The Washington herald., 1910-03-30
AT THE HOTELS.


'Tn bet you any amount that Arizona
will be admitted TO Statehood at this ses-
sion of Congress" said James T. Young,
Of Phoenix, Ariz-, who is at the National.
Mr.. Young is here keeping "tab" on the
progress the Statehood fight is making.
Both platforms. that Of the Republican
and of the Democratic party. favor the
admission OF Arizona and New Mexico as
separate States. The President is in
favor Of keeping faith with the platform
upon which he was elected, and the COM
mittees of the House and Senate are in
favor OF the measure. There is, there
fore, no reason why Congress should not
pass the bill as soon as possible. To de-
lay action and not give the people Of
Arizona what was promised them will
surely prove the sorest disappointment
TO them.
''No. sir; Arizona will send two Republi-
cans to the United States Senate. and 1t
is more than likely that the whole Con-
gressional delegation from Arizona would
be Republican. At the last election II
was shown that the Republicans almost
captured the Territorial legislature A
difference in votes of fifty or so would
nave given the victory 20 the Republicans.
Since then there has been new influx
into the Territory from Republican States,
and the chances are that il an election
took place to-day for Congress. those
elected would be Republicans.
Il am not prepared to say whether the
citizens OF the Territory will remain loyal
to the Republican party II Statehood is
denied to them by a Republican Congress.
II is quite likely that in that case they
would affiliate with the Democratic party
and seek their luck
Harrison S. Burt. OF Portland, Greg,
who is at the New Willard, discussing
the resources Of oregon, said last night
Oregon IS prominently a wonderful
in it's soil and products. And here I be-
gin to fear that my reputation as a
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suffer.
What will you say. or think, when I
tell you that in Eastern Oregon and
Washington four or five big crops OF
wheat are harvested from one sowing7
Il is a fact, and this is the only region
of Gods green and beautiful earth where
it is a fact. Farmers actually harvest
three, four and sometimes five crops OF
wheat from one seeding. Wheat may be
soWn and harvested every month in the
year. 1t is no uncommon thing to see
blowing narrowing. seeding. harvesting
and thrashing all going on in the same
field al the same time.
You never heard Of anything like It
before? No: and there are nearly 10000
people in this country who are like YOU
in that respect; but facts are facts.
whether new 10 you or nOt-and these
are facts; From fifty to eighty bushels Of
wheat. from sixty to 10 bushels OF oats
and barley. from 50.e00 pounds Of carrots
and turnips, and from 400 TO 200 bushels
of potatoes in the acre are ordinary
yields
1.-The biggest apples. the biggest pears,
and biggest cherries come from oregon,
and the biggest timber from the state OF
Washington. Potatoes Weighing from four
to eleven pounds. and apples weighing
from pound and half TO two pounds,
and strawberries from ten to twelve
inches around the waist are common.
Here in your Eastern timber lands"
continued Mr.. Burt. "a yield Of from
4co0 to 5000 feet OF f1rst-class merchant
able lumber to the acre is considered a
good average. Oregon has 5000 square
miles Of timber lands that will Yield from
5000 TO $4,000 feet TO the acre A fir tree
was recently cut down that was 4s5 feet
high and go feet 10 the first limb, and
scaled $50 feet Of lumber, or about as
much as twenty acres OF good average
Eastern timber. Cedars grow from 80 10
80 feet high. and from Is TO IS feet in
circumference.
Portland Is constantly shipping 10
China and Japan solid timbers from 100
TO 120 feet long and from % 10 Is inches
square. and oregon and Washington for
ests are the only possible sources of such
supply on all the globe. and Oregon's
mineral riches include everything in hui
man use but tin, and even that has re-
Gently been found in small quantities"
Some very old facts in human develon-
ments are embalmed in the rule OF the