The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-11-03

points at a fiye-aere patch OF alfalfa
that reminds the spectator OF Iowa.
But the patch certainly does look
small to the man from Iowa, who is
used to seeing family garden big
ger than the whole alfalfa field. -
However, alfalfa is conner and i
am convinced that the Iowa farmer,
who does not grow this remarkable
hay is not making the most of his OPP
,portunities. The west has no corner
on alfalfa. "' s#i -
It is with trepidation that / ap
.proach the question of climate. When
the westerner fails by every argli-
ment to convince the lowan that the.
Hawkeye state is back number, he
attafns the climax by referring TO
.Iowa's "liorrible' climate. ~
/ or course, IL Is impossible to Judge
the climate of either the west or of
Iowa in fieeting visit of month.
But one can talk with those who
know and thus get the facts.
Seattle allowed me to get from resi-
dents of each city about what one can
EXPECT in the weather line in the
other. In this way, was informed
that the rainy season is expected to
start most any time now. For the
next six or seven months, the people
in those two cities will be treated to
daily exhibition of rain, mist and
fog. I'VE soon get used to it though
and really, we never get wet" says
the Portland booster.
Down in Los Angeles was inform
ed that it never grows cold in the win.
ter nor hot in the summer and that
while the Iowa man is shoveling the
snow off his front walk, the Los An
geles resident is out in the back yard
smelling his roses.
II Sometimes Gets Cold.
But | heard different stories there,
| too. One man who formerly lived at
Newton, Iowa, told me confidential
ly" that he suffered as much from the
cold in Los Angeles last winter as he
ever did in Newton in his life. A
woman from Butte, Montana, told me
on the train that Los Angeles is cold
er than Butte. A former New Yorker
declared that he feels the cold more
in Los Angeles than he ever did in
Brooklyn, n. Y.
THE wind blowing off the snowy
mountains is so chilly that it is I'M
possible to get on enough clothes" he
said.
1t was noticeable also that frOsts
must be guarded against by the fruit
growers at Riverside, Cal, a few miles
out from Los Angeles, much more as
siduously than the Iowa farmer wards
off Jack Frost from his corn field.
There are countless Iowans in the
4 west. Most OF them are happy ant
are doing well. They are eladers too
This is because they have the genuine
Iowa hustle. II is noticeable, how
lever, that the greater part of then
{ are moneyed men and not wage earn
. ers They made their money il
Iowa. The man who is on a salar.
is better on in Iowa where times arr
always good and there is no eastern
Ell, broken down in health, to COM
along looking for a job, willing t
take yours from you at less salar!
than you are getting, so that he cal
recuperate his health and make liv
ing at the same time.
"If Iowa Is; such good state, VIII,
do we see so many Iowans out here?
was asked on numerous occasion
by western boosters.
They have to live in Iowa to max
! their money before they can affor
to live out here" was my reply.
In short, my advice to the lowan
as follows: If you want to max
. money, stay in Iowa. II you want t
spend money the west gives you pler
ty of chances. If you have money t
invest, invest it in the Hawkeye stat
, where yields are certain and profit
sure.