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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1911)
U i' ;2 EPFORr MATT. TlttBTOK raPTORI"), OKISaON",- SUNDAY, .TANtJAttY1, MM. i i j Hi in I i ITS if' -nm rsr '('" -n- '4, . A M f ? A O . IRRIGATION ' will make splendid income property of ' tlie great wate areas surrounding .$ the city of '" . MeHforcl j0mm - - Rogue fiivfrr Wiley OrcHafds Where Irrigation Has Been Found to be the Secret of lrnKtiqn nihncr the qwcsliou of thomu who asks: "Whnt phalli do uiul how can 1 waive a Hvinj? while t am waiting fyr uiy orchard to come into hearingf'' Snch men n$ Uronimcr ttros., Hall and Pnrkvr have demonstrated tho fact beyond tho question of a douht that there is money to bo made byinten-ive fannuig in tho Rogue Oliver valley. There is . fetrong demand ior Rogue, .river hemes; the; labl scngon'sj experience hari proven that the desert s?oil under irrigation produces the finest cantaloupes .that.lnnc been sold in the Portland markets?. i The Roguo lUver valley in tho next few years will Rain additional laurels from her strawberries and canfaloupes, ntfcl these two products will in time rival tha famo of the applet, and pears. Tho man who buys an irrigated orchard tract, plan'ted to trtcs, can make his living by raising berries and cantaloupes between the rows. The reason that this iinKrtnnt fact has not been more Rcucially demonstrated is that such production hast heretofore been impossible from laVk of irrigation. Intensive fanning cannot hc.cnrricd on in thiyllogae River valley without irrigation Ther greater part 'of our vegetables' como from the irrigated districts f California, bnt now that irrigation is possible for tho small fanner, tho time is not far pff when e can expect our home markets to bo supplied by our Jocalv gardens. r j - - m During the firbTiear Iho orOhardibt who has purchased an orcliartlTfnici pli'iute. to trees can expect to make a profit tti the rato of .200 per acre from his cantaloupes- If ho 1ms a five-aero tract he can plant between the rows,' one aero of straw berries and two (teres of cantaloupes. The first year Ins strawberries wijlpot be ,iu bearing, ,but the second year ho can Qxpec(tto clear at the, least $r00 from 'his berry patch.- Ilia cantaloupe should show a net return of '.fOO, so the first year the or ehardist on rt five-acre tract, besides the .vege tables and poultry, .which he can easily raise, can clear $400, and after this time, he should easily make $9(.0 per annum by the cultivation of the space between his trees. MEDFORD'S GREAT FUTURE FACTORY DISTRICT Our Factories Are the Orchards of the Valley f The Irrigated Orchard Tracts of Roguelands Incorporated, located only a few miles north of Medford, with splendid railroad facilities for transportation of its products will be the great factory district of the future. - , 4 , , , , , i . . ' ., j .;lr This district will not be the home of the workman who spends his flays in smoke-begrimed and dirty factory buildings, living in unhoalthy tenements with hundreds of hfs fellows, and barely earning just .enough to liye,.but the home of prosperous and happy men and women, who work in the sunshine, livo in modem bungalows, making ttypir living from the orchards which they own, live as it was intended men should live, earning the full measure in proportion to their efforts and securing thomselvos tlio full profit of their labors. . . ...... . , "The Desert" as it has been known for years, will be the greatest surprise of this famous orchard district, It has already domonstratod to those who have given it unbi-' aged and careful study' that it has those essential requisites which make an orphard district and natural conditions which will make it the greatest locality for successful in tensive farming in the whole of Southern Oregon, The desert soil is the warmost anq the freest frpm frost of any in the $ogue. River Valley. It.js rich and productive and contains an abundance of sthose natural elements whicti1 furnish the food for tho plants; i$s tfeej) suti-sfrata pf gravol mtyeciwith sanjd'and clay gives it a drain age that is rarely equaled in any orchard district arid guarantees to the future orchardist one pf the most important requirements of successful orcharding. ROGUE RIVER VALLEY CANAL GO. ' ' Hon. James Wilson, Secretary of the Department of . Agriculture, in his speech at the opening of the Chicago Land Show, Said: : " . "There is Not a State in the Union Than Does Not Need Irrigation IN EVERY PRT OF OUR CO UNARY THERE, ARE A FEW )VEEK5 DURING THE SUMER MONTHS WH.EN JjERE IS NOT SUFFICIENT RAIN TO PERFECT PRODUCTION AND DURIJ1G JMS PERIOD THE APUCATION OF WAT- , . . " .. . ER BY ARTIFICAL MEANS WOULD BE.,VASTLY BENIFICIAL . .. flkV JjfchfeUB. f . v " . . "V ip IS IRRIGATION THE ROGUE RIVER VALLEY? .NKi ,v " YES . ., ,J j -at. . r . - -,- -T- ' i Z.t. .Jlfc V? v.;.-.. .- BECAUSE,. ;; ' " i ' DURING THE PAST S11ASOX Tit HUB WAS NO RAIN IN TUB .Mi:i)P0ltl) D1S- ' TKICT FKOM JUNK. 13th XO SKPTBMHEK 1 lilt. ,V. . Iecause ,: ' IslOV THIS 'PACT 2UANV OP TILKON-IIUJUJATIJU OHCIIAKDS SUKKHUKO .TO SSUriltAX. EXTENT THAT 1'HODUlTION IN MANV INSTANCES WAS PKAOTIOAhl.Y ' A FA'lLUKE. ;., .'.,. , .BECAUSE," - , . j,.TI!EKB AHB'INSXVM'KS lXtt'lUS VAI.I.BV -WHEKB TUBES HAVE HBBtf OJtOWX, BLT THEV HAVE NEVER l'UODUCED KKU1T. V TIIERH .WAS .NOT SUFFICIENT MOISTI'UK TO UKINO AUOUT DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION. , . . r BECAUSE , ., .. ,.,. xi THE RAINFALL KOK, TJ1E PAST.ai V.MIS DI'RINOTIIE MONTJIS OF, .JULM, AVyliiAlSlb SEI'TEMUIIR,! ACvUOUDINC) TO OOVEllNMENTdPOlO''bTUH v - MEOKQinDlSTRlOlV IS WW OjiBtVNllidlB.IlALF INCHES, WIUGlMSiNQT-SUFBI--.' CfENT FOR' PERFECT CROP DEVELOftfBKT. tnlff IS NEGESSARY FOR , US TO SHIP OCR VEOETAHIiES PJtQM TUEIRRUIA'IV . ED DIST1UUTS OF CALIFORNIA. AND WE COULD AND WOULD' 1N THE ROCIUE RIVER VALLEY PRODUCE THESE NECESSITIES WITH IRRIGATION. THERM AHB-A FEW SUD.1RRIOATED ORCHARDS IN THE AULLBY; rtIilU WUH NOTi FOLLOW THAT ALL OF OUR LAND IS WATERED FROM IJENEATH THE ' SURFACE.. - ' ,V,:. BECAUSE .,,.. .. - . i ONH,QP THE .MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCES OF THE GOUNTRvV.WILL FOR EVEIL ME .WITHHELD FROM THE VALLEY. AND TIIAT-1H.1NTENSIVH FARMING, v WHICH CAN HE DROUGHT AHOUT ONLY TIIROUQII IRRIGATION. ', BECAUSE .A'MAK IIAPPERa TO OWN A PIECE OF LAND THAT DOES NOT AT THIS TIME COME UNDER ANY IRRIGATION SYSTEM IS NO JUST REASON WHY IRRIGATION. JS UNNECESSARY. . ' ' . . FRED N. CUMMINGS, MANAGER Medford National Bank Building,- Medford, Oregon itLj i&ifftti A ' ' ' f ' f (. vl NECESSARY IN . . ' m . y n ) I 1 t 1 f,H ' tt 1 ir ttU faMft dtilrl&i $, ,..., t (' lt J IRRIGATION will in the next three or four i .$ years maKc Meclford a cit& of 20,000 people There is Money for tlie Man Who Raises Strawberries and Medford Rockfords In the Rogue River Valley ., Tito ini(,'iil0(l diclianl !' Tnuicou -.V (Jiilluio, IiH'.UimI u nluut iliHttiiico lntm Eulf I'niiit uiul ajiiiut tut) miles nui III of Kohi'IiuuIm Iniguteil Or ithurtl TrjtctH, won the Grmnl Kwt'0istul;f Vim at tho Su)kmi(V Avplo Show. , Tho Siiuvvy lltitlc Orchitxl, MhicluU tliu huit JrnrjiU'M Oichititl hi tlio Rnuuu Rlviti' alloy, in ouu ol' I In.! fiiuuiiiH orclnnlH oC tliu dltiliict. Jits m iiiarLihlii iuhl hau iloiu uuu'li lo brittle valley illt(.lMlulu('IH'l'. TliaRvnhaw oivhaid, luiialt'il a lit Ho inor.it llmti i it,itiiu fAiilli iff Iti)KiulmuU Irriutcil. .Ou-lmnl Trac,i)i Jhu,.fir8t prii ut tlnj, C'anuJiau hitcij. iall9iui(.Apilu, Slmw v il irrititutj Nimtowti Pip iiinmnli.'H. Thin orcliunl, liku kv Siioy llattc, in iiiuloi" (lm oniuil hyslciu of the Rokuu RiMir Valluy Canal t'OMinau. To A. 1), lloluis oiihatl, ocal!l noiilli of Um city ol' AhIiIhiuI, nnt Ioiil; huuut iU'iitliil ixaiii)Ut of i.iotliirlioii hy irrij;ut'u)ii. '1'liih omlnuil wilh ru ijtiiiiui h,v, i rnr.himl of Nuwluwii PH"H "I iUv $MUuh ;nl ,Cihiau KWH t no ilihiy (t jU,SS,,i,'.l v'll,.,"Mf fnipIif .jmjJumicmU jjH!ijyjijliviJt,iiM. tliw IiIkIi -HtamhfnitV.thttsOiu-Kim aiih)x, Thv Pollctl. oivlia.n.1, tlio $. L. Ihiunt'ti. oicluml, tiiu Conro Kjei'o orharil am) tliu WiiHlihnra oivii- iinl near Tabic Riu;k(jiru all iniilml oroliaiiH anil ()i)Vu .ll inadu o,L'i'itjoiial ;o(;ohIm, n'nM.'I'tit hao Iivi?ii rfurnjil to h.thu v'ural ailcitlfin of (ha illuy, aud uik'Ii pi'9)cty Jii'tii ilono niiiuh to ciillilu attiuttipp of tliu country to our pioxporrub orchard Industry. ( 'i;in .1. G. Guru orchard, houlh T Mcdl'nid :i an irripilud oicl(uid and pciliupH nno of the iao; piiifitullu piopurtics in tliu Rouu Rivor valluy. Thh orehard in one of the nIjow pltijyo v,f tho (I'm. trie! and owim iln valuu i;ntiicly to tliu fncj thai itH owuur liu provided an irrigation nyMti;m to Hiipply tlio iiioistimv jiiHt livn (Yin oichard neodrtlf, and carry It mtfcly through tliu dryuiuuipr inoiitliH. - During tliu pant hciihoii Hu'tu wa no rain i tlio Mudi'oi'd djittricl fioln Jimu 111, mid tliu lata wiulor applu production wiih practically niliifd in ninny of tlio uouiiriK'iti'.l oicliiudf. ., i ,- . f.r.P$": f'. '1 r't-'t .,u.lj !.?. n. h HV. .V ( , i i - ' ' 2l
