' Y'""fT5P?7 t ' VOLUME 11, . NUMBER 1 14 The Commoner. i n iTiinrw ,. , 1 1 m fs. Every Condition of Success E'llJiyglf HWcHnBtUB'f ! "'Vmi' fiVTi-J EZZITH r'A.v'ifritPn - ' I I Ji 3ti Hi Si ) fl: it V '4 .! is found at MISSION in the wonderful Gulf Coast Country of Texas, for the fruit grower, truck grower, or general farmer. Why not locate in a country where two, three and four crops are grown in the same year on the same ground? Investigate this opportunity now A Chance for a Fortune and Independence Owing to tho advanced dovolopmcnt of tho Lowor lllo Qrando Valley, Its demonstrated buccohb, Uh Idea) cllmato and hoII condltlotiB, Uh abundant water supply, Its oxcollont location with ref crcnoo to tratiHportatlon, frolght rates and markotu, wo bollovo that tho op portunity to nocuro an Irrigated farm at MlBBlon at tho present low prlcos and on tho prosont favorable torms, proHonts attractions unequalled by any othor proposition on tho market. Land on this proposition has now been on sale throo years and thoro aro still many good selections to bo had. Wo would advlso anyono who wishes to avail hlmsolf of tills opportunity to arrango to go as soon as posslblo In ordor to got tho advantago in matter of soloctlon. All wo can do Is to show you tho opportunity and point tho way. If tho opportunity looks good and tho way oasy, got on tho train and invoBtl gato for yoursolf. Wo do not ask you to bollovo anything oxcopt what you soo. All wo want Is a chanco to show you. Aro you willing to bo shown? Thoro aro two points which govern land valuos. First, donslty of popula tion; Bccond, productiveness of tho soil. When a soil Is productive it will at tract oottlors, but no mattor how pro ductive tho soil may bo, unloss the fa cilities for transporting tho product of that soil aro to bo found, tho land it self Is practically worthless. Tho great est onhancor of and valuos Is a rail road, becauso it at onco furnishes tho means of transporting tho product of tho soil to tho market, and brings in sottlors to till tho soil. Productive land may go bogging at $1 per acre, T . 'TBJMWiSMWIiOJO mK ''' ' ' 'i in ii i ijfrn-Mi A GROWING ORANGE TREE AT MISSION We Make No Representa tions that We Cannot Prove but as soon as Its productiveness is as sured, . this same land Immediately rises in value by leaps and bounds, and tho increase in land values goes steadily on and oh. , Tho St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railroad passes directly across this land and- four trains pass oyer this road daily. Another railroad is now building into this valloy south from San Antonio, Mission,. is almost direct--, 'ly south of. San Antonio on" an-.air llne and right intho path of this prbp6sed? new road. Tho man who contemplates a new location asks himself, "Can I make . money there?" With conditions so fa vorable as at Mission, Texas, tho an swer must be, emphatically, yes. Wlth; its ivcnltk of resources this section is. certain to bo tho scene of a develop-' incut more wonderful, in rapidity and scope, than any other section in Texas. It is full of money making possibili ties. The southwest was ever the gold en lnnd of opportunity. It is the place to get n start. Tho openings available require tho expenditure of but little money and spell independence for every man with tho' foresight..' to recognize tho opportunity . and . tho. strength of purpose to grasp. it . In the past history of tho Central Stales tho early settlers, both on tho yfarm and. in 'the- town.have been the ones to profit most by--'the country's; development. Those who have taken up the land earliest have, gained most by its subsequent rise in value. Like wise tho early settlers on th,Is tract will reap the greatest benefit from its .. development. Join the Money-Makers of th Thoro la not n. rlnv In tlm vnm. n,i.nn . . . from a farm at Mission. ' "" u" uuunot marKet somo Product Oui- planters aro growing Bormuda onions on a larger scale-than ever Tho Lower Rio Grande Bermuda not only comes into market carHor ?h SWefowSr. P0SS0SS0S a bQttor flavor d brings thep o Th" maViS a2tlya of growing, pecans are being planted by tho hundred acrfs.' AlfSffa an-' S P and othor staple. Is also very successful. "" uiana, an- Tho La Loniltn. T,nmlj iinrt M.n.. ,!, ' Send at Once for Free Information Mission Land Improvement Co., Mission, Tex Gentlemen: Kindly send me full information Irrigated La Lomita Lands, prices, terms, etc. Name as concerning your I Postoffice R- F. D. or St. No State olffato1 which to live. The summers Pleasantly tempered by Gu7fBro !d and V1?. and tho e Sail VerfTradd fSSSfcl TioYnAmTrfcl fertilo dSfa boHb of "the Lowe? R o GrandoqvSlG cllVKto ln tho world' tho tion system supplying an aS adequate iriiga- ground This water cornea from the Sin PrnArrteatlon.ofV01 acre ot with silt and fertilizes the . soHith eve?v irrR?nfiS!vori,ls h(avI1y laden danco of chean labor nt mi ti- Iy.??L irrigation. There is an abun- Thfr;H7rrv:rL"uaiv,esi.nG. crops. climate, produces vege 'atiSnf ZV n?Q of the semi-tropic "We Prove it at MismW' "iffiJS asveb1SrVlttrUc8otftroUnoflP' S' . W radishes more successfully Sown BolSS- h?in' Jilont.B cabbage and richest soil in America, in a ollmatft'Si ,mS1oiW fho frost lin. with the your command at all seasons of the yedLry'vm111h'invlG:oratln with water at You have twelve months of growing ; av? overy Pssiblo advantage four crops on tho same ground in on? yea? n and yU can raIso three and ShIF-8 ftad ,S, J niflcant, but Mission Land Improvement Co. Mission. HirlalffA r-.A. r 'I t P m ii tt ti I ' 6 vuumy, iexas. J.,'ifciiftifi'ii i iiMWittiigtoMj-