The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-26

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tIon Committee Of tho Chamber Of Com.
mercc was held yesterday morning at
10 o'clock IN the rooms Of the Chamber
at which the decision was made 10 be.
gin an advertising campaign IN tha clas.
sided columns of tho daily and weekly
papers Of the East, and In the classified
columns Of the magazines, amounting 70
sAo0 per month. This amount will be
raised 10 $1,000 per month az soon a.
possible. This 800 win W. expended
l,egulasly each month for The balance
pf the year.
Chairman George w. sanborn pre-
sided and there were present besides
Messrs. q. 9, Fulton, n. L. Fulton, j. r ].
Ross, Dr. TIL. Bali and Frank Patton.
Manager whyte read a printed llst of
Is advertisements and these evidently
made good impression upon the com.
mittec a. Chairman Sanborn said he
would voluntarily raise his subscription
$40 per month 70 help this advertising
campaign which he believed would be
more helpful 10 Astoria than anything
else that had ever been undertaken for
the benefit Of the city, regarduess Of
how much money may have been ex-
pended upon any past effort. The ad-
yertisemcnts we're read before the last
regular meeting Of the Chamber at
which there were present standing
room attendance and at this meeting
they elected salvo of hand.clapping
applause.
Manager whyte explained TO the
Promotion Committee that when he had
made up his mind to come 70 Astoria
he had then expected that Astoria
would be In position to devote the
sum Of ct least, se5 900 year to ad.
vertising. With that sum, the least
amount the manager believes the city
should consider for advertising pur-
poses, he believes that the future Of
Astoria would be absolutely assured and
that within two years the proof Of the
pudding would be In the eating. Mr..
whyte does not expect To accomplish
any fcats Of slight.of-hsnd Or Iegcrde.
main, but believes that judicious, sen.
sible advertising will do more than any
thing else TO make Astoria grow.
The advertising which the Promotion
Committee will Immediately place, will
be placed through the G. 9, Chapman
Advertising Agency Of Portland, and II
win cover every part Of the United
States, but most Of It win be placed in
the large daily papers Of the eastern
states and IN the classified columns.
Without reproducing the advertise
ments in detail, Il may be said that
the 45 ads which Mr. Whyte prepared,
are made up Of nire series, and they
invite correspondence from nearly every
conceivable class and profession and
business occupation. II may be that
several stenographen win presently be
required to take care Of the Chambers
business.
Among the various things the Promo
tion Committee viii advertise for, be-
sides immigration in general, are 10000
woodshoppers, who can 90 into the
backwoods hereabouts and chop their
way out rich, needing nothing whatso-
ever for the process excepting sharp
AK aud the main strength necessary to
handle 1t. 1t one Of the general immi.
grafton ads, the reading Is as follows.
IF you had come west 10 years ago
you would have been millionaire now.
just stop and think what Rcinze did.
There are many men in your city as
smart as he is.'
Another Of the general immigration
fads which will be inserted in all of
the daily papers Of the big cities nm.
der the head Of Business Chalces,a =
reads: "You who have been clerks for
20 years, do you want to die clerks, or
would you prefer to come west and
grow up to be real men and property
holdersf Out west you can win a home,
make q good living and be independent,
q real citizen with chance to 20 to
Congress or to the Senate, to be the
Governor of great State"
Among the other things advertised
for, are able-bodied laborers with fami.
lies, farmers, real estate agents, con.
tractors, parties who would be interest
ed in a shipbuilding plant, the largest
ever built on the Pacific Coast; capital.
lists who are looking for the best oppor.
tunities to invest; millers and capital
lists generally who would become inter.
ested in the largest -four mill in the
world; sawmill and lumber people who
would invest In the country where
there is more standing forests than
anywhere else on this continent; for
small manufacturers who can manufac-