The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-07
but they can hardly be blamed now
if they feel that patience has ceased
to be a virtue.
Good Sound Advice

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Perhaps the most sound advice
which has been given to the people
of the Northwest in many years was
that conveyed in the message Of
James j. Hill, the 'empire builder, "
read at the Portland Fair and Live
stock Exposition last month. A
keen student of national economic
problems, Mr.. Hill in his paper
sounded the cry of 'back to the
farm" but in a more logical and
practical manner than it has been
presented by any one in the North
west. He pointed out the falling
off in the production of cattle and
hogs as one direct cause of increased
prices. He showed that the export
of food stuffs in this country has de-
creased by half in the last ten years,
and that it will not be long, under
the present conditions, until the
United States will not be producing
enough food for it's own people, not
to mention for export. He pointed
out that the raising of live stock
was not only becoming more profit
able each year, and more necessary
to the food supply of the country
but that by the scientific use of the
fertilizing agents produced. the
raising of good crops is directly
benefited by the raising of live
stock. He expressed the belief that
the acreage now under cultivation
in this country would produce almost
twice what it now does if properly
farmed, and pointed to the raising
of live stock as one means toward
the desired end. His advice is
summed up in the words ''The cat
tie, and hogs, and sheep that are
needed for home use and for export,
to feed the world and reduce the
prices that impair our standard of
living. are needed equally to diver
sify our farm industry and maintain
the fertility of the soil. Nature
makes no mistakes; and to follow
her leading is to walk towards pros
perity and peace"
Washington apple growers will
have an opportunity to take a big
prize at the apple show to be held
in Portland by the Oregon Horticul-
tural Society on November 80, De-
cember l and 2. Secretary Power
announces that a. special prize will
be offered for the largest and best
exhibit from any fruit-growing dis
trict in the Northwest, no matter in
what state it is located. The COM
petition is open to grange organiza-
tions, fruit growers associations,
commercial clubs or individuals.
The prize to be offered will be either
$3.50 in cash or cup of equal value,
so it is well worth while for the
various apple districts to- get busy
and arrange to compete. The prize
is equal to that offered for carload
exhibits at most Of the national APP
pie shows and this indicates a liberal
policy on the part of the manage
ment in changing the original plan
and allowing exhibits to be entered
from other states.
Plans for the thorough organiza-
ton of the First Congressional Dis
trict in the interests of Congress
man William E. Humphrey are near
ly completed. In each of the seven
counties comprising the district the
congressional committeeman will
form his own committee and have
charge Of the campaign in his coun-
ty. In King County an executive
committee has already been select
ed, and has opened headquarters
in the Seattle Hotel in Seattle with
X. C. Beaton in charge. Mr.. Bea-
ton was active in behalf Of Congress
man Miles Poindexter before the
primaries. Mr.. Poindexter himself
is keenly interested in MIR. Hum
phrey's reelection and in letters to
friends in Seattle has stated his In
tention Of consulting with Mr.. Hum
phrey's managers within two weeks
as to the part he will take in the
campaign.
| A unique exhibit will be seen at
the Touchet Valley Fair, to be held
at Dayton, WASH, where collection
of weeds. gathered from the differ
ent farms Of the Touchet country,
will be on view. Every pest OF the
| fields from the Jim Hill mustard to
the Russian. thistle VII be there,
making striking exhibit of what
to avoid in the cultivation Of the
wheat and fruit ranches. It is
hoped the exhibit at the Touchet
Valley Fair will start warfare
against weeds and result in Kidding
the fields Of the pests that choke out
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