Semi-weekly herald., 1915-02-11

AI5WeflHS tHe queStloH lTom my
own standpoint, | would say, that it
IS because of the operation of the
great principle announced by the Son
of Mar when He said, "A prophet is
not without honor save in his own
country"
No matter how bright the sun may
shine in any given section, no mat.
ter how health-giving it's atmosphere,
no matter how pure and refreshing
its waters, no matter how exhuber-
antly productive its soil, notwith-
standing nature is profuse in show
ering her richest benedictions, if a
iIan in that section, whether by his
cwn fault or that of others, becomes
so atrophied, that his usefulness is
partially or wholly gone, the only hope
of salvation for him is a change Of
environments and the more complete
the change the better.
Oh, well, what's the odds; you never
can tell when you get up in the morn
ing. whether you'll run your head in
hornets nest, break your leg or in
herit fortune before supper time.
But say, you good people in the
great St. John basin, mustn't let the
idea ret away with you, that in point
o. climate and "sich,' you are the
'on..est" ham in the sandwich; or
tia, every fellow that leaves there
jumps from Elysian fields to Purga-
| tory or worse.
If you do, you are as badly mis-
taken as if you "burnt your last shirt
thinking you had forty IN your trunk u
Let me tell you, we have some ba-
sin right here, where the "City OF
Destiny" rules the ''roost."
The Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a
huge gap in the mountains, turning
the waters of the Pacific into basin
between the coast and the Cascade
mountains, forming Puget Sound, a
safe harbor for all the ships of all
| the world.
Right out yonder looms up old Ia
coma, whose front crowned pate over
tops the hoary headed Pixies peak; a
vast reservoir of limpid waters, i'm
parting life and vigor to man mad
vegetation; vast forests of trees of
high attainments and stupendous cir
conferences; veritable store house
of world supplies of lumber, wheat
berries, fruits and vegetables.
| Caressed both winter and summer
by the warm westerly winds of almost
unchanging temperature, from the
Pacific ocean it is ever green and
never extremely cold nor hot.
Yesterday was ground hog day, and
while it was cloudy and raining, cut
ting that gentleman out of seeing his
shadow, it was warm and pleasant
while the papers were full Of storms
upon land and sea every other where.
December was without rain, but q
| Giy cold month, said to be the coolest
IN the memory of the Oldest resident,
iyet the coldest day was "a above.
According to the monthly report of
the government observer, January
was marked by seven days of dense
fog and 1S of light fog. The prevail
ing winds were from the southeast,
.. while the hardest wind blew for five
minutes from the northeast at 25
miles per hour; 1882 miles of wind
passed over Tacoma for the month:
temperature slightly above normal,
holding at 80 above; highest January
81, 54.2 above, with lowest at 90 above
January %; rainfall, 5.32. We have
had no snow, except once or twice, a
skimp, that wouldn't call for rubbers
on the feet of hen sparrow.
This is our winter (claimed to be
the hardest in many years.. How does
it size up with yours?
Well then, let's compare your Ami
mas valley with our Puyallup valley.
Puyallup valley begins just south of
Tacoma; it is approximately Z miles
one way by A miles the other, or
about 2S square miles. There are two
towns within its limits, Puyallup,
nearly as large as Durango, and Sum-
ner, a smaller town.
This small area of ground produced
and marketed for cash during last
berry season s1,12s,67612. The Pu-
yallup and Sumner Fruit Growers as
sociation handles all the berries, and
during the berry gathering season
paid out to pickers (mostly women
and children) approximately $4,000
weekly in wages. That this is no
pipe dream, | clip from today's DAILY
News" and incorporate here the fol-
lowing:
Puyallup, Feb. 2.-(Spscial. )-"The
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