American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1912-05-02
DEVELOPMENT
OF NORTHWEST
Congress To Be Held
In Seattle, June 5 10 8
Object q Meeting Is To Plaa Suggss-
lions To Further the Develsp-
nent Of The Northwest In
migration to Canada

Seattle, Wash, May 4.-Seven gov
ernors of northwestern states today
issued joint proclamation calling .
Northwestern Development Con-
gress," to be held in Seattle June 5
to s. The remarkable proclamation
was made public by Governor M. e.
Hay of this state and for four days
Seattle will be the capital of the
American Northwest with seven gov
ernors and hundreds Of citizens in
attendance at the conference.
The conference is to plan q cam
paign and suggest legislation which
will assist the northwestern states in
more rapid development and to stem
the tide of immigration to Canada.
This fact is set forth by the COVER
nors in the proclamation when they
say "not realizing the opportunities
in their own country, thousands Of
people from the United States, with
hundreds of thousands Of dollars in
wealth, have developed farms and
built new homes under q foreian
flag"
States which expect to perfect an
organization to work for the Ameri-
can Northwest are Minnesota, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Montana,
Idaho, Washington and Oregon. The
following is the proclamation issued
by the governors:
sRhat an era Of new and complex
development is opening in the Amer
lean Northwest there is no doubt, un-
told resources Of wealth, not for the
multi-milionaire alone, but chiefly
for the community at large; are
awaiting the coming Of second pio-
neerls
'ssttThe soil and climate are second
to none, there exists within the bor-
ders Of these seven states untold op-
portunities for the development Of
farms, mines, water powers, the utih-
zation of forests, the construction of
good roads, the extension Of
railroad transportation. Eighty
five millions of acres Of public lands
still await the homeseeker. Thousands
Of acres of logged-off lands, the most
productive on which the sun has ever
shone. are offered for sale at the
lowest possible price. Great ranches
are being cut up into smaller farms
Millions Of acres Of grazing lands
are tired Of growing buffalo grass
and want to produce wheat. In short,
success still awaits the willing work
er toward the sunset.
"a spirit of unrest exists in the
older sections of the United States
and in Europe. Five millions Of pe0-
ple have returned to the land during
the last four years. Not realizing
the opportunities Of their own coun-
try, thousands of people from the
United States with hundreds Of thou
sands of dollars in wealth, have de-
veloped farms and built new homes
under a foreign flag.
"During the present decade, men
and women will come into the Amer
lean Northwest as never before if we
can but point out to them how radical
are the possibilities Of progress in
our country; how abundant the op-
portdnities in the northwest and that
they will not have to face the hard
ships endured by the first pioneers.
"How to carry this message to hui
man millions and how to assist them
to the advantages enjoyed by the
older and more highly developed re-
gions; is the problem which the peo-
pie who know about the American
Northwest must solve.
"To determine by a congress of