Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 01, 1915, NEW YEAR'S ISSUE, FOURTH SECTION, Image 25

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Newspaper Page TextMedford Mail Tribune NEW YEAR'S ISSUE FOURTH SECTION r Forty-fourth Yor. Dully Nltilh Yinr. jMKDKOM), OKMION, FRIDAY, JANUARY J, l()ir, NO. 242 123 JffkcksonQounfu leads firegon inayedTZghwaus Pfc mm m M M m m limi M " Mmrfjmm. t mT J M . . ' ". W J mTm r Mtm mm M M MM MMLm7 "" .M' rr - Tm . fl M . W MT. .M-- a & "V MM . t . M' M I - m 1 1 BBiiiBBilMiiB I i HkkkkkkkkkkBkkkkkkkkkV kkkHPnkkkVkkkkkkkkkkkVlkkkkkkkkklkkkkkkkViVykkkkS TAV ,-v v' "T I .i!"" ! f.v " .rT I, BVH S IB -1 " -v--- wr mKmmCS wr :mWM iW--1.1 ill i-VW-S-'Jl" - K. HH MpHlHfeiL g . f jHrTWinB "BgM: y?' "v - .'H Bfi8flm ,P3S-)?yiWr SHmHHIMHEhi HUKYHTTfV. r'Ti Ar'j'MKlBWlK',r"'iIVJU&BrnUin ... 11 II iii In ill PF ' MliMililk IHii' 1 1 " s:um Leads the State mmmMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMammMMMMmMw i'fLimMMMMMMmmmBBmmmVMKmMWMWmrws 'WMT&BrMmr.MMmMTmMmmmWmMWKJimm ' '". luiiu iitot'in uiuiik ii 7r7lHBfx xk?vV NHB4ilPlWli!'iillKLHt ' . Ins lo tlio rural aspect, rrom the ' ,u,r tlio new stuto IioikHiik et, ami 11 ( HHBSfv.V. fHmHAlT fVTTnHK',i'K.XiW. 'k.J... X V ViJHJMIHHHHIHH?m.N: ' irHieaRPIS&Hk Vv -- .N; , I f rmmm (lly I KltliiMl-, KriKlwiT Iii CliurKv) On N(HMiitpiM- 'j lilt, ikiUiik on the flml Unit In OifKon (if I lie emit I 'a I'lllr liluliwit) mhiiihiImk San Hit :, Ciillfuriiln, ulili VaiicuiiM'r, (' MUX (iiliii.'lc, TIiIh HiiK roiiMitlH of I I miIIi'h n( iit-M iiuvfiiixiil ft ii inn iK'ilM llu illli'n or .UIiImiiiI, Taluil, I'lioi'iilv. Mi'illniil mill (Yiilrai I'iiIiiI Worl. wii.i liililati'il on Ihr I'ailil lilliKn In July, ('.US, h) ilif iiitini) coiirl mIio Ii'IIivmI iliu ilu- iioii vn'ii- vl:;it( uml aiuluiix lo Imiul llituiiMilvfH fiitlolil) Jor It fnl,i o' Imllillii ti xoml h.'Mlit ahli- ioiiiI for llmlr on local ukii, lull lor (lie xak of Hit liiiirUt (ravi-l. II mim liinv'il liv lln roiiuO rourl. uml inau mhcix of IIkhi. who, liiul liiul n lain'1 'hmIi'im' In Hiimc iimili'rM In ollnr localli 1h i hut II ili unit liatrlm' ni'iaralliiK Call'oniln fioui lite ltoitii ilr alli roiilil !' ri'inni'it ami n llrm citi" toail Imlli i Into llio vallt'j, Unit tin count w'oiilil ri'D-lvo mi onflow of tnniM. At piixMil tlii'nc tniii lrttn roi'ii- lo Cal- Hoi nla ami nit her ntny lli'Ti- or ct , on tin' train tun! hIiIi tlulr milox lo I'm Hand ll po iIoIiik tin')' I'ttiM tliroiiKli tin' ItoKiio Mmt atln) mul nit t'oniiixlU'il lo witM) tlii'lr IntiTuKt In tin val ley, w li lili lnlr'Nl Iiuh lii'en aroiiH"il hy cMieiiHlve inlvitiilHlni; ami liy the uomleifnl (llniale mul fruit roportN wlileli liavi- reiiilieil them, liv Htnml Iiik n tlic nliHorvailim car or looltlnr. tliroiiKli tile ulmlow Tli iiiokich nhi) ii'0ili) of the valley IfKtireil out Hint If Hii'mo K'0ie roiilil lie ninito to travel IIiioiirIi the vallej by unto In other vMinlx If Ilu1) roiilil provide the loadwat, then the liiiuiKt could cuii tliiuo llielr cniiiHe juntliwiiril Into thin valley nml that not oul) would their dexlrc to m'o till nlley ami tin won ilerful nltinttjnuH iIiiiIiik a few iIiivh or weeks tiiii)- ho HallHfled hut Hint many of Iheni would return lo In vent nml iiiiiImi thin their home The valley'H cMinale, the inlneral nml health kIvIiik MirliiKM, uml her tin Hiirpnlued fruit rulxlm; poHsllillltleH would he iiilvcrllHi'il lo mi eMenl, uml anioiiu thn i'Iiihh who can benefit the valley, which would he imiomhii hy any other incniiH or hy expenditures of lnn;e hiiiiih of money, Willi ihcHii tondltlouH In mlml thu court luihniltted thn proposition to thu pmiplo for their opinion ami upon Koptoiuhur !, t!l.'l, they iUi' olareil tlioniHolvcH In nympnl liy with thu court nml tlmlr proKrcRHlvo lileiiH liy an ovnrwjiitliulnt; imijorlty, uml voted $."100,000.00 fcmroiul worl;, The proi()8ltloii an put up lo thu people wiiH to heuln at Hm California ()iet;on ntato Hue nml liulld northward through thu valley, uml wllh Ihlii In mind the county court ami the Cali fornia lilnhwuy oitKlneni'H met at tlu ntato lino nml decided on thn heRln jiIiik point. 'I'lui Htirvoy was promptly Ihikiih nnd In Novoiuhor thu contract for thu coiiHtrucHon of thU heavy work wiih let. Ilowovor, couHtruc Hon work did not ntnrt until thn followhiK .March, The hulldluj,' hnn proKreHaeil ilurlni; thn miiuiuor nail at pieitent thn entire HIhIU.vou moun tain Joh Ih complotn with tho oxenp tlon of one concrete viaduct over thu rallrnad, unit the ecavatlon connect ed tluuowlth, Scenes aong Pacffc igway r between SsAand and Central Point .Many peoplo who huvo lieen over thu Slhhlyou routu prouounco It one of tho imiHt heautirul nml pirturewiui) trlpH on thn coiiKt. Tho uroiiery com hluoil vltli Hm llKht K rail en nml lonu winy ctiivea of thu roail way ninko It a trip where tho uttructlvo luouutaln renturcH can ho taken advantage of without tho UHiinl ilauKor ami fa tigue encountered ho often on tho tho narrow anil wlnillui; rnuilH of mountainous ickIoub. llcBlrtnlnK at tho Cn!irornla-()io-mm tstnto lino tho I'atirie hlKhway follows alont; tho IiIIIhUIo nt nn ele vation of ahout Kt.'O feet ahovo tho valley uml continues to ellmh on u Blx per cent kc.iiIo for a inlto, then runs on nn npprohuatel level made, pitHtiluu aioiiml tho hlllaldea mul In ami out of small vallevs until wo ap- pioach near creek canyon. Alonu this canyon tho hlllMiIo Is very stoop nml as I ho road ollmhs uIoiik tho rocky benches, ono uiny look down In to tho depths of tho canyon below, nml tho cllt'fa towotini; ahovo. Tho curves are nil ory eay thiin liiuk IliK t a nnfo ioiiIo In ttplto of tho bUon hlllbhle. At thu end of llila Briu'o Is a bench wblrh la nearly tho saint elevation as the summit nt the P?r3 The road travels nloni; this shelf with light grades ami graceful curvoR for two miles. Itoiii this point the tourist Is alilo to look nouth ward ami m-o Mt. Shasta and Shasta valley In California. At tho loft ho looks down Into tho dep'hs of the vnllev almost nt his feet ami more than 1000 feel below. Hero uml theie the valley Is dotted with farm lioiisoH. surrounded by proon flelila nml tun's. The sparsly wooded slopo of the valley's floor nffonla good pas tures for cattle ami sheep, thus add ing to tho rural aspect. Kroin the tourlsts's point of view this Is an Ideal Htretch of road, for ho has tho two extromes of m'nory hi vlovv at once -tho graniluer of tho roekB and clirfs Immediately above, ami below him uml nt his foot, a quarter of u mtlo bolow, tho peaceful valloy and the pustural scene. Across tho val ley may bo seen tho long ribbon of stool of tho Southern l'aclflo rail way when tho sun Is roflected, as tho track winds iu and out around tho hills In uu offort to got to tho floor of tho valloy with as easy a grade as possible. (Continued oil I'ngu 1), Tho fact that Jackson county leads Oiegou In good load construction Is due hugely to Its progressive county court, consisting of Judge V. 1.. Tou Velio of Jacksonville, anil Commis sioners W. C. l.eovor of Central I'olnt ami J. C, Smith of Itoguo Itlver, who hno always been foroinost udvocates of good roads. Jackson county, lo the passago of a hnlf-uillllun dollar bond Issue, has the honor of being tho first county in Oregon to Improve Its roads un der tho new stuto bonding net, anil tho first county iu tho stato tu Im prove a largo unit of tho Pacific highway. Jackson county has boon a leader In the stato of Oregon In tho agitation of goo'd roads. Iu 1U11 a bond Issue for $l,.r00,000 was pass ed for tho construction of good roads, hut this net wns declared un constitutional, tho legal deficiencies bolng remedied by the recently pass ed bonding net. Jackson county al ready has some of tho finest stretches of macadam road to bo found Iu southern Oiogon, about thirty miles In (ho total. There arc about UQ0 miles of roadway In tho county, nearly all of which Is grad ed, ami about 100 miles or which Is graveled. During tho flvo years be tween 1909 nnd 1913, incluslvo, a. total of $01 1.0:1(1 was expouded In Jackson county on roads. Tho PncUlo highway Is tho most ambitious roadway in tho history of the continent, and already tho road way has been truverseil by automo biles for n continuous length of nioro than 0000 miles, from Iluzelton, In Central lliiilsh Columbia, south to tho City of Mexico. Tho 1'uclflo highway has been officially adopted for extenslvo improvements by Ilrlt- ; ish Columbia ami tho stato of Wash ington, and recognized by tho Htntea of Oregon and California. The Cm II to Tourists Jackson county offers many ail-, vantages to tourists. There are about S00 automobiles in the county. Jackson county hus runked first among all tho counties in the state In tho number of nntomoblles owned per thousand of population. The" tourist attractions lucludo many va rieties of mineral springs; niountulu streams anil rivers affording almost unrivalled fishing advantages; nioun tulu wilderneusos with such bier game ns deer and hear ami such smaller game us pheasant and grouse; his toric monuments, including Table Hock, tho wonderful Rogue river gorge at 1'rosnect, tho natural brldjp across tho Rogue river above PrM pect, ami weird underground cave ' which havo their climax in the Mar-,' bio Hulls of Oregon, Just across tbi Juckson county line, in JoMpfclit county, these 'chvos having beeper uted Into n, national monument M4 promising when, fully explore4 t ciiual In wonder the great MamiMftth Caves of Kentucky.