The Indianapolis journal., 1903-07-25
AN ENTHUSIASTIC WOMAN
MRS. EDYTH TOZIER wEATHERRED
Is IN THE CITY.
She Talks interestingly of the Indus
tries of Oregon, Her Native State
Edits . Newspaper.

There is an enthusiastic little Western
woman at the Grand Hotel She is Edyth
Tozer Weatherred. editor of the Exposi-
ton Magazine. of Portland. Ore, and the
only woman her State has selected to be
a member of the Worlds Fair Commission.
Mrs. Weatherred is on her way home from
attending some meetings of different news
paper associations. one of which
session of the National Editorial Associa-
tion at Omaha. She read a paper for the
edification of the members of this associa-
tion entitled THE Reporter, the Man Be-
hind the Gun"
Mrs. Weatherred was brought up in
Oregon and is fine illustration of what
that climate will do for its people. To put
it in the language of the boy in the street.
she is good to look at"
II hardly feel inclined to tell how long
1 have lived in Oregon she declared, be
cause l was born there. But we women do
not get old out West very early. Our
climate, pure water, mountain air and
ocean breeze all have a tendency to make
people happy and contented Then. too.
the conditions are so favorable for making
money that men do not have to work so
hard or do as much worrying farther
east There are so many great industries
In oregon that II is difficult to say which
comes first, but probably lumber takes the
lead. Three counties in Oregon contain
the largest timber belt in the world. East
years begun to grasp the true situation and
they are fast purchasing thousands of
acres. We have millions of trees 200 feet
high that will measure eight to twelve feet
at the butt There is no grander sight than
to ride for miles through these dense for
ests without underbrush, only the tall blue
grass which fattens the elk and deer or
in more civilized portions. herds of stock.
With us stock-raising is a well-paying in
dustry, mild winters and perpetually green
grass being favorable conditions. l have
known of cattle four and five years old as
fat as butter that had never tasted food
except wild grass Oregon is coming rapid
ly to the front as a rich fruit country. Our
apples now have the world for their mar
ket.
GREAT FRUIT COUNTRY.
'.All kinds of fruit grow in great abun-
dance and trees four years old are bending
to the ground. Our hop crop brought into
the State several millions of dollars last
year. yet we have only begun raising hops
We have all kinds of minerals in Oregon
and We can furnish a genuine gold brick.
The reason you do not hear of any ex-
citement over .our gold mines is because
you can enter the very heart of the rich
mineral belt in a through Pullman car that
lands you right at the very entrance OF
some of the largest quartz or placer mines
in the world. If people had to undergo great
hardships and make untold sacrifices TO
get at this gold then Oregon would see
another Klondike rush. The gold output
of Oregon last year was nearly $,00o,eo9. =
Mrs. Weatherred tells interesting stories
of the salmon canning industry and of the
big wheat fields of Oregon. The special
hobby of this fair press agent is the expo
sition to be held there in 1905 to celebrate
the one-hundredth anniversary of the ex-
petition of Lewis and Clark, which was
sent out by Thomas Jefferson to explore
the Oregon country. Mrs. weatherred tells
a little romantic story of a pretty Indian
girl who guided this expedition through the
Jungles of the then unexplored country
I'VE will have a fair something the size
/ of the Transmississippi Exposition at
Omaha" she said. but from artistic
in the United States. We have all building
materials right at our door and will use
them in a magnificent display. The sight
we have selected is almost beyond descrip-
ton. Portland, the city of beautiful roses,
elegant homes, massive churches, advanced
colleges and progressive people, is prepar-
ing to give the East a royal welcome"
Mrs. Weatherred's grandfather, Elder Le-
roy Mayfield. was pastor of the Vernal
Baptist Church at Bloomington. Ind, for
twentyseven years. The granddaughter
is sister of Mrs. f. E. Cox. wife of the
publisher of the News at Hartford City,
Ind. 'I am here after historical matter,
said Mrs. Weatherred, for you know the
Clarks had much to do with Indiana. "
more than a dozen times. She is a personal
friend of Ella Wheeler Wilcox and some
time ago had the poetess and her husband
as her guests at Portland, Ore.