Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-19
THE HON. JOHN |. WILSON
On His Annual Tour of the
State in the Public
Interest
His Trip Through the Okano-
gan Country and Some
Things He Saw There
Washington's Little Giant
Who Works for the Good
of the People

CoIBItSS WIN II luOIc llplbuRllly pup
ular with his constituency than Hon.
John l.. Wilson, Washington's repre-
sentative in the lower house Of con
gress. Mr.. Wilson is active, energetic,
influential, Ubiquitous. lie is devoted
to his duties as congressman, and
not above his business lie knows
what he is in congress for. He feels
that he is there as the servant of the
sovereign state of Washington, and
he looks out for Washington's needs.
lie has put INTO Washington over
100000 in mail service appropriations
during the year; he has seen
that the state had her share of
everything possible to obtain,
and while some persons who have
been unreas0nably angry with him be-
cause he couldn't give them what they
wanted and didn't deserve, and have
consequently been trapseing about,
circulating bascleSs scandals intended
to do him injury, but which, have gen
orally, returned to them as boom
erang, Mr.. Wilson has been going
on vigorously, attending to his duties,
and doing that which was for the best,
from an appropriation for some great
public work TO the securing Of "A pen
sion for a disabled veteran.
Mr.. Wilson is in Fairhaycn now. He
| has been travelling over thc state seek
| ing to discover what is most needed for
the bettcrment Of public interests,
and he seems to remember everything.
| lie has been on Bcllingham bay two
days and during that time has been
consulting the people OF New What
com concerning their postal service
and other affairs coming within his
purvicw. He drove over from that
city with Mr.. Purdy for a few hours
stay on Friday evening, and went back
that night. Last evening he came
over 10 remain until ! o'clock this
afternoon, when he leaves for Ana
| COTtcS.
A HERALD reporter met him at
midnight at the Cascade Club, whittier
he had been taken by Mayor Wilson
and others TO meet numerous citizens,
who advised with him concerning our
! growing needs In the way Of extended
mail facilities.
The reporter did not talk with him
on political affairs, but listened with
delight to descriptions Of trip he has
just made by stage, blackboard and
| horseback through the DkaHGgaH,
! Lake Chclan and ncighbOring regions.
! He described the valley Of the OkanO-
/ gan river, which for miles Is
dotted with fine farms that slope
| from the hills TO the rivers
edge, naturally irrigated by the ever.
living brooks. that at almost regular
intervals stream from the hills 10 Tho
| river like the strings Of great harp
He spoke of the beautiful Lake Che
Ian that pcnctrates the Cascade noun
tains for seventy miles toward Skagll
county's Eastern border: Of the
beautiful places there, trout
and game; the grand scenery
the homes and villages Wher
in the little town Of Chclan he
was asked to make a speech, and not
expecting 10 see much Of an audience
he said he would make ten minutes
talk. When he got 10 the hall, a large
sized one, to his ast0HishmeHt ht
found it filled, the seats, the door
and windows, with people Of informa
tion, education and Of Tn,
best appearance, and he spok
to them an hour and thirty-iiye min
: utcs. lie happened into Wateryill,
on the Fourth Of July, and was drafted
into service for an Independence da.
Grafton. He tells Of the splcndit
, farms around Wateryillc, thousand
lof acres Of excellent land will
, promising crops Of wheat am
OF barley. Of which latter grail
the much abused Mckinley bill ha
b causes largely increased cultivation
' He mentioned the fact, also that tn
I people there are going largely int
poultry raising and poultry produce
! and that large quantities OF eggs vii
hereafter be shipped from the region
/ In this connection, he men
toned the fact that from far NOR
: than million dollars wort
Of eggs, heretofore shipped frOn
the Canadas into the United States
/, the sum has been reduced 10 fey
= thousands by the new tariff law tina
= has encouraged and fOstered th
poultry trade OF the country, which /
= the aggregate is an enormous indus
! try, in which millions Of dollars ar
= invested, and which employs thol
r sands OF people, especially the WeakC
classes, women and children. old fOlh
and the partly disabled.
All Of the pleasant and intcrcstin
. things Mr.. Wilson said about the ul
per Columbia country, the Okanoga
and its mines and agricultural df
trcts. the Great Bend and its farm
s would make a small book. Much Of
was more or less astonishing 10 u
IT people who thought the OkanOgan r
n gion a chaotic country of mountain
and wilderness, and it Is TO be r
i gretted that all he said cannot I
II given here.
# Mr.. Wilson is the picture Of healt
2 and viyacity. lie is now here on pu
n Tic business, and in order % g
II around, is "On the jump" so 10 spea
h but he will return In August, bringir
4 his family, and will stay several day
d on a lesurely, social visit, and tht
we shall see more OF our gallant al
earnest congressman.
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