-.'': ' mmk A Tlean-Lodking:; LETTER HEAD IUh loot timnjr Kdolliir for ttiiHlitmrn iinut. If u tiimi In JtulKoU by Ibn ciml ho wimrt, unfl. An tutUtlo ttml buwIiiMM-llku litttur ttino juugou uy ma lunar Dtmu nn iinud bun frttmimitly boon m tmnot orlll, 11 uiny n iixmnu on u u goou iiivitHtiiiciii, l.nl TMII MAIL ultluo 111 yuur luliift wllli ft uow uotit VOL. II. MEOFORD, JACKS0NLC0ONTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MAY 28. 1897. NO. 21. j ' ' You want to increase i your, Receipts .... ( Q ) T AdvertlM jou bunlnc.n Id the columns of yjy i THE MAIL... y tejl Wo will writ jour id, for you nd display ffij them better than any other paper la Jaok- &J gj sod county .... ,j t ) 1 i Jgi A Land oi Vast and Superior Richness. Jackson, v . . . i ' County em Oregon; Medford, the Hub or Center of: the Great Rdghi" River Valley. Beautiful Farms and Gar den Homes Where Lux-, ury is a Sure Reward , of Industry. SUGAR BEET CULTURE -Our Agrlcnltural Resources Truth fully Set Forth. Devoid of Even a Shadow of Exaggeration. Frnlt- Orowlng I Steadily Becoming -'a Leading Feature Stock -Raiting Ii In the Front Rank Climate Unsur pa ted In Any Country Brief Par agrapha On Other Subject. In this roport of our many re sources I will state, ao as not to mislead or misinform those seeking information of ouf country, that 1 liave secured data from people who have personally visited , the entire section of which I have written and I liavo' endeavored to keep safoly within the bounds of reason. ... The design is to make suoli a representation, brief though it may be, as will attract attention rto the merits of this locality. The futility of attempting to make any written exposition take the plaee ofporsooal investigation is realized. The folly of making statements which inves tigation will prove to be untrue it also appreciated.,' It Is. hoped that many eopte into whose hands TrtK Medkoiid Mail may fall will be led by it to make an examination of the premises and with this idea in view care has been taken to make such a representation as is entirely within bounds, so as not to justify expectations that must bring dis appointment when the real situation is seen. This country is comparatively new. What it want: more than anything else to promote its! devel opment is capital and purposeful energy. Magnificent natural, ad vantages lie unimproved for.tho necessary capital. Thore are ' also many opportunities for sober indus trious men who may not rank ve capitalists. We have a wide fiold for honest, intelligent ondeavor, but no room for idlers or the shiftless, improvident and rocklcss. . It is a great country, but figs do not grow on thistles hero more tlmn elsowhoro mid prolligaoy and idlonoss will not reap tho reward of virtuo and in dustry. The poople of tho Pacific alopo aro noithor bordor desperadoes nor woak dunderheads. - They aro active, intelligent, capable men and woman, most of whom, Jiay.p .conio from tho eastern staioa. -Cultivated society is hero as well as elsowhoro in tho oounlry, and the liomoa of tho pooplo show as puro a strain of .1 A ! t..!ll..l!. 1.110 typical jvuiuiiuHu uivuiztiuuii us can bo found olsowhoro botwoon tho two ocoans. I have also' writ- ton sovonil skotohos of our business and professional peoplo and ,1 ox Dool and wolcoino criticism, roaliz- inc onlv loo woll' that iny little work is incomplete and perhaps. Romowhnt orude in detail. . ' Tho only oxcuso is tho hurriod mannor in which it has boon pro- pared, and such being-the oasp I would orave.the friondly indulgence of tho roadors and ask of thorn so far as consistent with their good Matchless ........ p.of South? q,i I'm. Uu ii i it toJU c(! nature "to pHBs'iny imperfections by." Thanking tho generous public for the liberal support accorded me I am, Yours truly, . . ' ,,, 0. B. Anpkiihon. ' JACKSON COUNTS'.-' This county is boundod on the north by Douglas; on the east by Klamath ; on the south by California and on the west by .ToBephjno. . f IThe general surface of the country embraces three divisions of land that which is on the high mountain tons, that on tho hills or . broken riages and that in the valleys, , The first Is utilized for summor range or , stock, , the green grass growing as the soow disappears and affording a rich pasturage for numerous herds, and ii also a most desirable place for butter and cheese making. . .The bill land is the lumber bear ing region and the home of tho stockman. - - The soil Is of volcanic origin, be ing a rich dark loam of great depth overlaying a clay 'subsoil . resting upon a basaltic formation. , It is. of almost unlimited dura bility r never -washes, is free from rocks and gravel, is easily broken and pulverized. The soil is impreg nated with a sufficient quantity of alkali to form a natural fertilizer, being cultivated ' 1 year after; year without apparent loss of any i of its productive qualities. In. addition to its other virtues this soil mani fests a determination to produoe the usual large orons with or with out moisture. '. The Rogue river valley occupies the central jwrtion of Jackson County, and is about . thirty-five miles long by twenty miles wide. It takos its name from the. river which flows through the northern extremes though Boar creek drains the greater portion of the' Rogue' river proper, s Annroaolrthit vallovfrom what- evor direction, an 'amphitheatre of mountains enoirole it on every side, snow orownod peaks ou nearly evory sido, some of them reaohing an al titude of nearly eight thousand foot above the valloy,, ; ,-., Tho oxtonded swoen of sraoeful hills on either sido of undulating valleys, ' rising to ruggod snow capped mountains, mako a pioture unequalled in beauty and magnifi- oionco by any othor land on earth oxcept porhaps by Switzerland with) hor Alps. " Out of 3'lfi,549 abros of "survoyod land in this county , 102,344 .are, in cultivation! . Tho prico of ; farming laud de pends largely upon tne location but' good land can do nougm. irora ion dollars to ono hundred dollars per acre, tho average prico boing about twonty-fivo dollars. M ED FORD. AI.'l'I'l'UDK, 1309 POl'UI.ATION, 2250 Siluatod on tho woat. bank of Boar crook, on tho lino of tho Southern Pacific railway about midway bo twoon Portland and San Francisco. Its location is in tho heart of the famous Roffuo river vallov. The sito upon which Medford is located is one ot tne most piciur osciue on .the.oonUuoiit-.- - . The broad and beautiful expanse of aoenory surrounding It cannot be surpassed, - The window openings of every stalely structure in and .bout the city frame a picture ot some soeno that delights the eye. Modford, unlike moBt western towns, has never experienced the ups and downs of a forced boom with its demoralizing effects., The growth of the town has been steady and permanent, based upon actual demand, and what is found here can bo accounted for. upon that basis of existing to supply a present, instead of a prospective demand. ; As a trading point Medford ranks with the ordinary town of twice its size, this being aocounted for by the nature and extent or its tribu tary country. v The city is woll governed and economically administered. Owns its own water works, operated by gravity system, and water is fur oishod to consumers at low rates, and allords ample lire protootion. First-Glass eleotrio light plant with lines to all parts of the city, furnish' ing illumination as cheaply as in older and larger cities of the coast. The city is provided with an excel lent public school, several churches of ditforent denominations, all credi table edifices, and our social advan tages are as desirable as can be found in any western town. While Modford is justly proud of her busi ness enterprises, and the outlook for Uie future is certainly good, it is only fair to state that there are sufficient business concerns of every aizo and character for present busi ness needs, and that there is suffi cient labor here to fill market de mands. It would be wrong to mis lead and call poople here on false hopes. . The city is growing, the country la growing, and there are good in ducements hold out to prospectors, or thoBe seeking legitimate invest ments. The field is as vet but half occupied and the ' resources of the surrounding country and the ad vantages of the town afford excel lent opportunities for establishing mills and manufactories. . 1 he city is among the foremost in fraternal orders, all in good financial stand ing. i We oannot describe Medford and the lands that surround her. We can give but a few plain facto ' and call ' upon' ourv eastern 'readers to come and see the land endowed by nature with every precious gift; the land of boundless opportunities; the land of progress and integrity: the laud which can 'give capital, the beet, the safest investment to be found in . America; the' oity and country that ban and will deal gen erously with the miner; the manu- lauiuror, mauauitauBiur uwiarmor. CLIMATE TEMPERATURE. The climate is proverbially ex cellent the best, all things consid ered, on the Pacifio coast, It is not so wet and cold as the Willamette valloy and Washington, nor bo dry and parched as California.' It oc cupies a happy medium; and as fast as poople become acquainted with theso natural olimatio advantages they become , enthusiastic in . its praise, and sotlle among us perma nently. '! " ' ' . ' ',, Society having become, as it were, orystali.od into a refined state, is attraoting the better class from the east to make thoir homes here, and aid ,us further iu making Jaokaon .County the first and foremost oounty in! tho state, where hor salubrious and lovoly climate may be enjoyed by a prosperous, law abiding and happy peoplo. , . v , ' Orogon is ' imioh libeled in tho mastor of its rainfall. It is true that tho rogion west of tho Cuscado mountains has a geuorous amount of moisture, but that is ono of the reasons why it is a favorod country. It cloos not rain hero all the yoar around, nor doos it ram incessantly for months or wooks at any season of tho yoar. The winter is the wet and the summor is the dry. The rainy season extends from October till June and moisture does not often fall between June andOctober. But there are periods of the bright est and , balmiest weather, some times weeks at a time during the wet season. While the newspapers teem with accounts of disastrous blizzards throughout the upper Mis sissippi valley and the far east, here the peoplo may be plucking roses In their gardens and enjoying warm sunshine and soft breezes. The country is also free of cy clonic disturbances, 'and 'thunder storms do not often occur. The moan annual precipitation at .Med ford Is SQ.IO inches.1 ; ' ,,) 7'i . ' - FRUIT INDUSTRY. .A The work of the horticulturist. says E. ; W .. Allen, can be i traced back to a very early period -of tne history of the world for we read in the . 8th verse of the 2d chapter of Genesis, "And the Lord Uod planted a garden eastward, in Eden and there Ho nut the man whom He had formed with Instructions to dress it and keep it," therefore,.' we,, see at this early day in the world's history was a partnership formed ' between God the ' Creator and man the creature, in that while God gave to man the orchard, yet the responsi bility of its care and treatment, upon which Was based its sue cess, , devolved - upon man. ' The partnership thus formed at that early period in the world's history has never been dissolved and today those who succeeded in horticulture must comply with the requirements that were domanded of. those to whom 'was intrusted the first garden of Eden. ;';.. In some respects Oregon pos sesses in natural conditions for sur passing ber sunny neighbor in the production of choice fruit .This is notably true of the prune. No European production excells the prunes of Oregon in quality and it is one of the things that can be cheaply produced here. No industry is developing so rapidly in Oregon as the fruit growing and canning business? : Pacilities for curing are keeping pace with the increase of of production so there is no danger of over doing the ' matter. We olaim, and results appear to justifiy our olaim, that the cooler winter climate of Rogue river valley matures the wood of the fruit trees and vines better than the compar atively froBtless winters of Souihern California, thereby producing fruit of better flavor and superior keep ing qualities. Jackson Lounty is taking a lead ing position in the advancement of the fruit growing interests of the Pacinc coast. Its .nurseries send stock throughout the Pacifio noith west including .'.British , Columbia. Many of the large land claims that have lain for years1 largely wild or with very' indifferent cultivation are being divided into smaller tracts and given over to systematic fruit oulture. ' Five or ten acres in fruit will yield as much profit as a large farm in grain.-' The net profit usually ranging from two hundred to a thousand dollars per acre.- We have quoted in: this issue, figures of large yield of fruits, not: claiming "... T . nor believing' ,tuat every , one who engages in the business of fruit rais ing can make one thousand .dollars an aore. In most cases of unusual yield special , attention; has been given to trees or plants. We do not intend to give out an erroneous im pression nor lead any one to make investments or embark in this in dustry with hopes of reaching the limit. There is alwaj'B a chance, however, to got to the top. The high figures are offered to' show what can be accomplished. The reasons able man will do well who produce-one-half, one-fourth or even one tenth of one , thousand dollars an sore. Nothing'. 'we 'think can.be gained by exaggeration in getting people to inveBt in tarm or orchard lands with the expectations that they will realize in a : manner to' correspond with the statements of the uncommon yields., We believe, howovor, there is a great future for horticulture in tho Rogue river yal lev, .' ' . .. The fruits thai grow to advantage in Jackson County include apples, poars, plums, poaches; prunes, apri cots, quinces, cherries, blackberries, raspborries, ourrants, gopseborries, strawbornos ana grapes. Black berries, huokloborrios, strawborries, plums and orabapples grow : wild in abundance. Rogue river valley oilers to the irmt grower, an ox eoptionally attractive field for the exercise of all his facilities in this important attractive branch of the 1 ! t .1. - .Ml f 11 .' 1 DU8IUUB3 ui lut- uupr HI VUO BUI I, A WOHD TO THK KKCIT OHOWEIIH. It is a mistake to believe that all rarities of trees will do equally as well in all localities. The pioneer who goes Into an unsettled valley looks first to the quality of the. soil. un tlnding that to his satisfaction be proceeds to set out an experi mental orchard, in wbioh will be found an almost endless variety of trees. Three to five years after ward, ; when the trees" come into bearing,, it is an easy matter to de termine what will be bis leaders. Thus in all sections the orchardists who,, following the experimental stage of development,has a far safer proposition than has the pioneer. There has never been a time when the outlook Ibr horticulture was better as a business than at present. The people of this country are rapidly appreciatingthe fact that truit as lood is not only wholesome, but nutritious and it . has become an indispensable adjunct to almost every table in the land. ' It is well for the, consumption of fruit to be encouraged in erer? way as it is beneficial to the health of the peo ple. The man who engages in fruit growing now is sure of a market price that will pay him well for the time devoted to it There has never been a time when a crop of fruit did not "pay well for all it costs and now. that science has come to the aid of the fruit grower, and taught how to combat disease and the ravages of insects, he is more certain of a crop than ever before. The old way of setting trees and letting them care for themselves is a thing of the past' and progressive men realise that fruit trees require attention aa well as any other crop. Orchards should be furnished with the proper plant food and, the. soil kept under cultivation the same as if it were a crop that can be grown in a year. ' The day for large or chards is passing, except . where large companies have them and the day of excessive fruit growing is at band.'- The small orchard, say of five or ton acres,' Is to be , preferred by the average ..farmer rather than the large one, which - cannot be given proper attention. Let the man who sets an orchard now attend to the location and select those vari eties that have proven best in the section and success will crown his efforts every time. There is no need to experiment on a large scale as at one time when no one knew just what to select The experiment stations baye been doing work along this line and the results are open for any. one who inquires and there is no excuse for not knowing just what the lay of the land should be for the best results." Those who have good orohards are reaping great profits from them and those who set orchards in the near future may rest assured that the demand will keep ahead of the supply for a good many years. j V SUGAR FROM-THE BEET. J ' Those engaged in , the pioneer! work of establishing the beet sugar industry in Oregon will find much of interest in the following inter view with Judge Charles H.- Carey. Judge Carey has devoted -a great deal of attention to the beet sugar industry, especially with regard to establishing it in this state. He re gards it as the only relief for the farmers from this present depressed condition and expresses belief that the cultivation of sugar - beet is thoroughly practical in Oregon. While traveling through California he visited the Cheno factory and speaks in the highest terms of the prosperity it has brought to the im mediate district He further states that he has taken a great interest in the beet sugar industry for several years past and sees in it the solution of the question of what shall the Oregon farmers do to be saved. It seoms about time that an effort should be made by the people of the northwest to become producers as well as consumers. Nature has been bountiful in producing climate and soil for the growing of the sugar beot 'and every American family are users of sugar. Oregon and Washington do not produce a pound of this indispenBible luxury and romit into other countries thous ands of dollars annually for sup plies. This money can as woll be kopt at homo and paid out. to our own people in wngos and the, like. Moreover, a beet sugar factory re quires an enormous amount of fuel and lime and the by-product of the factory ib of great value as cattle food, fertilizer, etc, so that, there are othor industries that will be stimulated by the establishing of aiir.li a fantnrv ' Tf wilt vanulra cultivation of from 3,000 to 6,000 acres of land to supply an ordinary sized factory and with the beets at $' per ton there is a gold mine in it for the farmers. From the pro ceedings of the third general con vention of the Nebraska Beet sugar Association the best farmers in that BLUM) uetieu uu un average ui vtn- rer acre, which would mean $75 to 100 per acre in Oregon. The value of sugar consumed in this country- ... -0 ien. is greater than the value of bread' stuffs. Our exportation of grain is i . v : ... rr The soil of Oregon is more adapted to beet culture than wheat raising. The profit on an acre of . beets is from $30 to $50, on an acre -of wheat it ts from $10 to $12, Does not this illustrate one' reason .for the present depressed, condition ot our farmers and through them of our manufacturers of the country? It is not in ' our laws or financial policy so much as in the use put to, our resources that the present , con dition is aue. .we neea a revolution, . : . .l. . uyv uiio agaiuBv wo. goveraiunuv, - but an industrial one that will place our farmers in a position' . to use their lands to better value. -' : During the spring just past,' 300 pounds of imported sugar beet seed was purchased by the merchants of Medford, and of this amount 250 pounds were given into the hands of as many farmers of the valley who planted the seed and are now cul- , tivating the plants. This work is being done in order that a positive proof may be established as to our niil'n nhilitv ti nmHnrA a. fmrwrinr quality of beets. Mr. Claus Spreck els, the sugar king of the coast; has promised to build a sugar factory in the valley when our farmers have proven that beets can be grown. We can reasonably expect that a factory will be established another season. POULTRY OF THIS SECTION. .. T 1. t - 1 . J with as great success as any other frvorable;, first, the climate ; second, the cheapness of feed; third, the fourth, the absence of all diseases common to poultry, and' last, tbe market demand for poultry and eggs. Perhaps the greatest de mand for these two commodities is from the. mining region adjacent to this section. : The average miner gets good wages and he lives well. Chicken, eggs and roast turkey are served with great frequency, "ihey come high but we must have em" is a very pertinent phrase among miners. . The demand in the cities for domestic fowls and eggs . is aa great. 'd " Poultry ranges in price from $2.50 to $4.00 per doz: eggs froea $5.00 iu f l.w widc. a uuinjr anovul ations have been formed in most of the counties and great attention is- ? rv ' D...1.... given to careful breeding...., .. ,; i ON THE RANGE. '' Climate conditions is one of the-r important features in stock raising.. The eveness of the climate, the' abundance of pasturage, the . exces sive ranges, the presence of running streams, makes Jackson County a most desirable - country for stock raising.' Three or four different sections : particularly' favored lay claim to the title of "horse heaven," Stock of all kinds do well and re quire - feed only in the severest winter. ' The soft southwest, winds frequently melt the snows on the southern and western Blopes of the hills in midwinter, thus affording excellent grazing for the herds of Cattle and sheep. The dairy, busi- ; ness has received a tresh impetus and here is an excellent oppor tunity for some . one to start a ; TIMBER AND LUMBERING.', - Entering the foothills of the Cas cade mountains, at' first they are low and gently rolling, but as we near the Cascades they become larger, taller and more . precipitous until they flually merge into the Cascades themselves. From this it will be seon that the eastern part of the county forms the immediate western slope' of the Cascade moun tains, all of which is rugged and mountainous, but containing inex haustible supplies of as fine timber as heart could, wish. This timber is composed of' white, yellow and red fir, cedar, sugar pine, otc.,- .and is oonverted by ; the mills in tho vicinity into servioable lumber and transported to Medford. , ' ' ,f, '" (CONTJNU8D ON THIRD PAQ15.)