Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-09-21
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to grape culture. At Woodville and
Provolt we had the best peaches ever
saw in my life. LII the Applegate
Valley I visited the Carson vineyard
mostly Tokay. Mr.. Carson has met
with phenomenal success in the e'cul-
ture Of this grape. He has won the
honor of raising the finest Tokays
grown in America, and this year is
unable to fill his orders by 10000
boxes.
Speaking Of the lack of care given
to their trees by the orchardists, Mr..
Mason said There is one brilliant
exception to the rule, and that is in
the instance of the Eismann orchards
Three years ago these orchards were
nearly dead and absolutely worthless
from antbracnose, but acting under
the instructiong of Prof. A. B. Cori-
ley Of the State Agricultural College,
in bis method Of treating this disease
the Eismann Bros. have succeeded in
conquering the disease and this year
these orchards will produce $l2, 900
worth Of apples.
Z" Il also visited the Medford apple
district and saw more acres Of apple
trees than I ever saw before. From
one point I could look over .80OO
acres of apple trees one-third Of which
was from 10 to 90 years old.
Nowhere in the Rogue River Val.
ley did l find apples packed as we pach
them here. They use but one kind
OF boxes, the special l saw nc
packing tables. The packing was done
from boxes set upon slantingYtablss
and the apple presses were Of the ole
type. In packing in the special
boxes 1t is impossible for them to d.
good, even packing as when boti
sizes are used as we do here. In on'
box noticed both 1885 and 72s, packe,
together.
"'Nowhere in thestate can they grow
better watermelons and hops. saw
40-aore watermelon patch ant
q hundred acre hopfeld. also saw
some washed out placer claims and al
a distance. few quartz mines, but
of all the mineral products saw in
that country, that which interested
me the most was the marble. They
have the finest marble both black and
white that l ever saw, and there is a
whole mountain of it. At Merlin
the copper industry is the whole topic
of conversation.
AT Grants Pass found one thing
which is n disgrace to the state OF
Oregon. There is dam across the
Rogue River without any pretense of
fish ladder. The salmon come up
there and wear themselves out trying
to jump over the dam. Out of 20
counted, there were but four that
were able TO 20 over the dam, and
there may be seen dead fish floating
down the stream almost any time,
Where is our state game and 6sh
wardenp Ed
''Dr. Withycombe. Professor Lewis
and Mr.. Mason were the speakers.
Mr., Sheppard, Professor Cordley and
others we're prevented from going by
various causes. Mr. Mason says his
comrades gave Rood River the velvet
touch all the way through. DIR,
Withyoombe never failed to tell the
story about the Hood Riverite who
was travelling in the East and missed
his train, he said it was only the
time he ever knew OF Hood River
man getting leit. This man in look
ing about the little town TO kill time
until the next train, saw funeral
in progress in little church and
went in. The minister gave a sketch
of the good, old mans life, who had
just passed away, and then asked
the listeners to add anything they
might think had been overlooked.
After painful silence. which was
agonizingly long for the Hood
Riverite, he rose and said; If no
one else has anything to say, would
like TO add few words about the de.
licious fruits and wonderful scenic
beauty of Hood River. ~ q - -
"Charles Meserve, editorial writer
for the Rogue River Courier tells u
good one as follows: when we or
eanized the fruit union at Grants
Pass | sent letter to every COM
mission firm and wholesale fruit
dealer in the United States and Cana.