The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-07-25
Harriman's ImmigratiOnPrOmoters Here

Harriman's ImmigratiOnPrOmOter Here
The party OF Hartman immigration
agents visited Hood River, Tuesday.
These gentlemen have been sent To
Oregon by the managers of the Harri-
man railroad system to gather informa-
tion that will attract immigration
from the East, and they are now
travelling over the state for that purpose
Those Of the party doing Hood River
were j. II. 0'Neil OF Portland, travelling
passenger agent Of the O. r. an; G,
M. Mckinney OF Chicago, general i'm
migation agent of the Hartman lines,
and his assistant, G. Mackenzie, also Of
| Chicago; w. II. Burke, formerly OF st.
Johns, Mich, now stationed at Indian
| opolis; HI. s. Grouse OF Fremont, ILL.,,
now stationed at Kansas City; In
| Conklin of Milwaukee and r. Nj. Hall
advertising agent for the o. r. & N.
The officials were met at the train by
reception committee of the Hood
River Commercial club, consisting Of
G. l.. Gilbert, H. +. Davidson, j l..
Henderson, Dr. j. f. Watt, Charles N.
Clarke, Elmer Rand and G. Z Viii
liams. After dinner, the visitors were
escorted to the commercial club rooms
where representative citizens had
gathered to meet them. q. r. Williams,
president Of the club, stated briefly the
object of the meeting and introduced g
M. Mckinney the general immigration
agent.
Mr.. Mckinney explained the meth
ods Of immigration promotion and
told of th4 wonderful possibilities
in store for Eastern Oregon by
the establishment OF system OF ir.
rigation. He said that with Hood
River valley as an object lesson
the Eastern capitalists can easily
! be persuaded to come west with theil
investment and develop the latent
forces Of the soil. "Oregon is capable
Of population of 100000 people, .
said Mr.. Mckinney. "The possibilities
Of the state have never been advertised
as they should have been. Washington,
through the agencies of the Northern
Pacific and Great Northern railroads
has sent millions of pieces of literature
to the people of the middle west, ant
the good results are plainly evident
The Hartman system has appropriated
special fund to be expended in attract
ing immigration particularly to Oregon
and in the next two months we expect
to have reached 100000 Eastern people
with Oregon literature. What has been
done in Washington can be multiplied
by four in Oregon"
j. H. 0'Neil travelling passenger
| ,f he ID R, NJ
plemented Mr.. McKinney's talk with q
few words He said there was nothing
in the whole state to compare with
Hood River. "Give us your descriptive
material, 4, said Mr.. 0'Neil, land well
do the rest"
To this, H. F. Davidson responded on
behalf of the commercial club that a
canvass had been made that morning
among the business men and it was
found that the necessary funds conld be
secured for publishing 100000 pamph.
lets.
The party were then driven over the
valley, and left on special train at
5 80 for The Dalles. The following
members OF the Commercial club ac-
eompanied the visitors ON their drive
through the valley: John Leland Hen
derson, II. +. Davidson, G. L. Gilbert,
j. f. Rand and N. c. Evans.
General immigration Agent G. NJ. Nc
Kinney, after his return from the drive
about the valley, had the following to
say when seen by Glacier representa-
tive;
Hood River is a very productive little
valley, and our party is very favorably
impressed with all we saw The or
chards equal anything of the kind ]
have ever seen. There is only one place
in the state where there is anything like
it, and that is Grants Pass. Bnt there
you see one orchard where there are
fifty here and there is more fruit here
than any other place in the country,
and Hood River is one Of the most valu-
able localities in the Pacific Northwest.
When it is brought to the notice OF the
people of the East, there will be a
strong, big immigration to this sec
ton. 1t will also attract men OF means,
matter of great worth to the commu-
nifty. We can consistently recommend
your valley wherever weg go. 1t is called
the Switzerland of America, but it's
got the fruit and Switzerland hasn't"
II. S. Grouse of Kansas City re-
marked
1t is the prettiest thing | have ever
looked at. can't help thinking it is
the most fruitful section of country I've
ever run across, and as far as l have
seen the place, should prefer settling
here in preference to any other Locality.
We never saw such orchards, such fine
apples and thrifty young trees. Your
strawberries eclipse anything the people
in Illinoise or Iowa would hope to see.
The quality of the fruit and the large
yields can not be equaled anywhere.
r. NJ Hall, publicity promoter fol
the o. r. & n. Co., as he accom-
panies the immigration agents, is
gathering statistics for the next pub
lication of the O. r. & n. Mr.. Hall re-
Gently succeeded the late Colonel p.
Donan as advertising agent for the
o. r.. 4 n. He is young man
splendidly qualified for his position,
aud one whose qualifications as a
writer make his published descriptive
matter on the western country ap.
peal strongly to the people of the
East. In this work his services will
be duly appreciated by the people oi
Oregon.