Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-03-04
FRED ID. EISMANN AND s. S.
METZGER PURCHASE
PROPERTY ON ROGUE RIVER
Sixty-Five Acres Will BE Set to Bart
lett and D'Anjou Pears-Work
TO Commence at Once.

A recent purchase of sixty-five
acres of land adjoining Grants Pass
by Fred D. Eismann, a local fruit
grower, and s. S. Metzger, of Penn
sylvania, from Chris. M. Stackland
and G. G. Stackland, Of Cove, Ore.
for $4,000 is bound to be boost for
fruit growing in this section of the
Rogue River valley.
The tract is part of the old Geyer
homestead and is situated across the
Rogue river from Grants Pass and Is
Immediately below the new county
bridge 1t opens upon the west side
of the county road where stands a
well built five-room house, back of
which is large barn. The soil is a
rich river bottom deposit. with the
exception of strip of five or six
acres laying along the south side
where rises bench of deep red soil,
which provides excellent building
sites overlooking the entire tract,
the town and the Rogue river, should
1t ever be the desire of the owners to
subdivide. An old orchard of apples,
peaches and pears upon the land will
receive the immediate care of the
buyers in order to bring it into first
-class condition.
Chris. M. Stackland, of Cove, who
was here to negotiate the deal for
himself and brother, stated 1t was
only because of the inability of either
one of them to leave their large fruit
and nursery business at home that
they made the sale, as it had been
their desire to engage in the same in
dustry upon this land when they OBJ
tanned 1t three years ago.
IT is the intention of the purchasers
to plant this land to Bartlett and
rd'Anjou pears during the spring of
1911, and in taking this step they
are relying both upon their own iudg-
ment and the advice Of the most eX-
pert of the states horticulturists who
believe with them that the tract is
ideal, not only for this fruit, but for
all fruits and vegetables as well. And
in the case of the latter the nearness
to the local market being most po-
tent factor.
To obtain the best results and to
have an orchard unequalled in South
ern Oregon, the present owners in
tend improving at once, with a view
toward even further enriching the
soil and preparing 1t for their particu.
lar purposes. The small fraction OF
land now uncleared will Immediately
be cleared and the whole tract will
be graded to a nicely and left In sum
mer fallow until early fall. Then
cover crops. will be sown aud the
whole covered with manure before II
is planted to fruit in the spring. Al
ter such thorough preparations and
the establishment Of an irrigation
plant in the river where there II
abundant power to easily pump watel
there can be but one result--an idea
orchard.
Both Mr.. Eismann and Mr. Metz
ger are especially enthusiastic owe
the situation Of their tract and VIII
Sixth street paved to the bridge, thei
orchard. though just outside the cit!
limits, will be but quarter OF mill
over paved streets to the shippinI
and icing points of the Southern Pa
cific railway. The tract Is also with
in touch OF the lighting and telephon
systems OF the city. Such Ideal con
dItlons count, especially in the mar
keting OF fruits and vegetables, an
are rarely to be found. In pear cul
ture Il has been proven most neces
sarv 10 have Just such a location.
This news can not but be grea
incentive 10 horticultural pursuits ]
this section as II proves rndouhtedl
that fruit growing near Grants Pas
is satisfactory both to those who hav
hitherto been engaged in It as we
as TO those who have most carefull
investigated II throughout the Nortf
west. as we find the purchasers me
representing this class. Mr.. Eisman