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initio Falls, tliii coiiiIiii; lumber
c i) tor of .lnrtiMou county, Ih tln pioh
ont tormluiil of tin) I'ftt'lflr H Kimfuru
rnllronil, a pint of tli Mill xynlnin,
In llio honrl of llio lnr'Ht sugar plno
Imll In llio world. Ti Unitary to initio
Falls! a eight billion feet of stoutllug
limber. Tho rullioinl will ho oxlonil
ml to n connection with tho Oregon
Trunk, thus giving u trtiiiHouiitliiuntiil
lino to'tho cnid.
Hlg lltittu rlvor, iiiun which llutto
Falls In loetiind In ono of till) flllUHtJ
power utrfniiiM on tlui rnnwt--it power
Hint It already being ulUUm! to oper
ate lumber iiiIIIh, or whluli tlioto are.
It ft IT it doxon rentlutrod through tin1
district. ' i ,
Opportunity W'kntin tho liiiino ;
m'l'Uor mill tho inunutitotiiror to lliitto
FnllM?'Tho wljnroiit region In rich In
natural reniireoii. Tho clonrnd forest
Innil it llio beM orehnnl noil In Urn,
nllity? Timber iiwiilln tho mlllmitu,'
for rnuli mill iloor ami box factories. '
for paper mills nml tor furniture
iintuufHctorlo. l.hrgo ilupoNltH of
elny nml flro hrlrk clay a wall utllUii-j
tlou for brick nml tllo factories, nml
quarries contain flue IiiiIIiIIiik mono
(toed mill nil o cnu ho noouroil for
either small or largo mill. Cootl
farm land ran ho ptirnhnnuri nl JIM)
mi ncro nml up. Thero U n good
opening for n llvo nml progrowdwt
bmikvr.
I'lllO Wttll'l'.
Mutto Fall Iihh n fluo, puro mono
tnln wntor system, an up-to-tlntn pub.
lie iirhool ytnm with nn accredited I
high school, nml uuiny of tho nil-
vn n't age commonly secured only In
larger town,
lluttu Falls, with nn elevation of'
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JnckqoitvlllO) having it population
of 100Q, is tho county uout of JiickHon
county, .the fourth county In Oiokoii
In vyoalth .and populutlon, nnd third
ultjHA 'tho county,
Tijd townjU Idonlly nltuutml In tho
fiiotJjIllB nnd Inuny luindHomo rest
dOucos Bponk of tho comfort of Uh
poqplp. with tho Roguo rlvor valley
In front nnd the mountains nt tlio
bnck door, no inoio charming hUiiii
(Ion for u homoHltu cnu ho found In
tho WOHt.
JnokHoiivlllo enjoys, tho doaervod
repiitntlon of having sent out' inoio
nntlvo gold than nuy other place In
tho Htnto, It Ih tho supply and out
fitting point for many productive
mines, both plncor nnd quartz,
'i'lila Is tho "gutoway" to tho rich
Applcgntq valley and tho famous Uluo
Ledge mlno, rich In copper.
For thy Hiioitsumu this Ih a pain
dln. Tho forest vohoi'Voh In tho Blsltl
yous ami tho (!nspniloH uhouiUl In
ovory kind of game known to Uih
region nlul tho iinhnruiiHHud rivers
mul erookH Afford fish for tho anglor
Thu ollinuto of jnckHunvlilq Ih
Idonl. Pholtfrod .from wIiuIh, mip-
f'Huip o of the I nils
XI 10 font, U tti- mi in tu i r it-wort of
southern Oregon It equitable Hint
plrnimul climate, Um foroHtn nml
strewn Into niHiiy during tho hot
mouths from tho warinur vallojs.
There Ih fluo fUhliiK ninl liuitt In
No fcg or strong wind, no exroislve
hont or cold, no niflnrlu, ir typhoid,
no hny fever dlHturhN Iih residents,
HIkIi HiIiooI
nbout 2(1 Inchea annuiillv no se
vere cold nor torrid hont, It Is n plneo
for n homo.
All of tho, conditions so fuvoruhlo
to fr'ult-growlug fn tho Uoguo rlvor
vnlloy apply, with oqnitl omihiiKla
here, whllo tho additional altitude of
200 feel iiddH coloring to the' fruit,
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on HIk Ilutlo From Wliltli (lie To nn
I wl lh thoro nffllrtail with futlimn Jlml
rnllrf In IU hnlmy clime
Until- KnlU han n II v ami ontor
lirlxlnjc Commercial club, which will
miawor.nl! Iiiqulrlue rortIlitB this
tH'rtliin. Ollvur Aihimts Ik proildonl.
('. T HrlKK vloo proHliloiit, J. Frank
Clinton Aucrotnry nml CliRrlo Obsn-
olnln trofltiuror.
Hut timber will bo, for many year a
t) como, thu main ronourco of tho
llutto I'allrt rt'Klon. Tho advantage
tlmt thin body of tlmbur powtiiHttcH
over thul of nuy othor locality is on
ni count of tho luvcl land on which
It Ih Hltiiutoil, nt tin itvoniRofoloviitlou
of .IliOO foul. Mont whllo and HiiKiir
llno boltrt envor rough ami riiRgod
mnuntulnouB country, nt olovutloiiH
from tOOO to 7000 foot, roudorliiK
IokkIiik ojuirnlloiiH very uxpounlvo.
,Thc JMlHoWooU timber can be IobroiI
off nl ono-linlf tho expunto of tho
joritlnur tlmWr proporty.
' ' Wlmt It MeaiiH.
Aunlhor Kroat ndvnntiiRO that thlH
timber butt pimofnoH In Unit tltpro
,h prnctlcully no miiow In winter, and
the climatic conditions nro mich that
i IorkIuk nud uiuuiifitcturinK can be
j rnrrlod on throughout tho wlutor.
, lictlcnlly nil tho mills In Calirornla.
j wM-li Ih tho only other Htnto In which
xuKnr plno crown, aro compelled to
Tho tlty Is constructing u gravity
wntor system ut a cost of 50,000.,
nnd y ndoqimto sower satom Is nt
presont heliig roubldorod by tho city
council. With our present olei'trlc
llglit.lug system, Jacksonville will ho
strlotly modern In overy respect.
Tho churches nnd schools nro mod-
Derives l(s XauiC
close from four to clx months In the
winter on account of the hoavy snows
Few neoplu In the Rogue river val
ley have any Idea of the magnitude
of R, 000. 000,000 feet of timber, both ;
from a tunnngo nml payroll stand
point. It would require seven caw-'
mills cutting a thousand feet each
day for 300 days in a yoar for u
term of to years to cnt S.000,000.000 '
fot of timber. This Is equivalent
to 35 carloads A day, or over 10,000 (
caiH u j ear during .the entire 40
years.
IILC FnymlU in Slht.
In nddltbn to llio lumber tonnage,
the by-product.! represent an addi
tional 2000 earn n year. It requires
about three laboring men for every
thousand feet of lumber mnntifnc-!
lured from tree to finished product.'
liiKiirlng labor for ovr 2000 em
ployes. Hox, sash and door factories ling ideal and the soil, as proved by
mean tho employment of an addl-j chemical analysis and by expcrl
tlonal 2000 men. Tho avqrage cost .'nicnts already conducted, adaptod for
of labor nt $-.50 per day represents fruit of nil kinds. As the lumber
n payroll In manufacturing lumber disappears orchards will tnko the
of Jio.000 per day, or $3,000,000 a'placo of tho forests, ns the land enn
ytmr Tho pnyroll for the factories bo purchiibed aftor tho tlmbr is cut
will bo In addition at very nominal coat. A largo por-
After tho timber is cut, o largo Hon of tho denuded forests cnu be
portion of tho land .can bo elenred colonized by fruit growers, cut into
and used for agricultural and fruit
purposes, the elevation and slopo bo-
ern Tin high sihool provides 12'
grndes fitting pupils for tho state
university or tho agricultural college.
Paving nnd couicnt sidewalks uie
being laid, and the county has made
oxtenslvo Improvements on tho court
house and a new and modern Jail,
at an oxpoutso of $1G,000, bun boon
erected. "
All Valley Tows
The year 1911 witnessed steudy
and healthy growth In all of tho
towns of tho Roguo rlvqr valloy. All
lmvo Incrcusod In population, pro
grcb8lvonosa nnd prosperity.
Ashland greots tho now year with
saveral miles of additional pavement,
with a beautiful pnrl,wUh a fluo
now high bchool nud other substan
tial business structures completed nud
moro under wny nnd planned. Nino
toon hundred and twolvo promises to
ho n bnnnor year In tho progress of
tho most beautiful of tho Roguo rlvor
valley cities.
Central Point has nitule phenomen
nl progress and promises. In the
small tracts, which will moan a large
increase In population, in addition to
A wcekb ik wsp.ti'cr, The Ptst n:id
public llbrni) nrc well supported.
Tho two , banks hnvo deposits, of
over $200,000, and. mijoy u lieu Hit'
growth. A rock quarry, Bnwmlll,
brick nml Hine factory, u quartz mill
nnd cyanide plant are the Industrial
plants.
Growing Rapidly
Medford'n boundaries. Probably half
a million dollars has boon expanded
In various; Improvements, among
thoue being eonereto blocks and stone
buildings. A now municipal wntor
system hus boon completed, n now
sower eytjtem eon&truotod nnd tho
muln streets of tho city paved with
asphalt. .
Jacksonville has voted bauds for
tho construction of a water ttystom,
work on which Ih ahead) under wn
Streets have been Improvod and the
quaint old metropolis of das 3 gone
by bIiowb renowod life and energj
Wocdvlllo huB forgod nheud A
new brick sehoHhtiuso has been com
, Susar Plue In the Hutte Fall.s Section.
providing a handsome revenuo for
!the railroad.
Ivight Sawmills ItcniJy.
At proent sovon sawmills aro lo
eAted in tho timbered torritory tribu
tMry to the present terminal of tho
Pacific & Eastern. About 30.000,000
feet of lumber a year Is marketed In
tho Rogue rlvor valley today In tho
district between Grants Pass and Ash
land, which Is shipped as far north as
FortlRiid. All of this lumber can bo
I lain d and mnii new esiJ nces built
Mines have been reopemd, new stump
t inlllit hifitnlloft Mini liiidiiut Itmiiiiitiw
Konornlly,' ' v
Qold H1H' Is profiting by tho re
vival of mining. Lima is belli burnt
In largo quantities, and shipped by
tho carload. Rauds huvo been voted
for a municipal water system.
Talent Voflools the program of Uo
Utillej. 'Many new buildliisw lmvo
boon urcotod and tho choice orchard
lands surrounding tho town grabbed
by Investors and planting on a largo
scale is tlio ordsr of tho da. The
town has boon lucorppratvd during
tho year.
IJajclo Point boasts of u flno depot
and n now townslto has recentlV boon
platted nnd built. A bank hits beau
Incorporated and several flno business
blocks have been constructed during
tho year.
Dutto Falls Is preparing for A boom
with tho completion of the Paciric &
Eastern nml the Inauguration of trnf
fh nejjt spring New buildings are
planned nud u preparation for the
future the town has organised by
Incorporation.
supplied from local mills, nnd this
lumber Itself will amount to a suf
ficient tonnngo to pay lntcrost on
bonds and mafjitquanco of tho. Pacific
& Kastorn if extended Into tho forest.
Within five years n largo acreage of
orchards will como into bearing in
tho Rogue river valley,, which will
thon contain over 5,0,000 acres of
bearing orchards, requiring 20,000,
000 feet of lumbor per year to supply
the growers with fruit boxes.
and reflects th- prosperity gained by
ilnu'iiuiu- farming, gardening and
botry culture, of which It is tho, center
of Quth.trn Oregon, - .
Tola has -mado great strides.' Tho
twn now housta of n i.lopoti fa brick
ami, tllo fnetory. a lumbor, mill 'and a
graulto qimrryl ' Fully,, 'nV6fO of
bulldliiKS. Including st'ores.lijiyb-'recently
been oreciei and nioro aro
undor construction. f
To uinke a long utory short, ovory
locnllty has Improved and grown us
never before and they havo all only
commenced, .. f
Witlt uingll fruits uikJ hurry eultlvn.
tioti, mi lino of oil eiiUlvution is ;noro
jmifltnjilo. t'roin na iuvwitinoiU trmul
point nml luhor oxpoixitMl'tlni!? gunlcn
truck raining, it rcncliurt Rh. Iiigliot
form in tho Ifoguo rlvor valhy i;tttler
tlio comlitiuiiH mentinnoil in proviotm
imrngrnpli, nnd i riipUltv liei'o.'uiilg tt
factor of grent iironunonco here I'o
tutoex, green vegelnlilcrt of 1 kliN(
Heler.v. nHiiurnuuH ntrti lomnioed.jii
ilemnuii the iorld oei,,gmtv m ifnl
mo-t proH(f' form tuul htf Ufi'i-