Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-08

The trip OF more than sixty men,
bers of the Aberdeen Chamber of
Commerce and businessmen to the
Maple Valley school house, in the Wy
nooche Valley Tuesday was a revela-
ton to almost every one Of the party
and was a success in every detail.
automobiles, carrying the
party, started from Heron and fl
streets shortly after nine O'Clock in
the morning, and were joined by four
cars at Montesano, and reached the
school house after delightful run Of
27 miles shortly after 10 o'clock.
The party was met at the school,
which is situated in a beautiful loca'
tion near the bank of the Wynooche
river, by the farmers of the valley,
their wives and children. numbering
close to one hundred. AS it was not
generally known that ladies had been
invited, only two accompanied the
visitors, Mrs. j. s. Waugh and Mrs.
Grant Wheeler. The road up the Wy
nooche valley for the entire sixteen
miles runs in view of we'll cultivated
farms, with comfortable homes and
prosperous appearing barns and out
buildings. Several new silos in the
course Of construction, testifled to the
progressive spirit of the farmers in
what has come to be recognized az
one of the best dairy valleys in West
ern Washington.
Language fails the writer when II
comes to describe the dinner set on
temporary tables by the wives of the
farmers. Fried chicken, cooked by
artists, was a feature that proved es.
pecially attractive to the city men,
although it is difficult to select any
dish on the tables as distinctive
feature. 1t was meal to be long
remembered, and the onslaught of the
visitors proved their appreciation, and
there was plenty left to provide an
other meal for the crowd.
Meeting Beneficial
This trip proved conclusively the
wisdom of President Mumaw, Of the
Chamber of Commerce, in planning a
series of visits to the various farm.
ing centers of the county, which are
sure to prove beneficial alike to the
farmers and business men of the city.
The interchange of views as to the
needs of the farmers in their COM
and the demands Of their
trade upon the merchants cannot fail
to be of mutual benefit.
For instance, this rich valley, which
is fairly we'll developed for twenty
miles above Montesano, and supports
four or five school houses, has no
postal facilities nearer than that Of
the county seat. The valley needs
rural mail route, with a postoflce at
the upper end, and this the Aberdeen
Chamber of Commerce can assist in
securing. The Herald is satisfied that
all that Is necessary to secure this
mail route will be to make the post.
office department acquainted with the
actual conditions.
But little over three miles of road
is required to connect the Wynooche
with the Satsop valley. which already
has a rural mail route. To the west,
it is but a short distance to the Wish
kah valley, to which a road is laid
out and slightly improved. The i'm
provement of this piece Of road, so
as to permit the hauling of produce
at all times of the year. would en-.
able those farmers to reach the mar
kets of Aberdeen and HoQuiam in
eight or ten miles less distance than
at present, when they must 90 down
the valley to Montesano only to find
IL miles from Aberdeen.
contented Farmers.
Aside from the betterment Of mail
facilities and extension Of roads, the
farmers of this valley are as content.
ed a people as may be found. They
are doing we'll on the rich soil, and
conditions are SO favorable
to the dairy industry, that this branch
Of farming predominates and proves
eminently satisfactory. After dinner,
occupied the time un.
til nearly four o'clock, when the WIS.,
TORS took their departure. The ex-
perience of the Reinkens Brothers, as
told by one Of them, Bernard Rein.