iHE SUJKDAY OREGONIAN,- PORTLAND, JAXUABY 29, 1905.
Prominent Men and
New Years Edition, Sent
Out in Great Numbers by
The OregoRisn, Stimu
lates interest in the Lewis
and Clark Exposition.
Women Declare That
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derful Work for Portland,
Oregon and the Fair.
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Or T C. Frailer. Mayor mt tVffey- I i P Fodroa. general advertlstng agent
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Mr Alfred 4. Kroww. a woU-known
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dM ntarpraM af ymm rk'. and prevail
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' Interested in Exposition.
rNajsk J KaUapc t'anamatider MieMgan
IIMmm Sosm mt Yatrraw, In a letter
Cram MutW Craak: '1 am oamtag to the
LMk and rwk IftmaMtlaw- .Va Com-
I BaMroad. viui headoeaners at Chicago.
tMWi to 'ommeviaI Oub far b eon
W of the booklet Orrgos aad other mat
ter relatlvoi to the Exposition and this
oct:on f the United SU'.t lt seems
ta mt that you wt:i be glad to furnish us
INTERIOR
rrtth a coed tippl of matter. In view of
the fact that every copy is to ko to some
ene wlie is mrectly Interested. In this con
nection. T should like to add that from
mir until the clone of the Exposition any
thing and everything concornlnc thH
Xerthwent will be very welcome In this
department. Every traveling passenger
agent with whom I talk bring additional
tentimonfy to the effect that there Is the
keenest Interest everywhere In the Lewis
and Clark Centennial and the country sur
rounding It. and we ere, of course, pre
paring to do the moat intelligent adver
tising possible."
With reference to the above. A. C. Shel
don. Keneral agent of the Burlington In
this city, says that Mr. Fordea Is not
only a splendid advertising man. but aa
enthusiast regarding the Pacific North
west. Faith in Portland.
II. A. Davidson, secretary of the Mu
tual Alliance Trust Company, of Jfcw
York: "I am greatly Impressed with, one
ll.iunHlfir hsrnllarlOlo rtf f hn nATinll
of yeur city, and that Is. their unbounded
fuu h.li.r i. ,v, mninnrl of todnv
and the Portland of the future.
"Your Commercial Club Is doing great
work by It energetic efforts for the de
velopment and renown of Portland, and
one cannot but realize fully the great
difference In civic sentiment with which
all of you are working for your city, and
the selfish, unsentimental 'grind which
actuates the business men of this great
city.
If my plans hold true. I shall be in
Portland this year to attend the Exposi
tion, and shall be greatly pleased to meet
you. There Is a possibility that my busi
ness may so shape Itself as to make it
advisable to dispose of some Xcw York
interests for Portland investments.
Should Kch be the case. I am very cer
tain that I shall catch the enthusiasm
you all show for your city, and certainly
f4tewld do all I could to make my adopted
home thf City Prosperous and Beautiful,
to which end all of its present citizens
are striving."
Artistic and Complete.
Mr. C. Rudolph, district passenger agent
Mobile i Ohio Railroad, with headquar
ters at Mobile: "The Portland Commer
cial Club and the Oregon Development
Ieaguc can do no bettor work than to
circulate papers like The Orcgonian. It Is
both artistic and complete. Your cam
paign lti bound to attract countless num
bers of visitors during the coming Sum
mer, and you will have able assistance
from tho railroad passenger agents, who
will not only be interested in Portland as
.a reault of the Exposition, but also on
account of its being the home of the next
annual convention of the American Asso
ciation of Traveling Passenger Agcnta. 1
doH't see how the Exposition can be other
than a succes. Wc are using every
means at our command at the present
t'me to rout passengers via the Portland
Uicway, eiiuvr gums i .vimiif,.
Interested in State's Resources.
Mr. John V. Scott, president of the
Citizen" National Bank, of Austin. Minn..
has had considerable correspondence with
the Portland Commercial Club. His latest
letter is aa follows:
"I wish to thank you for information
and papers sent me from time to time,
and I desire to express ray appreciation
of same. I feel rreatly Interested in the
resource ef your state, but I think if
you would lay a greater stress on the
climatic conditions throughout the state
generally, also the agricultural advan
tages that you would sec a greater In
terost. It is the backbone that you must
pktce riebtly. and that is the agricultural
rosourcei. and witnout mis it avanetn m
I tie. I feel the Lwts and Clark Expos!
tlon Is going to take a great many people
West for the purpose of looking up future
hemes. I think It is tbese you want.
Mr. P. K. Gordon. Pacific Coast pas.sen
ger agont of the Piedmont Air Line. San
Franete: "The Portland Commercial
Club In securing the attention of the rail-
read men at the outset of Its advertising
will. I am sure, bring the very best re
sults. Judging from what I have learned
through personal contact in the Bast with
rsltroaa men and the public, I can predict
for you a travel such as you have' never
bad before, and a class of people who will
come to the Northwest in search of Infor
mation and Investment
Too Much Cannot Be Said.
General Agent Thomas E. Blanche, of
tho Northern Pacifjc Railway Company, at
Dujuin "inero cannot possioiy oe too
much aaid regarding the New ""ear's Ore
goclan. It is only too bad thai the entire
public cannot read it, becauoo I believe It
VIEW OF THE PARLORS Of THE C05OLERCIAI CLUB.
would be the best advertisement your Ex- j
position could have."
Mr. W. U. Tunlson. Buffalo. N. Y.. city
passenger agent of the Buffalo. Rochester
Pittsburg Railway Company, writes:
"We arc advertising the Lewis and Clark
Exposition by doing a good deal of talk
ing. In addition to the distribution of all
the literature we receive. This, of
of course, Includes that supplied by the
Portland Commercial Club. As Buffalo
was tho scene of the Pan-American Ex
position, more people are Interested in a
visit to your section of the country than
in seeing the Exposition, and we hope to
influence some people to come to Portland.
As far as I am personally concerned. I
expect. If nothing lntcrvenes,.to be among
the delegates to the American Association
of Traveling Passenger Agents, and it Is
universally believed among Its members
that the Portland meeting will be one
among the best ever held, continue to
scttd us printed matter, and it will be cir
culated to the best advantage possible.
Tribute From Cuba.
The distribution of matter Is not con
fined to the United States. A copy of The
Oregonlan was sent to Mr. J. "W. Flana
gan, general agent of the Southern Pa
cific Company's Havana & New Orleans
Ateamshlp line at Havana. Mr. Flanagan
writes: "The paper contains very inter
esting articles on the Lewis and Clark
Exposition, all of which. I can assure you,
havo been read with great pleasure."
Mr. Frederick Waage, Vice-Consul of
Norway and Sweden at St. Louis, asks
for additional matter relative to the Lewis
and Clark Exposition to forward to his
country.
A number of letters have been received
from Colonel Charles Arthur Carlisle,
purchasing agent of the Studebaker Bros.
Manufacturing Company. Studebaker
Bros. Manufacturing Company has
branches In New York City, Chicago, San
Francisco, Kansas City. Salt Lake City,
Denver, Dallas and Portland. In addition
to the great central office at South Bend.
Ind. All of these axe calling attention to
the Lewis and Clark Exposition. Colonel
Carlisle is taking a special Interest in the
Portland Commercial Club and the Ore
gon Development League, and he compli
ments these bodies and their splendid
work In an unstinted way. In an extended
letter he says: "The Portland Commercial
Club and the Oregon Development League
prove conclusively that the influential
citizens of Oregon and her metropolis are
united in working for the broader and
higher development of the great Pacific
Northwest, and the results that will be
attained are beyond measurement."
Jir. u. iroster. aistrict passenger
agent of the Northern Pacific, Boston,
writes: "The outlook In the East relative
to the Lewis and Clark Exposition Is
very -satisfactory. We are having many
inquiries on the subject, and are now in
shape to answer them in a satisfactory
way. I enjoy most pleasant memories of
tho recent hospitality of the Portland
Commercial Club and the information ob
tained while In your city relative to the
Exposition is valuable. I believe there
will be a good attendance from New-
England, and It will be our endeavor to
Increase it as much as possible."
Maps and Photos Desired.
Among- the hundreds of responses re
ceived from libraries as a result of Ore
gonlans sent out by the Portland Cora
mercial Oub. none attracted so much at
tention or evidenced such great interest
In the Lewis and Clark Exposition as a
request which came from the New York
Public Library offering to display upon
their bulletin boards pictures of the build
ings. maps of the grounds and other In
formation of this character. Tbese li
braries are patronized by a great many
millions of people, and to gain some Idea
of the amount of copies necessary two
dozen wee desired of each and every
Dlcture. man and matter of similar char
acter to be used at onte and the same time
in the various libraries throughout the
metropolis.
Mr. G. W. Hardesty, district passenger
and freight agent of the Northern "Pa
cific at Montreal, Canada, in a request to
the Commercial Club, desired panoramic
views of the Lewis and Clark Exposition,
these to be displayed in the show window
of one of tho principal newspapers of
Montreal, in connection with the pictures
of the Northern Pacific passenger officials,
taken upon the grounds of the Lewis and
Clark Exposition.
In distributing the New Year's edition
of The Oregonlan the Commercial Club
sent hundreds of copies to persons making
inquiries regarding the price of lands
throughout Oregon, the opportunities for
business openings, facts relatkve to min
ing. Irrigation, cost of living, climatic
conditions., but It is the policy of the club
to hold this character of inquiries as con
fidential and answer them personally, for
the reason that many persons desiring
to make a change of residence have In
terests at home which might be lnjured
If the fact became known that they con
templated 'removal, and for that reason
all this character of correspondence Is
eliminated; while the recital of such facts
would be of great Interest and would
f?rve to add value to such a compila
tion as thU?. it would probably deter
others from writing for such Infor
mation and the Commercial Club de
sires ta state at this time that home-
seekers. Investors and others can address
tho club with theabsolute assurance that
their correspondence will not find its Tvay
Into print If there is the slightest danger
of Its Interfering in any way with their
affairs at home.
Finest" Region in the World.
Mr. Clyde C. C. Millar, writing from St.
Paul: "I am of the opinion that Portland
and tho Pacific Northwest Is the finest
region In the world."
Mr. A. H. Wagner, Chicago, traveling
agent of the Chicago &. Northwestern
Railway Company: "It will be a special
pleasure to me to solicit business to tne
Centennial Exposition to be held in your
city this Summer and Fall. Judging from
what 1 have been able to learn, I believe
there will be a good attendance from
points in my territory In. Indjana and
Illinois."
Mr. Wr. E. West, Hawarden, Iowa, has
In contemplation the securing of a special
car of visitors to, the Exposition.
Dr. R. B. Crawford, traveling passen
ger agent of tho Louisville & Nashville.
headauarters Chicago: "Have read witn
pleasure what I have seen published re
garding the Exposition and have passed It
Into the hands of others, lou have tne
location and the material to put up one
of the best Expositions ever seen In this
country, and I am certain If the men back
of It continue to display the energy ann
vim thus far manifested, will make It an
Exposition worth seeing and will insure
success in every department. The Port
land Commercial Club Is doing a great
work, and I am sure that Its efforts will
meet with the hearty co-operation of the
traveling passenger agents of every line
In this country."
Oregon's Great Develepoment.
Mr. W. H. Whitaker, Detroit, district
passenger agent Northern Pacific Rail
road Co., says:
We are already, in the East here, getting
Inquiries for Information relatUe to the
Lewis and Clark Exposition, and I think the
large crowds, which will visit the Exposition
from this section of the country next sum
mer, will surprise those of you having in
charge the management of the Fair.
You can rest assured that we.pf the North
ern Pacific passenger department, will do
everything in our power to advertise the
Exposition, and propose to keep up the
good -work along the same lines from now
on.
Mr. T. C. Peck, Lo Angeles, assistant
ceneral passenger agent of the San
Pedro. Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad,
writes to the Commercial Club as fol
lows:
I sm In receipt of your postal card of the
2d Inst., also copy of the Portland Oregonlan.
and I want to compllmfnt you on your manner
of advrrtl&inc the Ereat Portland Exposition.
You are not only hitting the nail on the
had. hut vou are driving it In good ana solid:
and If any of the railroad boy fail to take
ncnlzance of thla fact, it is because they are
to busy working up bu?lnens for the greatest
Exposition tho West will nave seen In many
VMTf.
I have read The Oregonlan with much In
terest, and thank you kindly for vending me
copy of the paper, which I assure you will be
of great oenent to us in preparing our au er
asing for your Exposition.
Numerous letters from Mr. Rufus P.
Jennlngsv executive officer of the Cali
fornia Promotion committee and cnair
man of the executive committee of the
Trans-Mlssleslppl Commercial Congress,
which meets in Portland tills Summer, is
In daily correspondence with the Port
land Commercial Club. He pays a high
compliment to the work of the publicity
committee of the Lewis and Clark Expo
sition and is watching all that appears
In the papers with a great deal of Inter
est. Mr. Jennings and tne caiiiornia
Promotion Committee are doing every
thing In their power towards insuring the
success of the Exposition and in advanc
ing every material Interest of the Pa
cific Coast.
Will Help in theWork.
Mr. George IL Martin, district pas
senger agent of the Iowa Central Rail
way, in thanking the Commercial Club
for newspapers and advertising matter,
says: "In order to assist In the complete
success of the Exposition. I shall take
pleasure In personally supplying every
rallroad station and public reading-room
along my route with literature. In order
to do this work thoroughly a great
amount of material will be needed to re
new the supply from time to time. I want
to be one of the hosts to enjoy the at
tractions of the Lewis and Clark Expo
sition, for certainly Portland, situated
as she Js on a beautiful plateau, flanked
by magnificent hills with solid, snow
mountains In view, its harbor dotted
with shipping, furnishes an ideal spot for
a great exposition such as I predict will
bo held there In this good year 1905."
F. H. Scott, librarian of the Michigan
College of Mines. Houghton. Mich.: "The
Oregonlan is personally Interesting to me
In view of the fact that the American Li
brary Association -will hold its annual
meeting this year in your city."
The Nebraska Lumber Dealers Asso
elation is organizing a special train. The
last report received showed that 250 ap
plicants would join tho party. Secretary
Bird Critchfield. of this association, has
supplied the Commercial Club with names
and addresses of those who are coming
and descriptive matter has been sent to
each address.
Passenger Traffic Manager Eustls. of
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, writes
"xou may rely on our assistance in every
way in making Portland and the great
Lewis and Clark Exposition the most-
talked-of event in 1903. We would do this
for business reasons anyway, but we are
also Impelled to activity as we are over
flowing with good will for Portland and
the entire Pacific Northwest region. The
good work has already been started, and
we have Increased our advertising appro
priation somewhat, and of course a larger
proportion than common will be devoted
to advertising Portland and the Northwest
and our road thereto, because of the op
portunity the Exposition gives us."
PREDICTS GREAT SUCCESS.
Captain Wilhite, of U. S. Geological
Survey Writes Interesting Letter.
Captain C. O. Wilhite, of the United
States Geological Survey Service, Wash
lngton, D. C, In an extended letter of
extraordinary Interest, predicts a most
marvelous success for the Lewis and
Clark Exposition, which in part is as fol
lows:'
"Every Industrial fair is a great edu
cator. With n. reasonable railroad rate
and the additional opportunity of visit
ing points in California and the Western
Coast, there ls,no reason to believe that
the Lewis and Clark Exposition will not
be visited by thousands of Eastern peo
pie, who will be educated in matters con
cerning the great Northwest in a manner
never before realized by them."
London Man Coming.
A. S. Chew, of -London, England, who
on behalf of a party of investors is
investigating this section of the coun
try, congratulates the Commercial Club
upon Its work and says he will visit
the Exposition.
R. W. Gnmdon. of Kansas City,
writes for rates from Kansas City to
Portland for a party of from ten to 18,
and parties of this kind are being or
ganized in all sections of the United
States.
E. M. Clendenning, secretary of the
Commercial Club, of Kansas City, one
of the most effective, active and up-to
date among the commercial bodies of
the United States, is taking great in
terest in the Lewis and Clark Expo
sition and oriental Iair. upon rc-
Oftlnt of nonv of Th Orpcnnlnn. Iir
wrote the Portland Commercial Club
an extended letter of thanks, which is
in part as follows:
"The proprietors of The Oregonlan
deserve to be congratulated, not only
upon the handsome manner in which
the edition is gotten up, but its thor
oughness in every detail. The compila
tions are condensed and effective, and
while the chief subject is the Expo
sition, no vital facts are omitted.
"To the one who lives in tho West
and 's- closely identified with it. It Is
not surprising that such a paper should
be published In the great Northwest,
but I fancy that our Boston friends
and those of New Englffnd, who never
Journeyed toward tnls beautiful coun
try of ours, and whose only visit, so
far as Western territory is concerned.
is that they have been as far West as
Pittsburg, Pa., would be astonished and
almost incredulous to think that such
a paper as this is published in a state
that only a few years ago was a ter
ritory.
my mind the people of Oregon
are displaying an unusual amount of
energy and showing great ability in
placing before the w.orid the subject ot
the Exposition, which you. are to give
next June, and I very much hope your
efforts will be crowned with success."
With reference to the -above letter
from Mr. Clendenning. and especiaiiy
with regard to his suggestion that the
Exposition would be. principally pat
ronized by people residing west ot the
Mississippi River, the correspondence
shows just the reverse ot this, ana
proves that Kansas City reauy nas a
selfish Interest In- this Exposition, as
has every other Important railroad
center in the middle - portion of the
United States, for New England and all
the Atlantic Coast States are going to
send many thousands of people, who
will not only visit the" Exposition but
get a better Idea of the marvelous .re
sources of our great country.
Numerous Families on Way.
W. S. McGlnnis. an active real es
tate man of Canton, 111., who lias been
commissioned to promote and encour
age immigration to Oregon by Gov
ernor Chamberlain, reports the send
ing of numerous families to Oregon and
expects to be here with parties himself
several times during the present year.
Gilbert McClurg. who with Mrs, Mc-
Clurg is making a third trans-contl-
nental lecture tour with their illus
trated lecture "Panoramic Colorado,"
writes: "Through the courtesy of the
Portland Commercial Club I have
learned more regarding Oregon than' in
the previous course ot my me ana x
have lived for years on the Faclnc
Coast and in the West for 20 years. I
believe tho work of publicity for Ore
gon is at present ahead of similar work
done by any organization in the unitea
States and I have made a study of such
work in various states. Through the
matter received I have gained a com
prehensive view of the greatness of
Oregon, and the desire to visit the
Lewis and Clark Exposition. There
seems to be a splendid spirit of co
operation throughout Portland and Or
egon.
C. E. Brison. district passenger
agent Northern Pacific Railway Com
pany. Pittsburg: Pa., says: '"Since my
return from Portland, where I visited
the beautiful grounds of the Lewis and
Clark Exposition, I gained a fair con
ception of your great undertaking, my
enthusiasm was aroused and it will be
a great benefit to me in soliciting busi
ness during 1905. The people of tnls
territory are making numerous inqui
ries, and .1 am sure we will have con
siderable business for Portland during
the coming Summer. I want to ossuro
you tnat I am putting forth my best
efforts to make this the banner year
out of my territory to the Pacific
Northwest."
Is Well Advertised.
N. B. Kelley, secretary of tho
Trades League of Philadelphia, one of
the largest commercial organizations
in the world, says among other things:
"It is my belief that more publicity
has been given to the Lewis and Clark
Exposition in the East than has been
given to any similar enterprise tnat
has come to my attention. I have read
with interest all the numerous publi
cations furnlsncd by the Portland Com
mercial Club."
George H. Brown, secretary of the
Little Rock Board of Trade, also sec
retary of the Arkansas Board of
Trade., and for years an active mem
ber of the executive committee of the
Trans-Mississippi Commercial Con
gress, agrees with all efficient secre
taries of commercial organizations that
the newspaper Is the only effective ad
vertising medium. "It is my opinion,"
says Mr. Brown, "that nothing adver
tises a city more thoroughly than the
character of Its newspapers. Papers
up-to-date, attractive typographically
as well as in reading matter, appeal
to the intelligence of the most desir
able clasa of citizens. The. Commercial
Club's effort in drawing attention to
Portland through the circulation of the
local newspapers can result in but one
thing Success. And you deserve to
succeed. As a matter of course, we all
know that Portland is- the Chicago of
the Northwest, and Is to your section
what New Orleans is to the Gulf Coun
try and Little Rock to Arkansas the
commercial, . industrial and social me
tropolis."
The Moline (HI.) Business Men's Associ
ation, through its active secretary, Mr. C.
F. Grantz, has carried on a continual cor
respondence with the Portland Commer
cial Club: "I must confess that the enter
prise and get-thero qualities- represented
by the Commercial Club are certainly en
viable, and show a wonderful spirit. Port
land has become the pearl or the great
Northwest, and the tremendous effort now
being made by her business men in ex
ploiting the city and country cannot fall
'to bring just rewards in the near future.
There are certainly few cities m our
great country, and none as young, that
can compare with your undaunted force
In undertaking to show to the world at
large a great International Exposition. It
proves that you have faith in the future
of your beautiful city and fertile state.
It seems to be that you have faith in
your surroundings, and future greatness,
and that no city or community would dare
to undertake a grander enterprise than
are your people. Hoping and believing
your expectations win De reaiizea ana
expecting to be with you, etc., etc.
Surprised at Progress.
Mr. T. K. Stateler, general agent North
ern Pacific at San Francisco, is enthusi
astic relative to the coming Lewis and
Clark Exposition, and describes in an in
teresting way the pleasure he received
from visiting tho grounds on the ISth of
November. "I was indeed surprised at
the great progress that had been made at
such an early date. The buildings and
grounds were far beyond my most ean
guine expectations. The situation Is sim
ply perfect it could not be Improved upon
anywhere. The grounds are beautiful, the
terraces, walks, drives, fountains and
magnificent lake are beyond comparison.
Since my return to California I have
traveled nearly all over the state. Every
body here is talking" about visiting Port
land and the Lewis and Clark Exposition.
Every one ecems to know the date of
opening and closing. The Exposition has
been well advertised here, but there must
be no let-up."
Mr. D. E. Burley. general passenger and
ticket agent of the Oregon Short Line at
Salt Lake City, in acknowledging receipt
of the New Year's Oregonlan. sends copy
of an interesting advertisement on the
Oregon country, which is being printed
by the Harrlman system for circulation
throughout the country. Discussing the
work of his road and its connection with
other lines of the Harrlman system, he
writes: "The O. B. & N. and Union
Pacific aro having printed a highly col
ored relief map. with appropriate cuts of
scenic points of interest on the trip to
Portland. This la expensive, but will be
very artistic and attractive, and it will
"be thoroughly distributed. From applica
tions we are receiving daily from various
points East Indications are that we will
have a very heavy immigration to the
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