Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-12-30


cestral parents, Adam and Eve, the
human family has always had a
marked leaning toward good apples
md touch Of the old sod. and here
We have them both. No man ever
measures up to all the possibilities in
him TIL he owns his own home and
his own plot of mother earth. where
ne Is monarch Of all he SURVEYS.
and where, through skill and labor
ne brings from the hidden store
house Of the ground the wealth Of
vintage that in land like this only
awaits the touch Of mans hand IN
make 1t blossom like the rose. The
nation rests on the shoulders of the
stiller of the soil, and while II has
been true in later years that there
mas been marked stampede toward
the city and congested centers of pop
ulation, yet, like the swinging pen
}rdulum OF some great clock, the move
ment has set in on It's backward
course, bringing with It rush of
humanity In search of land and rural
homes, and the Rogue river valley
Is today attracting this class Of peo-
n pie as is no other section of the far
west.
N The sort Of people we have In mind
Is not the upper crust, the man of
u wealth and means; nor is It the un-
n der crust, that has become soggy
through vice and wretchedness; but
the filling Of this human pie, II you
please, the great class of American
workers who with brain and thrift
are home makers and developers.
and this country is full of them
either native sons or the thrifty for
eigner who has turned his face to-
ward the land of our Uncle Sam,
ready and anxious to grasp the pos
sibilities Of larger freedom and great
er fields Of undeveloped resources
than he has known in his native
land.
The native Oregonian, the social
ed "Web-foot," has enjoyed the
blessings Of this country so long that,
apparently, he is not enthused with
its possibilities and advantages as
was his ancestor who followed Hor-
ace Greeley's advice and, going
west to grow up with the country
found here In the valley Of the Rogue
wonder spot, where the hills were
filled with precious metals, where
vast forests OF the finest lumber ma.
terial in the world grew on every
hand and where a mild and balmy
climate made sure the growing o1
fruit and grains In the greatest Of
variety and in their utmost perfec
tion. With fish in the rivers, wild
game Of all sorts in the hills and gold
for the panning, little did he care
IL school kept or not But these days
are past and gone, and what In hi
easy-going manner OF living he fail
ed to see and take advantage of thu
home seeker has fixed his weather
eye" upon and nothing is going Il
stop the influx of good, red eastern
blood till this great country is de
veloped into flower and fruit gar
den such as will do the eye Of boil
God and man good to see.
The reason for this change is ap
parent. You can't fool the public al
the time II you can some of the tim
they know a good thing when the,
see It, and the real purpose Of thi
article will be to show what the,
have seen and what we offer as al
inducement in the way OF health, re
turn for well directed effort an,
products, make the Rogue river val
ley a veritable Mecca for the small
fruit and truck rancher As a con
crete example OF such ranch W
give below some interesting figures
given by well known resident o
this city in recent interview Wit
the writer. We are sorry indeed tha
this gentleman's modesty forces u
to withhold from print his name bu
the writer will gladly supply It I
any one wishing to make further IN
quiry regarding the facts here give
or the methods used.
Mr.. and Mrs. -- are natiVe
OF Switzerland. that land OF wor
drous and rugged beauty but wher
Dame Nature grudgingly responds
toll and skill However this yer
element as It enters into the lie {
the Swiss makes him thrifty an
resourceful farmer and fruit grove
The Swiss are notably home Iovln
people and work to live rather ina
TO hoard up wealth for their 'pos'e
ity to wrangle over when they al
dead and gone, and Mr.. - as