Medford Mail Tribune
NEW YEAR'S
ISSUE
FOURTH
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Forty-fourth Yor.
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NO. 242
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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.