At a recent banquet, at Grand Rapids, Mich., W. R. Andrews responded to the toast, "The Filipinos," in the following style:
    "You Filipinos don't know what you are missing by not wanting to become citizens of this grand country of ours. There isn't anything like it under the sun. You ought to send a delegation over to see us--the land of the free--land of fine churches and 100,000 licensed saloons; bibles, forts and guns, houses of prostitution; millionaires and paupers; theologians and poverty; Christians and chain gangs; schools and scalawags; trusts and tramps; homes and hunger; virtue and vice; a land where you can get a good bible for fifteen cents and a bad drink of whiskey for five cents; where we have a man in Congress with three wives and a lot in the penitentiary for having two wives; where some men make sausage out of their wives, and some want to eat them raw; where we make bologna out of dogs, canned beef out of horses and sick cows and corpses out of the people who eat it; where we put a man in jail for not having the means of support and on the rock pile for asking for a job of work; where we license bawdy houses and fine men for preaching Christ on the street corners; where we have a Congress of 400 men who make laws, and a Supreme Court of nine men who set them aside; where good whiskey makes bad men and bad men make good whiskey; where newspapers are paid for suppressing the truth and made rich for teaching a lie; where professors draw their convictions from the same place they do their salaries; where preachers are paid $25,000 a year to dodge the devil and tickle the ears of the wealthy; where business consists of getting hold of property in any way that won't lead you in the penitentiary; where trusts hold up and poverty holds down; where men vote for what they do not want for fear they won't get what they do want, by voting for it; where 'niggers' can vote and women can't; where a girl goes wrong and is made an outcast and her male partner flourishes as a gentleman; where women wear false hair and men 'dock' their horses' tails; where the political wire-puller has displaced the patriotic statesman; where men vote for a thing one day and curse it 364 days; where we have prayers on the floor of our national capitol and whiskey in the cellar; where we spend $500 to bury a statesman who is rich and $40 to put away a working man who is poor; where to be virtuous is lonesome and to be honest is to be a crank; where we sit on the safety valve of energy and pull wide open the throttle of conscience; where gold is substance--the one thing sought for; where we pay $15,000 for a dog and fifteen cents a dozen to a poor woman for making shirts; where we teach the untutored Indian eternal life from the bible and kill him off with bad whiskey; where we put a man in jail for stealing a loaf of bread and in Congress for stealing a railroad; where the checkbook talks, sin walks in broad daylight, justice is asleep, crime runs amuck, corruption permeates our whole social and political fabric, and the devil laughs from every street corner. Come to us, Fillies! We've got the greatest aggregation of good things and bad things, hot things and cold things, all sizes, varieties and colors, ever exhibited under one tent."
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, February 18, 1903, page 2

    Jackson County is without a doubt one of the most healthful, fertile and prosperous counties in the state of Oregon. It is located in the southwestern part of the state, covering the larger portion of the now-famous Rogue River Valley. It is bounded on the north by Douglas County, on the east by Klamath County, on the south by the state of California, and on the west by Josephine County.
    Within the bounds of Jackson County will be found a large population of prosperous and intelligent people, the government lands have been taken up with the exception of some mountain tracts that are yet undeveloped and less fertile than the bottom or valley lands. Unlike many other parts of this country the Rogue River Valley has been particularly favored by old mother nature herself. The altitude ensures plenty of healthful air. The rainfall during the season is just enough to furnish plenty of moisture without irrigation. The soil is deep and fertile, and the climate makes the valley without exception a paradise.
    Fruit of all kinds grows here in great profusion without irrigation and without being destroyed by insects. Apples, pears, peaches, prunes, apricots and grapes are the principal fruits, while many other kinds can be produced in paying quantities. Jackson County is also rich in mines. Gold, silver, copper, coal, iron and other minerals are found in large quantities, and in many sections valuable mines are being developed. Machinery, such as quartz mills, and other necessary devices for separating the valuable metals from the ore, are being constantly installed and put into operation.
    We go back into the hills but a few miles and find a dense growth of valuable timber; thousands of acres are covered with huge trees of fir, yellow pine, white pine and various other kinds of timber. Large saw mills are being installed in several of the smaller canyons, or on the creek bank where the logs can be floated down to the mill during high water.
    Then we come to the fruit, the delicious fruits known as the Oregon apples and Oregon pears; in the production of these two fruits the Rogue River Valley has no rival. Apples that are grown here find a ready market in Alaska, London and other foreign countries. Very little of the Rogue River fruits is shipped to the local markets.
    The Rogue River Valley.--This valley, which takes its name from the picturesque and historical Rogue River, is one of the most beautiful, fruitful and healthful valleys in the state of Oregon. The Rogue River is a sparkling, icy cold stream, rising in the Cascade Mountains, in the northeast corner of Jackson County, Oregon, flowing in a southwesterly direction for half its distance, and thence running nearly due west to the Pacific Ocean. Its waters are supplied by melting snow and are always pure and cold.
    Properly speaking, the Rogue River Valley is not a single valley, but a series of valleys, table lands and hills, mixed and commingled in wild, romantic confusion apt to bewilder and lead the stranger to erroneous conclusions. Many have been thus mistaken by supposing that a certain range of hills was the limit of the valley land. Under such conditions it is well for immigrants, capitalists and others to spend two or three weeks visiting various parts of the valley and thus form a correct idea of the geographical and physical features of this famous valley.
    The Climate.--Is the most delightful in the Pacific Northwest. Here is to be found the golden mean between the excessive moisture of the Willamette Valley and Puget Sound at the north and the scorching summer droughts of the California valleys on the south. Average annual rainfall for the past twenty years, 20.50 inches. We seldom have colder weather than 10 degrees Fah. above, or hotter than 90 degrees above. The night temperature is always below 76 degrees and commonly below 60 degrees. Severe storms, destructive to life and property, such as cyclones and tornadoes, are unknown. The mosquito and other insects, so baleful to the peace of mind in very moist climates, do not figure as pests here. The region is singularly exempt in this respect.
    Jacksonville is the county seat of Jackson County. It is the oldest town in the valley and, with the exception of Oregon City, is the oldest town in the state. It was first settled in 1852 and incorporated in 1860. It is located on the western side of the valley, 323 miles from Portland and four and three-fourths miles from the main line of the Southern Pacific railroad, and is connected therewith by the Rogue River Valley railroad, a branch line of standard gauge which makes three trips daily to the town of Medford connecting with all Southern Pacific trains, thus giving Jacksonville as good transportation facilities as any town in the valley. The town has a population of 1,000. It has three churches, Methodist, Presbyterian and Roman Catholic, a large public school with several departments and about 300 children; also an academy conducted by the Sisters of Charity. The latter institution, the only Catholic school in Southern Oregon, is well patronized. Every line of mercantile business is conducted here with full stocks of goods. The merchants are usually able to discount their bills, and buy their goods in carload lots; hence goods can be bought as cheap as on the main line of the railroad. Jacksonville has a bank which does a general banking business. The principal buildings are the courthouse, public school house, Sisters' Academy, town hall and the halls of the orders of Masons, Odd Fellows and Red Men. The town contains thirty brick buildings, mostly business houses. There is a planing mill, an efficient fire department, two weekly newspapers--Jacksonville Sentinel and Democratic Times--a brewery and a broom factory; the U.S. is a good brick hotel, while there are other good houses for the accommodation of the traveling public. The courthouse, built and furnished at a cost of $39,000, is a fine structure substantially built of brick and stone, compete in all its appointments, and elaborately furnished throughout in the most approved modern style.
    The best body of agricultural land in the valley joins Jacksonville on the east and northeast. Some of the choicest fruit grown in the state is shipped from this point.
    It is one of the largest shipping points for gold dust in the state. The first settlements were made here in [1852]. Gold was discovered in Rich Gulch and on Jackson Creek immediately adjoining the town on the west. The mines proved both rich and extensive and soon drew to this part of the state a large cosmopolitan population, and the wise agriculturist among them saw in the beautiful and fertile valley a growing and permanent wealth that would long outlive the rush of a frenzied gold excitement, and many of the finest farms in the valley were at once located under the donation law of Congress, and in many instances are still in the hands of the original owners. For three decades this county grew and prospered, though completely isolated from the markets of the world. Our mineral resources amply supplied the circulating medium for the general conducting of business, which at that time was very large, on account of the great number of people who had gathered here under the impulse of a new and rich gold discovery.
    Time has made great changes. The gold industry is still carried on, though in a much larger scale than in the early days, while the agricultural interests have developed wonderfully. The town is no longer isolated from the outside world but instead is so situated as to be a prominent shipping point and the only terminus of the Blue Ledge copper mine and other rich copper and gold finds in the Applegate, which is situated about thirty miles southwest of Jacksonville in the Siskiyou Mountains.
    Jacksonville is the second oldest town in the state, the oldest town in Southern Oregon, the county seat of Jackson County, the center of the rich copper and gold fields--the starting point for the Applegate country--the only place in the state of Oregon where European varieties of grapes have been successfully grown; a fine peach country, a good place to grow plums and prunes; is situated near the home of the big red Oregon apples; is well represented in the pear industry; can grow figs and ripen them successfully; in fact there is nothing worth growing that will not do well in this valley, particularly around Jacksonville in the little nook of the Coast Range, where it never gets too cold nor too hot and where a fog has never been known.
    While Jacksonville is in the center of one of the best agricultural districts in the valley, at the same time little attention has been given to this industry; the gold and mineral, being the principal attraction, has caused the horticulturist and agriculturist to overlook the wonderful natural resources awaiting the willing hands of the enterprising farmer or fruit grower. While Jacksonville proper has but 1,000 population, at the same time if the people interested in the mining industry and others who live on the Applegate who purchase all their supplies in Jacksonville were to be considered, making the population properly about 2,000 with a constant and continued increase.
    Schools.--We have eighty-two school districts in Jackson County. The smaller have school from three to six months in the year, the larger nine months in the year. Our common schools are equal to those of any other state in the Union. The teachers in the larger districts came from the best normal schools in the eastern states, and teach according to the best methods used in the older states. The students from this county take higher rank at the University of Oregon than those from any other county in the state, and the larger part of the students who have entered that institution from this county have been prepared for such entry in the Jacksonville district school.
    One year ago near the close of the scholastic year the high school building which was the first high school established in Southern Oregon was completely destroyed by fire. This caused considerable regret on the part of the old citizens, as the old building was as one might say a relic, however, a new, large, commodious brick structure has taken its place and eased the minds of the disappointed ones. This new building is one of the finest school buildings in the state; it is well ventilated, has a large assembly hall and well-planned playgrounds for the recreation of the children of the lower grades. By careful planning and constant work the building was complete for the opening of school on the 1st of September. A good school is first to be considered by the homeseeker; therefore we invite the prospective immigrant to inspect our school facilities, knowing that they cannot be excelled in the United States. We are equipped to prepare students for nearly any college in the West.
    A Healthy Town.--Jacksonville is considered one of the most healthful localities on the Pacific Coast. To illustrate: We will say that among a number of about 300 pupils enrolled in our public school here in Jacksonville, not a single death has occurred in six years. There is some malaria along the streams in the lower parts of the valley, but none among the foothills. Jacksonville is situated on the edge of the foothills, about 200 feet in elevation above the lower parts of the valley, and is considered the most healthy locality in the county.
    Climate.--The climate of Jacksonville is as near perfect as nature could provide. We do not have the extreme heat or cold, not too much rain, but just enough. We do not have the blizzards of the Western states or the destructive heats of the Eastern. The average temperature for the month of July for ten years was 72 degrees above zero; for the month of January 33 degrees above zero. The thermometer has rarely been known to reach zero in this valley since it has been settled by the whites. Destructive wind storms never visit us. During the summer months we have light thunder showers, but they are not accompanied with the high winds of the eastern states. The principal part of the plowing is done in the months of November, December, January, February and March, and seeding is done in all the winter months. Old residents who have resided in this valley for years say that they do not believe the climate can be excelled. The rainfall ranges from twenty to forty inches and averages about twenty-six inches per annum. The principal part of this falls during the months of November, December, January, February, March and April.
    Mines and Mining.--It is universally known that the state of Oregon is enriched and gilded with leads of gold-bearing quartz. This condition is more particularly true of Jacksonville than perhaps of any other locality. In the early '50s hundreds of gold-hungry miners, and some who knew nothing of the mining industry, flocked to this point, which was then rich with gold. At this time the present site of Jacksonville was but a mining camp in a rather wild country. This gold fever lasted as long as the free mining of surface gold could be found, and gradually one by one and sometimes in larger parties, the fortunate ones who had been lucky and gathered considerable wealth as well as the poor fellow who lost all he had would leave for new fields, hoping and searching for the valuable yellow metal. Thus Jacksonville has from time to time been the center of excitement and then again has suffered for long periods when the gold seemed exhausted. During all this time there has constantly been a lack of knowledge of the valuable soil, the whole attention of the people having been attracted by the yellow metal in the creek bottoms and hills; however, the present generation has awakened to the fact that the land surrounding Jacksonville is composed of that vegetable decay and other decomposed volcanic deposits which go to make up the best agricultural land for diversified farming that can be found in the Northwest; accordingly hundreds of enterprising farmers have taken up donation claims and purchased portions of the best land, which to them is now paying a big revenue and could not be purchased for $100 per acre. All along during these changes the mining industry has not been forgotten, and it is now known that these first settlers who were so enthusiastic over the gold contained in the surface were ignorant of the fact that a few hundred yards from them and a little deeper in the earth is located some of the richest mines that were ever prospected. At the present time the principal mines are found northwest, west and southwest of Jacksonville. The principal mining camps are Blackwell, Willow Springs, Gall's Creek, Sardine Creek, Kane's Creek, Foot's Creek, Jackson Creek and its tributaries, Forest Creek, Poorman's Creek, Evans Creek, Applegate Creek and its tributaries and Sterling Creek. All the country northwest, west and southwest of Jacksonville is gold-bearing, and mining is at present carried on in all of the above-named mining districts. A large number of gold-bearing quartz ledges are situated west of Jacksonville, on Jackson Creek, and in various other localities. The mineral resources are gold in lodes and placers, iron ore, quicksilver, mineral waters, limestone, building stone, graphite, coal and infusorial earth. On the Applegate, which is reached only via Jacksonville, has lately been discovered one of the richest ledges of copper ever known, there being five parallel ledges, each measuring from 200 to 300 feet thick or wide. The depth and length of these ledges is as yet unknown but are reported by experienced prospectors to be solid for several miles and to run an almost unlimited depth. Several mining companies have been and are being organized. The principal of these mines is the Blue Ledge copper mine, which has been bonded for $250,000. All the property covering this ledge and for miles on either side has all been taken up, and it is understood that none of it is for sale. Operations will soon begin and if all goes as expected Jacksonville will build a railroad to this mine, which is thirty miles southwest, and thousands of dollars worth of copper and gold ore will be shipped out daily. Experienced miners say that this is the richest find that has been made in years.
    The Missouri Mining Company have a large claim on this property and are expecting to begin operations in the near future.
    There are numerous other mines that are paying well in and about Jacksonville. The Sterling placer mine is located but nine miles from town, and during the greater part of the year large quantities of the precious gold metal is shipped from there. The Sturgis placer mine, located on "Donkey" [Jackass] Creek, is also a paying piece of mining property and has a considerable output. The Jackson Creek quartz mines produce about $4 to $6 per ton gold, and from 6 to 8 percent copper. In some sections of the rock is found paying quantities of quicksilver. Ten miles from Jacksonville is located the largest mining dredge in the world, which will handle hundreds of tons of earth each day. The dredge is constructed on a boat and floats in a pool of water which fills the cavity in the earth made vacant by the workings of the dredge; in this manner the vast acreage of placer belt can be successfully worked at very little cost.
    Irrigation.--To the agriculturist who has resided in California or other states where irrigation is necessary would here find a paradise for fruit growing or diversified farming. Fruits, vegetables, berries and tame grasses are somewhat benefited by irrigation, but if the land is properly cultivated all these products can be successfully grown without this enormous expense of irrigating. Deep plowing and subsoiling are all that is required; however, some of the drier sections of the hills and table lands could be made to produce bountiful crops of fruit if irrigated; so far no effort has been made to utilize these hills other than for grazing purposes, there not being a population great enough to necessitate their development. These lands can now be purchased for from $2 to $10 per acre, but in a few years will no doubt double or triple in value.
    Alfalfa.--A field of alfalfa near Jacksonville has been cut three times each year for several years, without reseeding or irrigation, producing an average total yield per year of six tons. Alfalfa is one of the best-paying products raised by the agriculturist. We find that the soil here is particularly adapted to this grass or plant, as it is sometimes called, and without any particular attention otherwise from harvesting it will yield abundantly for ten or twelve years without plowing or reseeding. Next to the Oregon apple, the alfalfa is no doubt the most successful and best-paying crop.
    Soil.--We will not dwell on the subject of soil, as an exact idea can be drawn from the facts that we grow nearly all kinds of choice fruit, vegetables and grasses. In all parts of the Rogue River Valley the soil is deep and rich, some sections being particularly adapted to certain kinds of produce, while the next-door neighbor can better grow another kind of vegetation. You will not find stony land as is found in some eastern states. All or nearly all the land is free to work and can be plowed exceedingly deep, which has a tendency to keep the earth airy and retain the moisture. The greater part of the soil around Jacksonville is composed of a dark, sandy loam with strips of clay, gravelly and adobe lands. The soil in the smaller valleys or creek bottoms is usually a very rich, sandy loam; along the foothills the soil varies somewhat but is generally found very rich.
    Fruit.--All kinds of fruit that are grown in the temperate zone are successfully grown in Rogue River Valley. Fruit growing in this county has passed the experimental period. Experience conclusively proves that there is more actual wealth in our soil in raising fruit than there ever was in our gold-bearing creeks and gulches. Apples, pears, peaches, plums, prunes, apricots, cherries, nectarines, grapes, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, currants and gooseberries are all grown in abundance and are of superior quality. The apples grown in this valley are considered by competent judges superior to any other grown on the Pacific Coast. About eight years ago the planting of peach orchards for the purpose of raising peaches for export began. Since then large quantities of peaches have been exported from this valley and have brought the highest market price. Some of the three-year-old peach orchards have realized $2 per tree for the peaches sold last year, which is an income of about $400 per acre. Pear trees never fail to bear abundant crops of fruit of the finest quality. Cherries are a never-failing crop, and the trees bear abundantly.
    The principal vineyards of this valley are situated near Jacksonville. The largest contains seventeen acres. The grape crop has never failed since the vines began to bear. The grapes are of a superior quality, and large quantities have been exported each year to the markets of the Willamette Valley and Washington. There is no greater pleasure than to walk through the vineyard of P. Britt & Son near Jacksonville, and see tons of this beautiful fruit.
    The market for the fruit of this valley is without limit. All the vast tract of table land lying between the Rocky Mountains and the Cascade Range will soon be inhabited by tens of thousands of people. These people will have to look to the west of the Cascade Mountains for their fruit supply.
    Our winter apples will find a never-failing market in New York, London and intermediate points. When we have planted sufficient small fruits to justify it canneries will be established here, which will make a ready market for all such fruits.
    Peaches from the Karewski peach orchard, situated just out of the city limits of Jacksonville, have for several years succeeded in capturing first prize at all public exhibitions where they have been shown.
    European varieties of grapes are not known to thrive elsewhere than near Jacksonville. Pumpkins and melons always do well; in fact, there has yet to be found the fruit or vegetable that cannot be grown in some nook of Jackson County, most especially near Jacksonville.
    Timber.--The timber of the Rogue River Basin consists of the following varieties, to wit: Fir, yellow pine, sugar pine, cedar, yew, white oak, black oak, maple, ash, alder, laurel and a species of cottonwood. Fir is the most abundant timber in the basin. It is the principal rail timber and is mostly used in frames for building and bridge construction. It is very strong and well adapted to the purposes for which it is used. Yellow pine is used for flooring and rough lumber of buildings. Sugar pine cannot be excelled as a finishing lumber. It is used for doors, sash, blinds, moldings and all finishing work about buildings. It is the most valuable lumber we have. Cedar is a good finishing lumber, but sugar pine has superseded it for this purpose. Yew and cedar are much used for fence posts, and are very durable. The yew does not attain sufficient size to be manufactured into lumber. The white oak of this valley is not of much value for anything but firewood. Black oak and ash are used in the manufacture of wagons and agricultural implements. Maple, alder and laurel are the principal timbers used in the manufacture of furniture, for which purpose they are well adapted. Cottonwood is used only for wood and rails, and is not of much value. Maple, ash, alder and cottonwood usually grow in creek bottoms, white and black oak in the valleys and on the foothills. Yellow pine is generally distributed from the low valleys to the high mountains. Fir is found in all altitudes from the low valleys to the line of perpetual snow, and is most abundant on the north side of hills and in deep canyons. The fir is an evergreen, cone-bearing tree, which sometimes attains a height of three hundred feet, and its dark green foliage and symmetrical shade add much to the beauty of our scenery.
    The Iowa Lumber Company.--Superintendent C. H. Hafer and others during the past year have established one of the best sawmill and lumber manufacturing plants in Jackson County.The site of the lower mill is at Jacksonville, while the upper sawmill is located three miles further up the canyon in the midst of heavy-timbered land. The capacity of the plant is about 30,000 feet of lumber per day. All kinds of furnishing and building materials are manufactured at the lower mill. This mill is one of the much-needed industries that are being constantly installed through the Pacific Northwest. The timber now available standing in the forest is almost inexhaustible and will furnish logs for years for ten times as many mills as are now in operation.
    Jacksonville's Business Houses.--Within the walls of the numerous brick buildings are found the following business men and merchants:
    Nunan-Taylor & Co., general merchandise.
    T. J. Kenney, hardware and groceries.
    Jas. Cronemiller, general merchandise.
    G. E. Neuber, liquor store.
    J. W. Robinson, druggist.
    C. C. Beekman president, Jacksonville bank.
    The U.S. Hotel, S. P. DeRoboam, proprietor.
    P. J. Ryan, dry goods and general merchandise.
    G. N. Lewis, livery and feed stables.
    C. H. Basye, blacksmith.
    S. J. Day, real estate.
    H. H. Helms, Table Rock liquor store.
    Dunnington and Deneff, liquor dealers.
    Henry Orth, meat market.
    J. Lyden, restaurant.
    Mrs. M. Thompson, restaurant.
    Fred Lewis, shoe store.
    J. W. Conklin, furniture store.
    Mrs. Lizzie Hoover, millinery.
    John F. Miller, hardware store and postmaster.
    Jacksonville has many favorable opportunities for factories, mining, farming, fruit growing and other agricultural and manufacturing industries.
    For further information regarding details, address any of the above-named business men or the secretary of the Board of Trade, Jacksonville. Board of Trade: Charles Meserve, president; Dr. J. W. Robinson, vice president; T. J. Williamson, secretary; Chas. N. Nunan, treasurer. Committee Chairman; Emil Britt, manufacturing; C. W. Conklin, advertising; T. J. Kenney, transportation; A. E. Reames, press; J. Nunan, reception; John F. Miller, finance; M. M. Taylor, membership; G. E. Neuber, civic improvements and public meetings.
    This newly built town is situated four and a half miles northeast of Jacksonville, on the Southern Pacific railroad. It is situated in the most central part of the valley, and is surrounded by good agricultural land. It is favorably located to become a lively center. A water ditch to furnish power to run machinery of all kinds and for irrigating purposes is expected to be completed in the near future.
Oregon Statesman, Salem, October 1, 1903, page D1


    W. E. Coman, general passenger agent of the Southern Pacific lines in Oregon, assisted by H. E. Lounsbury, traveling freight agent, is editing a booklet entitled "Western Oregon Industries and Personal Testimonials from Experienced Cultivators." The book will be one of the most accurate ever issued. It is also the first publication to be issued by the company solely for the purpose of advertising Western and Southern Oregon and the Willamette. Brief outlines of industries have appeared incorporated in other advertising works, but this issue is in be devoted solely to this territory served by the Southern Pacific lines in Oregon.
    The personal testimonials will be a feature of the production. Men who have had actual experience in cultivating various products are sending in reports of their efforts continually. These reports state the cost of production and the net profit on each item. When the book is published it will be a ready reference on every topic of produce in Oregon.
    In response to the request of the company A. L. Haselton, of Eagle Point, writes of his efforts at raising onions for the market and demonstrates that his business is a fine paying proposition. From 3½ acres of irrigated bottom land in Jackson County Mr. Haselton's income this year was $1068.30 and his expense but $299, leaving a net profit of $769.30 or nearly $220 per acre. The total weight of the crop reaches the almost incredible figure of 118,700 pounds, an average of 17 tons per acre. The price of onions this year averages 90 cents per hundredweight, which is lower than former years by from 10 to 20 cents. Mr. Haselton has been in the onion business for the past ten years and has always made money in his venture. His expense he figures as follows:
Commercial fertilizer . . . $100
Labor . . . 100
Seed . . . 10
Hauling to market . . . 89
Total . . . $299
    With an income of $1068.30 these figures leave a net profit of $769.30 on 3½ acres, which Mr. Haselton considers very good interest.
    Another Jackson County story which nicely illustrates the productive apple wealth of that county is told by A. D. Helms of Ashland. Mr. Helms owns an eight-acre orchard eight miles south of Ashland, and cleared $6000 as a result of this year's crop. The orchard is irrigated, the variety of apples was Newtown Pippins and the total production reached 5000 boxes. The price realized on board the cars at Ashland was $1.50 per box. The cost of handling the crop is estimated at $1500, a very liberal figure. The total income was $7500, with expenses at $1500. This leaves a net profit of $6000 to Mr. Helms' account at the bank. He states in his testimonial that he has never suffered from a lack of market; that Oregon apples are always in great demand and that a good price is always to be had for the product.
    Mr. Helms' opinion of the profit of $750 per acre is naturally a very high one, and he states that there is plenty of room in Jackson County for more farms like his.
    All the counties in the Willamette Valley and Southern Oregon will be treated by the new booklet and no district will be slighted in discussing the advantages accruing to settlers. Numerous pictures have been procured, which will be used to illustrate the publication.
Democratic Times, Jacksonville, November 25, 1903, page 1