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1913 TO BE A BANNER YEAR.
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Fall Lea.r.l Wire United Preea
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stnnrnito. niu:aox.
Metronolla of Southern Oregon and
Northern Cnllfnrnln, nnd the fastest
growing city tn Oregon.
Population V. 8 eeniui 1910 SS40;
estimated, lll 10.000.
Commercial Club
(Uy W. M. Cohljr. Prcsldont.)
A well organized and efficiently
managed Commercial club Is of
vital necessity to any ambitious
community; for that which Is every
body's business Is generally uobody's
business, and If makes no difference
how many enterprises may exist In
tho public mind no results will fol
low unless thcro be some executive
force to crowd these matters to the
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npJUO Mail Tribune today presents its annual review of
- tho record of progress and uchievenie
Jiogue River vallev in 10112.
It lias been a year of bountiful harvests and of substan
tial progress. A bile building operations have been quiet,
the production of the valley has materially increased. The
balance of trade is turning in our favor. Exports tiro
double what they ever were in any previous year. The
valley is beginning to ship other products than fruit.
Diversified production shows marked increase. Truck
farming, stimulated by the public market is assuming re
spectable proportions. Poultry raising is becoming a
source of wealth. Raising the prices of property has given
way to raising the necessities of life.
The coming year is bright with promise. Half a dozen
railroads to the coast are projected tit least one of which
will be built. Applications for trolley franchises already
filed indicate interurban development that always follows
the trolley. Projected extensions of irrigation systems
promise to place the entire vallev under water.
Lumber mills and canneries in prospect will supply
needed payrolls and aid the valley to become more self
supporting. Coal mines are being rapidly developed and
arrangements concluded for a great cement plant. All the
materials for a dozen great industries have been showered
upon the region.
Nineteen hundred and thirteen finds Medford the best
built and best improved city of its size to be found any
where. Its public improvements reach a total of $1,7tiS,iti
and comprise 1S.GI miles of hard surface pavement, 27.70
miles of cast-iron mains in distributing water svstem and
123 miles of gravity pipe, 20.26 miles'of sewer system. 2bU 1
miles of cement sidewalk and other improvements in pro
portion. It finds many handsome business blocks, a mag
nificent hospital and a public library. Cluster lights adorn
the business center. The best hotels in the state welcome
the traveler. In short, Medford has made good its promise
as tho most metropolitan small city on the coast, the most
attractive and the most convenient.
Jackson county's lead among the comities is even
more pronounced than Medford s among the towns. It
is known far and wide as the most progressive county in
vi-i'guu. in everyinmg .lacK.son county leads tne proces
sion, whether it be horticulture, good 'roads building, cli
mate or resources.
The future is bright with promise. The resources are
here. It is time to talk good times, to get in'and boost
and make good times, for we have the goods and if 191U
is not the record year in the history of southern Oregon,
we will have faired to use our opportunities.
With optimism, courage and lfope, the Mail Tribune
speeds the old year out and the new year in and wishes its
many renders a prosperous find happy Nineteen Hundred
and Thirteen.
University Club
Finest Hospital Between Portland and Sacramento
Olio of the most Important social
clubs In tho valley Is tho Itnguo Itlvcr
Vnllc) Unli orally club, 'located U
Medford. This nrganl.atlott reflects
In a great decree the t)po of cltUon-
ship found In tho uitloy. Its mem-1
bers mint bo University men utid t
over 100 nro enrolled, representing
49 different educational ImUtutloiiit,
seven of them foreign and U.s state j
universities. Harvard men prodotul- i
nate with Yale second ,
The club Is social In Its ualure
making a city home for Its members
tnotl of them being orohurdlstt and
residing In tho country. However
the club plans to turn Its attention In
tho future to lectures on Important
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topics and llvo question of ho da'
Fraternal Orders
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Many fraternal orders of world j
wide fame nro ropretontcd by lodK"S
In Medford so that the straimer In
tho city. If ho bo a member of an
onler tuny find himself nmotiR
friends. There are 23 Indues In the i
city, all of them artlve. They nro
A. h & A. Masons, Uojal Arch j
Masons, hnstem Star. A. u v work
man. Decree of Honor, H. I'. O. KIKs.
Fraternal llrothcrhood Haples. Kra-
temnl Pnlon. O. A. It.. W. It. Corns.' 'iue . U if m hau b .n tiij-
Iledmeu. lHnroo of l'ocohontns. I O 1"K K'd he.iMh wo fall to ictlre tho ( nlinj it i
O. V., Patrlnrchs .Militant, ltobok-' Imporlnn.o of tin liiMltutmii of this
ahs, Maccebees. KnlRhts of I'ythlas. kind In our midst
I'ythlan Sisters, Modern Woodmen,) Ideal Is Km location, situated on a
Woodmen of tho World. Women of lili'.h hill overlooking th ell) of
Mure ( I lleait lloipllat
nit mnti ami Imlitlou wards f.ir miith conditions h m nro bnieflclul
Woodcraft Moose and tho Knights of
Columbus.
All of tho lodges arc well equipped
Medford, us well as the beautiful
ltoguo river valley
Tho hospital Is fully equipped with
with quarters, tho Oddfellows nnd; all tho lalesl appliances for medical
Hodmen owning their own buildings, ior Htirgir.il raxes. Including muter-
Msi. that wool di for rln iinulMtf lung .trounies nun
infill.. I,, nut iii iih it riiroiiii.s lu-no dice-sis and the Sisters ur
an iiuestmiut f IIOI.oiiu loiikiug ..u tff"it l Induce peopln
Statistic or Hit linspilMl will show with the alitivn named dlHoiiitvH to
that tho medlcHt men horo tint ail- tim bore
viiiiroil In their different lines of fllino the tipeulng tho HUlott Imitt
work mill an otimblo or handlliig cared for uimrly a thouwind siirglnil
the most difficult surgical as well ami mmlleal iaiit and mhiio of thrmt
have cnhio from dlffinout placott III
northern California
medical eases.
It has been proxou that the ell-
Medford a City of Beautiful Homes
W. I. Cohlg, 1'rcMdcnt
club has always been a leader In
every movement that has Inaugurated
for tho benefit of Itogtic river val
ley. It Is entitled to the support of
tho people, not only for tho good It
has dono but In order to niako it
moro effective In Its future work.
Tho club during the past year has
Hont out 3120 personally dictated
letters to Eastern Inquirers, und has
distributed 18.000 separato pieces of
community literature. Wo often
hear It said that times have not been
as good during tho past car as they
were two or threo ears ago. This
Is partly true; thcro huvo not been
as many land nales In evidence nor
jterhaps such high prices realized,
but yet there has been a steady
growth all over the valley. Many
costly Improvements havo been made,
many flno rural homes built during
tho present year, and tho present con
dition of busliiesg Is very hopeful.
There, seems to bo now dawning upon
Southern Oregon an era of railroad
building, and thcro is no doubt but
that tho lilll system will, within tho
year, connect tho Oregon Electric
lines with tho Pacific & Eastern rail
road, which Is owned by tho uamo
Interests. There is much criticism
heard over tho fact that wo do not
have many manufactures located
among us; while Immigration follows
tho westward march of Empire, yet
It is many jears aftor a nuw civiliza
tion is planted before tho pcoplo en
gago in manufacturing. At first
they draw nearly all their supplies
from tho cast, and gradually us pop
ulation becomes more douse, tho fac
tories como and locate among the
consumers. Tho near completion of
tho Panama Canal Is uuothvr outer
prise that is going to work wonders
on tho Pacific coitBt. 11 will bring
thouhauds of people hero who huvo
ulreudy been influenced by tho pub
licity which has been given.
This club Is an incorporated body
under tho laws of tho stato of Oro
gon. It only cobts $1.00 to Join It,
mid $1.00 ppr.nioiitliH, as me'mborshlp
dujv Its manner of "busfnesiT"!)
thoroughly domocr&tic, and it ought
to huvo .the support of every business
man In tho community. This fact
should bo made so prominent that a
inun who does not belong to It ought
not to lie rogarded us a public splritod
citizen. Tho work of tho club in
tho yours pust has been tho means; of
placing tho nuiiio of Mod ford In tho
front rank of public .notice through
out the United States.
MONEY IN PEAKS.
HE value of an orchard, like that of a farm or anv
other commercial enterprise, must be bused nnoii
profits realized. "When large profits arc realized vear
after year, it justifies an extremelv high valuation upon
the property.
Prices received in 1912 for fruit huvo IWii l.iu-i.r ili.m
the average, yet a good Kogue River vallev pear orchard
will show a handsome profit despite the unfavorable mar
ket. Here are three instances:
Prom 14 acres of pears in the Suowv Butte orchard at
L entral oint, Fred II. Hopkins sold in 1912, 7000 boxes of j
miner eus pears at $i.biV a box, f.o.b. orchard. He
consigned 103 boxes of Nelis from which he has not re
ceived returns. He sold 500 boxes of Hartletts and Fall
xmuer tnat netted MU a box, at the orchard, aiid netted
j?'oG0 from 500 boxes of Cornice and Base grown as grafts,
rhc cron has netted him 614.385. or nvov Ainnn mi ..,.i.n
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mis is notlimg unusual ior this orchardbut almost an
auumu occurrence.
John Gore has an eight aero Bartlett pear orchard near
Jledford, which lias netted him for the past six vears from
J500 to $1000 an acre annually. He has shipped as high as
13 carloads a year from this small grove. In 1912 the vield
was 9 boxes to the tree, or b'48 boxes to the acre. He sold
the pears for an average of $2.00 ji box in eastern markets.
Ihc cost of growing, packing ami shipping averaged .61.00
a box, leaving him a profit of $9 to the tree or i'AH an acre.
II. AV. Bingham purchased a youug pear grove of ten
acres last winter, planted to Clarrcmi. Hint Mr 5m,i v,.ii:
He harvested nearly 800 boxes to the acre and received
an average price of $1.23 a box, net, realizing 67100 net,
on the orchard. '
Other instances could be cited, showimr Hint nvnn with
poor prices, there is good money in pears in the Rogue
River valley.
Medford Is rapidly becoming a city
of beautiful homes, With tho growth
of tho city has como a great linpn ve
merit In architectural design and
finish Ah tho new water it) stem
has been completed. Insuring an
abundnnco of llfo-glvlng moisture,
A Knit of Mcdfnnl Ituiigiilmtt
green lawif hade fr1"- anil nhi1
bery are replailng tli- iirchid jardu
of the village era Statel mansions,
plrtiiresqno liiiugatous atut ros) rol
tages are going up as If li liiUKlr In
all parts of tlio city.
Medford Is a homo elty, wltvro the
At Ut t'to mluiU (if the itmiple
I nvi heeomo nwahitHwl to tho fact
il.st many dlsMtie r scourgon
within ih romniNHlly, realising by
j wise iniraulhiii niHiilMr of th most
tlnilrui end lata' m' t llNRtliiloiy
prrti'ittMd n ItoftMt river mile) In
i:rrotini.l Hlih sowoprl moiiii
i.lnx a groat tortlcn of tho your,
.tirdeit'd ttllli buirawlc for 'it 4 vary
in in t teat from 40 10 10) miles,
i ! v.illi baa an lovntttiii of from
1 ii to to 5000 (est and eaittalus not
i innil district wliblu Its wv.
u)iiMi.ii nil)- nMtuiofcf ar irup
llnlh utikiiuwii.
t'llnuiie eundltlons aro tho best,
no oxreini'ti of lempornliirK, lth an
annmi rUiifnll uf HI to SS liielift--Mi'lf.ird
with Us (tateil utreoU and
rotiiiir(eil sowar osloni bus prau
It Kilt eliminated iK- hutuofly pent.
Km walnr Sappljr M llltKII IfOIII tl)0
iiiiiuiii tins and U forttlslisd In otin
' alMiiiilMc Tbvra ban not been a
single rn of typhoid finer ttlthlu
' tho ell) llmlla of Medford reported
during thi past lour months and Iom
than oii death per 1000 InhabltaiitN
i from tnhirouloMit during Hie pitt
luitloitlv of l'iHlliitN omi IIihII
homes I'liiiM nnd li'iienieuts ih
dtmorallztrs of tin- home are as t , )tnr The enlln' lantnllly rain from
uukiiowu Numerous tie addition rtl riusi-s Is less than tilno per 1 ODD.
that have been placed on the markxt j I'. II Clt'Klll..
at a) terms liaie gone like hot-, ihalrman t'inimuifi on Kpldomle,
e.ikos. romlerlng It rhsaper to buy
and build than to pay rout.
Kudemlr and Ctiitimuulrabte Mis
oiis of iho.Stalo lloaru of lli'tllli.
Twenty-Six Thousand Five Hundred Books Circulated in Medford Public Library
Tho public library was housed In
tho now building on Kobruury hth
last. Tho number of volumes In the
library at that tlmo was approxi
mately L',000. h50 volumes have
been added this )oar. This, how
over, iIouh not mean that thoro aro
2850 volumes In tho library, because
tho books which nro In constant cir
culation wear out. They aro, of
course, monded und rebound anil
made to last an long us possible, but
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In a small library llkn this, tho life
of u book Is mtirh shorter than In a
largo city library
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Tho number of books circulated
last year was 20. "no and the Hum
bur of cards IshiioiI 1717.
Tho money available for hum books
has been as nearly as posstblo divid
ed equally between adult fiction, uou
fiction and Juvenile. Tho public will
find many valuable additions to tho
uon-flctlou nnd the reference do
partmonts, especially books dealing
lure hat n bet-it siloed I during thn last yitar, besides mini'
'I lie hooks for ihn litldn n luv i iiiHgniliiit mid a beautiful fern. It
been carefully cIioumi and a gruul giws without iylug Unit (ho crying
deal of lime and IIioukIiI has boon
used In spending thn small amount
of mono) iivhI'mIiU for books to the
html advantage.
Tho patrniMgo In the rending iiioin
grown constantly us iho public learns
what tho library Iiiih to offer.
need of it llbraiy Is money for books,
i ho money rocnlvnd Inst jo.ir from
tho t.lty. flues and gifts (tho latter
being li;.70) was $37 IS 00. The to
tal iixiiendliuri's worn fXillt:. Of ihls
nmoiiiit thoro has been spent for
books ami mngnxlnon $7.tN. !.'!. Near-
Tho lecture room In tho basement ly $170 of tho amount expended last
Is usgd by several tilths and Horlotlo.t,
whldi meet thoro regularly
)oar wont towaida tho building,
which will not bo necessary again,
Aidoiio writing an artklo on ii hut there nro altta)H icpalrs. (lifts
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turcHtlug lato books on general sub
JoctH as wo as travel, blogradiy,
jililloHojiliy, hUtory, nrtw and lltera-
.Meilford I'ublle Mbinry
special subjoct may obtain material
from Halom through this library.
Tho library has been fortunate In
navlng UDQ yoIiiiiicb presenUul to It
of monoy o thu Miliary will surely bo
well placed and will glvo needed aid
In helping mako this Institution wor
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