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3 of 3 Premium Clicks used this month SUBSCRIBE Print + Online Subscriber Activation | Register x Forgot Password | Need an Account? e-edition | subscribe | newsletter | deals Classifieds Jobs Autos Real Estate FEATURED » NEWS NOW Mail Tribune 100, Dec. 17, 1915 ... Books, clothing would brighten family fleeing abuse ... Two arrested in Medford slaying ... Mail Tribune 100, Dec. 17, 1915 ... Books, clothing would brighten family fleeing abuse ... Two arrested in Medford slaying ... Mail Tribune 100, Dec. 17, 1915 The following news items were drawn from the archives of the Mail Tribune 100 years ago MailTribune.com Writer Posted Dec. 17, 2015 @ 12:01 am Posted Dec. 17, 2015 @ 12:01 am » Social News p bs:newslist StartDate="20121121" EndDate="p bs:datecalc Months="3"" DateSort="1" UseObjects="1" ObjectClass="81" Taxonomywords="2325,665" ExactTaxonomyMatch="1" Image="1" Count="4" --> Dec. 17, 1915 FIFTY MILLIONS LOST A practical farmer and prospective investor in the valley estimates that the lack of an irrigation system has cost the Rogue River valley a loss of $50,000,000 during the years since the building of the railroad. The loss is not exaggerated — indeed, probably underestimated. With irrigation, the annual output would be many times greater, much more varied. Let us figure the loss for a single year, even on the acreage under cultivation, without any intensified farming, using present slipshod and unscientific methods of cultivation. Take the year 1915, for instance. Were the valley irrigated, the fruit shipments would have totalled between 2,000 and 3,000 cars, conservatively estimated. This would have meant from $2,000,000 to $3,000,000 brought into the valley. Instead, the output was 300 cars, bringing in $300,000, a loss of two million dollars on one crop in one year. All other crops were shy — grain, hay, potatoes, beans, vegetables — not enough produced for local needs. The shortage is reflected in the livestock and other industries, in creamery and cannery output. The loss totals at least another million. Here, then, is a loss of three million dollars in one year. But the loss is really much greater, because with irrigation there would be intensified farming, much greater acreage farmed, many more farmers, more livestock and poultry, larger creameries, larger canneries, all of which would create more industries. The loss to the valley from lack of irrigation is incalculable. It is the one great need, and until water is supplied there will be no established property of values, no market for property, no real prosperity. LOCAL AND PERSONAL Chief Hittson enabled a Eugene jeweler to recover two gold watches that had been stolen recently and hawked in this city. The lad who pawned them here registered from Eugene. That gave the chief a clue. He wired the Eugene authorities with the result that the watches were recovered. The boy subsequently went back to Eugene and was arrested while trying to rob a house. He was sent to the reform school. MailTribune.com Writer Posted Dec. 17, 2015 @ 12:01 am » Comment or view comments Terms of Service /* $( document ).ready(function() { // Jquery mobile is trying to style the button and leaving a blank gry button on top of a white button $("#viafouracoms .vf-comment-controls li.vf-right").html(' Submit '); });*/ » STAY INFORMED Email NewsLetter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. calendar Connect with MailTribune.com Facebook Twitter RSS Back to top Reader Services Reader Services Home Subscriptions Subscriber controls Contact us Submissions Photos Events Letters to the editor Corrections Announcements Obituaries Story ideas Since you asked Alerts Email Alerts RSS Feeds Text Alerts Advertise Media Kit Home Products and services Ad rates Advertising contacts Propel Marketing Mail Tribune Daily Tidings The Nickel Shop Our Valley Blogs Mobile Site Stay Informed Email newsletter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. Your privacy is important, read our privacy policy. © Copyright 2015 Local Media Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Local Media Group Publications Original content available for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons license, except where noted. MailTribune.com | P.O. Box 1108, Medford, OR 97501