The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1909-06-26
SOME STRAIGHT GOODS.

tai Journal.
Outside of a few men of prom
nence, Portland is not backing
he fight for the development of
III Oregon,
The great campaign for a, rail-
'oad through Southern, Idaho.
across Central Oregon to Coos
Bay, is not attracting the atten-
ion it deserves in the Oregon
metropolis.
The Portland Journal has back
ID the fight for the development
of Oregon and Idaho.
The Portland Chamber of Com
nerce came to the rescue in the
struggle before the Oregon legis-
lature.
About twenty of'the. solid men
of that city. undeE- the leadership
of President MacMaster, helped
the passage Of the railroad
amendmena to- the constitution.
That about completes the reci-
tai of the work done by Port
land,
Neither the Portland CONNER
cial Club nor the Chamber of
Commerce are paying any atten-
ton to the Development Congress
to be held at Burns July /, 2, 3.
The Chamber of Commerce
Bulletin and Board of Trade
Journal have not word for the
great struggle of the undeveloped
interior.
They are either indifferent or
they do not represent the COM
mercial interests of the metropo-
lis.
If they could attend one of
these great development conven-
tons such as have been held in |
Idaho and Oregon in the past
year, they would be awakened
from their somnolent poppy
dream ard prehaps imbibe little
of the interior enthusiasm, :"
The June Portland commercial
publication tell about land ad-
vancing from the, sage brush to
SIPS, and $500 an acre.
They tell about great interior
valleys being converted into
great alfalfa and fruit lands.
They tell about settlers looking
for homes in the undeveloped
portions of Idaho and Oregon.
The Portland commercial clubs
have been very busy with their
rose show.
They have been entertaining
Japanese visitors.
They are very much interested
in the commerce of the Oriental
countries.
They are struggling to keep
the army headquarters from be-
ing removed from Vancouver to
Seattle.
They are worrying about the
Of refuse and the re- /
pairing Of their bridges.
IBut the slogan Develop all 8
Oregon" falls upon ears that are :
leaf, and souls that are wooden, b
I, indeed. they do not belong to :
he bitulithic age. ~, =. Il
About ten men in that city are
weakening to the CALLING eneees-1j
Ifty for the development of fsbe'
Interior. tle dey tg)STnc o.
,lsha l,e great city sleeps
commercial laI4Eess upon its
d, eptitledt@ Al tor which il
as; waeef ,out as much credit
bill. IS for running down
so far no railroad line OF
steamship line to an Oregon porf
bears the earmarks of Portland
paternity.
Of twenty men we could men
ton who have awakened out o.
the Rip Van Wrinkle sleep of thu
Plethoric Portland Plutocracy 81
far only one man has been will
ing to go out and attend develop
ment conventions who is not
salary booster. Col. Charles Er
skine Scott Wood.
1t has been impossible pry loos
from their idols any of the res
Of the big guns who are chasing
the almighty dollar in the Ore
gon metropolis.
They are splendid boosters fo
Portland but there it stops.
The president Of this DeveloI
ment League did coax steam
boat load Of Portland CONNER
ciahsts down to Coos Bay to
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