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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.
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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.
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