Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-08-06
PULLMAN SHOULD
Be ADVERTISED
Golden Opportunity to Secure Desir.
able Settlers is Rapidly Slip
ping Away

That one of the grandest oppor-
tunities ever offered the people of
Pullman and the Palouse country to
/ do effective advertising in being
allowed to pass without being used
/ is known to those who have visited
/ Spokane and Coeur d'Alene to regis
ter for the land drawings. The west
has never seen so many people who
! are desperately seeking an opportun-
ity to get home. Many good, sub
stantlal farmers are among the vast
number and these are generally dis
appointed in the conditions they
/ have found. 1t is well known that
the Northern Pacific and Great
Northern run through large
amount of desert country and the
land seekers see no good agricultural
country on their trip. They think
/ there is no good agricultural land in
the west and many of them are re-
turning to the east with the idea
that there is no good farming land
in the west. and the only agrlcul-
tural land is the small tracts that
are irrigated and can be seen from
the railroad.
The writer has just returned from
a trip to the three reservations and
was surprised to meet so many peo-
pie seeking land, who know nothing
of the Palouse, Walla Walla and Ca
mas Prairie districts and after
reaching Spokane had made up their
minds that there is no farm land
in the northwest. AT the Inland
a former resident of Oakesdale who
called my attention to these condi-
tions He said: For two weeks |
have been coming over here every
day and preaching about the Pa
louise country and ] always have an
interested audience. If some one
from that country would bring some
samples of grain and other products
and make it business to show them
and to talk about the Palouse coun-
try and tell people what it is and
what it offers, hundreds of good
men would go there to locate. A
few days ago a man from Moscow
was here, enroute to the exposition
at Seattle He had a few heads of
wheat and a few samples of farm
products. When he got off the cleo
trio train here he was surprised by
big crowd of eastern people, all
anxiously asking questions about
the products, where they were rails
ed. what kind of country, and what
land could be bought for. AS a re-
suit a number of them took the cleo
trio train for Moscow"
This statement is not at all ex-
aggerated. While we were talking
many people Gathered around us and
asked questions about this country
and expressed surprise that there Is
any agricultural land in the west.
| We were kept busy answering ques-
| tions until the train arrived. 1t
was so on the entire trip. When
ever the writer began talking about
the Palouse country and its pro-
ducts, he was soon surrounded by
people anxious to learn about 1t.
Don't you have to irrigate?" was
| question asked often, and people
seemed surprised to learn that there
| is farm land in the west that don't
| have to be irrigated to make 1t pro-
duce a crop. A man from Mime
apolis came down on the train from
| Spokane to Moscow. AS we left
Spokane we engaged in conversation
and he expressed disgust with the
west. Il have not seen any farm
land on the route since leaving the
! Dakotas,' he said. / supposed there
was some farm land out west but
have been disappointed | am going
back to Minneapolis and stay.
IOlu uiin W ndlL hA liOhi hhhAi
we reached the agricultural country
and from Spangle to Pullman the
man was kept busy looking out of the
windows and admiring the crops
This Is the finest farm country ]
ever saw" he said. 81 had no idea
there was such a country as this
Why don't the people advertise it?
Hundreds of people would come here
If they only knew what a grand coun-
try you have here"
If the people Of Pullman would
spend s1C0 within the next two
weeks to send man, or several men
to Spokane and Occur d'Alene, each
armed with samples Of grain, fruit
and other products and a little lit
arature 10 distribute II would result