamonds Guarded
and Eyes Neglected
Mnuv ft
woman
who lakes great
enre of Itor diainondii lets her eye
tnko enro (if IlirmiiIvtv oft on l
their lasting iujtiry. . Considering llie
delicate inechaiirfeni ol the eye, it is
astonishing how iniioli abuse it beniw.
Seldom, too, tire tho eyes of young
people watched as thev should be
Hcadaehes, which may aud often do
mean eye strain, arc put down to
liver trouble or indigestion, nud home
remedies are administered for these
ailments when what is really needed
is n visit to (he eye Ppecinlist.
Dr. Itifkert j:ies special lionsidor
ilium to nil such enscfj and is hnv
inir admirable 8iic'o..
Room 2, Over Kunlncr's,
Medford, Or.
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FOR SALE
AT A BARGAIN
14-Acre ORCHARD
S acres Bet to 1-year-old Dartlett and
d'Anjoii pears; 2 acres Yellow Now
towa and Spttzonlierg apples; 4 acres
to alfalfa and barley; all tillable
laud.
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Will sell for what I paid for raw
lend plus expenses since holding, as
I am obliged to sell before January
1. S. P., ?220 per aero. Address
0. S. W. Care Mail Tribune, Medford
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Nursery Stock
Let us Quote You Prices on
All Kinds of Trees
and Shrubs
L. B. WARNER Jr.
At Warner, Wortman CQ. Gore
Grocery j& j& Medford
. R. F. GUERIN
& CO.
4 MEDFORD NATIONAL BANK BUILDING,
1 Have a number of APPLICATIONS FOR FIRST MORTGAGE
LOANS of from $500 to $3000 to return investors 10 per cent ncr
annum. If you have money to loan it will pay you to Invostiflatc them
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LANDQUIST, JOHNSON 6 IILIUS, INC.
Real Estate and Insurance
Special Representative for
International Real Estate
Association, Chicago, 111.
AGENT FOR
FRANKLIN FIRE INS. CO.
RELIANCE FIRE INS. CO.
BARGAINS AND MONEY
MAKERS IN FARMS, ORCH
ARDS & TIMBER LANDS.
201 St. Mark's Building, Phone 2411
B. B. PATTERSON
The QUAKER NURSERYMAN
HAS EVERYTHING IN THE NURSERY LINE
PEARS, APPLES, CHERRIES, PEACHES, AP
RICOTS. PRUNES; ALL KINDS OF NUT
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SHRUBS, ROSES, ETC. A FINE LINE OF
SHADE TREES. COME IN AND GET PRICES.
Office 116 Main Street
Office Phone 2381-Res. Phone 2493
'Say, hoy, thin iw the next da
mid the heumriliHHo of iiiv lliinK
rthop thul I had .Ytmleuluv in wiiiuu
the foioKuiiiK '& pHKfi. has nppai
otillv enured uo unpWint filed
after a vood iiuihtV re.t, and here
I Hiu makinit h few lemniU h wa
of llliuuinv till oft'ilfrinll to ii close
Mv wife think 1 nm out at our ne.x
houm wahiiiK window , hut I mn
not. It inaltttai iu.v hend Nelu i w.i-n
windowh, aud m I never had a fn
nine hendnehit, it' lm lutf in lit
for iut to tiv to not up ou ot ai
eoiiMfiUue by Unjliinio to wji-Ii
wiudow'K now.
"Il'x mininv hnie today, whuh i
tho I hud day of. rum Miu-e .on
arrival in .Mfdloid mIuiom ln.-.
wwks nito -baviiiK htma om da
itat-h' yok. ,lmii nhoul iiicht. dm
on think k,tf WVII, th w.i'
it milt lttrv i mxMilutr ,w .'
romliuU me of uur Utile UIIimWUi in
her nit nf erylng. The weather man
Uei;uu yNaerUay to think lie hud to
Ktve iih w)iu mtu aud Vtcmui xtHuit
toady li enn.lHg oui tl-. ilmnU
to upponr fioui tint to t line. ud
hint iiIkIU not a Ur wm to l- oa.
and ruin bifitn to ittl trltkle down
LhU old wtatherlioiu (hi, without
one of thiMtf offuhjfnt overflow as
we oxiHirlouett no ofuu lu MrtluM
vllle. Mo trle to nnio )iimir.
ntttl n tililllu ilf dllliulllll.t lkr.uil.is r..tlli
fur a time, thou agnlu, reiuiulMr that VTO"V1Q
llU reeltUKH wore hurt, or be Iuiuk- j J vA vj
ino the) have been, ami the lui ofj Parties moving will ilo well to call on
PRIVATE WIRE
PHONE 1831
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GRAIN AND STOCK
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ROOM 15, P. O. BLOCK
MEDFORD, OREGON
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we will secure you a position in any of tho
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NO BETTER SCHOOL ANYWHERE AT
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ENTER AT ANY TIME
P. lUTXKR. A. M., President.
Uhe finest
Sample Rooms
in the city.
Hotel
Single rooms or on suite
also rooms with bath
Moore
Telephone Iu Kvery ltooni
RAU-MOHR COMPANY
. Proprietors.
EUROPEAN PLAN
ALL KINDS OP DRY
.WOOD.
Dak, I.auiel, Fir and Pino. Huv .ourwuuor supply now,
reasonable prices.
The Sun Star Wood Company
liOJ Aim. .ml st.
Phono Main 6051.
Jol Koyama.
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I WISH TO ANNOUNCE THAT I HAVE PURCHASED THE
Union Livery Stables
Careful
rain bot;!u to alowly mil down hi
cheek aualn Tho rain dinm not route
In torrent an It does bark hom
the furiuer home Many people do not
enrrj an timUietla, but wiku a tilvtti
ellti and irtut to lurk to Keep dry
MATTHEWS & LAKE
to handle their household goods.
They pack and ship furniture and
unpack anil set up furniture and do
hauling of all kinds. Daguaye In
cluded. Phene 2IQI.
Campbell & Baumbach
MORTGAGE LOANS, COUNTY WARRANTS,'
CITY AND SCHOOL BONDS
WTbnoy on hand at all times to loan on improved ranches
nnd fruit land.
PHONE 3231. 203 FRUITGROWERS BANK BUILDING.
and will conduct a Reueral feed and boardiuB establishment
uumucu uy me ony, week or inonih. I Kuaiuatea
to all.
Horses
Bquure deal
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UNION LIVERY BARN.
RIVERSIDE AVENUE.
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