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Hints Along Lines of Progressive Farm Thought,
may grow to great m entality and physical
The total wealth of the warring nations
endowment by careful consideration of the
is $300,000,000,000, and if Tesla's figures on
prc-tr.ids, carbohydrates, calories and gen the total cost of 200 days’ fighting are cor
eral foods that enter into his diet! These
rect, they mean that nearly 25 per cent of
a and kindred questions are raised through the E
urope’s total wealth will be the sacrifice
a
organization of what is known as the “ Clab which must be paid for the terrible spee-
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ber Cult,’’ which recommends the adoption
tacle which is now going on.
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of a diet of peanuts, raw cabbage and bonny-
For lifty years, Tesla says, Europe must
a clabber as a producer of intellectual and
pay
and pay, and not even then will the
<3> physical super-men.
account
be closed. Coming generations with
a
It is not claimed for the cult th at one
out blame for the conflict, will be burdened
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may proceed to mental and physical heights
with penalties. Even the victors will be
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at one bound by close attention to the diet.
penalized, for no gain of territory or war
<• tioned.
Rather is it urged that devotees must have
indem nity will repair the losses which de
patience, and await the slow and cumulative
struction of property, the killing of human
effect of the years before realizing all that
beings and the maiming of others will bring
NORTHWEST 1915.
is promised them.
even to the victors.
OR THE PURPOSE of discussing means
No doubt one who confines his gustatory
for draw ing the travel to the Califor-
The United States knows something about
wants to peanuts, raw cabbage and bonny-
w a r’s penalties. We are yet paying the price
nia expositions at San Francisco ami
San Diego through northw estern routes, a clabber over a term of years is entitled to
of a conflict fifty years ago. That unfortun
conference of the governors of Washing some high reward, says the Seattle Post ate war a tremendous handicap on the na
intelligencer. Those who have followed the
tion. The South suffered most, but the
ton, Oregon, Utah, Idaho and Montana has
diet for some months admit th at the calm
North, conquering after tremendous sacri
been called by Governor W est of Oregon, to
pleasures of the dining table have vanished,
fices of men and money, is only now begin
meet in Portland on November 26 and 27,
and that eating has become a m atter of rote.
ning to feel the burden lessen.
a t the opening of the Pacific Northwest
M anufacturers' aud Land P roducts’ Exposi However, there are present rewards. The
There will never be another war between
colony is free of dependence upon the ordi
tion in th at city. It is hoped that a t this
N
orth
and South. It is known now that
nary food supplies, and as long as the plod
time plans may be form ulated to secure
men
can
livo in harmony, and we realize
ding cow continues in its work and the
northw estern routings for the visitors and
th
a
t
America
would be much further along
goober and jabbage patches thrive the prob
for the entertainm ent of the tourists when
the
road
of
progress
had the Civil war never
lem of living is greatly simplified.
in this country. Governor Hiram Johnson
been fought. Europe will learn the lesson we
W hatever the outcome of the experiment,
of California has also been invited to be
learned. W ar’s accounts are not settled
it is probable th at humanity in general will
present at the meeting.
when the fighting ends.
prefer to follow the old method of catering
One purpose of the meeting, if plans are
to the appetite within the limits of the purse.
successful, will be to get the visitors to stop
CANNED GOODS.
off in the rural districts of the states inter There are too many people who prefer to
lthough
south A merica imports
live well while they live, rather than to live
ested rather than to confine their attention
about
$15,000,000
worth of canned
in the Northwest to the larger cities. This is abstemiously and live long. W ithout the
goods annually, the United States fur
pleasures
of
a
well-filled
table,
there
are
a movement which should have the hearty
nishes only about 18 per cent of the total, of
co-operation of all farm ing folk for the in people who would prefer to lay aside the
which the principal item is canned salmon.
troubles
of
life
and
take
a
nice,
long
sleep.
terest of easterners in our agricultural and
That the sales of canned goods in this field
stock raising pursuits is of decided value in
can be greatly increased is the opinion of
AN AIM IN LIFE.
the development of the Northwest. Too
Commercial Agent E. A. Thayer of the De
often the tourist gains his knowledge of the
IGH SCHOOL STUDENTS are not the
partm ent of Commerce, tvho recently com
resources of the great Northwest in a hasty
only ones to whom the following edi pleted an investigation of the Latin-Ameri
glance through car windows as his train
torial in a school paper may a p p ly :
can m arkets for this line of goods.
speeds across the land.
n av e an aim in life. Set up your goal and
The agricultural communities form the
In the year of 1913, there was produced
then work with all your heart and soul to
backbone of a state and their influence in
in the State of Wisconsin more than one
attain it. Make your goal the big thing in
the development of the Northwest should
hundred millions of dollars’ worth of cheese
life, make it all yours.
not be overlooked. In spite of the splendid
High school students are too often w ith and other dairy products which gave that
m anufacturing concerns th at gain footholds
state the title of being the greatest cheese
in the large cities and bring thousands of out a definite purpose in view. They are
producing state in the Union. The produc
not quite sure what they are attending
men to the Northwest it is the land which
school for; they are simply going. The aver tion of cheese along in th at state equalled
holds the possibilities of the future. The
forty-four per cent, of the entire cheese
age girl or boy thinks of life after school
more men who can be attracted to the farm,
output
of the United States.
days as some vague unreality in the misty
the greater the prosperity of the state.
future, something th at will take care of
In passing, it may be mentioned th at the
“ South Africa wants Pacific Coast ap
itself. Why should they give it a second
M anufacturers’ and Land P roducts’ Exposi thought! Concentrated effort means every ples,” says our consul at Johannesburg,
tion in Portland is worthy of the serious
“ largely on account of the system of pack
thing in this age of specialization. To be a
consideration of the entire Northwest. The
“ Jack-of-all-trades” acknowledges in ineffi ing best suiting market conditions. Medium
holding of such a fair is certain to result
ciency now, and sooner or later acknowl sized red apples, such as Jonathans, Rome
in friendlier relationships and a wider
Beauties, Banana Apples, Winesaps and
edges failure. Throughout the history of the
knowledge of the resources of the North-
Spitzenbergs, particularly the last two, are
world
the
big
men
of
affairs
have
had
one
West.
preferred to other varieties.”
aim in life. Napoleon, a poor Corsican, made
Should the conference of governors pro himself master of France and her domain
posed become a fact it should make for a simply because he set out to do so and kept
A new Oregon berry has been produced
greater Northwest. The securing of the enor on until he had accomplished his end. James
by a plant breeder of the state. Early re
mous hegira of visitors to California has
ports are that it may become a commercial
K. Polk set out to obtain California, and he
been through thousands of dollars spent in
factor in the business. Only the originator
got it. W hat these men have done on a large
advertisbig the Panama Pacific Interna
of
a new plant can tell the numberless
Reale, every one of you can do in a narrow
tional Exposition. It remains for the N orth
failures which have preceded success.
er sphere. Have an aim in life. If you like
west to profit by this in getting the travelers
engineering, make yourself an engineer; if
to take the northw estern route. E ntertain
Regardless of what we may think of im
you have a liking for science, take up some
ments of many kinds may be planned for
migrants from Japan, one immigrant has
scientific w ork; if you enjoy working in the
their benefit and everything possible should
proved welcome. It is a plant known as
out-of-doors, be a farm er or a surveyor. Any
be done to make their stay a pleasant one.
the Adsuki bean. It bears heavily, is deli
good, honest occupation is a worthy goal.
The states along the southern route to
cate
in flavor and is rich in protein. More
Make something of yourself, and start in
California might object to our capturing the
of this kind of immigrants will be received
now.
travel, but there would be nothing to pre
with open arms.
vent the visitors from taking th at route on
EUROPE’S PAYMENT.
their way home. Yet, it is before the N orth
The scientific roosters are seeing great
IKOLA TESLA estimates the cost nt
west to begin a stem fight to persuade the
possibilities in our sugar beet pulp by manu
Europe’s war at the end of the 200th
tourists to come by way of thia fertile sec
facturing it into the cyanide of potassium
day at $70,000,000,000. The mind can
tion. They will be much more receptive to
for the treatm ent of the minerals containing
hardly grasp the magnitude of such figures.
first impressions received in the Northwest
the precious metals. W hat will our fatten
Tesla goes further than experts who have
than to latter impressions of the Southwest.
ing cattle and sheep think of this raid on
merely estimated the cost of m ilitary opera their commissary departm ent!
We want the visitors to see the Northwest
tions. He includes the economic values of
first. Make th a t the slogan of all loyal sons
lives which will be lost, the economic waste
of the Northwest. “ See the Northwest
Our friend, Jupe Pluve, had a long va
f ir s t.’’
through the crippling of able bodied men,
cation this summer. L e t’s hope that pleas
the cost of disease, the destruction of credit
ant reminiscences will not cause him ta
THE DIET CULT.
and purchasing power, of property, com shirk work this winter!
S IT POSSIBLE that, by taking thought
merce and industry, taking in every factor,
and making careful selection of his diet,
immediate or in the future, which enters
If Gifford Pinchot is looking for a place
man may raise himself from the mental
into the conflict. He also estimates the price
to spend his honeymoon, his attention is
and physical planes in which he was born!
which nations at war will have to pay for railed to 11/100,000 acres of forest reserve
la it probable that one of average intellect retardation of social progress.
in the State of Washington.
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