The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-03-27
RUSH IN EXHIBITS
BUREAU OF INFORMATION Is
SUES CIRCULAR LETTER.
Invites County Courts and City
Councils to Co Operate Would
Advertise Each District.

The blowing circular letter has been
sent o4t by the bureau OF information OF
Portland to the commercial associations,
county courts, city councils and news
papers of Oregon;
Citizens OF Portland are maintaining at
their own expense bureau Of informa-
ton, and with it an exhibit Of the states
resources, the object of which is the col
lection Of such facts as will enable them
TO intelligently guide the emmigrant
homeseeker and investor.
There are hundreds of such people
landing in Portland every day without
any knowledge OF the country, its re-
sources or opportunities.
Heretofore there has been no definite
plan ofaction to encourage, advise or as
sist such to become permanent settlers,
and as consequence, many who could
by such treatment be secured to the
state are returning to the east with dis
couraging reports or drifting to other
parts of the west, where better receipt
ion is accorded them.
The Oregon information bureau,
while it is Portland institution, aims
to cover the entire state, believing that
in building up one part of the state, the
whole will be benefited.
What the state most needs today is
development, and this can only be ac-
{ complished by securing and fostering
immigration, and for this purpose the
bureau was organized. The state is be-
ing throughly advertised through the
efforts Of the Hartman system, and the
Lewis and Clark Centennial Fair in
1905. The people are coming. Our OBJ
ject, therefore, will be to provide such
information as will be best suited to
their need, and be most effective in se-
curing results that will be Of lasting
benefit to the state. To do this effect
ually will require complete inventory
Of the resources OF the state, whether in
its crude or in its developed condition.
1t will require long time and much
work to compile such facts, and it
cannot be completed in time for the
work now upon US. We therefore, de
sire for immediate use, such information
as can be gained only through the CO
operation OF every one interested in thu
welfare Of the state. We should like tc
have as accurate list as possible of al
available lands in each county, eithe
open to settlement or that be purchased
together with description of such lands
thapurposes to which it is best fitted
tie price at which it can be had and th'
name OF someone at the nearest railroad
station to whom we can refer stranger
and feel assured that they will be assist
ed in securing location adapted t
their wants, with the least possible de
lay and expense, We wish our informa
tion to be accurate, as any misrepre
tation will only retard our object ant
reflect on the sincerity Of our motives
We wish every county to take the
matter up in earnest andsee that it is tn
duty Of some one to surnish the bureau
with this information.
We are glad to receive for distribution
any printed matter or circulars settinI
forth the advantages Of the various sect
ions OF the state thes, however, must b
accompanied by the Endorsement of tn
county officials, boards Of trade, cham
Der of commerce, or some one interest
ed or identified with the settlement o
development Of the county. We earnest
ly request such individuals or organiza
tions to name some one to whom we cal
refer persons wishing to visit their coun
ty, and who will cooperate with us il
our endeavor to satisfactorily locate
settlers aud investors.
We will be glad to meet persons from
every county in the state, Our room
are located atthe Union depot. Ou
business, the collection OF Information Q
our own expense aud the distribution 0
the same free.
All letters Of inquiries addressed
the Oregon Information Bdreau will r'
ceiye prompt reply, aud all informatio
furnished will be used to the best poi
sible advantage of Oregon.
All packages and exhibits should
addressed plainly "Oregon Informatip
Bureau Portland, Oregon, and deli
cred at your nearest railroad station I
steamboat landing; free tranportatic
has been provided.