, 1890-04-20
TIE Duty.

On next Tuesday the third of the
series of excursions from Denver will
reach here. Thereafter until the close Of
the season excursions will be run every
two weeks from Denver on the
south and Chicago and Omaha
on the east. Arrangements have
already been made to advertise Cheyenne
and its advantages in 5000 papers
scattered all oveE the United States. AL
ready the good effect OF the advertising
is made apparent in the kindly retertnces
being made to Cheyenne in a diverse
quarters and in the inquiries which are
daily reaching here from all portions Of
the country.
The first great MISUNDERSTANDING
is being thoroughly attained. The
second great consideration is to have some
thing to show the visitors when they
come here-something TO convince them
that the town has permanent
and that an investment made here will IN
all human probability give a handsome
return.
So far as the town itself is concerned it
tells its own story. No own in the
country makes a more favorable i'm
preston upon strangers and in none are
real estate prices, all things considered,
as low. The resources OF the town, its
geographical position IN relation TO the
Rocky mountain region, the possibilities
before the town from the single element
of iron alone ITO consider nothing else)
make an impression such as it is very diff
cult to eradicate. But there remains one
other important element to complete
those necessary to maintain extreme
activity in the real estate movement.
That element is the residents Of the town
themselves.
If a man who has an article to sell is
the very first to decry its merits he cannot
expect an intending purchaser to have
any better opinion of the value of the
article than he himself has. If an inves-
tor comes to town ais impressions OF the
place will be largely colored by what he
hears from the residents OF the town. If
they have no confidence in the future of
the place it is only reasonable to
suppose that he will mistrust his own
first impressions, no matter how favorable
they may have been. and thus an investor
and perhaps a valuable addition to the
population may be lost. In the past lew
months We have at times been very much
surprised at the comments passed by some
prominent citizens OF the town on the real
estate movement now IN progress. Some
Of these men We have reason to know
have personally pro6ted by the real estate
activity. and yet IN the face of this they
profess extreme doubts that the town will
grow very rapidly and throw cold water OF
any movement in the direction Of improve
ment. There is now no which car
prevent Cheyenne from rapidly forging Il
the front, but its progress can be mater,
ally aided by Its own citizens. The men
who haven't a good word to say for the
town are not worthy to be citizens of it.
If all the money which has been sent to
Ogden aud Salt Lake for investment in
the past two years had been invested at
home there would already be such sub
stantial additions TO the boom that every
visitor here would be deeply impressed
with what he saw.
The Inauguration Of the present move
ment is due to the Interior com PAM
They are now dong more to advertise the
city than all other agencies combined.
For this reason, if no other, they deserve
the moral support of every citizen of
Cheyenne and they should receive it un
grudgingly.