White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-06-11
INTERESTED VISITORS
FAYORABLY IMPRESSED

A few weeks ago Milwaukee rail-
road officials together with members
OF the advertising firm of N. w. Aver
& Son cf Philadelphia visited this val
ley while on tour of inspection of
the railroad system in the west The
party took luncheon in White Bluffs
after an auto trip over the valley and
while they all expressed themselves
az being favorably impressed with
what they saw there has been just a
little curiosity as to what their reac-
ton would be after returning east.
This seems to be verv satisfactorily
answered in a communication dated
June / received by Edmund Andsr-
son as chairman of tile White Bluffs
Community Club from II. E. Byram
of Chicago, president of the Milwau-
kee. Mr.. Byram says:
Il have just had very interesting
meeting with some of our officers and
the advertising experts who have re-
Gently CONCLUDED their trip over the
Road and 1 want to tell you how
much I regret that l was not able to
accompany them and talk to you
gentlemen who met them and treat
ed them with suck great courtesy and
helpfulness. You combined to give
these eastern friends of ours remark
ably fine picture of the spirit of the
Northwest. They've returned full of
enthusiasm fer all they have seen and
for all whom they have met.
,~~oN,l>1,, ,-,,<I,
that our Northwest has about passed
it's crisis. 1t is of very great import
ancc that the whole country realize
this. 1t is of just as great importance
that our own people know it and face
the future with the utmost confidence.
We must help instill this inward conf
d,nce. One of our greatest hopes is
to have the c. M. & St. p. share ac
lively in the revival of the spirit OF
the Northwest; and / assure you we
don't mean this merely in terms OF
freight
"The Northwest is more than an ag-
grcgation of states and a scattering oil
small towns and cities. 1t has essenri-
ally all the varied clements of a great
self-contained country, superior to
any area of similar proportions in the
entire world. There is room here for
tremendous population. Not only is
there room, but it is logical to expect
that with a better understanding OF
it's vast resources, it's opportunities for
ambitious men and it's offerings for
contented lives, it will develop into
the finest section of the United States.
eve who are so close to the rails
and so close to the communities we
serve are liable to forget from day to
day the swift advances already made,
despite reverses. Our eastern visitors
were surprised at the progressiveness
of our small towns and cities, the
cos,nooolian broadminded charac-
ter of our people. told them to re-
member that the Northwest is not
worn-cut country rising on the ruins
of older civilizations; it is a young,
vital country building it's foundations
solidly in the Twentieth Century. 1t
is a great inspiration for us to feel
that we are sharing with communities
such as the one you are helping to
build in what almost amounts to the
creation Of new nation.
"In this work we want you to feel
that we are all consciously cooperating.
Cooperation with the country we serve
is going to be the guiding principle OF
those who are managing this railroad.
Please remember this and feel free at
any time to send in any suggestions
| you may wish to make to that end.