Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-03-25
DEVELOP THE WEST.

During the present week Salt Lake City has
been the meeting place of the Western Develop
ment association, an organization with repre-
sentatlon from ten of the western states name
~: Nevada California, Utah, Oregon Wash.
lngton, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado Idaho. Ne
Draska This association has come to a real
lzatlon Of the fact that thousands upon thou
sands OF homeseekers are each year vending
their way INTO Canada and into the South
land, from the oyerly-populated middle states.
and 1t is the desire of the members of the asso-
cation to stem the tide to some extent and di-
vert it to the western states
One of the plans that will be put into effect
IN the near future will be the sending of a
great special train through the heart of the mid
die states spreading the gospel of the states
that constitute the western section of the Union
Representatives from each state mentioned
above as being members of the Western De-
velopment association will accompany the train
literature will be freely distributed and all that
is possible in the way of advertising will be ac-
compllshed. The states on which the onslaught
VIII be made are: Iowa, Missouri Illinois Ken
lucky and Ohio These are among the states
from which the greatest percentage of home
seekers migrate These are among the states
that have contributed largely to the food of
humanity into the Canadian farming sections
and also into the country south of the Mason
and Dixon line. 1t is these states to which
the west must pay the greatest attention
The railroads have rendered to the associ-
alton every assurance of aid in the undertaking
and the slogan that will be adopted by the
special train will be "See America First" If
is firmly believed that large percentage of
those who travel west will never return to their
eastern homes excepting on short visits
A most noticeable fact in connection with
the Salt Lake meeting is that there was no men,
ton of any representative from Nevada being
present OF course, there may have been Ne
vadans on 3and but nothing is said of them in
the press dispatches. This state owes it to her
self to become one Of the strongest members
of this association. With the prospects Of water
being placed on the land in Southern Nevada
becoming nearer possibility each day, and with
the reported oil strike carrying considerable
weight this section of the state gives promise
of ultimately becoming the rival of the north
ern end agricultural center And with
these promises reality the crying need of
the district will be population. People will
be needed. They are, in fact, needed at the
present time. llomeseekers are usually comfort
ably fixed in finances, and with the coming
OF homeseekers more money will be brought in
to the state The money is sadly NEEDED for
development purposes, hence this state should
be in the forefront of the campaign for
people"
Along the same line it would be well for
the different -Tonopah, for instance-to
get busy on publicity campaign With the
people brought into the west, brought into the
state of Nevada, it will become necessary for
the different communities to extoll their many
advantages over other communities. Those who
make the first start will be those who will reap
the earliest harvest. Those who "do it now
are the ones who will prove most successful in
the future.
The Western Development association has
taken step in the right direction and the move
ment deserves the undivided support of the en-
tire west