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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1914)
-. - - ? 4 4 ' If 0' PAGB SEK MlSDFORn MAIL TRTBUNR MEDFOUn, OKN10N KA'iTimAV. KKIJKr KV 4J8, MM. '-I "f r o SPIRIT OF 1HE PEOPLE MAKES ROGUE RIVER VALLEY A PARADISE WRITES DAVIO SWING RICHER !" Newspaper Writer Admits Lure and , wll" nioy I'ciicve i koo.i roads. An other nood reason U tli.it thev ntmro- Charm of Valley Says Roads Arc, cinu mo economic aiuo of pood Already the Best Praises Citizenship. In Orcflon Orchards Surrounded by Eastern Culture Good Fellowship Evident Both Mcncy and Enterprise. (Duvld Swing Itlckor In tho Portland Orosonlnn). In making nn cstlmato of tho Rogue River valloy it pectus tnoro llko taking tho measure of a frend than of tho promlies of n community or o fruit jlcldlnR fields, jet in no other volley would these city folks have boon nblo to build their parndlso nor in this valley would many folks have been ablo to build as well or as thor oughly as the). Money was a prlmo rcqulslto to achievement. They had It. Knterprlso and indcfatlgablllty woro essential. They had both. Itoom In which to bulla was necessary. Their paradise shelters 275,000 tillable acres and tho rest of tho val ley outside of It and along tho tribu taries of tho Roguo Iltvcr shcltera 125,000 more acres. In tho Mcdford district nlono thero arc 3000 acres of full bearing orchards; 4000 acres of orchards in part bearing; 35,000 acres of orchards between 3 years old and bearing; 30,000 acres of or chords under 3 years of ago and 175, 000 acres of unplantcd orchard lands. l'aradlso Is Intensive Tho government report on tho soil survey of tho Mcdford area describps tho area as covering 54-1 squaro miles or 3JS.1G0 acres. Included In these figures Is n largo section of tho Ap piegato valley lying south and west of tho lloguo Klvcr valley and scpa--otod from tho main area by non-agricultural mountainous tracts. It was over tho lloguo Illvcr area that I looked that beautiful morning from tho top of Den Sheldon's hill my first view of Oregon's vast pear producing region and It was then that I understood, bolnr; Inexpert In mat ters of fruit culturo, why tillers of tho soil had come from ovcrywhoro to tho placo they rail "paradlso" to plant trees from which thoy expect to pluck their suktenanco from now un til tholr grandchildren tnko vp their pruning knives. Tho government soil rojiort catalogued 76 different kinds of soil in that valloy that stretched out beneath mo. And that's why they call tho valley "paradise." And It's why I called it a llttlo empire. 1'roductN Ar Varied Tho valloy producos now nearly everything that civilized men and women uso to eat and the only things it is not capablo of producing are tho fruits which belong entirely to trop ical climates. Of course pears aro Its chlot output and tho avcrago aero yield from pears runs from $350 to $450, whllo ono ncro in tho orchard of C. M. Rugllsh last year yielded him n net profit, after every imaginable expense had been deducted, of $2000. It was a thousand figures such as thoso, and it was after lien Sheldon had driven mo over every foot cf road in tho valley, and I had talked with the farmors, ono after another, that I discovered tho folly oi my con clusion that tliCEo men had boon drawn to tholr puradiso by tho samo deslro to grow something that Im pelled tho Hinall hoy to plant tho poach stouo. It wast.'t tho luro of tho wldo open spaces or tho mouutalnc, or tho trees, or tho smiling fields that had called thorn from tho cast, jt was a less pootlc luro, but ono botto undorstood by ub who do not know haw to pruno or spray. It was tho luro of tho dollur. They would rather trust tholr trees to yield thorn 100 per cent on tholr investment than trust tho stock exchnngo or law prac tlco or something else to yield thorn C per cent. And thoy aro getting their 100 por rent without loslug tholr health getting It, or their hap pluess, Thoy linva surrounded their orch ards with their eastern culturo. Thoy'ro having a good time. They're making money hand over fist. And when they arou't doing anything olso, they uro reading "How to Pruno," "Soil Culturo," "Whon to Spray and How," and secretly laughing at tho poor dovlls back homo who aro wear ing out tholr brains and their nerves straining over desks and rending ticker tape. Jill nellevo Jn flood Howls And the farmors of Jackson county believe In Reed roads every last ono of them bolluvea in good roads, Tlipy Ulievo lu good rpada a llttlo moro than they believe In anything olso. except their wives and their orch- arda. About every 'house qtfnor out at five In Jackson county owiib n;i immobile, Titt'H one good reascm - f roads. And tho result of tholr strong belief In good roads Is that tho pri vate ronda that run through the orchards of lloguo River valley nro hotter than !0 por cont of the Paclfl Highway from Portland to tho Jof Vhlnp county line north of 15 rant a Pass. From Urania Paw to Meriford thoro was not a bad spot nn tho Pacific Highway. From Medford to Ashland tho highway Is rock-ballastod and well-surfaeod. Yet, with tholr por tion of the Pacific Highway consider ably above tho nu'rago maintained by the northern counties of Oregon, the county roccntly voted n bond issue of $500,000 to build its link or tho Pi clfic Highway from California to Josophlno county, and the first spade ful of dirt, commemorating tho be ginning of this admirable project, was turned n fow weeks ago by Samuel Hill, of .Seattle, tho leading good roads apostlo of the west. Ashland AIo Is Alive Not nil of Jackson county progress Ivoncss nor all of Jackson county good road enthusiasm is crowded tit Mcdford. Twelve miles south, lying n the valley where the fotthllls crow-l together and reaching over somo of them back Into tho shadows of the Slskiyous, Is Ashland a little city that might have been picked up back In New Knglaud and set down out here, quaint, picturesque and sur rounded by hot springs wherein llos Its hope of n larger and fuller to morrow; and llthla springs that soon will be made to servo Its people wltn freo llthla water at street-corner fountains. Thcro's a now spirit In southern Oregon a spirit that ought to spread over tho state the spirit of co-oper ation nmong tho neighboring commit Itlcs. lien Sheldon, our host while wo wcro In Mcdford nnd a Mcdford booster to tho tips of his fingers nnd tho hair on his head and the soles of his shoes, did not want us to leave Jackson county until wo had seen Ashland. So ho took us over to his neighboring city on tho best section of tho Pacific Highway now In Ore gon, tho main thorouglitaro between Mcdford and Ashland, rock hallastol, CO foot wide and which has been kept In relatively good condition for many years. It joins tho nsphalted main street or Medford with, the asphalted main street of Ashland and passes through the towns or Phoenix and Talent a trip no "Seeing Jackson County" travelers should fall to take. HMorlc PlKH'iilv Visited Phoenix is a place of moro than ordinary historic interest tho site of a former army post, whoro still tholr campaigns against tho lloguo Klvcr and Modoc Indians. About u utile north of Ashland vvt passed the Jackson hot sulphur spring, tduillur In chemical ronstltuenev to thoso that have tunde Paso Unities, Wosd lladoti and Hot Swings, Ark., world fniuoiM. Atitl n wo ontorod thu city limits t.f Ashland vvt passed onto tholr longest pnved street - a sample of tho tjpo or roadway which Is to bo httllt along tho way of tho Pacific Highway tho entire length of tho county. I wondered that first night wo passed In tho mi I ley of tho lloguo river the nUtnt wo slipped Into tho hotel nud out of It why strangers had told us n wo crowed over tin mountains that wo wore pausing Into paradise. And I wondered, too, wh thoso who enter tho valloy seldom lvo It or. If tny do lenvo It. olvvajs our llttlo paradise. bnrry back. A wo aro spending o-ir i Into It ' Inst night In tint valley, wo no longer wonder. We have felt tho luro. It t trjlug to hold us back. Wo have analysed It and wo understand It. Splilt of Valley I.tiros Majestic as thoy aro. snow-topped, pine clad, purpllnc tho tally's rim, standing shngisy nnd sllhnutted asainat a sk Into which tho hlnklng sun has poured all tho colors of tho spoctruto. It Is not tho mountains! Hcautlful ns It Is in thu lowering evening with lights twinkling hero and Ihoro among the Ions or Ihonv llfMITMrV PHTO DflMil nuds of Hoot, that tuo not oven whls- fy )j QVLu DUmU I'lM IIIK III UIU mill, Mill, IKIMlllll "II tt Is not tho v alloy. Nor Is II tho per feetlj -built Medford nor tho pli'tur oyitito shland. It's tho splilt of tho valloy that has made thin puindlsol Tho opcn-tinudcd hospitality that does not drop tho t runner' hand nn I soon ns It linn sold him u lot, land or n bearing orchard, hut Keeps hold of hi hand, makes him (eel at homo, tolls him how to pruno nud how to sptn.v nud how to win In tho now husl uoss of being a runner -that'H what Inn done II, thu valley spirit: "Don't let us spend ns much of our energy trlng to got people to ronio hero ns wo spend trilng to mako thoso who como here llko It hero. Then wo won't have ti worry about Pioplo will como OF L li.H. i MHxoiixio, Hie I'liuuiliiiti mlllioiiniie "llo In inuoeetii iiuii wo eiiti iiove il helot i' uii.V jttiy lltw.v onit uel, kiiIiI iliituen I1. Suoeiiov, Vliiluev' iluw.vot'. I The puoooiliin;K lieluio t'umuiis liniiei' Ki nil looh iilioul ten inliiiiles i Whitncv won mtexleil on Ii'ih imioli lu nneer eiiitutv xevouti hii.m ngK, SAN I'UANtMSfO, I'nL IMi .1. Pniker Wliiluey, Hie luillfniiiilir ueoiied by Minx tlenevieve llntiunii ol' lnits)oitiiii lief I'or iuiiuuuil ui' uio I'toiii eil (o eilv, niMoxs tin met tuts slnto linen, in violiiliou ol lite MntiM IViletnl while luo luw, gave a tln.llllll bond before t'ltllrd Stnlei I'omtnix-'ioner Until lodu.v lo answer nn nidietmeiit ntiiiii"! lttni ill lVileinl Judge 1'imlniit's until next Siilurdiiv. I l.uoUt Look! His seen t tiles were Jiiiiie- Mi Nub, j Smoke (lovornor Johumiti ilnat. Iirotlter of I nic,l SljiUs ) (mi'thoVro tunde In .Medford. ouil like Attoinev Ji liu I MrN'eli, end I? .1 , them " WHITE SOX AND UIANTS SAIL UPON LUSITANIA I.ON'IIO.N, IVh. U'8. Tlie liner l.tl nllnuiit, Willi (lie Cliientfii While So nnd the New Ymk (hunts utiioug i. s.ellu'er", sillied liiuu ,ivetion lur New Yoik at H:l" it in loda.v. CHALLENGED BY EUGENE TIiimo nto nmnl pumpeelM of u nuttcli eotileHl betwoeii Rolf tenuis vf (ho ICuiteiie utul Medronl Country links 'I'lie ICtiHoito club has Kent tin Invitation to llio ..Medronl eluh lo suitd u (oiitn of flvu or idx itf Its bint golfets to phu u mm Ion of gaiiiea on tho I'luaetto IIiiUm Mime llulo III Mn', H thu challenge Is arroplod (ho lueiu liers or the Meilford tvnm will bn kiioxIn or Iho Hiikuiio rlttli (torn thu (lino the) leave Medford Hit limy arrive home nxalti With Medford trade li MedforJ made. mj.m5:m8m:m8m ? ? ? ? ? t f ? ? r I Guaranteed Electric Irons REMARKABLE GASEofMrSiHAMI r NOW $2.50 '"A. t V V ? ? t '? it y ; t neither strength nor i A. energy. There was always a fear and , J dread In my mind, I had cold, nervous, wenk spells, hot flashes over my bo&y. I had a placo In my right side that was I J t f T ? t Declares Lydia E. Pinkham' Vegetable Compound Saved Her Life and Sanity. Shamrock, Mo. "I feci It my duty to tell tho public the condition of my ncailn bcrore using your medicine. Iliad falling, inflamma tion nnd congestion, female weakness, pains in both sides, backaches nnd bear ing down pains, was short of memory, nervous, Impatient, passed sleepless nights, nnd had nail vJmSjJwmn K ' V ii9i I ' This n lowtn prit'c (o t unit nnd is nlTiM'tnl lii; IM'I'tlllllt of si Infill, lip Iumv jukI yui will iitiml eut: so sore that 1 could hardly bear tho weight of my clothes. I tried medicines and doctors, but they did me little good, nnd I never expected to gut out ngnin. I got Lydia E. I'inhham's Vcge tabid Compound nnd Illood Iurifler, nnd I cer tainly would have been in grave or In on asylum if jour medicines had not saved me. Hut now I can work all day, sleep well at night, eat anything I want, hnvo no hot flashes or weak, nervous spells. All pains, aches, fears nnd drends aro none, my bouse, children and husband nre no longer neglected, as I am almost entirely free of tho bad svmntoms I had I bpfnrn t.llflnrr .rm rnmiulL. ..! ..II 1 .- ft jwu. .w.inmj, uilil nil HI pleasure nnd happiness In my home." Mrs. Josm Ham, R. F. D. 1, Box 22, Shamrock, Miswurl. iron lias tlu LMiniMiitittl Culorid rife (o clt'iin tint surplus stuck oit cliauti (f putttM'ii. Thp warm wpnllwr will sotm (irilii'SP ph't'lrip inuis. 9 Wo will prepay parcel pout u lliesr' lo any K)1iil ill .JnulftKUi v .- or .Josephine ciuinty and refund money if noi wuiFfaclory nfiflr one week's (rial. Special Exchange Proposition Vimr old elcclrit uf lliese new (Snaraiili i-tl ICIcclrit s.ad ti ii or "j.isnliiie iron and jf'J.oi) lm s nw Irons. If you wnntxnccinl nil vlen wAtn stands tho old log headquartors occa-.I'nu K. IMiikimiu luillcino Co., . . . . 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