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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1913)
" rmti pjnnr rp Mm H M1 II wrg ww 5TEDF0TCD MXTC TRTODTTrl KETVFOTITT. OttlSCiON. nTTCDNTCSDA Y, .TAW AftY T. W.1. Where Convtcte Hre tree SECTION OF -EOCKVOIEK nJj1 - rfPZitiS k WtlilWI w --w t. i" otniK &rj-i -aif-ttif-iif-v tw . iiml--v m hb l - - -r Westville, Honor Camp No. ! , An Experiment in Making Roads and Men In November, 1911, Governor Os wald West sent down from the state lienltcnlary at Salem, 30 prisoners who hnd given their word of honor not to attempt escape and bad prom ised to work faithfully. The men came without guard or prition stripes and hiked across the country 1.1 miles from the station of Derby on the Pa cific and Kastcrn, to the Crater Lake highway, where they established the camp of "Wostvlllo," shown In the pictures. Hero they spent the win ter and sprint;, later moving camp some miles from Westville. Several miles of fine highway were constructed by the men, who worked without guard. As fast an their mini mum terms expired, they were pa rolled for Reed behavior The only man who camo In contact with the men was tho foreman appointed by too county court to scporintond con struction. The men proved equal as workers with nnv nalit crnun nf mnn nlmllnrlv I employed. Little difficulty was ex perienced and no Insubordination. I)ut olio attempt at a get-away was made, when three men whose terms would noon have expired, broke faith and fled In the darkness one winter I night. A posse of honor men was at once formed and pursuit started. Tito oscapos were captured near Kaglo Point the following day Tho county paid the expenses of the camp, furnished the food and equipment used, and gave each hon or man 25 cents a day ns wages. The camp was abolished In Septem ber, after ten month's trial, on ac count of tho shortage of honor men at tho penitentiary and the expira tion of the terms of those emplned on the roud. The camp was the pioneer one of its kind In t lit United Slates and Its success Is working a revolution In tho treatment of priso ners. Though they haw gone, they have left a monument of tliulr labor III one of the finest stretches of road to be found in any mountain section. .GTCOU? Prices Received by Fruit Growers Through Local Association for 1912 (By A. C. 'Randall, Vice-President ) The Rogue River Fruit & Produco Association was organized in Ma, 1910, with an authorized capital of $50, 000. 00. divided into r.000 shares of 110.00 each. The present number of shareholders Is 330, and the paid up capital Is 2S,1DQ.00. Tho main objects of tho associa tion are to furnish supplies of tho highest quality at tho lowest cost To collect, pack and Inspect all fruit handled In our own packing houses; also to Inspect all fruit packed by the growers. To assemble the fruit at the pro par time and place for shipment, and to secure the best poeslblo market for It. Wo are desirous of concentrating as much of this fruit In central pack ing houses as pebslblo for moro eco nomlcal handling, and to obtain a moro oven grade and pack Vo own and operatf sk packing hliibes, located as follows Two at Medrord, ouo at Genual Point, ono at Davis, ouo at Voorhles and ciw at Phoenix; all located on tho railroad where tbo fruit can be taken from thu wagon Into tho packing house, and as packed loaded directly Into the cars. 1'iult Shipments Up to December 13th there had beeu bhlpped from thu vnlloy 214 cars of pears, 43il tars of apples and 10 cars of mixed fruit. This asso ciation whipped 90 cars of pears, and ICG cars of apples. Wo still have approximately 60 moro cars of apples to ship, making our total shipments this season 300 ears Wo havo al ready distributed our fruit In 42 iimrkots this season. All fruit of thu same variety, grade and size by tiers, is pooled, all growers getting tho name price, Wo have up to dato closed only tho Bartlett Pear pool, which closed at ui) average price f. o. b. Medford, of 4 tier OftHc, 4tf tier f 1.01, C tier f 1.13, 6$ tier (1.23. We havo a few moro pears tOj.gcl roturns on before wo ,cnn close tho pools on Hose, Howell, D'AnJou and Cornice; will probably closo these within a month, Tho Winter Nellls pool will probably closo In February. Ti?'' a. ',i mm ik.ii i ft Ynfcrttr ii i i- itay wv - - -- -jfcaj. iv. i 1m m Bsw8iBBBHBMttjLmj330!lW Potato Grottlng A Profltablo industry A !!H Aiv Polalo 1' Our aear.iges on the different varieties which we havo sold to date, are as follows, f, o. b. Medford; Apples Red and Dluo Triangle Jonathan .70 Spltzenborg 1.26 Newtown 1.43 Pea i n Hose, Jumblo pack ... $1.75 Hose, straight pack .. 2.02 Rose, halt boxes l.cri Howell 1.77 D'AnJou 2.20 Comlco 1.C4 Cornice, half boxes 1.0!i Winter Nellls ....'. l.f.O Komo at I Uglier Pikes Wo have, of courso, sold some of each variety at higher prices, and Komo for less, but it is the general average, which counts, so far as thu benefit to thu all-y in general Is concerned. In selling our fruit this year v,c havo used every method possible; f. o, b sales, delivered sales, by auc tion and by prhato treaty. It Is quite significant, how over, to note that our highest values have been ob tained by prlvato sulu rather than through tho auction. Thu latter s)stem had liecomo the established one through which to sell our pours up to this j ear. We havo handled for tho growers this season 1CS.000 iear and apple boxes; 10 cars of lime and sulphur solution, 1-1 cars of smudge oil, and 31 tons of arsenato of lead. Our aim has been to maintain the highest standard of quality in all theso ma terials, as It Is vitally Important that tho greatest caro be akcu in tho use of spray material. Ifll in tint Table Rock DIMrht Whirl Ouo of the chief benefits of tho association to tho grower Is the es tablishment of a moro uniform giadc and pack. Tho weak point In tho old sybtom of each grower Inspecting his own fruit and marking It Hxtra Fancy, I'ancy or Cliplco, lay In tho lack of uniformity of those grades. It was a caso ot "Many men of many minds," each using his own Judgment as to what constituted a fancy or choice grade, Whether tho con sumer who bought a box of fruit stampod "Kaucy'i really got Fancy, or only choice, depended largely ou whether the grower was lax or rigid In his inspection and In his Ideas as to what constituted those gradeH. Undo? tlf? association's methods of rigid Inspoctlnn and uni form grade, that difficulty is elimi nated, OurTrlauglo bruud ou tho box rep- i Yielded HOOD .Sinks, rciieuts a pouitlto grade, the Red Trlanglo representing tho highest grade of fruit grown, and the lllue Triangle tho Kccnnd grade -a good quality, hut not requiring as high a percentage of color. Our brand puts our fruit in a elans by Itself, and us it becomes better established, the consumer1 will know, when ho buys a box or Red Trlanglo fiult, that it is of tho highest grade as surely an If ho had Inspected separately every apple or pear lis tho box, Thu benu flt of our policy has been pi oven by our establishing thlH year the Red Trlanglo Newtowus ou tho Loudon market, on, a par with tun highest grade from other dlstilcts, and at times above them. Much as wo dlsllko to admit, up to this soasnu Rogua River Nowtowns havo not been the Top Notchers In London. Other dlstilcts, with ad- mlti'lh Inferior quality, had ontab- llshed a hotter reputation there, on ' tlrl on at count of an even grail 1 mid pack a comtequniicu of their better organization This )onr our I ass elation established a btandnrd which has enabled our selling agents, I the Northweftturn Fruit Kxchange, lo place our Red Triangle Newtowus at the top of Hie list where they right I full) belong Home nf our famous I -irlvate brand of pears have secured ! the record prlcus la London Our lt d Trlatmle Cornice have secured I this years recoid price In the lon- don market We firmly believe In the sstem of f ii b selling. 'Hint our ft tilt Is worth more at tho point of shipment than an) where oIho. it having been available there to the markets of tho nr'd ,it a lower tost of delivery. Must Adverll-o Now that we have a distinctive , Inand it should lie advertised. Once . w devi lope a taste for our fruit and , tsfuhilt.il our brand, It becomes a val ' liable and permanent asset. There Is a vast number of people In this runner us writ ii iiuiimii, wiiu ii.nn a decided dlerlmliiatlui; taste. 'Wo iiniKt reach them with our Red Tri angle fruit unit mako them our per manent customers. Wo niuiit also be pieparud lo fuinlsh these eiiHto tneis, wherever located, a regular siippl of fruit. Wu havo the facili ties already established to dlati Unite the fruit and find Hie customers, through our selling ngents, the Northwestern Fruit Hxchaiige, Thin service represents a;i establishment of 123 different offices In the Unite. Btates, Cauda, Cuba, (Ileal Britain and Hurnpc, each offlco having a specified territory to work. The selling policy Includes nil metheds: f. o. Ii., dollveied, auction and pri vate sale, thereby getting the bene fit of a lot) per cent demand, lly having our blind ou the pulse of the markets of tho world practically every day, wo aio also hotter able to sot a proper value on what wo have to soil, To show tho possibilities ot this f.orvlco, wo might stale (hat salon have been made, thin season In 137 dlffuient niaiketH, and In tho tlireii years ot its oporatlou car Iota have been Hold In 2.1 1 different markets, loraled In 38 states, 6 provinces of Canada. KiikUihI. Ireland, Hcotlnnd, Wales, Denmark, Hermany and China Storage Plants To gel the full benefit of the sell ing service already established, we must provide faollltlos for both diy and cold Kluiar.e at tho point of ship ment. Home very valuable xperl meuts conducted this season with our pears by a representative of the department of agriculture, developed the fact Hint our Rarttctts kept In cold storage I weeks, then In rofrlg ernor rnrs 3 weeks, and after taking nut of cars, held In good condition for two weeks longer in mi ordinal y room. With propor Murage, facilities we could hold our penis here, nuppblng our established trade regularly, lather than forcing It lo lake an over supply when not wauled. The same space could he used for apples as rapldl) as the pears were shipped out, allowing iih to hold I hem us wo had the pears We not only need storage now for the handling of our fruit on a moro economical basis, but we shall soon bo tumble to get rnrs to slilpvour product as rapidly as It Is picked mid packed. This need of storage is vital, and must bo provided for at once, or thu loss fiom waste will he enormous In thu very near future. Another vital necessity which con fronts us, Is the s)tonintUluc of our work, ho that wu can reduce the ex peiuo of growing, picking, packlng nuil assembling our fruit, This as sociation Is constantly endeavoring to lessen Km expense ot operating without loHsoiiglug Its efficiency, and we welcome all sincere suggestions for thu bulteiment of thu service, Our icrnrdH are open for Inspec tion iit all times, for wu believe pub licit Is ii safegtiaid to thu proper handling of tho business, and also Inspires confidence between thu man agemeiil mid thu members, (liven tho milled support of thu giowein, this association could ac complish results which would leave thousands or dollars more lit the val ley than Is possible under present conditions. i Lw '! i & .
