Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-08-27

INeSC LelllHBS are uOI I1Olu eAptll i
ence, but as others have told me, so
. that Governor Chamberlain and
, Game Warden Baker need not issue
warrant on my account.
The Nestucca bay region is GER
tainly a fishing country. At every
house you will see the favorite imple.
ment of Isaac Walton, and every man
keeps a lantern. But we must pass
on towards Three Rivers. A mild
form of Christianity has been intro
duced, for here is the first church
house on the whole trip-the Mes
tucca Presbyterian church at Glover
dale.
Soon we are on the Big Nestucca
and the big red dairy barns grow
thicker. Where the roads is not
planked 1t is we'll graveled. Big new
cattle-barns are building in all di-
rections. II is land of butter and
chesses factories and summer resort
ers. At Beaver the road leaves the
Nestucca. Here are campers with
choice of two fishing streams. The
| transformation of Tillamook county
began twenty years ago, from stock
raising to dairying. The change has
been wonderful. Fine homes, good
roads, school houses and churches,
Ar
sheep and goats have multiplied. The
greatest need of the coast region Is
settlers, steam and electric railroads.
There is great hopefulness over the
supposed or proposed California and
Oregon coast railroad. We followed
the survey through from Neskowin,
north of Cascade Head, which is the
greatest obstacle on the whole line in
Oregon. The railroad survey follows
the Big NestucCa to the Beaver river
or creek, and along that to the water
shed, then to Tillamook.
At Hemlock. on the Beaver, there
is new postofiice by that name,
with our old friend j. W. Beatty,
formerly OF Chemawa as postmaster.
He is quite enthusiastic about the
railroad, and is a wide-awake, enter
prising man. His place Is naturally
la beautifully town site, and is also
located on the magnificent plank
road TO Tillamook City. Really pub
lic-spirited men are the salt of the
earth and are not too plentiful In
any country, The average success
tul mau is not public-spirited. Men
of wealth who are public-splrited are
SO scare as TO be notable in any COM |
munity Most OF them got rich by |
holding out every dollar and saving |
with Vanderbilt, the public be ID. |
Yet, these men In every commune |
ity have worked the public to a finish |
and the community 20 a staudstill. |
And the communities that have such |
types do stand still until their power !
TO paralyze enterprise Is broken b.
death or the community outsrows
them, waves them along overdue
farc-thoe well.
The citizen devoid of puhllc-spiri,
generally erects his own monument
II he has any. During life he lodged
taxes. neglected his fences, refused to
build roads. street or sidewalks until
by law compelled II plank got out
OF bridge near his premises he
would leave IL unrepSired for ten
years lie is found in the country as
well as the town. An impassible
mudhole In the road abutting his
property would be left for the sun 10
dry, although horses and vehicles
mired for months. A proposition TO
Improve that street OF road would
meet hts organized resistance. And
he growing richer all the time. be-
cause other publio-splrlted citizens
are enriehing the community by their
enterprise. There are men who are
so pnblio-spirited they remain poor
--negleoting their own affairs 10
lavish their powers OF misplaced en-.
'erprise on the general public. The
ideal American should be a happy
medium placing his own Affairs first.
nut never allowing his sense OF pub
'Io-spirit TO become atrophied, de-
f0nct or n minus quantity. To conn
prehend enterprise one must take a
TRIP IKE this and 80 over these long
mountain roads, whero In many
places there is not settler for miles.
and realize what has been done TO
open up this country OF Oregon and
make IL accessible TO civilization.
Well. this afternoon We leave the
mountains and drive into Tiuamook
City,
4. HoFER.