Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-07-12

Ing and general farming which hay
surprised specialists In these lines 4
many sections OF the country and Civ
en- this part Of Southern Oregon
reputation second to no part of tn
Pacific coast. Among the men VIII
have been attracted to this country 4
c. VI. Leonard, Of Chicago, who hat
made a reputation as a practica
builder OF many structures such as tn,
Multnomah Hotel In Portland ant
large buildings In other great cities
Last season Mr. Leonard became the
purchaser Of land in Josephine coun
" and made arrangements TO have Il
improved Among other properties
we're the Moses and Heath ranches
adjoining places at the confluence oi
the Apple gate and Rogue rivers, Ave
miles below Grants Pass. This latter
property extends west to the Apple
SaNo ll'ti anu iht bWO IOnldlu '
acres He also secured the Penn
Oregon ranch, finely located prop.
erty containing 1900 acres, but his
nrst work was the improvement OF
the farms first named and the won
deriuI development which has been
accomplished within the last few
months Is the admiration OF the peo-
pie Of Grants Pass and In fact the
whole county. II has certainly at
tracted attention far and wide. The
work was done In the name OF the
Leonard Orchard company There
had been but little clearing done on
the property and therefore It present
ed a broad field Of achievement in
the line OF development At this
point II became necessary to procure
the services OF man who could
handle the work Mr. Leonard, being
man OF experience accustomed to
large undertakings, knew how i'm
portant It was to secure the right per-
son for the place-One who could do
the practical part and would not need
looking after HI aXperience with
this class induced him to select T.
r Hill, a man who in his time had
built irrigation bitches constructed
railroads and been a man experienced
In many lines Of work. He had been
accustomed to the handling Of men
and was practical as an organizer.
Arriving on the grounds, It was not
long before Mr. Hill assembled his
tools and machinery and made his
plan OF operation His men were en-
gagged on January 10 and the woru
OF clearing the land was commenced
with a well organized force There
We're Two donkey engines and these
We're lined mp 70 the virgin forest.
many OF the trees OF which were frow
tw0 70 four feet in diameter. The
donkey engines not only pulled these
trees over. but took them out by the
root. Tho strmns vere on, IRON, ,be
traes and tbe iogs wera cnt ,,,o cord.
wood and stovowoo, largtbs witb a
iras saw oneroted with a gasoline an
zine The wood was sniff, and b,rlsj
Y being nlled nm opt ~ rho v,y A.
ta present tims thsra ava ooo
,rds ~ this wood or hand rso1y ,,r
he market The stnm,s vsrs banIa5
away and piled np nv ,ha monster
dootay aneinas obi,h ,o .,~, ,.,,.
forward to pull ont other trees Then
followed the mattox and axe .p hand.
cutting and srubbing the roots n any
we're left thus making ready for the
breaking plow Then came the drag
Jewelers. and roller and when this was
completed the soil was In Az ,ondi-
ton FOR whatever ,rops vera desired
for planting
rh. work v,s t,rrou,j i.-.,, ,b,
mild onts~ ue,,h,r ,,r obt.. .hts
y,i,,, q, o,,,t ~. -, .,.., -.
,,,,, .ho~, ,.,r, ooo o,.,. -, nI.
,to,r,,iar3 ,,. 4, -. ., ..,.,,...