The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-11-27
JUST COMMON SENSE

Ts's s,, i the Te' @Sss n sG s f.o'as S
sisspp River bles with climate similar 10 that Of var,
and bamy Maryland This vast land. although alive Ui,b
al the requirements Of home land yet undevel
oped IT'S millions Of acres Of wheat land and It's vasf
extent Of grazing grounds not earning their share -
the wealth Of the w6ild # would almost seem iha NJ
ture her wisdom has held this fertile North until such
time the demands Of the human race made ts de-
veopment imperative.
Soon its fertile plains viii TEEN with Hfc lis vas,
nrairies will be the homes Of millions Of (arts
mighty cities will dot SIS river banks and lake shores
This the great opportunity o. The poor man, now sup
pressed by keen competition Of Older and more settled
districts. lie build himself home in this new Ind
and the city growing up around him VIII SO enhance the
value Of his holdings that the expenditure OF OF three
hundred dollars VIII make him millionaire at least
wealthy man ~ very y" years lhs Us not guessing
"A 10 jnst common sense
stop and look this proposition square ia the face II
Il worthy 81 your time. a moment spent now may mean
sense to the question and the future Of Ibis county.
The contour d the globe Is such that as one goes
northward distances shorten until II IS only fifteen hun
bred miles across the continent at the fty.hh parallel
line new railroad Is TO be built Canada al This
place Il will shorten the distance from me Atlantic u
the Pacific two thousand miles j. this not an adyantagef
win shippers patronze this road 10 preference to any
otheri Yes this road will command practically every
pound Of freight from Europe 10 The Pacific versa
and the handling Of this freight al the terminal points win
require the employment d thousands Of men Great docks
viii have 10 be built hotels erected warehouses con.
sructcd and stocks Of goods displayed in the business
houses supply the demands Of the employed there
Consider the shipping Of Seattle the vast army Of men
circulation yearly, add 10 that the thousands u dollars
that are paid similar labor Tacoma and elsewhere on
the Puget Sound and will give you conception 81
the immense amount Of freight that viii be handled at
Port Simpson, the Western Terminal OF this Rail II
road
The interior will furnish billions Of bushels Of wheat
and other cereals well thousands Of head Of cattle
yearly, which will seek the Oriental markets through
Port Simpson An Of this wheat must be handled there
Huge elevators large flour mills and cereal factories will II
be necessary handle this grain and prepare for
kct II will be small task 10 handle this alone
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perform this work But perhaps the best way form an
idea Of the value Of this IS to consider the growth
OF Minneapolis the center Of the United States greatest
wheat country This city has become known The world
over as the Flour City" here ground the wheat 81
Minnesota and the Dakoias and although their united Il
but patch compared TO the great valley Of
Northern Canada, is sufficient make Minneapolis
city Of two hundred and fifty thousand people.
Port Simpson has a harbor sufficient 70 handle an Il
the shipping Of the world and the Western Terminus
OF the Hudson Bay Pacific Railway, the shortest Railway
in North America II will offer inducements shippers
greater than any harbor the Pacific Coast has ever
been able 10 do This will build mp city equal Seat
tie San Francisco Now add this FIGURING industry
many times greater than that OF Minneapolis. and min
eral resource equal to Denver Butte Spokane Seattle
San Francisco and you will have idea Of the future
City OF Port Simpson. One has bat iamarze him
self with the natural resources Of the Country and the adj
vaniages OF the harbor compared with any other, to
be able to judge accurately the future OF the City Of Port
Simpson.
Common sense tells us that II similar conditions al
though much smaller scale, has been sufficient
build up Cities like Seattle, San Francisco and Mime
be greater than any 81 these With the growth Of the
city the value OF the business property will increase and
the fortunes OF the that this property viii grow
with the city.
Are you willing 70 become Of the fathers Of the
City 81 Port simpson you willing allow this city
Go make you wealthy man; Then few lots in
the business section now.
Remember business houses that have been
Seattle By the merchants that Think
they
Port Simpson will have bigger
than Seattle has and the viii who
small stock OF goods IN the eary Of the spring Of 1906
spring and before fall the city population
thousand year passed that
population will have doubled the viii be
carrying large stock % goods could
not be built up In Seattle In ten because Of the comIe
ton he would meet with
Can consider the remarkable has
given Port simpson and then doubt the future Of the city,
and being familiar with the the adjacent
doubt the future Of Port Simpson country
containing tahe land than the whole country
south Of the Canadian boundary high grade
well watoed farming land lie tributary than the
combined Of farming land Of the Washington Idaho
Oregon and Calfoniayet several cities In
these states and they their the produce
ing when Simpson
big city, II Il does into line enlist Judgment IN
10 coutrr OF he town
Work The Hudson Railway ear9
IN the spring The railroad docks at Port
Simpson for the accommodation of the that viii bring
material and men 20 Port Simpson for the raradand the}
have already completed the hotel shipping and
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