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IIOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION 11 Prosperity Follows Good Roads (Interview In Portland Evening Telegram.) hamuS. "It was mostly Cleared land. NTIL we obtained good roads, My (arm Is now worth $1600 an acre. I did not realize what they 1 nave specialized in growing berries "meant to our prosperity. The by fertilizing heavily and clear $250 paved county roads leading out of to $300 yearly per acre. This indus Tacoma Into the rural country have try will develop more In the next five brought benefits bo far beyond my years than It has In the past 25, expectations that I wonder why we mainly because of having paved waited so long for proper means of county roads. Most of the berry transportation over the public high- producers have tracts from one to ways. By good roads I mean the best five acres, with a home on each that can be constructed for perma- tract." nency hard-surfaced roads. The miles of paved county roads in Pierce Conqueror. County have revolutionized our farm- ai,e Bwept and garnished her house ing methods, our industries and mar- with care ketlng facilities, and they make life Though many the telltale footprints in the suburbs of Tacoma worth living." So. Bpoke w. H. Paulhamus, presi- there, For childish Had carried street. hands and the clay careless feet In from the dent of the Puyallup and Sumner Yet over he'r face ehone joy 8erone Fruit Growers' Association, in giving his opinion of what Multnomah Coun ty should do in the direction of a lib eral policy for better county high ways. Mr. Paulhamus Is also president of (ho Western Washington1 Fair Asso ciation and a former member of the State Senate. He has packed and marketed berries from Salem, New- berg and Vancouver, and he knows As she tolled to keep her hearthstone clean. And I understood as her soul took wings And soared above the clay To sing. She Bi't her mark on a lofty height, And upward climbed through many a night. But the road was long, and rough, and steep, the great area of rich volcanic ash And the clay clung fast to her aching land tributary to the Columbia River feet, Highway, which is estimated at 22,- And her hands outstretched Just 000 acres east of the Sandy River and 4 . mlsse 'ne foal: , . . . S00O acres on the Portland Bide of Tct brave of heal and strong of "ou1, v c, I i . .? She soars aloft on joyous wings iu paiiuj. ma uyuiiuu in iicijucuiij And livc, ttbove th6 clay sought by Oregon fruitgrowers and shippers. i Farmers' Vse for Good Roads. She And sings. her castles strong and builded "The farmer has more use for good Sne get her love on a pedestal; roads In the country than the city And worshiped at his shrine each day fellow has," continued Mr. Paulha- To find her Idol's feet were clay; ,,. . ,. . . ., And as he fell the world grew black mus. "I don t care what they assess Al)d Falth was lost. but Hope came me for good roads if the money is back, well spent. There are so many more And to her arms she closer clings Ana nues auuve uic fertile acres tributary to Portland than around Seattle and Tacoma that every effort should be made to de velop your agricultural interests. This can best be done by providing paved highways into the country dis tricts so the farmers can get their products to market at least expanse. "The marketing end of fruitgrow ing and farming in general is the most important end, and here Is where the apple-growers have fallen down. Nothing helps the farmer so much as to make his way to market easy. Get the fellow who is already on the land to prospering and there It is worth while remembering that will be no trouble to get new settlers you are always expected to pay a on the vacant land. 13ctter roads will good rounj prlce for anything that do.lt'" , l it i Is offered to you free. The world is In a district about seven miles long 18 " u0Jont tnctittttinn nnd if and two miles wide in the vicinity of ot a benevolent institution and If realized 111. put ..i.on .from l.rrle., ' M " , ' mnatw hlnrkhfirr ts and raspberries. ""' """-" . . , . , . And sings. When Life's fierce storms beat grim and gray And shut the sunshine from our day. And Joy Is choked by carklng care And Faith seems weaker than Despair, When hopes deceive and all. is lost And shipwrecked on Life's sea we're tossed, O! then we rise on splendid wings Supremely o'er all Bordld things, And live above the clay And sing! Emma F. Swingle. chase price is reasonably just it is the measure of your appreciation and enjoyment. J-JILL A Sleet Non-Sectarian Boarding and Day School for Boys. Military Dis cipline; Small Classes; Men Teachers. Careful supervision secures results that are not attained elsewhere. Send for catalogue. S21 Marshall Street, Portland, Or. New Sheet MIT C I T will send you U J 1 t the latest Ballad Is True." MACK'S Ml'SIC SHOP 847 Morrison Street, Portland, Or. Durine the picking and packing sea son $251,865.00 was paid out for wages to about 12,000 persons. He declares the Puyallup and Sumner Fruit Growers' Association plants constitute the largest manufacturing concern In the State of Washington. Fresh berries are shipped in refrig erator cars to markets as far East a3 the Atlantic Coast. Berries too ripe for shipment are canned and also made into syrup, finding a ready mar ket everywhere. ' Berry Industry. . One hundred 50-gallon barrels of raspberry juice recently went to Rochester, N. Y. During the busy season the packing and cannery plants handled 100 tons of black herries and 75 tons of raspberries dallv 12-hour davs. Two hundred published: ears of fresh berries were sent out- l. Me That Tour Heart sioe me state anu w mm m .ao were required for filling. The initial capital was $2300 and now $250,000 is invested, exclusive of the land ' where the plants are located. Speaking of how tho paved roads had made auto-trucking cheap in get ting fruit and farm products to the association's packing plants and can neries, Senator Paulhamus cited that up to November 10 of this year the association had paid the older rail roads $131,553.56 for, freight on , berries shipped from Puyallup and $25,119.34 for shipments from Sum- f ner to lntermoflntain ana eastern markets, besides to the Puget Sound and Portland markets. About $20, 000 had also been paid the Milwau- kee Railroad. He mentioned this to show that if the railways lost local traffic because of the competition of the motor trucks, they more than made up the deficit from long haul on the large shipments to outside mar kets. 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