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I'MKTII YMAlt,
feIGATIONOG6C
come of fliaftici t? WBB,
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IrrlKiUtun In dentin ml to pltty a
niOKt Impiirtmil imet In Hid itowinp
iiH'iil of ItOKini I'.lvor vnllu), biipply
In;: :ifi It (Imch tint nun ilcflcii'ncy Unit
now provciitit IiKoiihIvo priiilui'llon
ItH lionnflt to tlu iirclianl liulilntr
Iiiik In tin iiit Ik'hii mori) or Iohm of
ii ilHmlnlilo ipii'Ntlon. .Much hooiI
frnlt linn Immiii tiuil lit now IhiIuk nilhcil
without IrrlKitllon nnil ynuiit; or
oliitrilH n ro IioIiik grown without It
nlit, hut hiicI) proiluctloii anil i;rowll
on unlrrlHiitf'il litinl Ih at tho mercy
of tho Hiitiiinor rnliiH which miiy or
tuny not occur In proper hoiihou anil
tho hi-arliu: nrcharil or youiiK orchard
Juki hot out, iiiiIoi-h uioHt favoralily
luciitfil Ik forcoil to Huffor durliiK v
(iiiiku HtiuHoiiN liocaiiHo of luHurtlrlout
uiolHturo In tho hoII. It In coiiiIiik to
ho generally rouciMlt'it that IrrlKatlou
In tho hoarltiK oichanl Ih valuahlo
lUHiirauio nK"liit 'iop falluio ami
that thioiiKh Km uno a heavy ml of
fruit may hn nocunul oavh )(ar and
tho common practko of thlnuliiK ox
coKHlvoly In oritur to hcuuio hIxo ami
color Ik wholly unum'i'Hary, That
tho joiimk orchard may ho hroiiKlit
luio much earllor hcarlni: anil at Idhh
oxpiMmo whuro IrilKatlou Ih lined Im
alHo holiiK fully iloinnuHtratoil. Wlthr
out Irrigation tho younc orchard re-
ipilicH iIkIiI or tilno yoaiK to romo
Into commurclal hearliiK'. ' TIiIh Ih
from tlueo to four yearn longer than
Ih leipilred In iiuoh nocIIoiih iih Yaki
ma valluy, Wonatchi'o or Hitter Root
ii Hoy whuro (ho kiowIiik hdhhoii lit
from un to lid ilfiyH iihortor than In
Rokiii) Rlvor. valluy. Tho orehanIlHt
thoidforo Ih ilohlthiK hlH account with
IiIh oichard ))' JuHt that amount or
nun. production, anil what Ik more,
ho Ih continually forcoil to moot
heavy malntuuanco oxpuiitio out of IiIh
ciihIi remirvo' that, with IrrlKatlou,
would ho offdot hy tho productH or In
IoiihIvo Intor-tllhiKo hotweou tho iowh
or youiiK oriihurd truoH, An orchard
iHt In Hood River valley with tho alii
or IiIh Hinall IrrlKatlou utream uiltiod
iitiawhiiriiim In IiIh youiiK orchard
durliiK ItH five or hIx yearn or early
Kiowth, thorohy malutalnlnK lilnuieir
and family, tluvolnplnis IiIh propiuty
and In many ciihoh paying for IiIh laud
,hy tho tlmo IiIh treoH coino Into
liearluK
Altliouuli irriKUlinn h ilentiued to
lie ol' lnenliiulnlilii value to tlui hum'
coiunierelul oicliard, its nrea(et
value will refill rcoiiuthe impoilaiil
part it wlllpln.V In inakliiK hhk!Iii
IIiii Hinall illverHit'ii'il t'rult I'urin of
five, leu ami twenty ueren on wliiuh
a family nmv nnl I'oml'ortulile
llvluu' wliilo lln'li1 youiiK ojeliaril i
eomiuL,' Into lieilllllKi '"' i'""u vlileji
limy nmy s-hoih'o. u uoml'oi'lnljlu ln-
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Medford
Tnaoicf
refcarcLI
r ' ' VtA-i. ' V a pumped onto mi: iBMfe- iiwKIHlTWfiil
taa v ; . 1'TWiriiii-n c ti i i in i ill - nir i r inw ninfiiiiMin b .yv;n imi r r nawnn fm ti-i rr"Tnrirfrr "ifff-'-n-i-- .
w . i i i hi linn mi mi liiii iViffiiimrTiTnTMr wt vih ir-jaugwfcaBjBt raaawwaMags?iiaig?s.--- i
eo6us Kivse cahai. c
otrarj?vh3 rtfpoutf the
fi-jzPT rap KVErrttu.Ei
come Nimplv from (lie pnulitctioii or
hiuiill fruitH ami uciiural I'm in nnu
iicIh. The one meat need of the
Rouuo UiMir allev in the man am
his fiipiily who own nnil care for
their nmall tract. Four-fifths of thu
vullev's aiea lies ilormaut nnil mi
pioiluetive hecaiiMi thu dry Minimcr
preclude piofituhlu eultivatiou i:i
Hinnll areiiH. ThU uilile eloped men
eel I led in Miinll. truelw with a family
on each muUiiii; a comfurlalilit living
will Mihe thu piolilem of our
die IiiiiiIk Thu iiuestion of In
ner imriim tue iiinIi heiiMUiN in (lie
Imer niclinnta would he tiiKou erne
of ami the uliuoimul liih cost of liv
iiiL' in the Iowiih and in thu couuti
would he ledilced liv thu local pro
duction of commodities that can iiov
lie hud only at hitfli cost -with
fieiuhl ndded. The iiiouey that now
I'loWh out of tint valluy for Initter,
euuH, hiieon, hum, M'Keluliles mid
coiiutlcMH other eouuuoditiiw hIiouUI
he Kept in local circulation. Throuuh
the medium of the small imputed
!'n i m this will he accomplished.
In some KcetionH of (lie vallo.y ir
riuulion Iiiih Iiooii employed for
years, ".SlriiiKlown," near Phoenix,
in n sjilendid illustration of whit
wider will do in, tho development of
the highly eullivateil faun of u few
nurert. This men hus for veart. de
pended iipuii thu niejit flow of the
I'hoeniv mill ditch, which thu usum
weie kivoii in exehniiKe for labor
hlient in eleauiiiKout tho ditch mid
lu'epiui: i in repair. Many me the
htories of fabulous production tliul
eouiu fi iiu this locality, Thu ranches
alomr Utile Hullo cioelc have boon
irrimiled for years, and so- highly
is water in lliul section valued that
only thiouuh tho medium of tho state
hoari
of control was seiions lllimi-
lion over
wuler vinlitrt prevented,
Mmiy i! Ihe noted oicliiird of I lie
vplluy have been irriKnloil for n'louji
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honed thu (lore orchard, south ol
.Mmlford; the Randall orchard', near
Taluut; the A. I). Holms orehaid,
south of Ashluud; thu Tronsou &
,! titltriu orchard, near Kuglu Point,
mid ntiiuy others.
Thu ItuKiio llivcr Kloetrio company
is devclopinu' mi orchard tract of
about 1100 aeies near Tolo with wa
ter, secured fioni mi eleotrieally
driven puuipiui; plant, located at its
power hoiiso at Oold Ray. Thu wa
ter is forced throupjt mi iiiiduiKroiiutl
liipu for a distance of ouu mile und
conveyed to the hiuhosl points of
the lauds hoin irrigated,
NYliorever u small source of wA
ler supply is available, it is beiu
put (n use. The Iar;ur pail of thu
valley, howuver, beuausu of thu dif
ficult and expensive construction in
volved, has been without a water
supply, mid such development as has
taken place bus huep accomplished
without irrigation.
The i'iisl effort to provide a wa
ter supply for the valluv as a whole
way inmiKiirutcd about eiejit .Veins
uro by tlio l''Mi Lake Water om
piiny. Their plans uinbraecd the di
version of water from Little Rntto
meek and the stnrnuo of thu run-ofl
of alonnt Mchmiuhliu in FUh and
Vour Milo lakes. This companv
coiiHlrueted 10 miles of main canal
mid succeeded in bringing water
into tho north end of tho valley, but
diffiuult ooiiHti'iietion and apathy on
the part of lnuilowiuu-H in tho mat
tor of purehnHinj water rights pre
vented tho further development of
tho project that held tho key (o tho
Irrigation of Ihe entire vnlley, Af
ter lviug iiractieallv dormant for "six
years, the popfiibllities of this pro
ject, through Ihe erforls of Fred K
Ciuutuings, were Im ought to the at-
eijtion of Palriek Yelsh,v the mil
ioiinlfo' conlinctor, hud K. K,Jvil
OV4A79I'1CTWRi7XU)fSKJHULLV I iArTTITBiWlirlHBPIBWJIJPlSiflt ?.. I
purttiil, atiumtc wlucli may lio nicii-'iniiiiiiL' mid irriuulion oporator, lmlh Ifl SS'hkmmbBmWmnBSISmMSS' II
Mail Tribune
OttKOON. KUNIMVi JANUAKY , IQJl.
of Spokane, vvho-e e"perienecrf with
thu irrigation development ol tlu
SHikauo vnlley, fitted them to loie
see tho irrigation Misibilities. of the
Roguo River vallev. "
After luakiui; an exhaustive e
amiuntiou of the old Fish Lake Wa
ter conipnny'h pioperties, iIiom mc
with their nsoi i.Ues orgutiized tho
Roguo River Valluv Uannl coinpmu
and on July 1, 1010, for u consider
ation of .f.")00,(HHI, purchased ihe en
tiro iuleiests of that company.
Hy this pmcluiso this new com
pany seuiired 5000 acres of land, th.'
old Kihli Lake ditch system und eV
tensivo water nhts in Littlo Hutte
creek. In addition, tho new company
purchased UOOO acres. of laud ad
joining tho old company's tract on
5000, purchased tho Kaglu Poiui
mill and its walcr riuhts, mid has
since secured duoql fim the de
partment of the ulterior tho exclus
ive right to use Fishjako and Four
Mile bike as storage, reservoirs.
The irrigation system to be built
by tho Roguo River. Valley Canal
company will cost Jf'J.OOO.OOO. .it
will consist of Fish lnku mpl Four
Mile luko roserv oii-s, having a com
bined blorage capacity of Ho.OOO
acres feet of walen a eouueetiiu
eannl botween the two lakes, a di
version eaual 10 miles in length lu
bring tho water from Littlo Hutte
orooK into the vaiioy; tyeo mam
lines of distributing cniiute aggre
gating 100 miles in lougtli, mid -100
miles of laterals to qdnvey the wa
ter to tho laud. ,
TJiu const ruction nnd mninlonaiVo
of the eaual system involves an ex
trnoVdinnriry heavy. 'expt'nse, be
cause of llio fact that, unlike most
irrigation jiroieets, pru,otienlly all of
the channels have tnjio coustruolod
over laud (hat is ojUior pnrtinllv urniilev to each man's hendgato at
completely developed, and great iinio'sjieh lhuos and in snob ipMyility in-
mvo
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NCiVTOWN PlPPPt
TrK PAHCO Oft
fSfim
0A ho e.xcrci.sed in the location of
all dilehe.s, laterals and conduits .o
as to do the least posihlo dmnagu.
Many miles of cement-lined caunl
and iiiulorgioiiuil pipe w bo neces
sary and all structures, mo to bu of
the uiost iieiuiaiient character.
Notwithstanding tbq. exacting con
ditions 'that on every hand invoho
heavv expense, thu eompauy, real
ising that irrigation is practically
new to tho Roguu River valley, has
placed a verv low price on tho fir.-t
blouk of water rights to 1m sold.
Pcipetual water rights ijio now be
ing Mild to the consumer at a price
of $o0 per aero, which is far below
that being paid in such, suctions a.s
the Spokaho valley, whero a priflo of
f L7" and $200 per acta is quite
common, The cost of tho water light
is payable in five niinunl install
ments, which makes it possiblo for
the laud, if properly handled, o
more than pay for the Wntor right
in the additional crop that una Im
rati-ed, thereby burdening the con
sumer very lightly, The companv
assumes all responsibility of' main
taining tho system and delivers the
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I ho may desire. For this service an
annual charge of $2.30 per acre is
made. Tho amount of water which
thu company contracts to deliver
during tho irrigation season, April
I to October 1, is sufficient to cover
the laud to a depth of one mid one
half foot, which amount will prove
more than sufficient for tho needs of
any crop and which is but littlo lo.-f.
than the total annual rainfall of the
Roguo Rivor valley.
Tho company has alrendy enlarged
tho nuiln section af tho Hopkins lat-
oral and constructed a number of tho same as thoj' aro hero, Thoy have ab
malu laterals on tho desert. It is solute faith In tho futlira of Koguo
now perfecting its plans for tho on-1 river valley and nro barking m thin
tiro system nnd as fast as thoro Is
a demand for Wator, tho system, al
roady partially constructed, will bo
oxtondod.
RogUQlands, Incoroprated, organ
ized by tho sumo capitalists and as
Boclntod with tho Rogno Jtlver Vnl
loy Canal company, has nssinnod' tho
development and salo of ,tho 7000
acres ofland on tho "dosort." This
area is now supplied with water for
Irrigation and tho work of developing
this choice body of land that has lain
Idlo so long, Ja bolng pushod rapidly
forward,
flOGUE APPLES "
Won tin) Mwoopstitkcrt. prim; uttfl
till "Applu King- of llio
World" nt SpoUhe, JOOI), mid
first prtoo tit Intortiiif tonnl Ap
ple Show, Vancouver, II. Cj
I OKI.
NO. 242
ALLEY
Tho entire area has been laid oft
tin 40-acre tracts with a publicly deU
'lcatcd road around each tract. This
(land Is being sold with a wator right
, both In its raw ctate, tho purchaser?
J doing bis own development work,
and In developed tracts, contracts for
j the sale of tho latter. Including an. ob
ligation on the part of tho company
to plow, level, lay out tho irrigation
; system, and plant to standard var
ieties of trees, and at tho purchaser's
option to maintain It for a period of
five years. Enough has been done on
this desert land, in tho way of de
velopment nnd In tho growth of trees,
that aro now In their fifth and sixth
year, to Indicate that this land can
bo mndo most productive. Tho soil,
because of Its light gravelly naturq.
Is extremely warm and the viuea and
trees start their growth very caly In
thq season and, wjth an adequate
moisture supply, thoy grow vigorous
ly throughout the eutire season and
j maturo their crop long beforo the fall
rains set in.
Tho expenditure of approximately
two and a half millions of dollars in
developing these largo projects means
much to tho Itosuo Hlvor vnlloy. Not,
only will every Industry and business
enterprise benefit directly from tho
putting into local circulation of tho
Inrger part of this great amount of
mouoy, but tho asaurnnco of our fruit
crop and tho great .addition to our
population resulting from tho thick
settlement of our idlo lauds moans a
great increaso in tho genoral volunio
of business in tho future.
Tho nion who nro behind these en
terprises luivo had long experience In
Irrigation development having been
connected with tho Irrigation develop
ment of Spoknno vaiioy in Washing
ton, whoro conditions wore much tho
faith by tho actual Investment of
tholr mquey. The honrty and sub
stantial support thoy are receiving
In carrying out their enterprise
speaks much for tho "got togethur
spirit" of tho vaiioy -that spirit thm
ias mudo tho great fame we now eu
joy. It is only through united wf"
fort that any great -work c,in Ik orr
rled out and the fact that VrT'
worldly projpet rwelvos the lnfcnt'
nnd unanimous support of tht- m of..
Itoguo Ilrlvor valley, l f h on main
factor thnt insures our future grfnt-
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