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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1913)
'4. fe OTnronD matl trtbfnk, medford, ohmon, wrcnxrcan y, janctaky 1, ioin. pAftTk iwm " Tho year 10 la wllner.aod tlm cum Iilotlou of I ho Cciitrnl I'ulnt-Medford Imuleviird, tht fliiiMl stretch of ma cadam rood In southern Oregon, at n coat of approximately $30,000. Other road Improvements made ilurliiK Hut year bring Jackson county well Into tho lend In graded ami maradnmlxcd highway, with n total expenditure In roada itml brldgea of uovtirnl hundred thtiuaiiiul dot turn. Jnckann rounty Iiiih for Huvt-rrtl yt'nra, led tho highway ttKltntlon ,ln Oregon. It voted hotula for n $1,. fiOO.UOO road system, which tho ath protim court hold Invalid, in nu of fort to rttiiintly tint situation, the Medford Comtncicliil dub Initiated a foiiatlttitlnual amendment lit the litnt general election wlilrh met detent Legislation was enacted however, which If followed hy n proper enab ling ml by llm legUhturo, will on ablit Ilia ctiiinty to Uaun $750,000 of rtiftit bonds. A 'progressive (ounty court Iiiih boon elected, pledged to romtruct KOOil romU, and with fi-tlcr.nl mu) ttttttn alii, It In expected Hint highway tuiiNtrucllon Vlll rapidly advance In Jnrknon count). Tho county pontcsse the moxl modern roml building equipment made (i ml U will bo but u fitw yt am until thorn are 300 mile of Reed hlKhwny In tint county, JnckKon lounty Is perhapa the. monl fortunatn county In tho entire coun try In having tin itmpln supply of romt building motwrlal of uy arrets, having Urn br.t of biialtln rock, ttliown hy novernineut tent to bo tho vrry hlnh.Mii In efficiency, mu! .I In trlbuted ao thoroughly over tint county that crushera may ho et tip al different kiIu(, making t)u max ImUui haul of material not to c cood five or six mile. Ilealdoa (hilt, wo havo tho material In tho Itoguo AlthniiRh all or tho field work on th poll atmcy of the Jackson rounty area ha been completed. It will bo KOIllM time before the results will bit published, Nolro on Hi,, llugim Hiier Valley, Orrwmi, Hurtey. Tho " alley" la n lowland belt formed by the more rapid croilon of a belt of i ft rock, aIoiik the strike of which It Ilea, than linn taken plant on tho harder roc kit I) lug on both aid of It. Itn flour U tmotoii, ex cept when made oven by tho con ftrticttun work of tho Mrcaina that flow along or Into It, A larKtt part of tho prcucnt floor of the alley ronalata of smooth but strongly alop- lug surfaces made by tho smaller alrcnma which flow Into It from the adjacent streams, Tim hounding valle) walla differ strikingly. Hie western wall, ex tending Around tint northern end, U timber covered, usually steep and haa hern left almost entirely uncleared. Tho eastern wull, on tho other hand, haa an iinovcn alopo, broken by many breechea it ml la entered with cleared though ttoopl) sloping, land well toward th,. top. It ban Hut appear nn io of never having been heavily tlmbered. ThU tdopo -iUn haa n num ber of remnant of an old eolluvlal valley filing, occurrliiK. nppaiently, only In tho tmuthcrn end of the valley They aro now lone rldRca with uni form Mope from high up nhon tint alley floor, tho blgbcat Nerlea xtnrt llIK from r.00 to Till) reel nhote the alley, itowiiwanl toward tho axla of tlo alloy, iiiIIiik In a ateop drop tir thohtrvam flood plain nlonji the axial line of thu alley. There Neeiim to be .at leaat two nerlea, u IiIkIiit and a lower, of theMt coIIuvIhI remiiauta. They are really remnanta of fomuir fana formed at a tlmo when tint val ley floor had not yot been eroded to IIh, present depth. In addition to IIicho featuren, tint cant alopu 1 characterized by a great many narrow bcucliea and escarp mouta. In fact, thin and the alluvial rail rmiiunulH form tho churncterUtlc fenlilroM of the cnateru alopo of the t alley. Thev are much morn pro nounced, howovur, In tho uoutberu thaii' In tho northern end of thu val ley, i,' (ieoloKJ Tlio llm'ka 'Thero aro five hour com of material for the holla of thu Horuo river val ley. They nre: 1. A aerlea of hornbleiidlc, mfva eoiiH, feldHpothlo rncka UHtially inetii morphoHcd Into alntea, uerpcntlneti llllll HClllHtU. .'.', A Hcrli'H of crnnltea and gran ite kuoIiih, 3. A KorloH of rather Huft Hand htont'H, Hhaloa and conglomerutua. Tho aundatoncH mid vandy material In thu armies and couglomorntoH Hcdin to lie mudo up to a conaltioralilo ex tent of other mutoiiul than quartx. They aro not ut least pure, or nourly puro, QiiurtK HaudHtonea. Thu pob blcM In tho rungloinoratoH, however, uto many of them quartz. They are tliuu of QuarUlte and other metomor phlo rockvaud of various fluo uraluod Ib'iU'OiiH rnvlta, :ksop County Wide Awake for Good Roads Vj07 J A'Jr-'t 'f ' '..,'V, . ' ut , "V I gaa v-'j. t ! 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Hie volley filling coniUtlug of material from all the rocka named. f widl a material carried fiom rreater dlataucei Tho greater part or It, howeer. la derived from tbp rocka deKcrlbvd In t to Ceiilogy The ISeiiluKlrnt Nlrilttnn The rocka all dip e.-iHtwurd except aonie nheeta of tolcaitlc rocka In the northern end of thc-vnllny which lie i.early or (julte horixonlnl, The rea aou fur till", whether dim to a flow thct took plant auhciiicut to the folding of tho other rocka or to a decieane or the roldliig In that direc tion, wh not determined. Aa a reault of the eaatward din. the older rocka He to the went And tho )ouuger tine to the enat. The older rocka. the metamorplile rel,, mid tho granltva aro relatively hard rocka and form tho mountain of the w cut em aldti of tin- vallet. Tho metamor plile rocka acorn to be vofter than the frlnltlc rocka; and along at leaat a part of the volley boundary they ronu a aerlea of lower uu iiutnliiH with the higher graulllu hllla llug back of them. 11m auudittonea lla next nlinic the granitic and melumtinihlii rouka. Kit ing aott. limy have been eroded, nml It la on them that the valley haa been worn. Thn ronu the low hllla llug In tlio valley and along the valley boiiudarlca. The) l ltji mi tlm ttlopcH of the loWer metamorplile hllla and llm wuateru aide of the valley, bill do ' not hoem to reach nuire than a ory few hundred fool i above tho vallo) floor. The eon- glomerate liodn teem to be reaponalble ror a number or lew hllla out In the valley. IlilMlIt I'lovta .Ihi,. Above the aandatoiio aerlea lie tint banall flowa and tlm turn and breccia bctla. Thoi rorni the eiiHtt.rn vallei I .... . . i wan, nut ci op malul) on the high er atopea, the smulHtoncH dipping Into tlm mountain below their outcrop In JackMintilli- Hock Quarry, the lower alopca There la gome In dication that, the upper part or the aaudatone aerlea haa one or moro luta beda and poaalblv xomo lava iheeta luterbedded, but thla waa not definite ly determined. 1'rom the oil atand- point, however. It la relatively uiilm- I pi-rtaut. however Ittipcirtant It may bo from thu geological Htandpoliit. I A very amnll proportion of thu till- able soil of the valley Ilea on the I bataltlu rocka. because they outcrop high above tlm valley floor. In the I uoriucaatrrii portlcu of tho valley n number of ovena extend eatwnrd Into tint basaltic rcgloua when tho uoll la realdual on the h.iaaltlo rock. The baaalt material U an Important modi fier ot the aolla along the eastern alopo of the valley, especially: and ureal deal, In fact, the predominant pari or the mntoilal or llm vallc filling on tli eastern aide la basaltic. ti'colog) ((colnglciil History Thu flmt or oldest event, or series of events, seeiua to lyive been thu rrtrmatlou and luleiimorplioslug or the Her I ex or metamorplile rocka I) lug along the wetttfiu flank of (he moiiii- taliiH. Ko tar aa m observation goca, It seems to have been mainly eruptive In orgln. How far west It eteuds, or what cluumo In character takei. placoln that direction, la unknown to inc. The next Important event scuma to have been the Intrusion Into these metamuiplilt rocka or tho granites which cccnr ulong tlm weal aide ot the valley uud In thu higher hills west or It. A 'v fcj8- Peaches and Prosperity Uy Prod l.oekley l. I), Ilrlggs, who wan recently re-elected president or thu Ashland Commercial club, deaplte his protects against holding tho office again, tella an Interesting Htory or how ho camu to cIiooho Hotitlmru Oregon nu his homo; "Honiothlng over twenty ycara ago," Hiild ,ludgo llrlggH, "1 took the weBteiu fuver, I camu originally from Now York etate, and had got ua fur weal us .Minneapolis, Mlunu aottt la pretty tar west from Now York, hut In tho summer of 1 S t 0 I deolded not to stop hair way, but to go clem to thu uhorea or tho 1'a ciric. I Hpout thu Hiimmur or 1 800 traveling up and down tlm coast In vestigating conditions and continuing localities. Finally my choice lay be tween Han Jose, Cnl., and Ashland, Or. Kt , "I spout some time around San .loso, It Ih n beautiful country uitil I like It. Hut thu beauty or Ash laud "ml Ita nearby streams and mountains, Its abundant mid splen did Mntocnnd tlm low price or Ita laud decided me upon my cholcu or Ashland for my future liojno. "I returned to Minneapolis, load ed my goods In a car mid wo bought our tickets ror Ashland, Or. Decides on Oregon "The first thing 1 did upon arriv ing In Ashland was to look mound for u place. 1 round one that Just Hiilted me, forty acres, two ttml one half miles southeast or town. I bought It, paying I2R an acre ror it. I had thirty acres cleared, It was. heavily timbered and tho sawlogs and covdwoud ulinost paid tor tho work or clearing It. 1 was out nn oven thousand dollars ror tho laud mid tho clearing, fencing, plowing and other work cost about two thou sand mot o. . ' "I nm n bool- farmer and koep -JIT ' laaalhaw .!W ' C'.tf. 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Auto Truck nml Wagoii.s Hauling Crushed Itock. are forty years old and still produc ing a good quality of fruit. "There aro hundreds and thous sands of acres of hilt land In the Itoguo lllver valley suitable to tho raising ot peaches and other fruit land that tan bo bought ror from fli to $10 an acre. All it requires la clearing and Intelligent industry to tnako Ita owner a competence, "What wo need Is the middle wes tern American rariuer. who is not op posed to work, or tho thrifty German or Swiss Immigrant. We have lots of room for them, and their opportu nity is hero." enrcrut account if all I spend or take In fur the MitUfactlon of knowing how I am comlijg out on my Invest uieutK. "I put out thirty acres to orchard apples and poachoh Spltxenberg, Nowtowns and ll.ildwin applet and AluxHtulor, Karly Crawford, I.ate Crawford, Hale's Karly, Klbertu, Sal way mid Mulr punches. "Fur tho first three jeara i plant ed bonus, corn and potatoes between the lows or trees, which just about paid thu expense f thu cultivation mid earn of the orchard. Thu third year 1 told $4 SO worth of peachea from my oichai'd. The fourth year I received 1100 for my poach crop. Thu following year I had a big crop, but Uio prices woro low, so I only recolved $1800. From then on, how ever, I never had a year when l did not make from $2r.oo to $3000 from tho orchard, as tlm .apples woro be ginning to do their Bharo toward revenue-producing Tho lust year I owned tho place, I routed It out. I received one-third or tho proceeds, which brought me a check at tho end or tho season ror $33S0, I sold tlio orchard tho next spring ror $15,000. Hut hud I waited les than two yearn I could have gotten $30,000 ror It. However, I had tho pleasure of handling it. and my total net receipts amounted to a little over $2S,000, so I am well satisfied. Some Holes for Success "In working with that orchard I discovered a numbor of vory Inter esting things, and one of them Is that thero is no truth in tho com monly accepted statement that peach trees nre only good as fillers In nu orchard, aa tholr life Is not over twelve years. 1 found that by cut ting them back nggresblvely aud not n'lowlng them to exhaust tholr vi tality hy over-production they will bear prollflcally up to twenty-riv years. In fact, 1 know ot peach trees in tlm Itoguo Itlvvr vulley that History of Fruit Growing Sixty yours ago n fow hardy plo ncors, braving the dangers and hard ships or a transcontinental Journey by blow wagon trains, brought Into tlm Itoguo river valley seeds mid scions or tho fruits with which thoy woro familiar in their eastern homes, 'inoy woro not horticulturists or fruitgrowers as tho term is applied today; they grow upplea, pours, pcachoH and other fruits moro ror thu pleasure or growing thorn than for any profit that might havo been made from them. They 'oro .too busy getting tho absolute necessities of llfo to think of commercial fruit- Kjrowlug, For tho most part tho varlotlea of fruits which they grew were without name, that Is to say, Inoy were soedlngs; mid today many of tho sturdy old trees that sprang from tho seeds which those mon planted In the fertile soils of tho Grifrln Creek Quarry. Rogue river valley aro without a horticultural name. Nevertheless, many ot these old fruit trees hate borne prolttlcly in all tho years that nave passed alnco they came Into bearing. Tlm ptouconi who settled tho valley not only had good fruit, but "plenty of it. Among tho pioneers of commercial orcharding in tho Itoguo river valley woro men who fcnew of eastern varie ties and eastern conditions and nat urally followed tlm beatcu trail. They knew little of tho valley's soil con ditions, excepting that they woro good, aud tho adaptability of tho various varieties of frulta to suit these conditions. However, thoy made fewer mistakes than have been charged to them. They were In a now country, working In tho dark, mostly with unknown quantities, but out of it all came tho happy resulta which rewarded thorn for their of rorta. Thoy constrnctod for future generations tho foundations of an Industry that cannot bu surpassed tho world over. Whllo- iho real beginning of fruit growing datea back to tho early SO's, tho commercial Bido of thu Industry dates back only -S years. However, let us' sny that whllo commercial fruit-growing began a quarter of a century ago, it was only a beginning. About that time tho Stowart, Cure, Olwell, Weeks, and v few other well known orchards woro plantod, and only a short tlmo thereafter did such men aa Stewart. Olwell aud Weeks establish markets for our fruits, not only in tho east but also In tho mar kets of Kuropo. Thoso of im who are living In tho valley today should havo a profound respect for thes'o men who staked their all In uu enterprise which at that tlmo was merely one, of chnnco, but of woudcrful Importanco as il haa since proven. Kvou now, tho valley Is only beginning to coma to Ita own. In u short tlmo It will ho producing tens ot thousands; of carloads of tho various orchards' fruits, especially apples and pears. It already has planted an acreage largo enough to produce uu output of 30,000 enra por year; all that la re quired will bo tho proper attention necessary to tho growing of tho treea Into bearing. Tho soil and climate aro perfect, nil that wo need la tlmo and well directed labor. Thero ia probably no fruit district In tho United Stated where so great attention la paid to the. matter of tho health of thu orchards aa lu the Itoguo rlvor vulley, Not puly arathe orchards well cultivated,, bltfpvery uttentlon la given to the trecTtW&t ot orchard fruit dlii?m .,? i l I V C M ar i
