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The Olwells and Snowy Butte Orchard We learn that P. W. Olwell has sold some land in Phoenix to the Germans who at first thought of establishing a brewery at Medford. They propose going into the same business at the former place. "Here and There," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, February 8, 1884, page 3 A report has been in circulation for some time past that P. W. Olwell was going to move his flouring mill from Phoenix to Medford but in an interview yesterday he denied that such was the case. He says that he runs his mill eighteen hours a day, finds a ready sale for his flour and has not the least trouble in disposing of his hogs in his present location and wants to know where the necessity of a change comes in. The report that the Jacksonville distillery would be moved to Medford is equally without foundation. "Local Items," Oregon Sentinel, Jacksonville, February 7, 1885, page 3 Wheat
Sales.
There is some activity in the grain market, consequent upon war rumors
from Europe, and much wheat has changed hands at an advanced figure. G.
Karewski sold 10,000 bushels last week to Plymale &
Angle of
Medford, for the Salem flouring mills, and we learn that P. W. Olwell
of Phoenix has also sold a large quantity. The rate paid was 60 cents a
bushel, sacked and delivered at the railroad. This is not a big price,
but more satisfactory than that offered for several months past, even
if buyers do require the train to be free from all kinds of rubbish.
As long as the railroad company maintains its exorbitant freight
charges, grain cannot be raised with much profit in southern Oregon.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, May 1, 1885, page 3 Roberts & O'Neil of Medford precinct sold 3,000 bushels of wheat to P. W. Olwell of the Phoenix mills, and they got 60 cents a bushel for it. "Local Items," Oregon Sentinel, Jacksonville, March 20, 1886, page 3 Fish from Bear Creek find ready sale in this market. P. W. Olwell's sons find no trouble in disposing of all they bring in. "Here and There," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, March 23, 1888, page 3 Hon J. H. Sears and P. W. Olwell of Eden precinct and Hon. J. D. Whitman and wife of Medford have gone to Jenny Creek on a pleasure trip, accompanied by their families. "Personal Mention," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, August 9, 1888, page 3 Wm.
and John Olwell, of Phoenix, have both been very sick with fever, but
are now improving under the skillful treatment of Dr. Pryce.
"Medford Items," Ashland Tidings, July 19, 1889, page 2A. J. Weeks, of Phoenix, who purchased P. W. Olwell's upper mill site, has the machinery in place to carry on an extensive box factory next summer. "Here and There," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, January 16, 1890, page 3 Davis & France, proprietors of the flouring mill at Medford, have bought the Phoenix mill of P. W. Olwell, and intend to overhaul and improve it. They will operate both mills, Mr. Joseph France taking charge of the Phoenix mill. "Brevities," Ashland Daily Tidings, January 31, 1890, page 3 John Olwell of Central Point has gone to Mt. Angel College, where he will be during the coming year. "Personal Mention," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, October 3, 1890, page 3 Agent Dunn, of Staver & Walker, had a runaway at Central Point in Mr. Olwell's field one day recently, resulting in a broken buggy. Democratic Times, Jacksonville, November 28, 1890, page 2 John Olwell last week returned home from attendance at school in Portland. "Central Point Pointers," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, July 3, 1891, page 3 Mr. Olwell's big orchard near Central Point is in a flourishing condition, and he will soon have the reward of his enterprise. There is no more favorable site for an orchard in the state, and as the selection of fruit is of the very best, there can be no doubt of its proving very profitable whenever the trees come into bearing. "Here and There," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, July 10, 1891, page 3 Wm. Olwell, late bookkeeper at the Medford Roller Mills, is back at his father's ranch near Central Point, where he will remain several weeks and lend a hand at pruning their 160-acre orchard. "Local News," Medford Mail, March 10, 1892, page 3 John Olwell has returned from Oakland, where he has been attending college. "Local and General," Southern Oregon Mail, June 17, 1892, page 3 P. W. Olwell, the king orchardist near Central Point, has been making several improvements about his premises, noticeable among which are the gable windows in the residence. "Local and General," Southern Oregon Mail, July 1, 1892, page 3 The Olwell Fruit Farm.
Written for The Medford Mail.
The writer recently visited the orchard of Mr. P. W. Olwell, at Central Point, and our expectations were fully realized in finding it to be the best young orchard in the valley. It is one-half mile square, containing one hundred and sixty acres. The trees are principally the best varieties of winter apples. There are twelve thousand apple trees, about two thousand pear trees, three hundred peach trees, and about four hundred prune trees. Before Mr. Olwell purchased and set this farm out to fruit, it was known as one of the best grain farms of the valley, and some of the wiseacres (?) even now, in talking of this beautiful young orchard, suggest that the land would pay better, considering the expense of taking care of the orchard, etc., if it was still in grain. To those we would simply say, you don't know what you are talking about. While some of these people talk thus and raise fifty-cent wheat and nine out of every ten getting poor, Mr. Olwell will raise fifty-cent apples and get rich. Now we do not contend for a minute that everybody could get rich raising fruit. On the other hand, we believe there are few men who will make a thorough success raising fruit, and we believe--as the care of the orchard will bear us out--that Mr. Olwell is one of the few who through careful attention and persistence will make a success of fruit raising. He evidently believes in the old maxim which says: "The one sure, safe, serviceable, attainable quality is that of attention. It will grow in any soil, and in its own due time bring forth good fruit." As his orchard is coming into bearing, Mr. Olwell has provided facility for taking care of a part of a crop in the years to come, he having secured an Oregon dryer, which is used almost exclusively in the Willamette Valley and throughout Washington. As Mr. Olwell will not have enough fruit to run the dryer to its full capacity this season, it will be run on a custom basis. Mr. A. P. Gordon will have charge of the dryer this season. He will buy fruit, and also dry for a share. In a few years. Mr. Olwell expects to have a switch run to the edge of the orchard, where he will load and ship by the carload. Medford Mail, September 1, 1893, page 2 Mr. Olwell is very busy now pruning his fine young orchard. "Central Point," Southern Oregon Mail, February 10, 1893, page 2 Roads are in an awful fix from here to Medford; the nearer Medford you get the worse the roads. The road is the reflex manifestation of the civilization of a community: Therefore, etc. etc. We believe that every man in Medford and Central Point should be hung for the sin of omission. If you pull through that lane alongside of Olwell's orchard and then go and look at the windrows of good gravel along Bear Creek you will see what is omitted. Why Brother Nickell did not rush a bill through the legislature declaring this particular road a nuisance is amazing. A great opportunity for fame, and an "ad" in the Times, was hereby foolishly thrown away. "Spikenard Sparks," Medford Mail, March 24, 1893, page 1 P. W. Olwell, the big, prosperous fruit man north of Medford, is preparing to care for his fruit in a manner most commendable. He has purchased a fruit dryer and the company's agent, A. P. Gordon, is now engaged in putting the same in shape for use. "All the Local News," Medford Mail, July 14, 1893, page 3 Will Olwell, the gentleman who at one time operated the Phoenix flouring mill, but now bookkeeper for the A. A. Davis Milling Company at Davenport, Wash., is in Medford for a visit with friends and relatives. "Purely Personal," Medford Mail, July 21, 1893, page 3 P. W. Olwell, of Central Point, was in Medford Wednesday. The gentleman reports his fruit dryer doing an immense business and that he is daily offered more fruit than he can handle. "Purely Personal," Medford Mail, October 13, 1893, page 3 The well-known orchardists Olwell Bros. of Central Point have purchased a large gasoline power sprayer for use in their extensive orchards. It is said to be the first of its kind on the coast. "Brevities," Ashland Tidings, March 22, 1900, page 3 The Olwell orchard at Central Point, which is one of the largest in the state, promises to yield an immense crop. Unless frosts should interfere, 75 carloads of fruit will be shipped from it during the coming season. Olwell Bros. of Central Point this week packed the balance of their apples for shipment to Portland, amounting to three carloads. This enterprising firm have shipped a large quantity of superior apples to different parts of the United States during the past season, and will do a bigger business than ever during the coming year. "Local Notes," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, March 26, 1900, page 3 Olwell Bros. will place in their big orchard at an early date a decided innovation in the way of a sprayer. The task of spraying their thousands of trees has been a slow and tedious one, and they have decided to adopt a machine similar to those in use in some eastern localities. A gasoline engine will be mounted in a low wagon, and power from it used to force the spraying liquid through four pipes simultaneously. These, directed by four men, will make an easy matter of spraying 1000 trees per day, and it is claimed that the work done is more thorough and effectual, on account of the force employed. "City Happenings," Medford Mail, April 27, 1900, page 7 The Olwell boys, near Central Point, have a novel way of clearing their orchard of the windfall apples. They are endeavoring to buy a drove of hogs for this especial purpose. They will drive the hogs through the orchard and all apples which have dropped will be eaten by the hogs, also the worms in the apples--which were the direct cause of the apples droppings. This method will very effectually do away with the worms--and will fatten the hogs. It is only a part of the Olwell orchard which is affected in this way--and this is a part which was not sprayed because of a short fruit yield on a few trees of a certain variety. "City Happenings," Medford Mail, July 27, 1900, page 7 There are sixteen girls employed at Olwell Bros.' packing house. They will not be able to finish the apple crop for a month. "Central Point Items," Medford Mail, November 30, 1900, page 3 OREGON APPLES BRING TOP PRICE.
Fruit from the Olwell Orchards Beats World's Prices in the London Market. From the Portland Oregonian.
John Olwell has been in Corvallis attending the mid-winter meeting of the board of regents of the agricultural college. With his brothers, Mr. Olwell owns and manages an apple orchard that is one of the most noteworthy in the country. A feature of chief interest is the fact that apples from this orchard command the highest prices that the world pays for this fruit. They bring two shillings, or 48 cents, more per box in the London market than do the best California apples. Returns from a carload of Oregon Newtowns received ten days ago gave the Olwells $1.04 per box, free on board, at Central Point. Apples from the same orchard are selling in the New York market at the rate of $4.50 per barrel, while the best Eastern apples are quoted in the same market at $2.50 to $3 per barrel. Some time ago Spitzenbergs from the Central Point orchard were marketed in New York and netted the Olwells $1 per box, free on board, at the orchard. The freight to New York is 50 cents per box, making the Olwell apples in the latter city $1.50 per box. Eastern apples were selling at the time in the same market at 50 and 75 cents per box, or one-half to one-third the price of the Oregon product. The Olwell orchard this season produced 58 cars of apples, 55 cars of which have already been shipped and sold. It was the orchard's 12th year of existence and third year of bearing. Up to the present time $40,000 has been invested in the enterprise. Of the apples shipped, four cars went to London and 24 cars to New York and other eastern cities. The other cars went in all directions--to San Francisco, to Montana, to Australia, to New Orleans and other localities. The contents of each loaded car was 600 boxes, or a total of nearly 35,000 boxes. The apples that went to London were Oregon Newtowns, accounted by Mr. Olwell to be best sellers produced. The New York sales were mostly Spitzenbergs, while to the other markets went Baldwins, Ben Davis, Winesaps and one or two other varieties. The orchard comprises 160 acres, all in apples but 1500 trees of Winter Nellis pears. Every apple shipped from the Olwell orchard sold in London or important eastern markets comes out of the original box wrapped in paper. The box is sugar pine, marked in large letters "Oregon Apples," together with the additional private stamp of the orchardists. The bottom and sides are lined with paper. Between each layer is paper, blue in color and of cardboard variety. On top is a paper of the same kind, and the lid is sprung in place with a machine and nailed. The apples in the box are packed with such exactness that when the lid is finally nailed on there is no shifting of position by the fruit inside. For packing purposes, the apples are classified into four-tier and five-tier grades, according to size. Four-tier apples are those in which four apples exactly make a row in a tier and in which four tiers fill a box. The five-tier size takes its name for similar reasons. No apple is packed that is not absolutely perfect. The color must be right, the shape proper, and there must be no flaw or blemish that the eye can see. In the picking, 50 men are employed. During the packing season 20 girls are kept constantly busied at their duties. The packing is done in huge fruit houses, fitted with convenient tables and appliances for systematic prosecution of the work. Packing of apples for a carload does not begin until the fruit has been contracted. A telegram is received in the morning while the apples are still in bulk. At evening time the car of newly packed apples stands on the siding, to be taken way by a train within an hour or two after the process is completed. One of the most remarkable features of the Olwell orchard is the success attained in destruction of the codling moth. Conditions in the locality are highly favorable to the propagation and prevalence of the pest, even more so than in the Willamette Valley. Formerly the whole crop of orchards in the district was lost by the infection. In many instances 90 percent of the apples in the orchard were infected. In the Olwell orchard this season less than 5 percent was lost by reason of the presence of the worms. This unparalleled result has been attained through diligent and intelligent spraying. The spray used is Paris green and London purple, applied six times during the season. One of the chief points of precaution in the spraying is to be absolutely certain that the poison is pure, a fact made doubly necessary because so many bogus preparations of both poisons are in the market. Medford Mail, January 18, 1901, page 2 Quite a number of the orchardists hereabouts have purchased gasoline engines with which to furnish power to operate their spraying pumps. The Olwell boys experimented with one last year and found it to be a great saving in labor and added proficiency to the service. The gentlemen who have made recent purchases are Messrs. Weeks & Orr., C. E. Stewart, Capt. G. Voorhies, J. A. Whitman, John Gore and Olwell Bros. The Mail has also purchased one, of the greater horsepower than the spray engines, for use in operating its presses. "City Happenings," Medford Mail, February 15, 1901, page 7 Rural Northwest:--"The fine orchard of Olwell Bros., of Central Point, Oregon, is doing good advertising for Oregon. Many papers in all parts of the country have mentioned this orchard and the fine apples it produces. The last issue of the Western Fruit Grower contains an article written for that paper by Olwell Bros., describing the orchard and their methods. The article is accompanied by three fine halftone illustrations, loaned by the Oregon State Board of Horticulture, and will give the people of the Middle West a good idea of what up-to-date orcharding in Oregon is like. * * * In the article written by Olwell Bros. the pleasing information is given that the San Jose scale is diminishing in Jackson County as a result of the attacks of a small black insect. This insect is not named by Olwell Bros., but it is probably the black ladybird (Rhizobius ventralis). In his annual report for 1892, Mr. J. D. Whitman, then commissioner of the Oregon State Board of Horticulture, called attention to the natural enemies of scale insects discovered by Mr. Albert Koebele. * * * These parasitic insects were obtained from the California State Board of Horticulture and distributed to fruit growers in different portions of the state. We do not know that any went to Jackson County, but think it probable. Some were sent to Canyonville, Douglas County. Whether the insects mentioned by Olwell Bros. have descended from those imported and distributed by the board of not, it is encouraging to know that they are now so numerous in Jackson County. "City Happenings," Medford Mail, June 7, 1901, page 7 The crop of apples in the Olwell Bros. orchard this season will reach forty carloads. As the prevailing price is from $1 to $1.25 per box and 600 boxes comprise a carload, it does not require much of a mathematician to figure out that there'll be close onto $30,000 due the boys when a final reckoning is made. "City Happenings," Medford Mail, October 25, 1901, page 7 Olwell Bros. of Central Point, who are the largest growers of apples in southern Oregon, have gathered their crop of apples. It amounts to 40 cars of 600 boxes each. All of the Newtown pippins grown by them have been contracted for the London, England market, to reach which the cost per car is $600. "Local Notes," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, November 7, 1901, page 7 Olwell Bros. shipped two carloads of apples this week to Hamburg, Germany. The strict quarantine regulations established by Germany against fruit from all Pacific coast states makes the matter of shipping to that country decidedly hazardous, as many carloads already shipped from other coast points have been rejected by the German inspectors, but to do away with any possible trouble Messrs. Olwell Bros. had each box of fruit in these two carloads inspected by A. H. Carson, horticultural commissioner and inspector for this district, and his certificate to the effect that the fruit was not pest infested accompanied the bills of lading. "City Happenings," Medford Mail, December 13, 1901, page 7 SUCCESSFUL HORTICULTURE.
OREGON GROWERS RECEIVED $2.25 PER BOX NET. Two
dollars and a quarter net per box is the price Olwell Bros., of Central
Point, Jackson County, received for a carload of Oregon Newtowns sold
in the London market a day or two before Christmas. Another car, sold a
few days later, when the market was a little off, brought $1.75 net.
More of the same apples are now in London, and returns are expected at
any time.
J. D. Olwell was in Corvallis last week to attend the meeting of the board of regents of the Agricultural College. The Olwell Bros. have an orchard at Central Point of 160 acres. They had $12,000 worth of apples aboard the cars and on the way to market at one time last fall. The orchard is 13 years old, and the late crop is the fourth. Its aggregate this season was 35 cars, against 55 cars last year; but the better prices of this year made the output about as profitable as formerly. The Olwell Spitzenbergs brought $1.50 net. They were mostly marketed in New York and Chicago. The buyer came to the orchard in August, and contracted for all the Spitzenbergs before the apples had matured. He remained there and paid spot cash for each car as it was shipped. The former price realized for Spitzenbergs was about $1 per box. The former price of the Newtowns, now selling in London at prices that net $2.25 and $1.75, was $1.05 to $1.10 per box. The Ben Davis variety in the Olwell orchard brought at the orchard this year $1.10 to $1.20 per box. They were mostly sold in New Orleans, which is not particular about the grade of apples it consumes. Last year the Olwell Ben Davis apples went at 65 cents per box. At the Olwell orchard at picking time 70 men were employed. At packing time, which began after the picking and extended nearly to the holidays, 30 men and 16 girls were kept at work. The codling moth has practically been run out of the Central Point district by the spray pump. Formerly 50 percent or more of the crop was destroyed by the worms, but by diligent spraying the percent of loss on this account is reduced to less than 5. In the Olwell orchard the spray pumps are operated by gasoline engines. Mr. Olwell believes that much of the same success in growing apples in the Central Point district can be attained in the Willamette Valley. All that is necessary, he thinks, in order to make large orchards successful in the Willamette Valley is to be careful in the selection of soil and location, and then take good care of the orchard. Democratic Times, Jacksonville, January 23, 1902, page 7 THE OLWELL ORCHARDS.
Two
dollars and a quarter net per box is the price Olwell Bros., of Central
Point, Jackson County, received for a carload of Oregon Newtowns sold
in the London market a day or two before Christmas. Another car, sold a
few days later, when the market was a little off, brought $1.75 net.
More of the same apples are now in London, and returns are expected at
any time.
The Olwell Bros. have an orchard at Central Point of 100 acres. They had $12,000 worth of apples aboard the cars and on the way to market at one time this fall. The orchard is 13 years old, and the late crop is the fourth. Its aggregate this season was thirty-five cars, against fifty-five cars last year, but the better prices this year made the input about as profitable as formerly. The Olwell Spitzenbergs brought $1.50 net. They are mostly marketed in New York and Chicago. The buyer came to the orchard in August and contracted for all the Spitzenbergs before the apples had matured. He remained there and paid spot cash for each car as it was shipped. The former price realized for Spitzenbergs was about $1 per box. The former price of the Newtowns now selling in London at prices that net $2.25 and $1.75, was $1.05 to $1.10 per box. The Ben Davis variety in the Olwell orchard brought at the orchard this year $1.10 to $1.29 per box. They were mostly sold in New Orleans, which is not particular about the grade of apples it consumes. Last year the Olwell Ben Davis went at sixty-five cents per box. At the Olwell orchard at picking time 79 men were employed. At packing time, which began after the picking and extended nearly to the holidays, 30 men and 16 girls were kept at work. The codling moth has practically been run out of the Central Point district by the spray pump. Formerly 50 percent or more of the crop was destroyed by the worms, but by diligent spraying, the percent loss on this account is less than 5. In the Olwell orchard the spray pumps are operated by gasoline engines. Medford Mail, January 24, 1902, page 6 Mr. Olwell Says Fruit Was Clean.
In
view of the fact that there is considerable talk being indulged in upon
the subject of the recent rejection of Southern Oregon apples in the
German markets, a Mail reporter
on Tuesday sought an interview with Mr. John Olwell, one of the Olwell
Bros., orchardists, of Central Point. The question was asked him: "Mr.
Olwell, what do you know about the rejection of our fruit in the German
markets?"
"I know a great deal about it," said Mr. Olwell. "I am glad you mentioned it to me, because I feel that I ought to say something upon the subject in justice to Messrs. Weeks & Orr. We (Olwell Bros.) bought this fruit from Weeks & Orr and shipped it to Hamburg, Germany, in anticipation of receiving a fancy price for it, as we had been informed that first grade, clean apples were in great demand on the German markets and would bring an extraordinary high price. We bought this fruit from Weeks & Orr because we knew it to be absolutely free from infection of any kind and we knew that their orchard was clean. (That word cleans means entirely free from infection with Jackson County orchardists.) "To further guard against any possibility of rejection we had every box of this fruit inspected by Mr. A. H. Carson, horticultural commissioner of this district, and to the bill of lading we attached a certificate signed by Mr. Carson which was that the fruit was free from pest infection of any nature. These were sent with the fruit--and it was rejected--said to have scale on it. We know there was no scale. We have three reasons for knowing, any one of which would have been sufficient for us. We know that the Weeks & Orr orchard has no scale; we know that Mr. Alfred Weeks would not pack scaly apples, and we know that Mr. Carson would not certify to a document which he did not know of his own knowledge to be true. "Since the rejection of this fruit we have learned that any fruit from the Pacific coast states of the United States would be condemned by the German authorities. The reason for it we, of course, do not know, and the only reason we can surmise is that at some time, earlier in the history of Pacific coast horticulture, some unscrupulous shipper has unloaded infected fruit on the German markets." Medford Mail, February 14, 1902, page 6 Olwell Bros. will ship several carloads of Gravenstein apples to Montana during the week. They are also buying and shipping pears. "Local Notes," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, August 28, 1902, page 6 Messrs. Olwell Bros. have purchased the Amy tract of 182 acres of land. This land is situated just east of Bear Creek, near Central Point. The price paid for the land was $12,000. Inasmuch as there were other prospective purchasers of this tract, it is barely possible that the above-named purchasers may dispose of the land to some of them at a considerable advance in price, but if this is not done they will put forty acres of the land into alfalfa, forty acres in to hops and the remainder will be set to apples and pears. Mr. Amy reserves the crop of wheat which he now has sown on the place. "City Happenings," Medford Mail, March 4, 1904, page 5 JOHN D. OLWELL
His Life Lies Like an Open Book Before the People of Jackson County. Among
the candidates is none more worthy of the place than John D. Olwell,
nominee for representative of Jackson County on the Democratic ticket.
He is known to almost every resident in Southern Oregon. He was
practically forced into accepting the nomination by his friends; but
since he has entered the fight he is determined to win. In sending such
a man to represent Jackson County the people will make no mistake. He
is frank, open, genial, thoroughly honest, and once knowing that he is
right nothing will move him from his purpose. Taxpayers can feel safe
when such men are in power. He was born in 1870. He came to this state
as a boy with his parents. The family came to Jackson County by wagon
from Roseburg. Mr. Olwell, Sr. was engaged in the milling business in
Missouri and at Phoenix, and John was brought up in the trade of flour
milling. Subsequently the family engaged in the fruit business. Some
fourteen years ago they planted 160 acres of vacant land to orchard at
Central Point, apples being the leading feature. This orchard has
become noted as one of the finest apple orchards in the whole Pacific
West, and is accepted as a model as to rare management and production
of fine apples by horticulturists in Southern Oregon. The business is
managed under the firm name of Olwell Bros., of which John is the head.
They are now the largest shippers of apples in Oregon. The name of
Olwell Bros. is a guarantee to buyers of apples as to fine quality, for
every box bears it in the extensive markets of the eastern states and
in Great Britain, where their product is sold. Mr. Olwell from habit
and training is painstaking and vigilant as to all details of his
business. He received a liberal education in the schools of this
county, and in San Francisco and Portland, is a young man of excellent
understanding, and with a mind alert to all that comes before him. He
is therefore without narrow prejudices, and would be open, liberal and
competent in his treatment of all questions which would come before him
as a legislator in the event of his election. The state educational
institutions, with which he is familiar, will have a good friend in Mr.
Olwell. He is one of the regents of the State Agricultural College,
under appointment of Gov. Geer.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, May 29, 1902, page 4 APPRECIATES COMPLIMENT
What John D. Olwell Says About His Election. "I
appreciate the compliment paid me by the voters of Jackson County, and
I shall endeavor to show how sincerely I thank them by shaping my
actions in representing Jackson County in such a way as to merit their
future approval."
The speaker was John D. Olwell, elected representative of Jackson County on the Democratic ticket. He conducted his campaign in a clean, clear-cut manner, free from all personalities. He feels that he owes his election not alone to the Democrats, but to the Republicans as well. His popularity swept aside party prejudice. He was elected by his friends, regardless of party principles. "It shall be my one aim," said he, in a sincere, modest manner, "to represent the interests of Jackson County in a faithful, impartial way. Thus can I best show how I appreciate the compliment." Democratic Times, Jacksonville, June 12, 1902, page 2 MEDFORD'S CITIZENS.
Who Are Interested in Davenport, Washington.
Through the courtesy of Ed. Olwell, one of the Olwell Bros., now a
progressive business man of Davenport, the metropolis of the Big Bend
country, in Washington, the Democratic Times has
received a neatly prepared advertising booklet. It is constructed in a
first-class style, and would reflect credit on a much larger place. It
shows that other Jackson County citizens, besides Mr. Olwell, are
interested there. The names of A. A. Davis and W. I. Vawter are
mentioned as prominent officers in the Big Bend flour mills, of which
W. J. Olwell is vice-president and manager. He is also a city
councilman. One of the principal brands of flour of this mill is
"Davis' Best." The booklet shows that Davenport is a progressive town
of 1,500 inhabitants, and a desirable place in which to locate.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, June 19, 1902, page 7 Ed. Olwell was among us Monday. From him we learn that his mother and sister will remain in Southern California during the season. "Medford Squibs," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, June 26, 1902, page 1 Ed. Olwell, who is now a prominent business man of Davenport, Wash., arrived during the week, for a visit with relatives and friends. "Medford Squibs," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, June 26, 1902, page 2 Messrs. Olwell Bros., the orchardists, are experimenting with an irrigating plant down at their orchard, near Central Point, [where] there is a certain portion of their orchard that is just a little higher than the general lay of the orchard, and it is feared by the owners that there is more fruit on the trees of this particular part than can properly mature without more moisture than is being supplied by nature. A three-horsepower gasoline engine is being put in, and with it they will pump water from a well and force it through 1200 feet of pipe to this high land and there distribute it among the trees by means of irrigation ditches. Should this plan prove beneficial, and can be successfully operated, it is more than probable that another season they will endeavor to thus irrigate the greater part of the orchard. Should this be deemed advisable a dozen or more plants will be necessary. In speaking of the fruit crop this year with one of the owners of the orchard, a Mail reporter was told that the crop would exceed any former crop by at least twenty-five carloads. The greatest number of carloads ever harvested in one season were forty-seven--this means that there will be over seventy carloads harvested from this orchard this year. The apple and pear crop is unquestionably a record-beater this year in all orchards of the valley. All the growers of the valley will watch with considerable interest the result of the experiment which Messrs. Olwell Bros. are now making. "City Happenings," Medford Mail, June 19, 1903, page 7 John Olwell--"I read the article in the Mail last week concerning our irrigation experiment with considerable interest, but I think people who do not know should be given to understand that irrigation is not an absolute necessity to the raising of good fruit. Some of our orchard has too much moisture, while some of the high ground has not enough. We are now putting in tiling in the lower parts of our orchard, and the stream of water flowing therefrom confirms the conclusion we had arrived at, that we had too much moisture in these parts of the orchard to secure the best results. Our irrigation experiment is being watched with considerable interest by other orchardists, as there are a number of other orchards where the conditions are much the same as in our own, and if anything can be done to enhance either the quality or quantity of the yield, the orchardmen of the valley are always ready to do it." "City Happenings," Medford Mail, July 3, 1903, page 7 Hon. John W. Olwell, Oregon's horticultural commissioner for the St. Louis World's Fair, has expressed the desire that we should ask those of our horticulturists who may have some choice varieties of fruits, such as pears and peaches, to preserve them for him to place on exhbition at the fair next year. The later fruits can, of course, be kept in cold storage and will be in good shape for the exhibition, but this can hardly be expected from the early fruit. All necessary expenses, such as the purchase of suitable jars and liquids for the preservation of these fruits, will be paid by the commissioners in charge of the Oregon exhibit, but it is expected that only the very choicest of these fruits can be preserved. The Mail will suggest that anyone having such fruit confer with Mr. Olwell and become more fully informed. "City Happenings," Medford Mail, September 18, 1903, page 5 Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hopkins, of Portland, were in the city Tuesday. Mr. Hopkins is of the firm of Downing, Hopkins & Co., of Portland. It is this firm that purchased the Olwell orchards. Mr. H. and family expect to move to the orchards in about a month, and during the coming summer he will erect a fine dwelling. "Purely Personal," Medford Mail, February 10, 1905, page 4 The Condor Water & Power Co. is stringing wires this week to Hopkins' orchard (formerly the Olwell place) for lighting purposes. It is expected later that power will be put in for pumping purposes. The stringing of the Condor Co.'s electric lines through the valley is but the commencement of a system which will result in every farm being provided with power and light, if the owners so wish, and it will not be long until they will wish it, when they see what their neighbors are doing. "City Happenings," Medford Mail, February 17, 1905, page 5 
J. D.
Olwell--"Yes, my garden is growing nicely, and I am ever so much
obliged to the boys for so kindly planting it for me. I would rather,
however, that they had planted it in rows, instead of sowing the seed
broadcast. But then, not being accustomed to things agricultural, you
couldn't expect anything different. I am a little disappointed in the
onions, but the radishes and turnips are doing fine."
"Street Echoes," Medford Mail, May 5, 1905, page 1 J. W. Olwell--"You should have seen those conductor excursionists flock into the exhibit building Wednesday morning, while the train they were traveling on was standing at the depot. There was a full trainload of them, and they were from all parts of the eastern and southern states. I believe I could have sold five dollars' worth of souvenirs if I had had any to sell. They admired everything in the building and wanted a piece of the entire exhibit to take home with them. When it was time for the train to move they just naturally would not break loose from those exhibits. This shows the interest strangers are going to take in our building and the exhibits we have in it." "Street Echoes," Medford Mail, May 19, 1905, page 1 Olwell-Ray Wedding.
That
congratulations are now to be extended to Hon. John Dee Olwell, and to
Mrs. Olwell, who was formerly Ina Enola Ray, is a matter of much
pleasure to their many friends in Medford who have just naturally been
getting ready for the showering of this popular young couple with the
heartiest of glad cheers for some months past.
The happy event took place at Portland on March 6, 1907, and on March 9th the young couple passed through Medford en route to Southern California, where they will enjoy a few weeks amid the pleasures of that Italy land. The bride is the most beautiful and highly accomplished daughter of Dr. and Mrs. C. R. Ray of this city, and the groom is a member of the Rogue River Land Company of Medford. Mr. Olwell is one of the gentlemen who has helped to make famous as a fruit section the great Rogue River Valley. He has represented Jackson County in the state legislative halls, and with all his excellent qualifications as a business man and politician, he has to his credit a legion of friends in all parts of Southern Oregon, and for that matter throughout the entire state. The Mail extends its heartiest congratulations. Medford Mail, March 15, 1907, page 1 PETITION TO RECALL OLWELL
The
voters of the First Ward of this city are circulating a petition in
order to invoke the recall law to elect a councilman in the place of
John D. Olwell, who is no longer a resident of that ward. The voters of
the First feel that as they are entitled, under the charter, to have
two representatives at the council board, that they should have them.
In order to accomplish this a petition is being circulated asking for
the recall of Mr. Olwell and for a special election to elect his
successor.
It has been published that the prohibition forces of the city were the ones behind the movement. Such, however, is not the case, if the names upon the petition are any criterion. There are to be found names of voters who are known to be against prohibition. All party lines are seemingly cast aside by the First Warders in order to have that ward have the representation at the council meetings that it is entitled to. The petition is being very generally signed. Very few of those approached so far have refused to sign. The case is an interesting one owing to the fact that this is the first time the recall has been invoked in this part of Oregon. Medford Mail, July 17, 1908, page 4 Recall for Olwell.
Councilman
John D. Olwell of
Medford, who was elected a member of the city council from the First
Ward, and later removed his residence to another ward, is the first
subject of the recall in Oregon. A petition to invoke the new law in
Mr. Olwell's case was circulated several months ago and received the
required number of signatures, but for some reason was not filed and
the matter had been almost forgotten until last Saturday, when the
petition was filed with the city recorder. According to the Tribune, a
large number of citizens who had signed the petition appeared before
the recorder Monday morning and requested to have their names removed
from the same, alleging as a reason that they now believe the whole
thing is a political move to oust Mr. Olwell in order that his place
may be filled by some man who will stand with the water committee of
the city council in closing the deal with Mr. Hanley for the Wasson
canyon water right for the proposed city water system.It is alleged that the prohibition fight is being injected into the Olwell case, he having incurred the displeasure of the anti-saloon people by voting for the issuance of a liquor license to the Hotel Nash. Excerpt, Central Point Herald, September
24, 1908, page 1
OLWELL RECALL CALL RECALLED
Echo from the Dark Ages Dug Up at City Council Meeting--Asks Costs
Up
out of the musty past, like the voice of some long-forgotten friend,
the Olwell recall proposition has reared its ancient head. Time seems
turned backward in its flight as if in answer of the poet's prayer, and
decrepit with age the matter has tottered again into the limelight.
JOHN D. OLWELLTo the oldest inhabitant the matter brings up a flood of memories. The days of the strenuous strife are brought back in a flood of memories. The old fight over the granting of saloon licenses by a tie vote with the mayor voting in favor is before one again in all of its cherished recollections. A movement started in the hope of removing a councilman who voted in favor of the licenses but which was doomed to defeat from the first is about the size of the Olwell scrap. And now there is a little bill of some $17 court costs for the city to pay. The Olwell recall never did find much favor in Medford. The first petitions that were started out slumbered for many weeks in some dusty pigeonhole of someone's desk. Then in all of its dustiness it was dragged forth and filed. Then those who had signed it took their names off. Then it was about to be acted upon. Then came the court, and suit, and injunction to stop it. It stopped and it has been forgotten, lo, these many moons. Olwell finished his term and his successor has had time to get onto the job. But now the city must pay. The communication was read at the meeting of the council Tuesday evening. It was thought at first that it would go to the committee on ancient history but upon second thought it was referred to the finance committee. An in such manner was the Olwell recall well recalled. Medford Daily Tribune, April 7, 1909, page 1
Responsibility
and credit for Medford's steadfast growth is vested exclusively in no
one class of business men, but more of it belongs to the real estate
owners and brokers than to any other one vocation, and the city has
been particularly fortunate in her constant possession of men whose
ability and enterprise in this calling are as obvious as their solid
financial standing and high personal integrity.
Thus engaged and possessing in a marked degree the qualifications mentioned is Mr. John D. Olwell, who has lived for 37 years in the Rogue River Valley. He has had 20 years' experience in fruit growing here, planting 12,000 fruit trees 20 years ago, which was the largest apple orchard in the Northwest at that time. He has been buying fruit from nearly every bearing orchard here for many years and shipping it to the markets of the world. He shipped the first two carloads of Newtown Pippins that were ever exported to London by any grower in the Northwest 14 years ago. He is interested in 400 acres of orchard land and is a general broker for thousands of acres belonging to other people. He is contemplating platting several orchard tracts for 1910, and anyone thinking of locating here should advise with a man who has had the experience of locating the biggest fruit growers all over the Rogue River Valley. Mr. Olwell also handles alfalfa and general farming lands. He helped to build the exhibit building and display rooms near the depot four years ago and maintains it at his own expense--and it is famous all over the country as the best display made anywhere. A constant stream of people file in and out of the building, and no other venture has made Medford so famous. Mr. Olwell employs four men about his office and a dozen or more at his orchards. He was a member of the state legislature in 1903 and has served on the city councils of Medford and Central Point. He is now a director of the Oregon Agricultural College. He is a member of the Elks and the Commercial Club. Medford Mail Tribune, January 2, 1910, page 9  Medford Mail Tribune, August 31, 1910  Medford Mail Tribune, September 4, 1910 HOW JOHN D. OLWELL BLAZED A TRAIL FOR WESTERN-GROWN FRUIT ACROSS THE ATLANTIC Overcame English Prejudice for European-Grown Fruit and Opened Up New Market. Walter F. Woehlke, in the Saturday Evening Post, Tells Story of Olwell's Initial Step. The
manner in which John D. Olwell of this city blazed the trail for
western fruit across the Atlantic, establishing the superiority of
American-grown apples and pears over the choicest specimens of European
orchards, is told in an article appearing in this week's issue of the Saturday Evening Post
under the caption "Short Cuts from Farm to Market," from the pen of
Walter F. Woehlke, a recognized authority on marketing of fruit and
farm products. Mr. Woehlke says:
"Quantity, size, overpowering mass, the superlative expressed in seven figures, have been Europe's strongest impression of American activities and products. The bigness of things in the New World has ever been the wonder of the old. Somehow, though, this admiration of the size and quantity of things American was always mixed with a slight disdain; its open expression was usually qualified with a 'But----.' Europe did not believe that America would ever reach its standard of quality. That this European notion is not well founded, at least so far as American fruit is concerned, was proved by the enterprise of John D. Olwell, a fruit grower in the Rogue River Valley of Southern Oregon, whose energy not only blazed the trail for western fruit across the Atlantic, but who also established the superiority of American-grown apples and pears over the choicest specimens of European orchards by the fire test, in which the American fruit panned out the highest percentage of fine gold. "Some seven or eight years ago Olwell heard a rumor concerning the reported sale of a shipment of Oregon Newtown Pippin apples in London. Though he could never confirm the rumor, his imagination was aroused, and he determined to see for himself whether a market for Oregon fruit could be established in England. Though he rode all over the valley hunting for a son of Albion who might put him in touch with a London commission house, he could not procure the information. Perhaps a London paper would help him out. He wrote; and in due time the name and address of a firm was sent him. That fall Olwell consigned two carloads of Newtown Pippins to the London house and waited. "Six weeks later Olwell received a cablegram announcing the sale of his apples and stating the proceeds in pounds and shillings. "'I guess I must be a little rusty on international exchange,' muttered Olwell after calculations lasting an hour and covering many a square yard of paper. "'What's a pound and a shilling worth in real money?' he asked at the bank. "'About five dollars to the pound and two bits for a shilling,' came the answer. 'What's up, John? Did a rich English uncle die?' "'Much obliged. No, my old uncle over there is still alive. I just wanted to find out how much I had coming from him,' said Olwell; and once more he translated the English currency terms into dollars and cents. The result confirmed his suspicions. Somewhere along the line a mistake must have been made in transmitting the figures. Here he had been getting seventy to ninety cents a bushel box for years; this cablegram said the same apples had brought three dollars a box on the other side. Somebody must have gotten off wrong. Olwell said nothing and waited for the letter. It came, and the draft it carried called for the same incredible amount. Still afraid of waking up--of receiving a cablegram rectifying the mistake--Olwell carried the draft around for several days before he dared cash it. Once the three-dollar dream had become a concrete reality, he got busy. The next year no apples were left in the valley for ninety-cent buyers. Olwell took over the entire crop and shipped it to London as fast as the apples were picked, anxious to increase the gold imports. "As the Newtown Pippin, a green-yellow apple, had captured London, so the Spitzenberg captured New York. Under the stimulus of high bids from the fruit centers of the world, many young quality orchards are rising everywhere in the sagebrush country and the clearings of the Far West." Medford Mail Tribune, December 2, 1910, page 1 John D. Olwell, Pioneer Chicago Evening Post Publishes Interesting Account of Rogue River Valley Man And His Efforts at First Marketing Northwest Fruit in Europe. Under the caption "A Modern Pioneer," the Chicago Evening Post on March 2 published the following editorial:
"There is a real pioneer in town. He is one of those curious, fast-vanishing American pioneers who have seen the absolute beginning of things in the Far West, and yet are not old enough to have more than a gray hair or two in their heads. His name is John D. Olwell, of Medford, Ore. "One man--a certain one-ideaed person from Illinois named J. H. Stewart--preceded Olwell in the planting of apples for commercial purposes in the Pacific Northwest. But Olwell and his brothers were the pioneers who worked out the growing and marketing details which created a settled industry out of an attractive possibility. "It s a great story as the thick-set little man from Medford tells it--'main strength and awkwardness and a little money, against the game.' It starts in the prehistoric year of [1885], when the old apple grower from Illinois appeared in the valley of the Rogue River in southern Oregon and set out 160 acres of apples. It tells how the Olwell boys followed this unheard-of example amidst the derision of the 'natives,' who remarked that they'd have to hire the U.S. army to come and eat the fruit. "The story goes on to tell of the heartbreaking difficulties that came when these primeval orchardists tried to spray the trees to kill the parasitic growths; how they almost gave up because of the physical difficulty of the ask, until an old fisherman asked them why they didn't try a gasoline engine. And thus was evolved the first practical spraying machine, a device that is now used in thousands of square miles of western orchards. "Then came the first crop--still way back in the medieval days of 1898. 'A Pacific coast jobber came down to the valley and said he'd give me 90 cents a box for my Spitzenbergs and Newtown pippins,' said Mr. Olwell. 'He wouldn't touch the Ben Davises. And so we learned for the first time that all apples weren't alike; that some were worth money to the outside world and some were not. By sheer luck we happened to have a good many acres of the varieties the Portland man wanted. An old lady, who was a friend of the family, had asked us to plant them, because they were the kinds she liked.' "That's the way the pioneers learn things. After they've dug and sprayed and slaved for seven years they suddenly find that half their crop is no good. "The next step was equally clumsy. 'We found,' continued Olwell. 'that the yellow apples were being shipped to London. And after that coast jobber had bought from us for two or three years, raising his price 5 cents or so a year, I thought I'd see for myself what my apples were worth to the outside world. "'Just to show you how shut in we were--we didn't know anything in London except the London Times. I expect everybody knows that. So I wrote the London Times asking them to tell me the name of a reputable English fruit concern. And when I get their answer, I ship two carloads of Newtown pippins, leaving them to make their own price.' "The 'pioneer's' face is wreathed in a slow smile for a moment or two. He is amused at the memory of his amazing inexperience. "'When the cable comes it names the price for those two carloads in pounds, shillings and pence. I take it down to our little bank to have it translated, but the figure is so large in dollars that I don't believe it. When the London draft comes along, though, I am convinced. I find that for my 90-cent apples they're willing to pay me $3 a box in London.' "This is the dramatic climax to the story. The industry which men scorned and of which every simple rule had to be 'dug out by hand,' had proved itself a brilliant commercial success. The long fight was won. "It is such battles as that which John D. Olwell 'put through' that has made the United States what it is today. Unheralded, unrecorded, such triumphs have been scored all over the millions of square miles in east, west, north and south. "We all know this in a general way. But mostly we think of it as something that was done in the days of our grandfathers. It gives its own little shock of surprise whenever chance brings home to us the fact that the work of the pioneer in America is by no manner of means finished." Medford Mail Tribune, March 8, 1911, page 4 OLWELLS RETURN FROM LONG JOURNEY
Mr.
and Mrs. John D. Olwell have returned from their journey which included
a tour of the eastern states, going by the northern and returning by
the southern route and spending several weeks in California. They left
here during the holiday season and had been traveling and enjoying
themselves by sightseeing ever since.
As the original "live wire" to make Rogue River fruit famous by his record shipments to New York and London, Mr. Olwell received distinguished attention during their travels which gave him unusual opportunities to say many a good word for Medford which he never overlooked an opportunity to do. They were delighted to get back to this place which they declare to be the finest city in the finest climate that they saw on their extensive journey. Medford Sun, April 7, 1911, page 1
Among the fruit growers and shippers here is John D. Olwell,
who has 400 acres of pears and apples in bearing. He is one of the
oldest growers of this section, having been here 25 years. He says
prospects for fruit are good. Mr. Olwell also sells fruit land on easy
terms.
JOHN D. OLWELL WILL MOVE TO NEW
HOTEL
John D. Olwell will occupy offices in the new Medford
Hotel building and plans to move his office equipment in about two
weeks.
A modern and up-to-date real estate office, perfect in every detail, will be installed in the room west of the main entrance of the hotel. The Olwell real estate force has occupied their present quarters in the Parker Building only a few months, the exhibit building now occupied by the Chamber of Commerce having been built and occupied by Mr. Olwell for several years. Mr. Olwell built the first exhibit building showing specimens of the products of the district on the Pacific coast, and his scheme was followed by chambers of commerce and railroads throughout the country. Medford Sun, August 27, 1911, page 4 OLWELL WITH FRUIT COMPANY
John D. Olwell of this city, one of the pioneer orchardmen of southern
Oregon, who shipped the first car of fruit across the Atlantic from the
Northwest, has accepted a position with the Stewart Fruit Company of
San Francisco and will travel and purchase fruit for that firm. Mr.
Olwell will retain his real estate office in the city, however.
Mr. Olwell will make his headquarters in San Francisco during the summer months and in Los Angeles during the winter. He will interest people in the Rogue River Valley as far as possible. Medford Mail Tribune, May 3, 1912, page 6 OLWELL HERE WITH LARGE PARTY
FRIENDS
John
D. Olwell, formerly of this city but now of San Francisco, is in
Medford with a large party of friends who are looking over the valley
with a view of investing.
Excerpt, Medford Mail Tribune, March 6, 1913, page 1 SNOWY BUTTE ORCHARD.
I
purchased the Snowy Butte Orchard at Central Point in November, 1904. I
was warned after purchase by the former owners, Olwell and Sons, that
pears were "not the thing," but that apples must be depended upon as
the source of the orchard revenue. F. H. Page, of Page & Son,
Portland, commission men, also told me that there was no market for
Winter Nelis pears except in Chicago and Cincinnati. Mr. Day of Sgobel
& Day advised me never to ship to New York as there was no sale for
"gum crushers," as he styled them. I have less than 16 acres of Winter
Nelis pears.
In 1905 the pear crop was caught by frost, only one car being marketed. These brought $2 a box. In 1906 W. N. White, the New York fruit broker, contracted for five cars at $2 a box f.o.b. orchard. As he was not in the city when the draft arrived to pay for the cars, they were turned over on consignment to Rae & Hatfield, who realized me $1.90 a box at the orchard. The crop totaled 12 cars. The balance was sold in New York and London and averaged me about the same, $1.90 net. In 1907 Rae & Hatfield purchased the entire crop, 7,300 boxes, at $2.50 net f.o.b. orchard. In 1908 the crop was light on account of frost. In 1909 I marketed 7,000 boxes at $2.25 a box net f.o.b. orchard. In 1910 the crop of 6,000 boxes sold for $1.87½ f.o.b. orchard. In 1911 I marketed 1,287 boxes at $2.12½ f.o.b. orchard. In 1912 the crop of 7,487 boxes of pears netted $14,385, the Winter Nelis selling at $1.87½. In 1913 I sold 7500 boxes of five- and six-tier Winter Nelis, the former at $2.25 a box f.o.b. orchard, and 500 boxes of second grade. In addition to the pears I have annually turned off hogs, barley and other crops at a considerable value. (signed) F. H. Hopkins
Medford Mail Tribune, January 1, 1914, page D8
John D. Olwell, of Seattle, for[merly a real estate agent] in the valley, is enjoying a visit of two days in this city while en route to New York on business. Mr. Olwell devoted the energies of his boyhood to life in this valley, in early days being associated with the conduct of the flour mill at Phoenix, then known as Gasburg. His many friends here are glad to learn that he is prosperous in his Seattle business, although he confesses that Seattle has been a rather dull business center for a year or so. "Local and Personal," Medford Mail Tribune, February 24, 1916, page 2 JOHN OLWELL, A BOOM DAY FIGURE,
TO FINAL REWARD
John
D. Olwell, a picturesque and aggressive leader of the city in the "boom
days," and a pioneer of the fruit industry in the Rogue River Valley,
died in a sanitarium today at Oakland, Calif., following a long
illness, according to word received by Mrs. J. F. Reddy. He was about
65 years of age. In his time he was one of the best-known men of
southern Oregon, and well known and remembered by scores of older
residents.
Olwell spent his early boyhood and young manhood in the valley, moving here with his parents from the East. With his father, for a number of years he operated a flour mill at Phoenix. Later, his father planted what is known as Snowy Butte Orchards, near Central Point. He was one of a family of four brothers and three sisters. Olwell was a practical orchardist, and well acquainted with land in Jackson County. He figured in many of the large orchard deals consummated in 1910 and 1911, when engaged in the realty business. At one time he was associated with William M. Holmes, and later with J. E. (Mose) Barkdull. He was a genial, free-handed man and untiring worker in his field. About twenty years ago he moved to New York City, where he engaged in the brokerage and promotion business. Later he moved to Florida, and when his health broke moved to California. He has been failing for four years. He is survived by his wife, Ina Ray Olwell, relatives and a large circle of friends. He enjoyed a wide acquaintance on the Pacific Coast. Funeral arrangements have not been definitely decided upon, but it is understood he will be brought here for the final rites and interment. Medford Mail Tribune, October 1, 1931, page 2 Last revised May 18, 2012 |
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