The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-10-05
LETTER FROM JOHN /. PENN.
IIe Writes Interestingly 81 Conditions
On Pacific Coast. IS Wen Is
Touching on Mississippi, M-
fairs, is Seen Afar OF.

Editor Leader My long silence
IL no evidence that | have been
scalped by the Indians of the "Wild
and Woody West. = While they are
yet very plentiful In this country,
they have become more civilized
aid are making good citizens.
Many are engaged in agriculture
and raising good crops Of wheat.
Others are raising stock very sue
They are taking a great
interest in education. There are
seseral Indian schools in this State,
with a good attendance of children
very few crimes committed by
any of the tribe.
Everything seems prosperous here
no complaint Of boil WeeviIs, no
crg Of hard times; farmers riding
arpund in automobiles which cost
fifteen or eighteen hundred dollars
each, some Of them twenty-five
dollars. The records show
there are nearly five thousand auto
in use in this State. about
twenty five hundred Ia this city.
The streets are full of them. This
proves the wealth and prosperity
Of this western country. The wheat
and all other crops are extra good
this year, all the products bringing
good prices. This is the greatest
fruit country in America. so many
varieties of fruit grown
here and such a delicious flavor.
The fruit growers take lots of pride
in their respective orchards. Great
care is given the trees in the way
Of pruning and spraying with some
kind of liquid to kill off the insects
which usually infest fruit orchards.
The majority of the fruit raised
here is assorted, wrapped In paper,
packed in small boxes and shipped
to Chicago, st. Louis and New
York and bring fancy prices. Hun
dreds of cars loaded with choice
fruit of all kinds find good
market in those Eastern cities.
Cattle and sheep ranches are numer-
GUS in the eastern and southern
part of the State. Hundreds of
men are engaged in the stock rais-
ing business and make good money.
There are very few hogs raised in
this country. Corn don't grow
here owing to cool nights, so they
have no feed to fatten hogs. Near
" all the hogs that are slaughtered
here are shipped here from the1
State Of Nebraska. Cheese and
butter are the chief products Of i
western Oregon. There are many
large dairies, giving employment
to hundreds OF people, and seem
to be a very profitable business and
command good prices. Much Of it
is consumed here in this city. some
shipped East.
This city is building very rapid
ly-not boom just a steady
growth. Many large modern stores
and office buildings going up, some
Of them sky.scrapers ten and fifteen
stories high, and many beautiful
residences in course of construc-
tion. This city has population
of two hundred and twenty-five
thousand and increasing every day.
Politics are waxing warm here
now. State election IN November
and candidates are numerous for
the various Offices, both county
and State. This is q Republican
State. The party seems badly
split up. The insurgent Republic
cans are claiming the State; the.
Democrats also have i ticket in the
field. | think they are little.
shy" OH voters, however they
may land few Of the 'pIums.
Chamberlain, the u. S. senator
from this State, is a Democrat and
q anatiye Mississippian, having been
raised in Natchez, Miss. He is al
very popular man throughout the
State of Oregon. He is full ofI
magnetism and the people honor
him as the majority Of the people
Of Mississippi do James K. Varda-
man, who was defrauded out Of the
office Of Q. s. Senator BY the secret