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Show TOWNS SHOULD ADVERTISE. The belief In the value of advertising towns and cities, the particular or peculiar advantages ad-vantages of each, wos strikingly Illustrated at the Portland exposition. The writer found in the various state buildings extraordinary ex-traordinary uantitlcs of literature telling of the advantages of towns now possessing but from 1,000 to 4,000 population, this literature being put out by the local Chamber of Commerce Com-merce or Commercial Club. If one would stand near these "bureaus of Information" he might sco many well dressed, prosperous looking gentlemen pick up these little booklets and pamphlets and stow them away in theli pockets. The frequent earnest conversations legardlng the morlts of this that or the other western town, or section of country, coun-try, and the disposition of so many to carry away descriptive literature could lead to no other conclusion than that a very largo number num-ber of visitors totho falrwcicsceklnglocatlons. Many of the wide-awake coast towns understanding under-standing tho wonderful possibilities of "the Pair" along this lino were prepared for It and the writer believes they will reap a legitimate reward. Old you ever stop to think that It makes llttlo dllTerenco what advantage a town advertises? ad-vertises? If It has many, as Logan and Cache Valley have, so much the better, but If theio is somo special advantage of any particular nature and it is advertised It wlil bo found that In this country there are thousands Interested In-terested In that paitlcular thing and anxious to como into closer contact. Kor Instauce It Is tho conception of business busi-ness men as a ruie, the country over, that a "dry town," one without saloons, is a dead tow u, one In which thcro is little life, little business, busi-ness, and not just the place in which to locate. Ashland, Oregon, a town of i,r0Q in the grout fruit section of that state, has many ad van t-ages,nnd t-ages,nnd advertises them, and among theso advantages ad-vantages boasts that of "Temperance." They have local option thero and continually vote out the saloons. According to the conception ol business men tho advertisement of this fact ought to have killed the town, but what of the result last year? MO population was ADDED, and a committee whose duty It Is to gctat tho Inducement that brings Individuals and families to the city found that of this 500 about :t00 of them had been attracted to ho town because It Is a "dry town," a lit place to school their children, a pleasant placo In which to live. The writer doesn't offer this as an argument for temperance, but merely as an object lesson In advertising. If Logan and Cache Valley have a sloglo advantage, that one should bo advertised to the world. "Watch Tacoma Grow" Is the slogan of that great town In the northwest and these words In electric lire stood out In such a position across the lake at the Portland fair grounds that It was Impossible for an evening visitor on the grounds to miss it. Asa result Tacoma literature liter-ature was sought, everywhere and all had a strong desire to sec Tacoma as she Is growing. Tacoma will grow and Logan and Cache Valley can and will grow If the people here aro as determined to push this country as arc the Tacoma people. Boost. Talk Logan and Cache Valley all the time, evciywherc. This is a great and glorious country, but wo must Induce people to come here and sec it. : |