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riiroUNE, M13DF0IW. OltEClON, WEDNESDAY, JANtTAT?Y
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PAGE SEVEN
Story of the Largest Commercial Orchard in Oregon
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Hcl Hint IIiIm rondwny, liPRliinlnK
with "Cherry Lime," mid clrrllim
iiroiwil IIik luiollH throiijtli the wlioln
extent of (lio orrlntnli In ilimtlucil In
li im ih of tlm fnvorllo mnntnor
hIkIiUi'hIiir riuiN for nnlolnlrt nml
vInIIIiik JrlniiiU, Tlio road HmoIT In
l(nit In irfect trim tliriiuitlioiit tlio
ilry koiuoii. "Iiliick ullrkyV rmiitn
(Ion, liowover, mm n winter rniul nm
lerliil, In too woll ixitiiMlHliml (o need
iiny coiiiiMont on lu comlltloii ilurlnit
(tin wot mo
mill of tin yctir
HjKicio of I'liuiilim
An wo roilo iiIoiik, (Iim iniintiKor
lXllulll() llK )'NtOllt of lltltllllllK,
ImimmI tut Cherry l.nne. nnil miiimImi'
lHrk mi either utile. Flrt Ilio two J fruit, n "fiunllj'
I own of Itoyiil Allium; limn two row comineiclul plniit.
iofi!rttlu', rWfully iRe6rleil J?coV
or Ilio entire ratine of lnmrlnrc, from
'iirlen( to Intent; nrxt a rov of
tluinif; followcil by n nollil plaiitlni:
of tlm Horuo rlvf vnllny'ri promler
romiiinrclnl friilln, twenty row of
npplen nml fifteen rown of poarn,
with onii row of 1 till In ti prutieii lo
mark tli fitrllior lionmlary of (lie
tract. Over (ho IuioIIh nm) ioiiikIciI
"rlilRen" ainl itown HiioiikIi the nun
ny "ilrnwa," (ho Ioiik ntralRlit rown
iiiurell Into Ilio iIImIiiiii'O, from one
lioiitnlary fenro to tin oilier, mint
nml went, A kIoiico nt tlio plnntlni;
plat mIiowh Iiow tinny It will ho to cut
the orclinnf, Ntriilglit ncroiw Hut rmvw
Into flvo nml l"n nrro or lurKor wile
iIIvIhIoiih, (tlvltiK to iMicli (ho mime
plnnlliiKH, nml n ilonlrtxl variety nf
orchard' ami n
fat mono. Dwnllorfe on tlio floor of
lint valley rnnnot realize Hie Krnnd
mi r of our mountain Mienory, until
they hnvo rllmheil tin liclitlitH, and
monmireil with th oyo tho (treat
nweep of Ihu HlNklyomi in It appear
from nomo fnvorllo vntituxo point In
tlio Wenlerjuud tract. Tho view
from there In ImpoiMllilo lo ho con
veyod In wonln. It In ono Ioiik
ilrnnnlit of heaiity, one lone contin
ued refreshment of eye nod oul.
Looking down from there on a clear
fiuniinor dny, under iinrlomled nklen,
It rofiilie no effort of the mind to
full In with Joaquin Mlller'n corn
pailKon of tho Kokuo river valley
with ii moro widely known hut no
more bountiful Keener?: "It i (lot
lKily of America."
tho hnrdnhlpn of till entorprlno; hut and oven though nuch offers have
Planted Along Lines of Proven Success
Beautiful Building Sites Reserved
I'rniii tho honiithiillder'ti point of
VltiW. thru (onuin no t It 1 UK l"'t to Imi
ileNlred lu the hiilldlnit nlleti which
tho mnmiiteuieut Imn carefully r"
Mrv'd In tho niOHt ndvautiiKi'ouN lo
ration. Hoinlo valiK'n litivo entered
Into the niilciilntlon eiiuully wild
c4iiufort iind " con viiulvuce, mid the
iiint ecoiiomtcal uxe of (ho Kfouud.
'I'd thin midt I hern liav lifen net
mnIiId Ilio hitch which would not yield
the hlithcMt renullH In liorllciiltiire,
the lopn of ninny of Ilio knolln, the
Uiier eiiiln of Did vnrlfllln "drawn,"
Hint other iiarkllko npotn In tlm unt
il ra I wooded ntale. lo lie iilalled Into
om (wo and thrti nrro hiilldlnit loin,
ono Mich lot to ho nold with every
ulidlvtnloii of (ho orrhnrd prop'-r.
I'ollowlnit niicli a plan, no purtiof the
IXMnI fruit Iniul need ho nncrlllct'd lo
itnpruductlvo unen, nor any money
or ffnrt npent, with III nurconn or
linlf-nucrmn. In conxliiK tree lo xrow
mi hnrriMi tcrnum) Ton arnM of
orrhnrd iiieaun leu ncrcn ot pood
orchard III theno Irnrtn. Arrenn to
Ilio orrhnrd Irnctn from tht hiilldliiR
hIIon will ho nccumd hy propN dedl
rnted Iniiett, nml (hero In nu nliiiud
atirn of Reed roadmaklmt materia!
lu tho lu'lKhhorhood for nurfncliiK
the roailn when inch an Impmvomrrit
nhnll ho railed for
XiUurnlly lltnliinl
Tlnre perfect natural dralunRo
tluouRli the whole tract, no neren
nit) for tiling hnvlnic nhowu llnelf
In Ilio eiperlenro of Ilio prrneit own
ern. Thin nimtiroH tlio onny dovolop
niiMit of prni'lleol noultnllou for the
future community of homehiillderH
that will nomo day occupy (heir com
fortable hahliatlonn here, enjoying
every modern convonlenco. Tele
phono nervlco In already provided
iivit the whole orchard, over u Hue
from Mi'dfnrd hiillt Jointly with the
lllllerent orchard. Klectrle current
will ht uvullnlilo nt nuy time, for nil
purponen; and pure Mft riinnlui: wat
er rnu ho had In Krent nhundnuco,
from tho llvlnc nprlutr with which
tho tntrt la plentifully HUppllcd. The
eli'vntlon of tin nprlnn In niich
(hat wuier under prewuiro ran ho
piped Into iiny rnddonro that will
iivxr ho lii I It on the htilldliiR' niton,
nuvliiK nil ex pel inn nf eiiKluen, riiho
line, etc All of tho hounen now
built, mid occupied by the workmen'
fnuilllen, are nuppllcd lth riinnlnK
wutor from thin notirce, mid the
banin and ntock nhedn an well. There
U not n woll Iti, ii) on tho eutlro
Unci. Thorn nro two bit; nprlntin,
an yet iiuiillllfod, near toitrther, nt
the hlRhent elevation on (ho tntrt,
near Ihu north line, no nltunled th.it
their water can ho Impounded lu n
renorvolr, which would nn-iuro nn tin
fnllliiK nupply throiiRliout Ilio year.
Wonderful Vleiv
Last lo he mentioned, but by no
inennn the leant of tho attractions
hold out to homeiieekern, In tho view
afforded from any part of the trnctit,
unrivalled In Itn charm and wldenens
Tho writer ntood nt lant bnnldo Mr.
Wontorlund on ono of tho IiIrIi knolln
In Ilio Monitor tract, north of tho
ranch hend'iUHrtern, and Ramd
around upon tlm noeno of uo much
activity, entorprlne and fnlth. It
wan, Indeed, a Roodly nlRht thut
Krenied tho oyen of I lie obnervorn, one
lookliiK with tho uaturnl eiirlnnlty
and dellKht of n npectntor, tlio other
with Mint feelltu; of content which
come nftor (ho labor of yearn, wlmn
n man lookn upon tho work or bin
hniidi, nnd knowg that It In Reed.
i:pirlenco U'otlli Wlillo
"One of the moat valunblo of all
ncqulnltlonH," imld Mr. Wenlerlund,
"In tho knowlcdRo which uomen
throiiKh experience. V here In thin
vnlloy know far more nbout thin bunl
uenn than It wan ponnlhto for men to
know ih'vjmi or leu eum back. Kpenk
Iiir broadly, I ludlovo Ilio fact that no
many mill romnlu nf all tliono who
then plnuled their ntaken here, In u
pr.irtkally then untried venture, and
net nut the thnuiianiU of ncren of
youiiK orchnrdn In Ihu hlxhont hope,
the hopn of n Roodly reward of their
Inborn nnd necnrlty for tho cnrc-n of
nRo-l think that fnct demnuntraten
on broad linen that the main ctalmn
nml tho nubnlunllal pro mines of tho
orchard bunlnenn, put forth nt that
time and nlnco, ero not wild Kuennvn,
nor uiero cxtravnK&tit 'boom talk,'
doomed to bitter fulfillment. Tho
men who, Uko mynclf, wero nttracted
hero then, on a nubnlnntlal bunlnens
hanls, are, for the mart part, hero to
day, and they ro In Ilio frult-Krow-tnt:
bitiluens. Anyone of them could
hnvo nold out n Reed profit and cono
nway any number of tlmt-n In tho
pail ten yrnrn; and It tho orchard
bimlnciet wore whnt the knockorn nay
It In, a dlnappolutment nnd n loilug
venture, theno men, who have been
actually cttgaRCd In II. would havo
found that fnct out sooner than nny
ono eliie. and they would havo quit
nt tho flrnt chance. The peoplo who
have rennon to complain of dlBiip
poliittiient hero are not Ilio Indtin
trloiiM, thrifty men who are content
to nlay with n proportion of thin
kind, ami build up u biulne by
hard work, ntudy and patience, but
Ihey urn tho Kot-rleh-qulck flmunnt,
the land Mticculntom and profoMlonnl
booriHTH, whom thin community run
very woll do without. I wilt admit
Hint (bin clement of our population
hiiH ntiffored disappointment, but I
will not nay that I am norry for them,
for I nm not. .Nor In any other In
ventor who ban dlncouiited tho 'boom
talk" of tho 'Kldorado bunch boiiRht
bin acres, built for hlmnelf and fam
ily n permanent home, and then
taken off bin coat nml gone lo work
with bin own head and hands, to
help make tho vlnlon of the btmlnenn
prophets ot a few yearn back Into u
nubntnnllal reality. 1 take off my
lint lo tills element; they are the
nnlt of thin community. As for the
ohern, with whom, nn with mont of
my fellow-mon, I nm Rind to nay, I
have had only tho mint ploanant per
tonal relatlonn, I nm nlwayn willing
to bo ono of the crowd at the South
ern Pacific depot, to clvo thorn a
Reed handRrlp nnd Godspeed, when
over they pull up stnken and leave
for other fields, more fit for their
particular vocation.
ItefiiMtl to Sell
"ComlnR back to my own pcroonnl
affnlrn, and to thin orchard entor
prlio," ho continued, "tho experience
of thena pant yearn ha alno broiiRht
with It only confirmation of the value
of tho pluiiH which wo then formu
lated for thin promotion, and tho
(dean back of thoso plann, I nm
Rind to feel that 111 ono Idenn have
been Justified by whnt wo havo gone
throuRh, and what others have gono
through. Ours has not been an casy
perfonuanco, and wo have not been
following a blaxed trail through all
wo havo co inn out In tho main whero
wo oxpertcd to come out. with thin
orrhnrd well made, without debts and
without danr.er of lon. Thoro have
boon tempting offorn made at times
to nell out and turn the whole thing
over (o other parties; and wo could
have mndo n good profit out of nny
one of these offorn. and have left our
lnvtorn In good hanaV or have paid
them nil out to their profit, and with
their consent nnd good will. Put
wit went Into thin thing for tho long
pull, and for a certain uccornpllnh
rnent, an woll an for rwnlitry profit,
and we have not neti dimppolnted.
When I first eamo out here, nearly
ten yearn ago, nnd became eanVtnced
of the merltM of ill In orchard proposi
tion, I now also Uiut n wan n. bunl
iimm which would require an Invont
meni of 1 1 rue. money iml imilenco
which th ordinary Inventor In the
Knntern ntntoM would not have at hln
command; and thai, moreover. It wan
ti pncla buaincM, In which such )eo
pi'.. In most canon, tt not fitted to
oiiBnsce personally. I saw, too. and
I havo since only hold morn flrnly to
thin oollef, (hat hii.-l person could
not come out here, taka five, ten or
or fifteen acre, plant It, cultivate II,
and bring It Into nuceeMfit) bearing,
over a ntrotoh of yearn, without the
gravest danger of losing out some
where along the line, thrcfiigh nhci-r
Inability to mett the growing de
mands of tho nn yet unproductive
treen with tbo nccootfirlly dlmlnlnh
ng returns from by-products. Hut.
1 reasoned with tiiytelf. If wo can
plant a largo tract, with tho promise
of sufficient funds, to bo regularly
and faithfully nuppllcd from year to
year an the trees nro growing, and
carry this operation on as whole,
with consequent largo saving of cost
over ntnall operations, whon tho trees
themselves shall bo old enough no
that a man can look to them for his
livelihood, and that of his family,
then will bo the time to subdivide
such a tract, and sell It off in five,
ten and twenty acre parcels, to men
who are looking for a home, and for
occupation as well, and who are pre
pared to pay a proper price for the
opportunity which wo shall hivo pre
pared for them. So wo have rtead
ily refused lo sell any part of this
tract heretofore to prospective buy
ers, oven to those who would guar
antee to llvo on their purchases and
continue the Improvements begun,
ranged an IiIrIi nn eight hundred
dollars per acre for certain pieces.
Wo did not want to havo nny nkelc
tonn tying around under our treen,
or nomo hnlf-ntnrvcd knockers scat
tered hern and them around our
acres. Nor did wo over wont a pros
peroun buyer here nnd there, whom
wc would have to plow around. We
wanted to kop the whole under ono
management, In one comprehensive
nohomt, until the time should bo ripe
to throw the gates open, nnd nay to
the werld: 'Hero In n developed or
chard, self-supporting, and ready to
yield a livelihood and more to nny
man who will come In. buy, build his
home, bring In hU family, and then
i"el his coat, and Just go ahead with
the work an It Is turned over to him.
That time is now nearly arrived, and
It In our purpose to have theno or
chards platted Into small irnctn at
no distant date, and to place them on
the market at a prlco that our In
vestment and cure will surely Justify,
and that will yield a profit to the
Kantern Invontom whoso Iqng-con-tlnucd
faith In this enterprise in not
by any means tho least return which
I have personally had for my aharo
Ever Smoke a
WEBSTER?
You .should it 'a ku
"Dave", nl the
MEDFORD' CIGAR STORE
He soils 'cm
Traveler Famous 5c Cigar.
of tho efforts of tho past years. Ton
years In n big slice out of any man'n
life; mnny things come ami go In
thnt time. Theno acres aro now near
ly rendy for Halo to home-biilldorsi
that han been tho pitrposo ot years;
but f cannot part with tho friend
ships won along the way, of thono
who hnvo furnished tho nlnawa ot
war for carrying on the battle, In ad
dition to my own mcann, and whose
personal and written expression of
satisfaction with tho work performed,
I nhnll continue to treasure when I
am no longer responsible to them for
tho safety and profit ot their Investments."
Overland
Car$r
Orders taken now for nny
future delivery. "Will agree
to deliver on exact date de
sired. See these cars before Buy
ing. Cars always in stock.
Prcst-o-litc Tanks
Goodrich Tires
C. E. GATES
The Overland Man
132 South Riverside
WRITE
GUY W. CONNOR
Box 598. MEDFORD, ORE.
Jf von are interested in fuje
ORCHARD LANDS
A Fine Cattle Proposition
LARGE TRACTS A SPECIALTY
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to keep pace with tho limes. It has been our wish.lt) mark '
each niilestone with some sign of progress, and in our qf
foils we havo given .Medford her best office building. "We havo
placed therein a complete hardware store equal to any on tho
coast. While we may have had a selfish motive, it has worked to
the public's comfort more than our own. Yet we know wo havo
noL boon forgotten, we feel grateful for tile splendid patronage tlio
public lias given us in the past, and hope for a sharp hi the coming
year. It has been our prido to deal square and right with all who
coiiio to us, and anyone not receiving his money's worth or had
complete satisfaction it is his fault for wo want our customers
satisfied. Use us as you wish for we are here to serve and hopq
your answer to (his will be your presence in our store mid a wil
lingness to help us advance the interest of Medford and ..Tatjkson
county. "Wo havo to slay, and wish that you can mako it profit
able for yourself lo remain. "Wo aro yours to sqrvo
Garnett-Corey Hardware Co.
ornor Main and Grape Streets Medford Oregon'
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Ewing's Gun Store
Successors to Humphrey's
R. L. Ewing, W. F. Backus and J.
C. Morris have incorporated under the
name of Ewing s Gun Store, and have
purchased the stock and good will of
Humphreys Gun Store.
Mr. Ewing, who has had ten years'
experience in the Sporting Goods line,
will be general manager of the busi
ness. He is well qualified for the
position.
The firm will carry a complete line
of fishing tackle, put up by Backus &
Morris of Portland, and will make a
specialty of the famous Backus Trout
Flies.
The Backus Flies for 1913 will be
dressed on a new style of forged hook
which has proven almost unbreakable
EWING'S GUN STORE.
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