The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-25
ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS,
INTO CANADA AND BACK TO COBB.
Mr. Humphries Ause Things
Tour of the NohwestThe Crops that Observed Could
Not Compare With those of Georgia and Old Cobb.

the highest in this country. Snow on
this mountain is eternal and is forty
feet deep and deeper in some places. l
saw snow fall on the mountain dur
ing my visit, as pretty as it ever fell
in Georgia.
At the foot OF the Mountain are the
famous Longmyers Springs, consist
ing OF many Kinds of water. One was
as good soda water as you can buy.
Within so feet is a spring of water 80
hot you cannot hold your hand in it.
In reaching this resort we travelled
sixteen miles in motor cars from the
end OF the railroad. We passed
through natural forests which beat
anything | ever saw. In many places
during our travel we passed through
acres OF timber devastated by forest
fires.
From Tacoma we went to Seattle
where we heard the Rev. Mathews who
used to preach in this country ard he
is now doing wonderful work in his
present charge.
Leaving Seattle we entered British
Columbia, travelling on the G. P. R. r.
From this point to the foot of the
Rockies it seemed as if their living
was made by numbering and raising
mosquitoes. l saw men hoeing their
gardens with wells over their faces and
tied around their necks, and when
they stopped, they had to keep both
hands fighting the varmints off. They
also got into our cars through the
ventillators and the passengers had
their hands full, also We got rid OF
the pests when going over the Cana
dian Rockies, and would say here that
these mountains and scenery are far
grander than those in the U. S.
We descended into the plains on
the east of Rockies and this part OF
Canada is the best farming district
saw anywhere for wheat, oats, fax and
Alfalfa. l saw some corn knee high.
1t took us two days and nights to pass
through Canada to Winnipeg.
Thence we turned our faces south
ward toward old Georgia and never
stopped; passing through Duluth, St.
Paul, Minneapolis, Chicago (where it
was raining) thence to Cincinnati,
Chattanooga and Austell.
The crops from Chicago looked fresh
and green and in good condition, and
the same held good all the way home.
When | arrived home, I did some
thing | could not have done elsewhere
on my IL 900 mile trip, lie, went out
into my field and got mess OF roast
ing ears and had them for dinner.
did not see any better crops in all my
travels. In Kentucky and Tennessee
crops looked good, but were not as
forward.
1 now want to give some facts of my
observations to the farmers and es.
pecially the young men of this coun-
try. l never knew and appreciated
what we had in Georgia until | made
this trip, and am now convinced that
we have one OF the best, if not the
best state in the Union, and l think
Cobb County is at the top OF the
ladder.
There has been a cry for the young
man to go west. My advice to the
old and young man who has no land,
is to get some Georgia dirt, with good
clay foundation and stay South and
improve and make something out OF
it, and where good water and health
are to be found.
l met many men on the cars during
the trip that found out 1 was from
Georgia and they acknowledged Geor-
gia as one of the best states in the
Union. l met several of those big
wheat farmers who made fun OF Geor-
gia and who wondered how we lived.
| used to compare acres of Georgia cot
ton with acres of wheat, and l came
out on top each time with facts. The
farmers Of Cobb County do not
know what we possess, unless they ex-
pertinent as l have the last three
years. l told some of our northern
friends that made two bales per acre
at cost OF $40 and they said they had
no idea that such a thing could be
done.
Our natural advantages in Georgia
are far ahead of anything saw during
my trip. A number OF parties l saw
say they are coming to Georgia to es-
cape the long protracted cold they en-
dure in their locality.
We can make two crops easier than
they can make one. and do it with
some comfort. My prophecy is, that
if the Georgia farmers will intensity