Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-08-24
A Brief Record of
Local Events.

b. A. Poole, ON the Kinney place,
has some very large apples of the Glo-
ria Munda variety. He brought SOME
to town last week weighing IS ounces.
while one of thcm weighed 10 ounces.
]. f. Hale has sold out his piano
business at Medford and Grants Pass
t. d. F. Armstrong, who will conduct
the business in the future. The Grants
Pass end Of the business will be un.
der the charge of Miss Minnie Ireland,
as heretofore, with headquarters at
the music store, Courier building.
H. S. Wynant called at the Courier
Office last Saturday and left eamples
of the products of his farm, which is
located in the New Hope district on
the AppleRate, in proof that granite
land when under irrigation is among
the most productive in Rogue River
Valley. In the samples was q bunch
of alfalfa that was OF the third cut
ting for this season yet averaged 80
inches high, bunch Of red clover of
the second cutting that had an average
OF "a inches and bunch Of timothy
averaging four feet high. A grape
vine of this seaso ms growth and "a feet
and seven inches in length was proof
that the land would grow grapes as
we'll as grass.
F. A. Clements, who last winter
bought the famous Hamlin place three
miles south east of this city will with
in another year have it into one of the
best improved and most profitable
small farms in Josephine county. He
is making dairying and fruit raising
his principal work. He has fine
young orchard growing and will plant
more trees as he gets suitable land
ready. He began last spring to milk
several cows and has shipped the
cream. to the Ashland creamery as
there is no creamery in Grants Pass.
He intends to increase the number Of
COWS on his farm and to give them
shelter and storage for his increased
hay crop he is now building barn
adjoining the one he now has. Mr..
Clements is demonstrating that there
is profit in a Josephine county farm.
Reuben Root son Of S. ]. Root, was
in Grants Pass Tuesday with load Of
pears for the Fruit Growers Union
from their farm on Grays creek a
small tributary that empties into the
Applegate one and half miles above
Murphy. Mr.. Root with his family
came to this county last fall from Cal.
ifornia and the homestead right on his
present land. The former owner had
made considerable improvement and
put I've acres to orchard, but on hit
trees comnig into bearing he was dis
oouraged at the low price the dealers
would give him for his fruit and h'
sold his claim for a very low price
The place is among the best fruit lane
in Applegate Valley and now that thu
Fruit Growers Union makes bettel
market conditions possible Mr.. Roo
will plant apples, pears and peacl
trees and grapevines as he gets tn,
land cleared.
Oscar Simpkins, who has farm oil
Evans creek three miles above Wood
Vile, was in Grants Pass Thursday I,
arrange with the Fruit Growers Unioi
to ship his fruit. Mr.. Simpkins ha
200 bearing trees on his place plsnte'
some years ago by his father and whicl
embrace about all the va-ieties know
to nurserymen as was the custom for
merly in planting what farmers call
family orchard AS there is not enoug
of any one kind to make it profitabl
to ship, Mr. Simpkins is planning :
have the trees of the less saleable va
rieties cut back and grated the stand
ard apples. He has young orchar
of 200 trees, all Newtowrs and Spit2
enbergs that are growing thriftily an
will begin bearing within the mex
two years. Now that there is a unio
to market the fruit of this section {
J Rogue River Valley Mr.. Simpkir
stated that the farmer about Woodvill
would take a greater interest in fru
! raising and plant more trees and Of tn
standard kinds. The soil and otht
conditions are very favorable to fru
in the Woodviile district.