La Junta tribune., 1908-10-24

ing ali winter. Lettuce. radishes
and cabbage can be raised to ma
ture At any season Of the year.
Wheat yields fine crop. and corn
does well. Alfalfa makes five crops
per year. and In some places timothy
Is q good yield.
But the great feature Of this To-
cality is Its fruit. and l wish to re-
mark that it can and does deliver the
goods. We visited number OF or
chards and fruit farms. We saw.
We handled. We tasted. and our
statements are not guess work, or
haphazard We know whereof We
shout-the fruit is here.
Apples are the principal fruit. and
the Newton Pippins. Spitzenbergs.
Jonathan. Red Baidwins. etc. are
simply perfect, and the yields enor-
mous One man was just finishing
picking q tree. Mr. Buckley asked
him how many boxes Cbushels) he
had taken from that tree. He said
twenty.nine! Think OF twenty-nine
bushels OF apples from one tree.
This man expected an average of
twenty-five boxes from his Spite.
Newton and Jonathan trees. An.
other appleman who has eight acres
in trees. has taken in s79l per acre.
years. Going some, isn't it,
We visited five acre fruit farm at
Ashland. Peaches. pears, grapes,
apples, cherries and logan berries
were grown--350 cherry trees were
too young to bear. We asked the
owner what he would make off his
place this year. He said this was
an "ofr' year-wouldn't do so well.
but after deducting cost TO living for
family, packing fruit and all Incl
dental expense, he would clean up"
81 900 How's that?
We found that apples yield from
5000 TO $1400 per acre: pears from
5000 to $500: peaches from nothing
to $l200-according to the market.
Straw erries can be figured at 5000
per acre net each yeaI. while cher
ries bear heavily. and the market
has been firm. Logan berries. rasp-
berries. blackberries, etc, bring good
returns, and are an unfailing crop.
We were told that celery was good
for 81 900 per acre-don't know about
those figures, but | know 1t grows
fine-I saw il. Prunes are another
good source OF profit. A prune
orchard seven years old or older.
will net the owner 5000 per acre. A
light crop this year. but 1t seem
ed to us the trees We're loaded. They
have regular driers here for the
prune, and 1t is sent out from
here the regular commercial commo
dity we all recognize. This Is a
growing industry. and SO far IL
profita' lie. AS the quality OF the
fruit is Al, the demand will proba-
bly, keep firm. We have seen the
fruit and handled it; eaten 1t, and
all statements here are underdrawn,
rather than overdrawn. 1t is our
opinion that western Oregon offers
the most Inducements for the home
seeker OF any place We have seen.
These best lands, unimproved, can be
had for from $50 to 500 per acre.
depending on location. Orchards in
bearing are worth $500 to $1,000 per
acre.
Al Ashland and Medford we found
prices rather strong. as these places
have been pretty we'll advertised.
Medford is the only town that per-
mits the saloon-all the others are
dry" Roseburg has places selling
Near Beer" two per cent decoc-
ton, but as result OF an election
held a few days since the two per
cent will be out and gone. Eugene
Is a fine town Of 10000 people. q
university and other fine schools.
The surrounding country Is simply
fine, and 30 far land is very reason
able in price. 1t is equally good for
fruit ~ the other places mentioned,
and is strictly all right in every
way. believe they have the best
and cieanest class of people Of any
place know ONO Japs. no China
men, no drunks. no saloons-a first
class. lsw-abiding. energetic lot Of
citizens is what they have there.
and the same can be said with truth
concerning Ashland and Roseburg,
and believe Grants Pass. though We
did not stop there.
One thing comes to mind-the wo-
men. am sincere when say
that undoubtedly the women of west
ern Oregon are the healthiest. clear
est complexioned, spryest and most