The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20

Minneapolis in this publicity work is
the fact that to most of the tourists
the west is new. All travel is from the
east this year. The east as the mecca
Of travellers this summer will be prac.
tically dead. All eyes are turned
toward the setting sun. The cheap rail
road rates make it possible for thou
sands who have always looked longing
ly to the west as a possible future
home to take look. A large percen-
tage of the travellers will be looking
more especially for a place to settle
est city on. the main travelled road to
the exposition which will be found be-
tween Chicago and the coast, Mime
apolis will be the cynosure of critical
eyes
Publicity as to the business oppor
tunities in Minneapolis cannot be
played up too strongly. Its position at
the gateway to the west is well known,
but not appreciated by eastern people
fact, to the class of people who will be
passing thru it's gates all summer the
whole west is an unknown quantity. and
for that reason the advertising cannot
be too explicit. To tourists returning
from the great west along either of the
three, northern transcontinental lines,
the fact that Minneapolis holds the
commercial key to the situation will
with a good impression of Mime
apolis indelibly fixed on the minds Of
those who have chosen to go west by
the northern route, they will have a
basis on which to figure out the chances
which Minneapolis has to expand COM
mercially as the country fills up. Going
get a glimpse of the great posi- ilities
that lie within the reach of Minneap-
Oils If it will but maintain it's forward
movement towards commercial suprem-
acy in the northwest.
Cooperation in Order.
While the real estate men have a
primary interest in setting forth the
true Minneapolis they must link with
them in their promotion efforts every
! individua citizen. They must have
Every citizen can with profit to him
self agree to become a bureau of in
formation to the stranger within the
gates, to seize every opportunity " to
boost the town.
Minneapolitans coming home after a
winter in the Californ towns are very
enthusiastic in their Communications Of
the "boosting,, procliyities of the
heard ali Winter long. Every citizen of
the state has rosy and optimistic view
of the state and Of his particular. home
| town. If a fog rises on damp even
ing, it is the first fog that the inhabi-
tants have seen. Should the thermome.
ter rise too high for comfort it proves
to be record-breaking temperature
likely never to be attained again
! Every circumstance is turned to a good
advantage and every untoward circum
stance is smoothed down to appear like
all advantage. This is the spirit the
real estate men would like to see prev
alent in Minneapolis, and it is a senti
1nent they are working for. Real estate
values are very low here, and no such
opportunity for realty investment with
guaranteed profits will likely ever be
IIresented~in Minneapolis again. The
agents have goods to offer and their in
|terests arc close to those of every GOOD
citizen. They think it is not too much
to ask the citizens to help in boosting
Reason to Clean Up.
The members of the real estate board
want to create a sentiment for a gen
eral cleaning up and for keeping the
city clean. They want to see each
property put in best possible shape fol
the summer season and kept there
houses painted lawns kept closely cut
and business and home properties main
tanned in good repair. They would like
to have backwards cleaned up, alley!
and vacant lots. They want civic pride
raised to the highest point. In this Worl
they are being aided by the many i'm
provement associations, and they ex