The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-12
BETTER YOUR CONDITION.;
OPPORTUNITIES SOUTHWEST

While this is period OF general pros
perity in all parts OF the country. yet
there are thousands of intelligent and
men in all the large cities
who are dissatisfied.
There are many wage-earners skilled
In the different trades, residing in the
oyercrowded cities, having families de-
pendent upon them, who are hampered In
a limited field and are making but bare
subsistence, or are becoming involved In
debt, as result of small pay.
There are farmers who are each year
compelled to abandon their farms and
start anew in more favored sections.
There are hundreds OF merchants, with
capital invested, who fail to reap the
success to which their means and ability
eptitle them.
There are capitalists who seek profitable
investments Ior their money IN enter
prlses thousands Of miles alstant from
their homes, in order to earn the interest
and 0lvldenos which their home town
does not ouer.
There are brilliant professional men
VINO are denied recognition in the con-
gested centers Of the East, but VINO rise
20 emlnence when situated In q rapidly
growing community where there is 6ppor
tunity 10 display their talents.
There are thousands OF lnyalids search
Ing for favorable locality where the eli
mate Will be beneficial to their health.
10 all these the great and growing
southwest aHords a greater variety OF OPP
portunities than any other section OF the
States
expanding, requiring more and better
lecllltles, more industries ana as a nat
uFaI consequence more workers, both in
town and held Its climate is restoring
10 health and vigor thousands who go
there with physical intirmltles. The sx-
treme heat OF the South and intense cold
OF the North are never known. The annual
average cost of living in the Southwest IS
estimated to be nearly 70 per cent less
lnan In the North and East, and the ex-
pense OF sneltering and wintering cattle
a4o other live stock Is proportionately
small.
The Investigator with an eye to domes-
tlc economy can easily estimate for him
sel1 the saving in fuel, in winter clothing
| ID meolc1nes. In heat-producing foods, ir
Inc housing and care Of people and farm
animals, made possible in a climats
| Where summers are long and winters are
| mild. = =
The growing season is longer than In
the East, the crops greater in number ane
more diversified, and the profit CORE
spondingly increased
| me southwest has strong lead ovel
otner parts OF the country in presen
| progress. For several years the Southwes
states and territories have surpassed al
the other states in railroad building, new
banks. new schools and increase OF farm
| ing population. These are the factors tina
| make rich commonwealth.
| Inc East Is overcroWded. Expense
are high; competition Is keen, oppor
tunltles are few and all lines of bushes
are already we'll filled. Each town has II
drug, grocery and dry goods stores, mill
ana manufacturing plants, banks and lurn
Der yards.
In the Southwest there are villages tina
VIZ oe towns next year and cities tn
year after. In these places there Is no
only room for, but an absolute need al
many more business enterprises and man
u1actortes. There are openings of al
sorts-for mills and manufacturing plants
Tor small stores of all kinds, for banks
Tor newspapers and lumber yards. Me
chan1cs and professional men are In grea
demand.
There IL no part of our country that OF
fers the Inducements to settlers OF sma
means that the Southwest does toda,
M1lilons OF acres Of available land avail
the homesteader. The soil is fertile, th
natural resources are many and varies
In the last few years thousands hay
found new homes in this great emnir.
Some located on homestead lands, other
purchased improved or unimproved farm
OF favorable terms. Many had little CAPT
tai beyond willing hands, but they ha
the courage to break away from cond1
tons that bound them. They are succeed
Ing and building independence for them
selves, their sons and daughters. You ca
do the same. Take advantage OF preser
opportunities while these favored cond
lions exist. In the new Southwest theI
J are opportunities for. every man. tn
chances are all in your favor and nc
against you.
Here, for example, is the experience
an Oklahoma farmer in his own words:
smaller capital tSan ef Ola Wien Came S
Hobart to locate on my land, about ali own
the HSfd besaes the land was my wife
! y had never in my life lived on farm, a,
and no Of pro ssnirn one: b Ha1
: neighbors are kindly here and all help one a
ethsr SO 81 hslped the people on the next quart
! | early spring, vegetables, melons etc and
found 1T gave me plenty to do to take care
that much, as my farming tools were Of Il
J hoe ~
, In May had onions, radiskes, and Iettu
q vegetables followed later. In June had pot
: toes, and during the summer raised q seco
/, crop. 1 disposed Of my potatoes in town a
i cents bushel, which netted me fine prot
= GantaloXpes we have had in profusion sin
l. June: Watermelons had about as soon as a
q one in kiowa county -
,, our tomato plants were loaded with go
! sized tomatoes. All the vegetables that ,
8 planted turned out well and are a source
IS p PROM tb we Invested in few chickens a
y t a:t. tnem easy to keep and desirable a
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