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. ' -V SECOND SECTION Medford Mail Tribune SOCIETY FOIWY-JTIUST YIOAIt. AlEUKOIH) OliKdON, SUNDAY, ,WjY J50, 101 I. No. 110, rrr ROGUE JRTVtH RRKMFKK LOWER T FA Ly 1. MH " y- a' n. i A i iX. b- r9tf w .1: iS "fl 'A ijryyw w.i T A n t .' w SM ft .urS1"" V' V f -', y' K; ?:: rv k2! KrA. ' 'f !S ?w fsn i' -sm IV "' r iJ !i M .v.; Lli :ul. Wi "9 J vAjf :?: :' 5i u stfW; ,' ES! 1UV htL iaas BSss h- 'itj-'$?"f,i iz WSM? .V ap 'a. jt; & r irf-Vv wm v fcSF .' j.. j uaw , trs J hmkm , 3&S Vyxi'v-'fe &8s fi r? J5? Sj? '5w SOMK Mix or eight monthx ago nownpnptir man dropped off In thu IhrhliiK little rlty of Orantn I'iioh, lit tin lower mia of tint Rogue Uhur Vnl,'.Jmt.nind) certain lit-vi-HtlKntloii, rOKimlliiK tho kIAIiik of tlio Golden Drift Mining Company, Hum In litigation. At Hint time there had Jimt ap peared on tlio kcoiio n in nil represent ing tlio minority utockholdcrn or tlio company. In tlio cotirnu of IiIh In WHtlgallnn tho nowHpnpor mnn had rortiiln Information to glonn rogiird ItiK thin man. It anno In volume, uncomplimentary, dciiunclntlng. l'or two etitytt Into tlm oitrh of tlio now, paper niitti whh poured it torrent of alniHo, vituperation, nil directed at HiIh yomiK QKOitt. Ho wih it trouble milker. Ho linil even ilnrml to nttnrk tlio HtanilliiK, tho Intt'r.rlty. tlio pohl ton of C. 0. Anient, who hail it I reel oil ho (lontliilOM of tho (loldt'ii Drift MIiiIiik Company. Hv men dniKKi'il him Into com l and thcro hIiovmhI up tlio nffalm of tho rompany to kiicIi mi extent that tho court appointed tho youiiK man it rcculvur for tho rompany, Amoiit had loni; hcen it "loading rltlxon." Ho wita rovuruil mid looked up to hy IiIh follow townn men. Naturally tho attack, nnreati lug, direct, vital, wiih a thliiK to ho (-onilomnod .and tho yntiiiK mini who had donu thlH, "koI IiIh," A ('Iiiiiiko in Hentlinent. Only it fuw dayn uko tho mimo nnwHpttpor mail droiipod Into tho Kitmo thriving llttlo city In tho lower ItOKiio It Ivor Valley. Oiicd iikhIii ho had comn to make an InvoHtlKiitloii. In tho roiiiHii of tilri InvoHtlKiitlon ho naturally turnod to tho Htnndlnt; of tho Ntimo man. A itmit differ onco wiih onrountort'd. Whoro ho had found uIhiho ho found prniHo; wlioro ho had found vltuporalloiiio found1 cnmmeiidntloii. In tho parlanro of tho Htreot, (loorgo 10. HandeiH, iikoiU for tho mliuulty Htockholdoirt or tho (loldou Drift Milling Company, hud "iiiado good," TJiu ''prominent rill- zoii" had hoon dlHlodgod with n von genre, Today Mr. HiuuIoih Ih iintlHod without Htlut hy tlio roHldontH of (IraiilH 1'iihh, All heeautu) ho gavo llioiu wator, Tho ClilcagO'Itoguo Illvtir Coin puny of Chicago, organized hy tho mlunilly HtockholdoiH or thu Goldon Drift Mining Company having Hundr ed through tho emu tn tho control of tho Coldon Drift Mining Company, will noon hiivo it projuut lopniuuntliig an luvoHtmoiil of $500,000 In tho lowor Hoguo Illvor Vnlloy, Thoy will aiipply water for tho Inlgittlon or thirty thoiiHiind ncroa of land. Tho work Ih ovtm now woll undor wny, and at tho proyont tlmo mivorul tlion- Hand iici'oh nro Doing irrigatod, Tlio offlcoiH of tho Chlcago-ltoguo Illvor Company nro A, 10, fUrnrlc, proHldont, r, I'lillllj), troHHttror, 10. M, Atklim, WB EliE ..& kAW i.-io,.J!v.i' .v." w.i'V .,.t5vf EiSt-. vlVb;- rtM3faJSffi v-f -jiV-M: Ut4n ziiZr MM V fi& Vfi .'Si w iS .. ter V .rt -1: t- ' r i f 'a 'S Vsv iM ..vvrt i i r. ' t'J&r'iZ itVJf-fe'VJ ,-,TSji .S& ''"ftL K 'Vv. i."' aA1 tLiV- in aiiuj -wni .tfi; ?or J&SJ 'YASg wl jZV GENERAL VIEW OP TIIK DAM. W M. -v- i k . m rr. .". s&zy rAj&H :l -l . z?zm ,s' 5.yt -vrW ccVIS-N.. fo&fc&f Prfvr jr , ,. rV', mi .. i"s-" ln -., "i!t,. :k jm ri' 3 M i$m s& 't2 QLS KH&r3 lgg.lLBZgK SMz!i arr ui T ', -: -;." j ACM utt? JV.i - :i T9 CONKTUI'CIION WOIIK. Kerrotary and (Jcorgo 10. SaiidorH, manager and agent. Hail Only it Poor Dam. When thin company had Hocured control of tho (ioldoit Drift Mining Company through tho appointment of Mr. SandotH hh rocolvor, lator to ho micciH'di'd hy .loHoph M. Wharton, art rocolvor, thoy found that thoy had on hand ti hrokon down dam ncrosK Itoguo i Ivor, known aa tho Anient Dam, and llttlo oIho. Tho dam In tho condition In which it wan taken ovor wiih u procarloiiH Inveatnioiit, to nay tho loant. lOach flood lit ttoguo i Ivor thrcatonod It to mich certain oxtiM.it that It Hcopied IiiipohdIIiIo that It Hhoiild rojiiiilu. On tho 30th day or liiHt N'ovouihor Honorable 1 M. CalkliiH, judgo of tho circuit court IhhiiihI nn ordor allowing tho rocolv or or tho company to Ihmio rocolvor'a cortlflcaH'fl. In an niiiount, of $ 10,000, ho that tho dam could ho ropaliod, anil tho property plncod iipon.in pay ing IiiihIh. At that tlmo tho Chicago, itoguo Illvor Company plodgod tho court that It would take mid pay for Hiifflolont of thin Ihhiio to carry out I ho court 'a in dor, and tlio proporty wiih tin nod ovor to Cloorgo 10. Siind oi h, iih agout, Whllo Mr. SaudoiH wcirkH uiidor tho dlroetlon r tho ro colvor, I ho roHpoimlhlllty and hunl uotiH dotallH a ro practically loft to him. It Ih hollovod hy Hiobo who havo followed tho ciiho clonoly that tho comt will eventually in making it final ordor, turn tho proporty to tho minority HtockholdorH who now coinprlao tho Glilcngo-Itoguo Klvor Company. Hut ovou if (IiIh Ih not dctno tlio Chlcago-Hogiio Hlvor. Com puny now contiol wator rlghta which will compel tho (loldon Drift Mining Compuny to furnlBh thoni wator, tho ib 'H tVl2!i EEL! SBK npi.7i Le' ?l CT h1 i V JtfL-i.-.J ,ii mmfti i k . . i"iiMfcn.-n TI ! ft ti ru W," VJ m w x i ,!rfW 'i? fcSiJJ- r? !. SwS.- S A COMPLETED SECTION'. i V -If K M t, .C' V Ku v OXE OK TIIK MOXS'VEU Pl'MP.S. company having purchiisod tho rlghta mid Iciihch of tho Josephine Irriga tion & l'owor Conipany. TIiIh lattor company hold n contract with tho tlqldon Drift Mining Company hy tho torina of which thoy woro to rocolvo a cortalii amount of wut;or for irriga tion purponea within a cortalii tlmo, Ah tlio Ooldou Drift Mining Conipany wiih in litigation thoy could not fur nish thlH wator, Whon tho Clilciigo- liroporty and thus socurod control of It, thoy also pin chased tho Joso phiuo Inlgatlon & Powor Company, paying $:ili,000. Out of this cnvolvod lognl tangle Mr. Siuidora has finally roachod tho point wlioro ho can sco IiIh way clear to go hoad with eonio dogroo of Hiifoty. Koronstnirtlug Dam. Mr, Baudot h fliht turned IiIh atten tion to a reconstruction of tho dam. dam to n great dogroo but yot tlioro tomaliis much to ho dono, before it Is completed. Stool and concroto nlono nro used. Tho total lougth of tho dam from bank to bank will bo S10 foot ;tho pump houao will bo 30 by HO foot; tho po,wor house. 52 by 120 foot; tho spill-way 120 foot loug; 25 foot high, without Hash boardb; thoro will bo 13 flood wntor gates, 0 by 9 nnd two additional watorjjatoa 10 by Hoguo Ulvor Company leiiBod tlio Tho work Iiuh jirogvossod upon this jo, In cuso of flood, gatoa nnd spill way will have a capacity of 7C, 000 bccond feet, which will bo a greater amount of water than auy flood yot recorded in Rogue river; 5000 horso powor will bo developed and will be devoted to pumping for irrigation. In tho power house will bo located soven turbines, connected with pumps of tho total canpclty of not less than 20,000 gallons per mln uto. Besides tho sovon vertical tur bines, thoro will tio six horizontal turbines In tho power house which will bo directly connected with flvo generator units and made to oporato in series or Independent. Tho spill way will bo provided with a passage undor tho river, which will contain twenty largo wluodws, giving light through tho wator. In tho Bplll-way will also bo located ten horizontal turbines with generators attached, whorofrom powor will bo dovolopod to oporato second lift pumps at var-. ions points about tho distributing Bystom. The ontlro plant will also bo electrically llghtod within and without. Covers !U,000 Acres. Tho irrigation systom which will covor 30,000 aerea ot land Is com prised of four mnln dltchos, known aa tho Frultdalo, Jones Crook, Grants Pass and Applegato, Only ono of theso is a gravity lino. Wator In that vicinity moans Increased rovonuo and will add groatly to tho wealth tri butary to Grants Pass. This suinmor whon wator was first supplied Mr. Sandor8 did not wait for tho signing of contracts Ho urged all or tho ranchors in that vicinity to uso tho wator, saying that thoy could sign up at any tlmo. In this mannor tho valuo or this year's crops in that vicinity Ih greatly onhancod. It was also good business; tho man who did not bellovo in irrigation was thus led to try ft oat and having once demon strated Its valuo ho lost llttlo time in signing the contract insuring him water for all future time. But Mr. Sanders went a step fur there; in the vicinity of Grants Pass there aro several thousand acres of land which havo been logged off, the stumps still covering tho land. For a short tlmo each winter between rains, ranchers were gradually clear ing this lang, reclaiming it and mak ing valuablo fields. This summer Mr. Sanders gavo them water, free ot charge, they flooded tho land, and during tho summer months, while fair weather prevailed, much pro gress was mado In clearing. As a consequence hundreds of acres will bo added to tho land under cultiva tion In that section next spring. Complete Next Year. Mr. Sanders has spared no expense in perfecting tho project. Ho hopes next year to havo it completed to such an extent that It can practically bo considered finished. When it is finished It will provo ono of tho greatest facts in tho development ot tho lowor Roguo River Valloy. Small wonder then that the pub lic sentiment In Grants Pass has changed. Because Mr. Sandors has straightened out this logal tangle; because- ho has placed a bankrupt company on its fcot; becauso ho has handled in a big way a b'lg job, tho peoplo ot Grants Pass glvo him crod It. And ench year, aa wator flows through tho ditches and canals of tho Chlcago-Roguo River Company, Insuring a godlon harvest In tho fall, tho pralso given Mr. Sanders will grow in volumo nil of which Is as it should be. CHINESE REVOLUTIONISTS KILLED BY DYNAMITE HONG KONO, July 29. Follow ini,' the killing horo of six revolution ists wlion dynumito thoy woro trying to smuggle oxploded on tho wutor front, tho Hong Kotip; polico today nro engaged in a gonoral hunt for tho fellow conspirators of tho dead men. Two survivors of tho explosion nro in tho hospital hut rofuHO to dioclono tho names of othors of thoir organi zation. Tho explosion which killed tho six men was torrifio and shook buildings along tho whole water front of tho city. New Chief at Bremerton. VALLEJO, Cnl., July 20.Com inmider Levi C, Bortlett has been or doral from Hrcmerton to take com mand at "Mare Island, relieving Com mander Edwin A. Anderson, who has boon ordorcd enst. Uortlott is ex pected to arrive horo Monday. ; MUHMkiiiil '4,