The newspaper., 1909-06-11
Whittier Are We Tending.
BY ETHEL KLATT.

BY ETHEL KLATT.
Before going into the composition wish to ex-
plain fully the meaning of the title. Whittier
tending; that is, is Paonia going to be eastern
western in the future; will customs pre-
dominate over the western in this, western town?
The only way of knowing this is by the influences
OF the east and the west The people from the east
bring in their customs and, with these influence the
other people OF the town This is undoubtedly true for
1t is shown over and again in history For in
stance, when the Greeks began to colonze in Italy
and Sicily, they took customs civilization
with them. They took their art-the most beautiful
OF all ages-into Italy. The principle reason for do
ing this was their religion They made beautiful
sculptures Of their gods thus spreading their
religion they also took their art. Their literature
and philosophy We're also carried into Rome and
Influenced the life of the Romans that in time they
absorbed them until there ceased to be real Latin
civilization short time later Greece fell II her
civilization had not taken root I'm Rome we would
never know OF it today. In this way Greek culture
art and literature have come down to This is
of the most remarkable instances show history
in which the custom Of OF people adopted
by others. So in many the eastern ways
adopted but nevertheless great many Of the western
customs still remain We will first up the east
influences giving those which the notice
able and effective.
One Of the graetest OF the eastern influences the
lack OF saloons. The majority OF western towns
usually have a great many saloons. The mountain
towns OF which Paonia is always have saloons
The eastern towns, for instance, those in the New
England states, seldom ever have saloons. The
antl-ealOOn Wn1cn ls accomplishing so mucn was De-
gun In the east. This is therefore of the most
remarkable eastern tendency.
The modern improvements of the day all dis
played IN Paonia- The common town OF the
not modern improvements such the telephone,
electric lights and automobiles. One might wonder
what meant by the common western town. The
typical western town is a mining camp or COW camp
OF about one or two thousand inhabitants. The
houses hardly more than ''shacks" and the peo-
pie often rough and uncultured. There per-
haps a few who of the refined class but the
majority of the uncultured and the predomi-
nant spirit OF the town. There is perhaps school
house in the town and sometimes but not often
church. II there il church only few people attend.
The Others look upon It with rdicule and contempt
and do everything In their to get it out OF the
town. BY this description any one can see how Pa
onia has advanced and become eastern for all these
improvements are seen in the eastern towns and
brought here by eastern people In this thing Paona
is certainly going be eastern for will
her behind In modern improvements.
Another eastern influence is the small size of the
orchards. In the western country the ranches
generally of good sze usually one hundred and sixty
r more. One cannot find a ranch, owned by
man. of that size in the country around Paonia.
The eastern people who used to small farms-for