Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1911-09-22
SLAGLE ADDRESSES
SPOKANE CHAMBER
""S attention to Fact That Falls
city Pays Too Little Attention
to Tributary Country.

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account of the short time reserved
ior the Pullman speakers, ]. j. Rouse
cut ms remarks very short. F.. w
Slagle' president of the Pullman
Chamber of Commerce, delivered the
: following address:
: Mr.. President and Members of the
Spokane Chamber of Commerce: In
thanking you on behalf of the Pull
man Chamber of Commerce for the
entertainment today of its representa-
tlVes, | am reminded that this is not
the first instance in which Pullman
is indebted to Spokane for fayors rem
dered' ears ago in locating the
State College of Washington. and in
Pullman struggle to secure it. orr
fellow townsman, E. H. Letterman
who was an influential parsonage in
the movement, if | am properly in
formed, had able assistance from Spo-
Kane citizens and representatives.
Every two years since its location Won
nave assisted in procuring the appro-
prlations for its maintenance and
| this year you did the browning act
for us when you helped secure the
| mill tax, which puts all the institu~
tions of the state beyond the cayil
over expenses. This has assured the
stability of the colleges, given re-
| newed strength to the administration
and given hope and confidence to
Pullman. already evidenced in both
public and private improvements
Some of you gentlemen present could
no doubt tell more of what Spokane
has done for Pullman than | know
but it is for the t. assure you that our
people are not unappreciative of your
past favOrs. and We only await an OPP
portunit7 TO reciprocate. 1t is in a
reciprocal spirit we accepted your in
vitation today, and while it may ap-
pear critical, we feel that Pullman
has a message for Spokane
kane's great resources within a radius
of one hundred and fifty miles. You
know it, and we who are part of it
know it. It is Just what makes Spo-
kane what it is. Now, we want to ask
you If you think you consider seri-
ously enough the Importance of this
country to Spokane's growth? Do
you extend the helpful hand suffi-
GENTLY? After you have stood spon-
our growth, or are you more inter-
ested in your own affairs? You are
strong, you are we'll organized, you
know the ropes. You know how to
pull people to Spokane. because you
do it, but If your town gets ahead of
| its country the town will have to hold
| up until the country catches up. Isn't
that getting to be the situation to-
day? We think so.
| Here is where | wish | was a
smooth talker, so | could persuade
you men to come down into our Pa
louise country to see what we have.
Right at your very door is an agrieul-
tural. horticultural, non-irrigated
country, not equaled anywhere on
earth. This is no boosters boast. We
challenge comparison with any, all
countries to produce, one year with
another, any number of years in sue
cession, crops of grain and fruit to
equal ours in the Palouse country.
Yon can't know what we have or APP
preci ate it without seeing it.
If you ever travelled through our
country. how many windmills did you
Isee, or how many gas engine pumps
did you hear pumping water? Not
many, / promise you. Wasn't that 4
noticeable feature? Now right here
is our long suit; right here is where
our Palouse holds it over a. ,--e resi-
of the world. No boast, mind you,
j., This is fact, and of all the people in
the country Spokane's business men
are the ones who ought to know 1t
This is no secret. although no one
seems to know 1t but us, and it is Sc
common to us that we haven't made
any great "holler" about 1t; but this
year when the whole United States
went dry we wakened up to sensibil
ity of our great asset.
It is our soil, our peculiar Palous'
soil. nothing like it anywhere. WI!
). Is II peculiar? Because it holds waite
> and gives it back to US as we need II
The rain that falls on it in the white
: sinks right down into 1t and stay
y there to nourish our plant life durln
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