La Junta tribune., 1908-10-24

very profitable. No fear OF q glut'
ted market need be entertained-Or'
egon makes only about one-half the
butter 1t consumes, the other hall
being sent in from the east. To
those who have liking for this bust
ness I believe no better opening can
be found. What have just said ap
plies also to poultry raising. Eggs
at Portland and Seattle now 45 to
IS cents per dozen. and demand not
met. even though the larger portion
comes from the east.
From every standpoint Oregon look
good. Stock-raising. farming. fruit
growing. gardening. dairying. and nc
doubt commercial pursuits all respone
in good measure to efforts intelli-
gently applied. while as to climatic.
political and social conditions, they
are all that could be desired. The
state being decidedly republican is
the last link In a perfect chain OF
advantages.
The question arises tdid with mel
will these conditions continue. or will
a glutted market come to disappoint
and wreck those who embark In
farming and fruit raising. In reply,
I say I don't know. The apple grow.
ers and winter pear growers say
they have no fear. as they can hold
their fruit for year II necessary.
and take advantage OF the rise
when II comes. AS to the egg and
butter market there is no prospect
that the demand will be met soon
not for years. as ii must be rcmem.
bered that the home demand is In
creasing at marvellous rate. The
state is filling rapidly and people
must eat.
feel that have exceeded the lin
1t in this letter. and will ring off
though 1t strikes me there is much
more that might be said. I have
looked about in Washington, and II
presents good opportunities. too. but
as rule land is out of reach. in
fact the state is suffering with a
boom. and no sort Of farm land can
be had for less than 500 to $50 per
acre. and at Yakima the orchards
are quoted at $4,000 to $500 per
acre,
We go from Spokane to Billings
and from there we take in the Big
Horn country in Wyoming We stor
ped at Spokane, da. or so. Call.
ed on Rev. Bluhm and wife All are
happy. and send regards to La Jun.
ia friends. Like all the natives,
they insist that there is no place
like Spokane. We also shook hands
with DIR. kimball. who seemed glad
to see us. Both the reverends seem
ed to like their jobs. and so far as
we could Judge the people like the
reverends. SO all is we'll
Spokane Is remarkable for many
things. but the chief. in my opin.
ion, is the stiffness of its railway
officials. For wooden people to
meet the public-the Northern Pa
cific. Great Northern and Inland EN-
pire are entitled to the belt by vir.
tue of their Spokane agents The
latter company's agent declined tC
permit our questions to divert him
from his newspaper-did not sort OF
look at US. and a courteous, civil
answer was undreamed of. He IL
peach. and no mistake. The othe,
are a little better. IN all our trav
els we have met nothing like unto
these. The Spokaniards are long
suffering people. surely. to tolerate
these bigoted. swellheaded officials.
We are getting homesick-want tc
go home; we do. both Of us.
G. H DOWNER.
p. S.-They feel better now, pro
badly, as they arrived back in Gods
country last Saturday-where the,
have Japs. Cinnamon. drunks, saloons
and other undesirable citizens. Veri
ly. there is no accounting for tastes
Ed.