The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-03
INDUSTRIAL NOTES,
portland correspondence).

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Oregon is the place for you,
has been the slogan brought to
the attention of 100000 people
Of the country through a big ad-
vertisement in the Saturday
Evening Post placed by the
Portland Commercial Club, and
the same message has been sent
to 1000 600 more through other
publications. Reasons why Ore
gon is the stote Of opportunity
have peen presented. The 92I
commercial bodies of the state
having membership in the Ore
gon Development League have
been given an opportunity with
out cost to them to answer inn
mediately thousands of new in
quiries about Oregon. Never
before has Oregon been so we'll
known and interest in the state
so generally aroused, All that
is needed to get the best results
is for the commercial bodies to
take advantage of the opportuni-
ty and make these home-seekers
familiar with their sections by
sending them literature and an
swering inquiries.
Salem is making preparation
for the fourth annual cherry fair
to be held in the Capital City
July s and 8. The people of Sa-
lem make a big event every year
of the cherry show and the fete
this season will eclipse anything
of the kind ever held there, ac-
cording to those in charge of the
programme. The fair will be
held at the time of the Midsum-
mer meeting of the State Horti-
cultural Society at Salem. There
will be addresses by prominent
orchardists and specialists and a.
trip through the orchards about
Salem on Friday, July 8, will be
a feature of the gathering.
Fruit growers of the state are
making plans to attend.
Oregon was well represented
at the tri-state bankers conven-
ton at Seattle last week. Many
prominent in the financial affairs
of the state were in attendance.
The sessions were of unusual in
terest and because of the bank
ers of Oregon, Washington and
Idaho meeting together, a closer
relation was established between
the financial interests of the,
Pacific Northwest.
That Oregon has immense
trade possibilities with China,
which offers a great market for
the manufactures as well as the
raw products of this country. Isl
the opinion of Quan Kai. a veal
thy Chinese merchant of Hong
Kong, who has been a Portland
visitor for the past few days.
He believes an era of closer COM
mercial relations with the United
States is about to dawn for his
country and he welcomes a lar
ger commerce with the Pacific
Coast. Quan Kai says his coun-
try is entering upon a period Of
expansion and must have railway
materials, machinery of all kinds
and manufactured products in
addition to the lumber, wheat
and flour, the chief commodities
secured from this Coast, saying
that his people prefer to trade
with this country in preference
to the English and German ex-
porters who have the bulk of
this trade at present. iat s
California business men on the !
recent trade excursion north got t
a lesson from modern, enterpris-
ing Medford. A city of 5000
people took the party of 100 visi-
tors out in autos and had enough
cars left over for as many more.
Could any California agricultural
city of the same size, not a CEN
ter for tired out and back num-
Der millionares; have turued a
like trick? Az