The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-02-07
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and care as a man would use in build
ing his own home"
He outlined the steps taken to elm
mate the mere Spectator, the cur
iosity-seeker and the misfit; and by
personal contact with all who APP
peared interested, through many per-
sonal representatives sent to inter-
view these people at their homes, the
method of learning all about these
people before they leave their old
homes, not after they have moved
and failed. -
eff a mar was not a handwriting
practical farmer, if his wife and his
sons were not the right sort for pi-
oneer life, or if he could not take
with him a minimum of $4,000, we dis
couraged him from coming" said he;
1--WE felt that it was better to take in
one man who we knew would sue
coed, than to encourage a thousand
to come and fail and become liabilities
and d%isturbers in every community.
1t will be the purpose of the Montana
Development League to proceed along
some such conservative basis. It is
not so spectacular as the usual meth
DDS, but it makes a solid country fill
ed with substantial, thoughtful, in
telligent citizens.
He outlined the methods of direct
and indirect advertising used, and the
system of carrying the country to the
homes of prospective settlers by
means of exhibit cars, portable ex-
hibits, moving pictures, lectures, etc
He stated that more dependence was
placed upon such means than upon
printed matter, because of the fact
that people had lost faith in pam
phlets, many of which do not tell the
truth.
"Out of one thousand original in
quiries," he said, 1--WE eliminated al
average of nine hundred and ninety
leaving ten who were the sort of PEG
pie we were seeking. These ten wer'
given every opportunity of studying
the country, the bad as we'll as tn
good points; and, with all the fact
before them, deciding where the.
wished to make personal investiga
ton. The organization cannot ente
the real estate business" he said; ri
cannot ever recommend one section
as against another. Its only purpos
is to distribute truth among the RICH
sort of people, leaving the choice o
location entirely to the newcome1
Under this system every section o
the state must stand squarely on it
merits. This will eliminate the knife
cutting competition between commun
tiles, and unite them in the upbuild
ing of the state as a whole, feelin:
that if the population and wealth o
the state can be doubled in five year
every part Of the state will receiv
its share of the new prosperity i
some form or other"
He stated that unless an annus
fund of 5000 900 could be pledged 70
a period of five years, it would b
better not to begin. He called at
t%ention to Texas, organized with a
annual income of $500, 600, souther
California with $3.50 900. Colorad
with 100000, and other wester
states with similar amounts.
"These states will be your activ
competitors" said he; "and unles
you are equipped to enter the rae
about as we'll as they, you must e,
pect them to leave you behind"
He outlined the good which woul
come to the state from capitalism
upon our tourist attractions. "Cole
RADIO entertained 14l 900 wealthy tou1
lists last year, every one of whol
left an average of $500 in the stat,
or a total of over $4,000, OOO," sal
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