The citizen., 1918-09-19
PROFESSOR DODGE IN THE
NORTHWEST
Harvey. III, September l3, i9I

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Dear Citizen Readers:
On this. the birthday Of our high
ly regarded General Pershing, !
take pleasure in following my mes
sage Of a fortnight ago, sent from
Seattle, Wash. with some observa-
tions upon persons and places seen
since.
Mrs. Dodge and occupied a
whole day, until 1000 p. m, in max
ing the trip from Seattle TO Spo-
kane, IN the same state. The pass
ing OF the Cascade mountains fur
nished us some wild and delightful
scenery. Some wonderful curves
were made by the train, in climbing
the heights and i'm making safe
descent on the eastern slope. AT
many points the snowcIad summit
Of Mt. Rainier was i'm sight, inspir-
ing us with indescribable feelings Of
beauty and grandeur. In the Yakima
Valley were found large orchards,
laden to the limit with beautiful
fruit.
At Spokane we were met by the
quandam Bereans, Mr.. and Mrs. Ira
l.. McLarcn. NEE Grace Barton
Their home was made ours, for the
days of our visit, extending beyond
our plans because Of their insistent
hospitality. Mr.. McLaren is max
ing good as bookkeeper of the city
public school system, which has five
or six hundred teachers. Elizabeth
and Marian McLaren are high school
students. the former to graduate in
| 1919. Donald. who was but two
years old when the family last left
Berea, is we'll along in grade school
studies, and at the same time is, in
miniature. doing the part of an in
genious American patriot. by pro-
ducing machinery to help win the
war.
At Spokane we had visit with f.
A. Potter, wife, and daughter. Mr..
Potter will be remembered by the
ancients at Berea as at one time in
charge of the bookkeeping depart
ment Since then he has taught and
preached: and now he is at the head
of the work for raising funds to
feed the starving Armenians, haV-
ing a field of three or four states.
The little Ralph Of Berea times is an
accomplished officer "over there
in the Marine service.
In coming from Spokane here. we
occupied nearly five days. Three
nights we stopped over, so as to
have a daylight view of larger
stretch of territory. Coming by the
Northern Pacific as far as st. Paul,
and then by the c., b.. & O., we had
sort Of panoramic view of the
Great Northwest. The territory
falling under this head, in the mod
ern manner of thinking, is of vast,
though of rather indefinite. extent.
All Of it is far beyond the North
west of my childhood. Westward
the star of empire takes its way"
No longer would ore count those
states west of the Mississippi but
bordering upon it as a part of the
true Northwest. These pertain, the
rather. to the Middle West
Roughly speaking the region now
To- be styled THE Great Northwest
in its most limited sense. includes
the eight vast states Of North and
South Dakota, Nebraska. Wyoming
Montana, Idaho. Washington. and
Oregon. In comparison with this all
the land occupied by our ReVolu-
tionary fathers was an insignificant
patch. Its vastness battles imagi-
nation.
| must not long dwell upon the
physical and other features Of these
northwestern states. A prominent
man made the claim that Washing
ton. Oregon. and Idaho have more
available timber than all the rest
of the United States. Small won
der that the ship-building yards
about Portland. Seattle, and Taco
ma are numbered by the score and
employ a hundred thousand labor
ers. In Oregon we saw an auto
moving reaper at its work, cutting
forty-fve acres OF wheat a day
while going but thrice around the
$500 acre field dropping off the
threshed and winnowed grain in
sacks securely fastened. Only four
men were needed. When horse
power is used the number of hands
is the same, as one man drives the
thirty-twO animals required. AT
Butte, Montana, is doubtless the
greatest output of copper IN
the world. All the industries
of a large city center around this