The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-12-13
DOING MUCH q
FOR OREGON
POSTAGE BILL IS $50 A WEEK
Oregon Development League Carrying
On An Effective Advertising
Campaign.

Fifty dollars per week In postage
gives some idea Of the enormous Joint
correspondence Of the Oregon Deyel.
opnent League and Portland Com.
mercial club.
The present interest in Oregon pass.
es all precedents and the inquiry ex.
ceeds BY at least one hundred per
cent that Of the Lewis and Clark ex-
position period.
The above refers only to the corres-
pondence conducted by Tom Richard.
son, and for several weeks past each
and every one Of the sixty two CON-
mercial bodies throughout Oregon
which compose the Oregon Develop.
ment League have been furnished
with the names and addresses Of en-
quirers sufficient to keep a well
equipped office busy In dissem mating
information about the different por-
tions of the state.
The enquiries are chiefly confined
to four languages, and while those u.s.
ing English in their correspondence
predominate, there are many Ger.
mans, Swedes and Poles WI iting tor
information, and all will be supplied,
The Oregon Development League
has been doing some very extensive
advertising throughout the Dakotas,
Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Hi.
nois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebras-
ka, Indian Territory, Oklahoma, In.
diana and Ohio. Naturally, the range
of enquiries covers almost every part
Of the United States, but the great
majority Of them are coming from
what 10 known az the Middle West,
that region which includes the Missis.
sippi valley and embraces eli the ter
ritory between the Rockies and the
Allegheny mountains.
Every subject is touched upon In
these communications, but those rel
ative to dairying seem to bs In the
majority, and fortunately for Western
Oregon, especially, 1t seems to be
genei ally understood that In this par.
ticular section the dsiryman has green
pasture the year around.
Cost of living expenses II asked In
many letters, climatic conditions
form the chief note of others. There
are those who want to engage in bee
keeping, others who wish to raise
poultry. Angora goats, cattle and
sheep all receive their share of atten-
tion. Fruit growing 10 Of course, q
subject Of special prominence In many
letters, but remarkable as it may ap-
pear, while majority of the letters
come from wheat .growing disti lots,
very few, II any Of the writer's, ask
regarding this important cereal.
The Oregon Development League,
through its celtral office at Portland,
has placed In the hand, OF the sixty
two organizations forming its men,
bership, an opportunity 10 get direct
ly In touch with people already
enough interested In Oregon to have
written letters asking about "The
Beaver State" and this opportunity
should be improved by each and ev-
cry communication, for when a farm.
er's interest In any portion of the
country is sufficient inducement for
him to write letter 1t shows he is
pretty much In earnest. He should
not be allowed to forget Oregon and
Its special advantages until he be-
comes resident Of this state.
1t is during the winter months that
the farmers Of the entire Mississippi
valley, aud especially the section rep
In the states mentioned
above, do their greatest amount of
and they ought to be given
a chance to learn all about this state.
The foundation of an active campaign
by any commercial body Is first of all
TO determine twho shall be written to
Tor best results. This question is an
swered amply by the lists furnished
by the Oregon Development League.
Never was 80 splendid and economical
IN opportunity presented before for
,very community to advance its. inter.
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