The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-06-13

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communication over which are grouped
the seals of Washington. Oregon and
British Columbia. This invitation is
more than an invitation; it is a mes
/ sage of goodwill and of patriotic
inspiration extended by the three
governments and by the Press Asso-
Citations of Washington, Oregon and
British Columbia through the tourist
body. 1t reads, in part, as follows:
The entrance of the United States
into the worlds war upon the side of
the Allies. has brought together the
J peoples of the two nations on the
North American continent with one
common object, and has induced them
! to combine their resources and cap
abilities in order to win the war.
"The Pacific Northwest has come
to realize the vastness of its wealth in
natural resources, and the ability of
its people to use these resources to
the very best advantage under the
spur of necessity.
1T has, within the short space of
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building plants which have astonish-
ed the world and have made hitherto
unknown records for speed in the
turning out of ships. From its great
forests have been cut hundreds of
thousands of feet of the finest lum-
Der to make airplanes and to build
wooden ships. Our lands and or
chards have contributed materially
to the food supply, while our fisheries
have become an important factor in
the saving of meat.
I'm its contribution of men for our
armies and navies, and is money for
national loans and patriotic purposes
1t also is in a premier position.
"The Pacific Northwest offers as a
future home for the returned soldier
everything he could wish for-the
natural resources already brought to
your attention, country of wonder
full scenery, noble rivers, inland lakes,
national parks, majestic mountains
and fertile valleys, together with a
climate that is temperate the year
round, and in which outdoor work or
recreation may be carried on every
month in the year"
|. Signatories to the invitation are
President A. E. Todd, of Victoria, b.
c.; |. M. Howell, Secretary of State
| for Washington: Hon. ]. D. MacLean,
Provincial Secretary of British Co.
lumbia; Ben w. Olcott, Secretary of
State for Oregon, and Herbert Cuth-
bert, Secretary.
Farseeing men, especially those in
touch with the influence of the war
on the nation and especially on the
cities of the Pacific Northwest, are
convinced that now is the time to
put this part Of the nation on the
map, so to speak, by calling attention
to the resources, the industry, the
growth in population, and the scen-
cry Of the Pacific Northwest, because
the greatest development in the his
tory Of the nation is going on right
here on the Pacific coost.
In the councils of the National Ed
itorial Association are hundreds of
leading publishers Of the nation;
they make 1t point to attend the
| conventions. and the coming of one
| editor is equivalent to hundreds of
dollars in publicity for the place of
meeting that could not be purchased
for any amount of money in the form
of advertising. The publicity of the
aggregate number of delegates can
not be estimated in money value, but
those who know the value of public
ity such as the National Editorial
Association controls and gives with
out stint, realize that the convention
)f the association is the one big event
If the year as publicity factor, sec
md to none, not even the conven-
ions of the great advertising asso-
iati0ns.
1t is to win for the great North
Test this valuable publicity at a time
when the country is experiencing the
mcst remarkable era of prosperity in
its history, that the Pacific Northwest
Tourist Association has undertaken to
attempt to obtain the 1919 meeting
If the National Editorial Association.
Every editor is booster, wherever
he goes; every bit of favorable pub
licity for Washington, Oregon and
British Columbia from now on will
be capitalized in the form of new
people and new capital being attract
| ID to them, and as payroll prosperity
ncr eases in any community the in
dustries become permanent, and
| growth continues.
In sending a delegation to Little
Rock and Hot Springs to attend the
1918 convention, the directors of the
Pacific Northwest Tourist Associa-
ton invited the state press associa-
tions to affiliate with the association
and gave them equal representation
on the delegation. Letters have been
received from officers of the national
association expressing their interest
in the plan to meet in the Pacific
Northwest next year. and indOrsing
the convention on wheels idea sub.
mitted by Mr. Cuthbert.
And when the delegation reaches
| Arkansas the people of the south will
hear more about the beauty of seen
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dustry and resources of this part OF
the country than they ever heard be-
fore, because the delegation is going
prepared to make big noise for the
Northwest.
Arkansas, appreciating to the full
extent the value of such convention
has prepared an elaborate entertain
ment for the delegates, the conven
tion to alternate between Little Rock
the state capital, and Hot Springs