The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-12-12

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country. 1t is plainly apparent that
our state will have to get together.
and do something if the Northwest
is toTget its share of,the TcolonizaAon.
movement nowtforming I'M the other.
parts of the country. The South and.
Southwest is not 'sparing either time,
or money!, : :. Gis''-<. II
"And where they catch the people,
is by. having cheap lands to Offer.
Them In & talking at Chicago, I
found the price of our bands the
greatest handicap. People admit
their productivity and desirabflity,.
but they always come back, at you
with the unanswerable argument
that they haven't got the necessary
capital It's all right when you get
in touch with a man with money;
but that class does not constitute a
very large part of the honeseeker
movement. The South Is offering
land ranging in price from $50 to
$50 an acre. This is what catches
the settlers ear.
The land show was the rallying
place for all sorts of real estate
sharpers. The rawest that | noticed,
there was an outfit from Florida.
opposite our display. They were sell
! ing Everglade lands, one dollar down
and dollar a month. Someone put
pin into their scheme by asking
salesman in the presence of a crowd
ii they were. selling the land by the
quart or the bucket. OF course mot
all of the propositions offered were
bad. but the most of them would not
bear very close investigation. b,
I "One of the best features about
| the Great Northern booth was the
fact that Mr.. Leedy would not, per-
nit land agents to work there, de
let them, deposit their literature on
table where ,interested people could
pick it up, but they were not allowed
to buttonhole sightseers. In this re-
spect our display was unique. 1t in
spired confidence, as result of which
visitors did not hesitate to ask ques-
tons.
| During the progress of the lan1
show, | think ! talked to about 5000
people personally, telling them of
Wenatchee and North Central Wash
! ington. We gave them some simple
| literature. such as might letters,
| cards and bulletins. | handed out
/ limited number of the new book
/ lets to people who seemed really in
| terested All were admonished to
write to the Wenatchee Commercial
Club in the event that they desired
more information.
Some twenty tons of expensive
! literature given away by other dis
tricts, was lugged off by show visit
ors. The major part of this is as
| good as thrown away. Our method
of asking the people to write US is
generally approved as the best, for
| if they won't spend postage stamp,
they can't be very deeply interested.
At the next show, don't think there
will be SO much literature handed
/ out.
Il was surprised at the large num-
Der of people who stopped at the
booth to ask if | knew 'so-and-so IN
/ Wenatchee Of course | did, ana TO
every person here who has friends
in or about Chicago, L bear greetings
from those same friends to them
| The trip was a revelation TO mes;and
while it was hard work talking for
| Two weeks, morning, afternoon ana
night. | really enjoyed spreading the
gospel of Wenatchee among tn" peo-
nle who are really in need of it.
1T is my belief that the missionary
work done at the land show is good
! foundation for the advertising cam
raign already outlined. But it must
! be followed up. The benefits OF pub
1icirv are cumulative To stop now.
even for a while, will he to lose much
of the Roadway that has been made.
If vo,lC be we'll to lay plans now
for . North Central Washington dis
rlay at next years land show in chi
caco. for it's going to be bigger than
ever. 1t is regrettable that com
4 binatioa or conditions prevented the
Spokane Apple Show at Chicago from
Leinc q big success. But the Wenat-
chez district was we'll represented
there by n. S. Titchenal of Cashmere.
fR. P. Wright and George V. Brown
of Chelan. and J. w. Risely of Twisp.
At the land show we had {. X
Plumb, Tom Rice, w. E. Warner and
w. n. Mears, all working for the
Okanogan valley. w. T. Clark and
George Farwell were also on hand
several days to help out, so that all
mall. North Central Washington was
by no means overlooked.
Mr.. Stechhan said that he could
go on telling interesting facts about
the show that would fill up the rest
of the World, if permitted to keep
on. But he reserves the remainder
for talk before tonights meeting
Of the Wenatchee Commercial Club,
at which time, he will also discuss
further publicity matters.