Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-01-21
NEW ERA In
REALTY SELLING
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other lands In that vicinity, and an
other tract Of 300 acres east OF
town, including some Of the best
fruit land in the valley A majority
Of their holdings consist Of river bot
tom and first bench lands
They have large holdings in the
Merlin district, great deal OF which
has already been surveyed into 3, 10
and 20-acre tracts. They will also
have for sale 2, 3, 5 and 10-acre
tracts OF the 1000 acres recently pur-
chased by Reed & Reed, Of Kansas
City, and F. F. and s. d. Williams,
OF Portland, and Mr.. Sherman, OF
Grants Pass, under the name of the
Rogue River Orchard Co., at prices
and terms to meet all business pro-
positions. Messrs. Sherman and
Coutant also have the Merlin town
site, which will be put on the mar
ket.
To handle the business at that end,
offices have been opened at Merlin,
The Grants Pass offices will re-
main in rooms 8, 10 and II of the
Masonic Temple, which have been oc-
cupied by Mr.. Sherman ever since
the temple was built eight years ago
An office will also be maintained at
Woodville,
The following Is what they have
to say in the way of announcing theiI
undertaking:
We believe In the state Of Oregon
and the Rogue River valley, ant
particularly do we believe that this
section in which we live is the choc
est part Of 1t all. BY taking the
sweepstakes at the National Apple
show held at Spokane, the valley ha'
demonstrated that it Is absolutel,
the home OF the apple as it Is of th'
pear and the Flaming Tokay grape
The times are changing and will
time men must change their bushes
methods
Fruit growing Is no longer III
difficult and intricate undertaking
= thar It has been in years past, and Il
- the Rogue River valley this Is PAR
tcularly true for the reason that tn
United States government has Pro-
p. J. O'Gara, one Of the best inform
i ed fruit men of the United States
j. permanently stationed in the vale
to further the fruit industry; tn
. agricultural college at Corvallis furr
lshes literature and Information fire
on any matter in which they are cor
suited, the county has j. f. Burk,
who is thorough horticulturis
X looking after the orchardists' inte
ests in the county, and he Is alwaN
ready and glad to give assistance
beginners or anyone else desiring !
The Rogue River Orchard compan
has succeeded in securing the SER
ices OF +. ID. Eismann as their ho
tlculturist and II will be his duty
instruct and aid all buyers OF tract
from the company in the Merlin di
trict.
with all these facts and advai
tagcs before us we are going to nc
: yocate that fruit growing in this Il
= cality is an easy problem for the b,
= glnncr and, like any other business
all that Is required for success, IL
> reasonable amount Of diligence an
= the utilization Of the informatlo
. that is to be had for the asking, an
i that fruit growing in this valley
not Of necessity farmers propos
tion but more particularly bus
\ ness mans
our customers are going to 20
: the worth OF their money and on
of the FIRST things we have to say
that We don't intend to bring Ia
OF people here and settle them wher
they cannot make a living We don
want n lot OF people to come bocom
discouraged and disgusted and leay
to give the valley a black eye. II ha