The Willamette valley proper holds about five million acres of the most fertile soil in the world, a soil equal to any demand that may be made upon it. Today it is carrying a population, outside the city of Portland, of about two hundred thousand people. Brought to its fullest development this land will one day support one prosperous happy human being on every acre. Prophecy is dangerous business under common conditions, but here's a case where the prophet has a cinch. He can't miss it: he can see it with one eye tied behind him
