Id Hill
C r i a l t i l N a tu r a l Naoourcaa
a f S a a th a rn O ra gon
It
On
b o a u tilu l N ag ua N lva r
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he (forth S ill
O na C o m m u n ity oZ O p p o r­
tu n ity - N ogua N iv e r V a lla r,
who ro tha ap pia g o m a d fa m a
GOLD HILL, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1915
H ard H eaded Iowa Farm er Sees the T rue
( Weston Leader»
Tl»> furtlier a (anu la away Iroin a live
tow n the leas tlie land la worth. Popula­
tion aa well aa productlveneaa makes lor
higher values. Th«*«e (acta are ao ohvioua
aa to need no supporting argum ent.
W hen the lariner help« ilia nearest town
he indirectly helliä hiiiuelf. Enlighten­
ed aelf-iiitrreat should therefore prom pt
him to buy at home what he ran get at
home, and to M ad away lor auch article*
only aa h it home town m ercliant la un­
able Io aupply. He la atriklng at hia lo­
cal ehuretiea and achoola, hia opportuni­
ties lor pieaaant community llle, wlien he
liel|<H a big mall order houae to cut a huge
dividend melon—aa waa recently done by
Hearn A Koe buck. Never a alii» cornea
hia way, although he contributed to tlie
Jackson Co.
prollta The mall order houae co ntribu­
tes nothing to tlie support ol hla com ­
munity institution«.
When too late lian a Oarbua, an Iowa
fanner, “ naw the lig h t.” Thia la what
lie aaya In a letter to an agricultural Jour­
nal:
"W e farmer* need awakening to the
fact th at we have uninlatnkably reaclwd
the period where we nuiat think and plan.
I am one ol the alow German farmers
th at had to lie aliown, anil 1 am now giv­
ing iny experience th at other« may profit,
for knowledge 1« more exp«u«lve now
than ten year* ago.
"Tw enty-nine year* ago I l«*g«n my
farm career. 1 hail an old team and »5(1.
Our furniture waa moatly homemade
c h ain , cupltoard and loung,* made from
dry gooda lioaea, neatly covered with ten-
cent cretonne by my girl wile. We rent­
ed eighty acre«. Being a boy o l good
habita 1 got all nettled m achineiy and
groccriea ol our home merchant« on cred­
it, until fall crooa were «old. The flrat
year waa a wet aeaaon.and I did not make
enough to pay creditore. I went to each
on date ol promise and explained condi­
tion«, puying a« much a« possible, and
they ail carried the balance over another
year. They contlmu-d to accomodate me
until I «aa able to buy a forty-acre piece
of my own.
"A* soon a« I owned theae few acre«
the mail order house« Is-gan «ending me
catalogue«, and gradually I l«-gan eend­
ing my loose change to them , letting my
account« «land in my home town wliere I
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at C o st o f $ 5 ,6 0 0 .0 0 !
had gotten my accomodation when I had th at 1 was tlie first in the county to make
needed it.
! up a neighborhood bill and eend it to a
“ We then hail one ol the thrlftleet little 'm ail order houae. Though we got bit
village» in the state—good line ol buainea* every once in a while, we got the habit ol
in all the brancliea, merchant« who were «ending away for «tuff.
willing to help an honest fellow over a
"G radually o u r merchant« lessened
bad year, anil a town full of people who their «tock of goods— for lack of patron-
came twloe a week to trade and viait. age.
Finally we began to realize th at
Our little country town supported a libra­ wlien we needed a bolt quickly for m a­
ry, high «chool, band, bail team, and we chinery, or clothing for aicknea« or death,
had big celebration« every year.
we had to wait and «end away for it,
"A farm near a live town aw n double« which waan’t ao pieaaant. One by one
in valu e/ 1 »old my forty aeree at a big our merchant« moved to place« where
advance and bought an eighty, gradually tliey were appreciated, and men of lean
adding to it until I had 200 aerea of tlie energy moved in. G radually our town
beat lami in Iowa. 1 tlien felt no need of ha« gone dow n; our business houae* are
««king favor», and found it eaay to patro­ ‘tacky’ in app arauce, a num ber are em ­
nize the mail onler agents th at o m e al­ pty, our schools, churches, anil walks are
m a * weekly to our door. 1 regret to say going down, we have no band, no library
nor ball team . There to no hu«ine«s dona
in the town, and therefore no taxea to
keep thing« up. Hotel to cl,«led for lack
of travel. Go down to tlie depot wlien
tlie freight pull« in and you will gee the
sequel in mail order package».
"N ine year* ago my farm was worth
»If« an acre; today I’d have a hard m at­
ter to sell it at »167 an acre. It ia ‘too
far from a live tow n’—ao every farmer
ha« «aid th at want« to buy. He want« a
place near «chool» and churches, where
hto children can have advantage». I have
awakened to the fact that in helping to
pull the town down, it has coat me »5,600
in nine year».”
The H ubbard Enterprise i» fighting for
a new high «ctiool.
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RESOURCES DEVELOPED BY PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION
Company Plans Lower Power
Rates for Rogue River Valley
New Era of Industry Dawns
for Sunny, Southern Oregon
tlo n . In su ran ce, b e tte rm e n ts, tr a n s ­
(Grant«.Paa« Courier)
head gate«, c o n tro l gate», spillw ays, |
T h a t p o rtio n of th e b u sin ess of th e
M ore th a n o rd in ary in le r js t 1» be- etc., la a lre a d y ln » talled , w ith pro-
m ission loss and In cid en tals, an d still com pany covering th e irrig a tio n of
ln g ta k e n in th e ac tiv itie s o f th e vlaion m ade fo r Ita ex ten sio n across
c re a te a su rp lu s w hich in tim e, ta k e n th e R ogue R iv er valley is of as vital
R ogue R iver Publlo S ervice co rp o ra- th e riv e r fo r th e in s ta lla tio n of ad-
In connection w ith th e n a tu ra l in- in te re st to th e land ow ners as cheap
tio u in th e R ogue R iv er valley, an d d ltio n al u n its.
4 crease In c u rre n t con su m p tio n of th e pow er Is to th e valley as a w hole, an d
to th e c a re fu l o baerv er of b u sin ess
W ithin th e city of Gold H ill th e j
city, will p e rm it of s till low er lig h t­ th e com pany h as a lre a d y begun its
co n d itio n » R ia a p p a re n t th a t th is 'c o m p a n y la co n stru c tin g a new dis-
ing an d com m ercial ra te s, o r w hich cam paign to c a rry o u t its w ork along
en d of th e valley la d estin ed to re- tr lb u tjn g system for th e d istrib u tio n
m ig h t be used to lessen th e tax ra te . th is line.
celve ita full s h a re of d ev elo p m en t and sale of e le c tric c u rre n t fo r com- I
It is also u n d ersto o d th a t th e sam e
On th e F ru itd a le d itch co n stru ctio n
d u rin g th e c u rr e n t y ear.
; m e r d a l and resid en ce lig h tin g . T h is i
scale of ra te s h as been su b m itte d to ; w ork h as been going on since th e first
T h e business actlv itlea of th e cor- system , w hich Is built u n d e r th e ru le s j
th e city o f A shland, w here th e city of D ecem ber an d u p w ard s of tw o
p o ra tio n in th e ir effo rts to secu re and re g u la tio n s of th e ra ilro a d coin-
ow ns Its own g e n e ra tin g p lan t, in th e m iles of new d itc h h as been b u ilt, and
c o n tra c ts fo r th e w h o lesalin g of elec- m ission of O regon, Is o f sta n d a rd
o p eratio n of w hich p la n t th e city th is la s t w eek E n g in e e r D odge of the
tr ie c u rre n t a t M edford au d A sh lan d , co n stru ctio n an d m ean s m uch in th<
forced th e ra te s of Its co m p etito r com pany h a s been su:-veying fo r a
fo r m u n icip al and co m m ercial p u r- way of red u ced ra te s fo r lig h tin g and
dow n to ap p ro x im ately 6c p er k. w. still f u r th e r extension of th is ditch,
poses, th e ir c o n test fo r th e s tre e t ' pow er to th e citizen s o f Oold Hill
hour.
l' w hich ex ten sio n will be b u ilt fo r th e
C a p ita liz a tio n N o t In fla te d
lig h tin g c o n tra c t a t Uold H ill, th e ir T h e system is p ractically 90 p er cent
o p ening of th e Irrig atio n season of
It is to th e c re d it of th e R ogue 1915. T h e w ork b eing done on th is
co n stru c tio n of a new d is trib u tin g co m p lete a t th is w ritin g and servlet
system to c a re for th o co m m ercial will be in a u g u ra te d over sam e w lth ii
R iver P u b lic Service co rp o ratio n th a t ditch Is of s ta n d a rd co n stru ctio n and
its c a p italizatio n is based on th e phy­ Is u n d e r th e ch arg e of Jo e R ussell.
an d resid en ce lig h tin g a t th a t point, ! a very sh o rt tim e. T h e city of Golt
sical v a lu a tio n of its p ro p ertie s,
th e v isit of Halt L ak e c a p ita lists w h o 'H ill is a d v e rtisin g for b ids for th<
B u ild in g G ravity Canal
a r e in te re ste d in th e com pany to t h e 's t r e e t lig h tin g c o n tra c t, an d tt is un
th ereb y re q u irin g th e public to pay
T he co m p an y 's irrig a tio n cam paign
no profit, in th e sh ap e of increased also in clu d es th e b u ild in g of th e big
valley to look over th e field, and th e d ersto o d th a t th e com pany in te n d s t,
ra te s, on fictitious valu es, and it is grav ity can al from th e local p lant
a p p licatio n for a fran ch ise for th e com pete fo r th a t business, w hich It
¡on th is on e fact th a t th e people of e a st of th e city to cover th e highly
d is trib u tio n an d sale of c u rre n t fo r can h an d le in co nnection w ith it,
th e R ogue R iver valley m ay re s t as­ developed a n d fe rtile lan d s w est of
com m ercial nnd resid en ce lig h tin g in o th e r lig h tin g , an d w ith th e fu rn ish
sured th a t th e ir fu tu re will not be tow n. T h is w ork w ill be done w ith
th e city, p o in t d irectly to th e devel- Ing of city w a te r to th e citizen s o
jeo p ard ized by th e ap p licatio n of an ele c tric shovel, alre a d y purchased,
o p m e n t of th e la te n t en erg y of th e Gold Hill, w hich it bus been doin.
h ig h e r ra te s fo r elec tric pow er.
R ogue riv e r alo n g th e line of cheap for y ears past.
c u rre n t fo r th e o p eratio n of which
ele c tric pow er, and w ith th o com ing
In s ta ll E lectrical E qu ip m en t
A n o th er business fe a tu re appre- w ill be su p p lied from th e local plant.
of such d ev elopm en t th o w o n d erfu l
T he local p la n t of th e com pany
i d a te d by th e av erag e business m an T h is c a n a l w-ill be c o n stru cte d and In
n a tu ra l reso u rces of th o valley m ust which is locuted th re e an d one-hal
is t h a t activ itie s of th e co rp o ratio n o p eratio n fo r th e com ing irrig a tio n
n ecessarily move fo rw ard w ith a m iles cast of th is city, has been over
a re confined to th e R ogue R iver val­ season.
bound, as ch eap pow er Is one of th e h au led w ith in th e p ast th r e e m o n th s
ley p ro p e r and th a t no long and ex­
It is also u n d ersto o d th a t th e com­
tw o fu n d a m e n ta l facto rs th e o th e r p re p a ra to ry to th e p u ttin g of sann
pensive tra n sm issio n lines in m o u n ­ p any’? cam p a ig n in clu d es an exten­
b eing tr a n s p o rta tio n
w hich a re re- into com m ission. At th is tim e a crew
ta in o u s an d sp arsely se ttle d d is tric ts sion of th e n o rth side ditch from a
q u isito in th e p e rm an en t d evelopm ent is em ployed re p a irin g th e cofferdam
will be b u ilt, as on such line th e con­ point ju s t e a st of S ixth s tre e t to a
of any section of th e co u n try .
so th a t a d ry zone may be create,
su m er m u s t n ecessarily pay, in th e point back o f th e city re se rv o ir and
E s ta b lis h e d P o w er P la n ts
for th e In sta lla tio n of ad d itio n a l con
way of increased ra te s, th e in te re st th a t p ro b ab ly bids w ill be called for
T h e business of th e co rp o ra tio n Crete, and w hen th is is done th ,
on th e in v estm en t an d m ain ten an ce th is w o rk w ith in th e very n e a r fu tu re.
co n sists in th e dev elo p m en t of ItH p la n t will be electrically equ ip p ed , i
ch arg es, in a d d itio n to increased
T he com pany is com posed of a
h y d ro -electric pow er and irrig a tio n now being h y d rau lically
equipped
tra n sm issio n losses on acco u n t of long larg e n u m b e r of e a ste rn c a p italists,
in te re sts, an d pow er p la n ts a re m a i n - * T h is w ork th e com pany expects t(
Top- -la m e r Portion o f T w enty-F oot Fall. M iddle— C on trol (¡a te
distance.
re sid in g in C hicago, In d ian ap o lis and
Below — Head Gates.
tn ln cd a t G ra n ts P ass aud Gold H ill, ‘co m p lete th is sp rin g .
S alt L ak e C ity, an d th e p erso n n el of
w ith rig h ts on o th e r p o rtio n s of th e i W ith th e co m p letio n of th e new in ­
its o rg a n iz a tio n is as follow s: P resi­
riv er, w h ere a d d itio n a l p la n ts will sta lla tio n a t Gold HUI and th o equlp-
d en t, G eorge E. S anders, G ran ts P ass,
he In stalled as Boon as th e develop- plug electrlcnH y of th e local p lan t
O regon; vice-p resid en t, F ra n k M,
m en t of th e valley p erm its, nnd in th o tw o p lan ts will be connected by a
F au v re, In d ian ap o lis, In d ia n a ; secre­
p roviding an a d e q u a te system of Ir-1 sta n d a rd tra n sm issio n line, and it is
ta ry , G eorge W . S oranson, G rants
rlg n tlo n In th e R ogue R iver valley | u n d ersto o d th a t th is tra n sm issio n
: P ass, O regon; a ss ista n t
tr e a s u re r ,
west of Gold H ill, p rin cip ally in th e 1 line will be ex ten d ed to M edford and
i F ra n c is M. F a u v re , G ran ts P ass. O re­
vicinity of G ra n ts Pass.
t to A shland on th e east, an d to G ran ts
gon; d ire c to r. W illiam E. E nglish,
T ho com pany is a hom o In stitu tio n P ass on th e west, w ith th e p robahili-
‘ In d ian ap o lis, In d ia n a ; d ire c to r, Rob­
and is th e successor to all of th e effort ; ties th a t th e lin e will co n sist of
e r t W . R eed, In d ian ap o lis, In d ian a;
h e re to fo re m ade In th e R ogue R iver m odern steel tow ers, th ereb y doing
g en eral co u n sel, A. E. R eam es, Med-
valley w est of Gold Hill for th e de -I aw ay w ith in te rru p te d service due
! ford. O regon: c o n su ltin g en g in ee r.
velopm ent of h y d rau lic and elec tric I to pole hr« a k ag e nnd o th e r dlfficul-
R o b ert E. G aut, Chicago, Illinois.
pow er nnd for th e pro v id in g of Irrl- (tie s of a s im ila r n a tu re .
C onstructing engineer an«! superinten­
O th er activ itie s of th e com pany a re
gntlon, such effort being re p resen ted
dent F. W. Dodge, Gold Hill.
by th irte e n c o rp o ratio n s, with an a g ­ fo reseen In th e recen t In co rp o ratio n
T he h om e office of th e com pany Is
g re g a te c a p italizatio n of »14,710,000, of T he Mill C reek F a lls P ow er com-
in th e P u b lic Service b u ilding, on
an d an actu a l cash e x p e n d itu re of ' pany, tho p ro p e rty of w hich is lo-
N orth S ixth stre e t.
over »1,000,000, and n o tw ith sta n d in g I cuted on R ogue riv er, in Jack so n
th e s e facts th e co rp o ra tio n Is capi- ounty, O regon.
T he p erso n n el of
tallzed on a physical v alu atio n b a .'' th e in c o rp o ra to rs of th is com pany
Du Pont Powder Magazine
ic lu d e th o officials o f T h e Rogue
- tho m odern way of financing.
Completed on Blackwe!) Hill
R iver P u b lic Service co rp o ratio n .
In c re a sin g C apacity
A pply lo r F ran ch ise
At Gold Hill th i’ com pany lias .’ 00
L ast week th e com pany ap p lied to
e le c tric a l h o rsep o w er d ev elo p m en t,
Destined to provide a readily accessible
nail a t th is tlip e is ru s h in g th e in ­ th e «Ity of (¡ra n is P ass fo r a th irty -
supply « f high explosives t o the dealers
'« r fra n c h ise fo r th e d istrib u tio n
sin u a tio n of an ad d itio n a l 1,00(
of Southern Oregon for use in the mines
ho rsep o w er to m eet th e req u irem en t:' inti sale of e l e l r l c c u rre n t fo r lig h t­
and on industrial projects, the large ca­
of its c o n tra c t w ith th e B eaver P o rt­ in g and co m m ercial p u rp o ses w ithin
pacity powder magazine of the Du Pont
land C em ent com pany for electric ho city lim its on a scale of 8c p er
company, situated two miles southeast of
pow er fo r o p eratio n of th o new ce­ A. w. h o u r ns a m axim um , which
this city on Blackwell hill, was completed
on Monday. D aring the past three weeks
m en t p lan t when sam e Is com pleted means- a red u ctio n of 20 p er cen t In
a gang of local workmen has been con­
th is sp rin g . T he w ork b ein g done Is lig h tin g and pow er rates. T h e ap ­
stantly employed i n the construction o(
all c o n crete co n stru ctio n and of a plication of th e com pany also In­
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the magazine, which is of a thoroughly
p e rm a n e n t nnd s ta n d a rd form . T he cluded a p ro p o sitio n th a t w hen th e
approved and m odem type. Engineer C.
now g e n e ra tin g nnd w a te r eq u ip m en t consum ption o f c u rre n t reach es a
to caro fo r th e Increased cap acity of m inim um of 2 20,000 k. w. h o u rs per th e city, one by th o com pany, and red u ctio n in th e lig h tin g and pow er on th e consum ption of th a t city, it R. Bell, of the Du Pont company, who
th e p lan ts haa been p u rch ased and is m onth th e city sh all have th e p riv i­ o n e by th e tw o so selected , a t which bills of th e consum ers. T h is sche- Is figured th e m u n icip ality can own was in charge of tlie work, left on W t d-
now on tho gro u n d and Is a w aitin g leg e of ta k in g over th e d is trib u tin g tim e th e com pany ¡ffcrees to w hole­ d u le of ra te s, it is u n d ersto o d , is th e its ow n d is trib u tin g lines, pay its nesday morning for M artins Blurt', on.the
Columbia north o f Portland, where he
«om pletlon of th e new pow er house. system on an ap p raised v alu atio n , one sa le e le c tric c u rre n t on a Scale of sam e a s th e one now being consider- bond in te re s t, provide
a
sin k in g
T h e d iv ersio n dam , w ith n ecessary of th e a p p ra ise rs to he ap p o in ted by ra te s w hich w ill p erm it still fu rth e r ed by th e city of M edford, an d , based fund, pay o p e ra tio n costs, deprecia- j will at once commence construction upon
a similar warehouse.
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