Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-01-01

l.. ilics six years ag remembers hrn"
iIofer, then editr Of n. MeGregor New"
lie had narrow escape Of being elected State
printer by the legislature in 1893 lie was
one Of the strongest writers IN the state ano
his letters from Des Moines to bis paper re
yealed the most hidden springs Of political
action in the stare and capitals they set hnb
the personnel Of the great men OF ihesiaie' 'anh
made plain and simple the reasons tor 'hs'
policies, which we're not always approved.
Mr. HoIer has always set high standards 10
politics, and has lived np TO them. lie ha'
had no patience with the small.b7re pol'u
ians and place.seekers who inied every gTea'
political army. lie is politician and a sue
cessful one, but is a man Of ideas rather lha'
''schemes." in the commonly accepted under
standing Of that word. Whilehe was in Iowa
he was incapable Of doing mean thing ana
his success in the far west IS assurance that be
has continued to live with high aim constantly
before him. and that he has been true to the
high aspirations that accompany true living
lie has done q great deal in salem. the CAPT.
tai Of Oregon where. with his brother as
business manager, he is the managing editor
Of the DAnY CAPITAL JoURSAL-to make
the people of Iowa proud to own him as
product Of the state.
In the last campaign bis paper led the 6ght
Ills warfare against boodIcB aud all manner
Of dishonesty in public life, has made him
strong in city, county and state. he was el-
ecied to the legislature last June by very
large majority, and will be one OF the leaders
in the coming session. Mr.. lloler has been
visiting Iowa for several weeks and has been
in Des Moines the past ten days with his wife
and little sons, the guests Of Mr. and Mrs. J.
=. Patrick Of $50 Seventeenth street Mr.
HofeI talked about the country he lives in to
a reporter for the Register in way that will
interest everyone.
M. HoFER ON OREGON.
"No, sir; oun Is not the land Of perpetual
flowers and sunshine" be said "Any one
going to the Pacific coast must be prepared to
be dlsenehanted Of this impression. No such
region exists from san Diego TO Puget Sound.
Nor is there any spot so sheltered by noun
tains OF favored by nature but that there 10
chilly. ioggy rainy. windy, disagreeable
weather II certain times Of the year. There
are parts Of the west coast, how.
ever, where products 90 wonderfully surpas
any other section Of our country that you may
say that We have the only region hat b dis
uneiiyely different from al the rss, of ihsuni.
ted States,
'from the weird and Sind.swepi alksli
canyons on the east, described Ia May Hal
leek Foote's "Chossn valley, 10 the isnle
soils on the Mlllamslis praidss, where ilslds,
originally Sillsd by the American iuI CON.
psny eighty yesn ago, have yielded neh gfops
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