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SECTION FIVE
Fages 1 to 10
Woman's and Books
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VOL. XXX.
PORTLAND. OREGON. SUNDAY MORXIXG, FEBRUARY 5, 1911.
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WATER WILL AID IN DEVELOPING THE ROGUE RIVER VALLEY
Power Will Bs Used in Irrigating Fertile Tracts Large Enterprises Organized to Aid in Making Noted Section Even More Productive.
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MEl'KOItD. Or.. Feb. I (SclaL)
Wtr nj wtr power promlsca
to b (. two srrat'st factor In
th IrTIop(nc of the !toue Itivrr Val
!T. th former In Irrigating th Ira
mro tract of frrts:e UnJ of whlrh
th valirjr If ronpotnl. anj ti ltlr
la produrtnc th r!rrtrt.-4t rnrrcy re
quired t pump thr vralT from the
Rorut Liter anj nltirr uur-i to the
land too (ar removed to te ceatly
ber.efitrd theru.
P-i.!r iru at ofTTre. the elertrlcltjr
produced fru:n th falls on the Rogue
Itlver wtll play an Irr.por'.ant part In
developing the mineral reaourcea of
t;ie !irf and. In adJttton. la to plenti
ful that t.-e City of Uedford. all of
the smaller town and villages In the
Tailty. and a numSer of the ranchea
are re-elln power and lljht current
from the puwer dam located at tiold
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Many I'm or Irrleatlnn.
Whether or not Irrtvation la cen
eraity Mrr throuch the Taller
t a question that haa lone been arfued
but BeTer settled. Several of the
ranchea are yearly producing; enormous
yields without Irrigation, while others
producing; equally as well both In qual
ity and quantity, are drawing; their
moisture from artlOVlal as well a na
tural sources. The fart remains, how
ever, that the orchardist who Is not
now Irrlcatlnn Is depending solely on
the Summer rains, which may or may
not occur In proper season, and the
orchard. wheLf.er bearlna; or just set
out. that Is not most favorably located,
wll) suffer somewhat during average
seasons for wnnleif sufficient moisture.
Orchardlsts who use Irrigation astcrt
that they are ahie to raise bi Hirer and
better colored fruit without having; to
resort to the practice of thinning ex
cessively and also hold out In favor
of the Irrigated tract that it will bear
younger and at the same time permit
of the growing of strawberries, e le
thal will assist In the support of the
rancher, and In some cases, pay for
the land before the orchard cornea Into
bearing.
IVrneflM ot Water Sliown.
In some sectlona of the valley Irri
gation haa been employed for year.
"Stringtown." near Phoenix, la a splen
did illustration of what water will do
in the development of the highly culti
vated farm of a few acres. This area
has for year depended on the night
flow of the Phoenix mill ditch and
many are the stories of fabulous pro
duction that come from this locality.
The ranches along; the Little Butte
Creek have been irrigated for years, as
have al50 many of the most noted or
chards throughout the valley.
Regardless of all that may be said
concerning the uselessness of Irriga
tion, several enterprises are1 now oper
ating whose purpose It Is to throw
water on land not at present under
cultivation, chief among these perhaps
being the Rogue River Klertrlc Com
pany, owner of the dam at Uold Ray.
on the Rogue River, from which all
the electric energy used In the valley
Is secured. This company is develop
ing an orchard tract of about 200 acres
near Tolo. the water to irrigate which
will be forced through an underground
pipe more than a n.lle long by electrically-driven
pumps located In the
company' power house at the river.
Another projected Irrigation system
worthy of mention Is the one projected
by a syndicate having at Its head Pat
rick Welsh and R. K. Nell, both Spo- ,
kanc men. and- interested heavily in
the irrigated lands of the' Spokane
Valley. The system to be built by them
will necessitate an expenditure of
t3.000.000. It will consist of P'ish Lake
and Four-Mile Lake, as reservoirs, hav
ing a combined capacity of 35.000 acre
feet of water; a connecting canal be
tween the two lakes; a diversion canal
16 mlies In length to bring the water
from Little Butte Creek Into the val
ley: three main lines of distributing
canals aggregating 100 miles in length,
and 400 miles of laterals to convey the
water to the land.
To secure water from this same
source, the City of Medford recently
completed a S500.000 gravity water sys
tem. This has given the city a per
petual water right to a dally, flow of
4.H60.000 gallons df pure, mountain wa
ter, whose minimum flow Is at least
10 times this amount, and further
guaranteed as to quantity by the water
stored In Fish Lake and Four-Mile
Lake on the summit of the Cascades.
Irs pipeline consists of 22 miles of
16-Inch banded wooden stave pipe, hav
ing a carrying capacity of 4,100,000
gallons daily.
The supply is adequate for the needs
of a city of more than twice the size
of Medford, and In addition will fur
nish sufficient water to Irrigate an un
limited amount of land.
BIG NEW-LINER BUILDING
Canard Company Constructing-Ship
of 000 Feet in Length.
LONDON, Fc-b. 4. (Special.) When will
a hnlt come in the dimensional develop
ment of steamships? Mammoth liners
are already in process of building for
the Hamburg-Amerlka and White Star
lines, and now I hear that Within two
years we shall have a new Cunarder 500
feet in length.
While the liner will not be an At
lantic greyhound In the sense which the
Mauretania and Luaitania are, she prob
ably will surpass either in luxurious
equipment, lavish fittings and the gen
eral excellence of the arrangement for
passengers "comfort.
Probably the' passenger accommodation
may be increased to '4000, so she will have
accommodation for 1S00 more rasserigers
than the Mauretania or Lusitania, and
for 1500 ' more than the Olympic. Ch'ef
features in the equipment will be the
suites, of rooms, single berths, family
suites, complete telephone system, Turk
ish and eTectric baths, swimming .pond
and theater stage.
Preparations for laying the keel . of
the new vesrel will be started early next
month at the Clydebank yard, Glasgow.
The Lusitania was built at an angle of
40 degrees to the river, but this angle
will be slightly exceeded In the case of
the new boat, on account ot the 140 feet
Increase in leneth.
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DICKENS' GRAVE IS FOUND
Last Resting Place of Xovellst's Son
Near Calcutta. ,
' CALCXTTTA: Feb. 1 (Special.) Admir
ers of Dickens in this part of the In
dian Empire are delighted that someone
has at last' discovered the final resting;
place of the novelist's soldier son. '
Most students of history were aware
that Lieutenant Walter Savage Landor
Dickens' had died In Calcutta and wan
buried in the military cemetery there,
but until a few days ago no trace could
be found of the grave.
Thanks to the tireless exertions of a
Dickens enthusiast in searching the All
pore Cemetery and locality, the original
inscribed stone came to light, embedded
in a masonry platform, but so covered
with rank grass, and other vegetation
that it was practically hidden from view.
As a supplement to the correspondent's
information, the following extract from
a letter from Charles Dickens to Walter's
godfather, Landor, is interesting:
"Walter is a good boy and come home
from school with honorable commenda
tion. He passed last Sunday in solitary
confinement (in a bathroom) on bread
and water for terminating a dispute with
the nurse by throwing a chair in her
direction. It Is the very first occasion
of his ever getting into trouble, for he
Is a great favorite with the whole house,
and one of the most amiable boys in
the boy world. He comes out on birth
days is a blaze of shirt pin."