Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-07-13

lhChb anu SulSI pIlSluB ClllhehS WnO
were present. About a dozen of the
! club officers and workers for promo.
ton enterprises had met the gentle
men at an elegant dinner at Hotel
Willamette, where Oregon cherries,
peaches and crab salad, fresh from
Yaquina bay, were served as delica-
cies of the season. After cigars, all
repaired to the city hall, and, as a re-
suit of the heart-to-heart talk with the
officers and leaders of the Commercial
Club, a correspondence committee on
a large scale will be organized at once,
Iby means of which hundreds of PEG.
pie will be set at work writing to
their friends and relatives in the
East, and mailing them literature and
papers. In hisI address and after.
meeting talk Mr.. Richardson empha.
sized the value of the local papers as
an advertising medium to bring set
tiers, far above the pamphlets that
are sent out. The latter are discount.
ed as railroad literature and boom
literature generally" and outlived
their day. Personal letters and the
local papers are alone worth using,
he says.
Local Workers Speak.
Some excellent speeches were made
by local workers for the expansion Of
Salem. r. J.. Hendricks spoke of the
good work done by the Commercial
Club in the past few years in promot-
ing enterprises that were bearing
fruit in all directions at present. May.
or Waters spoke of the grand results
to be obtained by the spirit of coop
Grafton, and that were making their
influence felt in securing extension of
motor lines in several directions. We
must build up the outlying country,
he said, if we would reach the great
est results in the city. The city lived
from the growth of the country.
Frank N. Derby spoke of the splendid
spirit of the Salem people, and their
readiness and willingness to take hold
of the opportunities that presented
themselves for the upbuilding of the
city. They were ready and willing to
take hold of my meritorious enter,
prise. County Judge Scott spoke OF
the transforming influence of better
roads, and how the suburban and
farming lands could be made more
valuable by bringing in more people
and giving them better mean of com
munication. Tilmon Ford, in conclu
sion, gave his hearty endorsement tc
the common sense views of the gen
tlemen who had spoken for the de
velopment league.
Immediate Work Begun.
I The Commercial club will take imme
date steps, through its officers, Presi
dent e. Hofer, Vice-President r. j
Hendricks and Secretary j.. G. Ora
ham, to organize the correspondence
committee, and began work today
Five thousand people are wanted to
write a letter each to their friends in
the East about Oregon, and give the
names and addresses of possible
Western settlers to the club. Hand
the names in to either of the gentle.
men above named, and The Journal
and other literature will be sen to
them at once with a postal card say
ing that it was done at the request OF
an sold friend in Oregon, giving your
name and address, and they will be
requested to write you for further in
formation. All who read this know
of some n who might wish to know
more about Oregon, and the develop
ment work will begin with you, and
will be backed up by the club. An
active correspondence committee will
be organized at once. Let us cease
living in the past. Let us live in the
only living reality, the Eternal Now.
Delegates to Portland.
The call for the state development
league convention will be issued to-
day, and the mayor, the county judge
and the Commercial Club will each
be asked to name 10 delegates to the
Portland convention. Each delegate
will be asked to prepare some facts
on special written lines of industry.
and present the same in duplicate cop
les of typewriter matter for the in
formation of persons who will be
reached through the organization. The
Commercial Club delegates will be
carefully selected in accordance with
a resolution unanimously adopted,
authorizing the president of the club
to name / delegates. A large extra
edition of The Journal is printed to-
day, and copies are wrapped ready to
send direct to Eastern friends. Hand
in addresses of persons who may be
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