The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-10
BOOSTING FOR NORTHWEST
Development League Organized At
Big Meeting In Helena.

Big Meeting In Helena.
HELENA, May A. Five hundred
boosters from the states of Mioneso.
ia, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Montana. Idaho, Oregon and Wash.
ington met at the Auditorium and
perfected temporary organization of
the Northwestern Development league.
Before the meeting adjourns tomorrow
afternoon plans will have been for.
mulated for the cooperative adver.
tisement Of the of the north.
west. for the holding of . large land
and products show at St. Paul next
fall, and for the wsging OF . campaign
to attr act settlers to this part Of the
country, and to defect the streams of
emigration to Canada and the south.
ern states.
Al IN early hour this morning the
Twin city "million-dollar" special ar.
rived, with Governor Eberhart of
Minnesota, Governor Burke OF North
Dakota, Mayor Haynes of Minueapo.
lie, L. W. Hill, president Of the Great
Northern railroad, and other notables
on board. This special left St. Paul
bearing l35 persons and many more
were picked up enroute.
The keynote Of the meeting was
struck by L. W. Hill, president of the
Great Northern, when he said: 1.-THE
states have the resources and full op.
%portunities; all we need is the indus.
trious people to develop them. 1t is
rem arka able the great interest that has
been taken all the way from Chicago
to the Pacific coast in this meeting,
and I hope that the work of develop.
ment which is now in the northwest
will result in something to the advan-
tage of all of US who are looking for
an increased population In our great
western states.'
HELENA, May 5.-The most import.
ant business trans acted at the North.
west Development league meeting this
morning was the adoption Of the re.
port of the committee on organization.
The official name Of the body is to
be the Northwest Development league
its object being to exploit the resources
and opportunities of w ashington, Ore
gom, Idaho, North and South Dakota,
Montana, Minnesota and the territory
of Alaska.
Provision is made for meeting each
year in June and December, the June
meeting to be known as the North
west development league congress.
The congress in 1912 is to be held in
Seattle and thereafter in a chief city
in Washington, Oregon, Idaho o r
Montana. The December meeting Ia
to be known as the Northwest Land
show and is to be held in Minnesota,
at a place to be designated by the ex-
cutive committee.
Officers of the new organization were
chosen as follows.
President-Lewis Penwell of Helena.
Vice Observation-Disclosures, L. New
man, Great Falls; Idaho, State Sena-
tor Fox, of Occur d'Alene; Washing.
ton, Dennis w. King, of Wenatchee;
Oregon, William Hanley, of Burns;
Minnesota, j. H. Dyke, of Duluth;
South Dakota, S. r. Vessey, of
Pierre; North Dakota, John Gruegger,
of Williston.
Treasurer-H. G. Sampson of Spo.
kane.
Executive Committee-Montana, r.
W. Reynolds, Of Lewistown; Idaho,
W. Nj. Morgan, of Moscow; Washing-
ton, r. r. Wilson, of Seattle; Oregon,
G. G. Chapman, of Portland, Mime
sofa, c. L. Kluckhohn, Of St. Paul;
North Dakota, f. Y. Sarles, of Hills.
boro; South Dakota, to be appointed.
The secretary will be named by the
executive committee.