The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-07-08
To EXPLOIT OUR RESOURCES
The West End of CheIan County Should
Be Represented the Country
See Our Prize Produce

The following communication is ad-
dressed to our commercial club by F.
w. Graham, the western industrial and
immigration agent of the Great North
ern railway:
The Great Northern Railway Com
pany is arranging to re-ft the Wash
ington exhibit car which made such a
successful tour of twelve eastern states
last fall and winter. We intend send
ind it on another long tour thruout the
east, starting from Spokane sometime
in October. The towns visited in the
east by this car are billed in advance,
like circus. The car usually makes
one day stand at each place. In the
evening a stereoptican lecture is given
in the theater or hall. The results
achieved last year were very gratifying
and we believe that the next tour OF
the car will be even more so.
We would like very much to have
your locality or county represented in
this car, and invite you to send some
exhibits for the same. In addition to
the car exhibit we have large perma-
nent exhibition room in ST. Paul, near
the union depot, which is thronged
daily by people enroute west. We have
also just fitted up an exhibition room
in Chicago and intend putting ex-
hibits in several other large eastern
cities. Altogether we could use enough
exhibits from you to make eight or ten
sets. We intend fitting up nice ex-
hibit in our Seattle Office at the corner
of End and Columbia streets,
Whatever your locality excells in, in
the way Of fruits, grain or vegetables
we would suggest be furnished. We
wish to secure a good line of fruits in
Jars, on the limb, or in clusters.
At present strawberries, cherries, and
other small fruit, including gooseber-
ries, logan berries, red raspberies, and
blackcaps, are in season. We would
like some of them before they are all
gone. We have arranged with Mr.. M.
]. Vessels, the official professor for
the Spokane chamber of commerce, TO
process our exhibits. Please send him
by express direct any exhibits you can
get together, marking same for Great
Northern Railway Exhibit" and advis-
ing him by letter what you are send
ing, and that it is for US, so that the
exhibits will not be confused with
others Mr.. Vessels is processing for
the chamber of commerce. If you pay
the express charges, send me the bill
and I will see that you are reimbursed;
or you can send collect to Mr.. Wes-
sells, whichever way is most convenient.
We would like at once some fine
Bing and Lambert cherries, with just
the stems on, to fill jars; also some
cherries on the branch. The following
is a partial list of the things we can use
to good advantage as fast as they come
into season:
Peas, beans--yellow and green-on
the vine; gooseberries on vine; carrots,
turnips and parsnips, with tops; celery
in punches; corn, with and without
husks; melons, water and musk; Gu
cumbers, onions, squash, potatoes,
caulihower; tomatoes, red and yellow.
AS fast as the above come into sea-
son, in addition to apples, pears, plums
prunes and other fruits, we wish you
would send them forward to Mr.. Wes-
sells to process. We will also want al
falfa, timothy, wheat, oats, rye and
other grains which would suggest being
accumulated as they mature and held,
advising me what you have got and
will arrange to handle it. think
there is some nice clover right for cut
ting now and would like to have some
good samples Of that. We want to
make as complete a representation as
possible in our Washington car Of the
agricultural, vegetable, and fruit pro-
ducts OF the state OF Washington and
will be grateful for your cooperation in
the matter.
President L. w. Hill has taken
very great personal interest in the
matter Of exploiting the resources and
products of the state of Washington
thruout the east and believes that no
other or better way can it be accom-
plished than in having a Washington
exhibit car to tour the east together
with number OF permanent exhibits in