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-H( ' MTQDFORD MATT, TRTBUNTl. MEDFORD, ORFION, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2f, 1913. PTTCJE TTIRFTJ NEWS OF THE ORCHARD f PlIlltKIOWCIN lllll ri'lHI'Mt nl tit Hi'iiil ill Ileum nf InliT iin mIidiiI ihi'it- nii'liiinU mill their jlrl.U. 4 4 APPLE PACKING IN FULL BLAST AI Apil narkliiK U proicreimlnK iner rlly ut lioth nwiocliitloim nnd In tliu iiitiur prtvnto parking bourns. Hplt enberg anil Nnwtown form tlm bulk nf tho crop. HplUiinborg oro benutl fully colored, dun to tho fnct llmt Hid fruit Ih IihIiik plekmt two wimiUh Inter tlinu usual, nnd Now town be ing picked first. HtU'ky mill l show lug aoiuo of ttiu finest colored Hpltx In tlm valley. Illtlmrto, tlm fruit KroHii on t It Ih noil turn been picked nrllor In tlm season niul Iiiih nnviir lii-i'ii remarkable for color. I'rult from tlm 401, tlm nurku and other Htlrky orchard cannot tin surpassed. Tlm I'rult niul I'roduni association huii roM to ilntu 10 mm of Minn Trl niiKlo Newtown ut t" 00 f o. li. Med ford nml 10 ear at price Hint riiiiK" from tt SB to $2 2ti. Wednesdny tint check ni received for tho first rnr shipped--3 H tlerlirliiKliiK 12 35. Tour mm of eUrn fnncy Hplt'oiiberK bttvn been sold nt . 25 f. o, b. Med font. All lint (wo corn of tlm Illuti Trl iiiikIh Ilartlett pool haui ) lidded re turn. Oiin of theim was mild nt $l.yn f, o, li. Mtulford mid lout In n wreck mid linn to aw nil tlm niljtmt moiil of Hid claim. One rnr In yet to Ihi hoard from. Tlm average prlru for tlm IT. rnr III he between $l,ii& mid 11.70 f i. li. Medford. Tlm Co-operative association handled ntiout 10 ears, which yielded tin Kroner tt -S ' 4 . which when the pnckliiK charge urn lidded, make nhout the irnuiii prlco In Medford nt received for Hut Hluo Triangle. Ton mm of winter penr were linndlcd mid approximately 100 car of apple will ho whipped. Tlm Co-opurntho hnvn sold several carload of Hpltr nt 11,75 to lint grower. Thn Cooperative hnvo nn npptc as sorting mid grading innrlilno nt work which la tho wont perfect of Us kind )ot dnvlsed mid doe tho work of n dozen people. CENTRAL POINT YIELDS OF E MoKt of the nrrliitnliKtrt In this vl einlly have finMieil piekhig thin week niul ninonf tlm reported yields lire V. J. Freeman with -1500 lug lioxe of Spitr. nml Now towns; K. L. Luiio with fiOOO packed boxen of tin Millie vnrlnlicH; II. Ij. Linilnny IiiiiI 000 jmekcil boxes from his five-ncre or I'liunl, nml Upton brothers luul four i'iiiIoiiiIm of Hpitr. ami Newtowns, nil extra fancy fiuit. Tlm apple picking In tlio Wooillnwu Orchards, owned by A. C Kiero, was finlHlioiI Wednesday nml tlm crop this your represents nhout 8000 hnxes, packed, of extra funny Spitr. uml New (own npplrH. W. K. Ilrnytmi finished his npple picking Siitiinlny niul linrvesteil iilmiit 5000 boxen of Spitr, Now town, uml Home llenutioH, nil o.xtrn fnuuv iippleH. Hnrnlil. FOR BERRY CRATES Dofinilo Btiuuliirils of liorry cups nml crate confonnin to tlio nil Htnto Ihwh nml city onliiinnctm which roipiiro tho tmlo of liorrii'H by tlio dry (punt of (17.2 cnliiu iiiohon nml dry pint pontnlnlng 311.(1 ouliio inolioH, worn ndoptod nt tho spooinl mooting hold nt tlio OrtRon hotel, l'ortliuul, Ootohor 23, uiulor tlio iiim plcoB of tlio NortliwoHtorn Associu tiou of Dux MutiiifuotiirorH. Stuiuliuil dimciiHiouR unvorin tho oustorn dry (piurt niul dry piiit liorry boxes, tho l'noifio const dry (punt ami friinllow rnsphorry oupH, Avhicli orrespond with tlio onHtorn mips of tho Biuno voliuno, and n l'lioifio Htnu dnrd (loop dry pint cup, voro udopt od. Tho mootiut; also adopted stun dard Bpooifioatioua covorinj? orutoH to contain tho stnudard borry cups doivriuiuod tifou. PACKING HOUSES CH CAGO MERCHAN A FRUIT GROWER Carroll McMillan, tlm Kltuft Hih way oreliaiiliHl, h an exainplo of a IniHiiicHH iiiiiii who Hold Vint Iiim nlore to beeoiuo a fiuit lotver, ami al though Iiih orchard in a .oniij,' one, eujoyH Ilin life lliumm-lily ami ntjlen hiniHelf a "miliHlleil niehanliMl." riouii' jearH aj;o Mr. Mi'Milliui, (lien a well-known Chicago mereh. it it t , piirehiiNeil a .Milium orelianl. (lraHhhoiicr worl.ei) iaoo iiiiiomi; tlm treeN. After M'wrul .M'arn of loiijf-iliMlance luaiiiiKeiiieut he decid ed that fruit raining wiih l.ke any other liiihini-hH In iiiiiIu1 it hiiceenM. fid ami proflt-inakiin:, ileuuuuled the perMinul allcnliou of the owner. So Im Huh) mil hm Chicago hlore and luune, niul with hix wife and dannh ter cMinii hero to lie upon and work llm orchard, leaving a huum of . u ry to roiiKh it on the ranch. Ilav iiig had a jcnr'n experience, both he and family an in love with (lie. life and tlm alley and coiildn't be hired to return to city exiNlenee. "We Imvii ilonit all of our work," xulil .Mr. McMillan, "and though it wan new to iih, we like it. We lime jiiHt fini'hed piekiuc our firnt cion Home 7110 boxen, two-llnnU of which are extra fancy, wh'ch in i;immI fur tree iih young an ourn. Tlm fruit hold for n pioil price ami wn are more than HntUUcd." Mr. reMillmi mit,'CHtM (hut all or I'hardixtM lake enough pride in their urovc to build L'ooil roadn arounil tlm orehnrd, ho that xiHilom eau nee them, nml that they naiim their placcH and erect oruniiieiitnl mgiiM, an well iih beautify their rendi'tiee. In brief, he hiih to attract the cut ern iuentor tnnki the orchanl and llm orchard home ntttnetiw. HELMS APPLES GO TO Six rnrloiulu of Ahlnnd anplo nre now being packed fur hlupiuetit to London, Kn'land. The updeM nre about two-thinU New tow iih and one third Spitenhiiru frmu the famoiirt A. I). Helms orchard, in the foolhilN hc en milcH above AhIiIiiihI on the Paeifio liiKhwny. Thin in one of (he orchards that linn helped in yearn pnxt to make (he 1 topic Itttcr valley fninoiiH uml the apples which are be ing Mapped to London now nre of a quality that will undoubtedly make merry obi I'ligland xit up uml take notice along nhout Yiiletido. There are about !(!." boxes of up ppH in cacli car ami they are being prepnred for Hliipmcnl at tlm (lurnea liiiildiiig, 203 Fourth hired, which Mr. Helms has rented temporarily for packing purposes nml whom ho ha u crow of a doben people as bilsy as boos. Another eiew is hriuging (lie apples in fioin tho orchard. The Foil rlh ntrect packing ontnlilixhtncnt was opened up for biisiuesH lust TliiiriJilay nml tho old fruit associu tiou building Iiiih also been pressed into Horvico for shipping purpoHcs, In addition to tlio apples which nro going to London, Mr. Helms will shin three or four carloads to Los Angeles, whero they vill ho placed in coh Hloragn nml held for tho bet ter piico which nlways rules toward tho holidaH. F.uch liox hears "Sis kiyou Mountain Apples from Ashland, Oregon," in glaring red letters. Ashland ltvcord. SPITZENBERG APPLES DECLINE IN PRICE PORTLAND, Ore, Oct. 24. Thoro Ih a lull and a sort of Htngnnnt (ono In (ho inarkot for Hpltzouburft ap ples todny, Tho host prices (hut tlm (.Northwestern fruit oxrhnngo ciyild rocolvo from bidders was 1.7& a box for extra fnncy. This was not nccoptnblo of locnl Interests, because, thoy bollovo tho nmrkot will oveutu ally do hotter. Tho bids woro thoro foro rofusod. This Is tho gonornl sltuntlon for Upttzonburge, although tho oxcluxugo roports tho snlo of throo cars of Caahnioro BpltionburRs at (ho 2.00 mark. This salo wns ninilo to n bpo clul oustomor who nnu handlod tho C'nBluuoro offerings for years, thorc foro would hnvo nothing olso, ovon tltough compollod to jiay inoro than tho regular uinrkot was bidding. In strong contrast to tho gonornl lack of (lonuuul for Spltzonburgs Is tho vory good call that Is showing for Jonathans, Ono carload wns sold horo todny to oaBtoru parties dt Il.tIO a box NOW SATISFIED WATER PERMITS 10 OEVELOP POWER N THREE COUNTIES Dining the past ipiarler 10 per mils for the uppiopriatioii of water have been issued by Dm Male eugi neer, of which number eleven are for tho I'oiiHliuelion of icservoirs. Ac cot ding to these permits it in pro jmisciI to irrigalii 18,(100 aero, di' velop 21,71(1 horHeMvver, iim well iih for municipal purposes, Tlm con slruclion of ihe works described in these permits would cos npproxi malely ..',300,000, of which nuiounl f.r)'.0,iHI0 Ih estiiaated the cost of const meting reservoirs. The following MnnilH have been issued in .Jackson, Jimephiue and Curry counties during the past ipiar ler: II. I). Iteed of (lohl Hill him so cured a permit to develop 2727 Imrxe power with the waters of Itogue liv er. The point of diversion lying in see. HI, twp. Jill S., H. I W. Tins filing has been nssigned to the Hogim river public service corpora tion, successors in interest to tlm Cliicago-ltogiic ltiver company. Les ter Lucas of Harbor, for dome-tic UNO with the waters of Van Felt creek, in sec. U. twp. II S It. 3 W. F. M. Ilu.vler of (Irauts Fuss, for the irrigation of 20 ucrrs, Including do mestic use, with (he wntcrs of liny ler springs, in fvr. 20, twp. Ill K. It. (I W. Mrs. Sadie Oscnbruggc of Illicit, for the irrigation of ten acres with waters of a spring in sees, 2-S and HM. twp. 3H S., It. 3 W. (leorge ('. ami .1. M. SiM-iicer of Ablaiid, fur the irrigaliou of .10 acres with the waters of Hon Miller creek, in sec. 3fi, twp. IIH S., It. 1 C. A. C CaM wcll of Ashland, for dninct'c pur sses, in sec. .'11, twi. 38 S., It. 1 F... nlso one for the irrigation of ten ncrcs in seo. 10, twp. IU S., It. I W., nml ono for the irrigation of eight iicmh in sec. 15, (wp. IIH S., It. 1 V.. M. It. Murphy of Dothnm, for the generation of four-horseM)wer with the waters of West llolixer Hranch. in sec. in, twp. .'12 S., II. 10 W. II. X. Latimer of Seattle, for the stor age of 2 acre feet of the wa'ers of the middle fork of Foots creek, in sec. Ft, twp. 117 S It. I U" and also a permit to apply the stored wa ter to tlm irrigation of 12 acres. M. F. Cnslm of Agness, for the irriga tion of 20 acres, including domestic use, with the waters of an unnamed stremii in sec. Ill, twp. Ill S., It. 11 W. I. It. Shenffer of (Irauts Fas, for the iirigation of four neros with the wnlers of .lones creek, in sec. 10, twp. HO S II. n W. (leorgu Irwin of Ashland, for the irrigation of 28 acres with tlio wat ers of Wagner creek, in sec. 23, twp. 38 S.. It. 1 W. W. J. Humes of (Irauts Furs, for mining purjmsos, with tho waters of tho south fork of Althouso creek, in twp. 10 S It. 7 W. Sanford Flacer Mines com pnny of Dolham, for mining pur hihos, with llm waters of lloliver orcck .in fee. 11, twp. .12 S., It. 10 W. Orant Davis of Talent, for tho irrigation of (10 acres with tho wat ers of Hear creek, in sec. 30, twp. 38 S lt. 1 F. II. It. Marsh of Wolf Creek, for tho irrigntion of 30 acres-, including domestic purpoxp, with tho waters of Wolf creek, in sec. 22, twp. Hit S., It. fi W. W. (1. Smith of F.ugone, for irri gation of 20 acres, including domes tic use, with tho waters of a spring in roc 32, twp. 33 S It. 0 A. A. Hanseth of Dryden, for tlm irri gation of 10 ncrcs with tho waters of Azulin cpriugs, in sec. 8, twp. 38 S., It. 7 W. C. F. Itlmdes, to sloer 750 ucro feet of tho wnters of Lost crook, in twp. 37 S., lt. 2 F.., W M. With Medford trncm Is Medford nindo. Coffoo, "Wliat'fi this coffoo worth? TTow iinich jjood feeling in a pound of it' And what is that worth? And what is tho coffoo worth without it? t0o is cheap for Schil ling's Best. It's not tlio prico that counts, but what you got for it. 1 lb, 2 lb nud 2 Vj lb nromn tight cans; 40c, S0c, 1 nionoyback. Draperies Wo carry a very complete line of draperies. laco ourtatna. flxturea. etc, and do all clauses of upholstering-. A iieolul man to look after this work exclusively and will give aa good service aa la possible to get In even the largest cities. Weeks & McGow&n Co. LONGEST BEARD IN WORLD. II. D. Cnrr, of Cleburne, Texas, bonts Of hnvlug the longest benrd In thn world. It Is ncreii feet In length, and when he stnud on n footstool It (ouches (he floor. Mr curries It tucked Into tils rest mid wrnppcd nnnind his Isvdy nnd rihlblts It only on state occasions. FREE ELECTION TRIUMPH OF Ml.XICO CITY. Oct. 21. "I ox pect (ioiiur.il Dint hero todny or to morrow," said Jose Hcrpienn, vice lireslduntlnl cnndldnto on Fullx Dlnz' presldentlnl ticket, "but of course ho may bo arrested ns soon as ho ar rives. The government, which seems to bu lluerta, has power to do such things, nnd it Is easy to find n pre text, If wo have a froo election (leuernt Dlnz will bu elected by a heavy majority." The Best at IMjrsr, T!Hji ) I mm' am Vjtem:m Hit H. : mmW'Wri bbbLbbW jtOjfSt ' BBBBBm BBBfiBr4flaV4 V.. O CAttR - D No other baking powder will raise nicer, lighter bis cuits, cakes and pastry, none is more pure and wholesome Then Why 4iIi0VlAeS m WOOD For Sale I OAK, FIR, LAUREL AND SLABW00D IN TIER, CORD AND CARLOAD LOTS I Frank H. Ray . I Yard at Sixth and Fir Sts. PHONE 750-R 'ev2vviI)e2xYj The Manhattan Cafe Now Open for Business Under New Management Clean Food Good Service Your Patronage Solicited I ENIS OF YOUNG PEOPLE The ((renter Mnlford club v. ill 'open its educational departmct Sat urday, October 2." h at 210 p. ir In the nflflcmhly hull of tin lihr.r building. To broaden tlm chuM.eN .niul increasi) the agencies lor tho diffusion of needed' kno.viid'' -liould be the aim of not oni everv iiicinlier of the Orenter Medford I but of every woman in Med i.rd. There should be n spirit of io ip r ation ntnong the el lib members and it is lioH'd that this spirit will he shown by it full attendance Satur day. The cluli extends to every wornni, interested along educational lines nn invitation to attend the meeting ami to help in more thoroughly organiz ing this department. There will he many topics of interest discussed nnd the prosmcd work for the year will be more definitely planned. ' Mrs. (leorge Ilebec, who was np tsiintci! chairman of the ediicatioral department, has been called out of town and will not return for some time. She has prepared a most ex cellent program for the jear. Mr. L. M. Hoot has kindly consented to take charge of the department dur ing Mrs. Jtebce's absence and will preside Saturday afternoon. I The subjects for the first program nro "The Amusement for Youi g 'People," and "What Wc Can Do to Provide Whocomo Divers on for Children." Mrs. W. (I. Davidson will read a paper along these lines.. Mrs. M. L. Alford has prepared a paper on pageants and Mrs. K. II. French will give some interesting dntn regarding the benefits derived from the public playground. MRS. CHAS. W. FAIRBANKS DEAD AT INDIANAPOLIS INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. 21. Mr. Charlc W. Fairbunks, wife of the former vice-president of the Fniteil States, died ut her home here nt 7:2" o'clock thits morning. Mr. Fairbanks was stricken with pucu inonhi October 1.1. Any Price Pay More LADIES MUSEM Mm !i ,i jt-tfujiauiiw w" ' " l" IjaBBBBBBB? H BBC BBfcE455WSfl mmmmm HELLO! YES THIS IS 70 ScheffeliiVs Grocery BBBBBk 'UBirTxl' rtxfigK . 1 II ilrilTAf.rrvl I BBBBBBBBBBbKBBBBBbW W XBTaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBl bilPL SbbbTi tmr " 'THONIT" V - A. 'f &! vr .1 Can You Bake Bread Like This? Light, white, and springy loaves or bread. So delicious that lt airly melts In your mouth. And wliolesonio, too. It takes a perfect flour to havo ported baking success and you cau bako just such bread as thts If you uso Drifted Snow Flour fJrcat caro Is taken In selecting; tho wheat that goes Into Drifted Snow Flour. Hourly laboratory tests assure a uniform quality. Satisfaction Is guaranteed. Try it and your baking will be a success. SPERRY FLOUR COMPANY BUICK 15 SOLID TRAINLOADS OF BUICKS SOLD FOR 1914 "Wo havo the agency for Jackson county. Buy n Buick and bo pleased. Ask for a rido and find out about delivery. Trucks for salo. Tho now 1911 models arc horo and wo ask your por sonal inspection boforo buying a car. VALLEY MOTOR & TRACTION CO. AGENTS fr 30 NORTH HOLLY STREET Gold Dust doca what you can't do (or dishes. It digs into tho corners and cleanses and sterilizes. GOLD DUST cleans everything. Never bo without it. 5c and larger packages. ihTTnkTFAIRRANK coAr CHICAOO "Lai tho OOLO DUST TWIMS do y out- work" Prlco alone proves nothing. Quality and prlco together ilctermlne money value. Tho best Roods cost tho least by tho ilay, month or year, not by tho ounce This is tho kind or groceries we handto; add to thts tho fact that wo glvo you a splendid service, and you will understand that wo arc build- Ing our roputatlon on equal dealing and quality. "4 J ( I fc.1 S W