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Friday, December 4, I9U.1
iv«-1«» resident and stranger alike.enhanc
' cs their reputation am! makes them a
desirable place to visit, is, to the mail
with civil fMitriotisin in his makeup, a
a source of commendable pride ami satis-
' faction.
"Aprojios of this it is announced that
recently Kansas city has inaugurated a
scientific system of tree planting w hich is
under rhe supervision of the niunici|Nil
authorities, There is a municipal bu
reau of forestry maintained that not
only determines the hx-ation and kinds
of trees to be planted, but is charg« <1 with
th«- supervision of their proper «arc and
growth afterward. Th«- movement has
Ix-en carried to that cxt< nt hi Kans is City
that mm resident projx-rty ow tiers are
not allow«-«! to esc.qx- th« ir burden of im-
provetm nt which is resulting from this
tree campaign From all accounts every
one is satisfied with what is la-ing ac
complished, am! m some of the munici
palities farther west there is promise of
th«- a«loplion of th«- Kansas City methods.
1 h< s<- admit of no imiiscrimiiiate cutting
down of shade trees because reither
pro|K-rty-owncrs nor city authorities have
given them projier attention.
Car«- is
taken in planting ami training to sec that
they do not interf« re with the sidewalks
Uniformity of size ami kiml is another
result obtained
It would lx-no unwise-
action on th«- part of Portland city au
thorities if this matter of systematic tree
culture along the streets was taken up
with a view of ultimate improvement
through its practical application.”
MAKING BEAUTIFUL THE TOWNS.
One of the chief attrac t oils of the
villages and towns of Euro|w is the long
lines of well kept, stately shade trees
that line the sticcts. The towns of New
Englaml are also celebrate«! for their
shade trees ami handsome streets,
In
the W<st, es]M-< lallv the .Middle West, hi
recent years much at'cntion has been
given to beautifying the streets of the
towns. In California thia civic pud-.- has
been the making of many a pretty town,
but here, in what is largely a limlx-rcti
Capt. Carrol, who has a fine orchard
secti«>n. people have only a «lesire to st Koker butt« four miles north east of
muti ate ami destroy the treeathat add so Mvdfor i is having some vxjh nsive ex-
much to the attractiveness of the scenery jierience with Jarkson countv roads.
ami tow us ami so much to the comfort of Owing to the large amount of fruit he
the inhabitants.
raise«! this season am! the early rains
< M municipal tree planting the Port rendering the roads impassable he now
land Telegram has the following truthful has two car loads of apples in his fruit
worth to say:
hoiis«- that he is unable to get to market
‘‘In many cities throughout the count ami unless a long dry spell should set in
ry, ami more notably in the famous to settle tb<- r«*a«ls he stamls a good pros-
municiji.ditics of Euro|>e, the value of pict of losing them, for they may not
systematic tic« planting along the public k< ep until the roadsdry up m xt spring.
str« els is highly appreciated. There is It is going to I e a matter of neces-ity for
nothing that adds more to the beauty •>( a the fruitmen of Jackson countv to join the
city than a succission of tree lined aven good roads movement and work for roads
ues. Not only is the artistic sense satis that will be as passable in winter as in
tied, bit! from a hygienic standpoint the the summer. Under present road con
the cultivation of -ily forestry along the ditions in this county m<-st of the fruit
borders of -.lie public highways is worthy raisers have to market their crop earlv in
of every encouragement. Western cities the fall regardless of market conditions,
have not practiced to so great an extent or how busy they may I m - with their fall
systematic tree planting as have many work. The rushing of the fruit to mark
of the larger towns in the Els«., a fact et all at one time is an important factor
probably due to tile engrossing activities in bringing on the car shortage that
incid« nt to rapid development along handicaps railroad traffic each fall. Ful
what are considered
more material ly Mtt per cent of farm pnxlucts of Rogue
lines.
River Valley is now forced onto the rail
"The cities of tile Northwest ami es- roads in two months of time, when if the
|H-ciall’- Portland, are most favorably bl wagon roads were as they should be, the
eated for muiiicijMl tree culture. As a marketing would Ire extended over a
matter of «act there is every reason to period <>f six months or more to the ad
believe that with scientific attention to vantage of both the farmers and the rail
the subject which would result in the roads, for the farmers could then sell
hi the pursuit of practical methods, this
when the markets suited them and could
city might I k .- made famous for its trees, do their teaming at times when it would
and come in time to I k - known as the not interfere with their crop work and
most beautiful municipality bn the con th«-railroads would not have their lines
tinent.
congested with freight for a short time
"The citizens of a town cannot pay t«x> and then have i«lle cars standing in
much attention to the esthetic side of their yards the balance of the vear.
civic lite. The question of beautifying With this alternate rush and then idle
the city in which we live should not be ness for their cars stopped, the railroad
subordinated at all times to the practical, companies would be able to haul freight
everyday query of what is there in it?— at a lower rate ami then make more
meaning, of course, wliat immediate re money than they now do. The farmers
turn can be promised in the wav of «tol find this rush even more expense for it is
lars ami cents. To tile really ptiblic- certain that tliev could market their
spirited man, the city whicli he claims as crops for 50 |>er cent less than it now ,
his home sliouhl answer the definition costs were they able to do their hauling
to that term in the truest sense ol the after their farm work is well over.
word. Men do not object to gratifying
their finer tastes about the premises oc
Rogue River Valiev is the only section
cupied by themselves and families. The of Oregon where peach raising is a com
question of immediate revenue «Iocs not mercial possibility and where it is one of
arise in instances of this character. The tin- surest and most profitable crops that
satisfaction of personal pride, if nothing orchardists can grow. Already the grow
more, is an ample reward. So «if the ing of peaches is one of the leading in
cities in which we live. Whatever adds dustries of the Valley and Rogue River
to their beauty, makes them more attract- I peaches have a standing in the Port lain!,
1 the Sound city markets not equalled
by peaches from any other section of the
Pacific Coast.
It is a fact conceded
by Eastern jx-ople visiting this Coast
that Rogue River jx-aclles in flavor, size
ami beauty fully equal the famous Mary
land |M-aches of the Atlantic Coast. As
to the hardiness and longevity of p< ach
trees in Rogue River Valley in th--nearly
50 years since peach tree» were first
plante«! h« re they have proven to lx- as
hardy ami thrifty as those of the other
leading jx-ach districts of th«- United Sta
tes. 11> proof of till* statement there is a
tree growing ni the yard of Mr. P. Britt,
that was planted bv him in 1857, he get-
thig the young tree from the Willamette
Valiev and it has prorluced a crop of
peaches each season since tin- tliir«! year
that it was planted. This pi«>n«er (»each
tree is now ov< r 30 feet high am! has a
trunk nine inches in diameter and is so
vigorous am! healthy that it bids fair to
lx ar fruit formally years to c«>me. Until
reictit years the red day lulls alxrut
Jacksonville w< reconsidered valuelessfor
orchard purposes, but the remarkable
yield ami quality of fruit |<ro«!me«l by the
lev. orchards of this vicinity have proven
that these hills are the best peach land in
all Southern Oregon and it will lx- but a
few ye its until the raising of jreac-hes
will be carried on extensively alrout
Jacksonville ami thi- place will become
one of the chief jxrach markets of- the
Coast.
A San Francisco company hai bollgllt
a big granite quarv near Nanaimo, Brit-
ish Columbia, ami are prejnring to work
it on extensive scale shipping the granite
to San Francisco by vessels, where there
is a big deman«! for it for building, and
other pur|M,ses. There is a ledge of
granite two miles north of Jacksonville
extensive enough to supply all the gran
ite this Coast will need for the next cen
tury or two. Rock of any size can l>e
gotten out of this quarry and it marks as
well as the famous Quincy granite of
Massachusetts, <»ther than it is much
harder. This Jacksonville granite is of
very fine even texture and takes a polish
like a French plate mirror, ami it is
largely Use«! in Southern Oregon for
uionumen.s. In color it is a light gray
mottled with bla kspots which makes it
a fine ap|K-.irmg n«ck when used for
building <>r for monumental purjaises.
The Jacksonville granite quarry offers a
g«Hx! investment to capitalist for the
time is not «listant wh« n it can Ixr made
into <.m- of the great industries of South
ern Oregon.
Some sarcastic remarks are being made
by some of the |>e<»ple who have to travel
the Jackson creek road to reach the
county scat, about the ••mossback” slow
ness of Jacksonville in improving the
roads that lead to that town. As to this
Jackson creek road. Jacksonville would
improve that road were it possible, but
there is an insurmountable handicap that
prevt nts that road being made into what
the development of the Valley would
warrant it, one of the finest highways in
Rogue River Valley, and that is that in
the winter it can't lx- improved by reason
of the water in the creek making it im
¡«»ssible to carry <»n successful ro ««I work
and in the summer the road is passible
enough so that it does not ma d improv
ing
How this difficult problem is to la-
solved it is hard to tell. Jacksonville
has l»een struggling with it for lu. these
many days, and the road is the same
that it has been, is now anil will Ire for
«lavs and davs to come.
The Jackson cr«-ek bre tk water is in a
fair way to wash «>ut with the first rise
and the town will then I m - out $7<X) in
money and ahea<1 on some costly experi
ence. When the breakwater was com
plete«! the workmen left a ditch along the
face side of it and n w the creek has
made its channel along side of it ami as
the planking extern Is but two or three
feet below thischmnel the first fre-llet
in the creek will 'ocalmos. c -.tani to tear
ou: whole sections of th bre tk water. It
would have been a w.se preca ition ha«l
the city had a channel ojien «1 up for the
creek at a distance f.-un the breakwater
and have taken the gravel from it an 1
placed it against the breakwater, thus
stiength fling that structure.
Chas. Nickell, the man who made
more m««ney ami worked more grafts on
Jacksonville than anv other man that
ever lived in it and who never contribu
te! a dollar to any public enterprise for
the upbuilding of the town, is one of the
contributors to Medford’s planing mill
subsidy, he giving$25. Yet this ••friend”
<>f Jacksonville still ‘‘publishes” his
paper in Jacksonville but maintains his
payroll in Medford an«! exjxrcts the
citizens of this town to give him their
support, an«! with Jacksonville's weak
ness for helping other tow ns more than
they do their own Nickell gets consider
able patronage from the town that he
docs not patronize.
The neighborly reciprocity existing
between Medford an 1 J i-ksrnville ap-
jrears to Ire on the jug-han lk- order w.th
the handle on Medford's side. The Jack
sonville Native Daughters succeeded in
selling only one ticket in Medford for an
entertainment which they recently gave,
while the Medford Eastern Stars sohl 23
tickets in Jacksonville for an entertain
ment that they g ive this week. As to
the amount of selfishness and unfriendly
spirit displayed by the two towns, that is
left for those to judge who are familiar
with the past relations of Jacksonville
and Medford.
Senator Mitchell, who has lalxrred un
ceasingly in congress to have justice done
the Indian War veterans has introduced
bill increasing the pension of all Indian
War veterans from $S to $12 a month;
also granting each person who served 14
davs on any Indian war previous to the
Civil war ldlt acres of bounty land.
A Costly Mistake.
Blunders are sometimes very expen
sive. Occasionally life itself is the price
of a mistake, but you’ll never lx- wrong
if yon take Dr. King’s New Life Pills
for Dyspepsia, Dizziness, Headache.
Liver or Bowel troubles. They are gentle
yet thorough. 25c, at Drug Store.
STEEL DAVENPORT LOUNGES
The latest thing in the Bed and
Lounge line. Come and inspect.
I also take orders for
Harness and Saddles
Timber
Cull and see my Stock.
Land
Wanted
T. C. NORRIS