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Thoro nro In
Jackson county,
Oregon, today as
BlnndlnR timber
moro than 20,
000,000,000 (cot
available tor
mnnuractu rln ft
purposes, and at
the present prlco
of labor It coBts
$8 per 1000 (cet
to manufacture
tho name into
lumber.
In order to
manufacture tho
Available stand
ring timber In
Jackson coilnly
into lumber at
the rata of 500,
000,000 feet per
annum, it -will
aroqulro forty
years to cut the
-present stana;
and tho Increas
ed growth of tim
ber In Jackson
county would off
set a manufac-,
turcd product of
tho timber stand
in: of 600,000,
000 feet per year.
If thero wero
500.000.000 feet
of timber manu
luruber in Jack
eon county at tho
c.st or $8 per
'1000 feet, it
would represent
an outlay In lab
or of $4,000,000
par annum, and
it would require
'C000 men work
ing each day to
turn out the pro
duct. For tho manu
facture of this
timber, a saw
mill and box
factory at Med--ford
are being
financed by Kd
gar S. Hafer In
co-operation with
local business
mon and orchard
Ists, to the end
that all Rogue
river fruit, that
is estimated to
require over a
million boxes a
year, will be
shipped in homo
manufa cturod
boxes.
Develop m e n t
of the timber re
sources of south
ern Oregon In
the hands of tho
government will
probably tako
place rapidly
within tho next
few years, no
doubt much more
quickly than the
timber In pos
session of prlrato
ownors.
Of the 20,000..
000,000 feet of
standing timber
in Jackson coun
ty, more than
one-half of it Is
in tho hands of
private owners.
Yet tho lumber
ing Industry In
Jackson county
is In Its Infancy,
whilo it should bo foremost among
all Industries In tho .county. In
Bomo futuro tlmo It certainly will
bo, but such development depends on
bettor transportation facilities. Own
ers of largo tracts of flmbor have
bo much capital Involved In tho nc
qulrofcnt of their holdings that thoy
are reluctant to Invebt heavier In the
construction of railroads In order to
set their timber to market.
Market values for lumbor have
constantly boon increasing and they
feel it a good Investment to continue
holding thplr timber. Tho govern
ment Is willing to sell Its mature
timber at any time, and Its recently
fire killed timber It is ndvertUing
for sale now at extraordinary low
prices and in large enough bodies
to warrant the construction of rail
roads to the timber.
Tho Pacific & Eastern railroad al
ready touches tho timber belt of
Upper Rogue river, and tho railroad
proposed. t tlie?llluo Jedgo copper
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TIIOTION
Tho Timbered Wealth of JaiUon roiinty Comprises oirr Twenty .Million IV.t of .Mcnlimitulile TIiiiImt. Pilnclpully Kiigor will Yullnw Pine, Do ugl" I'lr, llen.loiK, Irfiiili, etc.
Ono f tho
chief features of
tho federal gov
orniuont'ii fl
prolnctlon work
In tho northwest,
Iihh been the es
tablishment of
lookout station
upon tho natural
peaks of tho reg
ion penkn vary
ing from 2000 t
over 3000 feel
In elevation,
Tho equipment
of thelje peaks
with tho neces
sary qunrlern for
a lookout man
has, In some ln
stnnres, almost
reached tho I(C
nlty of an engi
neering feat. Till
In trim of tho
lookout station
on top of lllack
HocK fountain
on tho UinpquR
National Forest
In oulhernNOr
gon. Thin moun
tain Is r,B0 ftl
high, and the sta
tion Is built oh
the bare rocky,
summit.
On tho (Jrrtler
forest In south
ern Orexon, thero
are 12 lookout
points, tho chief
of which aro
Wagner Hullo,
7 tfiO feel In ele
vation, Uuitlur
I'oak, C200 teat,
and Itoblnson
Unite. fiOOO feet.
Wagner llutte In
on tho divide be
tween Rogue- ahil
Klamath rlv;pi,
and commands a
lnw of Hear
rrHik valley,
Medford, Ash
land, Talent and
other towns. On
Hdlilncoii Ilutle,
the ranger linn
dnlsed an ori
ginal lower by
boring a spiral
lino of two inch
ahgitr holes In a
Mg tree, driving
In yew pegi, and
connecting their
oiitnliln enits with
fir poles partly
sawed through to
mako them pli
able. Lookout sta
tions are fitted
nut with tele
phone, for tho
telephone system
on tho National
foroiitN forms n
network of linen
connecting all tho
Important admin
istrative Rites.
Koine lookout
Pplnts. however,
are 10 Inaccess
Iblo that tho 'cost
of stretching ,a
tolophono lino
would bo prohi
bitive '
Tho past sea
son has demon
strated boyotld
doubt the benefit
of a system of
lookouts, ,
I
I mines will open up tho vast timbered
I region of tho Siskiyou range.
Tho milling of tho lumber from
these great forests will bo reduced
to minimum cost becnuso of tho un
limited water power afforded by
Roguo rhor and Iintto cieek on tho
ono hand and by tho Applegate, Lit
tle Applegate, Joo and Hlllott creoltH
on tho other.
All tho merchantable timber In
cluded In this cfitlmato Is of first
grado. The trees aro long-bodied,
towering from 100 to 300 feet, the
straight brown trunks free of limbs
for many feet up.
, Ashland's environment present a
charm seldom met with jn Uuropeun
tours, for It combines. In a be
witching degice, both rugged moun
tain and quiet pastoral scenes not
awe Inspiring like the Alps, but of
superb beauty aspect appealing
stiongly to aesthotlo natures anil
quloiliig lo sensntlvo norves,
Ashland Mineral Springs Development
(My Hert It. (Ireer, Chairman Ash
land .Springs Water Commission.)
The Roguo rler willoy is destined
i-oon to become famous us a tourist
resort, as she has long boon us a
deciduous fruit region.
Nature has placed, In the lclnlty of
Ashland, flowing from her hillsides
and cleft banks of mountain stieums,
about -10 mineral springs, gaseous
and rudlo-artlve, of marvelous heal
ing power and high mineral constit
uents combined and inoi tured In her
own secret laboratory.
These nro grouped In a radius of
12 miles and are privately owned and
held at high values, although llttlo
developed.
Those mineral waters havo been
long locoghlzed as Ashland's great
est resouico, but pilvato cnpltnl If
Itlmlil and few of them huvo boon
piaetlcnllv utilised.
About a year ago mlucial water
develonment was started as u muni-
(clpal enterprise, Heiuch wns mudo
I anil five now sprlngH discovered by
tho city and nro now owned by it:
ono of Ilthla, earning higher llthla
content than any other natural min
eral water In the world, save onoj
another of Iron, magnesia and soda;
ono of sulphur, ono hundred degrees
thermal; one of soda and llthla com
bined and ouo of carbon dlnrlde gas.
Resides these, sulphur springs, both
cold and thermal, abound In the cor
porate limits of tho city. Two of
them havo been utilized for ears for
bathing and drinking purpose:) and
well appointed natatorlums, equipped
with swimming pools and hot mid
cold tub and shower baths, mo In
suciossfiil operation.
HohIiIi.s highly mluentlUed waters
this legion abounds In carbon dlo-
jxldn gus springs. The sumo charac
ter of gas now being utilized In baths
at Kuropean spas with splendid re
sults In tho treatment of heait dis
eases, gout and cceinii Ashland
waters havo proven beneficial iih
well, used Internally, for stomach and
kidney affections, nnd the sulphur
and gns baths havo many rheumatic
ciiich to their credit.
Analyses and careful comparison,
both as to mlnoial components and
piactlrnt results, discloses Ashland
wators as not Inferior, If not superior
In curative value, to the wnters of
Had Nouhelm, Kisslugon and Carls
bad, Tho combination or highly
mineralized water, with sueh Ingiod
IrnilH as occur hoio, mid carbon dio
xide gas, especially waters tlassud iih
allclllne, Is now icxognled by tho
medical piofemilim generally as of
great vliuio In treatment of numer
ous tiffed Ioiim, both external and In
ternal. When It Ik lomumbuied that
but one eastern Hpilng entries car
bon dioxide gas tho superior vlitue
of Ashlund waters over all other
Amoilrnn wateis for medicinal uso
becomes at once nppuniu'..
Last Juno tho city of Atliland au
thorized a bond Issue of 1175,000
for the further developmo'it und uti
lisation or ItH flvu mineral itptlngH,
In ltn new Llthla paik, embracing 07
acres Just above Its present Plaza
paik. A magnificent wntor tomplo,
tho fluent or ItH kind In America, Ih
now planned and will be at onto con
structed and tho new park developed
to a high degice for beaut v and com
fort. Hand conceits afternoon nnd
evening will bo a font urn of enter
tnlnment after the first or Juilo.
Plana mo now under way for u flii
bo
new totirlittjiotol to cost about $lp0,
000 complete, with broad verandas
and tho last, word In appointment un'!
porvho, nud a modern water curb
Miiiltarlum, ''under supervision of
sklllo physicians.
The plan of operation now
roico at Carlsbad, Austria, will
followed hero,
An attractive feature of tho park
development Is n freo automobla
camp ground, with sanitary ap
pointments, cooking ovens, free wood
and all tho Conveniences that mako
camp life pleasurcable, ,
A numbor of attractlvo sconlo
drives wl(h iong safo curves and
cany grades aro laid out along tho
bluffH of Ashland canyon, ono of
them semi-circling tha city for 15
tulles, The splendid example In
permanent loud construction set by
tho Jnclcson county court In reducing
tho grade on tho Pacific highway
over tile summit of tho Blsklyous will
bo followed in this now development.