The Hayti herald., 1921-07-21
s. E. MO. AGRICULTURAL
BUREAU OPENS AUGUST 3

southeast MISSOURI VIII throw open
her doors to the world on Wedncs-
day, August 3rd., where the perma-
nent exhibit of products of the eight
counties, forming the Southeast Mis-
souri, Agricultural Bureau, will be
formally opened in the old Terminal
Hotel bar room, in Union Station. St
Louis.
For several weeks, the representa-
tives of the Bureau have been busy
in all of the counties gathering ex-
hibits, and some very fine specimens
and other product of Southeast Mis-
souri, soil, have been collected. These
exhibits will be installed in attrac-
tive glass cases. and thousands Of vi
itors, who pass through Union Station
each day, will have an opportunity to
see what Southeast Missouri produces
Facts and figures will be supplied by
the attendants in charge, and it is ex-
pected steady tide of prospective
settlers and investors will be started
in this direction as result of the ef-
fort of the Bureau.
A feature of the formal opening
will be a luncheon at noon. The
guests of honor will be Gov. Hyde,
Attorney-General Barrett and other
State officials, Mayor Kiel Of st.
Louis and leading business men, rail-
road officials and editors of the st.
Louis daily newspapers. The board
OF directors of the Bureau will meet
in St. Louis the same day. All South
east Missourians are cordially invit-
ed to attend the formal opening.
Those who desire to attend the lun-
cheon should write Secretary A. l.
Foard. Southeast Missouri Agricul-
tural Bureau, Union Station, st.
| Louis, Mo, for reservations AS
the Accommodations for the luncheon
will be limited, it would be we'll to
do this at once. A nominal charge
of S5 cents per plate will be made for
the luncheon OF course, there is
no admission charge to the exhibit,
which will be open from a. m, to
10 p. M, every day, Sunday and holi-
days, included.
That the Southeast Missouri Agri-
cultural Bureau is on the right track
in its plans to bring new people into
this section, and that the present per-
iod of comparative depression is an
ideal time to begin new agitation, is
shown by an item in the July issue
of "The Nations Business" This
item, under the caption Oregon Gets
Busy" tells Of comprehensive plan
inaugurated by the Oregon State
Chamber of Commerce to bring new
settlers to that state, which, it is
claimed has been somewhat over
looked by the homeseekers, in COM
parison with California and Wash
ington. The method adopted by the
Oregon business men to interest new
settlers is to send representative in
to the Middle West, operating from
Omaha, Nebr., as a base. Prospec-
gether and special trains chartered
to take them to Oregon.
officers of the Southeast Missouri
Agricultural Bureau believe their
plan to be far superior to that OF
the Oregon boosters. For one thing,
they are not asking farmers and 9th
er prospective settlers to travel sey-
eral thousand miles from home TO
show them new country. They
are Offering to show them place
where they can get new start, with
unlimited opportunities within few
hours ride of their present homes.
The Oregon movement is regarded
as significant, however, and is very
encouraging to Southeast Missourians
Practically, the. same methods are to
be used, by means of exhibits, litera-
ture and advertising, the means used
sa successfully by James J. Hill 10
build up the country along the G,eat
Northern Railroad. The Southeast
Missouri boosters believe they have
every advantage over their Oregon
rivals, including location, soil, freight
rates and shipping facilities. They
also believe the tide of homeseekers
from the great agricultural states
North and East Of Missouri, which
has been held back for five years
past, will soon set in again, and a
great part of this tide will flow thru
St Louis Union Station