Wichita eagle., 1890-02-05
IMMIGRATION.

sociation official notice that the railroad
composing the association have agreed
upon one-fare rate for all who atten(
the meeting of the directory at Omaha
on the 18th of February. Full fare viii
be charged going, the purchasers o.
tickets taking receipts from the railroad
agents for the amount paid for The
tickets, and on presentation of the re
ceipts in Omaha return tickets will be
Issued free. The chairman of the asso
citation directs that where the journey is
made over more than one line and it is
necessary for the passenger to pur-
chase separate local tickets, it will
be necessary to procure receipts fol
amount paid for each ticket at time OF
purchase. Failure to procure such re-
ceipts, or to present them when applying
for return transportation, invabdates
any claim for reduction in return fare.
Tickets must be purchased within three
days of the time of the meeting-the 18th
and application for return Transports
rion made within three days from the
| date of adjournment of the meeting.
All the roads in Kansas and connect
ing lines outside the state leading into
Omaha have agreed to the foregoing ar
rangement and terms and have so mott
fed their local agents.
Secretary Cowley also received yester-
day notice from Hon. c. P. Burlington,
secretary of the Montgomery county
auxiliary to the Kansas Immigration
bureau. notification of the appointment
of P. V. Hackett, D. McTaggart, G. A.
Mitchell, w. II. Price and c. P. Buffing-
ton, at the meeting at Cherryvale on
Monday, as delegates to represent Mont
gomery county at the Omaha meeting
next Tuesday. The secretary adds that
all are enthusiastic in Montgomery
county over the immigration movement
and will contribute their full share in
whatever direction is necessary to make
the movement a grand success.
The secretary of the bureau furnishes
the following information in regard to
ADVERTISING KANSAS
"On and after February 90 the Office
of the Kansas State Immigration Bureau
at Wichita will have a mailing list of
one half million people in all parts of the
east and Europe to whom the bureau
will send advertising matter of all kinds,
and every newspaper and citizen of Kan
sas by sending their matter to the bureau
ready for mailing, except address, can
have same mailed to any locality, any
state or part of any state that you may
wish to post on Kansas. Further. every
citizen of Kansas will oblige Kansas by
forwarding to the bureau from one to
l 200 names in any state or states.
Send the names and address Of the
people you know in the east to the
secretary at Wichita. Kan.
The Emporia Republican publishes the
proceedings of meeting held in that
city Monday for the purpose of organ
izing county auxiliary for Lyon county.
The meeting organized comfy direc-
tory and adopted constitution and by
laws in conformity with the rules of the
State immigration bureau. A commit
tee consisting of S. B. Riggs, c. " Esk-
rigde, W. B. Rumsey and j. r. Graham
was appointed to prepare an article
a compilation of such facts |
Lyon county as the county |
wishes to have published in
the book to be gotten up by the State
Bureau. The State Bureau proposes to
have ready for distribution by February
10Th book containing full data concern
ng the resources, advantages and |
of Kansas as a state in
which to live and each county
will be given space in it in which to set |
orth its special attractions. The Repub-
lean, in an editorial on the immigration
question, sums up the matter in the fol-
owing pertinent and concise form:
sit is desired that every county shall
Orm an organization of its own, to be
tate organization, and thus all sections
work together harmoniOusly for the gen.
raj good. Kansas has accomplished a
;reat deal in the past towards attracting
and capital to her borders
~ enterprising effort. In movements of
# this character, organization is invalu-
bic; individual energy and enterprise
nay do much, but the dignity and i'm
'ortance oforganized state effort is much
more likely to compel attention and i'm
ress favorably. When the leading bus
ness men Of a hundred counties lay their
leads together for the purpose of devils
ng ways and means of securing definite
bIects, the results are likely to be much
nore gratifying than when board of
rade here, or few individuals there,
nake struggling and independent at
empts. Kansas had a state immigra-
ion society once, and what is known as
he boom period began about the time
he work of the society had time to be-
ONE effective. The immense crops
aised this year are grand advertise
lent for the state. The news has gone
broad over the country and people have
heir eyes this way. But neighboring
-ates will not be idle; their agents and
amphlets and newspapers will be cir
ulated through the east and the tide of !
Drlng immigration may be diverted
sewhere if we remain idle and trust to
lex. Everything seems favorable for
lovement of the kind just inaugurated,
properly supported, to start Kansas ;
pom the way TO period of prosperity ,
lore substantial and permanent than ,
ny thing we have yet enjoyed"
Local county organization was effected ,
Burlington, ,Cotfey county last Wednes- ;
~ for the purpose of working in unison {
18th the state board. In speaking of
lis local meeting and the value and i'm
ortance to that county of the state
ovement. the lie Roy Independent says: 3
''lf lie Roy was not represented at the
Getting at Burlington IL Is hiol time for
II business men and all citizens to get a
owe on them. The matter is of the ut !
ost Importance. Kansas is going to |