The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-02-23
VALUABLE ADVERTISING.

Some of the residents of Oroville
who have responded to solicitations
for subscriptions to help along the
Commercial Club. and to send out ex
hibits of local products. may imagine
that II the money SO spent vas not
actually wasted 1t accomplished little
good. This Is an erroneous idea, anG
should not be entertained for a mo-
ment. Every dollar spent for public
ity bears fruit. Those who contribute
for the purpose of boosting may not
see immediate returns on the invest
ment. but. the expenditure brings good
results all the same. If not directly
1t works to the advantage of the com
munity indirectly. Greater results
would be accomplished If Oroville
and the Okanogen valley could be
placed conspicously before the ont
side public more frequently. Ii the
masses. anxious to secure homes on
fruitful lands, could be reached rlauy
would be attracted this way, and that
Is the aim and object OF this publicity
stunt. Okanogan has the goods. and
the object IS to let the public know
that fact. and in such way that rep
resentatiOn carries conviction. In
spection has been. and should contin-
ue to be. invited through the medium
Of descriptive literature. and the more
convincing object lesson AS it is i.
country that can stand the most crit
ical inspection when home hunters are
once induced to come and see, they
are almost certain to stay. Every dol
lar that has been spent toward at
tracing attention to this section has
ha6 its effect, and a most beneficial!
effect. Even greater efforts should be
made along the same lines. Other
sections of the state have been built
up and filled up by means of adver-
tising largely, and no section can of
fer better inducements than the Ok
anOgan country.
The displays at the Spokane fair,
while not as large as they will be in
the future, attracted a vast amount
of attention and made q most favor
able impression. The usefulness of
that display did not end with the Spo-
kane fair. 1t was turned over to the
G. N. railroad. and has been ex-
hibited in many of the largest cities
of the country, and wherever it has
come to the attention of the public
there the fertility of the Okanogan
valley has been established. The in
terest that this exhibit has aroused
will bring to this county many home
seekers during the coming summer,
and many who come will locate per-
manently The following letter writ.
ten to Robert G. Evans by E. G. Leedy
general immigration agent of the
Great Northern, will give our readers
an idea of the use to which the local
exhibit has been put:
st. Paul, Mimi, Feb. 8, 1912.
Mr.. r. G. Evans,
Oroville Wash.
Dear SIR
have neglected writing you to tell
you concerning the use to which We
have put the exhibition material which
you so kindly furnished us during the
fal, and winter
We made an OkanOgan exhibit at
the St. Paul Land Show in the way of
apples and also used your onions and
some of the potatoes in our main ex-
hibit l distributed the onions to our
different outside Offices where they
had windows suitable for making a
display and the onions and potatoes
are now doing service at Boston. New
York, Buffalo, Chicago Philadelphia,
st. Paul and st. Louis as well as in
Sioux City, Iowa.
These onions are marvels and at
tract a great amount of attention. l
am today in receipt of a letter from
Mr.. w A. Seward, General Agent of
Boston. Mass, asking for the name Of
the grower. l am giving him your
name. presuming that you grew them.
We still have Ollitp a number Of vOur
apples in sorage here and are using
them ON our exhibition cars and our
different window displays which we
are maintaining throughout the coun-
try.
Thanking you for the assistance you
have rendered us In our campaign of
advertising and trusting that you will
get some material results this year,
am. Yours truly,
E. c. Leedy,