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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1915)
r PAGE EIGHT TODFOTtT) MATL' TRTBUNTC. MTCDTTOttT), OttTCGOtf, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1015 fewer Poacic a land of piciarcsqucRcciutu 'g$W? ;-v;p- s m imuiiumiiimmiuiHimimumuHmnmiuuiminummnmmimmimuuunuuimmniiiiiiiiTmiiini i"- -H" 1 The mouth pf the Rogue river, eonio hundred mlloa down strearn from JnckBon county. Is one of the moil plcturcstjuo spots In the entire northwest. It Ilkowlso possesses the finest clltnato t)n the const, being al most the only spot north of southern California free from gray days and fog, where the sun shines through tho pumnier season almost contlnu outly. In addition to these lures, it offers tho finest rod and lino salmon Wishing of any place In the west. The Mr fish, frequently weighing 60 nnd TO pounds, readily take the spoon during the latter part or August, and in Soptcmher, and fight like a trout, leaping again and again into the air. Tho only drawback to Wcddcrburn is its present Inaccessibility. It can bo reached by auto from Crescent City, Cal or from Marshflcld, Or., or by horseback on tho government trr-l down tho Hoguc river from Cal ico. Or tho trip can be made by Ken in the gasolino launches which ply upon regular schedule to Port land and coast points. However, tho prnporcd extension of tho Southorn Puclflc syetcm from Eureka to Coos Hay will remedy the transportation problem, as tlio survey runs through this region. Location of Towns On tho south side of tho llogue is Cold Reach, county scat of Curry county. On tho north Is Wcdder liurn, at which Is located tho can jiory, hotel, merchandise Mores, resi dences and other possessions former ly owned by tho late H. D. Hume, now tho property of tho Maclcay es tate, of which Roderick Macjcay of Port'and is president.' The cannery and allied institutions give employ ment to tnirty people, and 100 are employed directly und indirectly In fishing. For the stores (one at Ag jiow), hotel, blacksmith nnd machine ehop, ranches, hatchery, etc.. twenty tlvo moro aro employed. 11. Mori dith whlso photograph appears among pfe'ures showing him holding u GO pound salmon, In. resident manager for tho property. fc Fishing Is thu niulil 'Industry, 28, 000 cans of chluook being packed In 1914, nu against 30.000 Hume pack ed in 1910, und 06,000 packed In J HOG. The dccrcarc is dun to the Htrlngcnt regulations and unfavor able restrictions. Farming nud stock-ralsluginre also chief occupations and cxtonslvo de velopment efforts aro being made to settle up the region. About t 15,000 worth of land has been Bo'd on time payments to actual bottlers tho past Bcason, and thoy are all Improving their pluccs. Fifteen families havo recently settled on theso tracts of land. Developing Country '.Next year the enterprises will bo extended, an thu Macleayu are devel opers and not spocnlatorH. They ex pect to do un extensive business In tan oak bark, podar railroad tlos as well as operate' a cheese factory. Tho black sunds of the bars and bcacheB contain much gold and an exteuslvo drodglng apparatus will bo installed, At Wcdderburn, town, school, ho tel, store, fishing rights, salmon can nery, lumbor mill, big herds of cat tle and sheop, extensive stock range, fertile fields under cultivation and vast tlmbor resources aro under ono ownership. Whl'o the estate Is a property which stands by Itself and could exist alone and Independent of the rest of the county within tho bounds of 1(8 own fences and water ways, that Is not the policy of the present owners, The whole propprty ww, forwtrjy owned, by tho lato n. WKn&t JlSr 'kkmmmm''u'r' "" -"'''" ""'''-''"'i MBJtlMiBjjOVar'-MP&a3C : HfeS9EkjtfMB0V kmmmku kkkw kmEl "4 'Imi vifT v5T. 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Hume, who was known as "The the river there aro fertile bottom King of the Rogue River" Tho en- lands backed li rolling hills rich In tnto was purchased by tho Macleay ' grasH and used for grazing Farther Interests of Portland In March, 1110, .Mr. Hume devoted many enrs It adding to his holdings and ncinlrliu additional IhimIk and rights. Rut tin present owners are developing afirt have started to opm the landn foi settlement, Ivvti-iihlw Iteltiillilliig After Mr. Hume's death und be lore the property pasred Into tin hands of the present ownen, the buildings wero much run down. Mr. Mac'eay has expended many thous ands of dollars repairing thu build ings, putting up now ones whero needed and building fences. There aro now twenty-six miles of fencos on tho farms. Moro luud has been put under cultivation than ever be fore. As a farm tho whole place has been put In u workable condition and pending the time of settlement the property Is operated as one big farm. Improvements have likewise been made in the town of Wedderburn, which Is opposite (iold Reach, the county seat, and connected by means of a forry ucross Rogue river. Mr. Macleay had the hotel opened so there would bo accommodations for tho fishermen who wunted to board, or for travelers, and now hoiibes for employes and other needed buildings have been erected. ' J,o00 Aries In Tract The property consists of about 1C( 000 acres, abqut f000 of which aro farming and grazing lauds. It ex tends from tho ocean up Rogue rlvor for about twelve ml'es, the estute owning both sides of tho river for practically the entlro dlajaucu. Alout; up the river are timbered lauds. On 'ho M,tiito there uro about I "ft ouo, 000 feet of standing tlmlwr, but Ii addition there Is a largo amount of Imbor which Is on adjoining laud and which mutt Qvcn'.inlly find Iti way through the Rogue river. Th sawmir In Woddcrburu run cut 50, 000 feet of luinl or a day. It has m far only brcu used for furnishing lumber for the citato and the local demand, but when the lumber mar ket warrants It could be operated regularly. Mr. Macleay plans that ho can build boats which can cross the bar of tho rlvor and carry 200,000 feet of lumber economically. Wild IMcliircMjuo Reality Many claim for the lower Rogue rlvor that It Is one of tho most pic turesque parts of Oregon, There Ik ono place on thu Macleay property which Mr. Macleay claims affords as fine a view ac can bo enjoyed In the stato. On tho top of a hill at an ele vation of 800 feet ono can, without moving morn than turning the head, look In ono direction ovor cultivated fields, over tho river und town and grazing lunds dotted with sheep and catt'o; in another direction at moun tains 3500 feet high; while In still another direction ono can view miles of the oeoun beach and expanse. Tho fa nil management of the es tate la quite a big IiiihIiiohh. Many hundred acres of land have been plowed and placed undr cultivation, sheep by the thousands are herded over the hllln nnd hundreds of caMlo aro grazed. It Is the Intention of the ownera to cut down tho number , i he sheep to perhaps 1000 or 3000 and go more Into tho cattle business to save the pasturea from tho cIomi for aging of the sheep which have fur yearn pa:.t been raUeil In Curr) count). Tbore are ueveial .fparatt ranches which are numbered, but there Is one main ranch about three miles from tho town which Is th hondquarlerK rjf the farming. Here ire located the foreman's house, quarters for the farm oiiip'oyes big barns, hurness uhnp. blaekHiuIth shop, (Iilekeu houses, piggeries and every kind of building needed on a farm, numbering fifteen or twenty In all. There is a first class slaughter ho ii be and a Hheoji-shearing entail llHhmont. Kvery kind of machinery upcdcd for modern farming Is to bo found. In addition to the whoop, wool and cattle produced, hoge are raised on a large ncalo. When ready for mar ket thoy can bo shipped to any port on the small giisollnu ocean-going schonuei'H which regularly inako the port, drain crops and general fann ing are Important factors, Salmon Mslilng liiipoitaut From a business standpoint tho salmon flfhlug and packing Is the most Important feature of tho big es tate. In fact It affords the only big payroll for tnat part of tho county, and each year does uiiich In giving employment to tho people and circu lating cash. As high as ?1 00,000 Is paid out by the company In a fish ing season. The Roguo river salmon aro fam ous for their quality and tho Wed. dei burn Trading compuny Iiuh every facility (or catchlug und packing .the fish. The flshermon are paid 50 cents each for chluook salmon and the company furnishes tho fishing gear in onormoim warehouses uro iirpt evci) thing that tua be iiemK'd In fishing. Tlio (oinpanj owns about '1'iD big mitK The cannery has boor equipped with the moxi modern mn eliluery, experts are In charge ol the departments and f'hlnameii niv Imported fur much of the work In the cannery, Tho plant Is built along big 'AharfH and (onxIxtH of u number of buildings, Including a modern cold storage plant. Cannery ittlliiw I'liiiit The salmon Is put up In attractive shape In cans and also a largo amount Is mild cured and packed In tierces. All through the season fish erinon uro at work on thu river and receive money for the fish while tho cannery Is a busy place taking euro of the catch and shippjiig out on HchooiieiH the finished product. La ter on In October ellverMdoH are caught and canned, On account of the existing laws of the statu tlio Roguo rlvor salmon fishing Is c on ducted under disadvantages not suf fered at other fishing places nu the coast. After Scptonibor I the fish are not as good and do not bring as good u price as earlier lu tho year. Until that time only gill lints can be used, Koines can only he used after Sep tember I, when tho fish ore not o good. There are also reitrlctloiis regard ing steolhouds. They cannot be caught during the summer, This is because tho people of tho upper Roguo river wunted to protect the game flub, Jackson County Climate The climate of .lucluou county mn bo hi. whul Judued b Its In cation und surn'tiiidliigii. Doing all Killed webt or the tillged ('flHcmlt motinlMln and with a compMrntlvult low hltltude, irVltonuo Klvir vad I as the hiiiiio mild e liuate found along thu entire Pacific coast, from Piigct round to southern California, due to the Influence of tho sarin Ja pan ocean currents. The winter months aie mild, (be slight snow fall In the Rogue Itlwr valley usual ly melting very rapidly. Tho greater part of the precipitation Is In tlio form of ruin, averaging between twent) and twenty-eight Inches an tiually, ur oiillug to the location III the valley, ami coming mainly In the fall, the winter and spring seasons. Only occasional light showers may be expected during the summer months, Theio are on the iiveiago from 270 to 280 days of sunshine dining the j ear. There Is almost always u bieezo during thu suuiiuer days, which uicwfteu warm, but never hot. Also, the humidity Is almost always very low, modifying the summer beat, The mimmer nights uro iihii ii. ly eomfoitubly cool. The lowest temperature ever recorded In the Rogue River valley was three de grees below zero, while the average minimum temperature during the winter Is Just belo'v the freezing point, about III degrees Farhenhelt. Damaging winds aro not experienced lu tho Roguo Rlvor valley. Mcdford Water System (ID W. .1. Roberts. C. K.) Tbi'ie are three points In tlm gaiiiu of municipal water supply: (Juantlt), -1 I ct 1 1 1 and iont. .Medfoul won en ill three points, The quantity do lereit at the city reservoir exceeds the original esti mate b) a third: the quality Is better than was originally proposed, and finally, the total cost of tho gravity portion wan $;i-',000 lesa than the MOO.ODO allowed. An Isiiuo of :i(!5,000 of bonds was authorized lu May,- 1U0K, of which i!5,000 was to be used for cast-Iron pipe within tho city pioper for distribution, hydrants and acces sories, and $:IOO,000 was allowed for the gravity supply and reservoir, The citizens of Mndford may welt be proud of their water supply. CSo belter water Is furnished any city lu the state, The supply Is adequate for 20,000 pontile without restrictions, and fig ured upon such averages as apply lu the middle west, jhu quantity dally delivered to tin; distributing reser voir go a little' lower, and gravity syntonic Is sufficient for 25,000 to ;li. 01)11 people, In this connection It may be In teresting to nolo that the average cost of a municipal water supply for cit ies of this class Is not far from $50 per capita. Pumping systelus uro n little higher, Mcdford'H gravity supply has cost less than $50 per capita of picBout population,