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W Wm,- Medford Mail HOMESEEKERS' SECTION UNE HOMESEEKERS' SECTION .- FIFTH YKAB. MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANTARY 22, 1911. No. 260. NTT3 ST3 JF t DAK M&PE the ' M nBSwffirl. mrara Jy7 I j pumped on to ths, )tmKlmSmiS5rt jiVaf4!imgfMW I - "to PS . V1 Fruit Exchange c- " -wr- .-- - lint AimF' SCwMpKEW"mc' I rwmir rniiiwinr n n rnr i v.vrTo' ;triMis9fiP iu&mmns&?ma in I n II Mil I II IB Hi ;BIBM4tV."v MMKJtfWI . , Wfi-X- HT'IKan mvXZmiMr 9HHHB!vr( ':ir-rilJ'ti:Y. 'jxwumttLBMmzm mam&tLAmimw - i ttu&raKsvkMrazHr MmXEWMWAqmrthZ I jMriOTJBBHHra flicHiffi3ttKKKP I. JW;ai'.il " .,.XK:Ki?JKM i ( KSE'ftJEtfllESfc . V&etlHK.akl-C'r ' ttf i.,'. 1.-.. - 'fc T jur pl1' (Ilv A. P. Stover.) IlllUiltlOll i (ICntillC'll tt l.l 1 iiiif iiiiporttitit part in (lie ili'U'l iMHnciil l' Iii;iic' liner )illc, sup lIiiiur ii- it dot's tlui one (U'ticu'im ill. U now )rt'(!iilc inteiiMU produ -lion. lt, ljuiiofit In tlio orcli.inl 111-du-itrv lias in tlio jia-t liuuu more ov Ic-s of u (lolmtiiblo (nuliop .MiU'li k()(1 fruit has and is now be inir iaiu(l without irrigation n.ul jeinit: orchards arc bein $;roii without aid, hut hitch production and growth on irrigated land i at the iucrc of the hiimnier rains which ninv or may not occur in propel season and tlio heariin: orchard or yeimi: orchard jiint set out, miles most favorably located is forced to suiter during average m'iimiiis be en use of insufficient moistiue in t lie soil. It is coming to be kcji.i-hI conceded that irriyativn in the lioar niu' orchard i valuahlo iiihiiraiwe a.iui-t crop i'nilure and that through ii- use H heavy set of fruit may be -iciiicd each year and the common. in act ice of tliiniiinir excessively m older to heeuro isize and eolor ii. wliollx umiectssary. That the yuitiiu orch.nd may be broutsltt into mueh earlier bearing and at losx e.)oae uhcic irrigation h uud is also lieintr Jnll deiaoiistrated. An orcluud ist in Hojjtuo UivBr valley with the nd of his Hinall irrigation tieam laisi (I striiulinrric in yoiiiij; or cbaid diirimr itn 1ie or nix yonis ! ivih uii'Wth, thereby mniiituiniou I) in. i H j'ud family, dovelopiuy; hi pii.itrt and in many ('a.so payiiia t"i his land by tlio timu Ilia troen cnine mto lieannir. Althoiiuh irrigation i detineij to be oi nicrJetilublu value to the large coiaincrcial orchard, iU yioutesl v.'luc uill result from tlio important pait it will plr.y in uiakiny: poiibl the .sin. ill divaridfiud fruit farm of iie. Jit and 20 aere on whioh i t.iimix may niuku a euwturtable li-in- while their yuunjr orchard is conn m into beuiiiiif, or, from which ih mav secure a oomlortable ill come siiiiplv from (he production of -ii, .ill trait and Kitral tartu pro. liii. t. Tlie one if rent nesd f the Wo;-ue Kiver vulUy in the man and in- t.uinlv who own and care for their mi,. ill tract. Four-fifths of ihe aU l- .ira He dormant and nupro (iiiiiive beeauMB the dry umme;' i-ici Imle profitable eultiation la -a. ill urea. Thie undeveloped area - i Md in email tract with a family .uli uiitkiiitf : iiinfortaliU hx mII sohe the pndileni "t m ... .(U. The ii(-li.in nt !.il ii i lie ruh .easi'ii- in the l.u(i I .l nllld lie l.i M'll i ill. "i s il in iiii.il Inji "si i-t li ihk t" the towns and in the country would be reduced by the local pioduction of commodities that can now be had only at high cost with freight ad ded. The mouev that now flows out ot the vallev for butter, emes bacon, ham vegetable, and counties othei commodities should be kept in loivl irciilatioii. Tlirouitli the medium ol the small irrigated farm thu will be accomplished. In some- sections of the valley ir fixation lias Deen ompioyen mi vears. ''Strinxtowu." near I'hoeniN is a sploudid illustration of what water will do in the dexelopment ot the hiuhlv cultivated farm of a few acres. This area ha for years de leuded uioii the ni;ht flow of the Phoenix mill ditch, which tho use were uiven in exchaniio for lab-n sH.'iil in eleaniuu out the ditch and L-i.Aiiiiiif it in reiiair. JUniv are 11 storier of fabulous production th.ii come from thi. locality. The ranchc-aloii- Little ISutte creek have Ueei irijfated for years, ''and so highlx i water in that section valued that only throuuh the medium of the state board of control w-. serioiiK litiin un oer water right prevented Mnnv of the noted orchards of the ttlliv have been irrigated for a Imm lriod, among which mav be men tioned the Oore orchard, iouth .-t Mwlford; the Itandall orchard, ueur Talent: the A. Ii. Helm utrhiinl. south of Ashland; the Tron n i Guthrie orchard, near Eagle l'"iit, and many others. The Kogu Uiver Electric con p.m .jp. - - -. ' 4. fe- Mk"A;' .MIM. CltHHK KAM.S ON TIIK I'IM'UH HlHiVli. Wherever a small ..oureu of water dm ulniiincr mi orchard tr.x ' cf abmit 3G0 acroK near Tok. ilh-lpiy i uvaihible. it ih being put to u-Mtor. Mf.nrd from an elect iHlly.UM. Tka larger part ot the valley, driven punipi.'i: pl.mt, located at . h.. Us,, ai (i-.ld K IV The w.i 1 1 -Wel !(.! 1-. toll cil ,'lollml ne t. mi', aid i i 1 1 Ii '" , -ll-l.'IK I v.. I I . '!, II ll it II ll Jll. The first el tort l provide a water sujhJv for the alle .is a whole was inaugurated about eiuht yaara ago however, becun e ot Uio difficult and by lire Fish Lake Water company, cxpeiisjve const -'-1 1 1 -1 1 1 1 1 involved, has Their plans ewlii ."-'l the diver-i'n b 'en wiili'iiil a w.iii-r supidv, ainljol wal-T limn Ian'" Unite iri U -inll ileveloilin 'ii ,i ll, li'k-'li pluieiand llle s'ol iy- il ' ie liln ott ot 1 1 - Iji i li ,i i oluli-lici v .1 limit ll 1 1 Mi -no I Mil. I. 'i a i I i Ii i ii I " lIlOll. Mil" I. lii J ll I i 'I ll. v '-ll ' i i ii iii mile oi main caiuu una suc- I 'led in briiigiui; water into iIk Ii cud ol the vallev, hut dil'ti-- i ii i i oiistiuetiou and apathy on the I- 1 1 of landowners in the matter ot i- in basing water right prevented ili further development of the pri- ' i that held the key to the irriga- .' ii of the entire valloy. After l.v - ; .... practically dormant for mix years he potfsibiiitieH of thin project. ilnough the efforts of Fred X. Cum- iiiuitTs, were urougrit to I tie atietiton "i I'atnck Welsh, the millionaire con- i.ietor, and U. li, Neill mining and ungating operator, both of Kpolc aiie, whosu cxeriencpM with the irri gation development of the Kpokane vallev, fitted them to foresee the u ruiatiou poMsihilitiei of the Uogue Hiver valley. After making an exhmistive ex amination of the old Fish Lake Wa ter eoiupany's pi-opertieNri, theme men with their associate organised the Uogue Uiver Vallev (.'anal noiopauv, and on Jul v 1, 1!M0, for u considei alloii of ,'1(1(1.01111. iiii( i,i-,e, (he cu lm I 1I1 ie I- ..I ih it eorii),tiiv. i 1 1 J 1 i 11 1 11 1 . tli . in u I llll! i .1 I . 'I -liOll 1.1 ,, , ,, ,,M A( III, tensive water rights in Little Iiutie creek. In addition, the new com pany puiciiassed 'J000 acres of lain adjoining tlio old compaiiv's tiael ot .'iO(K), purchused the Kagle I'oiut mid ami its wuter rights, and has wince secured direct from the department of the interior the exclusive right to use Fish lake and Four Mile nine as storage lescrvoirs. The irrigation system to bo built by the Hogue Hiver valley Citnul eom- laiiv will cost itc.uuu.wiu. ft will eousist of Fish lake and Four Mile lake reservoiiv, having a eoiubiiied storage capacity of :i.",0lltl acres feet of vv titer; a connecting canal betweei the two lakes, n diversion canal 111 miles hi length to bring the water from Little Hutte creek into the val ley; three main Hue of distributing eAnaii aggregating 101) mile in length, and 400 mile' of laterals to convey the water to the land. The ''For Sale" classified ad ii-e the 11111 1 Ket-place for the. useful lllii'U- that 111 ve alivadv been Used. oiiit t Hues a -ccolld bund lllliele -Me Vim 11- Well a-, a new (My P. .J. O'Gara.) m Thu prospuelh in the iniiiieuso field of hortieiilturu in thu Koxuu Hivur valley wero never brighter. The now vear iiuds thai thu proru mudo during the ohf year has added 11 poueri'ul stimulus to the groiitindus try of fruit growing, and tlio ino mentiini given it by the, jircvions . ear's siiccohhos will bu bitoh as 10 mtiku u mueh bolter record for tlio year of J 011. In attempting to fore cast more or lgea aeouratoly what wo fully oxpoot to renlizo, it will be. well to note, in u uioru or loss guu eral way, thu progto which hati al lcady been made, oupaoiully during the past year. One of the most uotieenblo roeultu which haa been uecoiupliiihud ill tlio valley in uloug the lino of nursury isMetioti and thu intiodiiotion of clean slock for planting thu fuliiro oiehardx. iJuriug the paat suiiiou we have received thu' kindest 00 otcrution of the nuweryiaeu doing bu-itiBN in this valley. U'lnjy Ituvu uork"d hand in hand with (he in spectors and have been desirous that their put im gut nothing but olunu tree-'. Of the hundreds of Ihotuuitubj of nursery tree, received, but vory few huve been throwa out, ihowiug that there Jnu been an houest ef fort to fulfill the reiftiiremeutfi laid down by the liortumltural laws. Wo have particularly noted that uur nuiserytnen have been us anxious and pninstakiug in ueotiring olotin shipments as the inspectors my been careful in soei.ig that no dis eued trees bu phiutod. It is a hualthy sign of Ihe time i when we see a dt siiu to build up and maiiitahi au holi est business which, unfortuuatiily, in iiiniiv placea stilt siiiacki of dialioa estv and graft. An a rule, the nur seryiuen doing on-ino w In thu iioguo Hiver valley are building up an en viable reputation which menus a prosperous future. If there ever have heeu auy difference betweu them and the hoiiieultiiial eommis sioiior's office, all hive been lorgot ten. Inirim; the past year praotioally all the iiuitui'i wcr of the valloy havo la 1 nine as mi Med in 0110 great or -ani.n Kui-vvii ,s tli,. UofcMie Uiver Iv. uiiiiiiiii vt on Viissi 0.) ?-! 1 l-.-i a- -.1 ill-- 1 I 111 1)1 1, i.iii i in .1 ' 1 mi W.,1. lllt- -itu all 'll ! HFWWHHi J
