Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-07-24
RAILROAD MEN WELCOMED.

Several prominent railroad men
were in Grants Pass Wednesday even
ing, travelling by special car and were
welcomed in fitting manner by the
Board of Trade and citizens. The Wis
itors were taken to the parlors of the
Grants Pass Banking and Trust Co,
and of the First National Bank, where
they were shown quantities of gold
nuggets and dust, the products of the
Josephine county mines. The party
then repaired to the dining room of
the Hotel Josephine where they were
entertained with refreshments. r. L.
Coe, president of the Board of Trade,
made brief address Of welcome, ex-
pressing the qualification Of the
Grants Pass Board of Trade and oiti-
zens at the opportunity of meeting
and welcoming their distinguished
visitors and of talking over the mu-
tual interests in southern Oregon s
development. He spoke of the great
natural resources of southern Oregon,
our wealth of mineral and timber, and
our grand possibilities in those lines
of industry, as well as in those Of
fruit and agriculture He expressed
the willingness of Grants Pass to CO.
operate in any measures calculated TO
advance the development of southern
Oregon.
G. NJ. Mckinney, immigration agent
for the Hartman lines, replied to the
speech of Mr., Coe and expressed him
self as agreeably surprised at the mag
nitude of the resources of this portion
of southern Oregon. In % years of
immigration work, he had not found
n section with a more promising fu
ture or one that offered greater in
ducements to the homeseeker.
w. L. Conan expressed the interest
of the S. p Co in the building up of
the country tributary to their lines
and believed that Josephine county
would be vastly benefited by a hearty
cooperation of the Board of Trade
with Mr.. Mckinney. 1t was decided
that the board pledge 100, 600 desorip-
tive pamphlets to Mr., Mckinney and
the immigration bureau. The party
consisted of W. Il, Conan, general
freight and passenger agent of the 5,
p. lines in Oregon; G.. NJ, Mckinney,
general immigration agent for the
Hartman lines; g, Mckenzie, assist.
ant general immigration agent II. A
Townsend, l. N. Conklin, W, II.
Burke, I. A, Kruze, staff assistants +;
r. NJ. Hall, advertising agent o. II.
& N. ]. II. O'Neill, travelling pas
senger agent o. r. & N. j, p Jones
travelling passenger agent, Southern
Pacific II. Il. Lonsbury, travelling
freight agent, Southern Pacific The
immigration agents spent week in
o. r. & n territory, east Of the Cas-
cade Mountains, between Huntington
and Spokane. They examined all
phases of industry now represented
there as we'll as the capacity of the
country for new industries, and its ad-
vantages for home seekers, with or
without capital They will know
Oregon pretty well when they return
from the trip over the Southern Pa
cihc lines Tho purpose of this ac-
quaintanco with the state is to equip
the immigration agents for going
among the people Of the Mississippi
valley who wish to seek new homes
and giving them reliable information
Information that will be trust
worthy guide. This is the way it is
proposed to influence settlers to locate
in the Pacific Northwest. therefore
the agents sent into the field are not
men who can tell merely an attractive
tale of the country and get lot Of
home seekers to como out here to
become dissatisfied, but men who
have knowledge Of the actual CON
ditions here, and give the facts to
those who desire them.