The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-23
Representative Of Spokane Chamber of Com
merce Delivers Address at Meeting.
VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS MADE BY THE GUEST
Natural Resources and Advantages Of the Town Are Pointed
Out by the Visitor Who Gives Some Pointers as
to How to Display Them to Prospective Set
ters---A Successful Meeting.

Yesterdays MONDAY meeting of the
chamber Of commerce was made not
able by the presence of II. l.. Moody
Of the Spokane Chamber Of Commerce.
who was here as the guest Of the local
organization and whose address was
one Of the greatest inspirations which
has ever entered into, the local booster
campaign There was n fine attend
unce ana the Missoula hotel people did
their share toward making the lunch
meeting u complete success. the noon
day meal was well appointed and ~
service excellent. The tables provided
for the lunch were quickly filled and
the attendance became so much great
" than was anticipated that added
places were made necessary.
President Keith OF the chamber Of
commerce presided and the post
prandial exercises were opened by the
reading of letter from the Woman's
club. mentioned elsewhere. Then came
an earnest plea from w. II. Smead
that Missoula take some immediate
action looking toward the construction
of an electric railway to Poison at the
foot of the lake on the rescrvat ton. In
order that Missoula may receive her
share of the benefits of the business
of the reservation. which Is TO be
opened In May for settlement Mr..
Smead sketched the attractiveness and
fertility of the reservation country
and called attention 10 the fact that
the Great Northern Is soon to build
railway line from Kalispell to Dixon.
The speaker thought that this line
would benefit MissoulH but little. as
its use would involve two local freight
rates and a reshipment of goods going
from Missoula. He advocated prompt
action In the construction of an elec-
tric line. which he said he hai been
told could be built for $4,000 To
$4,000 mile and which would need
10 be Is miles long. This matter will
be investigated by special COM
mIttee.
A New Neiehbor.
Charles T. Hansen of the Day <
Hansen Security company of Spokane.
which is the concern now owning the
Blair ranches In the upper Blackfoot
country. was called upon to address
the chamber relative to the 10000 acres
held by his company In Mssoula ter
ritory Mr.. Hansen compllmented the
chamber upon Its evident enterprise
and expressed his admiration for the re-
gion about Missoula. He said he hoped
10 become better acquainted with this
part Of the country and with its peo-
pie. He said he was delighted with
the prospects here and he felt sure
that the construction of the projected
railroad lines up the Blackfoot will
unite more closely the upper country
and the city OF Missoula and will bring
into closer relations the people of the
two districts He said II had been the
intention OF his company to devote Its
holdings to the raising of wheat and
oats but there had been lately SO great
demand that the tract be divided
and sold In smaller lots that the mat.
ter was being considered. Whatever
the outcome. he was sure that there
would be great development In tht
Rlackfoot country. in the benefits o
which Misson.a would share.
a Heai Booster
The introduction of II. N. Moody wa'
the signal for continued applause
The veteran booster of Spokane couls
not have hit more closely upon thu
needs OF Missoula had he been coached
by somebody In touch with conditions
here, All the guidance he had re
ceived, however. was his own obser
pation. made In the course of an auto
mobile tour of the city and Its en-
vrons during the forenoon. But h
had observed with the keen discern
ment of the veteran expert and h
talked straight to the point
Mr.. Moody said the time has com
when 1t is necessary for a city to ad
vertise its advantages. Experience ha
shown that advertising promotes bust
ness and now Ii has come to be re
garded as an essential part of city
growth to have an efficient publicit
department. As with the successfl
advertiser, so 1t must be with city
its advertising must be strictly truth
ful; otherwise II will be harmful; onl
the truth must be told: the city mus
be able to make good all that 1t ad
yertises.
Mr.. Moody referred to the wonder
fully fine natural advantages Of Mis-
soua. to her location, her broa
streets, her fine water and her pei
feet drainage. He dwelt, also, upo
the excellent educational faeilitit
climaxed by the state university; thes
conditions, he said give Missoula II
opportunity to become what she ain
to be. the finest and most desirab
home city In the west. He compl
mented Missoua upon her fine wome
whose interest In the welfare of II
city was manifested by the lett,
which had been read earlier In II