Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-06-03
WATER FOR IRRIGATION FORMS
SUBJECT FOR MEETING
SUBMIT TWO PROPOSITIONS
A General Discussion of the Subject
Matter Referred Back TO
Directors.

The called meeting of the stock
holders of the Josephine Power and
Irrigation company last Saturday
morning was well attended. OF the
269 stockholders, fully $50 were In
their seats at the opera house when
President Gilkey called the meeting
to order. Secretary Riggs read the
call, after which the president gave
more definite information as to the
object of the meeting. He said that
the board of directors had been in
almost continuous session for some
weeks and that they had now reached
a point where they had certain in
formation to lay before the stock
holders. The board of directors, he
said had received many propositions,
all of which had been investigated
more or less, and most of them
found to be impracticable They had,
however, two matters for the stock
holders to determine, one was a
proposition from the Rogue River
Power and Irrigation Co., and the
other from F. w. Blakely. The
parties interested, he said had been
invited to present their propositions
to the meeting of stockholders and
1t was for them to determine which
should be adopted, II either. A. M.
Crawford, the attorney general of
the state, was introduced as repre-
senting the Rogue River Irrigation
and Power Co., and made well de-
fined statement along the lines which
have already been published in the
Courier. He stated that his people
represented both a gravity and a
pumping proposition and the two
covered about $4,000 acres. They
had seven or eight thousand acres of
their own land to irrigate and II they
could get 10000 signed up through
the Josephine Power and Irrigation
Co. they would be willing to under
take to supply water at $50 an acre
for permanent water rights with 81
maintenance fee. There would be no
interest on water rights for the first
ten years after which per cent
would be charged: After twenty
years the plant, which would include
the dam, pumps and bitches. would
become the property Of the water
users. with the exception of the ex-
cess power which might remain after
irrigation was served. General
Crawford stated that he would be
glad to answer any question that the
stockholders might PROFOUND Many
questions were asked and answered
and sort Of general discussion was
carried on for some time.
President Gilkey stated that the
second proposition would be taken
~ I'm the afternoon, when Mr. Blake
ley would be ready to make his state
ment TO the stockholders. He fur
ther stated that the irrigation com
pany had sent their engineer up to
Squaw Lake and that he had been
there for a week and that he would
also be ready to report to the stock.
holders In the afternoon. The meet
ing then adjourned until p. m.
The afternoon meeting was made
mp OF still larger number Of stock.
holders than the morning Attorney
X. G. Smith, Il vas announced, would
represent Mr. Blakely and present Ia
the water users his proposition. Az
ter coming forward Mr.. Smith said
that II was their intention 10 use
the flood waters which would BE-
stored at squaw Lake This lake
ne stated, Is located in Jackson couu
ty near Steamboat A concrete dan
would be built TO hold the water
and when It was needed Il would be
brought down the Applegate 90 The
point Of diversion when II would b,
carried over the district TO be irri
gated in ditches. No pumping beini
required. as II II strictly graylt,
proposition. Under this ditch there
would be 10000 acres Of land, 40.
! o OF which WOULD be irrigable Thu