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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
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"".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 . .
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!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.
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any longer trying to read wJthOjUt
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correcletl. Maty wiH people in
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