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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,
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tlm hlKheat grntln Portland cement,
nml with cement manufactured at
homo.' avoiding frelKbt, wo can build (
a hard aiirfare road of our rock
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I- A aerlea of bataltx, tuffa and
pntklhly brecclaa
ft. 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
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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
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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.
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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
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Work Hang In Uiiarry.
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 .,?
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