The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-06-17

be expended within, the nextf1ge years
to give the people of Ksrsas and
other parts of the West the best that
it Is possible to give them n, theI way
Of railroad equipment and track The.
announcement. of the appEop-iadon,of
this immense sum by tne Union Pa
cific railroad company startled the
world, and particularly that part OF it
which lies in what Is known. as Union
Pacific country But the Union Paci-
f1c had still another thrill mp Els
sleeve" for the public, anal GerT1t
Fort, passenger traffic manaasr of the
system, sprung this when he an
nounced that the greatest sum ever
appropriated in q lump for a. 81 uriIar
purpose was to be spent, for 41v,s rtis
ping the advantages of the cou ntry
through which the Union PACING C,peF-
ates.
We shall spend $1E2OO,O0a IN a DYER
Using the advantages of Kansas and
the rest of our country be- yon'A the
Missouri river" said Nj Pert I'VE
will show to the rest otTfha twolhd the
wonderful resourceS of <oa1' country
and will disprove the old lie, that
Kansas is a uR,rtgagerf6dtsn state,
and viii show that instead OF that it
Is comm% wealth in which the peo-
PIE 40 ny have to plaster mortgages
Ia ofoST to buy automobiles and other
~aVs% ages which the dweIlers in the
e4V s have so long considered their
IN especial property.
J startIe East with Display.
/ Chicago, Omaha and great part
of the East woke up last year at the
great expositions of products and facts
shown by the United States Land &
| Irrigation Exposition held at Chicago
and the Western Land Products Ex
position held at Omaha continued
Mr.. Fort THE people Of the Wes'
and South joined hands to startle tns
East with a display greater than any
thing of its kind ever shown BEFORE
and it succeeded. And not only olt
these shove. which more than 325,OO'
people paid admission to see' opei
their eyes. but it opened our eyes =
well to the land hunger OF the peopt
of the cities. Many Of these had coIn
from farms in the hopes Of bettsrinI
their conditions. They were sons
, large families. and they knew Their
was small chance of them ever OWL
ing more than a fraction Of the pros
/ perous farms which their fathers man
aged. and so they had sought tn
cities in the hopes Of making NOR
money
kansas hadn't then fully realize
L the great good which would com
I.from taking advantage. Of these expo
sitions. and SO there wsEs no organize
move. or community spirit shown,
mike a showing of the states VOL
L derful resources, but the Union r
y cific knew what Kansas could do, an
we railroad people made. up our mind
tn show the results and We did
Gather Products for the Show
We sent out trained men into ID
y, country and they gathered me Del
of fhe farm products to place IN IN
)r I.TTnion Pacifc's Kansas booth, an
Ia Efbat booth attracted more attention,
think. than any other one OF the show
he cause it was q striking rem1ndE
that Kansas is not a failure, but
one of the most prosperous states
Iour country. We not only gathere
these products, but we CAREFUL
lacked them in refrigerator carr an
carried these cars, free, OF
q -. TO anyone except ourselves,
70 and Omaha That is OF
1870 which we viii spend goo
Nis great advertising sppr
, U is to go for the good, "a
Ie railroad, but Of the stat
Kansas lectures alon
r where trained sHaA 81 oo eoiu - = :
5 wealth Of the Sh' t''OoO - :.
! women heard the : addresses; q :.
skepticaI we're COZ Vlneeo. leh "a
Icomptometers stooo the u -, :
the lecture halls and .NsSanteo tnsn
they entered. The rek IA 'tSs insse % -
sl-own in a practical HaY' IL
dreds OF city men, wage NeaA nerSF -
turned their backs on tn ha-NO
streets and the crampe hs' fuses
fats, and turned their aces uC"3-
Kansas. where they pla n 10, OuA
themselves new homes
Il have AzdSmen ask me Why 40
the Union Pacific do this2' conthIA'
Mr.. Fort THAT Is easy. A . the sta
grows. SO do We. II is o. Eiy By n
closest cooperation betWee- rs1iEoaS
and people that either ca p beccu
prosperous Our interests are 50
tsr~oven that separate then ; and u
ara 50 weakened that the IA br1e WA
has been built up falls
VaIuss. Come With PopE Sakicn-
Increased land values. G. uDs m
settlements snG building uD. and VI
thsss tncdsassd values CON. hsavi
crups, a17 e s. from tasss hszX
ezupe that W derive our 7 EoEt
- hal t1ssra . markaz - fnz
fera aFS tle 8sckBcza - G zt1z-.