The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-06
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Of all the land have seen viii be Il
cultivation and moreover prove 10 b.
the most productive lands in the North
west, And wish TO add that | bclIey,
that the colonization al this county with
thrifty tillcrs oi the soil il the most I'm.
portant work that this chamber can do
| have been fayoled with the cheer
ful criticism that | would not be abl,
TO get the lands for colonization pur.
poses here Ii this county even II sc.
cured the prospective buyers. My re,
ply was that could certainly secure
them and ! can now say that the way
Il open and that from this time on w
viii have all the lands for colonization
In tho country that we can use
However | would very much like u
settle mp all Of the lands first that are
nearest Astoria, and would like Ia
settle them up with farmers who will BE-
willing TO cultivate intensely small tracts
Of about 10 acres In sixe do not ask
that this land near Astoria be sold 10
newcomers for nominal sum. No
owners Of lands near Astoria that could
be used for agricultural purposes have
even mentioned 70 me excessive prices
for their lands.
Now wish TO say that the Promotion
Committee wishes II understood that
the advertising we are doing is open Tor
= the use Of the membership and subscri-
bers. The more using II, the greater
will be the results and meanwhile the
Committee will continue answering all
letters on its own account,
hut this work Of colonization Ia but
one Of the many things the Promotion
Committee Is interested In, that IL. Il
trng to promote, We have mentioned
colonization first because II Is almost In
separately connected with our advertising
campaign, which I consider the most
successful ever started West Of tho
Rocky mountains, and would end In the
achievement Of the most important re.
suits with even y reasonable encourage
mcnt, which we have and with which
wo arc fairly well satisfied.
Just now we are doing, all We can 10
get In shape proposition looking to-
wards the building oi bulkheal from
Tongue Point TO Smiths Point and the
securing Of an important system OF ter
minals here which will insure the ex-
portation OF all OF the wheat raised any
where near the Columbia River Such
task OF course cannot be accomplished
In a short while, II at all. We have
been working on II since the 10Th OF
june although about all we have to rc.
port yet Is that we have received marked
encouragement. Naturally the com
mittec will make all haste to report to
this body as soon az II has anything de-
finite and positive TO report.
On the Goth day OF June | talked this
proposition over with President Elliott
and last week with President Lewis
Hill believe can assure you with
out violating any confidence that there
will be n very comprehensive system OF
terminals built In this port, II not be-
tween Tongue Point and Smiths Point,
then between Flayel and Hammond, and
as II Ii only about ten miles from
Tongue Point to the jetties, and as this
much room at least Is needed BY Astoria
II she IL to become great city, per-
sonally cannot see as II makes vital
difference whether we load ocean.going
vessels at one point within this ten
mile stretch or at another,
In this connection | may say that |
am working on the matter Of securing
what has generally been referred to as
Common Point rates and with more OF
feeling Of confidence in my efforts than
have yet felt, believe in fact that we
will presently get these rates whether
We really have to have them or not,
Another Naval Station.
We have gone to work In earnest to
: try and secure tho location Of the new
naval station which the Secretary OF the
Navy has declared must be located here
on the Pacific Coast, and through our
senators and representatives and the
commercial organizations of Portland,
are pushing the matter as best we may.
OF course the depth OF the water over
the bar must be taken into considera-
tion without doubt and the possibil-
tiles Of deepening the channel
across the bar. Col. Roessler as you
have perhaps noticed by his report, has
come out and openly said that II we had
q good drcdge we could secure much
more water over the bar than we now
have and very rapidly, too. We pro.
pose to do all we can TO secure this
dredge, and to couple the plan for get
ting it as nearly as possible with that
of securing the naval station,
Tho Portland Good Road,
Early in July the good roads COM
mittee of this body, +. A, Fisher, chair.
man, and others, held q meeting with
President Lewis Russell Of the Portland
Automobile Club for the purpose of TAX
ing under consideration the ways and
means of securing q good road from |