Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1922-02-02

derful beauty given by generous
Nature. His insistance that big in.
terests in securing raw materials
lumber etcetera, do not disfgure the
landscape when it can be avoided has
brought him much contention but il
has also brought him the regard OF
the citizens of the state at large
What is your state doing to retain
the natural beauties that lie within
its borders?
Oregon is going to preserve its nat
ural beauties if it takes drastic laws
and a supervision of beauty spots by
a united citizenship. Greedy corpora.
tions seeking to denude the soil of its
mineral or vegetable wealth have
ruined beyond repair untold thous-
ands of acres of great beauty, other
corporations have erected shacks and
signs and what not without the
slightest regard to their effect on
landscapes, perfect views have been
made blistering horrors and some of
the fairest spots in the United States
have been made backgrounds for hid
eous monuments of a careless and
powerful industry.
No commonwealth appreciates the
need of industrial activity more than
Oregon, no state welcomes more read
lily the coming of business and the
and manufacture Of any
thing that tends to help mankind but
Oregon is determined that industry
shall not destroy it's beauties when
the same results can be obtained with
out such destruction.
Oregon's Message.
Build, produce, create as greatly as
is humanity possible" is the message
of the state, 'but do not forget that
the citizens of Oregon will not toler-
ate the willfui or careless marring of
a beauty that cannot be replaced, a
beauty that was the gift of God and
whose presence is continual if silent
power for good, for appreciation of
life and a gift for the guests within
our confines that is greater than any
thing you can produce with all the
cunning machines born of man.
Separated by the Cascade Noun
tains, Western and Eastern Oregon
presents two entirely different as
poets, both from scenic and agricultur-
al standpoints, as we'll IS in climatic
conditions. In the Cascades them
selves, crossing the central part of
the state from north to south, nature
has deposited a liberal storehouse of
scenic wonders, open to the ambitious
and energetic who are thrilled by the
glories of mountain and lake and
stream. Equal to the Alps, far sur
passing the glory the Eastern noun
tains of our own continent, the Cas-
cades may furnish continental enjoy
ment for lifetime to those who wish
to penetrate their mysteries and seek
for the beauties concealed behind the
blue midst and haze which linger
caressingly about their snow capped
peaks.
Scenery Is Varied.
To the West of the Cascades, nest
ling between those majestic noun
tains and the wonderful Coast Range,
lies a series of valleys, such as the
Willamette, the Umpqua and the
Rogue. From spring to spring these
valleys lie mantled in green, wonder
fully productive, rich in all of those
glories that delight the heart of the
agriculturist, watered by never fail
ing streams and producing fruits and
products of the fields for the marts
of the world.
Along the Pacific Coast in Oregon
the country has charm all it's own
The long broken coast line, dotted by
million seductive beauties, rugged
castellated rocks, pinnacled high
above the Pacific, standing watch and
ward through the centuries. Here
among the hills are countless dairy
farms, thousands of cattle producing
the richest OF dairy products and
found from Tillamaak to the North to
Coos and Curry Counties in the far
southwest.
Grain and Herds
To the east of the Cascades an en-
tirely different prospective is pre-
!sented. Here too there is scenery;
magnificent scenery which holds the
nature lover enthralled, bat he1e, in
many regions irrigation is king and
here are found numerous thriving and
prosperous communities gaining their
sustenance and life's blood from mat
er. In parts of Eastern Oregon. are
found the far flung fields of golden
wheat, thousands and thousands OF
acres of them. On the hills are
enormous focks of sheep and herds OF
cattle The Central and Eastern parts
of the state, all lying to the East OF
the Cascades have shown a wonder