The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1899-03-25
The HoME-sEEkERs.
VIII The Dalles and Vicinity Reap
Any Benefit From Their
Coming?

The second section of No. L, which
arrived in the city about o'clock last
night, was composed of five coaches
filled with homeseekers, brought to the
West by the cheap rates which have
been introduced by the o. r. & N. and |
other roads for the advertisem ent of the
West, and to induce these people to
make their homes on this coast. Yester-
day at Spokane 15O of these immigrants
were transferred to the o. R. & N. from
the Great Northern, and these came
through laet night.
Although their tickets were good to
Portland, about twenty stopped off at
The Dalles, with the intention of settling
in different parts of the interior. For
instance five signi6ed their intention of
going to Bickelton, Wash, two to Mitch
ell and three to Antelope; several board
ed the boat for Lyle this morning; while
others remained in The Dalles, and are
undecided as to what move to make.
Committees should have been ap-
pointed to meet these people at the
depot, and, while they impress them
with the Observation-Disclosures of the people,
at the same time give any information
that may be necessary regarding our
section and its resources; and still a
better plan wonld have been to have
committee thoroughly conversant with
the untry near The Dalles, board the
train at the state line and thoroughly
canvass the cars. Thus many might
have been induced to cast their lot
among Us, and not only benefit them
selves thereby, but this portion OF
Eastern Oregon for from the observa-
learned concerning them, they are just
such settlers as will develop a country
and make good residents. The next
excursions will leave st. Paul April 4th,
May 2nd and May 10th. Let something
be done in the matter before they reach
our doors, and great will be the result.
1t looks very much as if the entire
matter had been left in the hands Of the
o. R. & N. Company, which it would
seem should have the hearty co-opera-
tion of every section of the country
through the various chambers of COM
merce, and the citizens individually.
We were surprised to read the following
in last evenings Telegram:
Over 100 homeseekers will arrive in
Portland this afternoon. Many of them
will arrive as strangers in a strange
land, without the least idea of where or
how they are to obtain proper informa-
ton about homes for which they are
searching. They will be left entirely to
their own resources.
Tho Tho of 10
nothing. It was not formed to look
after immigrants, only SO far as the dis
tribution of pamphlets is concerned. If
homeseekers happen to wander into the
office, well and good if not, that is
their own lookout. In case they do
they will be loaded down with pamph-
lets, containing enough information to
bewilder even Philadelphia lawyer.
The o. R. & n. is preparing to do
what the people say the Chamber OF
= Commerce or one of the two immigra-
tion bureaus should have done before,
and that is to prepare carefully complied
statements of the conditions OF different
sections 8, which will be distributed on
the train to all persons coming into the
Northwest. General Passenger Agent
Hurlburt is hurting this work along as
fast as possible, SO that these will be
ready for the next batch of people.
When asked if it would not be pos.
sible for the immigration committee o
the Chamber of Commerce or some
other com mittee to meet the excur.
sIonists and welcome them to the state
representative of that body replied
that the members were too busy anC
could not neglect their business.