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THE PnTSBTTEG DISPATCH,
SATURDAY,
NOVEMBER 7 189L
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SLOPE UM BOOMS.
How Cities Are laid Out
Twenty Years Ahead
of Their Time.
A REACTION HAS SET M
And the West's Land Boom Is Over
for the Present.
l BIG PBOPITS OP LAND SHARKS.
Prospectuses to Show How Thej Tut It on
the Eastern Eje.
ART AND MASTERY OP TOWN S1TEIXG
WRITTEN- FOR THE DISrATCIt.
The scene painter who wants to get a per
fect picture of "Still life" with all its dull
Flemish hues should visit the Pacific
coast these calm Koi emher days. The quiet
ness after ilie various "booms" have sub
sided is almost oppressive and as pictur
esque in its weird "stillness" as anything
on Shasta's snowy top. Evidences mul
tiply on even- side that the town lot and
acreage "booms" at least arc over
in the Sound cities, and that
the reactionary period has set in.
This is manifest in the eager desire
to "unload" and to cut prices and in the
throngs of stranded toilers, and stranded
capitalists in the larger cities in the thou
sands of anxious "Go "Westers" who want
to join the Go East club some waiting for
buyers at shaded prices and some waiting
lor Eastern remittances to enable them to
get home "once again." A visitoc uncon
sciously compares the languor and lassitude
and dreamy stupor observable everywhere
in the "boom" districts, to the condition of
a. strong man who is
Taking an Unforced Host
atter a protracted well, not exactlvpree
but a period of over exertion and exhilara
tion. This part of the country doubtless
lias a great future, but a great future like a
great bank account, must not be dr.nn
upon too heavily. The pressing need now !
of this country is rest rest from the specu
lator and "syndic" Let the natural
order of things prevail and the incessant
"chin" of the land boomer take a
rest for awhile. The country is rich
enough in wealth and resources to
. have the truth told about it, and the
Quaker truth is that the flowery and alluring
and lying "prospectus" of "Western "town
siters" has injured the country. The
"boom" business has been fearfully over
done. "Values have been pushed up ont of
all reason and a tumble was simply inevit
able. Admitting nearly everything that has
been claimed tor the country in the way of
crops, soil, minerals, "harbors" and what
not. Still it does not follow that land on
which the Indian footprints are still-fresh
is worth more than the well-cultivated
farms and improved frontage near the
rich markets of the East. A point in the
game of imposition is reached where our
credulity refuses longer to be played upon,
and the common sense of the multitude re
spectfully asks to be excused.
Values and Boomers Tumbling.
Therefore values and boomers have taken
a tumble, or an enforced rest On the
coast there are no stocks to speculate
in, so the average man out here gambles in
land. He bousht acreage yesterday at 500
and sells itasa "snap" to Eastern "suckers'
to-day at S5(0, and when the $500 victim
wants to unload it at a $1,000, the wheel
simplv refuses to go around and the jig is
up. The Good Book says there is an end
of all things, and there is an end to mch
things as these sure enough, and it is all the
better, I take it, for legitimate interests,
that it is so. The immediate result is
idleness, money stagnation and more or less
Miflering and pecuniary hardship among
thee who happen to be caught on the short
end and all this in a naturally rich country,
with an exceptionally wide field of activ
ities. Instead of producers the country.has
been overrun with
Xtmblejugslers
Who deceive the eye.
Xine-teuths ofthe emigration to the coast
lor many years consisted of land boomers
and real estate fakirs. The country was
crowded overcrowded with men hunting
locations," and having "located," the next
thing was to find purchasers or victims. The
Kastern market was systematically lea on
misinformation, and lying, and misleading
advertisements. It is said there are 1,500 less
real estate agents on the coast now than
there wa a" ear ago. and this shows plainly
enough that'the "bait" has lost its catching
pow cr, and that figs, as of yore, refuse to
grow on thistles.
Space will not permit a lengthy reference
to the very many quite "cute," curious and
questionable methods employed by the local
boomer to put top-notch values on the
Eastern "eye."
At present when values have "sagged"
Eomewhat and a weak holder of city lots in
the coast cities is disposed to cut prices and
meet the market as best he can, the other
and larger "boomers" in the vicin
age, instead of permitting the seller
to dispose of his earth at a lair rate that
n ould attract buyers, club together and buy
out the weak brother rather than permit a
lower scale of prices which might mean a
cut of 25 per cent and take the
gilt edge oft their holdings. Pres
ently another weak holder will have
to be taken care of In the same way.
Thus there is a persistent "doctoring" of
land values an efiort to keep up a condition
of affairs that is unnatural, that is sure to
play itself out and finally work a greater in
jury to the community and to the holders.
Artificiality That Cannot JLast.
This artificial condition of things cannot
last. "When the normal buyer is not in the
market the holders of these manufactured
valuations grow more numerous, and in
time, as they cannot feed on this artificial
diet, the inevitable break comes often
with a flood. Another peculiar method of
establishing unnatural valuations is akin to
th;s: A., R and C. own respectively 20
lots on a certain street The Ints would
sell readily at $500 each. But this would
not give a Pacific slope profit. Accordingly
A. and B. enter into an agreement with C.
to purchase one of his lots, often under an
assumed name, agreeing to pay therefore
$1,500. Possibly 20 cash consideration
77ej Have Time to Rest Sine.
executed and re
lots in
sub-divsion have bjeri
old at 51,500.
All of the owners are under agreement to
pay their share of the extra tax assessment
merely nominal on the $1,500 lot which j
was sold (V) to establish a value. This is
about the condition ofthe game when a lot
buyer generally an Eastern man, looking
for "snaps" conies along. He asks the
price, and istold $1,500 to $1,G00 per lot.
He opens i'is eyes in astonishment. At
this point he is taken in hand by the other
disinterested agents of the various sub
divisions, and shown by the indisputable
"record" and by "fiecers" which cannot lie
because thev are "official" that $1,500 has
been paid fbr the worst lot in this plat, and
that those now offering are dirt-cheap at
$1,500.
The Agent and the Innocent.
In fact, thev will give him every assur
ance short of 'a bond that these lots will
bring $3,000 next year, and a long atrav of
sale quotations from nreiious years will be
pushed at the defenseless victim in support
of this claim.
Forced to Shell Ont
"What can a defenseless man thus "cor
nered" in astrnnge country by the "record"
do but surrender aud buj? Accordingly
he burs. His purchase accomplishes a
two-fold purpose. It puts $1,500 into the
syndicate's coffers for a $500 lot and it "es
tablishes a value" for the next dupe
that comes along. This is somewhat similar
tn the wash sales in Eastern stock markets
The ghoulish glee with which the fakirs go
around the corner and "chuckle, "after they
have thus ".-kinned" an Eastern speculator,
is a sight for angels and fools But large
as are the profits in lots they are verv
modest compared with the "cream" for the
speculators in big acreage and "town
siteing." '
The latter are not content with such small
profits as 100 or 500 per cent Their gains,
until the crop of Eastern fools recently
failed, were simply enormous One real
estate agent in the principal city on Puget
Sound made $17,000 cash last year and had
10, 15 and 35 acre plots remaining for his
share as agent ofthe lariouslaud "syndics"
iraniere agent made such profits what
must the principals haie made! I was told of
an attorney who has been seven ears on
the coast, aud who was glad to make $000 a
year the first fi e years out there, and w ho
now shows a b.iiik account of $240,000,
made in this wav. In makin? out legal
papers for the laud companies, insead
of taking his fee as he went along, he asked
for a small "slice" of the venture as his
compensation, and in fie years it amounted
to $240,000.
How Town Sites Are laid Out
Before entering into details as to land
deals, a few observations may be in order as
to the mode of laying out town sites and
town booming generally. Usually a select
few. generallv a "Co.," organize to buy a
few thousand acres at a low figure and get
an option on 10,000 or 100,000 acres
in the vicinity Jsext, ex-omce Hol
ders and hank" clerks and business
men aud railroad directors are enlisted
in this scheme. Having thus rigged up an
arrangement and paid fco.UOO or flO.OW,
sometimes a mere trifle on account, they i
"passes" and a deed is
corded, showing that
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Chairs,
Rocker,
China Set,
Comforts,
IF YOU NEED.A BED LOUNGE OUR STOCK
WILL PLEASE YOU.
cash or credit
appoint a printing committee with power
to act and work everybody, with in
structions to advertise .in 100 Eastern
papers, and get out circular's and pros
pectuses showing the average Eastern man
now to get rich in 3, C or 12 months. The
home papers are kept in line by a
judicious distribution of advertising steak
The business men are ordiuarilv the merest
dummies, and are only used lor revenue.
The railroad director is used as a special
sort of "referee" for statements showing
that the So and So Railroad line from So
where to Kowhere will shortly strike this
particular point and thus give an assurance
of a "terminal" and its accompanying
traffic.
The Boomers Press the Button.
Some cannery or ironworks, generally
a blacksmith shop or sash and blind factory
with a good deal of "blind" and very little
"sash," is quoted assure to locate at this
point. Nature has provided the spot with
a good "land locked" harbor, of course. "In
fact a town out here without a "harbor" an
nexaspart of the prospective boom would
be as rare as a white crow. The landscape
is thrown in gratis, but the harbor comes
in for big "water-front" prices.
The surveyor having done his part and
plotted the town, the boomers now sit down
on the site of the Future Great press a
button and ask the unsuspecting investing
public to "Behold the future great city."
Under the pressure of the Syndic button
one may see in imagination maeio cities
growing tip faster than the founders of Chi
cago or Xew Amsterdam ever dreamed of.
The advertisements are usually "deftly
worueu money traps. The land is sure
to make every investor quickly rich,
"no jtime fixed." Compared to this "Wash
ington or Oregon land, Ed-n, in all its pre
Adamite glory, all its enchanting land
scapes, are as jungles and quagmires
In this way hundreds of the Sound cities
like Everett and Ancortes are "sited."
Jay Cooke, George A. Train, "Plunger"
Hill or some pioneer boomer is usually
quoted on the quiet as behind the scheme,
but this must not be given away, you know.
In nnd Around Tacoma.
As to the lot profits in the new mush
room towns here is the way they figure
it out for you in advance. "Well shaken
before taken; teaspoonful ever hour:"
Deiumr
WHEN AXD HOW TO MAKE A PROFITABLE
INVESTMENT.
A Small Amount of Money Each Month or Year
bared, and Judiciously invested In Real Estate
In or .Near Tacoma Will Make "Em JSfrA" In a
'Fno 1'nrs," or at Least Will Make a Substantial
Addition tm Your Present Resources. This Has
Been the Experience of Many "Within the Past
Tin Years, and It will be Your Experience, If
You do not Delay.
In answer to inquiries which are continually
made by correspondents iu all parU of the country
respecting the chances for profitable real estate iu
e&tmi'uts here, the following statement is pre-
f wired showing the average increase or values in
ots in the blocks aud on the tteerS named since 1330:
strept ni vtinct Value Value Value
Street ana Block ,u , ,n (90 in ,85
Pacific avenue
Lots In hloik TOi t500 00 $5,000 00 . 000 00
Lots In Mock 1,301... 2T5 00 3,000 00 22,500 00
Riilroad street
Lots in block 905 I200CO 1.500 00 Jn.OTO 00
Lots in block 1,305... 100 J 1,000 00 18,000 00
C street
Lots In block BOS ttiOOO 800 00 J15.000 00
Lots ill block 1, JOG... 130 00 800 00 10,000 00
D street
Lots in block 90S 100 00 8 TiO 00 ? 6,000 00
i.otsinbioik 1,303... lixioo to) no; 5,000 00
Tacoma aven te l j
Lots In block 012 8 75 00 J 2K 00 S 6,000 00
Lots In block 1,312... 75 00 2J0 00 5,00000
Yakima avenue
Lots ill block 916 7")00 f 200 00 8 4,000 00
Lots 111 block 1.316... 75 00 100 00 1 3.500 DO
You ask: Will prices for ten lears to coin
continue to advance as during the pat ten years.'"
"Weansncr, 'Yes1' for the conclusle -reason
that the same causes which have produced present
prices ill not only continue, hut be augmented.
Then conies the invitation to walk in and
lake something:
Should you have a Tew thousand, or a few hun
dred, or one hundred dollars, either Idle or loaned
out at a low rate or Interest, and wish to a all
jonseltofan opportunity to Investwherelt will be
certain to double In value Iu the next few years, we
suggest, etc., etc.
Here Is Another "Two-for-FIve."
FIRST PIG IRON
Between the Missouri river and Cascade Mountains,
EDMUNDSON
FORTY PIECES,
INCLUDING
Sheets,
Pillow Cases,
Feather Pillows,
Feather Bolster,
Pictures,
Lace Curtains,
Shades,
Curtain Pieces,
20 Yards Carpets,
i Rug.
THIS FINE
Tapestry Covered
COUCH,
$1 5.00.
I 635 & 637 SMITHFIELD STREET 635 & 637 cashorcredit
recently m&ds at the benntirol city, EUeneburgh.
Immediate construction pig iron furnace guaran
teed, irnotyou Ket?10 State Normal' and 150
"Iron Annex" lots free. Act promptly or nus
prlre. Title perfect. Rapid Increases apre. Agents
wanted.
.auaress tetters ana remittances to
A tint.
Ellentburgh, Wash.
These invariably wind up with a request
for a remittance.
A Mild Invitation to Take Something.
BEFORE PURCHASING, INVESTORS ARE
lniited to call on the
PUGET SOUND COMPANY.
We have a full list or Agricultural and Timber
lands in desirable localities, and nroh&hlv tlin
most complete list of PORT GARDNER PROP
ERTY. Wc keep an engineering and sun eying
department In connection with our business. Of
fice upstairs, nearly opposite hotel.
As a quiet accessory to all this the news
paper end is worked in this guarded way:
"John D. Kockefeller is the heaviest stock
holder in the American' Steel Parge Com
pany, as weu as tne otner corporations mat
are now being linked with tlie business of
constructing the whalebacks. Cantain
Thomas "Wilson, of Cleveland, is said to own
,0ne-eigth of the stock of the company, in
addition to the advantage derived from
management of the boats, and, although it
is not generally known, Mr. Samuel Mather,
one ofthe members ofthe firm of Pickands,
Mather & Co., of Cleveland, who also holds
close relations with the management ofthe
Minnesota Iron Company and Illinois Steel
Company, was one of the first to subscribe
for stock."
A Chance to Clear 815,000.
A Tacoma agent tells you how to get in
out ofthe rain thus:
1(1 A f!RT(IR-tl0,O00; suitable for platting; lotsin
IU .tl.ult.UU addition adjoining selling for $300.
Tills is really a great bargain, only three Hooks
irom street car line. l.ays signuy ana win mane
100 lots, showing a chance to clearat least$15.000.
Don't wait until too late to get iu on this, llalf
cash; balance to suit.
Another Sample.
(PORT OAI1DN-EP. "LIMITED.")
THE BOOM OPENS I
Lots plackd ox sale at Port Uahdner.
Five-Acre Tracts, in the Vicinity of
-PORT GARDNER!
No trouble to place these lands under cultivation,
as there are no stumps to be blown out.
A Limited N Ukdek
Of these Tracts are now on the Market, and will be
Sold in tracts of five acres or more. Full particulars
call unou 1 .
More of the Same Sort.
PORT CRESCENT,
On uan de Fuca straits, 4; miles from the
ocean and lo miles from Vancouver Island, has a
natural harbor protected by projecting headlands,
and w hlch is now being improved by tile construc
tion of an immense breakwater: 65,000 tons of rock
displaced atone shot ha e enabled the work to be
already advabced 150 feet Into deep water. This
will go on continually and will forma harbor as
good as the best on Puget Sound, " In the opinion
of a lending official of the .Northern Pacific Com
pany. .
The 2forthern Pacific Railroad Comnanr will tnnlce
this its ocean terminus and w 11! ferry their trains to
Port Beecher, through to Victoria, B. C. The ratl
road from Ceutralla to Grays Harbor Is approach
ing completion; southward from Port Ciesent the
first section of right of way is being cleared. This
line will be completed by the end of 1891, traversing
a neif country abounding in millions of aens or
grand timber, and giving an outlet to the
Quillayute and other fertile vallc s rapidly settling
up. Coal, iron aud other minerals exist and must
come to Port Cresent for shipment, in addition to
the Northern Pacific's general traffic lrom the East
forward.
The eXDenditure of the Port Crescent Imnrove-
ment Company has reached $JO,000 a month in
learing ton nslte, grading streets, constructing
wharf and loads aud building first-class hotel.
Mores, school, boarding houses and residences
have been erected on the townslte, which will
shortly be extended In all directions.
Like 2hcvnui, In the hands ofthe same powerful
railroad company to det eiop and market its Inex
haustible resources, fine lmrbor accommodations
and the water front reserved lor railroad purposes.
Port Crescent Is a necessity, and must become lor
this part of Western Washington what Tacoma
has been for the btate, namely, the priuclpal city
and port and the best field for capital seeking ln
icstinents that will repay a thousandfold, home
choice lots are now on sale, as well as acreage
nearby. Maps and full Information Will be sup.
plied on application.
, Broker,
Port Crescent, Wash.
PUGET SOU.ND,
The HIGHWAT op the World, An NisQuallt
City its central Citt.
Here's another bait for nibblers:
Dear Sir I still have tills property for
sale. The price now Is $930 per acre, where
it wa9 formerly $1,000, and the terms half
cash and the balance one year nt 8 per cent
per annum, if desired.
His reasons for reducing the price on it are
to force a sale in tho next few days, as he
THIS IS A PICTURE OF OUR-
$32
PLUSH PARLOR SUIT.
If you want to spend more money
look at our 40, S55, S65, $72 and
$80 Suits, made in plush and
tapestry. They are exceptional
values.
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wants', when the land company pnt their
property on the market at Everett, to buy
some bnsinesslots on the principal business
street and put up a brick block In the center
of the city. I have tried to persuade htm to
ulatitand put it on the maiket himself In
lots and make, I think, a great deal more
tbnn ho can ever make ont of a brick block,
but he has a different idea and is deter
mined, if possible, to sell before the land
company puts Its property on the' market,
which, I understand, will be very soon now.
The Great Northern Hailio&d Company,
which has already built Vhatlsknownas
tne eeatiie ana jiontana roaa, iroiuoKium
north along tho Sound through Port Gnrd
nor or Everett and on to Westminster, con
necting with the Canadian Pacific, and
which is now building an overland road
from its present terminus at Great Falls,
Mont., to this coast, lias recently filed its
plat of its western terminus and about SO
miles: of the western end of Its line, at the
Seattle United States land office, showing
the starting point, orpoinfrof intersection,
with the Seattle nnd Montana to be In the
northwest quartor of this same section, 30
township 29 north, range 3 E., and running
thence tip the Snohomish river to the junc
tion of the Skykomish river, shotewg. beyond
n iltniht.. that thev are iroinir to ctoss
the Cascade Mountains through the Stevens
pass, at tho head of tho Skykomish on
MAP
fettmtu
Behold the Magic City!
this side and the Wcnatchee river on the
Other side. If they do thts they will first
touch tide-water on Port Gardner and no
matter what point they make their favorite
sliirping point.one thlnsis certain, that they
will break bulk on all fi eight for transship
ment to or from tho water at this place, for
it will never pay them to haul heavy freight
30 miles to Seattle or GO miles to Fairhaven
for transshipment mciely for the purpose of
making either of those points a shipping
point, aud beside all this Port Gardner is
the neatest noint to the straits on the east
side of the Sound. If any thing is to be done
with this property I am assured it mnst be
done very soon, as he is determined to make
a turn in time for the land company's tale
of business property. Therelore, if you wish,
to do any business on it, I would advise you
to come nt once to see the property, nnd
come prepared to close on it promptly; also
to wire me on receipt of tnis so that I can tie
il iijj iui yim il pitsiuii: iu uu so.
I consider this the best investment In the
country in real estate to-day, East or "West,
for it will plat and sell on the market right
to-day at bur profits. They are going to build
auirr,ecny mere sure, ana tins is tne nnest
residence propertv there, and will be Rood
property to buy to hiJdfor big prices.
Severaipa. ties are flcuringon this property,
but are waiting, hoping to get it cheaper
and one thing and another, but some of them
are soing to be sadly disappointedwhen It is
gone. Yours respectfully.
Walk Into the Parlor.
And once more for the oigars:
Real estate doubles in value on Puget
Sound, because cities double in size. The
growing importance of Pnget Sound and its
wondeiful mctease in business has Caused
the transcontinental railroads to build into
this section in order to secure a share of the
trade. Before the railroads were built a
town nt this point was impracticable. Now,
with the Northern Pacific completed, and
work progressing on the Union Paciflo, Nis
qually Cltv will have the benefit of comoetl
tive fieight rates on tno transcontinental
lines of railway, as also on Puget Sound, the
idad that leads to all nntions.
In order to build up the town and Ihcrease
the value of its holdings, the company has
adopted the following plan: Liberal bonuses
will be given to secuie the location of smelt
ers, rolling mills, leduction works, machine
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f ITH 'SS? SUPER INGRAIN CARPET W .Jlk I 1
We could not begin to tell you here how
many sorts we have of
Jackets, Coats, Reefers,
Newmarkets.
Let a few words tell you volumes:
We have a stock that is equaled
by no other in Pittsburg
PLUSH COATS,
813, 915, 818, 821.
CLOTH COATS,
83, 85, S 50, 88, 812, 815.
Worth y2 more elsewhere; and if you
can't pay all Cash at time of purchase
we will Trust you.
shops, sash and door factories, tnb and
bucket factories, and industrial and manu
facturing enterprises of all kinds. Valuable
property will be given for the location of
colleaes sominaries, training schools, uni
versities, etc Iree lots will be given to
those who build. To appreciate this propo
sition, remember that the company reserves
from sale each alternate block, from the snlo
of which it expects to make Its profits, as
prices will bo advanced proportionate to
tuu cuy s growiu.
TITLE PERFECT, U. 8. PATENT.
There is a common saying to the effect that
"if our forestght Is as good as our hindsight,
wo would all be rich." This simply means
that had wo only possesod jndgme'it
enough to kpow that it is the universal rnio
for cities to grow, wo cpnldallof us have'
gotten rich out of real estate investments in
Chicago, Kansas Citv. Denver. Tacoma and
a host ot other cities.
Just burnish up jowr foresight by remember
ing this faet: The United States census reports
show that our population has been increasing
right along for a good many j enrsnt the rate
of 1,000,000 a ye-ir. During the past ten years
it mci eased l,zw,ow each year. All ot tins
immense nrmy must find new homes, nndthey
natiirally seek such States as are apt to fur
nish thom with the best nnd most likely
meahs of support. The State or Washington
is becoming known throughout the Uhion as
THE PENNSYLVANIA OF THE WEST.
It is more like England, possessing as it
does nil tho natural resources that have
inado Englnnd the foremost nation ofthe
-world. England with nn area or 53,000 square
miles supports a population of 35,000,003.
Washington, with an area greater by 12,000
square miles can sustain eqliallv as dense u
population. These are facts made apparent
by Investigation.
The lesult is, Washington la growing more
rapidly than any State in the Union, and
real estate in her cities doubles in value
oftener.
The history or Tacoma, Seattle and other
successful towns on Puget Sound will be re-
Seated at Nlsqnally City. It Is a giant at
iith. Its future is as bright as love's young
dream, and it is certain of becoming a prom
inent city.
GET IN THE SWIM,
Washington has the coal and lrnn of a
Pennsylvania, the gold and silver of a Colo
rado, the timber of a Micbiean, the wheat of
a Minnesota, the fruit lands of a California,
the hor) farms ofthe world, more and better
harbors than England, and a climate so mild
that flowers bloom outdoors every month in
the year.
England, because of its coal, iron and har
bors, has become the manufacturing center
of the world, and supports a population of
33 000,000 on 53,000 square miles of territory.
AVasliington, Englahd's Counterpart, pos
sessing all the natural advantages which
hnve made England's wealth and power,
with an area 12,000 square miles greater
than England', has ft population
of but 330,000. It can sustain
as dense a population as can England, and is
as certain of doing so as historv is of re
peating itself. England has Increased its
population 9,000,000 in ten vears. Jhe United
btates has increased 12,500 000 in ten years.
The census of Germany shows itB increase
to be equally as great. The censns of all
civilized countries shows the same results.
We can study the census reports of tho dif
ferent countries to our advantage. They
show us that all civilized countries are in
creasing in population, nnd that the increase
is confined principally to cities. They show
that the rapid growth of American cities is
a condition not peculiar to this country
alone, but that such is the case in all coun
tries, many Euiopean cities even exceeding
our own cities in the rapidity of their
growth, as for instance! Berlin gained 260,
C00 in five vears' time: Hamburg, witli its W
suburb Altona. Increased from 400,000 In 1883
to 700,000 in 1S90, a gain of over 300,000 in Ave
years, while Leipsic gained over 100 per cent
in five years, growing from a population of
170,000 in 18S3 to 333,000 in 1890. The enflre list
of Euiopean cities show the same marvel
ous increase.
It is the universal rule, the law of the oge
emblazoned on the pages of history, empha
sized by each succeeding census, so he who
runs may read. It points the road to wealth.
Every five years, every ten years. It pounds
the stubborn fact into onr dull brains that
real estate doubles in value because cities
double in size. That ground floor invest
ments of n few years ago are fortune-makers
now, una if we were half as wise as we think
ourselves we would know that gronnd floor
investments made in choice real estate to
day means homes of bur own, and wealth
and luxuries a few vears hence.
Now for the application of the facts. No
rfatter how rapidly real estate increases in
value, if you do not own some, the advance
will do you no good. You will never get rich
ont of real estate unless you buy it. We
have jdone business on Puget Sound for
eight years. During the past year we paid
out to investors and shareholders profits
amounting to $500,000. Prospects for future
PER HI IE
C-rtCENTS ifO illMM$Mlm m
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Worth 75c all over the land. ,
Also 2,600 yards COTTON
CHAIN Extra Super Ingrain
Carpet Regular" 65c quality
at
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200 ALL-WOOL C3Q BY B0
SMYRNA RUGS
$2.30.
$4 has been considered cheap.
fronts are bettor than ever before, because
he State Is better known.
We control City, and about 3,000
adjoining acres additional.
We have no hesitation in recommending
this as the very best opportunity for proflt-
auie investment on tne mames. aiuuy me
map, investigate its advantages, and you
will nppreeiate the merits of City.
Send moneyby P. O. order, draft, registered
letter, or express at our risk. Reference:
Every bank in'T .
Purchasers ordering by mail.will receive
exnfctly ns good a selection ns If present in
oiir.offlce.
Address, s.c.
All this beats the "2fo trnnble to show
goodssystem clear out of sight. '
More nn-1 Sloru at the Same Tiling.
THE INVESTMENT COMPANY.
Piild up capital. $12i.o00
Undivided profits, $73000.
Tacova, Wash., Aug. IK. 1S9L
Dear tn We ure in receipt of your iavor
of the 17tn inst. uddresse I to box Ke-
-plying, the property ndvortised is situated
in Citv, a. new town recently
platted about Hair wav between Tnconla
and OImpin. Tho newlv constructed Ta
coina.Olympin nnd Grays Harbor Railroad is
just completed through the town, the Union
Pacific is nenrlv nil graded, sntno tnree
blocks dKtant, and the survey of the third
railroad is made up tho valley or the
Nisqually river to tap tho iron, coal
copper, timber and agricultural resources of
this section, nil of which is tributary to
City, nic town site is partly prairie
nnd nnrtlv- timbereil. inostlV 'R level, smooth
tract of ground with no gulches. Lots are
30 feet by 100 feet in depth. Streets are 60
leet wide; alloys back or .ill lots. We se
cured an interest In this property before it
was plotted, nnd long before railroads across
it Were thought of. Ashe president of this
company has brovaht out the interest of the
other motnbors, who were the active real
estate men or the company, it is onr
intention to hereafter conduct only strict
lv business, hence we are offering all our
real estate for tale, and at prices that will
soonest dispose of it. We prefer selling the
entire number of.lots advertised to oneper
saiul close out the deal atonce.hn two will,
ftotreiw.sellas lewas201ots to one purchaser.
Title nerfect. Send draft or monry order for
as many lots as you wish to purchase, and
we will rorward full warranty deed by re
turn mail. The railroad has just been built
and the proposition is new; there is, how
ever, a school with S3 pupils, a store, post
offlCe with 40 signers of the petition is being
established, and prospects art bright for a
good growth. Tncomn, with its present
population of 50,000, had only 7W people
seven years ago, and the. same growth has
taken place and is continuing m all our
cities and towns. The country islllmg up (?)
rapidly, and a rapid growth or trade centers
is a natural consequence. Awaiting your or
ders. Yours truly,
And Here's Some More of It.
THE INVESTMENT COMPANY.
Paid up capital, $125,000.
Undivided profits, $75,000.
Tacoma, Wash., Sept. 11, 1S9L
Deaii Sir We incio3e a ciicular plat of the
town site of City, on which is
marked the price at which we are selling
the propeity, which tins overlooked in the
former plat sent yon. A strong Eastern syndi
cate is negotiating for llie entile town site,
and If the sale is consummated it will clean
up our interests there nnd put thousands of
dollars into the development of the town.
Should yon desire any of the property at tho
present low prices, you may make your se
lection from the plat, giving the number of
the block in which, you ish to purchase,
and place yonr money in j our nearest bank
to deliver to on receipt of full warranty
deed for the property desired. Title is per
fect. No extra expenses of any nature, the
price on the pint being total cost. Not less
than $23 worth will be sold in one deal at
these prices, no extri cost for comers, but
they must adjoin other lots bought in same
deal. An niting your orders.
Yours truly,
Presdt.
And when, In addition to this, and to
much more like it which could be given, con
servative bodies like the Chambers of Com
merce in the Sound cities issue such proc
lamations as this
With the vast and undeveloped trade of
the Orient within reach of its merchants, it
is no rash prediction to say tuat within the
first decade or the twentieth century Wash
ington will be numbered among the fore
most States of the American Union. It is no
rash prediction to say that the shore or
Puget Sound will be lined with commercia
and manufacturing cities, ail growing, all
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prosperous, all exchanging the fabrics of
the Westrfor the products of the East, all
vieing with one another In the great work
or ma king Pnget Sound a great maritime and
commercial mart, a greater and grander
Adriatic.
is it anv wonder, with all this golden col
oring, that thousands of sober people caught
the fever and migrated to the Slope to pick
np some of these "snaps" which nature
and the philanthropic "syndics" kindly
placed with a bountiful hand within easy
reach of every man 'who has the nerve to
pnt a nickel in the "Pacific coast slot."
In a future letter I shall indicate the dif
ference, as Bob Ingersoll would say, "be
tween the record and the prospectus."
James V. Breest.
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These Pastilles (troches) will cure the
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