The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-21

employed one lady stenographer and
an assistant manager.
Next Monday the Apple Packing
school opens here and this also adds
to the development of our county.
have been allowed to suggest the topic
for industry at the next membership
meeting and have decided to take UP
the subject of patrOnizing home in
dustry. DO you know that every time
you buy d thing Made in Walla WAL
"a, it only helps strengthen the bonds
In my opinion Made in Walla Walla'
does not only mean the material made
in the city limits but within a radius
of many miles. Do you know there
are to be six conventions held here
this summer. What does this mean
to the city? Every one spells publicity
Publicity Has Been Success
John Franklin was the next speaker
In part he said, HAS the publicity
department Of our club been sue
cess? think the real estate men of
the city will agree that the results
have not been generally felt to any
great extent, but you must remember
that this is seed time and the harv-
est is to come. 1t is contrary to all
science known where one reaps imme-
diately"
Mr.. Williams, a visitor in the city
spoke at considerable length and told
of how the outsiders looked at Walla
Walla as being a good town and a
conner.
John w Langdon, with the exception
of Mr. Meacham was the principal
speaker of the evening Mr.. Lang
don said it was not a question of
continuing the campaign but rather
how much shall be given this year
He said the fund should be increased
to $4,000 and that he could be de-
pended on for his share. Mr.. Lang
don did not agree with Mr. Franklin
as to the effects of the publicity this
year and backed up his statement by
say he had located 40 eastern families
on the Blalock tracts himself. He
said the people of Walla Walla, be-
sides getting people here, should give
them something they want. AS to
Knockers He concluded, Il met a
friend of mine from Seattle here the
other day and he said There are more
knockers in Walla> Walla to the block
than the entire city of Seattle con
tains " The speaker then dealt on
this topic for some time.
Some of the figures in Meacham' s
report are: Subscriptions received
$13,363SO: total expended, $14,374S9;
balance, s147t4; spent for entertain
ments, $662.14: advertising, $4,1497S;
other disbursements, $3,565.S0.
Many letters were read by H. H
Turner received in answer to letters
sent by the Walla Walla club to cities
asking them if publicity paid. Those
Of which inquiry was made are: Salem,
Medford, Ashland, North Yakima, Bel
lingham, Albany and Spokane.
Tom Richardson of the Portland
Commercial club in his reply says:
II sincerely hope the people of WAL
la Walla appreciate to the full extent
the splendid campaign that has been
carried out by her commercial club
during 1909. Candidly, I believe there
has been more notice of Walla Walla
from complimentary standpoint, not
only in the newspapers of this great
northwestern section of the United
States, but all over the country than
in any five years before.
you know old conservative towns
ike Walla WalIa are wonderfully hard
to please, and while the increase in
value of property in Walla Walla and
surrounding country is at least two
million dollars more than it was a
year ago, there will be some, who, in
order to keep from making sub
scriptio1 for 1910, will shrug their
shoulders and say, cit would have
happened anyway.
"While at Spokane during the Ma
tional Apple show and at Seattle dur
ing the exposition l was startled by
Walla Wallas work, but it is not that
spectacular kind of advertising that
appeals to me so much as the con-
tinuing work that has resulted in put
ting Walla Waila to the foreground
very week of every month during the
last year.
Some one had already told me that
YOU were to have a mass meeting on
The GOTH Now don't allow some ultra
conservative to do the talking, for
,ould name half dozen men in Wal
"a Walla who would be glad to make
1 speech saying that sit would have
happened anyway and what has
happened would have happened with
out the work of the Commercial club"
and by that means keep from making
a subscription. This is particularly
true of conservative and substantial
towns like Walla Walla. People do
not begin to pour into any country
during this first years advertising.
We circulated more than three mil
lion pieces of literature through our
Oregon Development league before we
began to get results. They are coming
now in droves. The year 1910 will be
the greatest year that Oregon ever
saw"