The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-14

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<Gl INTIL We obtained good roads,
! did not realize what they
- meant to our prosperity. The
paved county roads leading out of
Tacoma into the rural country have
brought benefits SO far beyond my
expectations that l wonder why we
waited so long for proper means of
ways. BY good roads l mean the best
that can be constructed for perma-
nency-hard-surfaced roads. The
miles Of paved county roads in Pierce
County have revolutionized our farm
ing methods, our industries and mar
keting facilities, and they make life
in the suburbs Of Tacoma worth liv-
ing"
So spoke W. H. Paulhamus, presi-
dent Of the Puyallup and Sumner
Fruit Growers Association, in giving
his opinion Of what Multnomah Coun-
ty should do in the direction Of a lib
eral policy for better county high
ways.
Mr.. ~Paulhamus Is also president Of
the Western Washington Fair Asso-
citation and a former member of the
State Senate. He has packed and
marketed berries from Salem, New
berg and Vancouver, and he knows
the great area of rich volcanic ash
land tributary to the Columbia River
Highway, which Is estimated at 49,
900 acres east Of the Sandy River and
5000 acres on the Portland side of
the Sandy. His opinion is frequently
sought by Oregon fruitgrowers and
shippers.
Farmers Use for Good Roads.
The farmer has more use for good
roads in the country than the city
fellow has," continued Mr.. Paulha-
mus. Il don't care what they assess
me for good roads If the money Is
we'll spent. There are so many more
fertile acres tributary to Portland
than around Seattle and Tacoma that
every effort should be made to de-
velop your agricultural interests.
This can best be done by providing
paved highways into the country dis
tricts so the farmers can get their
products to market at least expense.
The marketing end of fruitgrow-
ing and farming in general is the
most important end, and here is
where the apple-growers have fallen
down. Nothing helps the farmer so
much as to make his way to market
easy. Get the fellow who is already
on the land to prospecting and there
will be no trouble to get new settlers
on the vacant land. Better roads will
do it."
In a district about miles long
and two miles wide in the vicinity OF
Puyallup and Sumner, according to
Mr.. Paulhamus, about $1,125,0 900 was
realized the past season from berries,
mostly b%lackberries and raspberries.
During the picking and packing sea
son $251,S65.0 90 was paid out for
wages to about 10000 persons. He
declares the Puyallup and Sumner
Fruit Growers Association plants
constitute the largest manufacturing
concern in the State of Washington
Fresh berries are shipped in refrig'
orator cars to markets as far East a;
the Atlantic Coast. Berries too ripe
for shipment are canned and also
made into syrup, finding a ready mar
ket everywhere.
Berry Industry.
One hundred 50-gallon barrels O.
raspberry juice recently went t.
Rochester, N. Y. During the bus!
season the packing and Gamer!
plants handled 100 tons of black
berries and rs tons Of raspberrie'
daily, 12-hour days. Two hundred
cars of fresh berries were sent out
side the state and SO cars of can
were required for filling. The initia
capital was $4,000 and now $250.OO'
is invested, exclusive of the Ian
where the plants are located.
Speaking of how the paved road
had made auto-trucking cheap in get
ting fruit and farm products to tn
associations packing plants and can
neries, Senator Paulhamus cited tina
I'D to November 10 of this year tn
association had paid the older rail
roads $131,553.56 for, freight O
berries shipped from Puyallup an
$25,119.34 for shipments from Sum
ner to i~ntermountain and Easter
markets, besides to the Puget Scum
and Portland markets. About $40
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