East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-28

Three-fifths of the members of the
Oregon commission to the jamestown
exposition, including the prezident of
the commission, is in the city today
attending the county fair and working
in the interest of the exposition.
The members in the city are Prezi-
dent Jefferson Myers of Salem, Henry
Blackman of Heppner. and D. H.
Jackson, sheriff of Jackson county.
PRECEDENT Myers is enthusiastic with
the reception of the commission where
it has viZited. The northwest states
seem to appreciate the importance of
having a creditable exhibit at James,
town, a center of commercial and in
dustrial activity, having large num-
ber Of steamship lines and nine rail-
road systems.
The commission has a we'll defined
legislatures of the different states next
winter. This plan is to have joint
bilding for the four states comprizing
"old Oregon" territory-Oregon, Ida
no, Washington and Montana, each
state to take its portion of the space
Of this elegant and impozing bilding
for display of its products.
The commission thinks this would
be the most successful manner in
which to display the resources of the
northwest. One state alone would not
feel justified in erecting a costly bild-
ing, but by joining together, most
magnificent bilding could be erected
and the great northwest would be ad-
equately advertized.
The commission win perhaps rec
ommend that an appropriation of from
$4,000 to $4,000 be made by the Or
egon legislature, for the purpose of
assisting the counties in making indi-
vidual exhibits at jamestown, rather
than to group the entire exhibit into
one. In this way the counties would
be made to share the responsibilities
and would have an individual share in
the rezults.
The commission is compozed of ca
pable and practical men, with a wide
experience ir the Lewis and Clark
fair enterprise and oregon is fortu-
nate in being in the hands of this
body of citizens.
What we insist on and what Ore
gon must insist on in all her advertiz-
ing enterprises" said Prezident N.Y.
ers 20 the East Oregonian today, ''is
that we make showing which will
appeal to the farmer, the actual pro-
ducer. We need country people. The
cities are now filled up to the limit
and the country districts are not de-
veloping in proportion. We need ac-
tual settlers, first of all, and to this
class of people we must appeal with
our jamestown exhibit and with all
of our other advertizing.
THE jamestown vicinity is the CEN
ter Of the greatest truck gardening
district the world. II is settled up
by Pennsylvania Dutch and other
hardy and industrious people, and we
can get them interested in Oregon by
making them know what the soil and
climate produces here.
For this reazon we believe thar
each individual county should make an
exhibit. Each should have responsible
and practical men on the ground to
intelligently explain and answer the
questions asked by the wondering
east. We hope the counties will take
pride in collecting creditable ex-
hibits for this exposition. 1t will be
the greatest advortizing enterprize
that it is possible to conceive of. for
1t Will reach the people who are close
to the soil. the families who are hun
gering for land, for independent lives
IN new, free country like Oregon"