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RECLAIMING CALIFORNIA LAND
Total of 750,000 Acrei Will Soon Be
Saved for Agriculture.
RAISING WATER WITH PUMPS
rtllliatton of Supply of I adrrMorv
DereJops rltllltla l.onic
Hidden t Work In the
North.
Tha Vnited States Tvpartment of Agrl
'eulture reports that construction work I
mow under way which will, when com
pleted, result In the Irrigation of 730,000
acres of land In California. The estimate
doe not Include land already under Irrlga
tlon. nor does It Include projects which are
till in the promotion stage, but only works
which are actually under construction at
the present time.
Of thin area, about two-thirds lies north
of Tehachapl and the remainder n southern
California. This data Is contained In a re
port on the second year of co-operative
work between the department and the
office of experiment stations In the state
of California.
from the report the following extracts
re taken:
Southern California,.
Of the area now being brought under
way In southern California the principal
acreage la under the various mutual water
company systems of Imperial valley, the
Yuma project of the I'nlted States recla
mation service, the new municipal aqueduct
being built to supply water for use within
the city of s Angeles, but which will
Irrigate a large area outside of the city
pending the increased needs of the city,
and the southern coastal region where
development has already reached a high
state.
In the latter sections it is the increase
In pumping plants, notably around Corona,
Chlca, Pomona, Whlttier, Covins, Ana
halm, Fullerton, Riverside and Hart Jacinto
valley that la Increasing Irrigation. At
Redlands the roost notable addition will
coma by the construction of a large mul-tlpla-arch
dam In tha San Bernardino
mountain to supply water to tha various
mutual water compact that two years
(Continual) on Paga Seventeen.)
Laud Man Testifies
to Powerful Aid of
Omaha Exhibits
Frank . Burdick Writes of Results
Obtained in Wyoming Through
Displays Here.
Settlement of land In Wyoming is bear
ing testimony to the power of the first
Omaha I.and show as a factor in t he move
ment for the development of the west.
A letter from Frank K. Burdick, Im
migration agent, a dealer in real estate and
live gtock at I'pton, Wyo., says:
"Knowing that you are Interested in re
sults of the I.and show recently held in
Omaha under the management of The Hce
and The Twentieth Century Farmer, I am
pleased to Inform you that several thou
sand acres of government land In this Im
mediate vicinity has been filed upon during
the last few weeks by homesteaders who
visited the show and became interested In
our Weston county exhibit.
"Judging from the hundreds of letters
that are coming to me from landseekers
throughout the middle and eastern states.
It is very evident that the Omaha ljind
show has been the greatest Instrumentality
In the work of empire building that tha
west has ever known."
WYOMING STOCK GROWERS
TO MEET AT SHERIDAN
For First Time In History of Organi
sation Session Will Be Held Out
side of Cheyenne.
CHKYKNNE. Wyo.. April 7. (Special.)
For the first time In the history of the or
ganization the Wyoming Stock Growers'
association will hold an annual convention
outside of Cheyenne. The orgunltatiou at
a recent meeting voted to hold its next
tinnual meeting at Sheildun. it was also
arranged to meet In Cheyenne every thhfl
year. A targe number of new metiihcrk
ware admitted at the meeting an! tha as
sociation now has a membership 01
The association passed resolutions pro
testing against ratification of the proposed
Canadian reciprocity treaty and urging;
(Continued on Page Seventeen.)
FACTS and facts only are presented here.
It is the purpose of The Omaha Bee to publish only those statements concern
ing land projects which can be substantiated on the land.
Every advertisement accented for publication in this section is backed by a declar
ation of verity sgned by a responsible officer of the concern represented. On this condi
tion only was the space sold. '
While The Bee can make no guaranty, every possible precaution has been taken to
prevent error or exaggeration in any statement made by advertisers.
Records of tha Department o,f Agriculture will testify to the truth of the declara
tions of the land agents as set forth in these pages.
The same care has been taken in the preparation of this number as that which
characterizes all publications of The Omaha Bee and The Twentieth Century Farmer.
The interests of these publications demand the best development of the territory
which they serve. These interests can prosper only through the honest, ultimate suc
cess of the projects represented in these columns.
Railroad Teaching
Culture of Alfalfa
Northwestern'! Exhibit Demonstrates
Value of Crop to Thousands
of Fanners.
Thousands of farmers living along the
lines of the Northwestern have been en
lightened on the subject of alfalfa culture
through the, agency of the exhibit made at
the Omaha I.and show by that road.
Immediately following the close of the
T,and show, the display was tnken along
the road on a special car. William James
of rorchesler and Prof. Hunt of Hyracuse,
who were In charge of the display, at the
T.nd show, accompanied the display to lec
ture to tha farmers.
"In many cases," said Mr. James yes
terday, "we went out In machines to look
over the country and tell the farmers
where alfalfa could best ba grown. As a
result hundreds of acre of alfalfa will be
planted.
"There Is a great demand for seed. The
high, dryer lands of Nebraska produce the
most desirable seed In the world. ' Alfalfa
for planting should come from a section
wt.era the plant develops resistance. Seed
from an irrigated crop is uniformly poor."
PRODUCTS SHOW IN OCTOBER
Display from Western Fields Opens at
Coliseum in October.
AMPLE SPACE IS PROVIDED
Temporary Structure for .Machinery
Kxhlblts anil Lecture Halls
Special Programs for
Stntee.
The second Omaha Land show, a land
I rod u i ts exhibit of and for the west, w ill
open at the Coliseum In Omaha October 18.
The show will continue for ten day.
Each state of that vast territory in the
vest and northwest represented In the
slow will be represented on the proramt
to be given front day to day.
In extent and comprehensiveness the sec
ond land show will excel the first, which
measured in terms results ha,s proven
to have been an unqualified success.
The Coliseum, where for years the
Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben have held their Ini
tltatlona and revels, is now undergoing a
transformation which will leave it a great
btructure of concrete, with a floor ajena
(Continued on Page Seventeen.)
Landseeker Specials (
Through Omaha Gate
For Four Days Stream of Travel To
ward Beckoning Acres Will
Pass Gateway.
Four long special trains, rarrylng home
seekers to the west In search of farm land,
will leave Omaha April 8, 9, 10, and 11,
via the I'nlon Pacific. Each of tha trains
will carry ten or more cars, loaded with
men and women going west to secure
homes.
Passengers for these special tourist trains
have been recruited from the great mid
dle west country, and hundreds of those
making the trip will stay right on tha land
they have bought and have their household
effects Bhlpped out.
The trip will carry many of the tourists
clear to the Pacific coast, while others
will stop enroute. In Utah, Colorado, Wyo
ming, Nevada, and others of the western
states.
looking for the causes of these colonists
started on this trip of Inspection and set
tlement, '.ha Omaha Land show stands
(Continued on Page Seventeen.)
Wyoming Population
is Increasing Along
Burlington's Lines
Number of Inhabitants Grows Sixty
Per Cent in Sections Adja
cent to Road.
Sixty per cent of the Increase in the
population of Wyoming was gained in ter
ritory traversed by the Hurlington lines,
according to figures compiled by I.. W.
Wakeley, general passenger agent.
"There was an Increase of .Vt.oflO In the
population of Wyoming In ten years." said
Mr. Wakeley. "Of this Increase of .kl.oo,
about Itt.'HW settled in counties strictly ad
jacent to the Burlington lines.
"The total increase in the population of
Nebraska in the last ten years was ap
proximately ;28,j0, of which iw.ouo was In
Douglas county.
"One hundred thousand of the increased
population falls in counties to the west.
Seventy-five thousand of this Increase of
Iu0,ii0a outside of !ouglaa county and
Omaha was In territory traversed by Hur.
llngton lines. In the frontier counties the
increase was the greatest. In some coun
ties the Increase amounted to S.tf per cent."
Mendocino County's
Values Are Growing
Tracts Suitable for Orcharding Go Up
Two Hundred Per Cent in
Two Years.
"Mcndoctno county, California, on ac
count of Its climate, rainfall, and splendid
soil has been proven one of th best apple
districts In the country," said Earle A.
Kaake.
"In no other place In the state have
values risen so rapidly as In this section.
Within a year It will be Impossible to buy
land there, except at fancy prices."
In the past two years land adapted to
orchards have advanced from 100 to JnO
(Continued on Page Seventeen.)
LAND NEAR OMAHA CHEAPEST
Value Considered, Best Investment is
Right Here, Says Merrill.
SOME QUICK PROFITS TURNED
taent I lira Instance Where One
Property Was Sold 'three Times
In Slterii lla.n nt it -
n IKM'N.
l.and about Omaha Is the chep. t In
Nebr.iska w hen value Is consider eil, ite
clares tn In S. Merrill, mummer of the com
pany hearing his name.
"Kvery farm. cery real farm, wnhln
a ladliis of twenty-five miles of i imalia
will tie worth not less than $'.' an .ore
within ten years." declared Mr Merrill,
standing nt the window of bis office liiwh
up on the twelfth fl of the Citv Na
tional bank bullilliiu. took in: out on Hie
territory of which he spoke.
"I may he too optimistic about It." he
added, "but In the face of the fa. is It
seems certain. Theae farms me below
this figure today, far below it. 1 have
sold some hind, almost In view of oiuahH,
at so low a figure that I hesitate to men
tion It.
"Omaha's growth and prosperit is bring
ing up the value of that land from day to
day. Illinois prices and the rise in alnes
which took place there with the growth of
commercial prosperity and population are
certain to be related In Iowa mnl Ne
braska. In fact ubout all of the western
population renters."
The Merrill company had an unusually
successful year In trading of farm lanils.
In several cases the same property has
been sold and resold several times, wi'h
a profit on each deal.
"In one Instance," remarked Mr. Mer
rill. "I sold one propeil litre. linor in
sixteen days, making each of the three
successive clients a nice profit considering
tha sine of the deal, a small one. I could
have sold the land a fourth time in that
period If the last puniiiiser had been
willing to let go.
"It first went for $.:.'"I0, within twenty
four hours time I sold It for the new
owner for l.ft0 and within another two
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ME LAW TO BE OK
A California Farm is the Short Cut to Fortune
J. F. Dudley, of New Castle, California, bought 65 acres of unimproved land for-$6,500.
The season of 1908 returned him the purchase price. His net profits were $6,500; for 1909 over
$5,000. Now his )and is valued at $350 per acre.
The man who devotes the same time and energy to scientific farming that would he required by
any profitable city business man, not only reaps splendid profits at an occupation which builds rugged
health he insures his own and his family s future.
California is the land for every man. Upon it Cod has smiled; giving it the best climate in the
world; part of the richest soil, and really producing here a garden spot that draws praise from every
one who looks upon its wonderful graces. It's land of health-giving climate and wealth-producing )'.
In the beautiful, expansive Sacramento Valley nature has clustered its most wonderful resources. Rich, fer
tile soil that yields bounteous crops year after year, draws settlers from everywhere. So great are the attrac
tions of this land, that once seen they are almost irresistable, and the middle westerner who visits California is
challenged to return. The population of this great state has been doubled within the last decade.
American trade relations with Japan, China and the Phillipines are increasing by leaps and bounds. The California farmer has a
local market, an eastern market, and the market of an awakening Orient for his produce.
The Panama Canal will be completed in 1915, and California will benefit by it more than any other state. In that same year San
Francisco will hold the greatest exposition the world has ever seen. Hundreds and thousands of people will go there, and thousands
of them will remain there.
In California there is health and wealth. If you seek either, go to this state and buy land. It is cheap now, but it will not be cheap
in a few years.
It Is the Land of Today and the Fortune of Tomorrow
Write or cmll for authentic inform xtion about thz Sazramitto Valley and mther California land
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