East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-11
OREGON CITIES
ACTIVELY ADVERTISE
LEAGUE
STARTS CAMPAIGN
Many Cities in State Are Engaged In
Systematically Exploiting Their
Resources and Opportunities TO
Homeseckers-Steamshlp Line Be-
tween Portland and Antwerp.

Portland, (SpeciaD
the banner Of the Oregon Develop
ment league. the state has never ta-
ken a more decided forward move
ment in community publicity than
now With the various cities thor
oughly aroused and actively at work
to advance their interests the out
look is very bright. Never has there
been a stronger advertising pulse
throughout the state. There is a de-
termination to set forth to the world
the manifold advantages Oregon has
to offer to the homeseeker.
During the past week. under the
direction of the Oregon Development
league. remarkable meetings have
been held in various parts Of the
state, Tremendous interest has been
shown everywhere.
Lebanon raised a publicity fund of
$2500 at an enthusiastic meeting.
The people of the city are united in
the determination to exploit the re-
sources of that section and are do
Ing splendid work.
Corvallis has just organized a wo-
mans auxiliary that will make itself
felt in many ways in furtherlng the
efforts of the local commercial club
in advertising Corvallis. A warm well
come is given newcomers.
Silverton people, at meeting dur
ing the past week, raised a fund Of
over $4,000 that will be still further
increased. A strong commercial
club has been organized with over
40 members and it is promised this
number will be raised to 100 soon
Scio and Jefferson are in line for
their share Of publicity. having each
raised $500 for development work in
their section. All are alive to the
benefits of working together as
state league.
Laidlaw is active. The develop
ment league of that place is on the
alert to advertise that part of Ore
gon and it is going ahead as never
before.
Glendale, at a meeting Friday,
showed a splendid get-together spir-
it and the people of that place are
thoroughly wide awake and enter
prising.
Centenary for 1911.
The centenary of the first AM
erican settlement on the Pacific
coast will be celebrated by Astoria in
1911 and plans for the affair are al
ready being discussed. Descendants
of John Jacob Astor will be asked to
join in the commemoration Of the
planting of the first American city
on the Pacific coast by the founder
of that famous family. The story of
the founding of Astoria Is told in
Washington 7Irving's book of that
name.
New Steamship Line.
Establishment of a direct steam
ship line between Portland and Ant
werp was announced this week and
this new channel for commerce is inn
portant to the whole northwest. Coast
consumers will be able to take ad-
vantage of commodities brought dl-
rectly here from the old world and
the vessels will have large loading
space available for carrying coast
products back to European markets.
immigration Grows.
Thousands of new settlers have |
come to oregon and Washington dur
ing the period that the low one-way |
colonists rates were in effect and are |
now building permanent homes here |
On the o. r. & N. lines alone, 1884 |
homeseekers came to the northwest |
between September Is and October |
10. This is very satisfactory in
crease over the travel of this kind
during q c.milar period of last fall,
and shows that the tide of immgra-
tion is steadily growing stronger to
this favored section of the country.