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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1911)
NEW YEAR' S EDITION 1 tf H' it- : i j. i r ' . 'ft. t ORCHARD SECTION I'MKTII YMAlt, feIGATIONOG6C come of fliaftici t? WBB, ome oi iitiv0vwcr f haf wi WaUr Thwa wd 4 cr&tp of (Ily A. I. 8tovr.) IrrlKiUtun In dentin ml to pltty a niOKt Impiirtmil imet In Hid itowinp iiH'iil of ItOKini I'.lvor vnllu), biipply In;: :ifi It (Imch tint nun ilcflcii'ncy Unit now provciitit IiKoiihIvo priiilui'llon ItH lionnflt to tlu iirclianl liulilntr Iiiik In tin iiit Ik'hii mori) or Iohm of ii ilHmlnlilo ipii'Ntlon. .Much hooiI frnlt linn Immiii tiuil lit now IhiIuk nilhcil without IrrlKitllon nnil ynuiit; or oliitrilH n ro IioIiik grown without It nlit, hut hiicI) proiluctloii anil i;rowll on unlrrlHiitf'il litinl Ih at tho mercy of tho Hiitiiinor rnliiH which miiy or tuny not occur In proper hoiihou anil tho hi-arliu: nrcharil or youiiK orchard Juki hot out, iiiiIoi-h uioHt favoralily luciitfil Ik forcoil to Huffor durliiK v (iiiiku HtiuHoiiN liocaiiHo of luHurtlrlout uiolHturo In tho hoII. It In coiiiIiik to ho generally rouciMlt'it that IrrlKatlou In tho hoarltiK oichanl Ih valuahlo lUHiirauio nK"liit 'iop falluio ami that thioiiKh Km uno a heavy ml of fruit may hn nocunul oavh )(ar and tho common practko of thlnuliiK ox coKHlvoly In oritur to hcuuio hIxo ami color Ik wholly unum'i'Hary, That tho joiimk orchard may ho hroiiKlit luio much earllor hcarlni: anil at Idhh oxpiMmo whuro IrilKatlou Ih lined Im alHo holiiK fully iloinnuHtratoil. Wlthr out Irrigation tho younc orchard re- ipilicH iIkIiI or tilno yoaiK to romo Into commurclal hearliiK'. ' TIiIh Ih from tlueo to four yearn longer than Ih leipilred In iiuoh nocIIoiih iih Yaki ma valluy, Wonatchi'o or Hitter Root ii Hoy whuro (ho kiowIiik hdhhoii lit from un to lid ilfiyH iihortor than In Rokiii) Rlvor. valluy. Tho orehanIlHt thoidforo Ih ilohlthiK hlH account with IiIh oichard ))' JuHt that amount or nun. production, anil what Ik more, ho Ih continually forcoil to moot heavy malntuuanco oxpuiitio out of IiIh ciihIi remirvo' that, with IrrlKatlou, would ho offdot hy tho productH or In IoiihIvo Intor-tllhiKo hotweou tho iowh or youiiK oriihurd truoH, An orchard iHt In Hood River valley with tho alii or IiIh Hinall IrrlKatlou utream uiltiod iitiawhiiriiim In IiIh youiiK orchard durliiK ItH five or hIx yearn or early Kiowth, thorohy malutalnlnK lilnuieir and family, tluvolnplnis IiIh propiuty and In many ciihoh paying for IiIh laud ,hy tho tlmo IiIh treoH coino Into liearluK Altliouuli irriKUlinn h ilentiued to lie ol' lnenliiulnlilii value to tlui hum' coiunierelul oicliard, its nrea(et value will refill rcoiiuthe impoilaiil part it wlllpln.V In inakliiK hhk!Iii IIiii Hinall illverHit'ii'il t'rult I'urin of five, leu ami twenty ueren on wliiuh a family nmv nnl I'oml'ortulile llvluu' wliilo lln'li1 youiiK ojeliaril i eomiuL,' Into lieilllllKi '"' i'""u vlileji limy nmy s-hoih'o. u uoml'oi'lnljlu ln- J Medford Tnaoicf refcarcLI r ' ' VtA-i. ' V a pumped onto mi: iBMfe- iiwKIHlTWfiil taa v ; . 1'TWiriiii-n c ti i i in i ill - nir i r inw ninfiiiiMin b .yv;n imi r r nawnn fm ti-i rr"Tnrirfrr "ifff-'-n-i-- . w . i i i hi linn mi mi liiii iViffiiimrTiTnTMr wt vih ir-jaugwfcaBjBt raaawwaMags?iiaig?s.--- i eo6us Kivse cahai. c otrarj?vh3 rtfpoutf the fi-jzPT rap KVErrttu.Ei come Nimplv from (lie pnulitctioii or hiuiill fruitH ami uciiural I'm in nnu iicIh. The one meat need of the Rouuo UiMir allev in the man am his fiipiily who own nnil care for their nmall tract. Four-fifths of thu vullev's aiea lies ilormaut nnil mi pioiluetive hecaiiMi thu dry Minimcr preclude piofituhlu eultivatiou i:i Hinnll areiiH. ThU uilile eloped men eel I led in Miinll. truelw with a family on each muUiiii; a comfurlalilit living will Mihe thu piolilem of our die IiiiiiIk Thu iiuestion of In ner imriim tue iiinIi heiiMUiN in (lie Imer niclinnta would he tiiKou erne of ami the uliuoimul liih cost of liv iiiL' in the Iowiih and in thu couuti would he ledilced liv thu local pro duction of commodities that can iiov lie hud only at hitfli cost -with fieiuhl ndded. The iiiouey that now I'loWh out of tint valluy for Initter, euuH, hiieon, hum, M'Keluliles mid coiiutlcMH other eouuuoditiiw hIiouUI he Kept in local circulation. Throuuh the medium of the small imputed !'n i m this will he accomplished. In some KcetionH of (lie vallo.y ir riuulion Iiiih Iiooii employed for years, ".SlriiiKlown," near Phoenix, in n sjilendid illustration of whit wider will do in, tho development of the highly eullivateil faun of u few nurert. This men hus for veart. de pended iipuii thu niejit flow of the I'hoeniv mill ditch, which thu usum weie kivoii in exehniiKe for labor hlient in eleauiiiKout tho ditch mid lu'epiui: i in repair. Many me the htories of fabulous production tliul eouiu fi iiu this locality, Thu ranches alomr Utile Hullo cioelc have boon irrimiled for years, and so- highly is water in lliul section valued that only thiouuh tho medium of tho state hoari of control was seiions lllimi- lion over wuler vinlitrt prevented, Mmiy i! Ihe noted oicliiird of I lie vplluy have been irriKnloil for n'louji b U .il V C". .IHT .. A V-AHKf M -VHHBMH. .f Mr IllJt.t r.M. HLnMPVmH1HIV.TIMWmaMII UJUT J l MJgT)Jft)UI)T mMBMEm WWrni' MlmBfBmzB&fir ft - mMC - ibbh ' i it. iimmmsadm.. . , mjmBm, i y j honed thu (lore orchard, south ol .Mmlford; the Randall orchard', near Taluut; the A. I). Holms orehaid, south of Ashluud; thu Tronsou & ,! titltriu orchard, near Kuglu Point, mid ntiiuy others. Thu ItuKiio llivcr Kloetrio company is devclopinu' mi orchard tract of about 1100 aeies near Tolo with wa ter, secured fioni mi eleotrieally driven puuipiui; plant, located at its power hoiiso at Oold Ray. Thu wa ter is forced throupjt mi iiiiduiKroiiutl liipu for a distance of ouu mile und conveyed to the hiuhosl points of the lauds hoin irrigated, NYliorever u small source of wA ler supply is available, it is beiu put (n use. The Iar;ur pail of thu valley, howuver, beuausu of thu dif ficult and expensive construction in volved, has been without a water supply, mid such development as has taken place bus huep accomplished without irrigation. The i'iisl effort to provide a wa ter supply for the valluv as a whole way inmiKiirutcd about eiejit .Veins uro by tlio l''Mi Lake Water om piiny. Their plans uinbraecd the di version of water from Little Rntto meek and the stnrnuo of thu run-ofl of alonnt Mchmiuhliu in FUh and Vour Milo lakes. This companv coiiHlrueted 10 miles of main canal mid succeeded in bringing water into tho north end of tho valley, but diffiuult ooiiHti'iietion and apathy on the part of lnuilowiuu-H in tho mat tor of purehnHinj water rights pre vented tho further development of tho project that held tho key (o tho Irrigation of Ihe entire vnlley, Af ter lviug iiractieallv dormant for "six years, the popfiibllities of this pro ject, through Ihe erforls of Fred K Ciuutuings, were Im ought to the at- eijtion of Palriek Yelsh,v the mil ioiinlfo' conlinctor, hud K. K,Jvil OV4A79I'1CTWRi7XU)fSKJHULLV I iArTTITBiWlirlHBPIBWJIJPlSiflt ?.. I purttiil, atiumtc wlucli may lio nicii-'iniiiiiiL' mid irriuulion oporator, lmlh Ifl SS'hkmmbBmWmnBSISmMSS' II Mail Tribune OttKOON. KUNIMVi JANUAKY , IQJl. of Spokane, vvho-e e"perienecrf with thu irrigation development ol tlu SHikauo vnlley, fitted them to loie see tho irrigation Misibilities. of the Roguo River vallev. " After luakiui; an exhaustive e amiuntiou of the old Fish Lake Wa ter conipnny'h pioperties, iIiom mc with their nsoi i.Ues orgutiized tho Roguo River Valluv Uannl coinpmu and on July 1, 1010, for u consider ation of .f.")00,(HHI, purchased ihe en tiro iuleiests of that company. Hy this pmcluiso this new com pany seuiired 5000 acres of land, th.' old Kihli Lake ditch system und eV tensivo water nhts in Littlo Hutte creek. In addition, tho new company purchased UOOO acres. of laud ad joining tho old company's tract on 5000, purchased tho Kaglu Poiui mill and its walcr riuhts, mid has since secured duoql fim the de partment of the ulterior tho exclus ive right to use Fishjako and Four Mile bike as storage, reservoirs. The irrigation system to be built by tho Roguo River. Valley Canal company will cost Jf'J.OOO.OOO. .it will consist of Fish lnku mpl Four Mile luko roserv oii-s, having a com bined blorage capacity of Ho.OOO acres feet of walen a eouueetiiu eannl botween the two lakes, a di version eaual 10 miles in length lu bring tho water from Littlo Hutte orooK into the vaiioy; tyeo mam lines of distributing cniiute aggre gating 100 miles in lougtli, mid -100 miles of laterals to qdnvey the wa ter to tho laud. , TJiu const ruction nnd mninlonaiVo of the eaual system involves an ex trnoVdinnriry heavy. 'expt'nse, be cause of llio fact that, unlike most irrigation jiroieets, pru,otienlly all of the channels have tnjio coustruolod over laud (hat is ojUior pnrtinllv urniilev to each man's hendgato at completely developed, and great iinio'sjieh lhuos and in snob ipMyility in- mvo : I Ji&IEW A vll i . . i r i irwi ',':i TJJBBaBvrvaEHm.waiirTr iArUM".i , ia if fllBCSVIf-lBXjCPjHIKD IhIbbmbEhbbMMbMMbbSI i uri-rm,?5temMsxmwwMmMiaamha ,. mvammmmm'iitmuMi 1 l1 WMrTirniiTiBari f L usilBBSaoadl FOZ.9 yeap ai.e NCiVTOWN PlPPPt TrK PAHCO Oft fSfim 0A ho e.xcrci.sed in the location of all dilehe.s, laterals and conduits .o as to do the least posihlo dmnagu. Many miles of cement-lined caunl and iiiulorgioiiuil pipe w bo neces sary and all structures, mo to bu of the uiost iieiuiaiient character. Notwithstanding tbq. exacting con ditions 'that on every hand invoho heavv expense, thu eompauy, real ising that irrigation is practically new to tho Roguu River valley, has placed a verv low price on tho fir.-t blouk of water rights to 1m sold. Pcipetual water rights ijio now be ing Mild to the consumer at a price of $o0 per aero, which is far below that being paid in such, suctions a.s the Spokaho valley, whero a priflo of f L7" and $200 per acta is quite common, The cost of tho water light is payable in five niinunl install ments, which makes it possiblo for the laud, if properly handled, o more than pay for the Wntor right in the additional crop that una Im rati-ed, thereby burdening the con sumer very lightly, The companv assumes all responsibility of' main taining tho system and delivers the I ' ZXtaaBBBBBBBM . I Ji . La WMBiliMaVlF 1 i-3P"M"-Wj1JI I ho may desire. For this service an annual charge of $2.30 per acre is made. Tho amount of water which thu company contracts to deliver during tho irrigation season, April I to October 1, is sufficient to cover the laud to a depth of one mid one half foot, which amount will prove more than sufficient for tho needs of any crop and which is but littlo lo.-f. than the total annual rainfall of the Roguo Rivor valley. Tho company has alrendy enlarged tho nuiln section af tho Hopkins lat- oral and constructed a number of tho same as thoj' aro hero, Thoy have ab malu laterals on tho desert. It is solute faith In tho futlira of Koguo now perfecting its plans for tho on-1 river valley and nro barking m thin tiro system nnd as fast as thoro Is a demand for Wator, tho system, al roady partially constructed, will bo oxtondod. RogUQlands, Incoroprated, organ ized by tho sumo capitalists and as Boclntod with tho Rogno Jtlver Vnl loy Canal company, has nssinnod' tho development and salo of ,tho 7000 acres ofland on tho "dosort." This area is now supplied with water for Irrigation and tho work of developing this choice body of land that has lain Idlo so long, Ja bolng pushod rapidly forward, flOGUE APPLES " Won tin) Mwoopstitkcrt. prim; uttfl till "Applu King- of llio World" nt SpoUhe, JOOI), mid first prtoo tit Intortiiif tonnl Ap ple Show, Vancouver, II. Cj I OKI. NO. 242 ALLEY Tho entire area has been laid oft tin 40-acre tracts with a publicly deU 'lcatcd road around each tract. This (land Is being sold with a wator right , both In its raw ctate, tho purchaser? J doing bis own development work, and In developed tracts, contracts for j the sale of tho latter. Including an. ob ligation on the part of tho company to plow, level, lay out tho irrigation ; system, and plant to standard var ieties of trees, and at tho purchaser's option to maintain It for a period of five years. Enough has been done on this desert land, in tho way of de velopment nnd In tho growth of trees, that aro now In their fifth and sixth year, to Indicate that this land can bo mndo most productive. Tho soil, because of Its light gravelly naturq. Is extremely warm and the viuea and trees start their growth very caly In thq season and, wjth an adequate moisture supply, thoy grow vigorous ly throughout the eutire season and j maturo their crop long beforo the fall rains set in. Tho expenditure of approximately two and a half millions of dollars in developing these largo projects means much to tho Itosuo Hlvor vnlloy. Not, only will every Industry and business enterprise benefit directly from tho putting into local circulation of tho Inrger part of this great amount of mouoy, but tho asaurnnco of our fruit crop and tho great .addition to our population resulting from tho thick settlement of our idlo lauds moans a great increaso in tho genoral volunio of business in tho future. Tho nion who nro behind these en terprises luivo had long experience In Irrigation development having been connected with tho Irrigation develop ment of Spoknno vaiioy in Washing ton, whoro conditions wore much tho faith by tho actual Investment of tholr mquey. The honrty and sub stantial support thoy are receiving In carrying out their enterprise speaks much for tho "got togethur spirit" of tho vaiioy -that spirit thm ias mudo tho great fame we now eu joy. It is only through united wf" fort that any great -work c,in Ik orr rled out and the fact that VrT' worldly projpet rwelvos the lnfcnt' nnd unanimous support of tht- m of.. Itoguo Ilrlvor valley, l f h on main factor thnt insures our future grfnt- u . s k J til r :-! t .! tun trhAiJtidk.lCM n k'it.J.1..M IjJSlfVl.i I-.,, J a x . i. iXJIA&ilg!) t '. ? li SL-SllSfkA, uivJ.''. .ui.: i A. ,1-J. ' ss.