The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-08-12
EXPLOITATION TO Be
MADE GENERAL
THREE CITIES OF NORTHWEST TO
PROMOTE SOUTHWESTERN
WASHINGTON.
Portland Plan Adopted by Conference
at Hoquiam-LocaI Commercial Club
Method Of Advertising to BE Used BY
Tacoma and Seattle in Colonization
Campaign Now On.

Campaign Now On.
HoQuiam, Aug. Southwest Wash
ington promises to be the theater in
which three large cities of the Pacific
Northwest will vie with each other as
actors in promotion and development
work, as the great concrete result of
the convention of the Southwest wash
ington Development Association in Ho-
Quiam.
Portland, Seattle and Tacoma dele
cations conferred with the association
members and agreed upon the general
lines of exploitation to be initiated
The methods of the Portland CONNER.
cial Club, as exemplified in the sue
cess of the Oregon Development
League, advertising, cooperation with
Oregon communities, formed the basis
of the program.
Each of the big city delegations will
return home pledged to secure for
Southwest Washington similar adver.
Using to that given Oregon by the
Portland Commercial Club. Seattle
and Tacoma were asked to advertise
and aid in the colonization of the state
Of Washington in general, and South
west Washington in particular. Port
land was asked to broaden the scope OF
its colonization advertising, and pub
licity to include the country from
Klickitat county to Grays Harbor.
Western Washington is top-heavy
in it's city development" said W. B.
Mack, lumber king of Aberdeen, in an
address that struck the keynote of the
session. I'VE haven't anywhere near
the agricultural population to support
our cities, large and small. In time
this situation will become acute. When
the setback comes, the cities will suf.
fer and their loss will be the direct
result of their failure to reclaim and
colonize the vast areas of logged-ofi
lands which can and should support q
vast agricultural population. 1t is uI
to the three big cities, Portland. Seat
tie and Tacoma, to shoulder the re
sponsibility for the agricultural de
velopment which will be their saliva
tion."
N. b. Coffman, the Cheha1is banker
dramatically warned the three cities OF
what would be the outcome of neglect
Of farm colonization.
Cooperation 10 Pledged.
.The Eastern farmer will not face
the expense and hardship Of hewing q
home out OF the brush and stumps,'
said he, when he can find location
elsewhere in the Pacific Northwest
free from these tremendous obstacles
The face Of Western Washington must
be transformed from waste Of STUMP
land to an area of small farms and
orchards, upon the produce OF which
our cities must rely for their perma'
nent support"
With the issue put up to them
squarely, the Portland. Tacoma and Sc
attic delegations through their spokes.
men pledged definite cooperation.
On behalf Of the promotion commit
tee Of the Portland Commercial Club,
Manager Chapman outlined the plan
already adopted for extending 70
Southwest Washington similar adver.
Using help to that given to the com
mercial bodies throughout Oregon. AS.
sistant Secretary w. B. Mears, OF the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce, stated
that, while his organization had not
authorized him specifically to state de
tailed plans, he pledged Seattle 10 the
so-called Portland program.
Seattle and Tacoma to Do Share.
ePortland's liberal attitude towards
Southwestern Washington and the
spirit of cooperation with the Puget
Sounds cities along Pacific Northwest
development lines is highly to be com.
mended," said Mr.. Mears, "and i ia
Hip to Seattle to do it's share as Is Port
land for this section. "
/ President n. A. Rhodes OF the Ia
coma Commercial Club said: Tacoma
has already arranged to publish in its
literature pictures and descriptive mat
ter telling the story BY counties OF
Southwestern washington. We are
proceeding much along the lines Of the
Portland Commercial Club IN establish
ling promotion bureau as part q our
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