The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-09-29
PASSENGER men TO
MEET IN SEATTLE
o~vuvTION OF 1912 TO BE
HELD IN NORTHWEST
METROPOLIS.
oot Good Expected to Result From
visit of 1900 Delegates to This
section-Claims of City Urged by
,.os;dent Elliott of Northern Pa
cifc, and by G. w. Hubbard OF the
Milwaukee Line.

In an address before the American
ooiation of General Passenger
,aonts at St. Paul last week, Presi-
,en+ Howard Elliott, of the Northern
pacifc Railway, strongly supported
coottle's invitation to the association
- hold it's next annual convention
thore and made an interesting pre-
sortation of the resources, attrac-
+;ons and advantages of the Pacific
Northwest in arguing for diversion
of more of the travel now going to
Enrope to American tourist regions.
president Elnott was backed by
George w. Hubbard, general passen-
opr agent of the Milwaukee, and
their efforts, with other friends of
Seattle, resulted in the selection OF
that city for the convention. Mr..
Elliott in his address said:
Tolls of Beautiful Northwest.
Some of you have come con-
siderable distance from your homes
70 attend this meeting, but we want
Won to feel so interested and impress
od with this beau,llul Northwest that
YOU will go further.
con the North Pacific coast there
is a cluster of beautiful and progress
sive cities, occupying a territory OF
great Importance to commerce and
travel. and populated by live, virile
people. They want to know you and
show the possibilities of their cOun-
trv. In that cluster of cities one of
the brightest jewels is Seattle, VII,
asks you to hold your next annual
convention there. Her sister cities
along the Coast and Spokane, of the
Inland Empire, join in the wish that
YOU will accept her invitation and
hospitality and stand ready to aid
her in the making OF such visit to
the Northwest pleasant and profitable
to you.
IndOrSe the Invitation.
at gives me pleasure to most
heartily indorse the invitation ex-
-orded to you by seattle, to hold
your next convention there; to ex-
press the hope that you will accept
and to offer you, in such an event, the
use of the track and trains of Tie
pioneer line to the Pacific Northwest
in making your "trip"
In strong argument for increased
tourist travel to the North Pacific
coast Mr. Elliott said: "This won
derful Western country has advan-
tages not alone for the man who
wishes to make his home there, but
for the tourist, sportsman and pleas
ure seeker as we'll.
Grows Enthusiastic.
"The Rocky Mountains, with the
beautiful valley tributary to them
the Yellowstone National Park; the
new Glacier National Park; the lakes
and valleys and hunting grounds OF
the Inland Empire; the majestic
Columbia River, with it's impressive
scenery at the Cascade Mountains
with their snow-capped sentinels
Mounts Hood, St. Helens, Rainier
where a national park has been es.
tablished and where the government
is making plans for suitable roads
and trails, and Mount Baker, almost
on the Canadian boundary to the
North; then again, beautiful Puget
Sound, the Mediterranean of Amer.
lea, dotted with islands and hemme6
IN on the west by the wildernesses OF
the Olympic Mountains, all in white
and fascinating to the traveller, the
lover of the out-of-doors, the camper
and pleasure-seeker. This is the re
glon to which the tired business mar
and worker should go for rest an(
recreation.
Money Spent Abroad.
The national monetary commits
sion estimated the annual expend
lures of those who visit Europe a
sZo0,0OO,000. There is suficien
evidence that the amount is between
s2Oo,oOO,O00 and $40O,0O0,0 900
lnls immense sum is annually takel
out OF this country and spent abroat
by people who have gone away from
nome in search of health, rest ant
pleasure, which they might easil.
md nearer by.
II our land were better known
much of this economic loss could b,
stopped, and the passenger man ha
dn attractive field of work in so plac
ing before the average American citi
zen the beauties and advantages o
Ills own country that he will spens
an increasing share of his travel tim
ana these enormous sums in thi
country, thus keeping American
money at home and aiding in the de
Neloplng of the regions which one
80 much, not only to the tourist, bu
10 the home-seeker. We have noun
Jams, scenic wonders and an out
uoors comparable with anything
europe can offer.
passenger and immigration mel
ana those in charge Of exploitation
Tan do Droof ro+so~~1 -0~1~ a.. r,o1v,