Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1908-09-03

grip sack full of literature. He took
along a list of addresses he secured
of the board of trade, of people resid
ing near places he was intending to
visit, and found his time very largely
devoted to calling on these people and
adding his personal explanation to
things written and printed about. In
many instances he found the people
not only ready. but anxious listeners
and some of them were prepared by
facts written back to them by friends
and relatives already living here, to
accept his recital without question.
In one case in particular, after he had
told his Salt river valley story to a
goodly sized group. an elderly gentle
man in the party not only verified
what he said but added that Mr.. KEEL
ly had not put it strong enough; that
he had a son-in-law living here who
had done better with his crops than
Mr. Kelly had indicated was to be eX-
pecte0
Speaking of the mental condition of
that class of people from which immi
grafton is to be drawn, and the best
class too, for they all have a little
money, being small farmers, profess
sional men and business men with a
little surplus capital. he said their at
tention is attracted mainly To two diff
ferent sections. The people of Mime
sofa and other northern states are all
talking of the widely advertised oppor-
tunities in western Canada. Washing
ton and oregon, countries of similar
latitude. Down in Missouri and adj
joining states, attention has been main
" diverted in the direction of the Pan
handle country and Wyoming.
But these countries as they all knew
are only one crop regions, that is one
crop a year of whatever is grown. AL
they all have winters of great severity
so that in point of climate the places
to- which they might go would be no
more attractive than where they now
live. Most of them are tired Of the
long cold winters and the snow banks.
Mr. Kelly distributed quite freely the
hoard of trade literature and copies of
the August Earth and when these pap
ers were perused the variety OF crops,
the fact of several crops a year of
some products, being raised, and the
absence of the snow banks and icicles,
appealed very strongly to them. 1t
was more than ever emphasized this
year by reason of the corn and grain
crops being short so that many farm
ers have little more than they need
for feeding purposes, with nothing to
sell and sometimes having a prospect
of being required to feed hay only dur
ing the coming winter. when grain is
Il ~
climate that appeals to them.
At the request of a number of people
who already live here, Mr.. Kelly made
a special trip to Lisbon, North Dakota,
to see a number of their friends. He
was received with hospitality and
found an eager lot of people waiting
to hear what he had to tell them. He
does not pretend to be an orator, but
he got this little bunch together and
preached them a sermon on the Salt
river valley and peddled out his liter
ature which he invited them to read
and then ask him questions on any
thing that was not answered or that
needed further explanation. The re-
suit of that little missionary tour was
that they secured special rates and
twenty of them indicated to him
that they would be out here sometime
during the coming winter.
The people through the middle states
said Mr.. Kelly are doing a great deal
of travelling just now. There, are
cheap rate excursions in every direc-
ton. Some go for pleasure, some for
summer trips and many are seeking
new homes one place or another. The
northwest is most attractive place by
reason of cheap transportation rates
and being several hundred miles near
Ier. Sixteen dollars will buy a round
trip tivket from Kansas City to Wyom-l
ing and with a few dollars more any