The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-03-14
PEOPLE ARE COMING.


According to the dispatches from
Portland, q large number of eastern
visiters, settlers and home seekers arr.
driving in Portland every day. They
are met at the train and at the hotels
by representatives from eastern Ore
gon and the Willamette valley towns,
provided with literature descriptive of
the various locations. and are located
on lands and farms in various sections
of the state-except in Clatsop coun-
ty.
Nearly every county in the state has
a supply Of literature pertaining to the
many inducements offered by various
locations for intending investors. and
these are distributed at the trains
frequently on the trains before they
arrive in Portland. and from this evil
dence of the general prosperity OF the
state, many of them are located in the
various cities and counties-except In
Clatsop county.
At Seattle. Tacoma, Spokane, Ever
ett and all progressive cities have
commercial organizations who are
working to secure eastern settlers, in
vestors and immigration for their var
ious localities and they have an abund-
ance Of literature, conspicous among
which are copies of the home news
papers published in the cities and
towns of the state, containing write
ups and descriptive matter Of the var
ious localities, but there are no east
ern or California publications. nor the
Overland Monthly distributed. as ex-
perience has demonstrated that peo-
pie looking for locations are guided
more by the home newspaper than by
paid write-ups in obscure magazines
except in Clatsop county.
The advertisement contracted for in
the Overland Monthly does not appear
until June, and by that time, a large
portion of intending settlers will have
arrived and secured good locations.
After that time the people arriving will
be mostly those who come to visit the
fair and not with the intention Of To-
eating. To induce these people desir.
ing to change their place Of abode all
the transcontinental railroad compa- |
MES announced special excursion rates |
March /. and thousands of |
people are now availing themselves of
he advantages offered. These facts
we're known in every city and county
n the state-except Clatsop county.
When the Lewis and Clark fair pro-
ect was first launched and the state
lad appropriated money for 1t and the
United States government had appro-
,riated money for 1t, the various cities
md towns, through and by the efforts
# it's commercial organizations com
nenced to prepare literature advertis-
ng the resources and grand pessibill-
les Of their localities and a large
mount was placed in the hands of the
bureau Of the board Of
Of the fair and judiciousIy
distributed with the result that thou.
iands Of people are beginning to pour
nto Oregon and will find homes in
,arious localities except Clatsop
county.
In addition to this nearly every
county in the state has secured space
where the products Of the various Sec
ions will be on exhibition at the Lewis
md Clark fair, showing the wonderful
PRODUCTS Of Oregon; its grand natural
advantages; healthfulness of climate
mountain scenery, natural
yet undeveloped affordng
ZONES on its fertile plains, in its beau.
iful valleys and on its mountain sides
where crops never fail and where there
s an established market for every
hing that can be produced, offering
to home builders and cap
talists, where there are no droughts,
10 floods, no blizzards, no nine months
winters but in one Of the most salu-
1rious climates in the world where ma
ure assists the farmer in making
living; where good schools and
churches abound and where its hos
,itable people welcome every new
.omer-except Clatsop county.
Had the county court, or the mer-