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The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., August 25, 1911, page 1

UNDERWOOD VIEW
J. Haynes Picks Berries Now Has Fine Place

Sitting on the veranda of J.A. Haynes' home on the high bluff just beyond the Underwood station, one can revel in a great sweep of view, the transcendency of which would require a master pen to properly depict. Every part of the Hood River valley is in sight, for you can look across to the rich east side which is set off from White Salmon. You can sit there all day and drink it in, river and mountain and valley scenery, and then go back the next day before more. Mr. Haynes has 30 acres of young orchard just coming into bearing, chiefly apples and peaches. So rich is the moisture retaining soil of this part of the Underwood slope that four-year-old trees appeared like six-year-old trees and Mr. Haynes refrained from the usual cultivation to try and hold the trees back. He expects about 2,000 boxes of peaches this season.
A few years ago Mr. Haynes happened over on this side of the Columbia and was given a job of strawberry picking by C.D. Moore. He sent to Portland for his wife and daughter and they, too, got busy in the strawberry patch. They made their home with Mr. Moore for awhile, Haynes finally taking a homestead on the south east slope of Underwood mountain. He was a hard worker, but as the land became more desirable for fruit growing he sold part of it.
He has a large stable, covered cistern, and has completed an apple house 24x70 in which he has a canning apparatus. He has a comfortable home, but contemplates the erection of a large, modern house. All kinds of garden produce and bushes grow well without irrigation and he has just cut a third alfalfa crop. Mr. Shipley, a little farther along, cut a good crop of alfalfa from between his young trees. Dr. Manners, of New York City, who is the owner of 150 acres of land, says the soil will grow anything without irrigation. He has just set out a young orchard and is now building a large house. His wife and children are with him and will remain until early winter. The doctor is connected with the Manhattan Insurance Company.