Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-01-07
Western States Start Move to
Divert Settlers From Can
ada to West.
BIG MEETING TO BE
HELD IN OMAHA SOON
Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah,
Idaho, Montana, Washington, Ore
gon, Nevada, California and South
Dakota All Join i'm Movement
Western Development Association
To be Formed-Many Approve Plan.

Omaha, Jan. SIN response to
demand from western governors, inn
migration officials and commercial
associations for an association which
shall devote its energies to turning the
tide of immigration into the west, a
call Is being sent out from Omaha
this week for a meeting to be held in
that city between January IS and
2S for the purpose of organizing the
Western Development association. AS
the melting is called on the advice of
some powerful state and private in
terests, the organization promises to
become potential in stopping the tide
of people going from the Mississippi
valleys into Canada.
Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming,
| Utah, Idaho, Montana, washington,
Oregon Nevada, California and South
Dakota are the states taking the lead
in attempting to see that the new pio-
neers are turned from the south and
| from the Canadian northwest into the
most fertile and promising part of the
United States.
| The organization of such an asso-
citation for the purpose OF devotine
the next few years to the gigantic
task of turning the tread of men and
women toward the distinctively west,
ern states was proposed by the pub.
fishers of the Omaha Daily Bee and
the goth Century Farmer, which pa.
pers organized the western land pro.
ducts exhibit with such an end II
view. The publishers con.
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commercial organizations, and rail.
i road men. That their idea is popular
and will result In more or less per-
manent association is shown by the
following replies received to the in.
quiry as to whether there was a de.
mand for such an organizations:
Jas. j. Hill, chairman Of the board
Of directors of the Great Northern
railway: "Such an association could
do a great deal of good If the worl
could be intelligently handled"
| J. H. Hail. commissioner of agri
culture of Montana: 1.-THE move II
one in the right direction and an or
ganization ought to be formed for tina
purpose"
Jos. p Fallon, commissioner of i'm
migration of idaho: IT believe sucl
an association would do a great dea
of good for the western states and
J will lend any aid in my power.
Governor ]. H. Brady of Idaho
I'VE are Interested in the movemen
; you suggest so do not hesitate to cal
on me for anything can do"
Col. W. e. Skinner, presiden
| o. 7 n 10 furhn For
! nation of an association loking di
rectly to western development woul
be highly advantageous We feel yer
grateful to you for the suggestion
: and know everyone WILL"
: q. L. Lomax, passenger traffl
manager Western Pacific r. r.; "W
realize the practical results that ca
be accomplished by the proposed OF
ganization and we think we can as
sure you of a hearty welcome froI
the states of Nevada, Utah and Cal
9 fornia, and particularly from tn
j Western Pacific r. r., which tra
d verses these states"
s B. e. Fisher, general passengt
y agent, Colorado & Southern r. r.: :"
: would be a good plan to call such
t meeting, and believe somethIn
!. really beneficial might result froi
: the formation of such an association
Q Geo. L. McDonaugh, colonizatic
= agent U. p. Ry.: "The suggestion
good one, as 1t will enlist and s
cure the cooperation in each ar
every one Of the states mentioned
D b. A. Nash. general western age
c. M. & st. Paul Railway: 81 shou
g say without hesitation that a gre
J. deal of good can be accomplished
x just such an organization as you su
} gest."