Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-16

manager Of the Star.6ulletin, IN the
following excerpts from his informal.
lyskept Journal on q mainland tour
tells GsoipefhInn Of the NorthWest and
o. people and conditions soticed en-
route 20 the eastern sesbcard.l r.
August Is, On the Road In North
Dakota Somewhere West Of Bis
tnarck. - s.. Z T.
This town Of Bismarck, by the way,
appreciates the value of keeping your
front yard cleaned up. This repre-
SAINTS real value. One does not appfe-
ctGte Il fully, or at least this one has
not, until he travels from state 10
state or town 10 town and cages the
favorable or other impressions
sIa was much plessed with the APP
pearance OF the towns n Southern
Oregon along the line. Of the South
err Pacific. I shall be long In forget
ting the very pleasing impression
gained from the wellzkept streets, sta
tom store and all else seen from the
stationed Medford, Ore Nor shall /
soon forget the Adreafy. forsaken and
sl1tkempt condition of Helena, the capt
tai Or Montana as seen from the sta
ton. aHelana, the God foFsakens Is
the fifst thought that came to mind.
To contrast to Helena Is billings. Mon
tana, which seems q very live town.
Al the Helena station ] asked a
good natured looking man as 10 the
aise Of the town.
Wall said he. IL amt living here.
i'm from Kansas and mp here visit
ing relatives. They say the town has
10000, but think they doubled It
think so, too, judging from what
could see from the station.
Moral Clean mp your front yard II
you wish 70 establish reputation for
rfospefit1 and the cleanliness that -
next 10 goodness.
Oregon. as one approaches Port
land over the Southern Pacific, is
not So well kept as Southern OREGON
htii The whole section with Its fields.
woods and rivers Is very attractive.
ma bears ont we'll Che title 81 the
lahd 81 opportunity.
pashinRi0n alone the n1rth hank,
bf the C6|nmbia, IS ii The narlle claks.A
even along he dry plains after pass
ink the DalIes A man from Homo.
lIm wonders why they do not pump
water from the Columbia where pow.
q and water are running 70 waste.
and make the adjoining fields bios
som With Alfalfa or fruit, as some q
them do.
IS generally speaking. Montana does
not look 50 spruce and picked up as
Sither Oregon or North Dakota. On
tlla other hand Il does not appear To
Sc CRYING oNt AGAINST hard times: -
50 had 4 rieaSailf chat this morning
win 4 merchant Of billings, Montana.
Who Il on his way 10 New York. SMEAR
beefs are grown in the Yellowstone
valley. This crop, coupled with dol.
lar wheat, makes the prospect bright
where It was otherwise about the
tine Hawaii thought the bottom had
dropped out. s,tse
s The factory in the Yellowstone Val.
lev has $4,000 acres OF beets contract
"a for with the farmers of the dis
trfct The factory furnishes the seed,
the farmer rlants IL and then pays
the ifiheranf laborer, mostly Rus
SANS this year, so an acre for caring
for the fields until the product 70
brought to maturity Then the farm.
er delivers the beets alongside the
tfack and the factory people pay the
freight. The farmer Is paid on the
basis Of q minimum content OF SUGAR
and advance for Increased content.
The Russians house themselves and
float to the towns for the winter.
b Il looks from this that even in the
land or the blessed and natiye-born
American population the farmer does
NOT do an his own work. :.
on, the other hand, this merchant
fold me OF d young woman who left q
FOOD position in Billings and with her
mother and brother took up q home
stead. she had called in q day or
fwn to say that she could not, now pay
her bill of $50. She had harvested 1909
hiIshels Of wheat from her land. and
naturally win soon have ample funds
ne spoke frequently OF a. progressive
farmer OF the sectien. Later ne told
me this man had started fat broke,
saved his money and finally got hold
81 some land that was deemed by
others valueless. He worked?ssA few
weeks AGO he incorporated his ranch
FIR hetter administration by his fam.
iIy and the conservative valuation. Of
this yalueless farm land was 100000.
Coming along the Columbia River
braken,an pointed out place where
: man who had hoboed it far landed
with 80 cents in his pocket. He got
work and worked at it He has a
farm and home and is rated at $50, eco:
Yet, ali along the way. the road is
lined with shoboes. didn't know
there were so many. 1t all goes to
chow that there Is mo opportunity any
where for men who will not work.
And opportunity, happiness and COM
fort everywhere for. those willing to
work. =
!. Oodles of American citizens are see
ing their own country this year. | re-
marked to an iowa farmer yesterday
that had met more Iowans than
hon any other one state. He was
tEfyised. He has run across people
frosn The South everywhere" So It is
ANXIOUS that citizens from the East
south and Middle. West are travelling