Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 01, 1912, NEW YEAR'S EDITION, MEDFORD SECTION, Image 30

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Newspaper Page Textpage six MBDPORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, QRlfflON, MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1912. fZW One of Medf ord!s Handsome Business Blocks I. : kaw -- 'JEpH9!!sssHligsaHgK jHHBBiilSWWPW ' "t'" ""ySBB gWaaaatgaagaatatttbLJgaagaaC1''''' ..'... ' ..J ' MW''i ti --s-w BBaBaBaBaBaiaBBaSBaBaBBaBaSBlkJSt V .kM ni it mNIHIHpt' "3TS?T k"fe - y " ' t. agaagaaggaaagagagMBa -....JajiJgragMiJH'MPWr? NT,t, rf-1-. i The Ganiett Corey Uullillng. MKDFOKD EN'JOYIXG GRKAT KRA OF XEW IJl'lIiDIXn (Continued from Page Five) people, appreciating Its great re- Medford spells progress and mu sources, are already advertising the ntcipal advancomont. It Is the most metropolitan sruatl city In the world and Its population the npst . cosmo- Iloguo Klver valley far and wide. 115,000 Cars of Fruit. Tim ttrnhtAm nf Hftftirliif on it In provements represent ov?r ?50C.000 foj tUe mQro Umn 0QQ M more, nt f-.il llml will Im cMntm.l In llSS ......11. 0n(L.ln l ' "".vlve W'V!-"' iiifin ton v.i.irs from Mcdfor.1 and Thq building of a city upon solid vl,.,I , ...,MlBOl1 nf tv lhA ,-.. modern, lines presents com? startling UOWcrful railroads. statlstlcalcts. Over 1000 cars of.? - - and agrjcuUural re lumber vrm essauvju the cou-i oC tho vallcJ bccn ftt!l. structAoj, of buildings In Medtord; In doOMtnied Moro '1 75000 Jltfll., iHn l "w T?K -"? " Vv:,.v" was ouraw a na. m " -"""-- j0ar8 wtn be expended In Irrigation uon oi redraw . ... .pttIp0 wWch will cover every ?n00.6qq. The transformation of thoj the and enab,0 n-ar,y n...U InnJ Inlft lnlVllO f frATl J " . . ,wuH.., u- ".v "..- -- Qvery acre to bo placed under cultl- Causeu WIC saio oi nvanj au muu.i ti of cardon hose. One store alono sold . 22,000 feet. It is safe to say that the solidity of Medtord. a3 well as Its future .... ...nA nH ixn ciAl urosiiB. c.u ..,,, . '" "" ;" i building construction. man ai me preseni nmu. iub ovv.-i . . M. nf mnilrn P,.v is bclne displayed here. The water,sys- i.. jimk!t-'hv"'- acrc3 f app,e8 and pears. are new: used, and - cost of bul ding j and V,f mUUon ivare and nails In the construe-1 $.,;, ., , Irrinti0n Upon each ten acres a fam- illy will be supported. rvinflftnnro Is nnnrpmo nnil utmost 1 faith In the city's growth Is evident I from the public Improvements anu Every acces- 000 acres tributary to Medtord of momseives connuuio "vV tcm. costing, with tho city mains, ame oi supporung a ca,..i -. . .500f000 Ia Becond t0 none. peop,o uacK oi m r.cn Tho ncyr EOwcr.system Is completed. iana.siami wun. u-u ..,., fce pav,ng tota,s JC 77 mles A(j. reet oi ur auu pmo. a Bi.-ai. nuiuuu , . t , th . . ,..- -. , !ness district and tho larger portion of this timber la. on level land, mak ing logging inexpensive, and after j of the resident section. A second being cleared will proywe nunureas Qno tcm ,. ,n opcrotlon. A and thousands of acres suitable for '- - e constructed aud all kinds Qt cutlvatlon. One thou- f ' fQr niuniJnaUoil sand men working every day for 40 o u years will be insufficient to manu-a'" k, ... facture this vast amount or timber Artistic Homes, into lumber. This one great resourco Tho class of Medford's resldoncos will support a city of C000 people. Is very artistic BungalawB genor Tho timber Is within the range of J ally prevail In the smaller structures, vision from any part of the valloy. ' Colonial and many other styles are Piscine & Eastern. ' Tlie Pacific & Eastern building by the Hill Interests alroady pierces tho heart of the forests and commands 8,000,000,000 feot. The empire builders officially announced that tho Pacific & Eastern must and will go to a connection with the Oregon Trunk, now building. The Hill lino crossing tho state east and west will connect with tho Trunk system also, and Medtord will bo tho terminus or two great transcontinental systems aud the most Important city between Portland and Sacramonto along tha Southern Pacific. Tho acquisition of these railroads is of iinuu'asurablo benefit to Medford and Indelibly prominent. 3Iqro than two score of resldoncos already occupied ropresent a cqst of from $5000 to $1 2,000 each. Great care and prido is being dis played In tho surroundings. ' Natural groves of -great oak trees have been selected In the location for many of the moB.t beautiful residences. Civic pride, following In the wake of con-1 struction, predicts a city of unusual beauty. Shade trees and roses that bloom nearly every month in the year are being set out, and the land scape Is rapidly being transformed Into magnificeut footwork of velvet green. Cluster lights . aro being placed on the main streets and tho acaulsltlon of parks and beautltica- stamps its futuro progress. Tho Hllltlon In general is tho order. pulitan, a citizenship that has the utmost ralth In tho. city's futuro and works as a u,n,U to rcalUa Jt$ des tiny ho metropolis o.( tbt vai(t region between Portland an.il San Francisco. Thq p.lcturcsquo valley of tho Rogue, hommed In. by ve,rdu,ro clad hills, Is tho greatest . natural fruit belt In Vuo. KF SSbeje,'.o.v' elovatlon, cHpiae, omlta. prcp duco th perfect products .Jlejro.a.ro 75,000 acres of commercial orchards that cannot be equaled on th globe, whpso npples win the sweepstakes prizes at world's apple shows, whose pears sell to England's epicures, at $10 a box, whoso peaches take, first awards at world's expositions, whose products command tho highest price In tho world's markets. Tho planted orchard area Is increasing at tho rate or 15,000 acres annually, and wll eventually comprise a quarter mil lion acres or more. Medford, Oregon. Medford, tho principal shipping and commercial center of Jackson county, and the largest city in south ern Oregon, has made phenomena,! growth during the past six years. Its present population Is estimated at 11,000, the federal census glviug It 8842 In 1910; It was 1791 in 190.Q, and 20Q0 In 1905. Its great Increase of 393 Ml per cent slnco 1900, iq sig nificant, and represents a record ex ceeded by less than halt a dozen cities Inthe United States. during that per iod. Medford la a thoroughly sub stantial, well built city, and occupies the commanding site of tho entire district, being in tho broadest portion of tho Rogue river valley. It stands In the exact center of the latter, and close to the geographical center o.f tho county. It Is surrounded by foot hills and mountalns'on all sides, the nearest being between four and tlve miles distant, and controls all of the main highways leading from the mountainous and other districts toward tho shipping points m tho valleys. Being located about mid way between Portland and Sacramen to, Its commercial growth has de veloped Into tho broader lines " of Jobbing and distributing, and Its ter ritory now embraces a total of not Mining Experiences a Revival This Is thq 'pioneer lulnlnjdlstrlel of Oregon. Gold was tlrst discovered on JnukHun creek In 1SG1, bringing thousands of fortune-hunters ovr the Siskiyou mountains from Call fomla. For years Jacksonville, tho first Oregon minimi cninp, located tlve iiillou from tho present city of Medford, yaa tmuof thu liveliest gold districts In tho west. It stllj romnlna a substantial lnlulng district. The vast acreage t old channels, gravel bars and aurlforoils, plncvr do- Lposlts, together with tho nbundnut winter rains and uuiuerou streams, comhlno to roako tola section onw jot 'he loading hydraulic placer d.UstrJcta In America. Pltr JI !, al ways, been largely tallowed, hiyo. Fulls f35,Oao.pop In vlrn, gold, has been produced, from tho several dig glngs since thq original oJscovOry. Jackson crttok diggings alono liny? produced nearly $C,000,QOft. fi hydraulic qlnM, a half hundred In numbur, art ftiuong iUx btwt equipped In 4mrlc.4, Ith thlt WUea. pf dltch and tluipca, thonmln o( feet of Iron and steel pipe, their batteries of giants and a npc9ary machinery for lijdraullcluj;. TUV sensoo .of mining befuB; lopg, tup water auifplyv'.cnd dlgglugH ahjundsnt, tho output from Jackson county' surfnea mines iptal a Jmjl, llllou each year. , ,No UctrlcUvm on 1uhijH Tho krVcr9 aUu atreams ot tho dis trict .aro-.un.ra.vlKablo, an,d,,tkoro aro no rew'tVlcUonii In. the matter of dump ing tnlllnKB Into them, This gives. tho placer nijnor overy possible, op- portuntto; lor .unobstructed opelratk"rt ThuroyeLremalns. conald.rbl, t- clalraed. Placer gr,pund here, J)ii, tho grcafeat ppptulty alpas tiia, uno Is in hp Iflxesjmeot of, ania.H ami great taplaVliyrthe'p.wrcUast nu,, devejopqd irojrts. t.'lNn$ ti" &fc velonnieut,dfqu,&Vo fjq.ttlfPflt i Intelilgoat "rasajttueat .. n -l s Thongh this' district baa, a nHmber of produclne Quartz mines, this fea turo of tbo gold rolalng Industry, l In lta, lofaivwv quarlt mlnlnaj baa been follovjed, hero for almost .as lon a period n pinuor mliithg. Many uolnblo. illscoprUH hnyo.bi'OU toadv. Thorn nro till quarts initios In tho districts tributary to Medford, and morn than thrlco that number of claims, the. true-mltllng clinrnctor ot tho quart, uiakea. It onsy of r d.uc,ton, ... - Oonpvr Mining U'MrK't. Tho copper mlitea of the lllno l.odgo district,. ..thoush Ipcaled In Siskiyou, Ca.. tlvo intloit nouth ot (ho Mate lluQ,.nro trlhutury to Medford ot -4V distance of ,36. miles. Tho do. poults ot copper lo the district linvo peon exploited and dvvtqpcd suffici ently to provo thmn buyond any pou alblo quoHtlon tho greatest bodtcsot coppqr In tho west. Ajtolhor rich cop pur dUtrlct llv to tlio uprlheaat ijlong Ora,vo oiH'tik. ' 'r The llluo Lodge mlno Is owned by It. U. Towno of Now York city. Closu to fl,000,000 him been spent In d( Yclopiutmt work ami It l vxiwM tlinl a aipoltor will h rfCtfld tlnjro thin sennon. An Imiunutp body of coal to utulor developmout wlthlu five mllca of Medford, Tho coal Is being rumuvd In quantity, und la proving tin oxcol. lent fuel product. The tnoivt encouraKlnw fenturti In tho mining Hltuatlou In Oregon cpn slHtH of tho fact that ,wld-vnttliK" huw boon uhnosl entirely oUmiuatutl fnini tlio ludiuify In tlila'Stato,1 nrtM money thnt formerly went, for pro motion, fluttitloii; uoimtUHHjpu, hrok ofnio nnd Hraftl tyny holfyt logltl matoly applied to tlui opening up of mines aud duvulopltig oro budlua'of ooinmorclnl iiruile, The year 19 1 1 was on Important one to ho mlpliiK lilmtry of southern Oregon, For many years xouthern Oregon hnn held n alendy nnd Im portant plnco In placer mining and tho output from tho gravoln of soutlc eru Oregon has been uu Important addition to tho world's supply of gold, Tho opening of I Via In a llmo of greater prnmlno for Hubstautlnl progress In mining . lesa thah EObO aquaro nllles, which Include- parts of adjoining counties on thq north and south. Medford's, advancement upon modern, Hoes lias, been duo, to tbo wonderful dqvolop ment that., has, taken place In, tl; surrounding country, slnco tho, great opportunities offered by fruit raising, tlmbor, mlnlug, and other pursuits, wero. first oxplolted five years since Its character of buildings, residences, municipal Improvements, and ..con veniences of all klpds, reflect tho high class of citizenship .that has.b.een attracted to southern Oregon by Its many unexcelled advantages ot In? vestment. aFjr Mit 'Jf.'BHg BTKffC! m m -.ki.,a-. c.m.. jiifc.. .i.-.vi . Mifymmi'm9mmw mmm&mmiH f iCJitf wjttilst action Amusement Palace Costing Sixty-five Thousand Dollars any longer trying to read wJthOjUt glasses. Go this very, day to Dr. ftickett nnd ftuv yourcfy'filltr(i)crly correcletl. Maty wiH people in thcKo part claim he- Ik tho bt'fit in that line. Office over Kcntuor'H, Medford. Is obtained by using strictly Hard 4 i i " x'l v l ho Ut oviitj; 'uwtiitv: IDAHO BEST rmhk in t a J? Xisi: RAMON . A i ljrTKXTT ss iJ A k" A 1 , . ii't 1 jx TA CENTUKY O-'MUKY v . Medford Grocei:y mJ vf lh Distributers Sold by All Grocers" iii i lv All i,'nivls I O' " 'lii FvPlftF' BBHaaW fS $mwrr ' ? .- ' '-, ".' ..r-rwmx wmm-m tTlijat ,SfJH49iMl. Pgnlft'JaT labile nntl I'rlvuto Sivlninilog Tanks, Assembly und, Dnuco Halls, Skating Klukrt, . juuiM!Mmiwm JWM"H MW''' v,w, . .atfSta v HHBKBHBHBBBRe rrr - . ... MMMAOMMMMiMdkUmk TTZZZ-r.. ."'Si-t- i - '. r'rft ytrtt Wjr-pftirf jfsfVV A nil i l u lm Ei K x ';-4 I N G W ST' 1 TPt Ttt, t n t. it' ti t r n i All rubhc Huudmcs erectea m mqcuora aunng thpast.yeari tie Jacfepn SqhobU at$30,000, fymmumvyat $20,000 0RD J AUt j 4 4 ' -A 4'- WERE BUIW BY ALFRED IVEY WERE BUttT ON TIME GAVE PERFECT SATISFACTION . n .U WAS THE LOWEST BIDDER IN EACH CASK V I Business Blocks and Public Buildings of Stone Concrete,, Rrick or Wood, erected at best prices t AlfREP IVpY MEDFORD, OREGON jnnnriirijaiifiiitfiriniirionor' -x u I r-f - .-,-,.- ,. ,