Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-08
WELL INTENDED BUT INCORRECT

Popular Mechanics for January has four pages devoted
to Salem two Of these almost entirely to illustrations
The travelling editor" who secured the views showed
fine taste and the pictures are such as to make Saemtes
feel more and proud of what the travelling editor
aforesaid describes a most beautiful capital city
There is old saying to the effect that one should
neyer look gift horse in the mouth" For this reason
it is perhaps not in the best taste to cf1tcise well In
tended and so friendly write-up the big magazine
gave U.S. At the time it is pointed out that the
cameras impressions far correct than those
Of the individual AS matter Of fact there scarcely
an impression of the city gained by the visiting editor
that was not grossly Incorrect He spoke of the deep
cutters required to carry off the tremendous rainfall
which literally down in bucketsfull" AS matter
of fact far heavy rains concerned it doesn't
know how to rain in Oregon where takes six months
of rainy to precpitate the 40 inches of annual
rainfall He speaks of this being great fruit section
with apples the principal fruit and this though this is
not at ALL now apple section He does not mention
the prne of which 700 tons were sold few days ago.
the oganberry, two of the leaders, He says the city
is surrounded with logged off lands when it is surrounded
by prairies and he draws picture of Oregons timber
being exhausted in few years. when the cutting of it
has not yet actually commenced The millions Of feet
of timber the city in the foothills" doubt
bit of camouflage for the visitor not used to the
magnificent distances of the West and did not realize that
the timber he from twelve to twenty miles away.
He says too that Oregons timber will be thing of
memory only, ke the bison the passenger pigeon and
the roller towel" AS a matter of fact with Oregons
present milling facilities which this year will cut perhaps
fifty million dollars worth Of lumber effect is made
on the supply as the growth more tan balances the cut
ting There is more timber going to waste every year
from becoming ripe and not being cut than is used
by all the mills Oregon has nearly onehird Of all the
timber in the United States and when it gets in the
bison and roller towel class the United States will be
as barren of timber as billiard ball is of hair Salem
cheese is given great boost which real nice Of the
descrptonst especially here aint such animal
1t is really too bad the travelling editor "did not run
against someone that could have told him something
about this the center of the greatest fruit products
don of the world for he friendly little cuss ana
camera pictures true to life his word pictures
We're not However Popular Mechanics has the thanks
of all Saemtes for its good intentions and the kindly
as through gass-darkly He concludes his interesting
article with the statement that he could write book
on the devastation of the Oregon forests which have left
the state stump strewn wreck" Perhaps, but
esty appeal to his magazine not to permit him to invade
TINS held OF romance Down in the depths of the Atlantic
with the submarines and such he will find field better
suited to his imagination.