Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-18
New Workers In the Field VIII IKE
pend Large Amount of Money
to Advertise California
in the East

On a mission the sole purpose Of
which is to advertise California
throughout the world, Frederick e
Scotford, city and state promoter and
representative of the Quoin club oi
New York, arrived in Los Angeles yes
terday and Immediately prepared fol
the work of getting the new Develop
ment society of California into proper
working order.
Mr.. Scotford has a marvellous record
for making stretches of the country
grow and TEEN with life where before
hand there was nothing but barren
waste. He has worked over almost ev-
cry field in the east, from Maine to the
mississippi, taking in cities and prairies
with impartial zeal, booming Boston
one month and then whooping UP
prairie land in Indiana the next month
Several months ago the Quoin club
decided to transfer it's boomer to the
coast, and Scotford came west and To-
Gated in Seattle, where he now has
Offices Next week he will open offices
| in Los Angeles and begin the work of
promoting the country.
In the last year the promoter has
been in Oklahoma and Texas, interest
ing fasteners in that section and
drawing hundreds there to live in that
country.
Ills WOTh III lUe IlOTInWeSL mas DeSn
marvelously successful and now Cali
fornia is to receive the benefit of his
labors. The Development society of
California was organized some time ago
in an effort to advertise this section
throughout the world by means of ad-
vertising in newspapers and magazines
in every section of the country.
VIII Draw Capital
| Tho i1oo 4o n r,raot auta,,t - J;e
pei the gloom caused by the San Fran
cisco disaster and to show that the
earthquake had simply caused trouble
to very infinitesimal section and had
not In the last troubled California.
The best business men in the state
are backing the proposition. The rail-
roads may lend their support, but II
is not a railroad scheme, and If the
railroads lend any financial aid they
will do SO with no voice at all in the
management of the company and sim
ply as a public spirited movement
The, company is a creation of the peo-
pie, according to the statements of Its
officers, and with it's wonderful re-
sources hopes to draw millions of cap.
ital and hundreds of thousands of peo,
pie to the golden west within the mex
few years.
Liking a thing is a matter Of see.
ing, II you really have good PROPOSE
tion, and matter of education if yoI
have not good proposition" said Mr.
Scotford, the promoter of countries
yesterday.
when 1 enter. a field to promote anC
boom that field 1 always look about t.
see whether it is all that is represented
and then go ahead. California is all i
/ is represented to be, and so muci
more that there cannot be too much
said about this section.
Il represent the Quoin club of New
York. That club is composed of TWEEN.
ty members, who represent the thirty,
five biggest magazines in the world
Recently these magazines agreed
through the club to put out $40 00t
worth of space each year for Califor,
mia and the Pacific coast. That space
can be utilized in no better way thar
the exploitation of California, and this
Development company is working along
| the same lines. t.-...
MY purpose here is to help organize
the company in the best way to Obtain
results. California now has a record
of nine people to the square mile, in.
Guiding the cities. A country like this
can stand 100 to the square mile and
never know they are here We will
| begin work at once"