The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-12-23
FOLKS BACK EAST"
TO HEAR0F OREGON

Icy hN-'h AhNN SNAAtNs " AAtst AN
ly aud inadeQuately as back East?"
OF course you have.
What do they know about Oregon?
Probably not much.
Why don't you let them know
something about it?
Supply your own answers.
Win you join in a campaign of uni
ted effort, along with the other peo-
pie in oregon, to bring this state to
the attention of the remainder of the
country?
This latter question soon will be
asked by the Portland Chamber of
Commerce.
In form to fit each particular
community of the state it will be
asked by the people of all Oregon by
their respective commercial organi-
cations.
1t will be asked of the students of
all tie schools, the colleges and uni
vers les and nothing but an affirma-
tive answer will be permitted.
S hat this idea of informing the
folks back East" of the particular
attra ions of Portland and of Oregon
may 0e thoroughly impressed upon
ever resident of the state the Cham
Der I Commerce has decided to set
aside "letter-writing week"
The name suggests the object.
During this one weel-probably the
third week in January-you are ex-
pected to write to all of your friends
and your relatives and tell them of
the superior attractions OF Oregon
her attractions for the tourist, par
tieularly and for the prospective set
tier incidentally.
Meanwhile, the Chamber of Com
merce urged, try to think up all the
nice things you can about your city
and state. Try to enumerate the ad-
vantages of visiting here-if visiting
here. If the climate appeals to you
as something worth mentioning
that is, favorably-why note it
down and when 'letter-writing week
rolls around, tell your Eastern ac-
quaintances about it.
The same applies to the scenery.
If you are good letter writer YOU
can compose communication of
your own. sufficiently appealing, no
doubt, to attract some of your folks
cut here next Summer.
That is the idea, anyway, Of this
letter-Writing campaign.
Ii you are not SO handy at writing
letters, why some of the accomplish
ed young men of letters around the
headquarters of the Chamber will
supply blank forms that YOU can fol-
low These same young men now
are working on various form letters
TO ut almost every kind Of situation.
Ihey will prepare q letter to be
sent 10 business acquaintances, only. /
II will be quite formal, but somewhat I
eheery IN tone and cordial enough to /
make the man who receives it un- .
derstand that the writer really is sin
cere about asking him to come out I
and give this part of the country the
''once over"
Then there will be set of letters,
altogether different, to be sent to
your boyhood or your girlhood
chums. They will contain blissful
of some of the intimate
incidents Of early young manhood,
and contrast them with the peculiar
activities Of the Northwestern coun-
try in such way that the friend of
your youth will want to take the next
train for Oregon. ,
The expert letter writer's will not :
attempt, of course, to supply you
with words for letters to your imme- .
diate families, but they will deal out ;
an abundance of facts and informa- =,
ti0n that you can use to fill in with .
when you write to the folks at home ;
Meanwhile they want everyone to !.
get busy and think of all the persons .
with whom they are on writing terms T.
even those to whom you have new ,
er written, for that matter When .
you think of them note down their :
names and addresses. Then you will
be in shape to do your share of the .
good work during the established let
writing period.
This letter-writing idea has been .
under consideration by the Chamber
officials for the past two or three .
weeks, and the more they considered :
it the more the plan appealed to
them as a good, sensible, practica BILE .
way of bringing Portland and Oregon
to the public attention.
The whole scheme was turned over .
to the publicity and conventions bu-
reau, which proposes to labor with it .
until it is carried to successful and .
glorious conclusion. Yesterday j. c.
Ainsworth, chairman of this bureau, ,
appointed the following committee to .
handle the details of the work
julius L. Meier, chairman; Frank G. ,
Riggs and Frank e. Smith. :
This, apparently, is committee Of ,
many novel, original and effective
notions of its own.
One Of the first acts was to arrange
for cooperation with the postoffice
officials. Postmaster Frank S. Myers
was more than willing.
So one big attractive Of letter-writ-
ing week will be a giant mail box in
the middle of Sixth street, just west