The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-10-12
NorfhWesi VS.. the South.

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some interesting pointers to people OF
this section who have led themselve to
believe that the northwest orany other
part of the country offers so many ad-
van5ages over this locality as is claim
sed for that sectloa.
Mr.. Conner is a native of York
county. and was raised about two and
one half miles west of Yorkyille.
His father was the late Calvin Conner,
man who measured up to the highest
standard OF good citizenship. and his
mosner by whom he was reared, is a
most creditable representative OF the
splendid wonanhood that has done SO
much for this section.
Discouraged by the unpromising
condition into which thu farming
business in this county bad fallen and
tempted by the glowing, description OF
opportunities offered by the north
west. in March, 1908 Ar. Conner left
q good comfortably home and a line
farm to try Eis fortune in the new
countries that ara held up to present
80 many untold an unde fEa Bile advan-
tages over the long settled. stalo ana
conservatite south.
Rsin conversation with the reporter
On Saturday he unhesitatirgly said
that he's glad to ges back to South
Carolina, and with as little nes.tat1on
he asserts that the mcst satisfactory
assesSbe has acquired during his aD-
sence is some very valuable expert
ence. He IS not inclined to dlsparage
the country in which no has spent
nearly two years. On the contrary, he
gives It all the credit to which 1t is
sntitieG but after all rs said and con-
sidsred, he thinks that York county
offers just as many opportunities for a
comfortable living and is just as de-
sirable from any standpoint as is any
distant sectiesi he has visited.
s.s If sou have money ont In Ore
gon, says Mr.. Conner, you can buy
q desirable farm, or ranch as 1t is
called, and by hustling get a good IN
come but you'll earn all you'll make.
IF ron have no money and you are
able and willing to WORK, You can get
good pay, from $500 to $3.50 day,
:bEs the work is only for nine months
Of the year and the cost Of living is
5usJ as good in proportion as 1t is here.
A man can hardly save more than
=enough during the work season to sup
port hmseH during the ldleness that is
enforced on him during the winter.
Labor OF all kids commands good
prices, but my own experience was
confined principally to logging and
harvesting, with odd jobs in between.
Logging goes on during most OF the
winter. Men live in camps IN the
woods, work In gangs, sleep IL buBks
on the sides Of shacks or on floors, on
their own beds, which they must al
WAYS furnish, and drive like fighting
FIRE for ten hours a day. There is moth
ing easy aboud the work. and just
ANYBODY cannot get job. They size
a man up as If he were a horse Or
male, and work hin accordingly. Ii
he does not come up to physical re-
be is not wanted at eDy
price, and il is rarely the case that a
man of z5 or 80 can even get a trial.
The proportion OF people cut OF em-
ployment is much larger than it has
ever been in this county within my
recollection.
81 went from Idano to Oregon as
the eesnlt os the seductive promises of
al, irrigation company. It was re-
presented that arrangements were
being perfected to run an irrigation
ditch into new section just to be
thrown open to settlers for the first
time, and along with many others
homesteaded quarter section on
what was promised to be one Of the.
lower levels of the proposed new sur
vey. But afterward the plaus OF the
company were changed, whether by
circumstances or in accordance with a
previously arranged scheme, cannot
certainly say, and my Homestead re-
mains without water, and consequent
" Of little value until the ditch shall
be finally completed il that ever
comes to pass.
There ara irrigated lands in the
eighborhcod of Irrigon, Dear where l
was located that are held at four and
Eve thousand dollars an acre. They
get their value from their capacity to
produce almest any kind Of crop that
can be grown In the United States.
and especially fruits Of all kinds which
grow to enormous size and to perfec
tion unknown, 1 suppose, anywhere
else in the world Beet crops on these
lands frequently net $500 per acre
without their owner having to touch
them after they are made but as VOC
will easily imagine to get land up to
such producing capacity is matter
of years of effort and large sums Of
money. Many people necessarily fall
nv tne Wayside.
The country is filed up with ell
kinds of people from all over the
world, Americans from what is now
deaominated the middle west predomi
mating. These people have been at
tracted to Idaho and Oregon in large
numbers principally by means of ju-
dicious advertising. Thousands have
failed, some have succeeded and it is
noticeable fact that here hardly
appears TO be a man among them who
is not willing to sell out at a price
and leave. They are all after the dol
lars, and it is rarley that you find a
man VITO expects to spend his life
there. Those who are making the
greatest effort for permanent improve
merts are among the most active In