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SPIRIT OF 1HE PEOPLE MAKES
ROGUE RIVER VALLEY A PARADISE
WRITES DAVIO SWING RICHER
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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
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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
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"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.
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dread In my mind, I had cold, nervous,
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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
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female weakness,
pains in both sides,
backaches nnd bear
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short of memory,
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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
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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
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.- or .Josephine ciuinty and refund money if noi wuiFfaclory nfiflr
one week's (rial.
Special Exchange Proposition
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uf lliese new (Snaraiili i-tl ICIcclrit
s.ad ti ii or "j.isnliiie iron and jf'J.oi) lm s nw
Irons.
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