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rm! JfT The Commoner. 12 VOLDMB , NUMBER 31 !-& 3ft ,- - ., Come to MissionTexas, in the -'V.i ' vrp.'m ,""T' I ;f Rich Lower Rio Where the Conditions and Prospects on the La Lomita Lands Are Such That You Can Not Afford to Remain Away Tho tldo Is toward Texas. Thou sands aro coming to thin land of op portunity and wealth. Tho majority of thofld aro men who havo mado money at practical farming. Thoy know Rood soil whon thoy boo It, and thoy aro good judgos of ovory qualification that combines to make any country desirable as a place to llvo and to mako money. Those men aro buying" farms because thoy will ralso moro crops per aero than tho high-priced farming land tip north. Thoy aro Investing tholr money because, whllo tho present prices aro low, thoy know from ex porlonco In tholr prosont location that this land is bound to rlso in valuo in a few years. But Toxas Is a big state It is as PALM DATES AND largo as all tho Now England states, with Now York. Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jorsoy, West Virginia, and Maryland thrown in for good meas ure. It Is well to remomber that In such a vast strip of territory you can find all varieties of soil. Toxas has a larger percentage -of tillable land than any other stato In tho union, but It Is well to bo careful In your selection. Whllo you aro buy ing get the best you can. Buy whore tho conditions aro best for making a homo. Buy whoro tho climate Is suitable to you. Buy whoro tho soil Cut Out Coupon and Mail TODAY CONWAY A HOIT, MImhIoh, Texnaj Name . ,, AddresH .......... ...... Towa R. F. D. No... Stato IPTMHKgrcRi is best Buy where you havo access to tho boat markota. Buy where the railroad Is in oporation. Buy whore tho biggest successes aro being mado, not where you will havo to llvo your pioneer days ovor again boforo success comes. In short, you owe it to yoursolf, to your family to buy whoro you can do tho best present and futuro considered. COME TO MISSION, TEXAS This is whoro the famous La Lomita Lands aro located. Thoy aro in tho heart of tho Lower Bio Grando Valley of tho wonderful Gulf Coast Country. If you will como hero and investigate theso lands first you will not go any further. You will want one of our FIGS GROWN IN THE FAMOUS WEALTH-PRODUCING GULF COAST COUNTRY OF TEXAS. 10, 20, 30 or 40 acre tracts, because you can see with your own oyos that wo havo every condition here v0Jm.me(ilate success. You can see NOW (not In tho distant future) that tho farmers and growers aro mak ing happy homes and lots of money. You will And out that therd is no guesswork about It, no troublesome lfs or ands. We havo lived up north tho best part of our lives. Wo havo handled Minnesota, Iowa and South Dakota lands. Wo havo mado. a study of lands all our lives that's our business. Wo camo to Toxas ..- Commoner 8-20-09 Grande Valle and picked out what wo judged te be the very boat proposition In this big state a placo that possessed every condition necessary for suc cessful farming. THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOB YOU This is tho part of Texas where farmers havo mado over $500 por acre from onions after paying all exponses of cultivation and market ing. This Is tho part of Toxas whore two farmers netted over $10,000 for ono yoar's orop of 43 acres in onions. ' This is tho part of Texas where the Immense cabbage yields aro made. Ono farmer in this valley realized over $16,000 this year from 40 acres of cabbage. This Is tho part of Texas where Tanners and growers are making enough profit tho first year hero to moro than pay for their land. This Is the part of Toxas where you can ralso two and throe crops . a year from the same land, and have twelvo months of good grow ing season. This Is the part of Texas .that raises the best sugar cane In the world cane from this county tak ing the gold medal at the St. Louis exposition. This is tho part of Texas whoro you can raise big crops of corn, al falfa, cotton, sugar cane, sorghum, miio maize, broom corn, etc., during tho summer, and big crops of vege tables during tho winter. This Is the part of Toxas where you can ralso two big crops of corn in ono year on tho same ground whero alfalfa is cut eight or nine times a year. WEALTH ON EVERY HAND But garden truck and tho big staples are not the only thing that Is making this valley famous. Fruit raising Is yet In Its Infancy. What southern California could give voii SntV'ears aso .th,s rSion offers now. You can raise oranges, lorn- ons and bananas successfully here. On account of the long growing season, oranges develop here fastor than in any other section. You can establish an orange grove here. Trees will bear $250 per acre in three years, and In a few years will net over $1,000 por acre. Thoy ripen hero weeks ahead of California and Florida oranges. O ran go groves in California soil for $1,000 to $5,000 per acre. An orange grove hero once established will bring you a big incomo with small outlay. Start an orange grovo at Mission it will bring you a largo annuity. EVERY CONDITION FOR SUCCESS Wo have a climate unsurpassod summer or winter tempered by tho MM&MUUiaHHtaUbMBBM-MMHV'KuBl Gulf breezes In summer, which also protects growing crops from fro3t in tho winter. Wo have tho finest soils in tho world in tho dolta of tho famous Rio Grando Rivor. Wo havo an abundance of water for Irrigation. We havo an adequate irrigation system which irrigates tho La. Lomita lands with sllt-ladon water from the Rio Grando River fertil izing with every irrigation. We havo an abundance of good Mexican labor at all times. Tho Moxlcan works for 75 cents a day in our money and boards himself, irrigation makes your crops cer tain. No worry on account of un certain weather or irrogular rain fall. Can you, afford to miss this op portunity? Tho conditions aro such that you can not afford to miss tho chance to investigate theso lands while the prices are within your reach. At present prices they will bring you big returns as an invest ment only. We gladly invite your correspondence and investigation. Fill out and send, coupon. Conway & Hoit, Mission, Texas . v.. :e&.f
