Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-10-31
FROM THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY.
Oregon's Grand Army Of the Repub-
lie Sends Peace offerings to
the Board of Trade.

A magnificent and carefully pre-
pared exhibit of the cereals grown
in the Willamette valley, Oregon,
was first shown on the Board of
Trade the other day, says the Chi
cago Tribune of October the 25 inst,
and has since attracted great atten-
ton from members and visitors.
The following letter accompanied it:
CHICAGO, Oct. 15.-To the Hon.
orable President aud Board of Direc-
tors of the Board of Trade of the City
of Chicago-Gentlemen: In behalf
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
Department of Oregon, we have the
honor to present to the Board of
Trade of the City of Chicago sam
Piles of grains and grasses, arranged
for permanent exhibition grown in
that portion of the Willamette
Valley, Oregon, Immediately sur
rounding the city of Salem, the
capital of the state. The Grand
Army of the Republic takes great
pleasure in depositing these evidenc-
es, not of war and carnage, but of
peace and prosperity, with your
great commercial Orga lization,
which is so honorably and actively
associated with the agricultural de-
velopment of the great west. Per-
NIT us to indulge the hope that our
business relations with your mer-
chants may soon become more ac-
tive, aud that your board may be
especially identified with the pros
perity of our people.
+. b. MCELaOY,
Commander, Department of Oregon,
G.. A. r.
B. S. Cook,
Captain and A. ID. &.
The receipt of the exhibit and let
ter was acknowledged as follows:
CHICAGO, Oct. 22.-Col. f.. b. Nc
Elroy, Commander, and Capt. b. ).
Cook, Grand Army of the Republic,
Department of Oregon, Salem, Ore.
Gentlemen: We have the pleasure
of informing you that at a meeting
of the Board of Directors Of this
board, held the 18th inst, the speci-
mems of grains and grasses fr,.n the
Willamette Valley, rendered through
you, by the Grand Army of the Re-
public, Department OF Oregon, were
most gratefully accepted and his hly
appreciated. These evidences "f the
productiveness of your great state
have been appropriately ar.
ranged for permanent exhibit III in
the exchange hall of this board This.
board, as you properly observe, is
intimately associated with the pros
perity of the great West, and may
always be relied upon to cooperate
with the citizens of Oregon for the
development of their resources. One
of the grandest illustrations of
American citizenship, constituting
an assurance of the perpetuity of
the Republic, the sublime spectacle
of those who fought for the Union
with a splendid bravery, address,
ing themselves with equal devotion
to the arts of peace.
w. S. SEAVERNS, President,
GEORGE f. STONE, Secretary.
The above almost explains itself.
The exhibit spoken of is the one
that was so carefully prepared by
the Oregon Land company and Prof.
McElroy, and w.s sent to the
National G.. A. r. Encampment,
held in Milwaukee i'm September.
After the encampment was over,
Mr.. Cook, of the Oregon Land COM
pany, and Commander McElroy
decided to try and have the exhibit
placed in some good location in
Chicago, and through their efforts
they have placed it where no other
exhibit was ever allowed before.
The advertisement and exhibit is
worth thousands aud thousands of
dollars to the people of Oregon, who
appreciate these gentlemen's efforts
displayed.