The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-08-13

those of other lines, tn0's
-,. hava more exacting duties u pei
-, ,hon those connected with the
immigration service. Those duties az -,
nopifold and those officials con'o "
-, oo,tact with all kinds oil peo-
,,o They are expected to DO pun
licity and missionary WORK VII" Wv
ahioct IF DETECTING homeseekers "
,ha country requiring settlement anu
Immediately TRIBUTARY ="
ho railroad they represent. IL II"
,t.os tact constan, activity ana per
snasive powers beyond the ORDINARY
and a personality that invites Gun
n,a,co In this respect the Ereal
Nor,herp has been particularly lot
inmate in the selection OF lmhisra'io'
officials. ATTN,
o,o If these officials who doVetai's
T., with all the requirements do 90'
forth above. spent several days III Wv
nj, 1.st week. That gentleman Is
IL w Graham, western industrlai anu
immigration agent for the treat ->o'
thorn with headquarters III oea''io
uo was here for the purpose OF secur-
ing every scrap of data opta'hao''
hearing upon the lands under the
wcst Okanogan Valley Irrigation sys-
tom now in process OF cohs'ruo'io"
lilo was not idle a single moment whiie
hare He was busy Encouraging the
directors of the district in the large
volume of work cut out for them uTe-
inc citizens TO cooperate in bringing
tho country TO the attention OF the
outside world, gathering views OF 10
co1 attractions. interviewing lana
owners who have made success Oh
orcharding. farming or stockraislhs'
never missing IL chance of securing IL
rcfragablc evidence to back any
statement he may make relative 10 the
country and the possibilities or the
soil. The Okanogan Valley irrigation
nroiect is a pet measure of the rail-
road. Only through the fostering ald
of the company was the enterprise
made possible. and the railroad OH
Gals are going to lend every assist
ance toward spreading broadcast the
gospel of the Okanogan, and attract
this way those seeking new homes
where a responsive land will insure
for those willing to put forth their best
endeavors adequate returns for their
labor.
Mr.. Graham and his assistants are
at work upon an illustrated descrlp-
tive pamphlet of the upper Okanogan
valley and Oroville, Of which 25.00C
COPIES are to be issued as the first
edition. These pamphlets will be s0wn
far and wide where they will do the
most good. He alsr has an effective
and far-reaching news agency, from
which the leading newspapers Of the
state are supplied with plain facts re-
this country. This is the gen
eral publicity work from which I'M
portant returns may be expected in
tie way of attracting desirable citizens
up this way. But Mr.. Graham does
not halt with circulating Information
the columns of the press. lie
is owing his personal attention to get
ting into direct communication with
those who desire more detailed infof-
mat on, when that is within the bounds
o. possibility He not only follows III
any inquiries received by mail at hi:
own office by personally intervie wlli
the writer when the writer can be
reached, but he gets the names Of these
who write directly to the office of the
board of directors at Oroville and fol
lows up the same system of interview
ing. No such campaign of publicit.
was ever more thoroughly lined on,
nor so systematically followed up, AM
it cannot fail to bring results.
And no publicity campaign ever ha
a better field to work on. Mr.. Graham
will have no apology of any kind, n
excuses to. make in presenting fc
favorable consideration the attraction
of the north Okanogan valley. TIL
stranger he may communicate with o
approach and induce to come and in
vestigate will find the country all tina
he represents it to be, no matter VIVA
| may be the representations. From
climatic, productive or scenic point o
view no section Of the west offer
more inviting inducements to the HON
seeker. 1t is no place for the dront
but for the Industrious, the ambitious
the honest man who is willing to pu
his shoulder to the wheel and aid i,
building up a comparatively new coun
try, the chances of success are as al
tractive here as anywhere in the ives
NO promise of an easy and speedy for
tune are held out to those who cono
here to take part in pushing the Ian
to higher state of development an
productiveness, and he who come
looking for that kind of a snap
doomed to disappointment. It is
mans job to make the best of III
various resources of this favored 60,