Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-10-15
AMBITIOUS TACOMA.
WASHINGTON TOWN HAS A NEW
SCHEME FOR BOOMING ITSELF.

Every Citizen of the Community who
Trn>eIa Is Its Press AEcnt-iI"w Its
AdvnntngcsA rcAdvcrtis-dThroux
out the Country.
When every citizen "f IL town volun-
tarily agrees to become press agent
for the community each time he crosses
the corporation line, no mnttcr whcth-
err his trip be to the suburbs or across
tie continent. not even fate itself can
keep that city In the line of file cioscrS.
Tacoma, Wash. already one of the
most prosperous cities OF the far north
west, has hitchcd her wagon to this
star. and eastward her star of empire
is taking its way.
All the business men OF Tacoma have
united in IL movement to boom" 1t
throughout the country with pntri-
Otisn and energy which In time should
make il the metropolis of the Pacific
coast and which might we'll be cmulat-
ed by the smaller towns and cities.
says the New York Herald.
Every citizen who travels makes him
self press agent for the home town
not merely by talking hoastfully about
1t. MS every loyal native of any place
does, but 10y means of an elaborate and
we'll organized system. including the
distrilsltion of printed matter contain
Ing eulogistic data and the taking of
circuItous routes to make the fame Of
the city more widespread.
For example, many prominent bust
ness men of Tacoma, like those Of 9th
or places. are this year making visits
to the worlds fair in st. Louis III
stead Of going directly there, however,
they Invariably come east first, all the
wny to New York and Washington,
stopping at every city important
enough to make It worth while, to
boom Tacoma. Newspaper offices are
visited and asked to mid In the move
mcnt by publishing accounts of Taco
mas greatness, strangers are engaged
In conversation to that effect In hotel
lobbies, ana no means OF hcralding the
advantages Of the town are left un-
sought.
One Of these energetic patriots Is
Frank Alling a thriving merchant of
] ttOlllu. IIt ulSD IN HolllE lIolil lh''i'
to St Louis by way of Washington and
New York nnd although he Is n man
we'll on In years, he is not lack ing In
vigor and perseverance. Recently Mr..
Alling visited the New York Herald of
flee to engage the interest of the pa
De: In the welfare of Tacoma. lie was
not discouraged by few failures to
I ,,t L., t.I,,,r nd OF oil hn
obtained one.
Then he exhibited literature, printed
and verbal. concerning the manifold
virtues of Tacoma until the listener
began to believe New York. In com
pariSon. was just Il baCkw0ods hamlet.
He was told, for Instance, that Taco
ma. - city of 10000 inhabitants, has
equal advantages Ms to churches,
schools. colleges. public buildings,
streets parks, etc, to those possessed
by nny city Of Its size In the land"
Toward! the end OF the circular.
which Is printed on good paper with
excellent photographs OF parts of Taco
( ma announcement Is made TINT new
opportunities are arising there con
stnntly, and there Is II demand for ad-
ditional Wholesale houses carrying
large stocks. For further Information
write to the chamber of commerce, Ia
coma, Wash" and the Inference Is that
when You get 1t there can be only one
| place in the world for you. and that Is
Tacoma.
Mr. Allng who Is only one of many
toiling for the cause. stopped nt scv-
ernl towns between Tacoma and New
York and. according to his story, did
valiant work. In Niagara Falls, for In
stance. the day he reached there an OK
cursion cr.rying about $1,000 persons
arrived, md one Of the local papers
gave me three quarters Of column
about Tacoma" He figured that. with
their friends TO whom they took back
the paper. fully $4,000 must have read
1t.