Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-08-04 | Page 12 | Crops in Fine Condition, Says Geo. T. Odell

i I I I CROPS IN FINE 7 r CONDITION SA SAYS S CEO GEO T. T ODELL Bi Brings Back Good News Nevis From Dakota and No Northwestern Northwestern North North- th- th western vestern States Eighteen hundred miles mUes In an auto Is a long Jong trip but It was the trip of or ofa ora a lifetime and ond I never enjoyed myself better than In crossing the the- country countr In Ina In a car said George Geon e T T. general manager of or the Consolidated Wagon Machine company of or Utah and Idaho and Utah director of or war savings s who yesterday returned from rom a trip over the tho states of Utah and Idaho and the coast Continuing Mr Ir Odell Oden said Leaving Salt Lake City on Saturday morning July 1 13 before daylight we rode through to Pocatello o by auto thence to Idaho Falls by train anti and back to Burle Burley Ida In the same manner Flom titer there to Boise Dolse City by auto thence to Portland by train and from Portland I motored to Paradigm Inn Mt It Rainier In n the extreme me north end of the state of or Washington and from there down through the state of oC Washington Wash Wash- ington fn on from rom north to out south similarly through h Oregon and down own through h Cl lo to Sin San j. covering o some 1800 1900 miles In Jn a Franklin averaging averaging aver aver- aging liO miles per da day I J visited all the C C. W. W fc t M. M 1 Co houses north of ot Salt SnIt Lake City and going through the rain growing districts In all the stales mentioned I am firmly o of the opinion as said to me and ami brought tomy to tomy tomy my notice that the harvest yield north of Salt Lake Lako City In Utah Idaho and Wyoming for the year 1918 1919 will be greater reater than the combined d harvest for the years 1916 and 1917 The crops In Washington look good the same will apply to Oregon only perhaps of or lesser magnitude butin but butIn In California while the they claim that crops are good I was of or the opinion that it was rather dry so far ar as fresh water is concerned but pretty wet cL when It comes conies to liquors From San Francisco I took the train to leoS Lea Angeles n and Long Beach Deach and amI the lie Salt Lake Route noute home My trip occupied twenty days das and I give che too t glowing lowing an account of or orthe the time crop conditions in the tho territory 1 I covered Copious and plentiful r. r rains nuns have cc recurred occurred In the region relon Which I cov covered red and in U d and Idaho Illa-ho In particular particular par par- the people are blessed this year ear from rom a crop standpoint as they I never have been before