T7IK OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 30. 1911.
LUTHERAN COLONY PROSPERS
People of Omaha Who Bought Land
Are Most Delighted.
CROPS BEYOND EXPECTATIONS
OPPORTUNITIES NEAR DENYER
W. M. Lemon Points Homeseekers to
the Way to Success.
FINE FRUIT FARMS AVAILABLE
Oa Te Acres of FrH (' Pro-
dare linn Kqnal to Inter
est on fBO.OOO Worth o(
Ottrnmrat Bond.
BT W. M. LEMON.
Back to the Boll. Man's original purpose
was tilling the soil. Every rlKhtly con
stituted man loves It and lonns for It.
under favorable conditions, for from
Mother Karth he reaps more than he sows,
slrce she yields him not only crops, but
health and self-respect and Independence.
If you were offered a home In the great
est country on the face of the earth; a
pleca of land where you can prow enough
produce to yield you $1,500 to 13,000 a year
clear; have all the strawberries, apples,
pears, cherries, vegetables and other neces
sities of the table to enable you to' live as
good as a Wall street magnate; If a big
city was almost within walking distance,
where your wife could go and shop when
she wanted, and she could take In all the
pleasures of a metropolis when she needed
them; If school, colleges and commercial
advantages were within eauy reach, with
trolley cars to take you and your family
quickly arid cheaply to them, with hih
pries markets only a few miles away for
all you could raise; If you had these and. In
addition, a climate unmatched on the face
of ths globe, where the sun shines 310 days
out of ths year; where the lungs expand
and rich blood Is fed by unexcelled osone,
and the minimum of sickness is known and
life prolonged; if you culd get all these and
could get them at a price the most hard
pressed farmer or the poorest-paid clerk
can afford, wouldn't you gladly; quickly
Jump at the opportunity? You can have
them.
"Oa the far side of the Denver city park
and out Colfax way, out Broadway and
University place way lies a tract of land
at the door of Denver, an agricultural gar
den and horticultural park, in which utility
and profit will combine with pleasure and
beauty in the form of homes and villas sur
rounded by cultivation and fruitful groves.
Traversed by drives connected with Den
ver's park and boulevard system, this possi
ble Eden will give the city a beauty of
environs unequalled.
Mur A eras Platted.
Tbe Denver Suburban Homes and Water
company has platted several hundred acres
Of this land into five. and ten-acre tracts
and offers them to Intending purchasers at
an extremely low price and on very easy
terms, balance payable In monthly, quar
terly and semi-annual Installments at the
rate of ( per cent per annum.
Imagine yourself the owner of one of
these ten acres. From your front door you
can see a hundred mountains. Within
range of your eye, in your front yard, as
it were, lie the scenio marvels of the North
American continent Pike's Peak, Long's
Peak, Devil's Head, QraV's. Peak and a
score of sights you have , read about and
Often longed to see. Over to the north
west, a few miles, lies Denver, the "Queen
City of the West" All about you floods
the glorious year-long, constant, golden
sunshine of Colorado, and beneath your
feet spreads the richest soil in the world.
Lay out ten acres in cherries, plums or
apples, or especially grapes, and the thing
is done. In five years your orchard will
be paying you an income equal to ' that of
tuO.OOO worth of bonds, and meanwhile you
can plant cabbage, berries, potatoes, etc,
between the trees, live well and perhaps
secure sufficient money from , the first
year's crop alone to pay every penny on
the land.
It has been done. One year's erop ef
melons, onions, asparagus or berries has
already and will today produce enough
revenue to cover the entire cost of the
land.
But that is not all. This land is not
farm land, surrounded by deserts. It is
suburban property with a future. Denver
Is growing that way. It cannot grow In
any other way, for elsewhere the river
and the railroads shut It In. Dvery year
the city will creep nearer and nearer to
your ten-acre orchard until finally It will
come clamoring at your front door hungry
for land your land on which to build
homes. Then you will sell one lot for more
than your ten acres cost you. Already not
a few such neighbors have moved over
toward and on this land. The country
club and the golf links draw hundreds of
the city's best and riches out that way
every day, and the home of the governor
of Colorado and the buildings of the Den
ver university are already In plain view on
its outskirts.
This land is the best , land Colorado af
fords. In the tract there are 12,790 acres
owned by the company. All of these lands
are supplied by water from the Castlewood
reservoir. This is a rock-bound mountain
lake forty miles south of Denver. It cov
ers an area of 300 acres and has a capacity
Of t28S.900.0OO gallons of water. This water
Is supplied to the people who settle on
these lands free of charge. Although fif
teen Inches of rain falls there annually it
Is not enough to Insure good crops, for this
reason the company Installed the large res
ervoir and the irrigation system at an ex
pense of STSO.OOOl
Most Homeseekers
Move to Westward
from Near Points
JUilroad Statistics Show Many
the Settlers Go from the Mis
souri Valley.
of
DENVER, Colo.. July 29. "It Is safe to
say that the majority of people who have
come into Colorado during the last five
years have come from the states In the
Missouri river valley."
This is the statement made today by
Alfred Patek, the Colorado state commis
sioner of immigration.
1 find." said Mr. Patek, "this to be the
concensus of opinion among all well-informed
real estate men and our own records
of the Immigration department for last
year likewise verify this."
This statement of Mr. Patek's is par
ticularly of Interest at this time in view of
the discussion that is going on In Colorado
and Wyoming as to where it will best pay
the efforts to bring Immigration into these
states.
The record of the shipments of household
goods in carload lobs on 'the railroads also
shows that most of the so-called "Immi
grant shipments' are from this same ter
ritory and as a matter of fact it is gener
ally accepted by land men that new settlers
come west as a rule by short lumps.
The fact that the Omaha Land show is
organised for the specifics purpose of turn
ing emigration from the Missouri river
valley to the lntermountain and Pacific
coast states, which has formerly gone to
Oklahoma and Texas and to Canada, has
made it easy for Colorado land men to
secura tremendous results in tbe Missouri
river valley. One man, O. T. Baker of
Kotchklss. Colo., sold S1S5.000 worth of land
ks a direct remit of following up the tn
qulrles obtained f the" Omaha Land ahow
last year.
Pear Orchards Are Yielding; Rial aad
flrawherry Farm Is a Wonder
. Francs Are Glvlns; a
Larare Crop. .
Fines time began the movement of the
population of the world has been westward.
This Is still true, and this movement Is
still going on. Earn year the center of
population of, the United Ptates moves a
few miles westward. The west Is growing.
California almost doubled . Its population
In the last ten years; so did Washington
and Oregon.
California has advantages that to peo
ple who have never been there seem al
most unreal, and If the statements
concerning that country are believed.
they are believed to be greatly ex
aggerated facts. The truth of the matter
Is that what the Lutheran Colonization
company has said about their land and
their proposition has not been put strong
enough. California is a country of wonder
ful resources and wonderful opportunities.
A stand of alfalfa on the Lutheran colony
was four weeks old, and has Just been cut,
ani It has averaged over two tons to the
acre. They can grow fifteen tons a year
on an acre of this land, and have proof
of what they say Is true. A pear orchard
arijulnlng the property has netted the owner
$15 per acre a year for the Inst five years.
A strawberry farm a few miles away has
netted over $300 per acre a year for the
lat three years. A prune orchard averaged
a net of $125, and sometimes runs as high
as JJ00.
Omaha People Pleased.
The Omaha people who have gone out
there to see the land have all bought prop
erty and are all anxious to move to Cali
fornia. Many who have bought a twenty
or forty-acre farm are now preparing to
build their homes Bid to plant their fruit
trees this fall. Some Intend planting or
chards of oranges and lemons, while others
Intend to plant deciduous fruits. All fruits
do well there, because the climate condi
tions are exactly the same as at Los
Angeles, although nearly 600 miles north.
The interior of the Sacramento and San
Joaquin valleys has the same average tem
perature as the Los Angeles-FasaffT-na
country, the only difference being that the
farther north one goes in California the
greater the rainfall.
The Lutheran colony Is situated four
miles from Red Bluff, and at Red Bluff
the rainfall is about thirty inches annually,
distributed evenly from the first sof Oc
tober to the first of June. A telephone
and electric power line runs across the
colony land, and the Northern Electric
railroad Is extending Its line from Chlco
to Red Bluff, and this line runs within
a mile, of the colony. The main line of
the Southern Pacific railroad is only three
miles distant and the navigable Sacra
mento river flows, two miles to the west.
The climate at Red Bluff Is beyond com
parison. The days are balmy, the rilghts
are cool. In the evenings the salt breezes
comes In from the ocean.
The Trowbrldge-Bolster company, which
Is handling the sales for the Lutheran Col
onization company, la greatly delighted
with the way business has been going, and
the way the people in this section are
taking to California lands. Rev. J. E.
Hummon, the president of the Colony
company, is now on the property in Cali
fornia and has been for three or four
weeks. M. O. Plowman, who Is associated
with the Trowbridge-Bolster company, is
now oloslng some business for the firm on
the tract, but will return here sometime
this week. B. T. Wright will take some
prospective buyers out to the tract about
the tenth of August.
The land Is sold for $100 to $150 per acre,
and on easy terms one-third down and
balance at 6 per cent. Their offices are
In the City National Bank building, and
they are always glad to show products and
literature to people who are interested In
learning something of California,
Bayard District is
Advancing Rapidly
Under Irrigation Land in North
Platte Valley is Yielding
Big Crops.
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BATAJID, Neb., July 23. (Special.) Out
In thy western end of Nebraska In the
North Platte valley things are booming this
year, despite the dry weather whioh has
afflicted portions of the eastern states.
Crops are looking fine and the prospect Is
for a big yield of sugar beets, alfalfa and
small grain of all kinds. This Is especially
true of the district around Bayard, which,
from an agricultural standpoint is com
paratively new. The splendid showing
which is being made is due entirely to
irrigation.
Bayard is blessed with a very large terri
tory which Is watered from numerous
canals, the most Important of which at tbe
present time Is the Trl-State or Farmers
canal. This is the first year of its opera
tion down the valley this far, and it is
proving equal to all demands. The farmers
all tell the same story of plenty of water
to use on the growing crops. The country
north of Bayard is being rapidly settled
up, mostly on lands sold by the Payne In
vestment company for the Trl-State Land
company. There Is no question but what
these lands are going to prove both valu
able and very productive. Situated as
Bayard is in the midst of such a large
and fertile territory, the town is destined
to become one of the beet in the valley.
Next year the government canal will be
down this far and will do it's share in
developing tbe country to the fullest pos
sible extent.
Good Roads Club
Puts In Busy Day
Douglas Boosters Roll Up Their
Sleeves and Go Out Onto
the Highways.
" DOUGLAS, Wyo.. July . (Special.)
The Good Roads club of Douglas is doing
effective work toward the Improvement of
the roads of Converse county. Every mem
ber and every volunteer who could be en
listed, including nearly every ranchman
near Douglas, worked all day recently on
the highways. The county was districted
and automobiles took workers to distant
sections, so that none was neglecWL As
a result of the work, chuck holeSr were
filled, stones removed, bridge approaches
repaired and ruts filled up, so that the
county highway appropriation can all be
used for bridge building and reconstruction
of new roads. The Douglas Good Roads
club is the live commercial organisation
of Converse county, and while it has not
asked that its city be placed on the ocean-to-oceaa
automobile route on account of
lack of a direct connection to the west yet
the roads of this county are such that
they would meet the approval of the pata
findlng committee if they come this way.
FINE LANDS IN CALIFORNIA
Anything that Grows in Southern
Italy Thrives in Valley.
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS ARE IDEAL
All of the Property of the California
Land r rod nets Company Is
Planted to tbe Commercial
myrna Fl.
The lands of the California Farm Prod
ucts company are located In Glenn county,
California, on the Sacramento river at
Butte City, about sixty miles north of
the state capital and about ISO miles north
of San Francisco.
The Sacramento river Is navigable all
the year and boats are plying continually.
The Southern Pacific railroad Is now build
ing a new line from the town of Arbuckle,
on the main line, north to Hamilton City,
along the banks of the Sucramento river,
which will give railway transportation also.
It is expected that trains will be running
on this line by Christmas. This will give
both rail and water transportation.
The soli Is what is known as the "Sacra
mento loam," dark gray In color and vary
ing from eight to twelve feet In depth and
when properly tilled and watered will pro
duce astounding results.
Water is obtained In Inexhaustible quan
tities from wells bored to a depth of about
eighty feet in a very course gravel and
rises to within fifteen feet of the surface,
it is then pumped by electrically propelled
motors for Irrigation purposes.
The climate speaks for Itself:
Averuge
Wnt'r Spr'g Sura'r Aut'n
Temp. Temp. Temp. Temp.
Southern Italy.. 47. a 57. a 73.7 61.9
Irf)S Angeles, Cal. 52. 0 fiO.O - 70.0 tw.O
Sacramento, Cal. 4S.0 60.0 76.0 61.0
The average clour days In the year In
southern Italy Is 2M; Los Angeles 200. and
the Sacramento valley has 238. The forego
ing figures are taken from United States
Weather bureau reports for the laBt fif
teen years.
Fralts Thrive Here.
Any and all of the grains, grasses, nuta
and fruits that are grown In the temperate
or semi-tropical zones will grow and
ttiiive in this wonderful valley. Figs,
oranges, lemons, plums, peaches, aprlcotu,
cherries, ,all varieties of grapes, almond,
English and black walnuts thrive in abun
dance. The land of the California Farm
Products company is all planted to the
commercial (Smyrna) fig.
The fig tree commences to bear when It
Is 5 years old, producing about 100 pounds
of dried fruit to the tree, and usually
brings hVt cents per pound. The trees are
planted twenty-seven to the acre, which
should produce an income of $135 an acre.
When the trees are 5 years old, it Is es
timated that they will increase in bearing
ability about 100 pounds per annum, so that
at 6 years old they would produce 200
pounds at 7,3X) pounds and so on, until
they are In full bearing. A 7-year-old or
chard will produce an elegant Income on a
valuation of $1,000 an acre.
In this valley land has trebled In value
In the last three years and will quadruple
In the next three years, as the Panama
canal nears completion, which will make
San Francisco one of the greatest shipping
points in the world.
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Courtesy on the Hall.
The Illinois Central railway is to estab
lish a school of courtesy. Politeness will
charge and in a reasonably willing manner.
If you ask a question of a conductor he
will receive the query politely and If he
can't answer It offhand he will mall It to
you next day. In fact, it's going to be a
fine innovation.
Of course, It mustn't be carried too far.
For instance, a traveler on a British rail
way was annoyed over the long delay at a
small station and going out to Investigate,
found the engineer of the train cutting the
stntion master's hair.
Which is what we mean when we speak of
carrying courtesy too far. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Sacramento Valley!
CALIFORNIA
The hand points to the loca
tion of our land
The Finest Fruit Belt in the
WORLD
A Tract of This Land Will
Make You Independent
Every Tract Now Planted.
We bring the trees into bear
ing, and care for them until
you want to look afteV them
yourself. Remain where
you are and let your savings
work for you.
Prices Reasonable.
TERMS EASY
Apply to the Owners
California Farm Pro
ducts Company
,No. 515 Bee Building
Omaha Neb.
Utah and Idaho
Irrigated Lands
ON SMALL PAYMENTS
17. 1 FELT & CD.
Brown. Elk., Omaha Neb
a
Postal
Card
Will
Bring
You
Full
Particulars
Regarding
This
Land.
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"When
the
Wintry
Winds
Are
31owing
nnd in
Nebraska
It Is
Snowing;
You
Can
Bet
That
in
California
the
Weather
Is Fine."
A Home in California is a Comfort
for there is no burning heat, and no biting cold. A farm in California will
make you independent, and all fruits will grow. on the Colony land.
We have just finished cutting a five weeks stand of alfalfa, and it is aver
aging over two tons to the acre. People are now moving out there, and many
Omaha jpeople will build there in the fall.
Sacramento Valley land is rapidly advancing in value. We have land at
S100 and $150 per acre One third down.
(If you know what we know, you would buy in California.)
LUTHERAN COLONIZATION COMPANY
TROWBRIDGE-BOLSTER CO., Selling Agents
404-10 City National Bank Building
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ALL
Only a week afro we undertook the sale of the Hord lands near Central
City, Merrick County. We have talked and advertised these lands very ex
tensively and we knew they would move rapidly, but the sale and demand
have been far beyond our expectations and there Is nothing left. On our ex
cursion of Friday, July 28th, we showed the land to
104 PEOPLE, WITH 25 AUTOMOBILES
In the face of this sale It is needless to talk of hard times or to say
there IS a scarcity of money. People who want to buy land are ready and
have the money, where the soil is good and the price right. These are the
conditions that prevailed on the Hord lands.
Improved Merrick County Farms
This sale has been an eye opener to the people of Merrick County and'
now a number of land owners have placed their farms in our hands for sale.
They are not Hord lands, but are well Improved farms, and the prices are
higher than those at which we offered the Hord lands. They are good farms,
close to markets, schools, etc., and If you are interested in Merrick County
we will be glad to show you some of these properties.
COLONIZING NEBRASKA
We are proud of this effort toward colonizing the state of Nebraska
e.nd will be glad to get In touch with other land owners In regard to similar
propositions. We have a lot of confidence In our 6Vn state and are ready to
undertake the colonization of 6.000 to 60.000 acres of land In Nebraska if we
can find the right stuff at the right price. We are proud of the record made
in this sale, especially the sale of Friday when we sold
2y010 Acres for $1 15,280
This sale puts Payne Investment Company at the head of any enterprise
of a similar character in the United States or any other country so far as
the tecords ahow.
The man who has land to sell and the man who wants to buy land can do
business quicker and In a more satisfactory way through this organization
than any concern of similar character.
PAYNE INVESTMENT COMPANY
Colonisation Ag-enta, Omaha, STebmska
Remember our motto, "To put the landless man on manless land."
A Few Scattered Farms
Wo have a few scattered quarter sections left over from a large
tract that we must dispose of at once In order to settle up an Estate.
Joining lands of the same character cannot be bought for less than
from $12.00 to $20 per acre. We have two quarters In Banner
County, two quarters In Blaine County and two quarters In Holt County,
Nebraska. We will offer these quarters until they are disposed of at
prices from $600 to $1,000 a Quarter. These lands are all level
enough to be farmed and are the choicest lands of that vicinity, as
most of them were deeded in the early 80's.
For further Information address
The Farmers' Land Co.
1014 City National Bonk Bldg., Omaha, Neb.
No. 1. 640 acre ranch. Improved, located near the U. P.
R. B, In Keith Co., Neb. This Is one of the best stock and grain
propositions In the state, 300 acres of good farm land, all good
hard soli. $1,500 worth of Improvements. The cash price on
this Is $20 per acre; will take good property as part payment on
this. ,
No. 2 160 acres of the best wheat land tn N. Dakota, part
In cultivation, close to good town, this 1st a snap at $30 per acre.
Mtg. $1,200; will consider good property- tor equity.
No. 3 164 acres In Keith Co, Neb. Level and good soil;
price $20 per acre, What have youT
Any of the above propositions will pal"l ther closest investigation..
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2y2 Miles Prom Denver.
Easy Payments 20. Cash $6 to $12 Monthly
10 guaranteed on all money paid in the first two
years. No interest for two years. In event of death the
property will be deeded to the beneficiary.
Call or write:
Denver Suburban Homes & Water Company
619 Commonwealth Bldg-., Denver Colo.
W. M. LEMON
436 Brandeis Bldg., Omaha, Neb.
References Satisfied purchasers among Omaha's lead
ing business men.
Greatest Investment
Ever Offered
LAND IS SAFEST AND BEST
We can sell you a 10 acre tract on
easy terms that will grow in value
over $5 per day for all time to come.
L. R. YOST
Suite 312 McCague Building - - Omaha
1 4,920 Acre Ranch for Sale
360,000
Deeded land; Sioux County, Nebraska, on Niobrara
river; raw land; fine hay and alfalfa land; 8 miles of water;
3 can be irrigated; nearly all bottom land; two sets of im-
provements; some leased land; cut about $8,000 Hay crop
3 this year. Fine ranch; you can't beat it. Will consider a
good farm and some cash. Carry back $20,000. Investigate
this,
Tho World Invostmont Co.
Omaha, Nebraska
