Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1911-05-11
DEVELOPMENT
LEAGUE FORMED
All Commercial Organizations Of the Northwest
Merged into Great Federation.

Helena, May 5.-The Northwest
ern Development league was duly
ORGANIZED into a permanent fedora
tion for all commercial organizations
of the states of Minnesota, the Da-
llotas, Montana, Idaho, Oregon and
Washington. and with it were com
bined the Minnesota land show and
the proposed development congress
scheduled to be held in Seattle in
September.
Under the plan Of organization a
dopted, the league will maintain
permanent headquarters in ST. Paul,
at which an experienced publicity
man will be in charge; a great land
show will be held in st. Paul or
Minneapolis in December of each
year; and a general convention will
be held in one of the principal cities
of the seven states in June Of each
year.
The first of these conventions will
be held in Seattle IN June. 1912.
The permanent organization Of the
league was perfected by the election
of the following officers: President,
Lewis Penwell of Helena; vice presi-
dents: Montana, L. NJ. Newman,
Havre; Idaho, State Senator Fox Of
Occur d AIene; Washington, Dennis
W. King of Wenatchee; Oregon.
William Hanley Of Burns; Minneso-
ia, ]. H. Dyke Of Duluth; South Da-
kota, S. R. Vessey Of Pierre; North
Dakota. John Gruegger Of Williston;
treasurer, H c. Sampson of Spo-
kane.
Executive committee Montana,
K. w. Reynolds of Lewistown; Ida
ho, w. NJ. Morgan Of Moscow;
Washington r. R. Wilson of Seattle;
Oregon, C. c. Chapman of Portland;
Minnesota, c. L. Kluckholm Of St.
Paul; North Dakota, E. 7. Sarles of
HilIsboro; South Dakota, to be ap-
pointed.
H. C. Sampson Of Spokane was s
lected treasurer.
The secretary will be named by
the executive committee. Lengthy
resolutions were adopted, in which
the purpose Of the organization was
declared to be the attracting Of set
tiers to the tillable lands Of the
northwest and an extensive adver-
Using and publicity campaign was
advocated. The resolutions declared,
however, that all publicity work
should be based on actual facts, and
that the league should use its best
efforts to prevent wildcat" promot-
ing in real estate. The commercial
bodies Of the various states were
urged to endeavor to secure state
aid by legislative action, So there
could be inaugurated the greatest
publicity campaign ever attempted.
Better highways were advocated,
together with the extension of agri-
cultural education into the element
ary and secondary schools. Referring
to conservation, the resolutions re-
cite:
I'VE believe that any withdrawal
OF natural resources by the federal
government when such resources
are needed to properly and naturally
develop the country adjacent thereto
operates to prevent the settlement
OF the whole western country and
Is therefore wrongful to material
progress. We favor the early modi.
hcatlon of the present conservation
policy Of the federal government te
conform to the principle herein SCI
ont.
We believe that all land suitable
Tor agricultural purposes now in tht
forest reserve should be thrown oper
10 homestead settlement and that !
hYe years residence should be re
CURED to obtain title thereto.
We are opposed to the inspection
OF mining claims BY forest reserve