The west shore., January 18, 1890, Page 75, Image 11

WKST HIIORK.
AIHLAND AND ROOUI KIVI VALLEY. ,Ion. For the coining year the pro ti r bright larger
Tti year 1HH9 haa Uf n one of rapid development for the number of new brick buildings In tin business jrt of town
Pacific northwest. For Southern Oregon it ha been a test than Iim been comtnull In any yesr In lit past, an. I the
year, and the molt of the teat are perfectly satisfactory. For atructuree rr 'r.1 are sut h a w ill make a wonderful Improve
weather and rro it haa len the harden! year in the history of tnent In I ho apjrarance In the business uuarter of the til,
tills part of the state since the first settlement of the Hogue Ttie planting of orchards In and hear U rlty haa steadily
river valley, thirty-five yeara ago. The maimer last past haa progressed during the fall, and ly neil summer the acreage
brought the nearest approach to a drought ever experienced will have len very largely Increased. Without doubt the com
herethe nearest that It aeema possible to occur here, w Ith the ing season w ill are the Inauguration of the fruit and vegetable
favoring condition of tmvttil preceding wintera, In which the canning Industry here on a large scsle. The new wster works
rainfall was far below the average for the twenty years of rec proj'-cted for the rlty, for tilt Ii (he fifty thousand dollars lu
ord. This we may well call the worst kind of a season poanlble of Iwnds haa liren sM at a premium, will U an linnrtt lw
for the Ilogue river valley, so far aa can lie Judged byacompar pruvement of the ruining yrar, and will give the city the l
iaons with the past, and yet a stranger would aupjioae from the supply of pure water of any town on the meal. The popule
general prosperity and peace and plenty in the valley that we tion of the city haa kept up It solid and steady growth, as la
hai experienced at least an average season. The TiJingi demonstrate! by the rotnrisun of the votes cast at the annual
claims that the year Just pat is one of the heat ever known elections fur several years t, and the rlty tnakra rapid lm
here, in the light of a showing of the good qualities and the proveinent every year aa an attractive and deairahle place tit
resources of oar country. To come through a "poor season" in home soekcrs. It is etnlnrritly entitled to the name of the
such excellent condition is the hert showing a country can - young " City of Homes " of h'oothern Oreg.;n, tut many
sihly makeand it la of value In the record of Southern Oregon have, and more will have their home here, even when business
for it is a difficult thing to find a poor crop year in the record, Interest are loi ated elaew he re, Aihland haa mad g! ru
In the valley the aggregate of grain, hay and fruit grown dur grrse In HM and will make greater progress In h'K) . TVfiHgt.
ing the year wai large very little below the average, in fact,
taking the whole valley-anl we have learned that during the Till minis or MONTANA,
very driest season there are fields and meadows and on hards The year Jut at places Montana still further In the Ued In
that will yield the very largeat crops. This Is a very different the list of mineral producing atatee, aa rioted in Wir ii"s
condition from that in which a drought leaves large sec Ions In near the end of the year. Though the ctT lal figure ar not
other states when it visits them. So we mutt consider IHS'J a yet announced, the t Hal mineral output of the state for m'J
jear that has made a good ahow ing for Kogue river valley. dore not fall much short of .V),fH),(H), Itutte staie yields
Ashland pexjple have called the year a " quiet " one, hut we nearly l.'I.ODO.ftxl, Hie metals f ohurd are gold, silver, rnp
find that It has a record of more than $100.00 worth of build- prr and lead. Tle rnlnee of Montana ld ll.lVJ.r in dol
ing improvements "quietly" made by private parties, tossy dends during the last eleven months of the year, the Uranll
nothing of the public improvements Inaugurated and In pro Mountain (tying the largest dividend of any mining itj
grrss. I hiring the year there were built in Ashland thirty four In the t'nlted MaUa, l.'.lDfJ.lM), Tte I In la roiilMtl mine
new dwelling houses, and eleven were retnolele and rebuilt or at (ilendaU ranks as on of the brl i--hut-fa In the atate.tU
had a-1 ditlons male to thetn eirexlinr In coat In each Instance )ldd for hvi llng n.lv,Vl unda of , ?:o,4l7 xinl oi
the average cost of the thirty four. This mskes us In r lily ropr, MI.&L'j wnea of silver snd l,t1 wiimi of g-.U.
forty-five new hwises erected In A ahland during 1"ori, Theag AImiI V0 loiatioiia of p!arrgrtOfd rwr In ltttiri
gregate cost, learneHl from careful rUtement or eatlmate in each county during the yrar. Tl Mai shipments of or itnn the
cae, was (H other building, there wer luilt the comparatively he and uhdtelojd d.tlUo Oro llwafvl
Ashland house brhk hotel, jO0; the Tlotn-on I'.illings 7sl, In Iver Me roiniy, wr In roin I nynUrs i.HH.ui)
oflice blu k, I2..VK); the Catholic i hurt h, I2.VW; Improvements umls. A vsst smunt of baae m nItln or haa Uo no
on ubllc schoij hoie, I..Vfl; and lat, Ui ti'i Irast.tJi flee cover.! at tiranile, in the lower workings of the liraniu A I'-l-brii
k o-4-ra house bloik of Mr. (laniard, still unfinished, Metallic mine, whuh rtold U more pronuhly r!! by
(XO. Although tU lmrovemenU aggregate alojt fifty new smelling. This body of snll-ng or U eijrplih, av! tU
dwellings and business I .exist, at a Mai coat of l',r. To I'ittthorgh U1 staUs that a tuttv Is prva!il bi lU siTt
this s!ould m al'b-1 a large sum fof minor Improvements, that the rompanlre wl l UiLI a Ug smaller in the spring,
which have Urn numerous in all parte of town. luring te "It erms oiite atttmuj that the mlf ahoo!4 hare a
yea U.e eUdrk llghU hsve len IntroiJus e-J, and list f.neat W sne!tr,"says lb Mai, " aivl If iy sWiM rAuUut In lU
Ir I In thla part tf the state (built during the Lut monlU of ratftk1loo of tl sauie, as It Is urvb-rst A tiy InUftl il-jn,
liV, at a cost of more than IJO.ril)) was vt to tU jubU It would to 4iuU m a gr aivl ivsfi, Tt r.;-Mcta,'k compl
in lel-ruary, lfl. Thla yea alls U it a tottnlon jU-e of ny will have thel a-!htuJ tMf tim dr'jng on or U
an hitedure in U.e (ianiarJ ojra houa. on oj-jite corter of lU spr Ing, avl U Is a! erv!rftw! that tU irahi! ps-j,! (
llrtt avenue, one of th Cneat oj-rra lone In the stale. TUr Un ! potting in tfcty w sUmp at the OraniU mill, mak'
Lave been ftUWabl linj-rovetetts In wHti!ng tU slmU, Ing la s!l T.D sUmpe that will be d'pjng on or of tU ( Jraw
ojalng and grading 6w iteta, buiHing siUealks, ebr.. an-l lt A :l )liU.'!k uAb." Mrs, IntUvAmi k l'nhtl, who,
Urge q'utUy of aew 4ank sliswsJks on Mala stret and lU rr-vavttmg tU libxi I'UiarUI an.! Mining Truat syadsa',
Boulevard has Uen ordrrtd, aaJ Is tow la cvute of rxnatrao recently -jt.af J lU Msba Mlng v pny's prrty In