St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-15

governed by as strict a sense OF Dusi-
ness integrity and by as high moral
principles as prevail in Eastern cities.
What kind of hotel accommodations
and travelling facilities will a visitor to
the Pacific Northwest enjoy? No better
anywhere. The hotels are first-clasS;
good, high rates. but you get your
moneys worth. AS to travelling faclll-
ties, [ have already spoken of the
superb accommodation furnished by
the Northern Pacific on both its main
and branch lines. The ears are the best
that are made by the Pullman company.
and the dining car service is all that
could be required. 1t is no fulSOme COM
pliment to say that the Northern Pacific
is not excelled by any railway service
ON the continent. The steamship serv-
ice on Puget sound IS equal to the Hud-
son river navigation. The Union Pa
cific, the Southern Pacific aud other cOaSt
lines are all giving special
Attention to Equipment
and service, so that the traveller can
have no just grounds for complaint on
the score of accommodation.
/ saw many familiar faces in the Pa
ciic coast towns, and recognized many
familiar names on the signs of the Lead
Ing business houses. st. Paul and MIN
neapoliS have contributed very largely
to the prosperity of that section by
lending some of their best blood to in
fuse life and enterprise into the BUSH
ness affairs OF the Pacific Northwest.
would require the services of a census
enumeration to give list of all the fam
iliar faces | saw, but whenever L met
st. Paul or Minneapolis man, | was sure
to find him in the van of the procession.
Among my newspaper acquaintance, |
found Mr.. earle, formerly OF the Pioneer
Press, at the head of great newspaper
establishment in Portland. In the
business Office of the same establish
ment were MessrS. LOOMS and Haz-
zard, formerly of the GLOBES counting
room. Messrs. Boynton, Metcalf, Brad
ley, Maxfeld and Ehle, all of them
former st. Paul boys, are giving the
citizens of Tacoma useful lessons in ems
terprislng journalism. Ed Jingle, for
merly of the GLOBE, and Mr.. Painter,
late of the News, are performing the
Seattle. AND the best of is. they are
All Getting Rich,
but not too proud to recognize old &C,
quaintances and to make them feel at
home amid their palatial surroundings.
Observation has taught me that news
paper man is the hardest person in the
world to be spoiled by prosperity, and
hope that some day experience may
confirm the truthfulneSS of that ObSer<'
walton.
l am at home now, and rested up.
After a careful retrospect am prepared
to say in all candor that for the next
ten years-yes, for the next twenty
years. would not give the state OF
Minnesota in exchange for all the cOun-
try lying between the Red River of the
North and the Pacific ocean. There is
a great empire beyond, but it is in the
future. Those who have the tastes and
instincts of pioneerism may enjoy life
there now, but Minnesota is better
adapted to easy and comfortable living.
[ have now traverSed the continent from
the Atlantic to the Pacific-I have been
from the British line to the gulf-and,
having aimed to study the conditions Of
all sections, it is my humble, but hon.
est, Judgment that in the beauty of it's
landscape, the fertility of its soil, the
healthfulness of its climate. and in all
that goes to make life enjoyable, there
is no section of territory within these
United States at all comparable with
Minnesota. Mans lines could not have
fallen in pleasanter places than right
here on our own lake-dOtted and sun
kissed prairies. And | have a notion
that when die. next to being buried in
my native state, | would prefer to rest
under Minnesota sod, so that it may be
said of me when gone, "After LIES fit.
full fever he sleeps we'll"
GEORGE FL. MoFFETT.