The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-24
WEST STANDS
ON OWN FEET
Not Effected by F|uPPies On
Wall Street

Prof. w. D. Lyman of Whitman col
lege, returned this morning from his
summers outing spent on the coast.
While gone, Prof. Lyman was one Of
the party of 6S who went on the trip
of the Mountaineers this summer. The
party climbed seven peaks in all. liz
Guiding Olympus, Queets, and NOyes.
They were in the mountains 10 days
and made the ascent in two divisions.
"The only incident that marred the
trip" said the professor, was when
Miss Winona Bailey of Everett, fell
down a rock slide, a sheer declivity Of
so feet, the effects of which very, near
ly ended the young lady's life.
I'VE saw much game, such as elk,
deer, bear and other large game. One
of the party succeeded in killing a
ar The trip was thoroughly en-
Iyed by everyone and the results We're
gratifying.
Asked what the economic situation
was, as he had witnessed it during the
summer, Whitman's instructor in that
line said:
1.-The thing most noticeable was, of
course, the big crops. Crops are good
everywhere and there is a general tone
of prosperity throughout the country.
Everywhere the farmers are feeling
good over the outlook and many i'm
provements will be made throughout
the country, as result of this.
Another thing noticed that struck
me favorably, was the fact that the
H1,r in, NoD CT
effect on the west. No one seems to
have any fear whatever from the
threatened parties of eastern pessi-
mists. The west is standing on her
own feet and will not be worried by
the eastern reports of water SqueeZ-
ing from saturated stocks on Wall
street. The legitimate business of
the west is not to be affected by the
illegitimate business of the east, es-
pecially of Wall street. The bank
failure at Portland is not to be viewed
as the forerunner of any series of the
! kind. 1t was the result, not of econom-
ic conditions, but of speculation. The
west is all right financially and there
is no Stringency or panic to be felt or
apprehended in this country now.
Every line of industrial activity is
building up and conditions were never
so favorable While real estate is not
so active in the cities on the sound
nized dull season of the year and
there is as much doing in this line as
there ever is In all the coast cities
car lines are being extended and big
buildings are going up. Conditions are
good industrially, and look as well as
they ever have.
Laying in Fuel.
Little apprehension of a fuel. fam
Inc this year seems to be felt on the
west of the mountains. There is a
great deal of coal being stored there
this summer and all who have the
means have enough fuel already to
last them during the winter. A great
deal of coal is being mined in the Ros-
lyn district but this is being kept by
the railroads. Notwithstanding this
there seems to be a feeling that fuel
! will be obtainable and that there will
be no trouble such as that of last
year.
'Taken as a whole, the economic sit
uation as l have noticed in this sum-
fact, l did not notice a single unfavor-
able tendency in this line all the time
l was gone. 1t seems to me the coun-
try is prosperous as never before
More Students
While gone Prof. Lyman worked the
country on Puget sound for new stu
dents for the college:
The outlook says he, sis better
than ever before l cannot but be op-
timistic in view of the fact that there
are more new students than ever be-
fore. l think we will have good rep
reser.tation from west of the noun
tains."
Prof. Lyman will probably leave
tomorrow night for Portland and towns
in that vicinity, in the interest of the
college.