The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-06-18
OREGON CJOD
SAYS LAWSON
BOSTONIAN DISCUSSES RIVER ROAD
Ranch Bought in Crook County for
Youngest SOn- Financial Condition Novel
SAYS Author Of "Frenzied Finance"

Dressed in a khaki suit, his face
AIMED by his week Of roaming on foot
md in motor cars over the Hood River
-Oads and through the orchards, Thomas
". Lawson. author of "Frenzied FL
nance" said last Friday to the repre-
Of the Glacier: "Do | like
Oregon? | will put my answer this
way. like il so well that ! have
Just bought another large ranch in the
Prineville district near the place | pur-
,hased three years ago for my son,
Harry Mccall. The new place, which
IS near a 10000 acre government
range, was bought for my youngest
son.
''ln all my travels through the coun-
try | have seen no place that | like
better than Oregon. The hordes that
will visit the Panama exposition next
summer and who will stop and get a
glimpse Of the great commonwealth,
will, many of them. be tempted to re-
main. Just as with me, a glimpse will
not be enough for them. And | have
seen no country in which the prospects
for prosperity are better than IN Ore
gon."
The interview took place In the back
yard of Mrs. Alma Howe. where for
three different years Mr.. Lawson has
taken an outing, watching the progress
of the apple district. He had just been
having a romp with the half dozen or
more children who are staying at Mrs.
Howe's, among them his grandchil-
dren, children of MIR. and Mrs. Harry
Mccall.
MIR. Lawson discussed the proposed
Columbia river road and its benefits to
the state and Hood River in particular.
IL cannot see why its returns to the
hundredfold,' said Mr.. Lawson. 81
think 1t would increase home builders,
who would then be able to drive direct
ly between here and Portland in their
motor cars. am sorry the highway
is not completed in the county. | had
planned a fishing trip down to a point
on the river, which, hswever, | was
unable to reach by machine. You will
find the construction of the highway
will bring many new people to the com.
munity, people who will be pleased" "
The financial depression that prevails
over the country and the indetermina-
tion of capitalists to place further
funds in new enterprises and develop
ment, Mr.. Lawson declares he predict
ed more than 10 years ago in the open.
ing chapters of his 'Frenzied Finance.
The money masters then told me that
| was crazy" he said, 'but the condi-
tions are even worse than | predicted.
There has been all awakening through
out the entire country. Such disasters
as that of the New Haven line and the
Siegel Cooper Co. in Chicago have
caused the laborer and the small in
vestor to be wary, and the lsboring
man, imbued with the feeling that he
has not been getting his just portion of
created wealth is making demands thas
are even anarchisticai.
"The condition is an entirely new
one. We have had no great national
calamity. There has been no failure
of crops. On the other hand, have
never seen better prospects for bumper
| yields. From Minneapolis, clear on to
the northwest. the eye of the traveler
looked over veritable oceans Of the fin
est wheat the modern age progressive
farmer can grow"
And vet Mr.. Lawson sav, even the
rich men of the eastern cities. the ma.
t;on,s c.nital;sts are feeling moor.
Establisbments along the Atlantic
coast at par Harhor and NewnoYt ara
hoina closed I'm for the SEASON And
this means he saws, that thousands of
the lahorers, caretakers and gardeners.
used in keening the places will be
thrown ont of emnloyment. "You can
orasn the magnitude" he said. "wheD
tell Won of INV place al .Dreamwold.' |
emniov % Gardeners in INV fiowe,
natches sIone If the nlace were closed
5own ahont goo neonle would he throw
ont of emnIovment
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