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4 THE MEDFORD DAILY TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1909. Medford Daily Tribune Official Paper of the City of Medford. Published every evening except Sunday. MEDFORD PUBLISHING COMPANY Oboboe Putnam, Editor and Manager. Admitted aa Second-Class Matter iu the Postoff ice at Medftrd, Oregon. SUBSCRIPTION RATES : One month by mail er Barrier. . . .$0.80 Ons yer by mail. .8.00 TODAY'S WEATHER PREDICTION. Fair today and tomorrow. A rare and salubneuB climate oil of remarkable aridity beautiful scenery mountains stored witk ceal, cepper and gold eitensive forests streams stocked with speckled baaatiea gam in abundanoe a contented, progressive people anek ia the Rogue Hiver Valley. Average mean temperature 55 degrees Average yearly preoipitatien ....21 inches f f SUMMER IX THE ROGUE RIVER VALLEY. 4- Summer, somewhat belated, but clad in all resplendent glory summer with exultant joy of life and full ness of existence summer, the season of laughter and song and hv.y lassitude, is once again with us. Summer is always a delightful season, nowhere in the world more than in the Rogue River valley. The hillR beckon in garb of green and gold. The withered fragile petals of spring strew the ground, but a riper fragrance fills the ah". The fields have lost their coat of many colors, but wear a jacket of brownish yellow. Trees in leafy full ness lure to the,shadows where streams tinkle with silvery laughter. In the meadows, redolent with the perfume of ripening grasses, barley beards are growing strong, and the scent of new mown hay is wafted with the clover and alfalfa bloom. In glistening waves, the wind billows fields of tasseled grasses. The warble of a vireo, the solitary song of a thrush, tjie harsh call .of a flicker, and the liquid melody of a meadow lark mingle with the drowsy hum of bees and bugs into u harmony of the season. The days are long and full of glory. A ! o'clock "jo cund day stands tiptoe on the misty mountain top." Myr iad blades of grass sparkle and reflect the beauty of the rising sun. each dewdrop a glstening jewel of Hie morn. while the breezes pass on moistened feet. A cloudless sky sets the splendor of a summer -noun. With lingering after glow the cool of evening comes with its violet shadows that glide into the darkness of night while "from the heaven gaze down the stars in gathering tears." A season for picnics, fishing, camping and vacat ion t rips a time for good fellowship a breathing spell in the tur moil of daily,toil a period beloved by all who can flee from the haunts of man, is the good old summer time, so aptly described lv '. K. S. Wood in his "Wong of Summer": PALMER INVESTMENT CO., i Owners of MODOC ORCHARD (1300 acres lying on both sides of Rogue River.) Offer for sale small tracts of irrigated land, with per petual water rights, at reasonable prices and upon easy terms. These lands consist of rich river bottom loam and are suitable in the highest degree for the culture of "Winter pears, Winter apples and all fruits for which Rogue River Valley is famous. Also for the production of Alfalfa, Qar den Stuff, Root Crops and grasses. Inquiries relating to the resources of Rogue River Valley or of Western Oregon will be answered cheerfully anil comprehensively. PALMER INVESTMENT CO. Medford, Oregon CHATKH LAKH "The Greatest Natural Wondjr of the World.1 Medford, Oregon. "The skies are blue, the leaves are green. And gaily slants the sun between. 1 1: is a very merry time, The cherry, berry, heigli-down-derry, Hinging, singing summer time. The sun makes flowers, the birds make song. And lovers laugh the whole day long. It is a very merry time, 1 'm glad to breathe; T joy to live; The summer doth a gladness give. It is a very merry time. This yellow, mellow, kiss your fellow, l.usty, dusty, summer time." At Marshfield, where it was organized in August, 1908. At Hoseburg, in November, 1908. At Vale, Malheur county, December, 1908. At Salem, in January, 1!)09, during the session of the Oregon legislature. At Boise, iu February, 1!)09, during the .session of the Idaho legislature. At Ontario, in March, 190!). At La (Irande, in April, 1909'. At Weiscr, Idaho, in April, 1909. The next session of the congress will be held at Burns. Harney county, 1."0 milt's in the interior .of the state, away from all railroads. The date set is July 1-2. There will be an old-fashioned Fourth of July celebration on the third, which will be attended by citizen's from all over Central Oregon. The next session will be held on Coos Bay in August, and plans are under consideration to hold the next session at Portland some time this fall, and bring the brightest de velopment workers from the two states together at the peer less metropolis of the Columbia river basin. The Oregon-Idaho Development Congress has no politi cal axes to grind, no local interests to serve, no cnrnm-it;,,!, to protect, hut seeks the development of all Oregon and Idaho, and the promotion of every legitimate interest in the two states. WORK IS PROGRESSING. (Continued from I'apo 1.) work nu the Salt Creek desert above lirounsbom mul worked their way towards Ihe intake through soil that hadlo he blasted most of (he Oilier smaller gangs of men plneed along the line in places where, handled nmeli easier. the trench had to be blasted out of solid roek. while another gang under took I lie work of piercing the divide beyond the Hradshnw drop with a liOO-foot tunnel which saved the city over 2200 feet of pipe. By the dis- wny. ; trihution of the workmen along the were line no time was lost and the work The Pipe Layers. As soon as the trenchers has ob tained a start the pipe laying gang, under the direction. of Fru knPrels under the direction of Frank Presley, an experienced pipe man, began com pleting Ihe line. This work has pro gressed us fur as the "401" ruueh and pipe is being laid as' rapidly as it is beuig delivered along the line. Thcso men expect by the first few days in July to reach the Ilradsha drop where the contractors nlun to connect with the canal of the Fish Lake Ditch company and deliver water into the city. There slill re mains about 30.000 feet of pipe to lay before this connection can he made. lieyond the drop (here will be 02,700 feet of pipe to lay before the permanent intake above the Ilanley ford is reached. Slill another gang of men is a! work In the reservoir which will be completed, as far as the excavation is concerned, during the next weeli. Joe Shaslia is in charge of these men. The work completed today may be summarized as follows: I rcnching Will be completed to South ITanlcv line hv "Mondnv ovn. ning. l'ipc 'living Completed to "401" raneh. Tunnel About 25 feet to finish. IJeservoir Excavation .will be completed by Saturday evening. them contented and consequently iu a better humor for the hard work of trenching. Thoy are giving ull of the regulalion food together with pies cako and fruits nnd Ihe like. Oo out and tramp over the line for a half duy, get down on your knees and crawl through, the brush, make your weary way across the Bait Creek desert with the hot sun beating down and then see how the camps feed. You will enjoy it or you aro a hope less dyspeptic. t . The men in the camps are typi cal laboring men. They have their joshes fqr the cook and he re taliates. They have their hard words occasionally for each other. They recently refused to allow a bunch of Greeks to occupy the same camp with them. And then just to show a soft spot in their hearts, if you will visit Hansen's camp, up in the hills near Item Charley's you will find three small song sparrows that they have tamed and are tho camp's mascots. The little fellows hop about the tnbles in the huge commissary tents an climb into your Inp for something to cat. And may Heaven lielp the man who abuses one of the songsters. There are many interesting things to be seen along Ihe line of the trench. For instance, there is tho old apple tree nenr the Bradshaw drop, which is one of the largest if not the largest in the west. It stands where an old fort was constructed in the ."0Vnnd is eight feet in circumfer ence nnd spans fll f,.et. There is a splendid postal card subject. The old tree is as hale and hearty as ever " and is literally loaded with fruit. The line ulso runs close to I,. C. Charley's place on' Little Butte creek, which holds the record for a bumper potato rop. There are three minnture edition of Engineer Roberts out on the line nil of the time. They are called "in spectors" and it is their duty to see that (he contractors follow "the i; of survey nnd conform to the speci- . fications.- There is an inspector with (he pipe-laying gang Fred Nilos. He watches the laying of the nine nff.,. 1... 1 i 11 ue nas passed upon il piece bv puiece, He iilso watches tho back cinching or , 7 tiL'lltoilitifr nf "tl.n i: r . .. 1 p -"pilllS. Ill incu he serves as eves for the , ' , " 5 The immensity nf the contract which linker nnd Hamilton undertook is evidenced hy n visit to their camps. Here one if he he with the eonsnlt inp enijineer is tnken in and fed on the fat of the Inud. The men are very well fed indeed which fact keeps 77. '.' OUKGOS-UW IK) VEVEl.orsuCST coxaitKss'l (Salem Capital .Tournan The officers of the Oregon-Idaho Development Congress areas follows: ). I lofer, president, Salem. Oregon : Edgar M Ileigho, vice president for Idaho. Weiscr: Reillv Atkin ' son, secretary for Idaho, Boise; J. lv. Blaekahy, vice presi dent for Oregon, Ontario; Kdmuud C. (liltner, secretary - . . . 7" .11 . 1 1.1. . 1 i - - inr wregon, i oriianu- executive conuumce William Ilanlev, B;;i;;: Or:-.; D.:vi.'! '!. 0::.ri Or,.; T,. J. Simpson, North Bend, Ore.: W. 0 rimes, Marshfield. Ore. :j J. N Teal. Portland. Ore.; Max Mayfield. Boise. Idaho ;i Henry- Sengs, acken, Marshfield, Ore. j This congress is composed of the Oregon and Idaho! commercial organizations that, have enabled it to hold eight 1 l! a ini-ge. conventions, as roiiows: Cut this out and mail it to W. J. Warner or to The Tribune. Do You Want Band Concerts In the Park this Summer? If so, Sign this and Drop it in the Post Office Med lord, Oregon, June 20, 1909 L the undersigned, hereby agree to pur lor the support of the Med ford Cornet Hand, the sum of ten Cents 10c) each week for a periodol one year Iron, above date, in consideration of which said Band agrees to give 10 free concerts in Medford City Park. Signed: engineer when thai gentleman many tniles hway on some other purt of the work. H. 1), Powell nnd B. E. Anderson watch the digging of tho trenches. They see that the curves are not short, that the stakes of the survey are not lost, indeed they do many things always looking out for Hie city's interests. All of them being 1 1 "nl having been trained I'or engineering work the contend,,- would have to be sharp indeed to n-,.t past them. The water from the reservoir direct is not to be used by the eitv except m case of a break in the main li., Iiisl below the reservoir is a "by pass" and only the surplus water goes into the reservoir. In this way the city is sure of a pure .supply. It will he delivered into the city with a presure of about 90 pounds or near ly im more ll:, the pressure is at present. The water is taken from T.lou kllutte creek, some -Nltl feet above the : unniey lord. The elevation at this point is 2115 feel, while at tho re- ' servoir the elevation is -,(12, drop of ,V)3 feet in 23 miles. The waler will be pure. Its source is on the snowcjnd slopes of Ml. McLaughlin, ' and from Fish lake it nlunues down. j ward through a deep canyon for 14 mues. During these 14 miles the foil ( is 2500 feet or nearly 200 feet n mile. ' Nowhere does the water pause in its tumbling until it reaches the intake, where it will rush through the 23 miles of pipe into the city. And so. when taken all in all. the only way to decide the question as to what Medford is getting for her mon ey, is to go out over the line. Put -the long chances are that after yon have made the trip yon will say thnt she emild not expect more than she is getting. Don't let the opportunity to see "The Uoheminn Oirl" slip past you. hut he on hand at the opera honse tonight, nod you will spend a most enjoyable evening.
