The producers news., 1932-12-23
Com. Carl Hansen Writes
Letter from Oregon

Goldson, Oregon, Dec. 15.-We ,
left Dagmar on the 21st day Oh
November. Had rather poor roads
until we got to Glendive, but from
there on the Yellowstone trail was
fine, with the exception of about
a hundred miles between Missoula
and Wallace, Idaho, where the
road was more or less humpy.
We encountered no snow any
where on the trip, but saw lots OF
beautiful scenery after we got into
the mountains. We did not see
anything that looked better or as
good as Sheridan county until we
got southwest of Spokane in what
is known as the Palouse country.
There we saw big fields of sum-
mer fallow, one after another,
without a weed of any kind and
farms with big well kept buildings.
Here the people had evidently
made good during the time when
wheat, prices were high.
Up In the Spokane valley we
saw some big apple orchards, with
tons of apples going to waste on
the ground and signs along the
read offering apples for sale at Ii
cents a sack, but it didn't say
whether you got the sack IN the
bargain or had to bring your own
NV wife thought this ought to bt
good place to stock up on apple:
. for the rest of the trip, so sh'
, went into a store in Spokane anC
ordered 25 cents worth; but, in
stead of getting a couple of gum!
, sacks full she got paper sacI
, with eight pounds in it, so, the
middIenen and not the growers
: are taking the profit on apples.
The drive aIJng the CGlumbis
: highway is a wonderful sight, bu
no one can live on scenery an
! there is no work anywhere.
= talked with many people along tn
! road and in the towns and all ha
= the same story to tell, no wor
. and barely able to exist and woI
dering If it would be better aftt
. Roosevelt, got into office. Out hel
: most people seem t1 be under II
illusion that democratic admin
q stration right now ought to. brir
! about he desired change.
- Western Oregon has an 1de
= climate, seldom does it either sno
q or freeze. This is the rainy Sc
y son, but since we came here
Z have had more clear sunshiny da
- than cloudy rainy days. We ju
"A got back from a fishing trip 0
o. on the coast which is sixty mil
N away from here. We didn't cat
:, many fish as it is out of seas
ts for fishing, but to be able to 10
- at the Pacific ocean for one W
Of has never seen it before, is wor
going a long ways for. 1t is he
as in Montana, if a person h
money he could find plenty
places to buy as nearly every fal
ON is for sale at reduced prices. Eve
h. body wants to sell no matter wi
no his business is, but Oregon W
,ts its mild climate would be C
is- place to live for the man who
,rn not, able to care for himself.
mo- For many years l have read
cal forest conservation and how
,ed perts have figured out that
the forests win last only so ma
the years, but out here where the
.Iv timber grows, nobody is concer
fo about saving trees and when
ass person from the plains comes
he here and sees the wood going
waste. it makes man won
that it has lasted as long as
has but, l guess we are sav
timber right now all right, as
Mr. the sawmills have closed down
lav- cause there is no market for
ocal Der.
ing The counties out here have t
aid, troubles with delinquent taxes
ring like Sheridan county. Some of
thes eastern counties in this state I
up to 78 per cent of last y
taxes unpaid and the average
linuuency for the whole state
by 1881 is 80 per cent and they
Iica- trying to figure out some sch
Lay to relieve the taxpayers and
lney keep on doing business.
nta- Greetings to all our frienl
!. Be CARL HANS