The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-05-01
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uee srowing is accomplished.
M WANDA Won kETrLER
the day was a good
ID one
s,rau,e Lloyd Spencer. Of The
ssr. had q new bus
eaanse he-Lloyd spcneer-had |
IN rayinr for a week about the I
,ssu,lss q the country. tho signs OF
,yosper.,y, and the more than inter
.,,rr industries that line the Pacific
.lrhway for some miles south OF So
lftle- 60,
lay hst
sou,hward on the highway from
ss,ttle toward Rcnton Junction.
signs pointing toward the biz city
- reading: Wear So-and-So
,- 4, sEat so-and.so Bread.
~sroke sO.and.so Tobacco" The (
.,,ns become fewer. Likewise the
sss,,s-ed houses. Green lands broad
= cal,le. A horse here and there
srar,nx and looking over tho haroed
vsre fences at the speeding cars on
the road.
Ne PASS tho junction and keep
BEADING southward-tOward Kent.
-, uttle town situated IS miles
snu.h a ssattl6. More green lands.
T,e,ds o. yellow mustard plants bow
Inr IN the light breeze. Lettuce.
Asuaragus. Cabbage. Farmers-somc
vhlte some lapanese-working On
,hssr crops. We roll into Kent.
90 far 70 good. The above cutbursi
brings "a 10 the LITTLE town at which
che I. spencer ard myself arrived
saturday in considerably less than an
hours time after we had left Seattle.
Ken, has population OF z.soo
people. considerable poultry Indus
tn. dairy products and much
esrten produce = especially cucuna-
ters and httuce.
no poultry. according 10 figures
given u by J. A. Oliver. prcsIlent
Of Keats Chamber Of Commerce.
runs into hHndrcds OF thousands.
The sardsa produce--well. We
saw TIE encsmhers and lettuce at
closeup for ourselves. whirrius
away frum Kent's main street down
4 little roadway we approached a
numbtr Of greenhouses eight ia All.
Thess. owned by the kfaner Broth
en-. sheltered cucum Der and to-
nmio plants. We went into one OF
thcee-a Ions glass affair zoo feet
n sngth and g in wi..th-so find
vines five and six feet high laden
win green produce.
The tomatoes. OF course. were not
ready for picking. But tho cucum-
gx-ah-tfey arc now tclng pick.
81 at he rate or 80 dozen every
other day. and will continue 50 10
he. we were told Saturday. until
August. The green hoascs VIC vis-
i'xi are Just examples Of those
found in tho White River valley. In
which Kent and nearby towns arc
snnSgied.
About the lettuce. We looked
across great fields Of It. some IS
aud % acres M size. And VIC were
informed that between 400 and 500
acres In al. in the Kent vicinity.
are devoted to lettuce raising. Each
acre, Il was said. viii produce ono
car or 900 crates OF tie green.
which. when shipped 10 all parts OF
tie county. win mean something
Ike $4,000 to Kent people. This
immediate vicinity Is said to have
some Of the best latfuce raising soil
n the United States.
Other things we saw In Kent. The
towns pride--lts tourist park. the
carnation Co.'S can manufacturing
plant, and the home OF Red Rocl;
ehssse, where something like three
snd one-llalf tons Of the cheese are
tuned out daily.
We rolled on down the valley
some five miies--to behold Auburn
2 town With a popula'icn OF ap
Fortunately 1000, and with a biz
ambition TO grow.
we conferred in that town. first O
sA with Harry II. Leslie. president o
we Auburn Chamber Of Commerce
= y Miller, secretary OF tho SAM
~sanization, and r. Berghois. I
member Of the towns Kiwanis club
Az said, Auburn is planning 4
uoW. Mr. Leslie informed us tina
Mlofe June Of this year the Chicago
snxasikee & St Paul railroad wil
alih a lettuce receiving station 70
sae convenience OF shippers. II vii
eost. he declared. $4,000. Industries, h
aug are speeding. Between 700 an
~ men, we are told, are now en-
Neysd at the Northern Pacific ter
ANAL yards and at the "Auburi
aanaer'' where shipments 70 good
avn all over the Northwest are re
snss.iIed and aent to all parts Of IN
'h mentioned the work NJ IN
S'thefn Clay Co, tho Borden AIii
e ana the Forest View Lumber Co
Snsh later We visited
l@ friend, T. $. Miller, puffed ii
n. agreed With him in regard 10 "a
'es'ry: Yes indeed" he declared
s sns o. these days we'll be joInin
,s,a, and Tacoma. since we'ro prac
,ss a'y N the middle, and maxim
".m all one town.
-. men what he was asked. wi
'ou eau the placer"
~. w ssacoma,T he replied.
name7. see N on "
NV, We won't demand H." Mr. MlIe
VII ~ generously, wen be satisne
or IKE, ,ns knowledge q having don
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