Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-20

Senator Wilson OF w usninBtpu mas luaN
returned from Puget Sound, bringing
with him wonderful tales Of the pros
perity of the Pacific northwest. lie
says the good crops and the klondihe
have entirely changed the condition
of the states of Washington and ore
gon. Said he to me last night;
IF you will imagine Il man going
to bed expecting the sheriff to set him
out next morning and awaking TO find
his pockets full of money and every
thing free. you viii have the CONDITION
of a large number OF our people. year
ago the times were hard. Now there IL
SO much money that the people hnrdly
know what to do with 1t. Our crops
in Washington this year have brought
us in something like $5O,OOO,OOo rms
means more than 800 for every man.
woman and child in the state. on the
average IL amounts TO more than S0OO
n family. Think of a state where every
family has an average bank account
of $500, and you get some idea oil WASH
ington today. In some of Our eouhties
the average is even higher than this'
In whitman county 1t is estimated that
the crops have brought in u sum equal
to $3.50 for every man, woman ana ehllu
there. This would be $3.50 per family
There are about $4,000 people IN tha'
county SO you sec what an enormous
amount 1t is"
FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS fNpM
THE SOIL.
.Where does all the money come
from, SENATOR"
"The amount have been speaking OF
LII oioro great deal
Is from t"c s''' -. ono
of 1t came from wheat N"""
man who got 100000 for MS Wnea'
~, rrbot man last year was think
.ioP' I,,t.. ut. farm TO phy the
Ing OF sellihs III" ga -..,.,s.t
mortgages on it. He did not eNpec'
IL 10 hiring much more than his IN
,.7 IL hoo no,y paid all that
ueo'e'N''' -, 10, the hanl.
he owes ana mas Ii'one' a. ,,.'.,,,,,,
In the county OF Shernhan' VI
-, aro onIv seven hundred voters
theie AZ .,.,,,,,,d o,ey 4 600.
and that county pot ME vear. We
900 Dusnels u ~, paciac northwest
nave oHe pa, Nm tho finland empire.
when We cah LIT ~ oregon. n part
~ nv Hvantin,rton and one or two coun'
OF Nasnlhst oh r't,at r",,ion alone pro.
ties IN ldhho. 40 o0n ooa bushels OF
dnppd more than 4g,UUutuuJ bAHli, - ''
wbeat this summer. and it has all beer
Wiz Mhed a, '', nood nrlces.'
How about the other crops'
tori"
Everything mas done Mrt,,a hi,
Senator Wilson. we nav naI a,,i
crops of barley ohts anu nope, aru
gotten high prices Ior ,,S ~ IN,
Washington Is. you know, one OF Nv
greatest hop-raising countries VI ~,
world. The vines nave peeh
the crop has sofa we'll ,,,t,-rrr,vI7cU-
LUMBER ~ I,,r,i,or nnrItet?"
How about the lul .i ,,,ol,inr none,
THE lumber Inc.' W. bove IN ore
all over the West link Of tn,
Eon ana w ashi"s ssH oo,,nt,.v we arr
best lumber VI w ,uilons az dollars
now e%portilb ''r mo lumber 4
worth OF ~ eNetts So"ib America. ASH
shipped by sea a. aronnd The Horn o
ana EuIoIe ~ o,r shinple trad
the liii'sI 90, ga good. we sent 32i.
mas neNJL Us enst last September
OoO'UOu sun ,,i,,e ave shingles 4
or enougn ~ of the United states
tNeiS LIZ zinc months we have spen
IN w s "o,'on times that many As
apuGt ~ tba grain and lumber ship
,rsnts the railroads have had NOR
49, ~, could do, There Is no lacl
W work. in washington now. I am tol'
~ an 600 900 win he paid in wage
tIeI -, wen aud wood workers TN
10, ,'no, r9'''''
rp1-t, FISH STORY.
"A ~,
"How about hsh .,,,z ,,,,r has hoe,
"rhe salmon olo' W. have lulle,
exceptionaliy t' tb, y,ater. and Oregoi
S5OVOVuu out VI Nv, enormous bushes
mas n's ave Hlnd. There are samol
Oh ~ an ali the rivers about Puse
.,j ana ON the Columbia river
SCUM, SCUM ra so many salmon Ia som
~, Of the columbia river that the
PAL % w. ,,'toeis To catch them. Thes
VS. ns'' are something like the watc
Mneeiis a. a grist mill. save that the
Wnre'9 ,,,ire basket nets attached I
hlNc rin, Of the wheel so that the
Wy ou'V v,ater and. going dowI
slr'ke mo s,l,non which are run
scoop w ,,,,' r,,,sr As the wheel turn
niht ~ no nsb into a chute whic
IL llIo"3 az into n boat. Some
C'ullv' ~ och nre cnught in hi
tunes toi'I ia oG ono Instance of
way, ~ .t,b 80 attached to such
SCI" ~ ~ ,,d isft over night In II
lSn MIleei 81" - fo,nd that so man
morning 1t was l r,,n into St'',' the SEQ
ish nao peeu ,tn mat the weigl
through Wy - :,
had SUNK inc sg"m, ,.,.,s and elite
How about NV, wv, s,nYfngq"
senator! NIy t"Cs - 10 pro
y thlnk 'h,S VIZ No. .,,,-,,s Ia,
from now on ~. az riti
been growing lo,"'i ~" i've
during the halu Ll'' lOo ,,,, boue
Spokane. we put up oog ny ~, rr1
there this year. Ious'us ~