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TKe WtlMd.Conimgfdai Club, its History and Objects
By Charles A Malboeuf
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When onju hIiijh to rellt-cl iliuli (lit)
hlnillliif,' eliiiiigcHJliut )Ilv6s (iikuii
))lai; 111 Modfuidjluiing llmjmst five
Tears ilful 'icnfifces lliti causes Hint
liinuuhl tliiliti about, llltl llllllll iillllH
ilnitlf aliiuml beyond Ihu power ol
iciisoiinblu belief, It Ik itiiHy enough
lit wvluw llm stonily gidwlh n ,11 city
limn 1 7111 in HKIO peoplo In It'"
1 joins, but In i.'oiiipiohond (hut III
piti- ,iiqut in I lull liicutusu took pluco
ill no more, limn -18 mouths iim'hciiih
a problem ol initio set lolls diflloully.
Il whs Hot, thmbfoio, Ilio energy vl
Out ducmhi IhhI mini Mini lil'inil Mn.l.
Jolif frpiu fifteenth to fillli in dm
i. ii n '. .i i .
KIIIK 01 WlCgtlUri progiessivo CHIOS,
liilil Juekspn i'lulii ftovotilh lo liltli
1)1 flor lift of O.lllllltitlK. llllt till) lUrtlllt
((I illOHO -IH UUIIltllH of ilotoiiniiiullo.i,
Intelligence ami unpninlhilcd colli i-
iIimiiiii mi llm mill ii lllu iii.lli'ii iillt.
xoliti, flint unci!, ttu given croiliL fur
tlii! splendid shoving iiiiulu liy Med
foul, not only for Itself. hut for the
nlioln of Jiicknoii county, whoso In
tl'K'&lfi ll'(l HO clonl'ly flllll illUXllll,
Olilv iliicrwiivmi with mid ilcitondcnt
iiiioii lllo, of her uoiiilcrful itiftrop
ollo. ,
Mcdfjyll hud, In Will, iniiili) Inn
iiuju prugiuqn muni mo cuiihii oi
liiOII cow. Il,r n Hiiulntloii ol 1 70 1
K'o)li. for lit Unit tlino not to oxi-ood
JUUtJ pn'opti claimed uillruuship Iniro.
Tliit wiih inilci'il a ruvoiillliU In
i'Iiihu of lenH Hunt II iicrcufit a 31'iu
bat .Mtulfuiil, llko ninny ntlu'i o.'
Jl)V(in'l I'llll'H, WltM uiiii'iK tl"
Mi'tMt of lotlinr.N Hint wan Ao nuk'l.
illhturtiril H)icn tlio inviHo'iiluu buiul
of (IcVL-loniiiLMil ftntillv fcliilLml inio
tliiiliMil yn.t kIiuUmI to Ituilil cnipir-J
iiiiiiimiiiiiii mi iioiiiiumi;iii hiuii'h
it Mm Padlli' coat,!. Hcn ii UIO'i.
wjllj Ho) trijiiiuiiiliiuK liiiH't(i,H tliai n!
ol uK2ili'i 'uun)iu fell jih 11 ri'nitll
or iblt IfOtvli aiul Clark fair at Port
Jauil. uo inoiu ilnin 'JUII ailililioii.il
hoirtfj loplcil In .Mi'ill'vul.
'n,t!. ' JiJHtury of iiiutiopuliUia
.Mnll'nitl, tbu jcboni city ol ontlieni
Orcpta. ilaU' frtittt 1H0.. ami in lli.it
year lliy iffu:tivv work of the Mc I
fi'il J oiuiiiorlal ejalit .'muiiuciicciJ
.Much count lie xaiil in tlctnii of wit.it
il lili" ilonc hliico tile ilnlJwiif ilx or
uanlJ'.iiiriiji, but, uirjiNiirvil ty t)w r.
iilj UimJ 11 ni mi ajtliari'iit on Dyvu
.-lilc loility. it may wll liu iloubkil
ulictliiM' any coiilau'rcSnl iiNMii'lation
riiu'iiycil in llic woilc of iiilnlliliuK
i;lR or. ciiuuauuilii'M, u ever pnr
nlleieil llm .record uiiulu by our liome
t 1oiU KtillifuU hlioit of hiipreuio vt
1 forll illrecieif moiiuli)v4rvli)r'llii"'
Of jjl lllrMIM'h, coulil lllUVd lllolll-
cil utlg tiliiiitc tincli a niullllinle f
i,'ouililion ik Uie )tcopii of McnTord
xutiPefH with ilio piihhiiii; of 11110.
ttliiiil tlnu Miuyhiiiu of initsporic,
The Library V
Ho- iniinv of tint citizens of .Med
fiird tire iliturcs(ed in Ihu ulfiin ol
Iho. jtubllf! library Ale you? U
increase of patrouagu is any iudica
lion, the) 11 is no dotiht it jit tttu( in
fi'ht. iiereip;inK rapidly, 0ue
ji'iH ago, there woj- 100" drawing
hooks, today Ifttll enjoy thai priu
hyti!jnakiap; all it vertigo. Iiii'iciihu ol
12 per jfji.oiltli, , Kutni) vX)ilitfi'atioll of
1 1 t imy be found iu Iho pew iud
attracliyi) books offered and the
r"hihl i1l'h-iiNu lit iti;pulation, I'om
pitsod lal-gely of ciLilctii pepjtlo tu
cusloincd, to lining thu public libnn.
iih';a matter of course, If wu are to
itldeh bv vi'ilnntiiiv sillihin-itiliini.
th'-ro iH,,iiotllliig to bo hlild, TlnJn-
navij oi'i'ti none,
For tlm benofil of jmwcinayr.s,
J"HVIS UWH Voma,xmi)Rjo
hnd.it eomnlrlo in nil lilies, a few
wolds on tlia history of iho. iustitii-
itl llllivllf) Lit tl (llllllll ill 1 A fV.i 1,1,1
of fmvjliR. il publju Jilifaiy was ciu
Kmfd ,ll!W .tm,'ri . 'IWi .August.
11107, wlii'ii (iui Oregon library Com-
1 uushiou sold, Mrs. KidiR-r, lu-it. Mr-,
lviilder .prusouleil bur p eh to the
1 ii4 V,"N 1 It "x
to thu Cpimuureut club and was pro-
mlslnl Ihcir hiipoil. The question,
aske'd( iJtfJj', was Rkj fintihelUI or
iiif!tliKJUur Ms, .Klihlor again y'Jlr,
en iMuiiioni, met (liu ureuler JMciliortl
ch1l mid It was decided to slaft tile
HfiftU.-" ' ' ' ' '
In Iicembur (Ho lintyor alul eouiit
!'lU,tfferf'''.l Mi Mt Jiu' jUMMHt)l
room for thu llhruVy, whlcjt ,wlis mj-
Hliirl.od .wljh ,rj00 voIuiuh lyont a.t.uh
scrmtioii llliriii'i' ni . iliuHn'o 11
H.'ViKv7il vl"rt,i k'v"" ro; -Ji IN-:
o, iiiioiu iwu voitims donated iy
Heyejul oUnu;s und.llm sum of $(J0l
rniyd , tljro.tigh vliio uh'orlh pf t)m
(Jri'lildr. M"edfiM'tl elub, bfy socuring
, Htibsoriptloiin l'rota jbo husjiies m'en,
Ijltlifivojoiior.dol'H aiul club luumhiiw.
Mr. Hiddiydviii? il)olul)(l lib'avjjtn
for omt( yepy,
III MliyiliNllOHlliero wijH appoiltt
i( J.V lll.A.'iy(r(a. Ilbljiyy Milliter
11II10 liioiiibOfs, upon, vhoin, jy( s(alo
'".V;- lv .l,,IH'WJ. ,(ll fli.v int iim
p( islbllily of nmnugiilg mn' dlreqU
iij'g lliojiuslliess (A' w Hilary. The
'tev.!irl'j tot Ilbrtrf Jiodhl
av(i-o Mefsrs ,1. l- lleddy, W, I,
.I'M AliilrowH, U Paul 'i'liaiss, V, K,
l!lowlj iim it iiuvylv illtl before. A
111,111 not liu I'i'll, However that cjtinr
MiilllilK Willi ittjtppd out lor ilioMD
ullo illiili'tloiiii I lnt Miilc of (IiiIIm.
lotiiintion In Koiillieru Oicuon. TI10
IiImIoi-.v li.lbJ M'Tlford t'oiiiiaorcliil
club Iiiim littt lieeii1ft ifuy ay unlllui
Hint oi', lliu lilufdtcdH oL ol)ivh hIiiiI
lar tii'KaliixatloiiH lllloiilutiil tlia
meat went. Mh coiiihu Iroiu tbo
Mtint wan not tiler t unttoiiblud,
cbailed ualeiH, Iiiih iunl iU puii
oilb of hIoi'iiih, 1T111I llcy liuvo been
Myvnto; llm rock-iibltjl clilTh of In
liolciicc. am linlilfeieiieu linve nioit;
Hutu once threatened the of I'm In ol
n-o;;rertH. All tbomi alul A tliouHin.d
other facloi-H luul to liu reckoned
with and ovurcolue befoie leMpoiihive
civillr.iltioli, from every point of the
coiiipiiHH, recouuixed and k'uhiioiI III"
oii(KruclK'(l, wcleomluc IiiiiiiIk of
waitinu opportunity in the Koutie
Hlvur valley. It 1 to Hie loyal piul
liiU xphitrf (vliot-o farheeiiK o.vch and
wniIoiii, never (llauned by Iho ulouils
of tk'npaii, never diverging I'toiii
their nut courxc, but alwayn linn u
(lie rouiideucii of nckhon county.,
hpleudid lenuiifceri, mid . the city'
Hi en t fu tu 1 0, thai tin) full measure
of appreciation i due from Iho JO,
000 eilUihiH of Mcdford who ate ci
JvyliiK tbli bleitiKX of proepciily
ami prowruHH ii litis tiiht day of the
now year of JlHl.
Medfiird towiiMu J1I01 presented a
diffciciit appearaueo Iroiu tint Inint-
linj:, well-built vily of 1U1U. To
iliosic ol IIH Wild have the privilege
of that recollcellou there in notbin
M'litiiiu-iiliil in tint pictuic, Il ih true
thai the ,un uliouu tin brilliantly .i
it doeti today; the Korccoim laud
weapo of the valley, uillt ilh iaeoin
I'urAltb) siirnliiiiiliiittM, i uonu the
leu dimuied, ttvciiiiho of the lack ol
hcltlclaoilt, but the iiIIskIiik' influ
;ucd of pittKreH? wiik iiiHliucliveh
ilo'llctublc. and the, mlmi wat. iter
Imp laons relatively dcprcn.vd K.
eatihe of that condition. It wn. ihi
otdiaivvy htruuvlliiK eountry tradia
IKiiut, iunl uuthiiiu ntore. witliout Any
xpeejal featiuetj .eoiuiaendiiiK it oven
to t lift notft'o of tint thouitiuidH of
tonrifrtt ailuually paiuK tlirotif-lt on
tlio traiiirt to and ftiu ("aliforuLt.
Thoiv were no slnitepo lines in im
nmke-np lo prcdicl wluit the cloie
of tle dceade uonltl In in;; forth. 'I'lte
iicvvf'ilv for developuieitt wa,iti
pitytaled,' however, hv the initio pro
lretthive liuhjnuM inlore-tH, tlia piiKj
li)jf of the xheat atid hay ertipK wn-,
Milder Avjiye'il-'thc'li;, the. forenln
ner of the Hill syHtcai hud liijeu con-t-eivfd
ill (he hluti'to of I lie Mcdford
& Crater bike niilroad, ami (ho
mighty power of the rir whh lie
iiiirJiarneHf.cilj The imai:iaatUni, too,
By Isabel M. Neit
Merrick. II, C. Stoddard ami F. W.
llolli.i. On (hu ivsiguailou of Chit. .
King and Mrs. Stoddard, Joint II
Allen and Mrs. Potter .1. Kerf weje
appointed (0 take their places, while
Mayor Cunon succeeded Mr. lleddy.
Mrs. Colvig. look-the place of Mr.
Stoddard as librarian and was fol
liMveu by t,H. Kmily Janilfy, who
lilled (ho (utfttloii vary- iicettptably
until Iter resignation last September.
Thu board was then fortunate in so-
cilnnx Mrs. K. S. Paious, who is
(t.cc)tliouuly well iplltlilied lo lilt
Ihu posiliou.
Al 11 iin-etlng of (Jir Uhrat-y Jtourd
ill October, 10(18, t ijts decided to
give, a series of dancing parties for
the benefit of the library and the
Greater Medford elilb wits aijked tu
as,si!jt. A ililmbbt:, of patrons .and
piitittnesscs went appointed mid six
danp6s wuro glvvu, which netted
2l3. . .
imeiou filler nleiijods,, h)tvo
m employed to rajso pmuoy,
among tlicnt four musical ciitettailt
iiioii loolurt) by Opic lleudj ,.
b1imk,drt,V,.it,lo6k.cltili, uuitftlily pi;o.
grams )y tlio (Jreater MuDrd tlub,
the publication of ouu ismo of, tlio
Mall TriliuiJb and a, soolcly vnudu
lJlo ullU'VlllllMllellj wlilftll,. JogoHiv
u(lit llie. lnvn'oy received from tlio
City, fitiu.'u, tuts amuuutexi to
$2200.70,
CUtVkaniount Spjijlljll ha's'iliceit,
uxpuiuied tor nuwbooNs, tibotltj.fUU0
IJor in,c(16ulhl expenses, Intjludilig,
sai'ur of Iho librarian, book $)$,
printing, etc., mm iiierii-is pit ,111110.1
H0,l)lin tlejiets(iyy of Ihu Grout
Iu Meilfot'd cldb, which yus raised by
l)io ltiiblicalion of (hi) AtnU TrjhUhu
for. lib bcmol.il o) th,i) lHo'itry,, Ui.l
$12.l0 in Ilio Iroiinury of (ho liu'rayy.
A,t i ijecant kneeling of lle eiiy
ootulcil fi wits dceidtui to allow, (liu
Imvi'iiy yiiu-l'ihU of. u mill In llm tax
lovy fol- ibtl. T1H v'' M'mt i
!H2(l(l,,(fof all ol' Vh'itlli ,o iv iluly
gvalufitl. Tim expenses oIMIip li'na
iy keup oil llic-caning with the du-
munds ii(ule iiuiii jt Sueidoulul lo t(s
uiowllj., .The Jjbt'ayy Juts o(lftroyyii
K pyusuut'iiuyturs anil now rooms
liavu buuu fiiutttrotl iu a new building
vhlel ivill 0 Viiady hi Mnrlth, Thero
Ihb l-udilin-y. i'odln, whlljli iiJ mi badly
1lM.Ut.l1, wfilWyoMK At iim
(Contlmn.il ett I'n'it 3.)
-
inspired b.y,lio)(', enueily eaolil llm
Houml ol I ip approaeluiiu Ituiii or iu
iIhhiYv, In l no one dorctl to look
foiwlinl lo the couHiimmfitioii ol
hiicIi ovciiIh tiff have ninro tiiuiHplr
etl. Co-oiienilion, belaled, but In.
ally i-'Hlnltllhlieil, did mdrel, iunl m
creitlcr liibute to n cIIom, lliroupi
the meiliunl of ttiu Conuuercial 0I11I1,
could bo iiiadii tint nlo the (net that
it wan the pioneer banket, the put
fcMhltniul mini 'mid' the bunnies iuku
of Mejlfoid, co-woiltiiifx llmih i'
iaily lie, with (he mini fioln beyo'id
Ihu Hlalo linen of Oiern, who wc
lorcmooUiii the rnnl.'H of oiiiiiizn
lion, ami who ate today f-troiil.
lepiehcntetl in Hh Ituidlii IiiuicIh of
piOKroH.
The launtimeulul hui'cCmh tf ,
Coinuieiciiil club in miinil'cht in even
corner of JaekHou county toda;.
Financially, (he ichiiIIh have been
uiKautle. With an expemlililre ol
Icm tlniii .f.20,001) in four yen in,
property value have iuereahed
28.00(1,001) -over 4.JSUU for every
dollar hpenl. To hae caused tlii
iuereai of (I.i0 per cent in that (itne
called for a titupcudoim effort. Khun
a third-rate town in tin; Unfile Kiver
viilley, .Mcdford I111H not only iTl
valiccd to tin. lirnt place wiiU ovel
10,000 puople at Ihu em1 of lllll),
but with 1tn iiiereahe of I(I2 per cvnl
in population' in ten yearn, Iiiih made
a k'leiiter lelalivu growth than any
city 111 Ihu United $tatc, lurpe n
Mtinll. have one. Meilford ltiin in
creabed more rttpidly than any place
in Oraioii, .liiekhon county increase,
in greater putMirtiou than mo
other county except .Multnomah
.Mcdford, now Muinliiit: fifth in point
of hire of OrcKon'M cittVN bids j'nii
to ttmelt Micoud place in less thai,
live, yeai-fi.. In less thati four yeai
Jleillotil Iunl done moiii1ck, World'
lecolds niu fitday bonie UKmi cver.
Ihu lion of iln stalwart bhonliletw. i'i
iKtstal receipts, hank dcposiiH, lulc
phones, automobile, paved streets
cement fiidownlkn, il -ilOO.IlOO wa(c
systeitt. ith building oiteratioim fv
1000 and JUKI, its hchool'population
all represent yreater incrcm-es iim
iiiiphtciacnts hi actual figure tluu
(i hy of it, t.ir.0 in the Union
And lhe,e aiv facts of record. Il
(rcmeiidotiK biisiueH record in 1010
iiivolvinir over fi00 reniilencex am
biisiue structure lias lutulv jiu
ittiprciiiioii upon ihe demand, am'
must be dunlicateiriu 3PH to eei
luld its own. without takitm into
-CniiRlttentrlOtT the fitill rl'iitCr de
maud caused by the greater influx
of newcomer;..
And what of the Hoytic Hivur val
ley f Worlil-reiiowncil for its uinVn
le,-.-i fruits, im muaziitir annual iit-
oft
I .There U liner Jly fishing iu the
llogiiu the year around (ban in any
stream iu America. It is naturallv
the home of the (tout and salmotn
and they exited iu iuuuinorahlo
iituuhcr until thu opt-mtious of sein
ers, gill-nettcrs and other commet
eial lishcnutni during the past few
jyears, d depleted their number that
extermination was simply a matter
of time.
To reujedy, the situation, the itogue
ricc Fish Pi;(tccliv nssociitlioii was
organized mpl eyhtematic efforts to
rcstoro the Rlream begun. A bill was
Introduced al thu last session of the
legislnture. . .ihortciiiug the fishing
season, butrdM'yutcd4jiough the ei
forts Of the 'lobby maintained by the
lUli ipiiliopoly.
Thu nssociiitiou, Axhicli comprises
the sportsmen and angiitis of South
ern. Otegon,. then resorted tu thu iuh
tiatlve liipl submit led a bill to the
votors of Oivgon at the 1010 election
enlitely closing thu Jlojuo river to
iWiing; e.ce)l with hook and Hue.
The bill pusjjcd.jjy (bo, overwhelmii.g
majority of 1(1,200 and i- mw a law.
Heaco line angling is expected lo ru-
sitlt ju ,tlo,Uoguo and the stivam
Aplmdily rcgaip Us. I'olmer glory.
Thtt Hogtit' has been aplly deM'iib-
oil as
'aim
ovorgroun ulountaiii
brook:," lK waters are as clear in
ciwiil, lbs cityulit. so hwt as lo lit
danj(i)iHi aud its nverago wiillh
along the favlirUe tishiug groiluds
i.'1-om Ul 'M fuel, It is full, of
imscnijus, lij'tjps .uilil cildies, Hurt
and thorn aru deep, ouiet pooIm whosi
it batiks t'tl-u linl'd with vurduro mi-l
how mid again a shallow ford that
tmu ho wiulq.u ,t
t mill in liiivr 'f4iw 11&U blf vl-
rie(ies, thu rainbow or steemnid nud
tliit jUiltHitpat, Tlio''iml-.throM as-c
Cruei ,l'ixpi it poiid to twtf jtoihitU'',
'i'....,.i ;.. 11. . w.. ...... ......x,iv i .. ....
tllougli occttsionully oauglil three and
foiii-'poiluds in w;eighl.( 1( js a yorn
(iIohh fet-dlil' hud .fittik'es and fights
Imr'd, litis whitb iiieal luul ouu of the
finest tluvorgd fish known. Rain
bow ijru ciuiht from a pound to ton
turn nw(ii ,l'moy weigai, ttte aver
age being l'ivji pounds, anil usually
good (for hlf an hour's haril battle.
.Pjtuidii live of thu luvgar fish
Imbkpd Is luntleil, and tlit'ii, only nl
jvr iepeatad dilslies, throli llm va
tgr and frequent sonuirsaults iu $
nil inly .one of which may snap tlio
.IdioXlo prpiv Iposu ,(lm ily hUvo
.July, Angusl, Septembiu and Oe
tohtu 1110 thu host months for ruin
r,, jh
WiMilAM M COLVIO.
Whose eJToits along pntgreasivc
linen 011 belmy. 01 las wiucv ajiU city
have won ,fiit- him lame throUuhuiit
Ihe entire norjlu-e-t. Mv. Uoivic Js
one of.MedfoidV niust, nwpcctfil cit-
j?.ciiHt M-Juvf been president of the
Lomtnerciai emit uircc yeai
for frcsli .fruit in the history of
mu'rk'V b; receicd bv Kogu'u river
uroworc Sujipwaev inv every yc1ii
billoii or "f'iirheri we have been
-eprescti((!.d;ijjbo Iloguc liner, valley
iiittu'stiiinbly, lit Ik- the largest, and
irealest ait, belt at the woild in
'e- than len'e.-'r.. an array of Tig-irc-,
rcjnx'-eitliiiK constanllV. in
reiiHiiig itiicvK each year that uv:
without iKtrillcl in uiiv other cojti
nuaily, mul jci the settlement of
ttir litydrf ih' onh 111 Us lafancyj the
'lighi'st type of, cihren-lnp 0-otttCv-TVHjnte
uijdifferntory in the Uaiuc
cprvciiicU-StkArt; owiicr-Itip iif oar
ainU. ni'il the srinwinu or our ffuttrf.
he most idodcri lype nt reidehees
ilirotuihout 111" i-'itirc dii-lrtet, 1111
tntu'int'iil, higher civUiK.'1'ntfi, coii--tantly
)jei(ered -oi,i1iIiohn. , bctlf,
ojtds Silnl Irii-p-titiition facilities
- all (he-c. and mole, aie only
o.trt ?f -wluitll Commercial club of
lcdlord1iiijoiia1it liboul.. ,
The niilrotyffmyfij of. Snuthery
Oregon ll!f Tlunlpcdr bccafle of this
ecnScJe'SjS mud" itilejligeiit effort made
by tlio.t who JIul undying fiiith In
MeilHtrd's grcti hiltt're, and Ihe tin
'tiense rc-onrio of her Niirrouiuliiiu
territory. Tl,pnceet-ilv of iailwa
FISrllNG
10-poiiuil StycJIieail (ltalultow)
'".'rout, :i- Inches long, caught 011
No. l fly (shown lu mouth), vWth
O-oiiiii'o tod, iu Roguo i-lycr,
iTcae in ftlaliting. rcitresentilig over
oO.OOO iiei'Cs-Uii four ycarand ajthm ss only the iluelem) to the dc
Pttal of new .orchards c( outfof oyer velopment that is J sore for Jnek-
70 Ollll ,i..r,.J'h tit,. Nin-i'iH'fcinr' nf Mill COIllltV ItV tllL" IIltt"i- llUtlll of
1011. Tliu'inglul prices ever, paid transporlntion.
-J. rt U ( . . r
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'trausHtrlatioii between .Mcdford mid
Ihe inexhaustible weulth of timber
Hliimlinjr at Kk buck door, was
stiouor lliiiu any oilier factor inci
dent to sonml development, jiild the
filial 'jdveut ol the Hill interest
into lln' field wtin one of the i:rowt
tinr cvciiIh of'.thc elub'a great worK
tu stamp of recognition of Jackson
r'ouutv's ii'oilrccful iiswctM ix inoitf
nowcrliil turn? Ihe fad that Amcr
tca'w greatest em pirn builder "
pending millions- of dollars in tin'
const ruction o'f a standard rnilwm
linn IMwcjl Mcdford and (he C'o
luiabia river, t')i() miles ditant. Al
ready .'12 milcrt have bceij completed,
piercing 8,000.000,000 feet ol lim
ber, ami aile from the attraction of
this and oilier ciionnou tonnage, (lip
line will be one of (he mot acenic
011 the confinuitU In no case in ll
annals of railway building is thtic
1 a parallel cane to tilui, where 11
, transcontinental line, in order to so
cute 'a Hint logic hold in any terri-
Inri. Iinw i-riMili-il tin. tircci'ib'lil it'
tartinsr conhtmctioii luiiidreiU f
mVH from it nearest base. The
.j,r.j,ltr cvc ( ,jJlinc j. Hill, (he
pnstntastcr of cololiizaSion. looked
thnniah imtenetrnble cniiyou
,nu.it. WUhiCH (U1,i lofty 'aioimtriiu
n,.M.M into (hi nmmiWed land, and
started to build backward1. And yet
I'criniiit offitrt infil sin-rificf Imvi!
marked (he loyalty iL,l,e- 'nembei-s
of the Coitimereial club from th
date of its organization. It fa safe
to sav that no city in (he great coun
try west of the Rocky- mountain
has been more loyally, supported bv
those haviutr the xcal inlciit- -l
their I'oiainuniiy at heart than the
Coitimereial elnb of Mcdford ban.
and thal-hiipport has never been
unanimous by any means. From th
very htart iis work luia been directed
tionn the proper lineti. It waited to
be sure before undcrtHkiiig the work
:f co!oitir.ation. bill its deluy wnt ilr
Micee. Advertising methods wcie
crude iu 100," they were far .more
eriidu in 1002, when the transporta
tion line-, in Oregon inaugurate
their first eampalKii of immigration.
The initial efforlh of Mcdford, at
tlu cMteasc of a few citizen', of the
town, were ueeeK-ful. HesttlK werp
almost instantaneous, bat with tint
advent, of thejaori; commonly, adopt
ed method-, "of modern work, Mcilforl
came to the front, anil has never
dropped lo -ecotd plate. Its adver
tisim: pamphlets have uevr been
duplicated by nity other commitnity
in beauty, in practicability or indiu-
bow fisliin", lay. June and July for
cut-throat. Trout can be taken v,ith
a fly uverv month iu (he year, if the
conditions are right, and the Rogue
i the only stream on the const, and
probably in, America, where thW
holds true.
Salmon abound in thcRogue. In
the summer and fall tlio royal chl
1100k take Iho s'toon readily and oc
casionally the fly,
"Jack salmon," a stunted male
chiiiook, weighing fuuu one to live
pounds, take the ily readily and
make a good fight. Tu the lute fall
and winter month there are plenty
of silversido salmon, which tako the
spoon, but not the fl.v.
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'Hojies.
Medford i rapidly becoming a
eity of beautiful, 'tomes. With the
growth ot tlio eity bus eomu a great
improvement iu architectural design
and finish. As tlio now wator sys
tem is neuriug completion, insurmj,
1111 abimdancu of Hfii-giving moist
ure, green, lnwuK,. shade trees tine
shrubbery tire, replueuig the. parched
yards of tho village era. Stately
mansions, ,iit!qlurcuuc bungalows
mul cozy uollitgu are KiuK nl "s
by magic in nil parts of the city.
Medford Is a homo cily, whore the
majority of residents own then
homos. Flats, tenements mid apart
ment houses tho-o demoralizers u
tho home, ate is yet unknown. Nu
merous new additions that have boon
placed on the market at easy terms,
hove gone like hot cakes, rendering
it cheaper to buy and build than to
pay rent.
The finest of water systems, the,
best of sower Ys(ems, tho miles of
paved sheets, ttleutriu lights and al)
modern conveniences, her progres
sive, cultured people, thu motropoK
itau and cosmopolitan chnrautor of
tho plae6, combined with a most de-
lightful ulimute and thu most picturs
esjito of scenery, mako Medford
sought nmolig cities as an ideal
pltlco for a home.
Tho residents of Medford have
not been content with tho ordinary in;
their dwelling house.-.. Thoy have
liuildciMn accord with tho natural
building sites fouuil 011 every hand,
and the modern residences -some of
a stately colonial stylo, Mtmo tho
modem mul convenient bungalow
house an (Mievgello, money spending
people.
iiiitc icsiiltw. The Mcdford booklet
of 1010 is the Htalidnrd of excel
lence throughout the United BtnkM.
It is eagerly Hought for by every tig
ricultural mid horticultural schoul
mid college. The btiHinesh man o
Ihe financier in ivilliyg io drop hid
affairs and come to the Itogiie Itiver
valley for ttcrt4oual investigation,
bccaiiHc of (he al(ractiveiies of (la-
work and its demonstrative (pmlilies,
.Mcdford known-today as the best
udvcrtincd city iu the west, ami it U
known as such throughout the great
Htalcs of (he cnf. Ncwpapcr and
iitagaziucrt ol national fame send
their writer to the Iloguc Itiver val
lev, because of ils great renown, and
he availability of more human in
terest Morieri here than can be found
iu any part of the United Stale, not
excepting California, the hitherto
Mecca ofthe poet and the acribc.
Medlord today i receiving mbie
wideHpn-ad publicity than any city
jii the Pacific cotiht. Conditions
javc changed greater since 1005 nml
iiicc H?0sr in the ndvertibing meth
ods which Imvis now rea'ched iui ex
tert stage not dreamed of in the
days of the Lewi and? Clark fair,
and the changes in 1911 over llie
methods, of J 010 will be, still more
fetartllug. Evcry community in Ore
gon alone, and (here arc oyer 123
of them, arc flooding (he country
with their slatwlics of progrc-s and
of otKrlmiity. Millions upon mil
lions of dollars have been expended
throughout the west during (he past
eight yeurs upon advertising inaitci',
and tits expeuuituru will continue
perhapn. at a greater ratio.. But the
whole Union has been satiated b
pea and pictorial description lit' tit"
allurements offered iu the greal ter
ritories of the Louisiana purchase
Facte, anil wcll-Hubslautiaicd ours
arc to be the more effective mean
of attracliuir j-etUcincnt iu the bc
ond decade pf the 20th century. Un
ceasing activity, alertness and con
stunt, coitfecicntious, intelligent of
fort must' be made by each commtilt
ily that hoH to secure its proper
allotment of the tremendous flow of
civilization which wilL move town i
the promised hinds of the setting bim
duriiiL' the next five years, mid lit
tpimber inconceivable in our itiiuds
today, after the completion of the
Panama canal. Mcdford will be
found in the front rank of approved
methods) iu the work that it has be
fore it.. The .iltoguc, , Kiver. valley
'iiiutit 'be populufed, aiul thickly pop
ulated, to uphold Medford's suprem
acy in the territory designed by. na
ture irs its commercial radius. T.
insure that iwpulatiou the efforts
of preceding years will be insignifi
Dairying Conditions By E. G. Caddis
In presenting tho conditions and
opportualtles that exist, relative to
dairying in southern. Oregon. It is not
tho Intention ot the writer to "paint
with rosy hue" the results which
have been attained in that line, but
rather, to present the possibilities of
this important Ifne ot business to
those who might bo Interested, and
at tho saaio time give a few fuels and
figures as to tho income per cow, that
has been received by dnlrymeu ot the
Rogue river valley,
Tho cou'ditlous existing at tho pres
ent tlmo on-to the procuring of laud
Uiitublo for dairy purposes arc such
that, it would bo necessary for tho
piospectlvo dairyman to seek a locu
tion, not In closo proximity to Med
ford, but rathor la tlia outlyiug sec
tions wlthla a 5 to 25 mile radius
3f our city; at (ho panic tlmo being
sure to locate near oao of tho nuiin
county highways, so tho question of
getting their products to market
Would not bo difficult to solve, as
our roads are easy to travel fully
eight months out of the Vi, and the
tlmo, Is fact approaching when thoy
will bo excellent roads tho year
round.
While thu land 'In tho luuncdiatu
vlpiulty o,f Medford is very fertHo!
and uieieiore would 00 wen auapiou
to ..dairying, thcbii lands are being
Mtillkcd tor (lib upplo and pour orch
ards, for which ,th,Q n,pguu river va,1
ley. Is fameus: consequently, tho
value of such lauds liaye go(lua fat)
nbo'vo the piicu that would make
llien lit'Ofltiiblb for tho purpose, of
dairying. , k
, It is true that our retail milk deal-.
urs havb their dailies, near the Uy
ui't pvon in taoso cases tao majority
pf , thorn find it qfieapr tu kqep.
thc,lr cows on a cheap tract ot hind,
and buy thoJr hay aiul grain for foods,
lug purposes, rather tltitu have suy-t
oral hundred dollars per aero tied
up In a ranch for the purpose of,
rulsing alfnjfa for their stock,
Thore aro.two largo herds of milch,
cows and numuipus small herds taut)
furlnsh the. dally milk and cream,
supply for tho pity -of MeUrord, and
tho number of. cqqwh la thosu herds
Will total aovara lu-tujrod. , ,
Wp.havo a uumbor of small yul-
Joya adjacent to tho Itogup river val-j
toy wnoru 1110 priev 01 ni m
cant in oompariuoii, with what mtuit
he accomplished, l-u-ii Ihu git-.tt
(rausportatioii lilies fuiHtgnixc thu
exigency of the Uuu(oiir and their
campaigns for 11)11 will bo thu
grc.itcs't and mosl expensive on rec
ord. Effective work of the niudm'n
commercial club Iiiih been likened lo
the insurance agency of prosperity.
.Surely this (ins bcoii trho in McjlfmJ.
The wholu history of Its effort has
been one of coustilntly uicrcasirg
value to the commiiaity. At Do tlino
has the voice of advorsilv hccii-hcii d
hi the laud of the Iloguc river since
the advancing engine of progress
started on iln course Icsm tliati hull'
a decade since. The upbiiilding n
Mcdford and Jackson county li.u
been upon the iiuasHailable linen of
iudtnnciit mid implicit confidence, t
no time hiw there been a boom in
Southen) Oregon. Forluno"s smillrg
face of promise may have beennl
luring at times, bnl (ho steitdfu-t
work of man throughout these IW
years of creative effort !ms bciM
unchanging.
The future of "Vfetlford and uck
soli county ih latgt-ly n we rthape '.
The golden rnyt of prosperity wej'o
hqycr m rniliant as they arc totm-yv
The worlaf modtnt .Hcttlemvul will
take years to accomplish, iitnl cntei
priscK under w'ay must he carriril
to. compleliitfi. OpMjHuiiitie for Jii
vestincut have uo( at any time id
Medfordh hlsbiry been as pmititiv
as how. Confidence, liiloved by cowr
liendeil jujlgiiicji1, R wupreme tvjiIi
our locai capitalists and tlio new
comer is inspired theicby. The vol
ume of incoming itopulatiou is ex
pected to be the greatest 011 rceorijl
1011. Hat the spijjt of eo-operu-lioiiynust
pVcvail. The woik f pub
licity and advertising effore mut
nolfccal at npy cot-t. It has been
the'reator of prosperity. f ntz
reasand of Kuprcmacy in the Rogue
River valley, and by the saihe means
(ho.-c coiulitiotM wi)l,.surcly continue.
Hvcry man, woman rtud child iu
Jackson county U enjoying the bene
fit of what the fcv have doiftj hcio
in thepast .five ycam; Kvcry cle
nicnt of trade, from Ihe banker, tlio
capitalist to the unskilled labotiug
man ha-s, felt (hi; effect of that work.
The commercial interest! of Mcd
ford rciiiire the Mtpport of all.
Without it Iho Commercial clpli can
not hope to maintain its reat cf
fcclivpe,S3 of tlie.pabt.,. TJte t-eoitu
of its work niust be greater iu order
lo nttain greater results. Given that
support, the confidence of the peo
ple and the wheels of progress' w,l
revolve faster than ever iu .South
ern Oregon.
In keeping with tho prices ot land
that is used for dairy purposes, which
are excellent places for tho building
up of a good dairy business from
tho standpoint ot selling creani"to
tho creameries and It Is to tltcso
sections that we must devote our ef
forts toward increasing tho dairy
business ot southern Oregon.
Tho Little Applegut.0, Big Apple
gate, Little Duttc. Big Butte, Ante
lope, Sams valloy and Upper Itoguo
river valleys, should provo Interest
ing to the prospectlvo purchasers of
dairy farms, as the ranches Iu thesu
sections will produce alaflfa atid corn
Iu abundance,, as a largo percentage
of them aro Irrigated from tho waters
ot the crecka adjoining thorn, thus
assuring the owners. of largo crops
of excellent feed for tho cow.
It will bo Interesting to tho dairy
man ot the cast and mlddlo west to
know that tho lauds ot thcs.e valleys
produce theso varieties of feed, for
thoy realize tho value ot alfalfa as
a part of the ration for tho cow, also
tho valuo of green corn for maKlng
Into ensilage to provldo tho cow with
a good bticculoiit food during tho
tlmo of year when thoy find Uin
greatest need for It,,
Anothor recommend for these va
Ies, from (ho dairyman's standpoint,
Is tho eloqencsa. In a groat many lit"
Btances, of outside range, which
could bo. utilized fcr early spring pas
ture at Just Iho tlmo whou the cpw
would need buUil'ng up aftf-bOr 1
hJng waller's wort.
Thoro la n limited amvuat of
dairying betng carried 011 In thane
soptloris at H19 present time, Ijutonly
on a .snittll settle as in a majority ""
casw tho dairies do :to exceed 10
or 13 cows to the farm, when thoy
could easily handlo three to flya
tlmqs that number t ,
There Is a' growing doinaad In this
section for tho practical, dftlrymwii
owhig to the dairy busluww iHf,
practically new to a large majority
of those engaged in It at, lite priu4y
time, ami as tlie poptilHtJfln of, our
valley lias dqubludiip JfHMi- H.8
agalist a lpss.ln. fiie amo7t tpi&lr
llig carried ,ou, MK brQuijht, '
a very utronif demand for all kiudti
ot dairy j(prodijoU ind fit f$flw
price up 10 h iuuro utai siiohhi w ih
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