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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
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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
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Great Strides Made by Rogue River
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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'. ,
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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.
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