Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-11-19

Pass. You will have abundance of
water and can raise many things in
your climate which we cannot, Your
water supply Is really unlimited.
Why, the Rogue river furnishes more
water at its lowest stage than is sup
piled by all the streams in eastern
Colorado combined at flood stage.
"You have great advantages here:
abundance OF water, longer growing
season and many crops which we can
not raise and they are all profitable
that is. find ready market at
top prices. have been in Oregon
many times and never saw good
potato in this state until saw II at
Grants Pass. You have as fine po-
tatoes as can be grown, even at
Greeley, They are large, mealy and
very choice. You only need to have
some of our practical potato men TO
teach YOU the art of cultlvatina these
tubers. If | was going to criticize
your potatoes | would say that your
best ones have too deep eyes and lack
that smoothness so desirable. A few
of our practical growers win come
here and become producers Of this
crop which has made Greeley famous
and you will then commence to sun
ply the whole Pacific Northwest
coast with this popular product OF
the farm
Your rainfall, which comes In the
winter, when taken together with
your mild winters, which keep every
thing green, gives crops good start
in the spring and If you have water
to put on your land when the dry
season commences will make ideal
farming, Your people have not,
fear, full appreciation OF water.
With us n permanent water right
costs about $50 to which is added a
IS maintenance fee. Around Grand
Junction, where they pump water,
SIC is the maintenance fee. That is
nothing when people take from the
land $4,000 an acre. Why. II II
should happen that the maintenance
fee should go up to to 500 an acre,
our fruit growers and some farmers
would give the price quickly rather
than not have It. Potato growers
II they had to could afford the price
They get from 200 to 2i0 two-bushel
sacks per acre, with general aver
age of $50 sacks. That would make
at present prices $3.50 to $500 per
acre, With your apples, pears and
other high-priced fruits, the cost OF
irrigation will out little figure.
Let me say word about Grants
Pass and the lands around II. You
have great future II You will push
irrigation. There Is plenty of land
here which can be bought at $50 an
acre which will in ten years sell read
lily Mt $500 an acre. have pur.
chased some and will clean up some
holdings In our state and invest the
proceeds in these lands. They are
the best thing have seen. am
going home today, but will be back
shortly after Thanksgiving ] am II
love with your mild climate which
gives me perfect rest and refreshing
sleep. This should In the not dis
tant future become city OF 25,00C
Inhabitants. Your one need, as Sc,
II, is paving and as soon as you hav'
II on your streets the town will begll
e TO grow rapidly"
I; should have been said that Nj
West has an S0-acre apple orchar
I near Greeley which Is In bearing an
this year had large crop. He sol
$4,000 worth and then had wha
. seemed like full crop still In heap
: on the ground, In that country the
G pick apples there as our hop grower
I do hops, that is they employ sma
e army OF pickers and rush the 10
G through. One hundred plckers wer
= employed TO pick the apples In thI
orchard this season, II Ia Mr., West
d purpose to sell this orchard at ono
i and come with his family to Grant
u Pass to live. His residence
" Greeley was sold last week.