Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-03-21
MUSHROOM
MUNICIPAL
CONDITIONS
DROUTHY KANSAS AND WINDY
OKLAHOMA-TOWN LOSES $4,000
in TWO YEARS-CROP FAIL.
URES FOR THREE YEARs-FU.
TURE EXPLORATIONS WILL
FIND LAYERS OF PETRIFIED
MORTGAGES.


fast 10 publish all the stun sent out
by the Portland labor council, re-
hecdDg on oregon. A. H. from
Enid, Oklahoma, pays taxes there and
in Oregon. He says taxes there are
double what they are in Oregon.
(Heaven help the victimsl)
Our friend, Fred Rouse, Of Holly
wood, suburb Of this city, has CIV
en- The Capital Journal an interview
on conditions in Oklahoma and Kan
sas as follows:
Everyone ! know nearly, in Okla
homa sends me the Portland labor
council ISLANDERS on Oregon. They
ask, what about this business in one
way or another They live in glass
houses and throw stones. ! enclose
clipping from Oklahoma City. The
Wichita Kansas Beacon had an artl-
Gle on Oregon Land swlndles Many
Oklahoma people are said to have
been bitten in such schemes. "Un-
scrupulous Real Estate Sharks"
Starvation Faces Them" etc, are
headlines.
The Farmers Mall and Breeze, To-
peka, Kansas, published by Arthur
Capper, candidate for governor says
Of that section:
Farmers having failed to raise a
crop, have neither money nor credit
with which to buy, and are seeing
tolerably rocky times" and asks,
Ought not the state TO help out in
case Of this klnd2" That much for
Kansas
The Oklahoma Hornet notes the
fact that People In the southern
part Of the state appeal for assist
ance TO try II again, they having
had THREE successive years OF crop
failure Also that most of the old
timers came there with nothing and
have held their own admirably"
With the coming Of grass, the wise
ones will toss sack Of Oregon
grown potatoes several cans Of Ore
gon cherries hunk Of Oregon
smoked salmon, and two bits worth
Of oregon prunes into the wagon,
throw water on the fre, call the dog,
and hike back to wife's folks in Old
Missouri. And as they pass through
town, the man will get a bottle OF
tonic for the wife made from Oregon
hops and treat the kids with big
Red Apples" grown In Oregon. That
much for Oklahoma,
Oklahoma City is the third largest
city in the United States in square
miles!
New York has 300 square miles.
Population, 100000. Chicago has
2l6 square miles; population 1900.
600. Oklahoma City has 2i1%
square miles; population, 10000.
The Oklahoma City daily paper de-
votes whole editorial pages to telling
OF the wealth that could be made II
the farmers Of Oklahoma City would
only turn their attention to agrlcul-
ture, advocating among other crops,
the raising OF medicinal plans, like
digltalis an efficient dlurctc. The
city is sick, lis blood refuses to flow
needs arterlal stimulation. They
know full well that dIgltalls will only
grow upon land that has once been
turned into town lots, covered with
visions OF future palaces and fertil-
lied with the purchasers tears
Some future antiquarian will dig up
the cltys remains from the geologic
strata and 0nd petriaed mortgages
on the lots.
Eyes, Oklahoma City has lots oI
lots, enough to last Il thousand
years. Upon every page In the hote
registers east, south, west, Is writ
ten Oklahoma, by some one seeking
new location. One 0klahomlan, pay,
ing grocery bills, upon inquiry wal
told iOc for the oil and i5c for IN,
potato that went on the spout"
tFrom the Farmers Mail ant
nreeEol
Following tho driest summer