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Medford Mail Tribune
SEOOND SECTION
PAGES 9 TO 10
Full leaned Wlro Report.
Tho only paper ia the worW
publlohoa In a city the site ol
Medford having a leased wire.
MFllI YEAR.
MEDEOKD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1910.
No. 173.
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(rum tlto (ruUrnlHliif; Industry
of aoiitliorn Oregon Inn docldcdly live
Ibbuu In tliu Hocuo Hlvor vtlloy. Thoro
nro many im'rrlKiitod orchnrda In tho
district which produco hlgh-grndo np
ploH and ,)oa;o year aftor your. The
Illllcroflt anC. Iturroll orohnrdu are
hoavy-produclnc hlockH of troou which
grow InrRo rropu each year without
IrrlKatlon. Tho Ilurroll orchnrd has
dlHpntcliod 47 carlondB of poara to
onatorn urIcota this eoason. Tho
IlillcrcBt tr.-ct of 8-yoar-old IIowolls
'has hoon a tromondoua pro.lucor for
young trees during tho last two years.
"Last fall tholr not production por
Aero wan ovor $400, and thin jonr tho
rop Is a third larger.
On tho o'.liot hand, soiuo of tho
most notol crcJiHtilo In tho valloy nro
Irrlgatod orchards. Tho orchard or
Tro.iHon & Quthilo, near Eaglo Point,
woa tho grand nwocpBtihcn prlzo nt
tho Spohnno National Applo show.
ThlK splendid victory haa without
qr.tbtlon had a atrong Influonco In
favor of Irrigation Other well hnown
Irrljfitod orchnrda cre: Tho sovon
noro orcharl of A. D. Ilolma near
ABhland, tho Pollott orchard, tho
Snowy Butto orchard, tho 0. 13. Mar
ahull orchard, tho J. ID. Ooro orchard
boiiUi of Medford, tho 8. L. Donnott
orchnrd, tho orchard of A. Conro
Ploro and tho orchnrd of Colonol It.
O. Washburn nonr Tahlo Rock.
Thoao orclir.nl a nil hoar undonlnblo
ovldonco In favor of Irrigation and
tholr rocord-broaking ylolda ehow
what wator will do when placod tippn
tho land during tho dry niontliH of
July and August, when tho rainfall
la not Hufftclont for propor produc
tion and dovolopmont. This past soa
son Bhowa coucluolvoly that Irriga
tion la noodod In tho Rouo Illvor
vnlloy, for during tho porlod botwoon
Juno 13 and Soptombor 13 thoro waH
no rah) In tl-o Medford dlotrlct.
Bvory orchard which has nmdo a
record of any Importanco In tho rais
ing of tho standard vnrlotlos of wlntor
apples has boon an Irrigated orchard.
Tho aplohdld rocorda mado by tho
non-lrrlgatoi nartlott poar oroharda
has boon from tho fact that thoso
orchnrda havo reached tho picking
soason boforo tho dry aoaaon had
moro than begun.
It ia tho bollof of tho majority of
orchnrdlste In tho dletrjot that wator
Is an Important nsaot to nn rrchard,
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crops of uniformly sized frrlt thnn
can tho uhlrrlcntod. Dry fnnnors
must thin tholr fruit moro to gain
hIzo than must the grower who hns
a stroam of water running through
his orchnrd. Water Iossoub tho
chancoB of :v crop fntluro, as It iu
HtircB onough molsturo not only to
mature tho fruit, but to devolop tho
fruit budB for tho following year.
Tho fact that laud In western Oro
gon needs Irrigation was first brought
to tho attention of Orogonlaus by tho
nnnouncomont of the result of ox
porlmonta mado by A, P. Stover In
tho Wlllnmotto and Uinpqun valloys,
an govornmont Irrigation engineer for
Orocon, In 1000. Ho roported as a
roaiilt of his Investigation that wator
lucroascd tho production of tho land
In thoso districts from CO to 300 por
cont. n, W. ltees and S. 11. Hall,
graduates of tho Oregon agricultural
collego, who havo boon Investigating
tho resultB of Irrigation In the frult
ralBlni; Industry of southern Oregon
this Btimmor. stato thoro Is no doubt
that wntor Is noodod to .gain the host
rusultri In this district as woll.
Many of tho orchards of tho Iloguo
Itlvor valley aro now being Irrigat
ed and if tho projoota planned nro
cnrrlod out practically tho whole val
ley will bo undor wator within tho
next two years.
Tho Cummlnga projoot la by far
tho largest and most comprehonslvo
Irrigation Bohomo In southorn Oro
gou, Tho dltoh which Is In opera
tion nt prosont contains water onough
to lrrlgato 37.000 aproa, Throo thou-
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Cuminlugs project ombraces include
tho oxpoudituro of $2,000,000 and
will put under Irrlgnt'on 55,000 acres
of land, or prnctlcally tho whole val- tho Roguo River Vnlloy Canal cora
loy, with Re 400 mites of proposod ca- pany, as It will not begin construc
ting and latorals. tlon work vntll there Is a cortnlnty
Tho Spokano capitalists, Mr. Pat-. that tho undertaking will provo a
rick Welch, tho railroad contractor, success flnarclnlly.
and Mr. R. K. Nolll, ono of tho most Tho Hopkins' lateral and tho
prominent mining mon in tho north- '. . ,.
. i . i hi i n i xt "ranch that 'uns across tho desert
west, associated with Mr. Fred N. ,
Cummlngs of this city, bought tholr norUl ,f Medford has alroady dono
wator rights, Including practically all j wosidors to incroaso Jho productlve
ot tho wator j.t tho baso of Mt. Mc-jness of tho region. Tho dosort land
I.aughlln, 30 miles oast of Medford, , which was 4000 ncroa In oxtont until
and tholr Irrigation canal systom, (the Rogue Rlvor Vnlloy Canal Corn
known as tho Hopkins latoral, from i pnny placed part of It undor Irrlga
tho Fish I-ko company for $425,- j tlon, has been considered worthless
000 on tho first day of July Inst. ror agricultural purposos. Tho bar
Tho Fish I.ako company was rorm- ronness of tho dosort has boon duo
od eovon yours ago by Oallfornlnns to the' lack of moisture, but with ir
who saw that there wau nood of lrrl-, rlgutlon, thoro Is Httlo doubt that
gation In iho Roguo Rlvor vnlloy. this area wilt bo ono of tho most pro-
ThlB company obtalnod all tho wator ;
rights at tho foot of Mount McLaugh- ,
lin, Including Ho natural roaorvolrs ,
of PiHlr Lake and Four-Mllo Lake. It ,
was una company inai sum Aiouioru
Ita splondld wator supply prior to ro-'
teasing us wator iniorosts to tuo
Spokano pooplo,
Tho buyers of tho Fish Lake wa- j million dollars In tho ostablishmot
tor rights and canal Bystom havo In-, of a power plant on tho Roguo rlvor
corporatod Into tho Roguo Rlvor Val- at Gold Ray, 10 miles to tho north of
loy Cnnnl Company and plan to con-j Medford, Horo tho oloctrlclty sup
Btruot two main canals, ono tormod nly for soutl orn Oregon Is gonorntod.
tho Intormodiuto and tho othor tho wires carry electricity from Gold Ray
high lino. Tho lattor will run from to Medford, Central Point, Ashland,
Llttlo Ilutto creek along tho low ,Tnlont, Phoonlx, JnckBonvlllo, Grants
rango of tho mountains oast of Mod- j Pnss and WoctlyJUo, and numorous
lorn, circling south botwoon rnoo-
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canals arc constructed dopends upon
tho' rnto with which applicants for
water are tuned Into the offlco of
ductlvo In the valley,
Tho Iloguo RIvor Vn Eloctrlc
1owo7 conuway ,inB nn ,rr,satIon ro.
Joct whch nls0 ia cni,abl0 of unmlt.
0(j oxpnnslon.
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Tho company, Main
Colonel Frank Rny,
' of Now York, and his brotl or Dr. Ray
who rosldos In Medford. has spoilt a
mines in this district. In connection
with tholr power plant thoy run a J
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or from below tho falls Into a plpo
lluo which carles the fluid to tho
farms miles away. It Is staled by
tho company's offlcors that tho pre
sent oqulpmout is sufficient to Irri-
I gate aooo acres, only 300 acres,
l which is owned by tho company, Is at
procont undor irrigation. Thoro is
plenty of vntor in tho Roguo river
to irrigate thousands of acres of or
chards whon It is noodod. Thoro Is
coutiidorablo oxponso connected to tho
lnying of stool rlvlted plpo, and in
hooping up tho pump plant, which Is
tho only disadvantage the company
has to contend with. Tho company
dollvors tho wator to tho usoi'a at the
prlco of $5 n acre for tho year's uso.
Bosldos tho wator furnished by
thoso two largo enterprises, much ir
rigation is carried on from other sour
cos. Bear creek furnishes a water
supply for n numbor of orchards, as
do smaller streams In tho valley, J,
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Roguo River vnlloy, pumps water
wator from Boar creek onto tho land.
Wells furnloh another supply of wat
er for. tho orchards.
Tho Judy ton-acre tract of Yellow
Newtown Pippin trees Is supplied
with water by this monns. Tho Bon
net orchnrd is undor tho ditch of tho
Roguo River Valley Caual company
as so Is Snowy Butto orchard, tho
Fiero orchard, tho Norcross orchard,
tho orchard which producod tho
Spltzonborge which won tho swoop
stako prize nt tho Spokano National
Apple show, is IrrignCod by Llttlo
Butto crook.
Undoubtedly tho bulletin which the
Oregon Agricultural collogo Is plan
ning to publish upon uso of Irrigation
In horticulture, with statistics glean
ed from observations of Reos and
Hall in tholr summer experiment
work In southorn Oregon, will bo of
much valuo to tho Roguo Rlvor valley
fruitgrowers.
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Irrigation In tho Rogue River val
ley has already demonstrated the cer
tainty of Increased profits. It has re
moved the possibility of crop fail
ure, it has added to tho value of ev
ery acre of land that will come under
the canal c mpany's system, It will
reclaim larco unproductive areas and
best of all, It will bo tho means of
great expansion in tho orchard In
dustry, adding vastly to tho resour
ces and gurantcelng Medford that
she will be tho contqr of tho greatest
of all tho orchard districts.
SEVENTY PEAR TREES
YIELD TWO CARLOADS
A rcniarkablo ne crop of Wintor
Nellis pears is now beinp harvested
at tho Snowy Butte, orchard, 'the first
car having been shopped last Thurs
day evening, says tho Herald. In
sizo nd quality tho crop is hotter
than last year, tho first oar shipped
being mndo up of pears grading 105
and 180 to tho box. Tho first car
shipped Inst year ran 100. Many
travelers over the Southern Pnoifio
lhavo admired tho crop on this won
derful pear grovo latoly, tho trees
being literally loaded with fruit. Sup
ports wore necessary under many of
tho trees to snvo thorn from ruin.
Seventy trees next to the railroad
track, which woro gathered last week,
yielded almost two full car loads of
first class fruit, and Superintendent
Brook, who is in charge of tho Snowy
Butto proporty, oxpeots to ship not
Jess than 12 cars of poars from tho
grove this season. The crop has
boon sold to Rao & Hntfiold of Now
York tho prico being $1.87 1-2 por
box f. o. b. Central Point,
WEALTHY WOMAN FINED
FOR SMUGGLING GOODS
NEW YORK, Oot. 8. "Tho richer
people are tho moro inclined they
soom to bo to defraud tho govorn
mont," remarked Federal 'Judge
Hand, as ho handed out a fine -of
$5,000 to Mrs. Asa Adrianco today,
Mrs. Adrianco plended guilty 'to
smuggling.
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