The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-09-27
HELP INTEREST VISITORS.

Merited commentator is heard on
every hand for the members of the
Commercial club who worked so hard
to secure good crowds for the harvest
festival and to make the affair a sue
cess. 1t was a worthy enterprise and
much good will result from their eff
forts However, aside from the one
exception of the Milton booth, there
were very few harvest exhibits and
the possible elegant displays of the
products of the country were conspic-
uous by their absence. For the pur-
pose of impreSsing visitors with the
wonderful resources of this fertile Sec
ton of the great state of Washington
there was absolutely nothing. The en-
ergy and enterprise of the business
men and other citizens of Walla Wal
la We're amply exemplified, but as for
the manufacturing industries and the
agricultural resources there was little
il the city to show the people when
they came here unless they were
taken directly to the big shops or es-
corted into the country.
Beginning october IA and continuing
for one week there will be the great
est exhibition in Walla Walla of man
ufacturing and agricultural products
that The Inland Empire has ever seen.
to say nothing of the great stock
shows. Every resident of the Walla
Walla valley should take an interest in
the county fair for. while this annual
exhibit is conducted by energetic men
Who have invested large sums of
money it is in no sense a money max
Jig enterprise but an educational in
stitution which does more toward adj
vertising the country and its resources
than any other scheme and will re-
suit in more benefits to the county
than perhaps all the other advertising
features.
l, is doubtful if the Commercial club
and all other organizations in the city
could accomplish more for the good
of the community in any way than by
inaugurating campaign to bring
visitors to Walla Walla during the fair
Throughout the country fairs and eX-
positions are acknowledged as among
the most beneficial educational ins;itu-
tons. Much good results from compar-
ison of manufacturing industries, agri--
cultural machinery. agricultural and
horticultural products. triupmhs in
stock breeding, and various other in
duStrial and scientific achievements.
Progress in all lines is stimulated and
advanced by comparisons made in dis
plays by those interested.
In addition to the general, good re-
sulting from such affairs there are
particular advantages to be gained in
this western country where efforts are
being put forth to bring settlers into
our midst to increase the population
and enhance real estate values and de-
Velop The resources of the country. No
section in the United States can show
finer products than the Walla Walla
valley. There are hundreds and thou
sands of people from the east and the
middle west touring on the Pacific
coast with the idea in view of locating.
1t should be the aim of Walla Wala
TO bring many of these people into this
valley and their permanent location is
practically assured.
To say nothing of the benefits to be
derived TO our own people these fairs
will be eye openers TO visitors from
other sections and all efforts to bring
visitors into the city during fair week
Will be put forth in a worthy cause.
There appears to be just little too
much tendency on the part of some
Nalla WallanS to look on the Fair as
ISOLATION as an organization to make
money. People know they will give a
fair whether the other citizens help or