Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-01-16
CHAMBER PLANS
FOR COMING YEAR
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nVe times as muCn dairy pTOQuCtS,
beef and pork as we are now pro-
Quoting On every hand we hear the
cry from the farmers that they are
unable to sell what they are produc-
ing. This Chamber has discussed
from time to time the ACCESSIBILITY Of
establishing a public market for the
benefit of the producer and consumer.
1t is not SO much the question of our
being able to consume in the Harbor
cities what is being produced in Che
halle County as it Is matter of be-
ing able to get together with the
farmer. If public market Is estab-
lished we will have to work up a
sentiment among the farmers to right
ly furnish this market. A public
market to be a success cannot be over
stocked one day and understocked the
next. We are in an age of co-opera-
ton and the farmer has got to learn
his part. That is the reason why
the farm agent is meeting with such
success in every county where this
plan is used. The matter of bring
ing together the producer and consum-
err l should consider his first duty as
soon as a reasonable relation can be
established the matter of more pro-
duce will come up.
That will mean the better cultiva
ton of our $4,000 acres of improved
lands. and the slow but sure settling
up of our logged-off lands. Not only
is this matter of better farm condi
tons matter of interest to the con-
sumer and producer, but it is also a
question to be faced by the owners Of
the logged off land, and any other
large property holding interests ir
our county. Our timber lands are as
sessed at $31.95 an acre. logged-oft
lands at 1851 an acre and improved
lands at $54.68. AS our timber is cut
it will mean that the burden of build
ing our roads and keeping up our coun-
ty government will be shifted to the
other two classes of property and it
is only question of time that logged
off land will be valued so highly that
it will have to be sold.
"On the other hand we can improve
our lands, increase the amount OF
beef and dairy products and bring
to the county personal property
enough to Offset loss sustained by the
cutting Of our timber.
1--WE have but one asset in this Sec
ton of the country that distinguishes
it from thousands of other places, and
that is the climate.
II can buy farms within thirty miles
of the city Of Cleveland for $4,000 an
acre already cleared with fairly
good house and barn. BY adding $50
more an acre in the shape of the
drains and lime will be able to COM
pete acre for ace with your farms in
Western Washington, and this can
be duplicated in any state east of the
Mississippi river.
Upon knowledge of these facts our
work has been based the past year
On May 10th we held our first Farm
Day when we served a dinner and
afterwards met at the Weir Theatre
where Mr.. c. L. Smith of the o. &
w. and a representative of the Puyal-
lup station and the college at Pullman
addressed the people. About one
hundred and fifty farmers were pres
ent. We mailed out several issues
of the daily paper to over five humid
red farmers throughout the county.
These were taken at different times
as we had items of interest to send
them. Later the Chamber was invit-
ed to visit the people living in the
upper Wynooche Valley where We
had very good dinner and a very
pleasant time. We were next invited
to Humptulps City. We secured Mr..
Smith of the o. e w. to mace d
weeks tour of the county in behalf
of the farm agent. Meetings were
held afternoon and evenings at the
following places, Oakville. Elma, Sat
sop, Montesano. McCleary. Aberdeen
Hoquiam and Humptulips City and the
school house in the lower Wynooche
Valley.
I'VE next undertook the financing
of an extension course of Pullman
College. They were to furnish the in
struction for one weeks work and We
were to furnish the meeting place
and the advertising. This meeting
was held in the auditorium of the
high school. 1t did not prove a very
good success. The fault | think was
as much with the College as it was
with us. Up to that time they had
not held a successful meeting, but by
changing their methods they after
wards held very successful meetings
In Chehalis they had over two hun
dred farmers present with a crowded
room at every session.
This, think, covers the work done
and the things we attempted to do
1t is hard to estimate the results or
the value of efforts made by body
of this kind. AS we look back over
the year we can see where we could
have done differently. The reason