The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

as The Journal has proven itself to
be in the past twenty-five years,
no history of metropolitan city
such as Minneapolis is to-day, would
be complete without resume of the
backbone, the = substantial .. and the
actual article which goes to, make sue
cess in the building of newspapers
and the building of city. That
which has made it possible for the
successful newspaper and the pro-
gressive city is the country surround
ing it, and to the west and to the
northwest of Minneapolis lies the
beautiful virgin soil as the Lord made
it. A picture which, could the early
explorers who navigated the nightly
Mississippi have seen, the story of
the mighty waters and the tales
which have become pictures would
have faded into insignifcance COM
pared to the story they would have
written of the : great, wonderful,
bounding northwest.
To be free and to escape the noise
and humdrum and hubbub of the city
one must 60 back into the beautiful
northwest, and see the thrift, en-
ergy and enterprise of the farmers
who have become wealthy. The great
northwest lies before lis like vast
scene. It's beautiful landscape, It's
lakes and streams, it's progressive
towns and cities, its farms with the
fertile soil, and it's wonderful pros
perity, make it fit habitation for
king. No story could seem complete
without the story of the northwest,
for its network Of railroads and
means Of navigation and shipment
reach from the northwest to the city
of Minneapolis, contributing daily
and hourly to the continued progress
Of The Minneapolis Journal and the
city of Minneapolis.
No story of the northwest would be
complete unless there was brought to
mind as to who the pioneers were
who helped people and settle this
great territory. None has been more
active, and none has succeeded in
locating as many settlers successfully
and without failure as has been the
subject of this sketch, Mr.. J. G.
Lund, manager Of Lund's Land
Agency, a firm which has become
known and renowned as the largest,
most progressive emigration agency
in the world.
Mr.. Lund was born in the little
village Of Rushford, Fillmore county,
MINI, thirty-fve years ago, Of Nor
wegian parentage, good, sturdy stock,
and in 1876 moved to Candy, Vel
low Medicine county, Mimi, which
is in the western part of the state.
There Mr.. Lund grew to manhood
on the prairie, and early had a good
business training thru the business
Of his father, Mr.. o. N. Lund, who
was considered one of the thoro bust
ness pioneers of the west, who took
the brunt Of the pioneer life and
early settlement. In the year 1887,
in small way, j. G. Lund opened a
collection, loan and real estate office,
dealing locally in farm lands. It was
not long before it developed that in
order to sell it would be necessary to
get buyers. This thought and this
idea was so much in evidence that he
began to reach out, and his first op-
erations were confined to a few To-
calities in Iowa, his first business
coming from Chickasaw county, Iowa
and for years he has enjoyed business
from the same locality in which he
first made his initial emigration
point, and it is to his credit that il
is stated that Chickasaw county
Iowa, contributed more business to
the Lund's Land Agency during the
year 1903 than any other single