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NEW YEAR'S EDITION ORCHARD SECTION Medford Mail Tribune JjWPY.JN.UHT VKAU. MJSDJj'ORD OltKOON, MONDAY, .JANl'AKY 1, 10 J 2. No. 2-12. mm&rioH oaac J 'Oitie of f he- ft. .MiWS i in ii.wmm.w mtm im n WMa " ORCHARD I. SECTION ' D -w V 'F pPV A T "&W. " S $ I i P i J, Vm iff). nvWffT JaSE&Sff JmKBtM -A. HI tI LL5T i i && w A. i ll It I w 4 i r lV ip Mra.ir jj-ifA ' mr jp ero-roi ' . Wa M '.Will' mi ws i' .vi va r Ai IL Firrvrtf!Ln t rpzw 7rc hwcA sr3j,oro TNfsJ. vjn.iv tf '-rf Jtvivr, lrriifBtinii in ilc-iincil o )l n tiu iiiiiuliHi part in I lie drvfl'ipuu'iit i ' ltoXiio riT Millvy, tupiTviitc - ' iIih'h tin I'lit ilifiricni'V tlint nnw iTi Vl'lltp llt'llnit timilui'linn U" lllMii 111 to llit iiM'luinl iiutr lui- m (In i pBKt 1ihhi more or ltf ul it itiluilnlih , iiiuMtjiHi. 'Mui'li atMul fruit luih liii'ii I Hud i now ltltit ifU(?il witlitnil im KhIIiim itnil younir nrrlmnl nre Ihmhu Kniwii without itn iil, lint ni'h jtr.i iliH'lion itnd cruwtli on uiiirriKiilil latiil in nt llio iurov of Dip Mummer ruins wliii-li limy or nwv not occur i propur hihimoii niid lliu ImuritiK or (ilianl or youiiK orchnnl jut net out. iiiiloH inoMt fuvonililv locntcil, i forcoil to Kiiffor diiriiiir uvoniKi "wi Hnim liuoiiiiMi) of iiiMiilTicimit tnoiMlurr in tlio null. A Vnliiuliln IiiHiiriinrc, It Ik doiiiiiiK to. Im K'iiiorHll.v Koiicmlilil Mint irritjHtioit in I ho lii'HriiiK orcliMrtl U iiluulilu iiiMiirauct UKiiiiiNt crop fitiluri) mill lluit tliroujcli itn UHu a liwiivy t of fruit limy ho K'ciiivd omOi yonr uiul Hip common pruulii'u of tliimiiiiK' iwi't'Mnivi'ly in onlnr to nvcurn xixo inul roolor i wholly iimuu'twuiry. Tlint tint vounit orohnnl may ho liroiiKht into inucli piirllflr hcarliitr ami lit Iom.s oxpoiixo wluo'o iinK'ation in uartl iw iiIho Iminjf fully ilumoiiNlrattiil. Willmut inin tlou tlio younir ninhanl roipilrui oiglil or iiiiio YPiirn to coino into uonmioroial liuarini;. TIiIh Ik from tliruo to' four yoai-K Ioiikim' than i rocpiirod in hiich hiidlioiirt iih Yaljinm valliiy, Wmiiitiilud or Hittr Hoot vallpy. wlitrij tin k'w i iitr Nt'iiHOU in from 20 to !I0 ilayn Hliortcr than in Uojjiio river valloy. Tho oralianllrtl thuruforp in debiting IiIk nucomil with IiIh oivlianl hy juwl that aiaoitiil of iioii-proiluctiou, am) what iiioi'A, ho in continually forcoil to mud huavy laaiutuiiamio cxptMixc out of hi oumIi ruHPrvo thud with Irriuatlou, would hu ofl'not hy tho jiioiIucIh of Jutonuivu infur-tilltiKO Ik twoiiii thu rowb of yomiK orchard troim. An oruhardirtl in Hood river valloy with thu aid of IiIh hiiiuII irri Kiiliou Btronni rniwirt HtrawlicrrloH in lliu yomiK onduu'd during: iU i'ivo or nix yonru of parly urowth. Hmnib.v nmiulainiiu: hliuHiilf ami family, do vclupiiiK IiIh property and in many c'liHps pnyinpf for hla land liy tho tnw IiIh trims coino into upn'rliij,'. Humll Dlvcrdlflid i'ainiH. AIHioiikIi irriKullou h di'Htlnod to bo of incaloulahlt) vtituu to tho liuyo poiumoi'oial orchard, ilw Kroutost valuo wllUoHiilt from (ho important part it will play In niiikiiip; poHxihlo tho Hiaall iliviirxllloil fruit farm of flviy tun ami Iwontv iii'i'PH, on which a family mav inaKo a comforlahlo liiuu whilo their youiiK orchard Ih ciuuliij; Into huariu, llllll.O.nTfftirffT lrtI itv UILMVIX TV nfrhvu&an&i $ if wewari tggaaaiMaxuvtaiCiU6yjKu3ieWtHJ $jj. 1 v-Jr tut. jl:VWi; fioacur , loTar.JPtJrj TtfpOtatf 7HS a&TrpT roe &byzjy ftu.ca " " i or from whioh (hoy mav Hoonro a noted orchards of tho valley have pomfortnhlo iiioomo nimply from Ihe'liecn irnVated for a Ions period, production of hiiuiII fruits nuil jjun- Iiuikiiii; which mav ho mentioned tho onl farm product,-. Tho one Kro.UJflorc orchard, houlh of ilodford; tho iii'inl of tho otiio rivnr valloy in tho man and hi family who own and care for thoir hiiiuII tract. KouMII'Hih of (he valloy' arou lion dormant ami un productive hecnuHii tho dry Hummers pioeludo prolltahlo cultivation in tjmnll arotiM. Thin umlovolopod arou nettled in Hinall tiiielu with a family on each niHkinjf a coinfortahlo living will nolvo tho prohloai of our idlo IiiiuIh. Tho (UPtion of labor during tho rush woasoiiH in the lnrj;or or ohardrf would ho taken uaro of and tho abnormal hih cot of living in tho towiiH and iu the country would hu reduced by the local production of oommoditioM that onu now bo had only at high cimt with froijjht ndilud. Tho money that now flown out of tho valloy for butter, ck, Imoou, ham, vojrolahloH and coiiiiIIohh other ihiih moditiort Hhouhl bo ko)t in local oir eulatiou. Throuuh tho moiliuiu of tho Hinall In-lRiitOil farm HiIh will bo ao eouiplishod. .Many Keetloim lirlKiite. In homo Hiiotioim of tho valloy ir- rijjiitian lim boon omploved for yourx. IlL'l..! 1 II I.I . -niuiiKiowii, near rnooni.v, in u wplendid illiihtralion yf yliat walor will do in tho development of the liijthly oullivated farm of a few uoioh. TIiIh area ha for yean depended upon llio niylit flow of tho Phoouix mill diteh, which tho nsern wore nivon in oxohniiKo for labor Hpeiit in olt'iui iiiu out llio ditoh and hooping it in repair. Many are Iho HtoribH of fabuloiiH proiliu'tion that como from thin locality. Tho rauclum nloiitf Lit Hu Huttu oreoU havo bucn irriKiitod for yoarn, and ho hluhly in wntyr in that Hoelion valued that only throm;!) tho iiiedium oT tho Hialo hoard of eoiitrol wan HorimiH liti;atiou over water vihta provoiilod, Many of tho l J 'V vc U 9 &mgsr es5 :""TOiTrsrr-;: &33t$i "iiaifmn Handall orchard, near Talent; the A. I). Holms orchard, mint li of Ah lailil; (ho Troiisou & fldthrio orchard, near KaIo Point, and many others. Tho Gold Hay Healty company hart developed an orchard tract of about .100 no rut near Tolo with water scoured from iu .eleotrieally driven pumpiiu; plant, located at the power house at fluid Hay, Tho water Ih forced through au underground plpo for a distance of out) mile and convoyed to tho highest points of the lands boiuc; irrigated. HckIiiiiIiik of Irrigation. Whorovor a small souroo of water supply it nvailablo ti in bclnir put lo use. Tho larger part of tho vallgy, howovor, hocauso of tho difficult hud o.xpensivo coiistruotiou involved, has been without a water supply, and such development as hat taken plaoo has lioen accoinplished without irriRutioii. 'tho llrsl of tort to provide u water supply is nvailablo it is heiur put to iuauKiiratcd about eight years ago by tho Fish l.ako Water company. Their nlans embraced tho diversion of water from Little Hutto creek and tho stor age of tho ruu-off of Mount Mo litiughliii iu Kisb and Four Mile lakes. This company constructed 10 miles of main canal and succeeded in bring ing water into tho north end of tho valloy, but difficult construction and apathy on tho part of landowners iu tho matter of purchasing wator rights provoiilod (ho further development of (ho project that hold tho key to Iho irrigation of (ho entire valloy. After lying practically dormant for six years, iho possibilities of this project, through tho efforts of Fred N. Cum- luiugs, were brought to tho attention II I of Patrick Welsh, tho millionaire oon.,"ul have lo ho construeled over tractor, and It. K. Neill, mining niul,,UUl Hint ia either partially or com : K. .OU, ;v O f" j 'dml in iff r n (ifr, ! irrigation onoratnr. Imlh nf .Qm.in.... whesc, oxporionoos wilh the irrigation development of (ho Spokane valley fitted them to foresee the irrigation possibilities of the Hoguo river vnllev. Konn Canal Company. After making an exhaustive ox nmination of (he old FnhXnku Water company's properties thoso men witti their associate organized tho Hogue Kivor Valley Canal coiiinanv. and on July 1. 11)10. for n coiiKiiluriitinn nf $500,000. purchased tho entire inter- ests of that company. Hy this purchase this pew com pany secured fiOOO aerosi'of land, the old lake ditch system and ex tensive wator rights in Little 'Unite creek. In addition, llio new vompnnv purchased 2000 acres of land adjoin ing tho old company's tract of fiOOO, purcJiased tho Kaglc Point mill and its wator rights, and has since se cured direct from the dormrtment of tho interior the exclusive right to use Fish lake and Four Mile lako as stor age reservoirs. Tho irrigation syslem, to bo built by tho Hoguo Hiver Valloy Cuunl com pmty will cost $2,000,000. It will consist of Fish lake and Four Mile lako reservoirs, having a combined siorngo capacity of o),000 acres feet of vatcr; a connecting ennui between tho, two lakes, u diversion canal 10 miles in length to bring the' water from Littlo Hutto creek into tho val loy; three main lines of distributing canalR aggregating 100 miles in length, and -100 miles of laterals to convoy tho water to tho land. Low Water Ulglits, Tho construction and-iuaintonanco of tho canal system involves an ex traordinarily heavy expense, hocnu&e of tho fact that, unlike most irriga tion projects, practically nil of the r all f? k fr fl ' & rwi - i Hi t S3 -w. "1 1 r ii ? "5$ -ApK' 13 wmmzM Lftsi. 71 W ag- h jPoeusjpysjewrs'Ar wr-er the Water, i T apwiPso ortroT LAttO erELEQTfiicmu -pnr wm fm ll '?:-; vm i .. fVx HM fC.P Y2 Ota WeJot :i" I "WKMrw lahq, jV r v v "vr.. .-. ttr ' a-, . tnliif a1v ilnrnlrmn.l nn.l rnnt nmA .n.ial be exorcised iu tho location of nil ditehos, laterals and conduits so .is to do tho loust jiossiljlo damage, Many milos of oomont-linod canal and un derground pipo will bo ucoossary and all structures mo to bo of tho mot permanent character. Notwithstanding tho exacting con ditions that on every hand ijivolvo heavy excuse, tho company, ronlisiug that irrigation is practically now to tho Itoguo riMr valley, has plnood a very lotv price on the Jlr,t block of wator rights to bo sold. Porpatual wator rights are now living sold to the consumer at a price of $50 per aero, which is far below that hoinpr paid iu such sections ns tho Spokane valley, where a price of ;jU7. and $2110 per aero is quite common. The cot of the- water right itj payable in fivo animal installments, which mukos it possible for (ho land, if properly handled, to more than pay for tho wator right in tjio additional orop that can ho raised, thereby burdening tho consumer vory lightly. Tho com pany ussHinog all responsibility of maintaining the system and dolivcrs tho water to each man's headgnto nt such limes ami ia such quantity as no may ilosirc. ior this servico nn 7 - -r i 8. P wsfcas Za5; .&: A,JL 1-,lWf ,.-5i A--'. JtV. rtifiy At i k c. ." r-jf :f rr-'V- ' VAII li " I 2Ar :V.. rts;. . JW5KS ;;.. &3 B& m :&& sA mv !$& annual charge of .yJ.oO per acre I made. The amount of wator whioh tho company contracts to delivor dur iui" tho irrigation season, April 1 10 October 1, is sufficient to covor tho laud to n dopth of ono and one-half foot, whioh amount will prove nio-o than sufficient for the needs of auv crop ami which is but littlo loss than tho total mutual rainfall of tho Hoguo river valloy. Extending Lalerals. Tho company has already oulargad the main section of tho Hopkins hit oral and constructed u number of the main laterals on the dosort. It Is now perfecting its plans for the entire system and ns fast as thcro is a do main! for wator, tho system, already parimny consiructeii, will no ex tended. Rognelauds, Incorporated, orgnu uod by tho same capitalists and as sociated with tho Hoguo Hiver Valloy t'aal company has assumed tho de velopment and salo of tho 7000 aores of laud on tho "dosort." This nron is now supplied "with wator for irriga tion mill tho work of doveioptnfj thia choice body of Innd Hint hns lain idlo so Ioiir ia boinj,' pushed rapidly forward. m $p &?& , -TK i s&$ "- iM Aft ... ffiHBM COttPLETZDiSECTiaTfOr Saaussivzj? VAilEYcmiA CO J f&MGA TiQrfCAHAL Jtcof'oei MILE 'd ' EAJT OF v i & n f The entire aren 1ms been laid off I iu 40-acre tracts with n publicly dedi ' cated rond around caoU tract. This I land is being sold with n water right j both in its raw state, Iho purchaser j doing his own development work, and in developed tracts, contracts for tho sale of tho luttor, including an obliga tion on tho part of tho compaa to plow, level, lay out tho irrigation sys tem, and plant to standard varieties of treos, and nt the purchaser's option to raaiittain it for u .period of fivo years. Ifciough has boon done on this desert land, iu tho way of develop ment and in the growth of trees, that arc now in their flfth and sixth year, to indjeato that this land can bo mndo most productive. Tho soil, because of its light gravelly natnro, is ex tremely warm and the vines and trees start tluir growth vory early iu tho season and, with nn adequate mois ture supply, they grow vigorously throughout tho entiro soason and mature their orop long before tho fall ruins set iu. Millions Invested. Tho oxpondituro of approximately two and n half millions or dollars in developing thbo largo nrojocts moans much to tho Hoguo river valloy. Not only will ovwry industry and business enterprise benefit directly from tho putting intp local circulation of tho larger part of this great amount of money, but tho assurance of our fruit crop and tho groat addition to our populntiqn resulting from tho thick bottloniont of our idle lauds menus n, great incrcuso in tho general volume of businoss in Iho future. Tho men who uro behind theso en terprises havo hod long oxporionco iu irrigation development, having boon connooted with tho irrigation develop ment of Spokane valloy iu Washing ton, whoro conditions wore much tho sumo as they are here, Tlioy havo absolute faith in tho futuro of Itoguo river valloy and aro backing up thto faith by tho actual investment of their manoy. Tho hearty and nub. stuntinl support thoy aro rccoiving in carrying out thoir enterprises speaks much for tho "got together spirit'' o tho valloythat spirit that has mndo tho groat faraa wo now enjoy. It is only through united offort Hint nny great work can bo carried out and tho fact that ovory worldly project to- coives tho instant and unanimous sup port oil tho mon of Hoguo rivor valley is tho one main factor that iiimircn our futuro grontnvsu, ' i&'