The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-11-05
32O,QyOO,OOO ACRES
OF FARM LAND TO
BE THROWN
OPEN
The Last Chance for Home
steaders in America

fpH want some assurance that
the town YOU make your home
IN has a future as good az an.
other. that you will make good
profits on your Investments and
that sou will be sure Of plenty
OF work AZ good wages IL this
not all that any city can offer
your II you we're reasonably
sure Of these things would you
not go there2 Let na tell you Of
the new opening for YOU al Port
Simpson. the terminus Of the
Hudson Bay Pacific Railway. II
has a climate in every way the
equal OF Seattle. The same pleas.
ant summers and the same warm.
pleasant winters.
u has the only safe and com.
modious harbor north OF Van.
couver and with the exception
81 Puget Sound, the only real
large and well protected hafbor
Ia the Northwest You know
what water transportation does
for a city. you realize the ad.
vantage Il has been for Seattle.
Now consider the advantage IL IN
70 the new town OF Port simp.
son
Back 81 this Port In a country
comprising in all about 500 600
square miles three hundred and
twenty million acfeal Of iillahlc
land, well watered. and with a
climate equal 20 that OF Mary.
land In truth. lta climate ~
more like that Of Maryland than
OF any other State IN the Union.
Equal 20 One Third OF the
Whole u. s.
The area. which by the very
nature % the Coast and the Ia.
teryening mountains. Is tributary
20 Port Simpson. IL greater than
the whole Of the United States
East 81 the Mississippi River.
This il the Country that stands
behind Port Simpson and guar
antees you that Port simpson
viii be a great City You know
that Il ~ the country that drawR
upon the town that makes the
City. There viii be al least
twenty million people IN this
Country aud along the line OF
this Railway inside Of five years
They will use millions Of dol
lars worth Of supplies and will
ship billions Of bushels Of wheat
and other crops every year Port
Simpson. because Il if the only
hRrbor that can handle these
Grain shipments. viii be the mar
kct Of this immense Country.
You have seen Seattle grow
You know that n "a the Com.
msrue that is carried on through
this Port that has built Il up
Port Simpson. With greater
country behind IL. with the Alas.
kan trade which II will command
and the trade from the Orient
u viii got because u d SIX hun.
drcd miles nearer than another
Port with tfanacouunepfal con.
necilonR. viii be taxed 90 itr
fullest capacity from the very
start There viii not BE- a long
wait for trade and FOR people
A. soon AZ construction work has
been started on this road. which
viii commence early next sum.
mcr. people viii pour into this
land Of cheap homes They wiil
come in By vessel b. way u Port
simpson and settle just ahead Of
The construction crews They
viii need supplies. clothes. food.
hotel accommodations. hardware.
lodging. furniture and the hun.
dfcd and one articles Of com
mcrce that new people must
have These wants vii be sup.
piled by the merchants then on
the ground These business
houses will have 20 be built. the
present docks enlarged. resi-.
dencss erected and freight
handled for the multitude pour.
ina through the City This will
furnish employ mont for hun.
dreda OF men in the town al
self
One Hundred Dollars viii Earn
Thousands.
Land values. az present low.
VIII advance rapidly. as the de.
mhnd Increases and ere five
years from the inception u the