MISSOURI TO ELLIS ISLAND.
Immigration Bureau Will Be Estab-
lished to Secure Foreigners.
ST. LOUIS, MO., July 22. -- After a conference here today between D. J. Keefe, United STates commissioner of immigration, and John H. Curran, chairman of the Missouri state immigraiton commisison, it was announced that this state will establish an immigration bureau on Ellis Island, N. Y.
There are 11,000,000 acres of unoccupied tillable land in Missouri, according to Mr. Curran, and the purpose of the new bureau will be to get desirable foreigners to cultivate this land.
