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FARMERS IN APPLEGATE
PEAN 10 SIORE WAFER
The period ot dry year« whi<ii baa
hit aouthara Oregon ot late haa
••aliened the taruiera to the need of
eonaervatlon ot water, particularly
• hen they eee the hundreda ot creeka
tumbHni full of water In the aprime
ami drying up whan needed moat.
The great auceeaa which baa met the
introduction of etorage reaervotre In
other parta of the country baa called
forth ao«eral auch poaalbllltlea here.
The Munger creek project, eepeclally,
haa been propoeed and a govern meat
preliminary examination haa been
made
The report la favorable, and
by
conetructlng a comparatively
omall dam. It la determined, enough
water can bo atored to render fertile
and productiva many hundreda of
aerea now Idle boeatiae ot lack of wa
ter
In tome placea, aa on the Hart
ley farm, private alorage ayatema are 1
being developed to tide over the hot
montha of July and Auguat
MURPHY POST OFFICE I
HAS VARIED HISTORY
The hletorlcat fortunae of Murphy
pootolflce are about aa varied aa
thoae of Granta Paaa. and aaw the
•'*.’*«rpbjr" poet mark change Ila lo
cation oven more often than did that
of Granta Paaa.
The "old aottlora," who remember
it all. aay that Murphy originated
when the two Murphy brolhera took
up a homoetead which became known
aa the old Murphy donation and
homeatead property, located on the
creek now bearing the name of the
fl rat eel tier* on It. and known today
aa Murphy creek. Three brotbere
lived on the knoll where the old two
•tory bouae on the Madrona tracta
now atanda. and thia being on the
direct
Jnckaonvllle-Creecent City
atage road, waa the logical locatlou
for a poatofflce for that locality.
Murphy poatofflce remained there
until a later date when old Judge
Day. a pioneer politician of aouthern
Oregon, obtained the appointment aa
poatmaater and moved the poatofflce
io hla farm, which la now the Swee
ney place, a mile or no above the
original Murphy
Still later the poalofflre oame Into
the handa of it. A. (Heck) Gilmore,
•nd found a permanent home at the
location now recognlxed by the publlr
aa being "Murphy." In the Gilmore
•tore. About the preeent alle of the
city have arlaan the grange hall, a
popular gathering place tor the en
tire country aldo and a conolderable
Mtblemeut of Murphy-ilea with email
tracta
Murphy haa apparently ceaaed Ita
wandering«, and future poatmaatrra
will have to come to the poatofflce,
Ina lead of taking It home with them.
Murphy wandered far from the eight
of Ita old home for a time, but now
looka directly acroea the valley on
Ita former alle, on Murphy creek,
and aome day, when the atralght
at retch of roada between the Mur
phy ot today and the Murphy of yee-
terday la dotted with the homea of
Murphy-Ilea, the two will again join
and the poatmark of Murphy will In
clude them both.
BEEF-DAIRY BATTLE
IS ON IN APPLEGATE
Throughout the length of the Ap
plegate vklley there wages a quiet
battle between the beef and dairy In-
duatriea. It la not an open conflict,
becauae each aide real lied the ad
vantage ot the other, but la a mat
ter of judgment with the Individual.
Ono thing la evident after a cloae
acrutlny of the entire valley, The
older generation favorw the dairy
buaineea. becanae of the ateady, aure-
flre Income, while the younger gen
eration haa high regard for the beef
game, aa it avoida the detailed rou
tine of the dairy herd la "Cleaner" to
handle, and afforda a more open, out-
of-doors aort ot exiatence. The beef
game la played here much the name
aa In any country, exrept that moot
of the farrna are a conalderable dis
tance from the range, which Itartf la
not very exteneive or rich al the beet.
There 1» range for a limited number
of cattle, hut the opportunity la lim
ited to thoae "on the inside." The
dairy Induetry la universally reeog-
nlxed aa the real baaic Induetry of
that oountry. The men who make
the money through the Applegate
during the next two decadee are the
•nea who plunge Into the dairy bua-
Ineaa and turn their alfalfa and en-
allage Into butterfat.
DAILY
PAGI
While looking for a cow to purchase,
Mra. Banks jestingly remarked to a
local realtor that he might find a
whole farm for them rather than a
cow, and they would trade He took
I Continued from Page Ten)
her at her word and within a week
returned with a farm listed to trade with a herd of 25 head of pure bred
for the hotel. The exchange was Berkshlree, all registered
stock.
Many a thrilling tale haa l>een told made and everybody la happy, appar- '
Equipment on the place is strictly
by the pioneera of the Applegate of ently.
modern, Mr. Neill having probably
early day bletory, of Indian aklr-
a better end more complete equip
mtabes and dealing with outlawa.
ment than on any other farm in the
Charley Stephens, who settled on the
county,
with one possible exception.
farm where be now resides at the
This starts with the dairy barn, con
bead of WIIHama creek, arrived there
crete floors and atanchions for 40
In 1876 and retells many of the
head, horse barn attached, capacity
stories with which the old-timers re
0
head, various rooms in connection,
galed the newcomers In hla day, and
and equipped for milking machine.
tells of adventures that befell him
The bay loft has capacity of 80 tons
and hla brothers after that time, ills
The grape Industry Is one with an- I There are also two Moline tractors
story of breaking a trail from their
cabin to Jacksonville through four told possibilities In southern Oregon, for general farm work, a grader tor
feet of snow in the terrible winter of and hardly started aa yet. The Ap leveling and road work, full equip
1H90 In order to get the doctor for plegate valley may claim tae credit ment In the way of side delivery
of showing what the future bolda in ' rake, manure spreader and so on, and
Iris mdhiter, who was dangerously III,
la ohllllngly real, but be dleclalma store In chia line, the Flame Tokay two 180 ton eiloe. The helpers* house
any credit of being a pioneer. He having been developed on the A. H. has 8 rooms, with hot and cold wa
aaya to go to "Mother John," down Canon estate. At the time Mr. Car- ter and bath, and the home place haa
near the poatofflce, "she waa here be son pioneered the culture of this, 12 rooms, 3 Imths, hardwood floors,
fore I was born, back In Missouri, grape, port land merchants scouted ' is wired for electric lights, and is
and remembers how Old Man Wil the idea that Tokays could be grown finished throughout In most modern
This building
liams whose name Is borne by the anywhere but In California, and and beautiful style.
creek, was aasasainated by Scar Face would give no encouragement to Is really a mansion and occupies an
Charley, chief ot the ’Pitt River In shipments from southern Oregon eminence overlooking the Apolegate
dians." "Mother John's" stories will Mr. Canon, however, waa undaunted valley, and is surrounded by great
some day be ciasalca of Oregon his and aMpped into the markets where oaks, pines and shrubs. Mr. Neill
the California product was on sale, has been under a very material han
tory.
both in the north and in the east, dicap In the development of his place
and from the superior shlpplg quali through the period of years he spent
ties of the gnpe he produced, outsold In the English forces during the re
the southern product against the dis cent war, having left for Europe
favor of the merchants, and since shortly after he made his home on
that time the southern Oregon Tokay the Applegate. Clearing and level
has commanded a higher price than ing is now progressing rapidly, how
the California gnpe wherever ship ever. and the broad river bottom
ped. Besides standing up better in fields will shortly be In tip top cul
One of the strangest moves which shipping, this gnpe haa a better tivation.
Fate haa made on the checker-board flame color, the red soil of the Car-
Across the road from the NeiU
of southern Oregon waa the double son ranch seeming to Impart some property is the 89 acre farm of Carl
move which resulted In Bert Banka thing of its color to the gnpe. There Tdvesly, who has but recently arriv
and J. A. Gotcher -xebanging places are 20 acres of Flame Tokays on the ed here. There are 60 acres cleared
Thia would not- have apjteared so Carson place, and the 1919 crop re and cultivated on this farm, with
strange bad they merely traded turned a total of 12000.
this year 35 acres In alfalfa, yielding
farms, hut the trade they made took
about three tons per acre. 8 acres of
the one from the hotel business he WATER DOES DOVRI.E IMTY
grain and 5 acres of corn, and some
OS THOMPSON CREEK FARMS potatoes. His plan Is in the direc
had built up over a long period of
years and placed him on the farm
tion of bogs and alfalfa, and expects
On Thompson creek there are to create a 20 acre orchard on the
the other had homesteaded, but now
left for the other's hotel business about 15 farms ranging In size from bench land. Below this la Merle
Bert Banks conceived the Idea of the 35 acres to 5 acres and aggregating Nichols on the Batman place, with
Granta Paaa hotel, built It, and oper C$5 acres, with ample Irrigation from some 40 acres producing. 20 in apple
ated It until a short time ago. J. the stream which has a flow of only and pear orchard, and the balance In
A. Gotcher developed hla ranch and 300 Inches. Ordinarily this flow alfalfa. He has a half dozen pure
buHl It Into one of the finest proper would be less than half enough, as bred Jerseys for dairy operations.
ties In WIIHama creek. Then each the 085 acres require 685 Inches of
The Meadow«
undoubtedly thinking what a snap water. The valley floor, however, so
The Meadows Is a tract of 125
the other had. the trade was made drains the water used that the meas acres owned by Judge Twohy, and
At this point It is well to demonstrate ured flow cf 300 inches does the duty until recently operated by C. N. Ouly.
the dire posalbllltlee of a facetion re of 685, each inch of flow being used It Is now under direction of J.
mark addressed to a real estate man. over twice.
O’Brien, who has been with the
APPLEGATJ VALLEY E9RMS
APPLEGATE PIONEERS
IELL Of MT HATS
FLAME TOKAY BROUGHT
OUT ON CARSON PLACE
FROM HOFEI TO FARM
IN OVERNIGHT TRADE
Twohy company for many years an<
who has recently arrived In thia
country
Of the total acreage, all
but 5 acres is on the riverbottom,
and this 5 making an excellent build
ing site on the knoll. A ditch from
the Applegate supplies the lower
land, but the higher land will b9
watered from the Granta Pass Irri
gation district's project. There arc
56 acres in alfalfa, 15 in corn and
ten in pasture, with the other 49
uncleared. This unfinished work
will be cleared up this fall and win
ter and the home site beautified.
There are now 35 head of thorough
bred Jerseys making up the dairy
herd and a half dozen pu reblooded
Berkshire hogz. Mr. O’Brien plans
to pay dividends on this property by
the alfalfa and hog route, developing
the place as rapidly as possible.
«"haa. godth
Bolow the Meadows is the farm ot
Chas. Smith, who haa 120 aeres. with
35 cultivated and under the Red
Bluff Ditch. Mr. Smith is president
of the Granta Paas Irrigation dis
trict and will Irrigate more of hla
land under that project. He haa 10
acres of alfalfa that yielded him 5
tons to the acre on 4 cuttings, also
has 7 aeres of corn, 2 of grain hay
and 5 In pasture, with 4 milk costs
and 6 hogs.
The road down the right bank ot
the river now leads to the farm own
ed by J. T. Middleton, and the last
farm on the Applegate. Thia Is a 50
acre tract adjoining the River Banka
properties on the west and north, IS
acres of it riverbottom.
Mr. Mid
dleton haa 12 acres In alfalfa and 2
In corn, grain and garden, and irri
gates trom the Red Bluff ditch. He
has Just finished a new home which
has an excellent site overlooking the
river.
Ski Jumping in Summer.
Blnce the first cave men slid down
a glacier, skiing baa been considered
a cold-weather »port.
Among the
enowclad bills of the cold north coun
tries skiing baa developed until It is
the national sport of Norway. But
now comes an expert ski jumper who
established his own precedent, in good
American fashion, by skiing oo the
hottest summer day. Of odds and
ends he has built a slide, approxi
mately 100 feet long and terminating
at a gap of 25 feet, beyond which is
a landing Incline of heavier, broader
construction and surfaced with can
vas. This is kept slippery by applying
soap and lard.—Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
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