Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-04-21

as large as the state of Massachusetts,
and several the size Of Vermont.
Oregon as we know is something of
an apple state but the business is not
so profitable as it once was owing to
the number of orchards just beginning |
to bear and the distance from the large
markets east. One Portland person
who holds stock in an apple ranch told
me their apples were in storage and
would be, probably until they were
taken out and dumped this spring. |
Business conditions throughout the en-
tire west are very bad, yet I believe
that as rule the west and Pacific
coast region has built permanently and
with their climatic advantages will
move along with the country and con-
! tinue to grow and prosper. Most peo-
pie with whom | talked believed the
opportunities now in that country are
not as great as they have been in the
past, and rather remarkable thing to
me is the fact that not one person of
the many fasteners now resident in
asked. "Have you settled here expect
ing to live and die here or in the
west?" will evade a direct answer
Down deep they all seem to have
| longing for something else, somewhere,
sometime.
One finds that "out west" to New
England and Back east'' on the Pa
cific coast are the same place. An
nounce to stranger that you are from
the east and he will say, $50 am l."
Upon learning you will find he is
from Nebraska, Iowa. Dakota or Kan
sas, perhaps That's east to the Pacific
coast.
An amusing observation is that near
Iy everyone on the coast came from
east of the Rockies and most of them
think the east has lost most all that's
worth while since they left. And
many a Los Angelian, for example,
knows that San Francisco isn't much.
But they have never been there. Many
J a Portland, Ore. person knows there
is no place On the coast like Portland,
but they have never visited California.
So it is with many of the Western
and coast cities. Really they dom
know much about their own country as
a whole. but know the whole thing
about their own city.
The coast papers hardly give head
line to events east of the Rockies
unless it be national capitol news or a
snowstorm. A headline Of large pro
portions announcing the least buried
under two feet of snow" may turn out
to be eight inches of much-needed
storm in the Middle Atlantic states.
[ became a liberal patron Of the
jitneys and cafeterias while away.
That may appear on the surface worse
than it is. so let me explain. A jitney
is an automobile making stated trips
over givengroute and charging five
cent fare. Western cities are filled with
them and they are cutting into the
: street car company's business to an
alarming extent. A cafeteria is sim
ply an eating house where you wait
on yourself. There are scores of these
large eating places patronized by the
best people. You take your own serv.
ing tray, help yourself to fork. knife.
spoon and napkin and then run the
gauntlet Of the soups, meats, ETC.,
getting what you want. This elini
mates walters, waits and tipping. thus
getting you better meal in less time
and for less price than the old way
: might go on indefinitely about
these little things that interested but
1 must not weary you longer. It was
= a great trip for me. l enjoyed it all
I like the west and the Pacific coast
: But best of ALL liked getting home
Vermont is good place to live in
D There are opportunities here. Yer
mont and Orleans county for me!
= Sincerely.
. Wallace H. Gilpin.