Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-06-15
WEST DIFFERS FROM WIS.
WRITES ENTERTAINMENT OF
THE FAR WEST
Albert Bezosky Tells of Logging Fruit
Raising, Gardening, Aeroplaning,
Ocean Trips. Etc.
MyrtIe Point. &c. Jan. "a. IL

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born and raised there And as / no.
ticed a sketch in your paper of Jan.
| 3, which was sent TO me from home,
stating that correspondents should
/ get busy at different towns and viii
lagos. No doubt you win find this
came from q town you hadn't men
TONED. The country here is altogeth-
er different from Wisconsin. They
have no cultivated land on the ridges
and the ridges are not so high, but
much longer-some of them twenty
miles long, all covered with the best
of timber which is fur, cedar a
spruce. One acre on the level and
bottom IS worth twenty on the side
lhill All the level and bottom lands
are cleared and grass as green as
grees can be the year around, all
fenced off in patches for the cows to
Craze. Mostly all dairying here out
side Of the logging camps and saw
mills operate the year around rain or
shine. The valleys are much narrow
er here, so it isn't so very difficult to
land the logs in the water which car
ries them miles and miles to big saw
mills or Coos bay where the big ocean
liners come IN to load up for other
parts of the world Coos bay Laws in
land from the Pacific Ocean about
thirty miles and the ships come in
by the way of Bandon, Oregon, to
bring in supplies and take lumber out
with them. Every now and then there
is ship load Of lumber that comes to
shore owing to the results of a big
boulder in its path There have been
four so far last fall up to January.
Marshfield is one of the greatest
trading cities here. 1t lays on Coos
Bay where pas zengers change from
railroad TO DO; and continue their
journey down the coast 20 San Fran
cisco and elsewhere. The Roosevelt
Highway $ under good Roadway.
There sure is some splendid engineer
ing work done on it. The state and
county are not far behind though.
They are matchmaking and rocking
all the market roads LEADING to the
Roosevelt Highway and eastern Ore
gon where they connect with main
highways leading from British Column
bia to San Francisco.
We have fire patrol aeroplanes
scouting the big timber belt most all
the time in summer, but in winter
Oregon has a natural fire extinguish-
er, owing to the winter rains which
protects its timber belt. The average
rain fall is forty inches here. 1t is
warm all winter and a fellow can
work in his shirt sleeves any time.
Temperature is very mild. After a
Badger is here a while he soon be-
comes webb-footed and doesn't notice
the mud which prevails in all country
sections.
] took trip in one of the fire pa
troll planes here and we travelled at
an altitude of three thousand feet to
get good observation of the country
and say, its just wonderful. One gets
a different idea of things as you can
see so many different things. Every
trail, path, road and fence is noticed
from that view point. We were
twenty-five miles from the ocean and
we could see the big waves and break
ers come in on the beach. They look
ed like a snow storm coming or a
bunch of moving icebergs.
Miss Margaret and Nedurig Nam
ish and myself and Mr.. Joe Bagley, a
real estate man and oil king from
Numbolt county, California took trip
overland down the coast road to San
Francisco. We made the trip in three
days from here, enjoying the ocean
scenery and swell auto rides on the
ocean beach about four miles long at
Crescent City, California. The next
thing that took our eye was the big
red wood timber in California. Say |
they are bigi Men work for week
with horses and plows scrapers to |
level the ground where one of those |
western giants are to fall upon, so as |
not to damage any of the large trunk. |
We drove in one stump that had been
followed by fire with our big 7-pass-
enger Pierce Arrow car and turned |
around in it just like turning in a |
street. Some of the farmers use the !
stumps that are hollow for hen roosts |
and corn cribs and other small build |
Ings where they are near by the farm |
buildings. We stopped by nice |
spring by the road side and beside the
spring was a hollow redwood stump, |
a large one, too. There were two
rooms in it, upstairs and downstairs !
With furniture for campers and travel |
ers. Pretty swell, Ell?
After spending a few weeks in San
Francisco we took an ocean liner for
Coos Bay, Oregon. After we were
out of Golden Gate and well over
the bar one could herr different re-
HdihS from All COTn(tS OF the snip. |
A guy didn't have to be sailor to get |
the DRIFT either, as one by one disap- |
peared. They would all line up along |
the railing and feed the fish.
The farmers here all joined the Ore |
gon Dairymen's Cooperative League
which plays a wonderful part in mar
keting his dairy products. They all |
have full-blood Jersey stock and feed |
mighty rich feed which brings them |
good results. They don't raise corn |
like they do in Wisconsin. Every |
thing goes for ensilage and for the |
cows except the fruit-apples, apples, |
apples by the wholesale. Some of the
best fruit ever ate is right here. It |
is simply wonderful how fruit grows |
here with the little care it gets. Just |
grows, that's all; requires very little
work. Berries, prunes, peaches, plums,
fgs, pears and by heck, almost any
thing. Garden stuff they just plant |
and harvest it. Don't fuss with it at |
all. Potatoes a foot long! Really,
wouldn't believe it until saw it my
self.
At fair time every locality or pre-
cinct has booths at the fair and say,
they sure are wonderful sights, filled /!
with all kinds of fruit of the very best. |
AS l have taken up about enough of
your time, Will save a little for seed /
for next time. A Happy Ney Year to
all Badgers.
Il Got Real Mad When | Lost My Set |