La Junta tribune., 1909-04-24

many tIoWerB IN ner ySIuS tu4t ian
only he grown in greenhouses else
where; that her lawns at this time
of year March 15th) are almost
solid carpet OF blooming bulbs, prim-
roses. daisies and violets; that she
has green grass and growing things
the year around. and that the house
wife can go to her garden and cut
head of cabbage or pull mess of
has a straight line to the coast road.
where her citizens can have their
summer cottages and still attend to
their business In town; that she has
a delicious seabreexe every afternoon
In the summer. and that she always
has cool nights that make bed cover
ings acceptable; that her fuel is nice
clean, sweet-smelling wood. and that
she has thousands OF cords OF it
right at her doors; that her forest
groves are the most delightful i'm
aginable, filled with ferns as high as
peoples heads, and moss that hangs
down from the trees. and mistletoe
to make merry with at Christ
mas time; and that she has all this
naturally and without irrigation;
that her handsome college buildings,
silhoutted by the bluest OF blue
hazy mountains, make Of them a ver-
table dream picture. Oh. yes. she
Is going to tell of all these beauti-
full and substantial things through
her $4,000 publicity fund. and good
bit more. for she has everything
needful in bountiful profusion. and
now has the means. backed by the
determipation, to let the world know
of 1t. that others may come In and
enjoy these many advantages with
her. What is true of Corvallis and
Benton county is true of Oregon as
a state, for Notwithstanding her many
natural advantages OF mountains
rich in minerals. and valleys groan.
ing with farm products produced in
natural manner. with her teeming
waterways to offset her lack OF rail-
ways, Is slowly awakening to the fact
that she has let other states with
all the drawbacks of drouth. sage
brush. devastating winds. hail belts.
cyclone belts, etc, forge ahead OF
/ her. She has been all this time like
sleeping lion. grand in her strength
and with mighty roar and leap
to consciousness she is now going
/ to claim her own.
During the coming week the Har-
riman lines will carry campaign
of education to the farmers OF east
ern Washington and southern Oregon,
and two demonstration trains will
start Monday morning into these two
districts. supplementing the work
along the same lines as was done
| last fall. One will teach better
methods of wheat culture, and of
conserving the fertility Of the soil in
/ the semi.arid districts, where wheat
Is the prevailing crop. and the other
will go to the southern part Of the
state, where poultry raising will be
encouraged and improved methods OF
fruit raising and packing will be H.
lustrated with lectures and actual
demonstration by experts. Oregon
Agricultural College professors will
accompany the southern Oregon
train. The subjects to be consid-
cred are soil tillage. improved seed
! and more and better live stock. A
striking feature of the train will be
model chicken ranch on flat
car Real chickens will be carried
in this way. and object lessons OF
great value will be given to farmers
and poultry raisers. 1t Is expected
the demonstration will stimulate to
no little degree the growing of poul-
try throughout the southern part of
the state.
oregon has a vast undeveloped
area now available to the homemaker
and investor, which will soon be
placed on the market. and she has
undeveloped land sufficient for
twenty million people, and her pres
ent population is seven hundred
thousand. A hint to the wise is suf-
ficient.
ALICE ]. SCHEETS.
Corvallis, Ore, April 18th, 1909.