The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-12-25

'You must find a way to finish Your
Columbia river road in time for the
exposition travel. You have here a
wealth Of scenery that TO the easterner
is vision of heaven. You have a eli
mate that in the season he will be here
is far beyond his for making a home
in. Every class of Americans will Sall
on you, farmers locking for a new
home, manufacturers looking for loea-
tions. retired people with money look
ing for place to spend it. Every one
that comes is a possible future citizen.
Make ready for them. Have every
thing spick and spas. Have flowers
AROUND the barn lot, cover the old
buildings with vines. Portland has
five times as many rose bushes as she
bad five years ago. Her ambitions are
not, as many suppose, the city Of sky
scrapers alone. but the city of homes
coy looking homes. with yards full OF
flowers. with shade trees and with
children playing under them. Get the
child to help you in your campaign for
the newcomer. Every new citizen in
the state is both prodgcer and con-
sumer. Oregon wants both, but above
dtis ollC WANTS tuOsc WIZ Will CuitlNdNt
the soil. Worry not over who will con-
sumo the raiser of one thing is the
consumer of another and of many
others.
MIR. Richardson told of his brother
who ten years ago was struggling with
prune orchard in California. lie
planted few more trees every year 4.
He was struggling along with a little
market and that hard to reach. 'Jim, 81"
said he. aren't you having AN awful
time with these prunes? Why don't
you pass II up and take TO something
that will make you living? Well,
says Jim, 'Prunes are mighty good
food and instime a whole lot Of people
are going to buy them, because they
will realize it,. Today Jim is making
$40. 600 year and is in Europe, and |
am still campaigning"
Mr.. Richardson told last of the at
tempt TO have a state wide exhibit at
Ashland. He said that Ashland stands
at the bottom of long grade on the
Southern Pacific from bodh north and
south; that trains now stop there 80
minutes while looking over equipment
to see that 1t is ready for the struggle
of climbing the grade. after it has had
the strain of coming down the other.
"ln 1915. said Mr.. Richardson. this
time will be extended to 40 minutes,
and rs per cent Of the California trove
will come through Oregon one vay OF
the other. Give them this 40 minutes
to see a state wide exhibit, and place
one there you will be proud Of and gel
results. Don't think thss Ashland will
get all Of the results. Such thing
will be impossible. simply because al
minds cannot be influenced alike.e IL
make an exhibit there will cost you
some Noney. but to not make one will
cost you lots more. For a year or two
you have been hesitating, drying up
arguing among yourselves like tbs
money changers. You must get to
work and see what is coming"
After his talk. sandwiches, coffee
wieners and cigars we're passed. and q
social time was enjoyed. No actieT
was taken looking toward the follow
ing out of MIR. Richardson's sRges
tions but there is great deal of trutt
in the "wbacks" he took at us. ant
surely some seed must have been sowl
that will waken US up to the opportun
tiles we are facing. -