Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 01, 1913, NEW YEAR'S EDITION, COUNTY SECTION, Image 24

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Newspaper Page Text' w - 'A- f . CPAGEKTGItt1. JtEDFORD TrATTi TRTBUNK flrTCD-FOttT), OKfiClON. WKPNIWDAY. .TANTTAKY 1, 191.1. MflATONlNBOGQE mux me 01 TnaOKf M viW.fViV-i-i-f-v4.v, ,vt -r---.S-T -Nw Vt'- V n. N-s. t I , v a I - V 4 V ' V ' it ''r 1 ; .- 4 tf , 1I rln'li Htl i'im'''wW"'" ' '" c2 cr-3 kt DMm J&itferpriiet mat wi mn m $l WatuPhoutfani & M ere of .SR, ;'ii m S4.&UA .e t TpPHfwKfiHKHHBsSIKlH HKi .-. :J4 J-? ntoSv'V YS4JPOLD 7XZEtm&l - . -. a!- . - i. ' a. ,' ,V iKKX&aro TfU. Kifanatfi 0T4 A campaign It now under way In tho nogno river valley, which If suc crMful anil tblt seems certain an Investment ot $:,:50,000 will bo made by the Roguo River Valley Canal company which wilt place 65, 000 acres or valley land under water. Tho company has asked that 60 per cont of the. land covered by their pro poned laterals be signed up to uso water and then they will begin ac tive construction work. That tho company Is responsible Is shown by the fact that Its owners aro Patrick Welsh. Judgo Twohy and R. K. Nell, all capitalists of Spokane ot unques tioned financial standing. The com pany already has Invested $750,000 In tho valley. Irrigation In the Koguc river val ley Is more of an Insurance than a necessity and this has retarded irri gation development. Much good fruit has been and Is now being raited without Irrigation and young orchards are being grown without its aid, but such production and growth on unlrrlgatod land Is at tho morcy of tho summer rains which may or may not occur in proper season. In some sections ot tho valley ir rigation has been employed for years. "Btrlngtown," near Phoenix, Js n i splendid Illustration of what water will do In the development of tho i highly cultivated farm of a few acres. This area has for cars depended upon tho night flow of tho Phoenix mill ditch u hlch tho users were given In "xchauRo for labor spent In clean ing out the ditch and keeping It In repair, Many ure tho stories of fabuloUH production that come from this locality. Tho ranchos along Lit tlo llutto crook have bfon Irrigated for years, and so highly is water In that section valued that only through tho medium of tho btato board of control was borlous litigation over water rights prevented. Tho first effort to provide u water supply Is avullablo It Is being put to a Great Strides Made by Rogue River ((Continued from Pegu Foui.j havo ueou a credit to any exhibit In ny part of tho atato. It rivoulnd bojond quetitlon that this part of tho VftJIey gives n largo ylold undor pro per cultivation, and tho Quality la pejdom cqua'ed. Ono Important work ot the club has been tho estab lishment of u public library which now contains over four hundred vol ui66, and is located in the city hall, which has Just beeu completed. Irrigation lp tho world, let It bo known that tUs community Is doing Us work In (to Industrial and civic development of. this Ideal valley of tho west. Tho iwtirovoinouU, however, havo not uien confined to the corporate limits i the town, Across the river to tho kith la a large amount of laud Ideal fir fruit and alfalfa, whero neveral Irrigation plants havo been establish- T during tbo i8t summer, Givt rcftar K .th-js ifisa. r j - v j. r .i - - - . r j-w i n, ,- Jf -t-, Jtefi$$. .w .- -rr'- r- wiPhzi ?if ntajrijrAki.vi4: ,i ttWol --;36jift kt : :? lj-t?A r Ik Sii .vzzms n eoaes ejves canal ccipm iDrarjstsfj T&pouotr 7hc arjTPT roe YErtrxs.Ea Inaugurated about eight years ago by tho Fish Labo Water company. Their plans embraced tho diversion of wat er from Little Uutte creek and the storage of tho run-off of Mount Mc Laughlin In Fish and Four Mllo lakes. This company constructed 1C miles ot main caual and succeeded In bring ing atcr Into tho north end ot tho valley, but difficult construction and apathy on the part of landowners In the mattor of purchasing water rights prevented tho further development of tho project that held tho key to tho Irrigation of tho entire valley. After lying practically dormant for ttx jeara, the possibilities of this pro ject, through tho efforts of Fred X. Cummlngs, were brought to tho at tention of Patrick Wolali, tho mil lionaire contractor, and II. K Nell, mlulng' and Irrigation operator and Judgo J. D. Twohy, all of Spokano, whoso experiences with tho Irriga tion development of the Spokane val ley fitted thorn to foresee tho Irriga tion poxnibllltlus of tho lloguo river valley. Tho Irrigation tostum to bo built by the Hogito Itlvcr Valley t'unul com pany will cost $'.'.000,000. It will Improvements havo ult-o been mado by rlearlng land and erection of bulldligH ou tho tract owned by tho icnlorprlMiiK lllvorslde Colony." On tho sumo iildo of tho tlwr. in tho direction, of Urauts Pass, Irrigation systems havo been put In ns fur as Savago creek, .o district which pro duces splendid MrawbcrrlfM nearly every month In tho year. Ou this sldo of tho river, to tho south, new dwellings havo been oiectcd uud ground lovoled for wator, while on the largo ranch of UaR'cy and Streets ground has been cleared, now treea not, and two capacious hartiH huvo been built. Liko ImprovomcntH havo been mado In tho largo, fortllo dis trict known as Kvana valley, up to tho ranch of tho "Onion King'' whero tho finest onions In tho stuto uro produced. Expensive new buildings havo been constructed, irrigation extended, land cleared, and on Pleasant creek steps liuye Veen tufeeu Jo Install v JX. & it ZA & i XA v w consist of Flih lako and Four Mllo lake rservolra, having a combined storage capacity ot 35,000 acres feet of water; a connecting canal between tho two lakes, a diversion canal 16 miles in longth to bring tho water from Llttlo Uutte creek into tho val ley; three main lines of distributing canula aggregating 100 miles In length, and 400 miles of laterals to convey tho wator to the land. All Cities of the Valley Show Progress (Continued from page two.) 8orurcly on tho shores of sunset seas. Over slity years ago when Culver settled upon tho present slto of Phoenix and overlooked his prom ised laud; un untamed paradlso; for nowhero else ou earth had naturo lavished such raro perfection of ciuno and soil. Ho heard at nightfall tho grey wolf, and tho war trull of tho paint ed savage was there. About this time tho rich placer mines near Jacktsouvlllu and Phoonlx dredging machinery, now being man ufactured lu Seattlo at a probable cwt or $100,000.00. I'lno I'rixJiKtN Finn potatoes ure produced with out tho upplkutlon of water, and tho oxperluu'iitr conducted during the past yeur resulted in thn production of fine crops of corn In tho ha mo niaunor. Whero tho laud Is properly Irrigated, beans ylo'd two thousand pounds to the aero, and alfalfa from slx to olght tons. Thn setting of fruit trees during tho last twelve months has rulbcd tho orchard lands to be tween eleven uud twclvo hundred acres Near tho head waters of ICvanb creek aro luiinenso quantities of mer chantable timber, alo valuablo de posits of coal, abebtos, and potters clay. Near "Tho Meadows" largo veins of copper uro known to edut and with tho coiitlnuunco of prcsont Improvements during tho immediate future, theso various products will bo utilized, adding, not only to tho wealth of this district, hut Jhat of tho valley at large. & V r oam. i In addition to this project tho Cnl-ltorula-Oregou Power company has encouraged tho Installation of Indi vidual pumping plants for th pur pose of furnishing water for Irrlg i tlon and 3000 acres aro now Irrigated In this manner In tho valley. Another Irrigation project him been projected in tho south end nf tho valley by T. W. Osgood which will place 7500 acres undor wator. commented their yield of golden bul lion and tho rich lands Its golden grain. Settlers came mid tho old stage coach rolled up to tho stutlon at Phoenh. The station nerving us hotel and blockhouho us tho occasion demanded. Tho old station so full of historic romnnra and memories of other du)s, surrounded by locust and mammoth cherry trees, with its old-fuHhloiiod (roses Is cloxoly linked with tho vul- IflS :'W9v!'4F ' ' ' W J i f ' ''k i '"V-i 1 ' sssssssH Jmy$ W j k. I IWvfiiM'' " ' v ssssssssH PPB. 11 ", I '' V i ' " I 'JiissssssHHHiiilltBKiBBsssiisssssssssssI MMMHk ""VvfrUI &' IVt'XiissssssssiissssssssssHiHiiiissssssssssssssssssiisssssssssssl ilSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSsHHI lil2l tsflH .HitSlMltBSEWtlSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSiSSSSSSSSSSSSiSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS VjlHMHMBHHkMsstisW : rSSiSSSisiisiilssssssssH iIbBBBBBBBBBIBBBBBBBBBBBBBbYS j FiHfiilBBBBBVBlRLt SBBBBBlBBWIiBBBBffWtr2BHMlWfEMfl!SSlL i (HIHHilBSBBSBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBl slsssssssssssssssssssssssssw " rsSilssllilsssssL' mK sBi i- . PIHV wEbNHsUljil - .-k. - afmTJlRJHsssssssssssssssssssssssl BmlJMMMgBPi llf y-' HWIiaKisssssssssssssssssssBtisssssssssssssL. WJnJiJBylBBiBIMmdBl!-- ''HiissssssssSSHiissssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssi iisHViiisBiissssiiissiiissssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssisssssssssssssV1' "4 jiissssssssssBiiassiisssssssssssiiiissssssssftiW T'LPisUKiisiisssiissssssVliisssliiB'T? JrMKj 1 -b i VSsMVHBI siiBiiiiWMtsisssssssssssssststMBKiMlli IHHHHBHHVsHBsjHHHsHBHHHBMsftMssMdMAMtaSsriHs -- f&rv&aKwvSs&V a Afiiisra&tiL.trc skrvs ISPSr Jy"" " "M Y gwvvGAnrGAnrrJMT hTfKJire tx Mrs ' l3PVt1FCO Otl TO THE .LAHD orEizeTJfictrrj S -ju T--- - " vr Ju 48 i' VfTKsfl rpuptiJPfc. loy'u ear I lent hltttory uud well worth Inspection. Tho town of Phoonlx was platted In 1 850 and In tho old roinotury whuro madrono and munanlla havo usurped tonnnuihl, uro found laud stoneH dating iih fur back as 1852. Ono of tho two oldest flour mills In tho Itoguo Itlvcr vnl'oy wits built nt Phoenix In IS 55 by H M Walt, and tho minors ou Itlch gulch iihuiI Main Street at Phoenix Center of a Wonderful Garden Spot Lsra "7? Rf -' ' MJ- .". v V-v rfv Jf2 nO -f . JKHnafvrVS to patch tho Hoats of their trousers with empty flour sacks tberub) iurr)lug about tho only display add tho town has over had. In 1801 Phoonlx thou known us (liihshurKh, was u town of consider tihlo Important o uud In 1881 was the tormluiiH of thn O. & C. It. It . but the railroad moved on and llkuwlno a largo portion of the population leav ing (iaiMburgh undeniably dead. yu,A!LUHa i conriZTrojECvortor Va0UK fhf? VAllEYCtt4l cov wait a new canal IrwgLvr milks AAJr v Ti ffUVH v. Phoonlx remained dead for a long time, or as dead as a town could con Intently remain Hurrounded u It Is by one nf the rtchent agricultural district In the world, uud lu 1900 I ho village of Phoenix wun only In coriHirntcd mid n IS, 000 school houno constructed, tho district show ing nu umtoiuod valuation of $27K, 560 with an enumeration of 136 mliool children. In December, ItilS, n special tux for school purposes was voted uu un arnewed valuation of $I,I08,SNO niul show lug uu enumer ation of IMS children of school age. In tho name tlmo 40 new houses have been built mid new business entorprlno lu proportion. The town supports two churches but no sa loon. The town In well lighted, has ox- client telephono service, and tho touting enr will sen i water system Installed, tho funds for which nrn atread) provided Phoenix Iiiih Increased lu wealth and general growth at loam -5 per cent during the lust jear ami tho In criMko Iiiih beon without boom or overbuilding, showing prosperity mill progniMHlvuneM utnng rouservntlvo Ilium and the Inhabitants uro 'pros perous people'. , ('Oil1 (F lANI The cont of land depends upon Its location and soil. Tracts miiy bu bought for tloo to $300 pur acre, suitable for growing high grade fruit. Lnud some dUtauio removed from tho railroad and towns can bo had for from $20 to 175 er aero, Thlt laud will ho Miiltuhlu for dairying pnultr) raising uud gardening. ' iC' .ta. )&v 4J4l m t . - " -f. i -rr.: ''. A A . -