The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-07-18
SECOND
HAND
SHOW
Oregon Don't Want
ST. Louis Second
Hand Exhibits
Must Show Eastern PeOrle
Oregon, and That Means
That Fart Outside OF
Portland

Editor Journal.
rba wild and woolly West IL begin
Ming 20 take on Eastern airs. We are
t.seor,iug more civilized. 50 the East
errars say. To examine into this new
state Of affairs and label II civilization
Is 10 result In a pertinent query from
the Westerner 10 the great Fastener
as 10 what they call civilization IN the
Esstg Is Western products have lived
long ana healthy and never knew what
colin less than quarter was until
The LISTENERS began flocking to our
green pastures and rippling waters.
We enjoyed our Kind of civilization.
such as Il vas Of course, we were 80
far from home, that We didn't always
get from Congress anything that the
other states wanted. but withal. we
Jared very we'll They couldn't take
the coast nor our mountains back there,
~ We managed 20 survive our profit
able commercial intercourse with our
Eastern folks and were iapdOOdled
principally IN the matter Of legislation.
However. our poker tables have prob
ably won back all and more than We
have been euchered out u I'm the way
q business prestige. Finding they
couldn't bring the West. East. the East
has almost unanimously decided 90
come West With this advent We find
we are growing a new state of civil
lzation. In past days we never had
anything more than an occasional
overland circus. a local dogfight or a
necxtie party. but things are different
now. We have street fairE carnlvals.
Worlds fairs. state fairs. county fairs.
city fairs. and street car fares. and
church fairs. These In the main cost
10 cents 10 get inside. Naturally these
newly added ideas OF civilization and
fashion plated events have raised the
temperature perceptibly. Many farm
ers. who never come 10 town. have been
making inquiry lately as to why the
summers seem 10 be getting hotter with
each year. OF course they do not real
ize the rapid strides We have been
making IN the way OF civilization. II
Is estimated that the recent carnival
held Ia Salem. including the streets OF
Cairo. raised the temperature In the
valley about 2 degrees. Fab. When
the big $500 900 fair comes on In Port
land IN few years hence. IL is pro-
posed as a precautionary measure sole
ly, 20 cover over the Willamette river
which trickles through that berg. with
an asbestos awning so that Astoria
vessels can find their way into the in
tiamural lakes. oceans and seas at the
exposition Il h understood that Il II
the intention OF the Oregonian to bulli
7 ~ D.
ocean. % prove by actual demonstra-
ton that Portland ships more wheat
out Of Portland than Seattle ships out
OF Tacoma. Copies OF the paper may
be had at the wharf giving exact fig
ures This matter. ~ course. Is more
vital 10 the farmer than the price he
gets for his wheat But. this is not
quite 20 the original subject. The
Board Of Commissioners is making
every erort 10 protect the surrounding
country for when the streets OF Cairo
the Butterfly boulevard. and the living
works ~ art jar loose, all at once. there
Is liable 10 be something doing" All
these things put together can readily
answer why the summers are gettine
hotter and the winters longer. Ii h
I +f'Af'A "ftNNhNA ihhHe OF MNAt ~ called
/ improved civilization. We must follow
suit Pairs have been held an over ths
East and when the people seek 10 es-
cape them by rushing out into the wild
mountainous West. let us. by an means
soak them with another. Instead OF
spending a half million dollars showins
/ Them one town IA Oregon, why not bu,
a half million dollars worth OF railroad
fares aud show them OREGON. This
railroad company might object 10 thi,
reckless expenditure OF money hui
would the farmer. the real estate deal.
ef the business man. the fruit raiser
the common people. Oregon pays 10,
the show, oregon ought 20 get pass to
lhe show The people who come ives,
TO see exhibits from the West viii bs
saaiy disappointed II our Oregon man
agers don't quit buying the cas, an
tNhlhits nom 4 q Eastern fairs. ON,
talF should not have one sinsle exhihl,
rom the East People want 10 see ,hs
West show them the West tn
maiden said. Love me. love INV 49,. -
Portland says Love Oreeon loys ,,,,,
/ fair" W,tI nAN, ~ ~. ."Ne my
salem July IA