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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1911)
miiiimlifi iu ilW)Ml'JW' ..MiAliliMftytAit 'JbluBu&B, abspsSKft. o n rcacto.. ste tut,, JAftuAity .i .' i m 1 . Ti " TKe WtlMd.Conimgfdai Club, its History and Objects By Charles A Malboeuf 4 !"v w- , A fc. a ,l Sf - J c J V fcMaa.Pfc.-w- When onju hIiijh to rellt-cl iliuli (lit) hlnillliif,' eliiiiigcHJliut )Ilv6s (iikuii ))lai; 111 Modfuidjluiing llmjmst five Tears ilful 'icnfifces lliti causes Hint liinuuhl tliiliti about, llltl llllllll iillllH ilnitlf aliiuml beyond Ihu power ol iciisoiinblu belief, It Ik itiiHy enough lit wvluw llm stonily gidwlh n ,11 city limn 1 7111 in HKIO peoplo In It'" 1 joins, but In i.'oiiipiohond (hut III piti- ,iiqut in I lull liicutusu took pluco ill no more, limn -18 mouths iim'hciiih a problem ol initio set lolls diflloully. Il whs Hot, thmbfoio, Ilio energy vl Out ducmhi IhhI mini Mini lil'inil Mn.l. Jolif frpiu fifteenth to fillli in dm i. ii n '. .i i . KIIIK 01 WlCgtlUri progiessivo CHIOS, liilil Juekspn i'lulii ftovotilh lo liltli 1)1 flor lift of O.lllllltitlK. llllt till) lUrtlllt ((I illOHO -IH UUIIltllH of ilotoiiniiiullo.i, Intelligence ami unpninlhilcd colli i- iIimiiiii mi llm mill ii lllu iii.lli'ii iillt. xoliti, flint unci!, ttu given croiliL fur tlii! splendid shoving iiiiulu liy Med foul, not only for Itself. hut for the nlioln of Jiicknoii county, whoso In tl'K'&lfi ll'(l HO clonl'ly flllll illUXllll, Olilv iliicrwiivmi with mid ilcitondcnt iiiioii lllo, of her uoiiilcrful itiftrop ollo. , Mcdfjyll hud, In Will, iniiili) Inn iiuju prugiuqn muni mo cuiihii oi liiOII cow. Il,r n Hiiulntloii ol 1 70 1 K'o)li. for lit Unit tlino not to oxi-ood JUUtJ pn'opti claimed uillruuship Iniro. Tliit wiih inilci'il a ruvoiillliU In i'Iiihu of lenH Hunt II iicrcufit a 31'iu bat .Mtulfuiil, llko ninny ntlu'i o.' Jl)V(in'l I'llll'H, WltM uiiii'iK tl" Mi'tMt of lotlinr.N Hint wan Ao nuk'l. illhturtiril H)icn tlio inviHo'iiluu buiul of (IcVL-loniiiLMil ftntillv fcliilLml inio tliiiliMil yn.t kIiuUmI to Ituilil cnipir-J iiiiiiimiiiiiii mi iioiiiiumi;iii hiuii'h it Mm Padlli' coat,!. Hcn ii UIO'i. wjllj Ho) trijiiiuiiiliiuK liiiH't(i,H tliai n! ol uK2ili'i 'uun)iu fell jih 11 ri'nitll or iblt IfOtvli aiul Clark fair at Port Jauil. uo inoiu ilnin 'JUII ailililioii.il hoirtfj loplcil In .Mi'ill'vul. 'n,t!. ' JiJHtury of iiiutiopuliUia .Mnll'nitl, tbu jcboni city ol ontlieni Orcpta. ilaU' frtittt 1H0.. ami in lli.it year lliy iffu:tivv work of the Mc I fi'il J oiuiiiorlal ejalit .'muiiuciicciJ .Much count lie xaiil in tlctnii of wit.it il lili" ilonc hliico tile ilnlJwiif ilx or uanlJ'.iiiriiji, but, uirjiNiirvil ty t)w r. iilj UimJ 11 ni mi ajtliari'iit on Dyvu .-lilc loility. it may wll liu iloubkil ulictliiM' any coiilau'rcSnl iiNMii'lation riiu'iiycil in llic woilc of iiilnlliliuK i;lR or. ciiuuauuilii'M, u ever pnr nlleieil llm .record uiiulu by our liome t 1oiU KtillifuU hlioit of hiipreuio vt 1 forll illrecieif moiiuli)v4rvli)r'llii"' Of jjl lllrMIM'h, coulil lllUVd lllolll- cil utlg tiliiiitc tincli a niullllinle f i,'ouililion ik Uie )tcopii of McnTord xutiPefH with ilio piihhiiii; of 11110. ttliiiil tlnu Miuyhiiiu of initsporic, The Library V Ho- iniinv of tint citizens of .Med fiird tire iliturcs(ed in Ihu ulfiin ol Iho. jtubllf! library Ale you? U increase of patrouagu is any iudica lion, the) 11 is no dotiht it jit tttu( in fi'ht. iiereip;inK rapidly, 0ue ji'iH ago, there woj- 100" drawing hooks, today Ifttll enjoy thai priu hyti!jnakiap; all it vertigo. Iiii'iciihu ol 12 per jfji.oiltli, , Kutni) vX)ilitfi'atioll of 1 1 t imy be found iu Iho pew iud attracliyi) books offered and the r"hihl i1l'h-iiNu lit iti;pulation, I'om pitsod lal-gely of ciLilctii pepjtlo tu cusloincd, to lining thu public libnn. iih';a matter of course, If wu are to itldeh bv vi'ilnntiiiv sillihin-itiliini. th'-ro iH,,iiotllliig to bo hlild, TlnJn- navij oi'i'ti none, For tlm benofil of jmwcinayr.s, J"HVIS UWH Voma,xmi)Rjo hnd.it eomnlrlo in nil lilies, a few wolds on tlia history of iho. iustitii- itl llllivllf) Lit tl (llllllll ill 1 A fV.i 1,1,1 of fmvjliR. il publju Jilifaiy was ciu Kmfd ,ll!W .tm,'ri . 'IWi .August. 11107, wlii'ii (iui Oregon library Com- 1 uushiou sold, Mrs. KidiR-r, lu-it. Mr-, lviilder .prusouleil bur p eh to the 1 ii4 V,"N 1 It "x to thu Cpimuureut club and was pro- mlslnl Ihcir hiipoil. The question, aske'd( iJtfJj', was Rkj fintihelUI or iiif!tliKJUur Ms, .Klihlor again y'Jlr, en iMuiiioni, met (liu ureuler JMciliortl ch1l mid It was decided to slaft tile HfiftU.-" ' ' ' ' ' In Iicembur (Ho lintyor alul eouiit !'lU,tfferf'''.l Mi Mt Jiu' jUMMHt)l room for thu llhruVy, whlcjt ,wlis mj- Hliirl.od .wljh ,rj00 voIuiuh lyont a.t.uh scrmtioii llliriii'i' ni . iliuHn'o 11 H.'ViKv7il vl"rt,i k'v"" ro; -Ji IN-: o, iiiioiu iwu voitims donated iy Heyejul oUnu;s und.llm sum of $(J0l rniyd , tljro.tigh vliio uh'orlh pf t)m (Jri'lildr. M"edfiM'tl elub, bfy socuring , Htibsoriptloiin l'rota jbo husjiies m'en, Ijltlifivojoiior.dol'H aiul club luumhiiw. Mr. Hiddiydviii? il)olul)(l lib'avjjtn for omt( yepy, III MliyiliNllOHlliero wijH appoiltt i( J.V lll.A.'iy(r(a. Ilbljiyy Milliter 11II10 liioiiibOfs, upon, vhoin, jy( s(alo '".V;- lv .l,,IH'WJ. ,(ll fli.v int iim p( islbllily of nmnugiilg mn' dlreqU iij'g lliojiuslliess (A' w Hilary. The 'tev.!irl'j tot Ilbrtrf Jiodhl av(i-o Mefsrs ,1. l- lleddy, W, I, .I'M AliilrowH, U Paul 'i'liaiss, V, K, l!lowlj iim it iiuvylv illtl before. A 111,111 not liu I'i'll, However that cjtinr MiilllilK Willi ittjtppd out lor ilioMD ullo illiili'tloiiii I lnt Miilc of (IiiIIm. lotiiintion In Koiillieru Oicuon. TI10 IiImIoi-.v li.lbJ M'Tlford t'oiiiiaorcliil club Iiiim littt lieeii1ft ifuy ay unlllui Hint oi', lliu lilufdtcdH oL ol)ivh hIiiiI lar tii'KaliixatloiiH lllloiilutiil tlia meat went. Mh coiiihu Iroiu tbo Mtint wan not tiler t unttoiiblud, cbailed ualeiH, Iiiih iunl iU puii oilb of hIoi'iiih, 1T111I llcy liuvo been Myvnto; llm rock-iibltjl clilTh of In liolciicc. am linlilfeieiieu linve nioit; Hutu once threatened the of I'm In ol n-o;;rertH. All tbomi alul A tliouHin.d other facloi-H luul to liu reckoned with and ovurcolue befoie leMpoiihive civillr.iltioli, from every point of the coiiipiiHH, recouuixed and k'uhiioiI III" oii(KruclK'(l, wcleomluc IiiiiiiIk of waitinu opportunity in the Koutie Hlvur valley. It 1 to Hie loyal piul liiU xphitrf (vliot-o farheeiiK o.vch and wniIoiii, never (llauned by Iho ulouils of tk'npaii, never diverging I'toiii their nut courxc, but alwayn linn u (lie rouiideucii of nckhon county., hpleudid lenuiifceri, mid . the city' Hi en t fu tu 1 0, thai tin) full measure of appreciation i due from Iho JO, 000 eilUihiH of Mcdford who ate ci JvyliiK tbli bleitiKX of proepciily ami prowruHH ii litis tiiht day of the now year of JlHl. Medfiird towiiMu J1I01 presented a diffciciit appearaueo Iroiu tint Inint- linj:, well-built vily of 1U1U. To iliosic ol IIH Wild have the privilege of that recollcellou there in notbin M'litiiiu-iiliil in tint pictuic, Il ih true thai the ,un uliouu tin brilliantly .i it doeti today; the Korccoim laud weapo of the valley, uillt ilh iaeoin I'urAltb) siirnliiiiiliiittM, i uonu the leu dimuied, ttvciiiiho of the lack ol hcltlclaoilt, but the iiIIskIiik' influ ;ucd of pittKreH? wiik iiiHliucliveh ilo'llctublc. and the, mlmi wat. iter Imp laons relatively dcprcn.vd K. eatihe of that condition. It wn. ihi otdiaivvy htruuvlliiK eountry tradia IKiiut, iunl uuthiiiu ntore. witliout Any xpeejal featiuetj .eoiuiaendiiiK it oven to t lift notft'o of tint thouitiuidH of tonrifrtt ailuually paiuK tlirotif-lt on tlio traiiirt to and ftiu ("aliforuLt. Thoiv were no slnitepo lines in im nmke-np lo prcdicl wluit the cloie of tle dceade uonltl In in;; forth. 'I'lte iicvvf'ilv for developuieitt wa,iti pitytaled,' however, hv the initio pro lretthive liuhjnuM inlore-tH, tlia piiKj li)jf of the xheat atid hay ertipK wn-, Milder Avjiye'il-'thc'li;, the. forenln ner of the Hill syHtcai hud liijeu con-t-eivfd ill (he hluti'to of I lie Mcdford & Crater bike niilroad, ami (ho mighty power of the rir whh lie iiiirJiarneHf.cilj The imai:iaatUni, too, By Isabel M. Neit Merrick. II, C. Stoddard ami F. W. llolli.i. On (hu ivsiguailou of Chit. . King and Mrs. Stoddard, Joint II Allen and Mrs. Potter .1. Kerf weje appointed (0 take their places, while Mayor Cunon succeeded Mr. lleddy. Mrs. Colvig. look-the place of Mr. Stoddard as librarian and was fol liMveu by t,H. Kmily Janilfy, who lilled (ho (utfttloii vary- iicettptably until Iter resignation last September. Thu board was then fortunate in so- cilnnx Mrs. K. S. Paious, who is (t.cc)tliouuly well iplltlilied lo lilt Ihu posiliou. Al 11 iin-etlng of (Jir Uhrat-y Jtourd ill October, 10(18, t ijts decided to give, a series of dancing parties for the benefit of the library and the Greater Medford elilb wits aijked tu as,si!jt. A ililmbbt:, of patrons .and piitittnesscs went appointed mid six danp6s wuro glvvu, which netted 2l3. . . imeiou filler nleiijods,, h)tvo m employed to rajso pmuoy, among tlicnt four musical ciitettailt iiioii loolurt) by Opic lleudj ,. b1imk,drt,V,.it,lo6k.cltili, uuitftlily pi;o. grams )y tlio (Jreater MuDrd tlub, the publication of ouu ismo of, tlio Mall TriliuiJb and a, soolcly vnudu lJlo ullU'VlllllMllellj wlilftll,. JogoHiv u(lit llie. lnvn'oy received from tlio City, fitiu.'u, tuts amuuutexi to $2200.70, CUtVkaniount Spjijlljll ha's'iliceit, uxpuiuied tor nuwbooNs, tibotltj.fUU0 IJor in,c(16ulhl expenses, Intjludilig, sai'ur of Iho librarian, book $)$, printing, etc., mm iiierii-is pit ,111110.1 H0,l)lin tlejiets(iyy of Ihu Grout Iu Meilfot'd cldb, which yus raised by l)io ltiiblicalion of (hi) AtnU TrjhUhu for. lib bcmol.il o) th,i) lHo'itry,, Ui.l $12.l0 in Ilio Iroiinury of (ho liu'rayy. A,t i ijecant kneeling of lle eiiy ootulcil fi wits dceidtui to allow, (liu Imvi'iiy yiiu-l'ihU of. u mill In llm tax lovy fol- ibtl. T1H v'' M'mt i !H2(l(l,,(fof all ol' Vh'itlli ,o iv iluly gvalufitl. Tim expenses oIMIip li'na iy keup oil llic-caning with the du- munds ii(ule iiuiii jt Sueidoulul lo t(s uiowllj., .The Jjbt'ayy Juts o(lftroyyii K pyusuut'iiuyturs anil now rooms liavu buuu fiiutttrotl iu a new building vhlel ivill 0 Viiady hi Mnrlth, Thero Ihb l-udilin-y. i'odln, whlljli iiJ mi badly 1lM.Ut.l1, wfilWyoMK At iim (Contlmn.il ett I'n'it 3.) - inspired b.y,lio)(', enueily eaolil llm Houml ol I ip approaeluiiu Ituiii or iu iIhhiYv, In l no one dorctl to look foiwlinl lo the couHiimmfitioii ol hiicIi ovciiIh tiff have ninro tiiuiHplr etl. Co-oiienilion, belaled, but In. ally i-'Hlnltllhlieil, did mdrel, iunl m creitlcr liibute to n cIIom, lliroupi the meiliunl of ttiu Conuuercial 0I11I1, could bo iiiadii tint nlo the (net that it wan the pioneer banket, the put fcMhltniul mini 'mid' the bunnies iuku of Mejlfoid, co-woiltiiifx llmih i' iaily lie, with (he mini fioln beyo'id Ihu Hlalo linen of Oiern, who wc lorcmooUiii the rnnl.'H of oiiiiiizn lion, ami who ate today f-troiil. lepiehcntetl in Hh Ituidlii IiiuicIh of piOKroH. The launtimeulul hui'cCmh tf , Coinuieiciiil club in miinil'cht in even corner of JaekHou county toda;. Financially, (he ichiiIIh have been uiKautle. With an expemlililre ol Icm tlniii .f.20,001) in four yen in, property value have iuereahed 28.00(1,001) -over 4.JSUU for every dollar hpenl. To hae caused tlii iuereai of (I.i0 per cent in that (itne called for a titupcudoim effort. Khun a third-rate town in tin; Unfile Kiver viilley, .Mcdford I111H not only iTl valiccd to tin. lirnt place wiiU ovel 10,000 puople at Ihu em1 of lllll), but with 1tn iiiereahe of I(I2 per cvnl in population' in ten yearn, Iiiih made a k'leiiter lelalivu growth than any city 111 Ihu United $tatc, lurpe n Mtinll. have one. Meilford ltiin in creabed more rttpidly than any place in Oraioii, .liiekhon county increase, in greater putMirtiou than mo other county except .Multnomah .Mcdford, now Muinliiit: fifth in point of hire of OrcKon'M cittVN bids j'nii to ttmelt Micoud place in less thai, live, yeai-fi.. In less thati four yeai Jleillotil Iunl done moiii1ck, World' lecolds niu fitday bonie UKmi cver. Ihu lion of iln stalwart bhonliletw. i'i iKtstal receipts, hank dcposiiH, lulc phones, automobile, paved streets cement fiidownlkn, il -ilOO.IlOO wa(c systeitt. ith building oiteratioim fv 1000 and JUKI, its hchool'population all represent yreater incrcm-es iim iiiiphtciacnts hi actual figure tluu (i hy of it, t.ir.0 in the Union And lhe,e aiv facts of record. Il (rcmeiidotiK biisiueH record in 1010 iiivolvinir over fi00 reniilencex am biisiue structure lias lutulv jiu ittiprciiiioii upon ihe demand, am' must be dunlicateiriu 3PH to eei luld its own. without takitm into -CniiRlttentrlOtT the fitill rl'iitCr de maud caused by the greater influx of newcomer;.. And what of the Hoytic Hivur val ley f Worlil-reiiowncil for its uinVn le,-.-i fruits, im muaziitir annual iit- oft I .There U liner Jly fishing iu the llogiiu the year around (ban in any stream iu America. It is naturallv the home of the (tout and salmotn and they exited iu iuuuinorahlo iituuhcr until thu opt-mtious of sein ers, gill-nettcrs and other commet eial lishcnutni during the past few jyears, d depleted their number that extermination was simply a matter of time. To reujedy, the situation, the itogue ricc Fish Pi;(tccliv nssociitlioii was organized mpl eyhtematic efforts to rcstoro the Rlream begun. A bill was Introduced al thu last session of the legislnture. . .ihortciiiug the fishing season, butrdM'yutcd4jiough the ei forts Of the 'lobby maintained by the lUli ipiiliopoly. Thu nssociiitiou, Axhicli comprises the sportsmen and angiitis of South ern. Otegon,. then resorted tu thu iuh tiatlve liipl submit led a bill to the votors of Oivgon at the 1010 election enlitely closing thu Jlojuo river to iWiing; e.ce)l with hook and Hue. The bill pusjjcd.jjy (bo, overwhelmii.g majority of 1(1,200 and i- mw a law. Heaco line angling is expected lo ru- sitlt ju ,tlo,Uoguo and the stivam Aplmdily rcgaip Us. I'olmer glory. Thtt Hogtit' has been aplly deM'iib- oil as 'aim ovorgroun ulountaiii brook:," lK waters are as clear in ciwiil, lbs cityulit. so hwt as lo lit danj(i)iHi aud its nverago wiillh along the favlirUe tishiug groiluds i.'1-om Ul 'M fuel, It is full, of imscnijus, lij'tjps .uilil cildies, Hurt and thorn aru deep, ouiet pooIm whosi it batiks t'tl-u linl'd with vurduro mi-l how mid again a shallow ford that tmu ho wiulq.u ,t t mill in liiivr 'f4iw 11&U blf vl- rie(ies, thu rainbow or steemnid nud tliit jUiltHitpat, Tlio''iml-.throM as-c Cruei ,l'ixpi it poiid to twtf jtoihitU'', 'i'....,.i ;.. 11. . w.. ...... ......x,iv i .. .... tllougli occttsionully oauglil three and foiii-'poiluds in w;eighl.( 1( js a yorn (iIohh fet-dlil' hud .fittik'es and fights Imr'd, litis whitb iiieal luul ouu of the finest tluvorgd fish known. Rain bow ijru ciuiht from a pound to ton turn nw(ii ,l'moy weigai, ttte aver age being l'ivji pounds, anil usually good (for hlf an hour's haril battle. .Pjtuidii live of thu luvgar fish Imbkpd Is luntleil, and tlit'ii, only nl jvr iepeatad dilslies, throli llm va tgr and frequent sonuirsaults iu $ nil inly .one of which may snap tlio .IdioXlo prpiv Iposu ,(lm ily hUvo .July, Angusl, Septembiu and Oe tohtu 1110 thu host months for ruin r,, jh WiMilAM M COLVIO. Whose eJToits along pntgreasivc linen 011 belmy. 01 las wiucv ajiU city have won ,fiit- him lame throUuhuiit Ihe entire norjlu-e-t. Mv. Uoivic Js one of.MedfoidV niust, nwpcctfil cit- j?.ciiHt M-Juvf been president of the Lomtnerciai emit uircc yeai for frcsli .fruit in the history of mu'rk'V b; receicd bv Kogu'u river uroworc Sujipwaev inv every yc1ii billoii or "f'iirheri we have been -eprescti((!.d;ijjbo Iloguc liner, valley iiittu'stiiinbly, lit Ik- the largest, and irealest ait, belt at the woild in 'e- than len'e.-'r.. an array of Tig-irc-, rcjnx'-eitliiiK constanllV. in reiiHiiig itiicvK each year that uv: without iKtrillcl in uiiv other cojti nuaily, mul jci the settlement of ttir litydrf ih' onh 111 Us lafancyj the 'lighi'st type of, cihren-lnp 0-otttCv-TVHjnte uijdifferntory in the Uaiuc cprvciiicU-StkArt; owiicr-Itip iif oar ainU. ni'il the srinwinu or our ffuttrf. he most idodcri lype nt reidehees ilirotuihout 111" i-'itirc dii-lrtet, 1111 tntu'int'iil, higher civUiK.'1'ntfi, coii--tantly )jei(ered -oi,i1iIiohn. , bctlf, ojtds Silnl Irii-p-titiition facilities - all (he-c. and mole, aie only o.trt ?f -wluitll Commercial club of lcdlord1iiijoiia1it liboul.. , The niilrotyffmyfij of. Snuthery Oregon ll!f Tlunlpcdr bccafle of this ecnScJe'SjS mud" itilejligeiit effort made by tlio.t who JIul undying fiiith In MeilHtrd's grcti hiltt're, and Ihe tin 'tiense rc-onrio of her Niirrouiuliiiu territory. Tl,pnceet-ilv of iailwa FISrllNG 10-poiiuil StycJIieail (ltalultow) '".'rout, :i- Inches long, caught 011 No. l fly (shown lu mouth), vWth O-oiiiii'o tod, iu Roguo i-lycr, iTcae in ftlaliting. rcitresentilig over oO.OOO iiei'Cs-Uii four ycarand ajthm ss only the iluelem) to the dc Pttal of new .orchards c( outfof oyer velopment that is J sore for Jnek- 70 Ollll ,i..r,.J'h tit,. Nin-i'iH'fcinr' nf Mill COIllltV ItV tllL" IIltt"i- llUtlll of 1011. Tliu'inglul prices ever, paid transporlntion. -J. rt U ( . . r SfSI ' iSK SmBsOL 4r "itti jffffr E ' iPff'v"'1 'wlw " ' V" fe,ji -- "t" IBr "ffffffffgMi4 l fff2"fffffffffffffffffffr- , fPm9HMKl fffffffffffrl1 A,r BSflblK t n"C "fffffffffflv - vl . ffffffffBi'ii. fffffftfQjyt ' fffffffffffr fH 3Ni 1 BfffffffffffPftr'ff 'trausHtrlatioii between .Mcdford mid Ihe inexhaustible weulth of timber Hliimlinjr at Kk buck door, was stiouor lliiiu any oilier factor inci dent to sonml development, jiild the filial 'jdveut ol the Hill interest into lln' field wtin one of the i:rowt tinr cvciiIh of'.thc elub'a great worK tu stamp of recognition of Jackson r'ouutv's ii'oilrccful iiswctM ix inoitf nowcrliil turn? Ihe fad that Amcr tca'w greatest em pirn builder " pending millions- of dollars in tin' const ruction o'f a standard rnilwm linn IMwcjl Mcdford and (he C'o luiabia river, t')i() miles ditant. Al ready .'12 milcrt have bceij completed, piercing 8,000.000,000 feet ol lim ber, ami aile from the attraction of this and oilier ciionnou tonnage, (lip line will be one of (he mot acenic 011 the confinuitU In no case in ll annals of railway building is thtic 1 a parallel cane to tilui, where 11 , transcontinental line, in order to so cute 'a Hint logic hold in any terri- Inri. Iinw i-riMili-il tin. tircci'ib'lil it' tartinsr conhtmctioii luiiidreiU f mVH from it nearest base. The .j,r.j,ltr cvc ( ,jJlinc j. Hill, (he pnstntastcr of cololiizaSion. looked thnniah imtenetrnble cniiyou ,nu.it. WUhiCH (U1,i lofty 'aioimtriiu n,.M.M into (hi nmmiWed land, and started to build backward1. And yet I'criniiit offitrt infil sin-rificf Imvi! marked (he loyalty iL,l,e- 'nembei-s of the Coitimereial club from th date of its organization. It fa safe to sav that no city in (he great coun try west of the Rocky- mountain has been more loyally, supported bv those haviutr the xcal inlciit- -l their I'oiainuniiy at heart than the Coitimereial elnb of Mcdford ban. and thal-hiipport has never been unanimous by any means. From th very htart iis work luia been directed tionn the proper lineti. It waited to be sure before undcrtHkiiig the work :f co!oitir.ation. bill its deluy wnt ilr Micee. Advertising methods wcie crude iu 100," they were far .more eriidu in 1002, when the transporta tion line-, in Oregon inaugurate their first eampalKii of immigration. The initial efforlh of Mcdford, at tlu cMteasc of a few citizen', of the town, were ueeeK-ful. HesttlK werp almost instantaneous, bat with tint advent, of thejaori; commonly, adopt ed method-, "of modern work, Mcilforl came to the front, anil has never dropped lo -ecotd plate. Its adver tisim: pamphlets have uevr been duplicated by nity other commitnity in beauty, in practicability or indiu- bow fisliin", lay. June and July for cut-throat. Trout can be taken v,ith a fly uverv month iu (he year, if the conditions are right, and the Rogue i the only stream on the const, and probably in, America, where thW holds true. Salmon abound in thcRogue. In the summer and fall tlio royal chl 1100k take Iho s'toon readily and oc casionally the fly, "Jack salmon," a stunted male chiiiook, weighing fuuu one to live pounds, take the ily readily and make a good fight. Tu the lute fall and winter month there are plenty of silversido salmon, which tako the spoon, but not the fl.v. - " 'Hojies. Medford i rapidly becoming a eity of beautiful, 'tomes. With the growth ot tlio eity bus eomu a great improvement iu architectural design and finish. As tlio now wator sys tem is neuriug completion, insurmj, 1111 abimdancu of Hfii-giving moist ure, green, lnwuK,. shade trees tine shrubbery tire, replueuig the. parched yards of tho village era. Stately mansions, ,iit!qlurcuuc bungalows mul cozy uollitgu are KiuK nl "s by magic in nil parts of the city. Medford Is a homo cily, whore the majority of residents own then homos. Flats, tenements mid apart ment houses tho-o demoralizers u tho home, ate is yet unknown. Nu merous new additions that have boon placed on the market at easy terms, hove gone like hot cakes, rendering it cheaper to buy and build than to pay rent. The finest of water systems, the, best of sower Ys(ems, tho miles of paved sheets, ttleutriu lights and al) modern conveniences, her progres sive, cultured people, thu motropoK itau and cosmopolitan chnrautor of tho plae6, combined with a most de- lightful ulimute and thu most picturs esjito of scenery, mako Medford sought nmolig cities as an ideal pltlco for a home. Tho residents of Medford have not been content with tho ordinary in; their dwelling house.-.. Thoy have liuildciMn accord with tho natural building sites fouuil 011 every hand, and the modern residences -some of a stately colonial stylo, Mtmo tho modem mul convenient bungalow house an (Mievgello, money spending people. iiiitc icsiiltw. The Mcdford booklet of 1010 is the Htalidnrd of excel lence throughout the United BtnkM. It is eagerly Hought for by every tig ricultural mid horticultural schoul mid college. The btiHinesh man o Ihe financier in ivilliyg io drop hid affairs and come to the Itogiie Itiver valley for ttcrt4oual investigation, bccaiiHc of (he al(ractiveiies of (la- work and its demonstrative (pmlilies, .Mcdford known-today as the best udvcrtincd city iu the west, ami it U known as such throughout the great Htalcs of (he cnf. Ncwpapcr and iitagaziucrt ol national fame send their writer to the Iloguc Itiver val lev, because of ils great renown, and he availability of more human in terest Morieri here than can be found iu any part of the United Stale, not excepting California, the hitherto Mecca ofthe poet and the acribc. Medlord today i receiving mbie wideHpn-ad publicity than any city jii the Pacific cotiht. Conditions javc changed greater since 1005 nml iiicc H?0sr in the ndvertibing meth ods which Imvis now rea'ched iui ex tert stage not dreamed of in the days of the Lewi and? Clark fair, and the changes in 1911 over llie methods, of J 010 will be, still more fetartllug. Evcry community in Ore gon alone, and (here arc oyer 123 of them, arc flooding (he country with their slatwlics of progrc-s and of otKrlmiity. Millions upon mil lions of dollars have been expended throughout the west during (he past eight yeurs upon advertising inaitci', and tits expeuuituru will continue perhapn. at a greater ratio.. But the whole Union has been satiated b pea and pictorial description lit' tit" allurements offered iu the greal ter ritories of the Louisiana purchase Facte, anil wcll-Hubslautiaicd ours arc to be the more effective mean of attracliuir j-etUcincnt iu the bc ond decade pf the 20th century. Un ceasing activity, alertness and con stunt, coitfecicntious, intelligent of fort must' be made by each commtilt ily that hoH to secure its proper allotment of the tremendous flow of civilization which wilL move town i the promised hinds of the setting bim duriiiL' the next five years, mid lit tpimber inconceivable in our itiiuds today, after the completion of the Panama canal. Mcdford will be found in the front rank of approved methods) iu the work that it has be fore it.. The .iltoguc, , Kiver. valley 'iiiutit 'be populufed, aiul thickly pop ulated, to uphold Medford's suprem acy in the territory designed by. na ture irs its commercial radius. T. insure that iwpulatiou the efforts of preceding years will be insignifi Dairying Conditions By E. G. Caddis In presenting tho conditions and opportualtles that exist, relative to dairying in southern. Oregon. It is not tho Intention ot the writer to "paint with rosy hue" the results which have been attained in that line, but rather, to present the possibilities of this important Ifne ot business to those who might bo Interested, and at tho saaio time give a few fuels and figures as to tho income per cow, that has been received by dnlrymeu ot the Rogue river valley, Tho cou'ditlous existing at tho pres ent tlmo on-to the procuring of laud Uiitublo for dairy purposes arc such that, it would bo necessary for tho piospectlvo dairyman to seek a locu tion, not In closo proximity to Med ford, but rathor la tlia outlyiug sec tions wlthla a 5 to 25 mile radius 3f our city; at (ho panic tlmo being sure to locate near oao of tho nuiin county highways, so tho question of getting their products to market Would not bo difficult to solve, as our roads are easy to travel fully eight months out of the Vi, and the tlmo, Is fact approaching when thoy will bo excellent roads tho year round. While thu land 'In tho luuncdiatu vlpiulty o,f Medford is very fertHo! and uieieiore would 00 wen auapiou to ..dairying, thcbii lands are being Mtillkcd tor (lib upplo and pour orch ards, for which ,th,Q n,pguu river va,1 ley. Is fameus: consequently, tho value of such lauds liaye go(lua fat) nbo'vo the piicu that would make llien lit'Ofltiiblb for tho purpose, of dairying. , k , It is true that our retail milk deal-. urs havb their dailies, near the Uy ui't pvon in taoso cases tao majority pf , thorn find it qfieapr tu kqep. thc,lr cows on a cheap tract ot hind, and buy thoJr hay aiul grain for foods, lug purposes, rather tltitu have suy-t oral hundred dollars per aero tied up In a ranch for the purpose of, rulsing alfnjfa for their stock, Thore aro.two largo herds of milch, cows and numuipus small herds taut) furlnsh the. dally milk and cream, supply for tho pity -of MeUrord, and tho number of. cqqwh la thosu herds Will total aovara lu-tujrod. , , Wp.havo a uumbor of small yul- Joya adjacent to tho Itogup river val-j toy wnoru 1110 priev 01 ni m cant in oompariuoii, with what mtuit he accomplished, l-u-ii Ihu git-.tt (rausportatioii lilies fuiHtgnixc thu exigency of the Uuu(oiir and their campaigns for 11)11 will bo thu grc.itcs't and mosl expensive on rec ord. Effective work of the niudm'n commercial club Iiiih been likened lo the insurance agency of prosperity. .Surely this (ins bcoii trho in McjlfmJ. The wholu history of Its effort has been one of coustilntly uicrcasirg value to the commiiaity. At Do tlino has the voice of advorsilv hccii-hcii d hi the laud of the Iloguc river since the advancing engine of progress started on iln course Icsm tliati hull' a decade since. The upbiiilding n Mcdford and Jackson county li.u been upon the iiuasHailable linen of iudtnnciit mid implicit confidence, t no time hiw there been a boom in Southen) Oregon. Forluno"s smillrg face of promise may have beennl luring at times, bnl (ho steitdfu-t work of man throughout these IW years of creative effort !ms bciM unchanging. The future of "Vfetlford and uck soli county ih latgt-ly n we rthape '. The golden rnyt of prosperity wej'o hqycr m rniliant as they arc totm-yv The worlaf modtnt .Hcttlemvul will take years to accomplish, iitnl cntei priscK under w'ay must he carriril to. compleliitfi. OpMjHuiiitie for Jii vestincut have uo( at any time id Medfordh hlsbiry been as pmititiv as how. Confidence, liiloved by cowr liendeil jujlgiiicji1, R wupreme tvjiIi our locai capitalists and tlio new comer is inspired theicby. The vol ume of incoming itopulatiou is ex pected to be the greatest 011 rceorijl 1011. Hat the spijjt of eo-operu-lioiiynust pVcvail. The woik f pub licity and advertising effore mut nolfccal at npy cot-t. It has been the'reator of prosperity. f ntz reasand of Kuprcmacy in the Rogue River valley, and by the saihe means (ho.-c coiulitiotM wi)l,.surcly continue. Hvcry man, woman rtud child iu Jackson county U enjoying the bene fit of what the fcv have doiftj hcio in thepast .five ycam; Kvcry cle nicnt of trade, from Ihe banker, tlio capitalist to the unskilled labotiug man ha-s, felt (hi; effect of that work. The commercial interest! of Mcd ford rciiiire the Mtpport of all. Without it Iho Commercial clpli can not hope to maintain its reat cf fcclivpe,S3 of tlie.pabt.,. TJte t-eoitu of its work niust be greater iu order lo nttain greater results. Given that support, the confidence of the peo ple and the wheels of progress' w,l revolve faster than ever iu .South ern Oregon. In keeping with tho prices ot land that is used for dairy purposes, which are excellent places for tho building up of a good dairy business from tho standpoint ot selling creani"to tho creameries and It Is to tltcso sections that we must devote our ef forts toward increasing tho dairy business ot southern Oregon. Tho Little Applegut.0, Big Apple gate, Little Duttc. Big Butte, Ante lope, Sams valloy and Upper Itoguo river valleys, should provo Interest ing to the prospectlvo purchasers of dairy farms, as the ranches Iu thesu sections will produce alaflfa atid corn Iu abundance,, as a largo percentage of them aro Irrigated from tho waters ot the crecka adjoining thorn, thus assuring the owners. of largo crops of excellent feed for tho cow. It will bo Interesting to tho dairy man ot the cast and mlddlo west to know that tho lauds ot thcs.e valleys produce theso varieties of feed, for thoy realize tho value ot alfalfa as a part of the ration for tho cow, also tho valuo of green corn for maKlng Into ensilage to provldo tho cow with a good bticculoiit food during tho tlmo of year when thoy find Uin greatest need for It,, Anothor recommend for these va Ies, from (ho dairyman's standpoint, Is tho eloqencsa. In a groat many lit" Btances, of outside range, which could bo. utilized fcr early spring pas ture at Just Iho tlmo whou the cpw would need buUil'ng up aftf-bOr 1 hJng waller's wort. Thoro la n limited amvuat of dairying betng carried 011 In thane soptloris at H19 present time, Ijutonly on a .snittll settle as in a majority "" casw tho dairies do :to exceed 10 or 13 cows to the farm, when thoy could easily handlo three to flya tlmqs that number t , There Is a' growing doinaad In this section for tho practical, dftlrymwii owhig to the dairy busluww iHf, practically new to a large majority of those engaged in It at, lite priu4y time, ami as tlie poptilHtJfln of, our valley lias dqubludiip JfHMi- H.8 agalist a lpss.ln. fiie amo7t tpi&lr llig carried ,ou, MK brQuijht, ' a very utronif demand for all kiudti ot dairy j(prodijoU ind fit f$flw price up 10 h iuuro utai siiohhi w ih ' " ' ' ii.Di, 11 .i (Citntlauod on paw ,) A l t n t isy'j. .