Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-01-17
STATE IMMIGRATION SOCIETY
The Executive Committee cf the Par.
eat A.socia ion VIII Mee' Feb.
IL at Helera
Steps Will Be TAX, II at That Time
To Organize the Sta,e for
Active Work.

The meeting held last fall in st. Paul
to discuss ways and means by which the
tide OF desirable migration should be
directed to the northwestern states in.
stead of gong to the south and south
west, a direction which in recent years
has become more and more marsed, did
not end with few speeches. Il set Of
resolutions and banquet The gentle,
men who interested themselves in that
convention evidently meaot business,
and do not propose that the northwest
Shall lose any advantages which may be
had from the location of new settlers of
the right class in the northwest by rea
son of the failure to put before such i'm
migrants truthful information regarding
the unequaled induce men1s offered by
the northwestern states to desirable set
tiers. AT that convention of business
men OF the Noriha est was organized an
active central association under the
name of the North western Immigration
association, with headquarters at St
as president and d, Il. McGinnis as sec.
retary, both business men of rare ability
and energy. The plan of operations out
lined was to organize each state separ-
ately, the Stale association to work
through the central association, and to
this end an executive committee was an.
pointed In each OF the north western
states to see that their state was proper
ly organized and shared in the work and
resulting oenehts of the movement.
North Dakota was The first state to fall
into hne. organizing at Fargo December
lrlJ, lSoo. big meeting has Just been
helu at Mitchell, ;. d.. Tor the same Dur
pose Governor .IcConneIl of Idaho has
auLOuDced his intention to call Il meet
Ing IN that stale me time in February
for like purpose, and ii meeting Wa
held III Seattle, at the call of Governor
McGraw of that state, on January Is, fur
the same purpose.
lhe executive committee for MOntay 4
named 10y the parent association at ST
Paul, - particularly able one, and con,
slsls If G. T.. Conrad, of KahepeIl; Parls
Gibson, OF Great t.al s. Capt j. II. Mills
of Helena: Prof, ), M. Enery, of Buze-
man; auu W. i. Jurdan of Miles City.
MIR. Gibson yesterday Issued "a call for
the cumnittee to meet together ON
feb II next at Iitlenh, to take steps L.
secure al once All effective organization
Of TINS state TO the end that Monlaua
may be III ilLe with the movement and
reudef efficient aid ia the work. rraping
III return her far share Of tie advan-
thgts 10 be derived from the success Of
The association
Ii Is part of the plans of the centra
organization TO MAINTAIN three iOfcigu
bureaus, one IN Great Britain. one IN
;ocandinavla, and one in Germany,
and through these ageuciss t.
circulate literature deecrIltiye Of the
resources and advantages of the north
west, To obtain the publication Of truth
full statements OF like character IN news
papers of Ihose countries, to supply ad-
vice aud and 10 intending enigrante. and
generally W ete that drslrabIe emigranta
and only such, aro directed toward thes3
states, IL Is not proposed to encourage
day laburers to come 10 these states. the
supply being already greater than the
demand, but to interest farmers having
the uecessary capital and others hu are
qualified 10 heveiop lbe natura,
wealth OF the cOunr ry. IN the Oppurtun-
tiles which the various sections OF the
northwest present. y special effort will
be made to interest men OF capital IN
the mineral riches of the state and to
convince them Of the fact that no sec
ton OF the country or the world oilers
more tempting opportunities in this re
spect than does Montana. Attention
will also he drawn to the great agricul-
tura wealth which awaits development
in the valleys and bench lands of Mon
tana. with a market for produce at
hand in the cities and mining camps
not epuaIled in any other part of the
United States. 1t will be the duty Of
the state organization to collect and
furnish information to the central or
ganization as to what classes OF immi
grants are desirable in the different 10
caIties and to bear their share Of the
expense.
me oreat Northern ana Northern Pa
citic roads are taking very strong in
tereFt In thls systematic effort to de
velnp the, resources of 1he country
through which their roads pAse, and are
backing tho movement 10 "a mDst ener-
getic manner The hentfts to be de-
rived from judirious work in this di-
recton arr certain to be important and
substantial, and Montana has AS much
to gain from it as any other stare in the
northwest, ana perhaps more, 1t can
offer better Inducements To desirable
settlers than most Of them u eay the
least. It follows therefore, thai the peo-
pie should take Il lively interest in the
work which will be commenced ca the
18th uf next month. At Helena.