Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-12-29
BEST MARKET TOWN
IN SOUTHERN OREGON
Market Gardeners Note This and
Locate Where Land Is
Rea som a BILE.

The reputation that Grants Pass
has Of being a hne market for pota-
toes, vegetables, fruit, eggs and
poultry and that each year car loads
of potatoes are imported from the
Willamette Valley, hundred of cases
of eggs from Portland and from the
East, strawberri s from Hood River,
cherries from Salem and raspberries,
black and other nall fruit
from Ashland, with California send
ing in large quantities of farm aud
garden produce, is attracting many
farmers and market gardners to locate
in this section OF Rogue River VAL
ley.
One OF the moss recent of these
arket gardeners to come to Josephine
county is &. G. Russell from Yer.
million, South Dakota. Mr.. Russell
had heard OF Rogue River Valley aud
getting literature descriptive of Med
ford vicinity decided TO go there to
locate. He chartered large car and
loaded it with his household goods,
farm tools, team. wagon, buggy and
poultry and with the car in charge
of John Wamsley. young man work
ing for him, he billed it for Medford.
The same day the freight car left Yer
million Mr.. Russell and his family
started for Medford. Owing to de.
lays in the freight service Mr. aud
Mrs. Russell and their four children
arrived in Southern Oregon week
ahead of their goods. Having u
nephew, p. N. Jewell, residing in
Grants Pass Mr.. Russell stopped of
to visit him before proceeding to
Medford Mr. Jewell, himself, is a
new conner having lately bought the
DR.. Flanagan farm of 720 acres on
Louise creek. and so we'll pleased is he
that he urged his uncle to also locate
here. Mr.. Russell spent couple Of
days looking over TIE farm land OF
this vicinity and in investigating the
maket possibilities of Grants Pass.
He then went to Medfod and 9s care.
fully looked up the inducements Of
that section of Rogue River Valley.
He found the local market not nearly
so good as at Grants Pass and while
the land was Ms Of good quality as this
section, yet the price had been boom
ed until 1t was too high for an ordi-
nary mans pocket book, and higher
than the best land in South Dakota.
He came to Grants Pass, teleRraphed
to have his car of goods set out here
and rented house to reside in while
he can make selection of farm.
Mr.. Russell's car load of effects
arrived Friday and he got all unload
ed by Saturday and temporarily
located on South Second street. In
addition TO carrying ON an extensive
business Ia market gardening, Mr..
Rnssell bred fine poultry and he
brought with him o dozen each OF
Plymouth Rocks, Wynandotts aud
White Leghorns, All are pure bloods
and several of each flock were prize
winners at Eastern pultry sh 'ws and
had on their legs che aluminium bands
bearing the score markings. Mr..
Russell will engage in the vegetable
and berry business for the local mar
ksts and for other markets. He will
also engage in poultry raising, but
oonfinil Z his attention TO fine stock
for breeding purposes.
Mr.. Russell is greatly pleased with
Rogue River VALLEY, the mild
climate especially suiting him and he
tn inks that were the advantages Of
this section better known in Dakota
that there would be many farmers
come from that wind.swept region to
this land Of sunshine and flowers.