Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-11-09
e. N. RY. PLANS
FOR PUBLICITY
FIVE CHIEFS OF AGRICULTURAL
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
VISIT COUNTY MONDAY
GUESTS OF COMMERCIAL CLUB
Huge Campaign To Bring Settlers To
Western States.

a party of five Great Northern Rail-
way Company travelling agricultural
development agents, with headouar-
ters in middlewest states. visited
boundary county yesterday and left
this morning for Elk, and other points
in Washington.
While in Boundary county the rem
resentatives of the Great Northern
Railway Company were guests of the
hootenai Valley Commercial Club
and spent the day in company with
A. J. Kent and F. A. Shultis. viewing
the cutover land districts. Last eve
ming the visitors were guests of honor
at a chicken dinner given at the In
ternational banquet hall by the local
business men and after the banquet
the gathering adjourned to the /. o.
.. f hall where a social evening was
spent and short talks were made by
the railway officials.
Included in the party of visitors
were G. w. Lincoln, OF st. Paul.
Mimi; w. S. Weber. of Chicago, ILL.,:
f. II. Reeves, of Kansas City. Mo; c.
G. Morrison. of Des Moines, Iowa; o.
D. Tibbetts, of Sioux Falls, S. Oak.
The purpose of the visit of these
men is to acquaint themselves with
the country tributary to the Great
Northern Railway in order that they
may give definite and accurate infor-
nation to homeseekers who are ex-
pected to travel westward the coming
season. II is the purpose of the Great
Northern Railway, through its agricul-
tural development department, to en-
courage the settling of cutover tracts
of land in western states.
In each section that is being visited
all kinds of data as to prices of land
crops raised, climate, etc, is being
secured. Pictures are being taken and
1t is proposed to spread the informa-
ton about western cutover lands in
all parts of eastern states. Under the
direction of the Great Northern Rail-
way Company, a systematic campaign
Of education concerning conditions in
western states along the route of the
Great Northern is to be made. Public
are to be held in as many.
as possible; public speak
ers will tell of the opportunities of
such as Boundary county
views will be shown;
samples of grain and fruit, vegetables
etc, will be displayed photos will be
exhibited
The names of all persons who at
tend these meetings will be taken and
from time to time circulars and read
ing matter about the various districts
will be mailed to them. Every oppor-
tunity to acQuaint persons interested
in the agricultural districts of the
west will be taken advantage of in
every possible manner and it is be-
lieved that this campaign will result
in the bringing west of thousands of
farmers with money enough to buy up
cutover lands and develop these lands
into paying farms.
The Great Northern representatives
who were here yesterday stated that
il is not uncommon in the middle
west states for farms to be rented
at the rate of $25 an acre per year. One
instance Of renter paying S25 per
acre per year was mentioned
Up until about two years ago it
was found hard to interest the eastern
farmers in the cutover lands OF west
ern districts. The easternor was in
terested solely in homestead land. Now
the homestead land is gone. The cam
paign now Lnder way was prepared
several wears ago but all work was
postponed during war times
Yesterday the visitors were taken
on a trip down the Kootenai Valley
as far as Copeland; to points on the
Moyie bench. Paradise Valley. and the
Moravia district They were shown
fruit products. samples of what the
country produces in tho way of grains
and grasses and vegetables. That they
were impressed is putting it lightly
OF their own accord these men said
that this district contained the best
agricultural land Of all cutover land
they had visited