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BIG UNDERTAKING
Four
Things
Necessarj
to Success.
IRRIGATION IS ASSURED
Problem All Solved and Ex
perl on Uround Making In
vestigations &nd Surveys.
There were four thiugs necessary
is order to succeed in securing irri
gation for this part of the Rogue
Biver Valley. First It wag all iin
port ant that a campaign of education
be entered upon aad carried oat so
that the people generally understood
and appreciated tbe absolute necessity
of irrigation. Tue man who on all
occasions was in evidence with the
assertion that irrigation was not
necessary most be ooovinced of its
error.
The second thing necessary wa
financial plan fitted to the conditions
existing in this section; a plan which
would commend itself to those inter
ested aad which would be entered
upon by men of small capital.
The third requirement wag a
physical plan that would point out
the place where tbs necessary water
could be secured and how it could be
distributed over the uneven territory
which comprises this valley, including
the lands on both sides of the river.
The fourth and last thing to ac
complish is the actual work of coo
struotion of the ditches. This may
seem a hard task bat it will be found
to be in reality the least difficult part
of the work. This will be illustrated
by that old proverb "Many hauds
make light work."
Z In discussing this subject it must
be stated that the first requirement,
that is, education, has been most
thoroughly' carried out through the
aid of the press, through meetings
held by the Commercial Club and the
discussion of the subiect in the meet-
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' Patilic sentiment which was at first
divided on the subject has come round
to the almost universal belief that
irrigation is neoessary. As George A.
Hamilton expressed it, he would as
soon think of farming or raising fruit
without land as without water.
The seoond requirement which an
named, was a financial plau that
would meet the demands of the com
munity, das been found and adopted.
It is businesslike in every particular
and is known as 'he 10 year paynirnt
plan This provides that the man
buying water can have lbs privilege
of making part of his first payment
in labor and as this will be called for
before the work cn the farm com
mences it will in mauy iusta ic s bi
highly satisfactory to the farmer.
The third requirement is the work of
an expert to examine the lands to he
irrigated and to investigate verf
available source of water supply. He
is to include iu his iniestigatious th
fiaibility of the storge of flood
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- l u.iu aivision of the work
will be the actual construction of the
canal.. Tle will of course follow a
carefully ma,le survey of the lines of
the main canals which will consist of
a gravity ditch to oovtr as much as
possible of the lanus to be inhaled.
"u,re W1" 08 higb line ditches which
must be supplied by pumping. As to
how many tbousaud acres can be put
"uer water can only be determined
by aotual survey. It mav be that
30,000 or possibly 25,000 acres of
available land oan be found to pl'acs
uuaer tne ditches.
The importance of the work above
mentioned oan harlly be overesti
mated. The value which th a.i..
will add to the lauds as the work of
clearing and planting goes on will
each year amount to hundreds of
thousands of dollars. We are satis
fied that a conservative estimate of
the increase in land values in the
next 10 years through the introduc
tion of irrigation will amount to fully
110,000,000.
JOSEPHINE COUNTY AT
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
There are at the present time 1000
students in attendance at ths Oregon
Agricultural College at Corvallis,
every county in the state except Lane
being represented. Of the number
257 are women. Jospehine County is
represented by Laura J. Coffman,
Roth Scovill, Herbert J. Oilker,
George L. Harper, Eugene H. Scovill.
E. Chapman, Fred S. Allen, Geo.
O. Parker, Gweodolen Hughes, Edith
O. Hughes, Vernioe P. Gilkey, all of
Grants Pass and Ida Elizabeth Harsen
of Kerby. Clas-ofid by courses of
study ttt) students at the college ap
pear as fellows ;
Agriculture K7
Fore-try 23
Domestio Science and Art 1k4
Civil Engineering 114
Electrical Engineering ltil
Mechanical Engine ring IH3
Mining Engineering fiO
Commeroe li
Pharmacy US
Music S
About 30 per ceut of the students
are at If supporting.
PROFESSOR O'GARA
HERE NEXT WEEK
Prof. O'Gara, the Blight Specialist
of the Department of Agriculture, will
arrive in Grants Pats within the next
fewdasaud will fpeud a week or
10 days here in ordei to be of sssint
Hbee to nur fruit grow re. fie is one
of the best informed uieu in
the United Stale- and is teat out
by the Department f Argiculture to
the fruit sections. A public mi'eting
i being arranged for Saturday night,
November Slat, at which the profei-sor
will give a talk oo tree diseases and
pests.
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GRANTS pASS. JOSBPHINB COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1908. No". 33
COMMERCIAL CLUB
HOLDS MEETING
Discuss Welfare of Com
muuity and Plans.
M. J. ANDERSON PRESIDES
Toktvy Vineyards Wtll Amount
to 600 Acre end Return
$300,000 Annually.
Tuesday evening the Commercial
Club held their regular niouthly meet
iug sua a gooaiy number of our
citixens were on hand to discuss mat
ten pertaining to the welfare of the
ojmuiunity. The executive commit
tee announced the resignation of H.
C. Kinney as president, sickness pre
venting him from giving the club the
necessary amount of attention. First
Vice-President M. J. Anderson was
elected to fill the vacancy, and Judge
U. H. Durham elected to succeed bim
as first vice-president. Mr. Ander
son, in aocepting the office stated
that be felt greatly honored aad wonld
do bis beBt to keep up the good work
of the olub.
The executive oommitee also au-
nounoed that tbey bad determined to
dispense with the office of caretaker
heretofore filled by Capt Atchinson,
leaving the eutire work to Secretary
Andrews. A vote of thanks was
tendered Captain Atchison for bis ex
cellent work while an employe of the
club.
The new president reviewed the
good that has come to the eommnnity
hy the liberal Ufe of printer's ink
and expressed it as bis opinion that
this feature should be kept up
vigorously
The by-laws were amended as reo
ommended by the Executive com
mittee last week, temporarily redno
icig the entrance fee to 1-5 and 11 new
members were announoed s nee the
ltst meeting. The committee having
in charge the collection of delinquent
dues also reported considerable sums
ta'en in on this account.
Ths question of what should lie
done with tl.a memb-'M who fail to
pay their duet wa discuasi-d at con
siderable length. There are only a
few of this clai-s. and though it
seemed to be the coureusus of opinion
tint tliev hould uot lie droppel f ion)
the rolls uutil everr dollar ot tt'eir
iudehtednes whs cleared, uo decisive
action wks taken as the method of
ge'ting it in.
J. O. Kings of the Irrigation Com
mit t-e made a brief report of pro
gress from the irrigation comtaor,
etating that the corporation had te n
formed, the Btork suhs ribed in full,
and that the firt as-eminent of A per
cut had been to-thiids paid iJ 1)
fore it was due. Also (hit a-i engi
neer had been engaged to begi i t
once on a preliminary survet snd r
part on avail iblrt otiro of water
supply.
Secretary Andrews read a lew of the
hundreds of comrnunii atious r-reivd
by the club, to give the ineuiliers an
idei of the kind of inquires he had to
answer. One was from a man in Ma
nila stating that lie bad t"Outaud
dollars or so to luvett in Oregon, and
would like to bave the club deogna'e
-o'ue persou to invest his moner, plant
au orchard and care for it for a leno
of three years uutil he would le aMe
to come lieie to look alter it for I i'n
self. The aecretiiry will aeoure propo-
1 tons from various soune a. mi do
everything in his power to use si this
coming Oregon ian in making a profit
able iutestment.
Another letter was from parties in
tin eaxt ho are aoxioun to invest
money by constructing au electric
ri-ad. It has suggested thtt although
there In one road preparing to he con
structed connecting Grants Pans with
the Uinois Valley there is yet room
for additional road in other direc
tions Still another man inquired whether
it woold be pomibl for Liui to par
chaee from 1000 to 10,000 acres of ui
developed land suitable for cattle rais
ing. Secretary Andrews will make au
attempt to locate such a tract for bim,
but s Josephine ooonty land rather
valuable it li somewhat of a question
whether such' an amount could be se
cured by any one person at low enough
figures to make it desirable.
An Agricultural Sooietv in Belgium
wrote to iuquire whether it would be
possible to secure a sufficient quautity
of lands in thii section to establish a
colony.
Still another man desires to know
whether there was a dairy ranch and
fruit farm which oould be purchased
at low figures or lease for a term of
yera.
There were many more letters of
like tencr, all of which are promptly
answered and information furnished
wherever it is possible to do so.
There are some hundreds of people in
this section now who bave been at
tracted by the literature sent out by
theclub, the real estate men and by
the papers of the county.
Agent R. K. Montgomery reported
that C. A. Malboeuf, General Agent
of the Southern Pacifio had tele
graphed htm that he was detained in
another part of the state and could not
therefore be present at the meeting as
be bad Intended to discuss freight rates
ith the business men but would be
hern later. It was decided to invite
Mr. Malboeuf to ooroe at bis earliest
oonveuienoe aud when the date of his
arrival is known a meeting will be
called which the fruitgrowers of the
county will be asked to attend together
with the olub members, as it is be
Iieved that a general understanding
of the railroads's attitude would be
of benefit to all concerned.
Tbe matter of the application to the
county court for an appropriation to
help defray the expenses of the ad
vertising campaign was again dis
cussed, aud progress with the cir
culation of petitions among the rural
tax payer' report. The oil painting of
the city of Grants Pass aiade by
Prof. O'Brien was placed in the front
of the room where it was viewed and
much admired by the .club, and the
fueling Is general that this beautiful
work of art should belong to the olub.
Members of the club and citizens gen
erally are contributing to a fund to
purchase tbe picture. Prof. O'Brien
laving stated that he would be willl g
to dispose of it to the olub at a much
less figure tban It was worth.
George H. Parker made a brief talk,
ftiting that as near as be could es
timate there, would be 600 acres plant
ed to Ickay grapes this winter,
though A. H. Caraou says bat this
ei-tiniat is too low by SIX) acres. By
way of showing ths importance of this
Increased vineyard acreage, he stated
that the tnauag-r of the Earl Fruit
Comimny had recently paid Bert
ToADsend'of Sacramento, Cal., f.0,00()
for bii crop of Tokay grapes grown
on AO Bcres, making a return to the
grower of tl'Oj per acre. If t e 800
ii res to be planted this winter return
to the growrrs even one-half of the
amount per acre ieoived by the Call-
fn'nia grower aud there is not tbe
-lightest reason why they should pay
a cent less here than there ibe in-cress-;
from this source of the fruit
indi'Stty aloun would bs (MOO.iiOO per
year. And ai yet the planting of
fcrpen in th s section ha only made
a goi'.d beg nning.
THE OREGON FIR
TAKES FINE POLISH
The Hair-Kiddle Hardware si ore
bas a few raiupba of ordinary Oregon
fir which have beea polished and
stained with a preparation called Cbl
Namnl. Th result is that tin pieces
of wood bave been transformed lute
the lun-t beautiful grained and oolored
woods imaginable. Tbe wood was
sent to ths Uli'o Varuish . Company
snmet ime ago and polinbed by them.
In returning the p eres they wrote the
Hair-Kiddle Company the following
letter:
The Ohio Varnish Companv.
Cleve'and. O., October 80
Hair-Kiddle Hardware Co.,
Grants Pass, Ore.
We feel that the specimens of
wood
t' at you ant us ara the most beauti
ful that we bave ever seen aud as we
have always been more or lent inter
es'ed in tbe dilTerrent woons we feel
that wa have a right to pronounce the
gntin iu tbe Oregon fir as the most
b atitiful that grows. CHI N'AMEL.
Goldendale, Washington has rs'ted
a fond rqnallibg I-' for every man,
woman and child in the place, to be
used for advertising purposes. The
money was raised at the rate of f 12A
per minute and amounted In all to
:.VJ0.
MANY BUILDINGS
BEING ERECTED
New Houses Going Up In
All Parts ot City.
HOUSES ARE STILL SCARCE
Northern Section Neer Iowa
Street Shows Kemevrkevble
Growth In Few Months.
mere are new nouses golny up
in all parts of Grants Pass, but in
in spite of this when they are all
completed there wtll still be a scarc
ity of dwellings for the ever in
creasing population of the city. In
the Lincoln Park section manv fine
residences have been constructed
during the past few months, In fact
all over the city the same condition
exists. On north Tenth street near
Iowa C. F. Garber, who arrived
about a year ago from Spokane and
purchased a place this summer, is
building a handsome eight-room
bungalow. It Is so near completed
that it Is ready for the plasterers.
Mr. Garber is one of the most pro
gressive men of the city. His new
home Is situated on a six-acre tract
which he is preparing to sot to
fruit. He hah Installed a gasoline
englse with which to pump water
for irrigation.
In addition to the six acres on
which his new borne is situated he
has also purchased a 40 acre tract of
land north of the cemetery and Is
clearing preparatory to planting it
to Tokay garpes.
Not far from this place Hubbad
the contactor Is putting un a five
room bungalow of the latost type.
The house is not yet completed but
Is so far along that the family are
now living in It. There Is about
half an acre of ground around tho
Hubbard place which will be beaut
ified and brought Into keeping with
the cozy llttlu bungalow.
Dun McFarlano, on North 10th
alao near Iowa, has recently com
pleted a 7 room residence and he
and his family are now comfortably
domiciled there, There Is a two-acre
tract of land which wtll be set to
fruit and simile trees and otherwise
beautified.
J. C. Nelson, la building a large
bungulow to tuko tho pluco of the
residence which was destroyed by
fire soniftlnie o;i, This pluci win
he fitted up with open air bed rooms
and all other conveniences for both
health and comfort. Mr. Nelson Is
also distillling a gasoline engine to
pump water for the house and the
three acres of land adjoining.
K. W. Hmalley, the builder, Is com
pleting a coxy little bungulow at
7-'5 North 10th street. Mr. Smul
ley has done most of the work hlm-
seir at odd times and now has It so
far completed thut he and his family
are able to live comfortable In It.
He Intends beautifying the grounds
by putting up a nice fence and set
ting out about CO trees.
At 11th and Iowa, (1. Keltmolr, Is
erecting a handsome 2 story resl-
denrewhlch la modern In every
respect.
On 8th and Iowa Mrs. Spalding la
also erecting a 2 story residence
which Is very pretty and thoroughly
modern.
On Iowa, between 11th and 12th
C. H. massing, has erected a tern
porary residance In the 5 acre apple
orchard purchased by him during
tne summer. Mr. massing came
here late In the season but by dilig
ence has transformed his orchard
and was able to market a very sat
Isfai tory crop.
There are many more buildings
going up on all aides, but these few
show the progress being made In
the city.
Tbe Josephine County Irrigation and
Power Company, bas secured tbe ser
vices of Fred N. Cummlngs to take the
preliminary survey aud lamination
of lauds and water supply for the irri
gation of the country surrounding
Grants Pass. Mr. Cummlngs arrived
iu this city Thursday morning aud is
now at work. Mr. Commiogs is an en
gineer of acknowledged ability and
it will be remembered was strongly
recommoned by the government ex
pert at Stover and the men who have
beeu working so faithfully to bring
about irrigation are fortunate In being
able to secure bim. As soon as bis
work is far enough along so that he
cau make a report showing the beet
and most feasible source of water sop
ply, the company will be ready
to make dirt fly preparatory to
potting the water on the farm and
urchard lands of this section in time
for the crop s aeon of lttOQ.
George H. Parker has secured the
agency of the patented orchard heat
lug defines snd electrlo frost alarm
thermometers of the Frost Prevention
Company of California, and the ma
chine which he has received to show
the orohardists la attracting a good
d ealof attention and it is quite likely
that a large number of them will be
Installed by the fruit growers of this
section. Metal pots filled with
erode oil are stationed iu various
parts of the orheards and the electrio
thermometer, set to give the alarm
ben the temperature reaches the
dauger point is fixed to give the alarm
in the bed room or other place where
it ran be heard. A few minute
suffices to set fire to all the pots and
in a remarkably short time the tem
perature In the orchard Is raised to a
sufficient degree to prevent danger
from frost.
BURNING SAND AT
CITY OF ASHLAND
Caravan Crosses tho Desert 8atur
day, November 14th for
II II la Temple.
Saturday morning there will be
an exodus of Shriners from Grants
'ass, bound for Ashland where on
that day will be Instituted a temple
of tbe Ancient Arabic Order of the
Nobles of, the Mystlo Shrine, and
after that day our neighboring city
will have the proud distinction
of being the smallest city In the
world supporting such a temple.
Tbe day will ot course be marked '
with Shrlner convlvallty and that
section of Southern Oregon will be
veritable land ot camel's milk
and wild honey during the slay ot
tho visitors who will gather from
al towns in Oregon, Washington
and Callfornlu. A fitting program
has been arranged aud to the un
initiated It looks as though the
candidates for entrance Into the
duple will have rather rough sled
i in the Instructions given
candidates sro frequently remind
ed to "hung onto the rope".
After the Institution of the tem
ple the wives, mothers, sisters and
duughtera and possibly tbu sweet
hearts, will bo permitted to' par
ticipate In the festivities und ban
quet. Toe new temple will be Institut
ed by J. U. Mack. Illustrious Poten
tate of Al Kaib-r Temple and Deputy
imperial Potentate, nsslHted by tho
Arab Patrol, also of Al Kader
Temple, which is one of the best
drilled and best uniformed Imlles
of Its kind In the United States.
It will act as escort to the potentate
on the way to and from the Ash
land Mecca.
The new Temple will be desig
nated as Illllu Temple. The Shrin
ers who may attend from Grunts
Pass are Dr. Flanagan, Jos.Futaner,
O. Hooth, Geo. 8. Culhoun, L.h.
Jewell, Thos. W. Puck, O. W. Don
null, Geo. II. Durham, I. A. Kohle,
and A. K. Vorhles. ,
About midnight Tuesda ths fire
alarm was sounded and the depart
ment responded to put out's fire at 117
E street, la the building occupied by
the Christian Scientists and also aa a
dwelling house, owned by Mrs. C. J.
Gamble. A considerable portion of
the furniture aud fixtures were re
moved before the fire reached them.
After the fire laddies arrived on the
scene they made quick work of the
blaze but the smoldering ruins caught
again about 4 'clock Wednesday morn
ing and with the fire and water
practically everything was destroyed.
Tbe lis is oonsiderbale to both the
owner, Mm. Gamble and to the
Christian Scientists, most of which
could bave been avoided hal the fire,
men left a patrol to make sure tha t
the fire did not rekindle.
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