Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-03-06

THURSDAY, February 81, at the
Kirkwood Hotel, in Des Moines,
John q. Lund, manager of Lund's
Land Agency, at Candy, Minnesota,
gave sumptuous banquet and
held an interesting and profitable
business meeting, there being 142
of his agents and many of their
wives present from various parts of
the state to participate in the occa-
sion. Lund's Land Agency is the
largest and best known real estate
hrln in the United States and the
ceeds by far that of any other insti
Mr.. Lund established himself in
business eight years ago at Candy,
Minnesota, having but little means
or backing save strong character
and an enviable reputation for hon
esty and sincerity of purpose. His
object and purpose in all his deal
ings in the large volume of bust
ness transacted in the years since
he commenced business has been
to treat every customer and every
man with whom he had any bust
ness relations, so that he would be
his friend, ready and willing to as
eist him in his business dealings in
whatever avenues of life it might be.
He looked we'll to the future, maxi
ing and perfecting his plans year
by year, SO that he was enabled to
increase the volume of business
and extend his organization be-
You'd the narrow confines of past
limitations.
No better idea could possibly be
conveyed of the growth and devel-
opment of this firm than to say that
the expenses incurred in conduct
ing the first years business was
$431.00, while the expenses for the
year 1901, exceeded $l10,0O0.OO.
After few years of successful
operating in real estate, buying
large tracts and selling it out to ac-
tual settlers in quarter and half
sections on very easy and liberal
terms he found it necessary to open
up branch office, and then others,
continuing to grow year by year
until his business now stands and
is recognized as gigantic institu-
ton, the marvel of all who are en-
gagged in the real estate business.
We do not care to show the vol
ume of his transactions year by
year and how his interests have
grown and increased, but in brief
and concise statement give the
reader an idea of the marvellous
achievements as they now stand, of
one of the men, at the head of the
greatest realestate concern the
world has ever known.
The sales of land for the first
years business amounted to $12 $40,
awhile the sales for the past year,
1901, aggregated $2,750,0O0.O0; and it
is safe to predict that with an or
ganization perfected as never be-
fore, that the sales for the present
year, 1902, conservatively estimated,
will reach $4,000, 100000.
That they are pepared and
equipped to take care of and show
all homeseekers and investors their
land is evidenced by the fact that
during the past year 1926 people
] were shown the vast resources of
the agricultural Northwest. Many,
in fact the greater portion of this
number invested, and during the
coming spring many of the purch-
asers will move on and become ac-
tual settlers, helping to improve
the vast prairles that once we're,
while many bought for an invest
ment; and in either case source of
profit will be the result of their
purchase, as land values are in
creasing steadily and doubtless
will increase more rapidly the COM
ing year than in any year in the
history of that country.
In order that our readers may get
a proper conception of the magni-
tude of this great and growing in
stitution, we will give the person
nell of the various offices:
Candy, Minnesota, Central Office
j. q. Lund, general manager; o.
Lund, assistant general manager;
A. Il. Pierce, superintendent of ag-
encies; 6. L. Jeffrey, secretary and
cashier; r; y; Schultz, head book
keeper; Ella M. Cloyes, Burr S. Pot
G. Westby, P. c. Bayard, fieldmen.
Tracy, Minnesota, Office-j. r.
Crystal, manager; o. L. Craig, as
sistant manager.
Nassau, Minnesota, Office-J. E.
Vanstrom, manager; F. E. Dix, as
sistant manager.
Porter, Minnesota, Office-H. A.
Anderson, manager.
Watertown, S. D., Office A. G.
Matter, manager; W. S. Mowrey, at
to1rney; Y. NJ. Wiley, stenograPher;
Gary, S. D., Offices. j. Forbes,
manager; G. M. Best, field.
Donald, S. D., Ofice-Under A. 6.
Matter, manager.
Clark, S. D., Ofice-Under A. G.
Matter, manager; S. A. Way, field
man.
Henry, S. D., office-Under A. G.
Matter, manager.
Redfeld, S. D., Office - Dennis
Connell, manager.
Aberdeen, S. d., Ofice-Lawrence
Heade, John B. Scott, managers.
Bristol, S. D., Office-O. c. OIeson,
manager.
stader, manager.
Iroquois, S. D., Office-C. 6. Swat
ford, manager; Tom Sullivan, field.
Britton, S. d., Office-Thomas Ma
honey, manager.
Langford, S. D., Office r. L.
Thompson, manager.