East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-20
WILL ADVERTISE
UMAT|[LA COUNTY
BOOKLET is
NOW BEING ISSUED.
Facts and Statistics Of the County
Gathered Into New Booklet by
Committee From Umatilla County
Development Eeague-H. c. Willis
Will Go East to Cheyenne and Dis
tribute Books Among HOmeseekers.

The Umatilla County Development
League recently formed in this city
is now issuing an elegant booklet de-
scriptive of the resources of the coun-
ty, which will be distributed on Union
Pacific and o. r. & y. trains as they
come westward laden with homeseek-
ers for Oregon and Washington.
The booklet will contain about Is
pages of statistical matter concerning
the county and is now being issued
from the presses of the East Oregon
ian. The committee in charge of the
publication-Leon Cohen, G. A. Hart
man, sr., and ]. r. Dickson-has col
lected valuable and complete array
of facts and figures concerning the
resources of the various portions of
the county, and the booklet will be
one of the best of the kind ever issued
in the state.
H. c. Willis, secretary of the Una
tilla County Development league, will
go east as far as Cheyenne, when the
booklet is issued. and will distribute
1t among the homeseekers and will
work diligently to induce some of
them to stop off and take look over
this county before going to Portland
or into Washington.
The o. r. & y. and Northern Pa
cific are offering greatly reduced
rates from the east to Pendleton and
this territory. The one-way fare
from all Missouri river points is now
but S22.5O to Pendleton and tributary
territory and it is thought that many
homeseekers will take advantage of
this offer. From Chicago the one
way fare is but s30.5O to Pendleton.
and hordes of people are now coming
westward over all the trauscontinental
lines on these reduced rates.
In addition to the westward rate,
round trip excursion rate of little
more than one fare from all points
east has also been granted to Pacific
coast points, and the tourist travel
this season promises to be heavier
than usual t)rdinary years with
nothing special to attract people to
the coast.
While most of the homeseekers are
going through Pendleton into WASH
ington and on to Portland, it is
thought that by the distribution of
the Umatilla booklets and by active
work of the agent among the home
seekers on the trains, number may
be induced to investigate Umatilla
county which is said to be poorly ad
vertised in the east.
Yesterday about so pieces of home
seeker baggage checked to Pendleton
were received at the o. r. & n. bag
gage rooms in this city, denoting that
a few homeseekers have made this
city their destination.
So far Umatilla county has had no
advertisement in the east except that
received from the o. r. & y. booklet
Oregon, Washington and Idaho" and
the little circulars issued by the coun-
last year.
Homeseekers say they hear of
Spokane, Walla Walla, Portland and
Hood River, but never of Pendleton
until they come into oregon. Many
of them would have made arrange
ments to have stopped off here had
| they known of the great resources
and the Importance of the county.
1t is hoped that the distribution of
the booklet now being issued will in
| duce many of the actual homeseekers
to locate permanently in the county.
Every portion of the county is given
equal recognition in the booklet and
| complete information on all the vari-
Gus Industries and opportunities of
| the country Is given in 1t.