TITE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAXD, JANUARY 29, 1911.
FERTILE VALLEY OF UMPQUA IS EDEN FOR FRUITGROWERS
Irrigation Methods Will Be Made to Add to Productiveness of Rich Upper South Umpqna Section Climate Is Declared to Be Most Equable in State Opportunities Large.
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5IIOVVI.U LAND WHICH WILL BE IXCLVDISD IN DIG IRRIGATION PROJECT.
ROSEBURO. Or Jn. II. SpciI.)
If th relr b ever ridden
outh .r the Southern Tarinc In
iaylluf't. he will remember the valley
Trooi the brli.ge which creeses ths Snulh
Cnipqua. Klrer to the Cow Creek Can
yon. In Southern Dousrlas Coon. jr. Nine
.fiances oat of ten he called the alien
:lon of Ms nearest nelichhor In the car
and said. "What pretty valley. He
arlTl also remark, perhaps, that there Is
not very much of It. in this ho is mis
taken, for the Talley extends from Myr
tle Creek to Cow Creek Canyon, thence
up the liver to Tertlue. a distance of 3
mils from the railroad.
Within this valley Is the old town of
Canyonvllle. and many a prominent reel
lnt of Portland has fond recollection
f this old villa. Half the business
nen of Roscburc started In business
there, and they will all tell yon that it
Ooda country." When the etae-e was
rarryln passenem from Pan Kranclsco
to Portland. Canyonvllle was an Impor
tant slopping- plara. The streams thnt
ran throuch the valley In those days
carried a splendid quality of sold and
the miners prospered.
Minors IlalM Mock.
There are many of those miners there
tuvlr- and It la some credit to the coun
try to he able to say that this ravine;
rlavs of men thouitht tho t'pper South
1'mno.ua Valley was snd enough for
th-m and stayed after the ajold played
out. They homesteaded and bought land,
went Into the stock business. They pros
pered, but for some reason they fenced
their lands and set out a part In prunes.
This was the making of the valley, and
In the words of T. R. Sheridan, president
of the First National Bank of Roscburg.
"Prusea have paid oft more morta.aa.es
than "inythlna; else ever ratae.ln loug
las County."
Apples, too. have been raised for many
years and. In fart, everything- planted
grows to perfection here.
Ist January John C. White, a, resident
of rittsburc. came to Rosebura- with hia
wife, on business and pleasure. Diirins;
Ms walka and rldea through the county
he. like all others, admired the Upper
South Umpq.ua Valley. He made trip
after trip on the staite from Riddle to
Perdue, talked with everybody ha met,
admired the fertile farms and the, prosperous-looking
bouses and barns.
Irrigation to He Tried.
He also noted that from tho month of
July, when the crops were harvested, un
til October, when the rains began, this
rich land lay Idle. He conceived the
Idea of Irrigation, by taking; the water
of the South I.'mpqua at a point near
Perdue, carrying It In a canal on the
hillside Just above the rich benches and
bottom lands. Mrs. White bad been IS
years In the bond and commercial paper
business In Pittsburg, and knew some
thing of how to get money for Just such
projects as this. He went to Chicago
and brought back With h'm a member
of a Chicago bond house, a man of great
experience In Irrigation.
Mr. White employed engineers, made
arrangements for storage above Perdue,
located a site tor" a dam and -made his
water tilings. Then he began with an
engineering crew to make a preliminary
survey of the entire valley from Perdue
to Myrtle Creek and Riddle. The maps
are now being made and It Is figured
that contracts may be let the coming
Spring, so the construction of the dam
and canals may be finished before high
water comes in the Autumn.
It Is believed by many residents of
the valley that Canyonvllle may come
Into Its own agajn. for Irrigation means
Intense farming hiethoda, good prices for
land and small farms. All this means
more population and who knows, perhaps
there will be a railroad built up the val
ley. If there is population and freight
sufficient to support It. Many people
contend that this valley affords the most
accessible route over the Cascades to
the Klamath country. As a matter of
fact, stockmen about Oakland and Rose
burg now drive their cattle, and sheep
through thla valley and over the moun
tains to Klamath. It Is possible for one
to drive all the way through in a car
riage and suffer no Inconvenience. Tho
grade is easy and the roads are quite
good.
Soli Is Superior.
The Upper South Umpqua Valley has
long had the reputation of having the
best soli on the Coast and with Irriga
tion there Is no question but It will be
come more prosperous than ever.
The lands are all bottom and first
bench lands. The former Is a black sand
loam and the latter, loam with a' mix
ture of sand and gravel. They are all
naturally drained.
Myrtle Creek Is a pretty town situated
on the hillside and has recently taken on
new life. It Is not Impossible that it may
become within the near future a town
of considerable population. Undoubtedly
there will be a great Influx of people dur
ing the Summer.
The town of Riddle is beautifully lo
cated, and during the last Summer many
substantial business houses and homes
have been added to the already prosper
ous place. There are many houses that
would do credit to a city In Riddle, and
tho residents are looking for a building
boom next year.
The dam at Perdue will be of solid con
crete and will be 60 feet high and 600
feet long by about feet at the base.
This will back the water up for four
miles and the storage will hold 30,000
acre-feet of water. Tifera will be about
20.000 acres of land under the ditch and
the duty of water will be 12 acre-Inches
during the Irrigating season.
The construction of this dam and the
digging of the ditches will mean many
men engaged in transporting material
from the railroad-to the proposed dam
and a small army of horses employed
on the canal. All must he done in one
season, and necessarily tha towns and
valley residents will be much benefited
by the expenditure of so much money.
Almost the entire cost of all this work,
from JS00.O00 to J1,000,000, will be spent In
the valley.
Many large farms have changed hands
within the last few weeks, and It is cer
tain that a very substantial rise In valua
of land will come during the next year.
The climate is perhaps the most de
lightful anywhere, not excepting Cali
fornia. It Is from Myrtle Creek and Kid
dle that the flrst strawberries are shipped
to Portland each year. The Summers
are pleasant and the Winters mild, and
the climate is probably the most equable
of any place in Oregon. The roads are
not at any time bad as compared to oth
er parts of the country because of the
character of the soli.
Messrs. Cain and Boyer, of Roseburg,
are the field engineers, and Mr. Whist
ler, of Whistler & Stubblefleld, of
Portland, has been engaged by Mr. White
as consulting engineer.
These engineers have ascertained that
It will be possible to install water wheels
and an electric generating plant In con
nection with the dam, so that within the
near future the entire valley and the
towns will be supplied with electric pow
er and light.
WORLD'S RICHEST BABY
IS ROBUST 2-YEAR-OLD
Grandson of Lata Thomas Walsh, Colorado Mining Millionaire and John
i E. McLean, Wealthy Newspaper Owner, I Sole Heir to Great Fortune.
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NEW TORK. Jan. JL (Special.) of Cincinnati and Washington.
This It Vlneon Walsh McLean, said Mr W an had two children. His
. . . , . son. Vinson, wss killed In an automo-
to be the richest baby In the world. e mcrta.nt N.Wport. This left
This picture of him was made only a ni daughter sole heir to his great for-
few days age. Younc Vinson Is a tune. -MUs Walsh ran away one day
grandson of the late Thomas F. Walsh, with Edward McLean, son and heir of
the millionaire mining man of Colorado. John R. McLean. Baby Walsh Is Dow
aed la also a grandson of John R. lit- about two years old and Is a very,
n the mlMlonalre newspaper owner very healthy and vigorous baby.
BOOKS ADDED TO LIBRARY
lllBZ-IOGRAPHT.
Xewsrk Public library Tboosaad of
tke m Bevel 14 4. r lo.
figsaiT v Joys of readme 110.
BIOGRAPHY.
OaiisM rNlis.ii. I Ountt; a saessotr; br
IV T. Cook. loo.
Ffaydoa Cerr pond tie aed table-talk:
vita a mamotr br Js son. T. W. llsjdon.
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Uarrtrk Robrt Kenirk: a BiorrapMcal
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KipolMO I. Emptor ef rrac I he
erama. ot Batiit H.:aa; fcr Paul Frenieaua.
DEJICTUPTIOX A.VD TRAVEL.
HosarUv Jon! and U Cast; sis lectures
delivered before the University ot London.
iwa
Murphy CafamlUar Easlaad, a raeord ef
a seres thesaaad-ssUe tour by motor of the
nfraqueatad Books and eoraera. aad the
arises of sped! tntarset Is Kastand. 110.
Pmut The North Pel. Its discovery Is
loos sudor tho ssapkM of the Peary Arctle
Club. 1810.
PICTION.
Indoa Barslsg daylicht.
Iooc Hearts eontondlns: a
Uf.ru SchK-k. pocud.
tiUTcasooExXbe paUs of fcooor.
sovol by
Ptoiiu Immonoeo; tr. from the German;
by C P. I'ptos.
FtNB ARTS.
Clifford Tho decorative periods. lAOd.
Curtis and Clboon The book of topiary.
Io.
Harrison Bungalow residences; a. hand
bonk for all Interested In building. 1BO0.
Hill Ptsanello. 1803.
Hodo "rl Wltnir. 10O.
Keppel Tho goldoo ace of engravlns;.
IPIO.
Kerr Sweet peas up tn date. 1010.
'ml men Homo portraiture, for amatonr
pbotoKTaphera. J H0.
Pamon How to build a house; a book
for all about to hulld. 191.
e tan ton Romlnlarrncas of Rosa Bonheur.
110.
LA NQUAOE.
af stake A prtmr of French pronuncia
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Vtottl Elementary Russian grammar. Ed.
t. onl. 1B01.
LITEKATVRB.
Jtrorbohm Tot ssaln. 1VIO.
t"hiM Tho socoml shepherd's play. Bvery
naan. and othor early plays. 1010.
Jnhn.on EUmonts of lltsrary erltlclsm.
lse.
jnllno At tho library tabl. IBIO.
Kallilass Ahankuntala; or. Tho rocoverod
ring, a Hindoo drama, tr. from tho Sanskrit,
by A. H. Ed gran. ISM.
Moffat Oeorge Meredith, a primer to the
novels, lnoo.
pattao Practical argumentation. 1909.
Saaman A harvaat at chart. 1SOS.
PHIIXHSOPHT.
Feral The sexual question. IPO.
partridge An outline of Individual study.
191 n.
Tltehenar Lectures of the experimental
psychology of tha thought proceeds. 1909.
REWOION.
Palmer Tha winning or Immortality. 1910.
SCIENCE.
EVerly and others Laboratory lessons In
phreleal geography. 107.
Tarr A Von Engeln A laboratory manual
of Dhralcal saosranhr. 1810.
Turrlll Elemanlary -course In perspective.
1910.
tTadarhlll Solenoids, elaetro-magnsts, and
lactro-siagnatla Windings. 1910.
ttOCIOLOOT.
Badon-Powall "ooutlng for boys; a hand
book for In.tructios In good citlsanshlp.
Ed. g, anL 1910.
Burnham DescHptlvs stories for all the
year. 10 OS.
Halndal The Roscruclsn philosophy in
questions and-Answers. 1910.
SIcKltrlrk Accident Insurance for work
tsgmaa. 1809.
Plnrhot the light for eonserratloB. . 19l.
Thompson .Boy scouts of America. lttlO.
WUoox Ocesl eitias in America: tbalr
problams aod thalr govarnmeot, 1910.
V&CPUL ARTB
Abderhaldon Text-book of physiological
chemistry la thirty lectures. 1808.
Bottone Magnetos for sutomobillsta, how
made and how used. Ed. 2, sol. 1909.
Burrh Color printing and color print
ers. 110.
Chatlrr Ptressee la masonry.- ISO.
EveslSg stsr grange, Oregon. Cook book,
a. d.
yi.tchar Staamahlps. 1910.
Jtrkn.n A B C of the motor cycle. 1910.
McLennan A manual ot practical farm
ing. lWKX
Raweoa gucooss la market gardening: a
sow vegetable growers' me. anal, Rav. sad
aal. ed. lulo.
Reliable Poultry Journal Publishing Co.
Dscks and geese. C4. X 1910.
BOOKS ADDED TO REVERENCE DE
PARTMENT. Conference of rommlsalons on compsnsa
tlos for industrial accidents Proceedings.
1810.
Routladge'p Every man's cyclopedia of
biography, history, geography, general In
formation, law, etc, by Arnold VUllera. 1910.
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PARTMENT. Hancock The children of history, early
times IB. C oo to A. D. 1000); The chil
dren of history, later ttmaa (A. D. 1000 to
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.Hopkins The airship Drsgon-fly. -
Mablnoglos Wonder stories from the Ms
blnoglon; by Dr. Edward 1) rook a.
Mackay The house of the heart, and
ether plays for children; designed for use
In the sehools
Watson storage batteries, their theory,
sssetnictlow and nee.
First Jury Case) on Record.
London Tit-Bits.
A noted case tried In the reign or
the conqueror, with Otho. Bishop of
Bayeux. presiding as Judge, has been
iinitnv.il to he tho first
Jury, case on record. A dispute had ,
arisen about certain 'lands, to which
the Sheriff laid claim on Behalf of the
Eventually they found for the Sheriff.
The Judge, dissatisfied with the verdict
directed the men of the county to
should upon their oaths, confirm tho
verdict if thejr thought fit. This they
did.' Authorities now agree, however.
but merely compurgators, sworn to
give evidence. The legal existence of
Jurors was first recorded under the
assembled and sworn to say the truth. I chooss out "ot their , number It. who ' that tho chosen u were nc jurors, , ,anse...
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The Washlne-ton High School graduating exercises will be held Thurs day evening. February 2. at 8 o'clock, in the school auditorium. There, are
il member In the ? class and It Is the sxth class to graduate from Washington. The class was organised In February. 1910, and elected officers as fol
lows" President Leland James: rice-president. Klizabeth McGaw; secretary, Ruth Amesbury; treasurer, Carrie Fltspatrlck; editor, Beatrice Doty; ser.
..;,, Arms. Odes Flory- class poet. Arnold Hall; class prophet, Earleen Smith.
4h. claTs flower Is te rloteL The members will carry baskets of these flowers commencement evening . The class motto is: "Virtue In th etrus;-erie-
not In the reward " The Qiee Clnb. tinder the direction of Mrs. Rose Coursen Reed-Haneeomb, will sing several selections during the evening.
The diplomas will' be presented by Mrs. L. W. Sitton, chairman of the Board of Education. . .