Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-11-17
WELCOME TO DALLAS!

The business men Of Portland will
be our honored guests this afternoon.
They will receive warm welcome,
and no effort will be spared to make
their brief stay enjoyable. The per-
sonnel OF this party includes many of
the leading merchants and business
men of Oregon's first city-men OF
high standing in the commercial
world and representing millions of
dollars Of capital. While these men
are coming to Dallas purely on Il
social visit, they will be interested in
Dallas material resources and ad-
vantages to the end that they may
join with our people in working for
still greater developmentin the future.
Dallas is proud of what she has to
show these men, believing that no
town of similar size in the Pacific
Northwest can make a better show
ing in the way Of municipal improve
ments, commercial development and
industrial activity. Among the good
things that will be called to their
attention are excellent railroad COP
nections; splendid mail and telephone
service; three large sawmills, all in
active operation; a sash and door
factory, Touring mill, foundry, tan
merry, machine shops, organ factory,
wagon factories, ice factory, axe
handle factory, mountain water sys-
tenn, well-lighted streets, sewer system,
free library, good hotels, substantial
business blocks, handsome homes,
beautiful churches, a business mems
social club, attractive public build
ings including the new Woodmen
Hall, Dallas college, and strong
public school; in the immediate
suburbs, large prune evaporators,
prune and apple orchards and ex-
tensive hop yards; surrounding the
city, broad acres of fertile farming
land producing wheat, oats, barley,
and clover; in the foothills, where the
Angora goat is king, fine dairy and
stock ranches; and back Of it all, the
finest body Of timber in the known
world. Dallas has much to be proud
of, and it will be a source Of pleasure
to every loyal citizen to be able to tell
these visitors of the towns past
achievements, present prosperity, and
promising future.
The objects Of the Portland business
mems excursion are best told in the
"Greeting to Western and Southern
Oregon" the text Of which is as
follows: ITO your valleys of the
Willamette, the Umpqua and the
Rogue, to your flr-clad mountains and !
green wales interlaced, Portland sends |
greeting. We come, business men
from your gateway city, Oregon's |
gateway to all the world, to clasp
hands at home with you, the business
men Of the great interior. We wish |
to know more of the great interior,
the magnificent cornucopia Of West
ern Oregon, which for more than half |
a century has poured its riches
through Portland into the lap of the |
earth, We wish to know you beyond |
the business acquaintance that mere
interchange of traffic brings. In
friendship we visit you who did go
much to create and maintain that |
beacon light of the Northwest, the
Lewis and Clark Exposition. Your
interests are our interests; we wish to
know how we may serve them and /
above all we wish that personal friend
ship and understanding that will en-
able us to engage in effective team
work in behalf of a Greater and |
United Oregon"
This is the spirit in which the busi-
ness men OF Portland come to visit us
this afternoon, and it is needless to
say that they will find a royal welcome
awaiting them.