The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-01
Chances for the Eastern Farmers
Coming West.
HOME EASILY GAINED ~ WORK.
Local Chamber af Commerce VIII
Tnoreupfed Government Lands
4 New Township just Surveyed
-Homest~aded Years Ago. nut
Allowed to 60 by Default.

The rew pamphlet 20 be issued by the
Chamber Of Commerce IS being rapidly
prepared by Secretary Pfoscu. OF the
chamber IL wifi serve a double purpose.
.uazrnlsh As IL vlli present 80 the people
tire annual report 81 the chamber for ls's'
snd In addition @iIl give tbs people 81 the
Fast who .re Interested "a Washington
and the Northwest al idea IF where trey
can go and wfat they do.
Secretary Prosch IL moving within con-
ser.assse lines 80 compiling has new cir
cusnr. He would Hae 10 make il double
the E.ze. illustrate II proftssiy alld go 1n,o
detail on nlI the subjects when ne. as
secretary Of The chamber. KNOWS most
interests those VINO contemplate coming
10 this state.
Commerce meets this afternoon Il viii au-
fhorfze the amplifting OF the new circular
a. b.. issued, and give A-. Prosch iuit
sweep as 10 picture. and inc written mat
ter
Certain 1t Is that from the East comes
the constant cry. Send ts advertising
matter regarding your state" f.
Those inaulring do not want the circu-
ksrg 81 boomers They want something
that liz guaranteed by the Chamber %
Commerce or some other body Of equal
strength and importance. ~ that prospect
ne ssttiers can rely upon the Information
furnished.
Special Inducements.
jus. now the Great Northern. Northern
Pacific Canadian Pacific and other rail
roads making special inducements 10
immigrants to come io the Northwest.
What the people hack k.as, want Is some
tlasng beside the advertisement OF the rail-
way which soilcits their passage. They
want something solid" az one immigrant
put II,
Nat that we think the railroad com
panies are soiug 10 bsnkn az, said this
man. They may and do tell the truth
eboat the lands the5 have TO sell but they
have the lands 10 sell and ne know that
the fellow who has got something to sell
always cracks IL up 10 the top notch
III your Chamber ~ Commerce Says the
proposition Is fair and IL II represented
on It's face. W. can rely ou that. because
We car ind th. men whea get here,
and we know that men belonging 10 the
Chamber Of Commerce VIII not knowingly
lend themselves To n fraud and III they
do. they will be the frst 10 help us punish
the swindlers One circular from the
Chamber OF Commerce OF Seattle Is worth
more back East than q ton of stuff from
real estate men who have land 10 sell.
even though those men are honest
IL is for this reason the Chamber of
Commerce Will probably send OUT report
tessing those who want to come West what
Washington offers In all lines.
In this connection the immigration rates
recently made by the railroads. and which
have resulted 80 far in number Of par
ties OF honeseekers coming IN Washing
ton. viii receive attention. The railroads
are advertising and selling their own
BtfluH. lsul iff@tG are thDN&anAe and thou
sands Of acres OF government land In
Washington That are unoceup.ed and IL II
only fair 20 the Eastern homes~ekers that
they should know where this land can be
found
Careless About Proving up.
unin this boom IN immigration those
who have held government land in this
state have been careless about proving up
on their property. For instance Register
Tyler. OF the United States land Office has
this week entered a new township No ~
range east, ana Tiled twenty homestead
claims. ali of which will be proved up at
oice. as the parties have lived OF the la nj
since 1921, but never thought Is worth
while - fuiy protect their rights as aet-
tiers untii now The prospect Of thau-
hunting homes suddenly awakened The
settlers to TIA. fact that they had ariftad
slong for years without owning anything
There ARE hundreds Of other homestead
.rs in IKE fix, and the land office ~
poets 60 he kept busy. and by the wav
viii be glad ~ II FOR once the faui Isl
property entered and all terms compiied
with. II disappears forever from ihf. books
of 'he United STATES Land office
Now. as stated. there are hundreds Of
thousands or acreS II government land
yet Idle sBS open fu settlers aN4t IL fa ex-
rsct-d the Chamber ~ Commerce w1n in
ia farfhcnnlng TIA mpfiet ana report take
W. these lands and point nut e.. the, fnn-
areda coming West on immigration rates
yhefe 20 fine home IL thew are willing 10
r-oneer IL. The Records 1T tbe hand office
are opsn 80 the chamber aud the men IN
charge H.tl onls he too willing "a furnish
the necessary DATA
" Is n9t ia any sense a fight against She
sais ~ raliytt.,d lands bur the offering az
opportunities la thousands uf tea~t@Yn
farmers without money enough to ble a
farm Ia gain oae ty th~ good ols-fash-
Toned ~at ef paying with "the sweat OF
their brnH