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KftHW -uwi w imtw ArwwftB"A,",, I The Commoner, VOLUME 10, NUMBER G i ?a rfmAmgwqgvin ESE5E jaiagssms nito Horn JL ffl 4 .- Where Pleasure and Profit go hand in hand January is Like June at San Benito Average annual Mean Temperature for past 17 years 72.8 San Hvnllo, hrniuie of ItH superior, natural advantages Is rapidly becom ing known as the most durable location In Texas for a winter home. San Benito HAS a winter and summer climate unsurpassed In any part of tho United .States, no rainy season, no fogs, no marshes, no malaria or other fevers. Summer climate more agreeable than that of tho middle states. San Henlto HAS tho greatest gravity .rrlgatlon canal in tho SoutlrwcBt. It Is equal in sl.o to an inland lake. It offers splendid boating and fishing and hunting as well as an absolutely certain supply of water for irrigating tho many farm products of this region. San Honllo JS only twenty miles from tho Gulf Coast and a splendid beach. Old Mexico with Its quaint scenery and customs Is only a few miles distant. Tho Arroyo Colorado, an arm of tho Gulf, coming within three miles of tho town of San Henlto offers splondld sea fishing and a clear channel out to tho Gulf for motor boats. San Henlto IS tho largest and busiest new town In tho Lower Rio Grando Valloy. Good hotels, city water and lights, cement walks, handsomo south ern bungalows, good schools and churches and good railroad sorvico. There Is plenty of gamo, ducks, geese, quail, turkeys, and deer in tho San Henlto Region. Tho now Intorurban railroad at San Henlto will mako it tho most con veniently located resort city in tho Famous Lower Rio Grando Country. - gW &:-mM&- "'.! ."" lii' .' fti" hj j ! i mi i i r mi-tiM 1 4 r-l r 1 .... I I.U1 I - 1'-a ?.!, Sfc.'-1 - Wr til i,! : in)- tV M &M l!i &i !8S !?.TiHli "Tl '.iA r$ii m rj aauiprs- R4ff)MHiafa A SAN IIBNITO BUNGALOW I; Why not build your winter home where you can have come as well pleasant place southwest the winter an m as the The twelve months of growing season at San Benito insure a good profit to grow ers of winter products. Planters are now making from $300 to $500 per acre on winter cabbage; onions will net as much. Strawberries, grapes and canteloupes offer handsome returns. to JANUARY ROSES AT SAN 1112MTO most in the spend well as the summer? as Agriculturally, tho San Henlto proposition of.'crs advantages unoxcolled In America. Tho San Benito tract has forty thousand acres of tho richest dolta soil, equal in. fertility to tho famous delta of tho Nilo. As an Irriga tion proposition it Is second to nono in Texas. Its canal is tho largest in tho stato and tho ONLY GRAVITY CANAL in tho Valley of tho Lower Rio Grande. It is thirty-seven miles long. 2G0 feet whin nmi twnnf. deep. Moro than seventy miles of main laterals or branch canals already v-w..uk. um., ...... i uiwm. 10 imviBiiuiu. lii 11 mil lO a Oraneh lino rnHrntwl for transportation. Tho water supply for irrigation at San Benito is auunuani. . .c k . . v v vx. v2 X V w& v, W&o '0 p -v ? tWfr. tf k jf 'on ". - fi, AV'&r. The San Benito interurban railroad will afford convenient and cheap transportation for all products; also direct route to a fine bath ing beach. No farm will be more than a mile and a half from transportation. blops every quarter of a mile. Tho combination of unexcelled climate, soil and water supply makes San Benito tho best irrigation farming proposition In tho Southwest. IRRIGA TION FARMING IS FAST BECOMING RECOGNIZED AS THE MOST PROFITABLE AND SCIENTIFIC. IRRIGATED LAND IS THE MOST VALUABLE. A sugar plantation will pay big returns at San Benito. You can leave It In charge of a manager during a part of tho year and- spend the remainder of tho time hero and yet get an income of more than $50 per acre a year net. This is tho best sugar cane country in America. Full twelve months for tho crop to mature. It is only equalled by Hawaii in the production of sugar cane. Why not consider a southern homo and a sugar cano plantation? Winter trucking pays. We get cabbage, onions, tomatoes, beans, peppers cauliflower, lettuce, celery, okra, potatoes, strawberries, melons and all truck products on tho market when they bring the highest price. What do you of tho north pay for these products in December, January and February? That is when wo market them. A good yield is assured. Grapes, nuts and citrus fruits, although they havo not been grown to any great extent for shipment, are said by experts to bo as well adapted to this region as to Florida and California. Oranges, lemons, grape-fruit and grapes havo been successfully grown in this region for years. Wo are within a few miles of tho southernmost point in tho United States Con sequently our climate is suited foV their culture if that of any section of Texas is. Thousands of people have paid enormous sums for orange groves and vineyards in other sections of tho country where they could find a climate suitable for a winter and summer homo and make a profit Whv rLfn!?i V? Sa"Benlt wlie tho possibilities in this direction are as great, and it won't cost you as much. rn0ttw' Alfalfa' ad an forage crops yield abundantly in this rich delta son. Ve linvc many thousand acres of kwwIur cron to show you. Thnn11 ?,tho Sa,n enIt? Land and Water Company are selling rapidly The area of this agricultural nugget is limited. Got In while there is a chance to get tho land at a reasonable figure. Terms, one-third cash thS ba&nrfto orXSUbSler 1UOntS 8 "nt O J. i'. P. 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