The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-11-13
UTTERLY BooMLESS.

"a R0nGlCu1du udDlGQ WA4OCC
from Goodland, Kansas, to the Orego-
nian, in order to reach Oregonians and
tell them what to do and how to do it
in regard to advertising Oregon and di-
recting the tide of eastern emigrants
this way. Mr.. Haller among other
things that he fills column of space
with, says:
''Mr. Stearns says it is harder to get
people to come to Oregon than any other
western state. do not think it would
be if Oregon was advertised as much as
some of the younger states, who are
trying to increase their population and
wealth as fast as possible.
''My advice to your colonization soci-
ETY. is to be very careful not to get up its
advertising matter as too fashy. Too
much booming is not what holds the
thinking man, since booms all over the
country have left so many worse off
than before they invested. Get reports
such as your chamber of commerce and
state board of agriculture get out, and
with other good matter sent through the
eastern states. am sure it will do your
states untold good. H. NJ. HALLER."
It is self-evident that Mr.. Haller is
not acquainted with Oregon, or Oregon
methods, and his advice not to make
our advertising matter too ''faehy''
provokes a smile. The advice to ''get
reports such as our chamber of COM
merce gives out" provokes another great
big smile and when those reports are,
Nv TO bo
smiles double teams and force one into
genuine cayuse laugh. Mr.. Haller is
mistaken about Oregon not being ad-
vertised. We are known from Thunder
Bay to the Plaquemine, and from Ka-
tahdin to Tillamook, as the sleepiest,
slowest and least progressive people IN
North America. We have a prolific
soil, a magnificent climate, the grandest
scenery on the continent; our crops
never fail, and we can grow anything
that can be grown in the temperate zone,
bigger, better, and more of it to the
square acre than anywhere else in the
world. Nature did so much that the
early settler quickly and unanimously
concluded that man had no business do
ing much of anything, and he individu-
ally and collectively proceeded to do it.
We are not an aggressive people, but
living easily, are content with our lot,
willing to share of our abundance with
those who come, but not caring conti-
mental whether they come or not. If
or dessicated in Nebraska why should
we complain? There are millions of acres
of land here they are welcome to; but
why should we hamper their selection
of home or amusements. There are no
cyclones to toy with ones property here,
and a house built on section % stays on
that section until it is removed by hand
but if Jones of Nebraska prefers to
dance to the tune of the DEVILS dream
across country with his property, why
should we interfere? Jones is not of
the slow coach variety. He is progress
sive, at least during the prevalence of
the tornado, even though he progresses
by gyrations and retrogressions.
Oregon is the best state in the union,
and us going old webfeet are salts
fed with it, and our lot. We are so
well satisfied that we are willing to wait
until thinking people, get their think
ers to work and come here of their own
accord. Thinking people, who get their
thoughts from prepared literature, fur
nished by land-booming syndicates, are
the kind who buy gold bricks, beat the
shell games, and fatten the green goods
men. We have not many of that kind,
but we have enough.