Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-08-30
Country Club
Orchards

va! hiOi hlhS III the private car Sun
set" after visiting the business mel
of the city, We're taken in charge b,
committee consisting of w. P. Quin
Ian, secretary of the Commercial club
H. l.. Gilkey, cashire of the First Nat
ional bank; Samuel Baker, cashire OF
the Josephine County bank; A. f
Voorhies, publisher of the Courier
and w. F. Reed of the Rogue River
Orchard Company. The party of of.
ficials consisted of G. w. Luce
freight traffic manager: ]. NJ. Scott
general passenger agent, and H. A.
-iinshaw, general freight agent. Au.
tomobiles were provided and after a
drive through the residence section of
the city, the machines were turned
into the Pacific Highway and headed
for the Country Club Orchards. In
the short space OF 10 minutes the
party found itself in the heart of the
Rogue River Orchard Company
holdings.
Passing into Brookside Boulevard,
the first home reached was the pala-
tial residence of Chas. f. Wise, who
together with his brother, Francis A.
Wise, owns an orchard tract of 22
acres, consisting of excellent red
soil planted to pears. with a well Sc
lected family orchard near the resi-
dence, The Messrs. Wise arrived
from st. Louis, Mo, less than eight
months ago and within that brief m
teryal have erected buildings and
made improvements that usually re.
quire many years to complete.
A magnificent modern bungalow
adorns one of the most slightly build
ing spots in the district, The home
contains all the apartments and con-
veniences of the most complete city
residence, and is finished and fur
nished in most artistic and substan-
tial maner An ample water supply
is afforded for the residence, barn
lawn and poultry yards by the
Kewanee compressed air system. Mr..
Wise is combining poultry raising
with the orchard industry until his
trees are in bearing He has INSTALL
ed a modern poultry plant, which
probably has no equal in Southern
Oregon. He has a large flock of
thoroughbred White Leghorns and
Rhode Island Reds, which are, Of
course, kept in separate pens. He
is an expert poultryman and is adopt
ing scientific methods, which will as
sure success.
The parents of the Messrs. Wise,
also from St Louis, are spending a
few weeks with their sons.
To the westward the beautiful red
bench lands, comprising hundreds
Of acres presents a magnificent vista
of countless young pear trees extend
ing almost as far as the eye could
reach. These are the paintings OF the
company during the last season
Eighteen thousand specially selected
trees were planted during the spring
These trees already look as if they
had made two seasons growth The
cultivation of these tracts, as well as
elsewhere throughout the holdings,
has been excellent Superintendent
Williams has certainly made a rec
ord for thorough and clean cultiya-
ton, which should place him in the
front rank as a high class orchard
producer. Experienced orchardists
who have recently inspected their
young pear orchards pronounce them
the most perfect and ideal within
their observation.
The view as the machine passed on
was picturesque. Below lies the
rouse Creek valley planted westward
to the town of Merlin, covering a
stretch of four miles. Rising about
the valley on an sides are the encir-
cling mountains, which surrounds the
protected district like a great am
phitheater
On the right is the residence Of
.Lrs. Marion Ward of Chicago, who
together with the family of Mrs. E.
A. Shipley, is entertaining friends
from the east. Mr.. Shipley's bunga-
low and equipment for orcharding,
gardening and poultry raising is one
of the most complete in the district.
tie came from Kansas City last year,
and has already surrounded himself
with many Of the comforts and lux
uries, which would be rare in an
older district Mrs. Shipley has
fine showing Of roses, flowers and
vines. which add much to the adorn-
mant of this heantifnl and sna-lo-s