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THE OMATTA RVNDAY BEE: FEBlttTAHY 15, 1014. 5-B What Panama Canal Will Do for Ecuador (Copyrighted. 1SU, by Frank G Carpenter) i. iAyi u isciiauor. Tno , Gl Guayns river Is to South I America what the Columbia nna wic i tiKon are lo our con tinent, It Is , the biggest strcnm which flows Into tho Pacific ; and In tho rainy season It turn tho lowlands from hero to tho Andos Into a great swamp or lake. Where tho ihlps come In from the ocean the river s sixty miles wide, nnd ns you sail irp o Guayaquil you seem to be passing .hrough a great Inland sea. The water a as thick as pea soup and of much tho amo color. The Andean floods bring town patches of green, and great trees nay bo seen floating out to the Ben. In :om!ng In you pass the Island of Puna, vhcro Pliarro first landed; nnd about ilxty miles further up you find yourself .n front of this port. The river is now a mllo wldo and twenty-six feet In depth; nnd It gives a good and sufo harbor for steamers. Just-now It has but little shipping on account of tho plague, but there, are hundreds of dug-outs, canes, rafts nnd cargo boats' In which the Indians bring their wares from the Interior to sell. Tho ocean vessels nnchor far out In the strceVn, and arc unloaded by lighters. The only wharves of tho city are those for. email craft. Nevertheless they ex tend for a mllo or two up and down the west bank of tho river, and a"?! backed with great warehouses and starei which are open nt the front so that you can see everything In them as you go along the street. (illnyaqull n 3Indr-ni Clt). From tho ship's deck Guayaquil Is Imposing. It Is a town of ubout 100, 000 people, nnd as tlio most of Its houses nro of only ono or two stories It covers a great deal of ground. It has wide streets and buildings that nt flrs,t sight seem to bu of stone or of brick covered with stucco. They nro leally of wood, plastered over and painted ,aud most of them have- walls of bamboo cane upon which mud has been spread and smoothed down with a trowel. The city has some public improvements. It has - un electric htrcct car lino ami electric lights. It has public squares which arc beautifully kept, nnd Its hospitals arc ns good ns can 60 found In .South America. It has a hulf dozen newspapers, several high- priced hotels and It docs an export and Import business umountltig to $1S,000,000 or J20.000.000 a year. It i. In fact, tho Now York of Ecuador, and if it could be mado as healthy as Panama It might bo a gieat resort for tourists and trade. But before I go further, let mo tell you something of tho South American republic, which Is to bo brought to our Boors by tho Panama canal. Heretofore tho steamships from our Atlantic coast havo had to go more than 10,000 miles around by tho Strait of Magellan to reach It. When tho canal Is open New York will bo nearer by ship to this port than it Is now-to Great Britain. Boston will bo only a llttlo over a week from any part of Ecuador, and our gulf ports will bo still nearer. As It is now, Guaya quil is less than SOO miles from Balboa, and tho railroad that is building from tho Bay of Caraquez to Quito will bring the capital of Ecuador to within thrco days of Panama. The contract for that road has been let to a French company. Tho trains were In operation last year over about forty miles of track, and tho road bhould be completed by the tlmo of tho ! opening of the great ditch at Panama. The l.nnd of tlic Kiinalor. Tho word Ecuador means equator, and Ecuador Is a land of tho equator That hottest lino on tho globo passes through It and tho wholo of It lies in tho tropics. Tho country Is a triangle, surrounded by Colombia, Brazil and Peru. It lies on tho west coast of South America, In tho shape of a fan whose handle is In north ern Brazil and whoso scalloped rim Is washed by tho Pacific ocean. Next to Colombia, Ecuador Is the near est republic to us, and, still it is ono of tho least known. Parts of It havo never been surveyed and today tho estimates of Its slzo range from the bigness of California to that of Texas. Tho most authentic figures now placo It at 116,000 square miles, an area equal to that of Ohio, Virginia and Indiana combined. Tho most of the country Is taken up by tho Andes. Tho coast line is low and a tropical vegetation extends from the ocean buck to tho foothills. The Andes cross the country from north to south In tw'o great ranges, upholding between them series of beautiful valleys, In which about nine-tenths pf tho natives now live. .Theso valleys are higher abovo tho sea than Mexico City and they have a cllmuto moro like that of' New York or Ohio than of tho equator. Quito, tho capital, is situated In ono of the highest of these Andean valleys. It is 9,500 feet abovo tho sea, or almost two miles above the altitude of Washington city. In that city tho weather Is like October or our Indian summer all tho year round. New Ilnllronil Constructed. ' On the eastern side of tho Andes tho land slopes from the temperate zono to a tropical wilderness. It reaches the Can't Help But Admire Babies Erery, Woman Casts Loving Glance at the Nettling Cuddled in its Bonnet. A woman's heart naturally responds to the charm and sweetness of a pretty chile1, and more so to-day than ever before since the advent of Mother's Friend. This Is a most wonderful external belli to the muscles and tendons. It penetrates the tissues, makes tlcm pliant to readily yield to nature's demand for expansion, so there Is no longer a period of pain, Us-comf-rt, straining, nausea or other symp toms so often dlstrcr .log during the anxious weeks of expectancy. Mother's Friend prepares the system fop the coming event, and Its use brings com fort, rest and repose during tUe term. Tbla has a most marked Influence upon the baby, alnce It thus inherits a splendid growing system of nerves and digestive function. And particularly to young mothers Is this famous remedy of Inestimable value. It enables her to preserve her health and strength, and she remains a pretty mother by having avoided all the suffering and danger that would otherwise accompany auh an occasion. Mother's Friend thor oughly lubricates every nerve, tendon and muscle Involved and Is a sure preventive for raking of the breasts. You will And this splendid remedy on sale at all drug stores at $1.00 a bottle, and Is highly recommended for the purpose. Write Ilradfleld Ilegulator Co.. 134 Lamar Illdg.. Atlanta, ia . and they will mall you sealed, a very instructive book for expec tant Bothers. 'fVTUmCMMXX. IS Mil ttanrwZ,mm. . -. . rj I - &U& ... . t il tributaries of the Amazon, nnd somo of tho streams, of Ecuador flow Into that mighty river. Indeed, It Is uald that Quito Is Only four days by mulo from streams that flow Into tho Amazon sys tem. Tho government Is now building a railroad system from the plateau to ono of the Amazon tributaries and this road will open up a rich mining region with lands suited for sugar cane, cacao and coffee, Ecuador has somo of tho greatest vol canoes on earth. Tho grout series of valleys of which I have written Is walled up by twenty-ono peaks, ranging In height from threo ' to four miles, nnd there uro seventeen other peaks which arc moro than two miles In height. When t lust visited Guayaquil the nlr waa filled with ashes that camo from ono ,of Ecuador's ten nctlvo volcanoes. For this reason tho houses havo to bo smnll. Thoy arc built to withstand tho earth quakes, tho wooden timbers being so joined that they can sway with the trembling of tho earth and not break. Will He Cirrnt Tourist Iloute. Ono ot tho great tourist routes ot the futuro will, I believe, bo to Quito. The ships will come via Panama to the Bay nt Caraquez and tho tourists will go over the French railroad, a distance of 186 miles up to tho capital, or they -will como to Guayaquil and tnko theAmcrl-can-built road from thcro over tho An des. The Guayaquil-Quito road is now In operation. Tho faro is $17.50 each way, and the trains require two days for tho Journey. You .cross tho Guayas river early In the morning and by G o'clock aro moving from tho railroad station at Durait, through seventy miles of tropical lowlands. There aro pastures contain ing herds of fnt -entile, cacao groves, loaded with their squash-llko fruit, which hangs close to tho trunks and branches, nnd many little villages with houses on piles so thnt tho first floors havo to be reached by a ladder. Tho housos are'i thatched with broad white leaves tied to frnmowork of bamboo cune. Tho floors aro of cane, and tho cracks aro so many that tho women do not need to sweep, for tho dirt of the household falls through to the ground or the water. You pass llttlo banana plantations, go through forests loaded with orchids, and finally Btop at Bucay, which la fifty- seven miles away. Tho speed ot the train bo far has been not qulto twelve miles on hour, and you havo risen to an altltudo of leFB than 1,000 feet. In the next thrco hours you rise 3,000 feet, to Ilutgra, and from there go on up, up until at last you reach Urbana, which Is ll.SU feet abovo tho sea. This Is tho highest station on tho road, You stop over night during this Journey, and It takes you about the, whole of two days to como to Quito, the Ecuadorian capltul. (lulto lxicetM Ilooin. I am told thnt Quito Is preparing for a boom when tho canal Is completed. It hopes to becomo a tourist resort for both winter and summer. It Is ono of the healthiest cities on earth, and if J. G. White & Co. can make a healthy gate to It, It will no doubt havo vls.tora and excursions from all over the world. The city has now 100,000 population. It has soveral hotels. It has electric lights and telephones, and there Is talk of put ting In a street car line to be run by electricity generated from tho rivers nearby. Tho town lies on tho slopo of a vol cano, and thero are a dozen other vol canoes In sight, -among which aro Coto- paxl . and Chlmborazo, each of which rises about two miles abovo the plateau. I nm told that you can take an auto mobile In Quito and ride to the crater of the volcano behind it. Quito has fine government buildings and enormous churches and convents. It has colleges, a cathedral and a theater subsidized by the government with troupes that come from up nnd down the coast. One of the odd features of tho theater Is the boxes for people In mourn ing. These have shutters which fit down over them In such a way that the In mates can see out over the slats or by moving the shutter a little can look down upon the audience without themselves being seen. When In deep mourning It Is customary for the afflicted to use the slats only, but later on the wholo shut ters aro gradually opened. As ,a tourist resort Quito has many In teresting features. It ' one of the his toric cities of the new world. It was founded almost a hundred years before the Boston cows began to outline the first streets of that city. The Indians had a capital thero when Plzarro camo; and Atahuelpa, the Inca monarch, who was killed by Plzarro, had a' home, there whose Toof was plated with gold. The city then contained vast treasures, which were burled by the Indians in order that they might not fall into the hands of the Spaniards. The city ot today has a considerable Indian population, al though most of Its people are whites. The Indians come In from miles around to trade, and the crowds In the market are (fa dozen different tribes and of many picturesque costumes. The most pf them, are very religious, and they go from church to church saying their prayers. Only a few of them can read which do not net as much as 12 per cent per annum, nnd that somo nro bringing four nnd five times thut nmount. The cacao bean Is that from which chocolate Is made. Tho fruit 'grows on a tree, which Is much like an Immense Ulao built, It Is ragged nnd gnarly and tho fruit, which Is shaped llko a squash, grows on tho stem or close to the branches. When rlpn It la nf n lemon color nnd the seeds within are of reddish brown. Tho seeds nro tho beans of commerce. They aro about ns big as a limn bean nnd ot much tho enmo shape. There nro from twenty- eight to thirty of them In each fruit. They nro washed out of tho pulp that surrounds them, nnd then dried nnd packed up for shipment to all parts of tho world. VcKctnlitc Ivory One Product. Tho Ivory mils thnt form tho second great cximrt como from a low pnlm tree, known as tho tngua. Tho fruit of this tree consists of burs, which look for all the world llko chestnut burs, ex cept they aro as big ns your head or bigger. Each bur contains from sixty to ninety of those vegetable Ivory nuts, ns big as tho fist of n two-year-old baby. Tho nuts are as hard as Iron when rlc, but when green they nro filled with a soft Jelly-like substnnco which tastCH llko cocorutut milk. The Ivory palms grow wild In the forest, and tho uutlves travel through woods gathering tho nuts, which they bring down to Guayaquil. Of lato years tho business has greatly Increased, and thero nro now organized bands of tagua ros or Ivory nut gatherers, who camp out In tho forest nnd bring boatloads of till crop down to Guayaquil. 1 nm told that tho United States annually buys 20.000.WO pounds of theso nuts nnd turns them Into buttons, paper knives and the many other things which nro made from vegrtnblo Ivory Wo havo twenty-threo vegetablo Ivory factories, nnd more than 4,000,000 Is Invested In tho business. Tho chief centers of manufacture are Ro chester and Brooklyn, In New York; Newark In New Jersey, nnd Springfield, Mass. Tho greater iart of tho buttons wo use nro made of tho fruit of tlip.se palms, so that It may bo truly said that this llttlo land ot Ecuador upholds Undo Sam's pantaloons. FItANIC G. CAllPENTElt. ) The Home Beauty Parlor I y 6y Detfy Dean g How, plm con o soft, fluffy and b. Ill ant by sham-1 SM0Uld mako up and use the poolng with canthrox, a tciispoontul of . .. . ki(lnov . ., which I dissolved In a cup hot water. It i ?cno nioou. Kiunoy and luc lKMlv; I made my faded "stringy " ba r Christine For your sallow, pimply. tnko on Its natural color again and In- kn, which Indicates a liver upset, you old-time lar or tonic, This centlv. vet thoroughly, dissolved dust. 18 prepared ny pouring one ounce Kar- dirt nnd excess oil nnd when I rinsed It out. loft the scalp healthy nnd pllnnt Since my first trial I havo vised nothing but this. IphlKcnla; Yes, you can bo sure of hair bvnuty If you give It proper care, ltld your head uf Itching dandruff by use of this economical, homc-mudo tonic, which will mako your scalp so healthy that tho hulr naturally grows long nnd heavy. Get an ounce of qulnaoln nt your druggist's, dlssnlvo It In ono half Pint of alcohol, add one half pint cold water nnd rub Into hair roots dnlly. Antoinette; Instead of making over your gowns because yoli huvo outgrown them, why not try this harmless flesh reducer? Get four ounces ot parnotls fiom your druggist. Dissolve It In one nnd oiu-holf pints hot water. Take u tnblespoonful before cnoh meal nnd you will sou a gradual decrenso In weight without loss of strength or sagging' skin. It Is slmplo, harmless nnd effective lie quires no dieting or exercise. Miss O.: The "face cream without grease," which you nsk about Is easily prepared at homo by th.s recipe: Get from your druggist one ounce of almo zoln; dissolve- It In ono half Pint cold water. Add two tciwpoonftilB glycerine, stir well nnd let stand over night Apply It frequently, nnd prevent wilnkle and all skln-flnbblness. It Is cleanilng. sooth, lug mid healing and thero Is itotn.tiK in'. ter to relieve enlarged pores, muddlncsa and all roughness or redness of skin. dene Into ono hnlt pint alcohol (do not us whiskey) nnd then adding one halt cupful sugar and hot water to make a quart. Tnko a tablcspounful before meal nnd your skin will toon bo, clear and beautiful. The kardcno tonic Is good for most bodily pwlna and aches, bevauso It eliminates from tho system the poisons cunning them, nnd Its timely use fre quently prevents serious sickness. Cclln; You say "I am n slave to my powder rag." Why not tiy this fluo liquid beuntltlcr? It Is lasting In effect and economical, besides being fine to whiten nnd tono tho skin and rid It of sallowncss or blemishes. Get 4 ounces of spurmax. add two tenspoonfuls glyceilnu and ono half pint hot water or witch hazel. This makes a big quantity and Is far better than tho ordinary face powders. It will be very becoming ana will seem llko a part of your skin. Mllllccnt: Don't be f lightened Into buy ing eye glasses before you really need them. 11 Is better to strengthen tho eyes than to aid their weakncfs, For some years I havo used this slmplo home-made tonic which has both beautified and strengthened mine. Dlssolvo nn ounce of crystos In ono half pint of water- Two drops dnlly, or sovcrnl limes dully, will give relief to tired or aching eyes nnd soon make them clear and sparkling. Hetty Dean's Beauty Book, J5-Advcr tlsemriit. The Cnunp uf Hlirumntlsiii Is stomach trouble, lazy liver and de ranged kidneys. Try Electric Hitters. Regulates liver and helps kidneys to work. Wc and 11. All druggists. Advertisement. and write but they nre superstitious and- aro largely controlled by the priests. IU-IIkIoum liberty Seourt'd. Until recently Eouador was altogether Catholic, and until about eighteen years ago its constitution prohibited any other worship. Since then laws havo been passed giving full religious liberty, nnd tho Protestants havo sent In missionaries and tons of Bibles havo been carried over the mountains and scattered throughout tho land. Tho principal religion Is still Catholic, and It will probably always be so, although tho Introduction of tho purer and better Catholicism of North America will change tho church from what it now Is. Tho people of Ecuudor aro now In the throes of u revolution. Tho outs are try ing to depose tho Ins, and tho president, General Leonldas I'liizu, may or not bo deposed. When I was here last tho presi dent nt the head of tho administration was Don Alfnro, who afterword camo back from Panama and lost his llfo In trying to recapture the office. Alfaro wub a born revolutionist, and he had many nurrow escupes. At one tlmo ho was captured by the rival party while on one of tho llttlo Ecuadorian men-of-war and escaped by swimming to the shoro on a barrel. At anothor tlmo ho lived for weeks In tho wilds of Ecuador and Colombia, being hunted by tho stato troops. The president gets a salary of $1,000 a year. Ho rules his country through a cabinet, which, with seven other minis ten, formB a council ot stfatc. Thcro Is a congress elected by the people. The president has tho power of veto, but con gress can pass laws over his veto. Just now one of the chief public questions Is tho improvement of tho ports, and an other Is the building of railroads. Both of these Involve the expenditure of con siderable sums ot monoy and the holding of influence nnd power. It may be that this Is one of tho causes of the revolu tlon. L'nniil (o Iuvrpnsc Trade. The opening of the canal and the cleansing up of Guayaquil will greatly In crease tho traffic of the country, and It ought to materially Improve Its business with the United States. The foreign com merco already amounts to $22,000,000 or $23,000,000 a year; and, at present. Great -Britain leads all countries In sales. In 1900 the Imports from that country amounted to -more than $3,000,000, being something like $S00,000 more than those of the Unlttd States. In 1910 they were moro than $200,000 more than ours, and thut notwithstanding the American im ports were more than double those of Great Britain, About all ot the British go'ods came by way of the Strait of Magellan, nnd this has been so of most of the goods from Europe, which constitute by far tho greater part ot the trade. With the open lng ot ths canal wo shall have much the shorter haul, and the trade should come to u. As It is now Ecuador Is getting most ot its cotton goods from the United King dom. More than three-fifths of Its woolen goods come from there, and of Its shoe leather, about one-third comes from Ger many, and a llttlo moro from tho United States. In boots and shoes tho United States leads, as It docs also In lard and wheat flour, as well nn In conl, although considerable Is Imported from Australia. As to machinery. It Is now coming from tho United States, tho United Kingdom and Germany, I. n rite Export Trade. Tho exports of Ecuador amounted last year to a llttlo less than $11,000,000, and about $10,000,000 worth of them went to Franco, Germany and tho United Stutcs. Tho principal commodity was cacao and ivory nuts, the former selling for over $10,000,000, nnd tho latter for something like $2,000,000. In addition thero was rub ber to tho amount of $1,000,000. Tho cocao and Ivory nuts como almost altogether from the tropical lowlands along the Pacific, and tho chief' port for them Is Guayaquil. A great part ot the land about horo Is gven up' to cacao; nnd I am told that thcro aro few plantations mm CHEEKS BACK D Also Chest. Grew Larger. Festered and Came to Head. Itched Badly. Ashamed to Go Anywhere. Cuti cura Soap and Ointment Cured. 7116 Madison Ave., Chicago, 111. "The trouble began by having little pimples on my bead and then on one cheek. It spread on tho other cheek, my chin back, arms and chest. The pimples looked like little red spots at first and then they grow larger and fos tered and camo to a hoad. They Itched so badly that I would scratch and pick them and mako them about ten times worso. My cloth ing Irritated tho breaking out on my body. I was ashamed to go anywhere. "I procured a Soap, Salve, sev eral .creams, and but none of them helped me. I was Just about discour aged as to what to do when I tried Cutlcura Soap and Ointment and I was overjoyed at the results. I gently smeared tho Cutlcura Ointment on the affected parts, let It remain for a while and washed It off with hot water and Cutlcura Soap. I used three cakes of Cutlcura Soap and two boxes of Cutlcura Ointment and thoy cured me entirely In a little less than a month and a half," (Signed) Miss Doris Wltzeman. Sept. 30, 1013. A single hot bath with Cutlcura Soap and a gentle anointing with Cutlcura Ointment are often sufficient to afford Immediate relief In the most distressing cases of skin and scalp diseases when all else falls. Sold throughout tho world. Liberal sample of each mailed free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Ad dress post-card "Cutlcura, Dept.T, Boston," tSTMen who shave and shamoo with Cu tlcura Soap will And It best for skin and scalp i BELIEVE IN IT AND I WILL SWEAR BY IT." So Says a St. Louis Woman Writing About the Puro Essence Montho-Laxono. CURES COUGHS AND COLDS QUICKLY This woman writes that she had read scores of advertisements ubout Essence Mcntho-I.uxcno hut doubted It It wnH a good, puro remedy. Sho bought a bottlo of hkr druggists and ends her letter to the proprietors with the words, "I be lieve In It and swear by It." Thousands havo expressed the same belief, but per Imps not so graphically. Mciitho-Laxene really nnd truly Is the flnestj purest concentrated mcdlclno In tho wholo world for a cold, cough or catarrh uso It a few hours and all dis tressing symptoms aro hushed nnd ban ished and thcro Is not n drop ot opiates In It. After the very first dose, you ac tually feel Its soothing,, beneficial ef fects on tho nn;nl, throat and lung pas sages. Guaranteed to plcaso or money back. Buy from your drimglst or send 8 eta. for n trlul bottle, to The Blackburn Pro ducts Co., Dnyton, Ohio. BIG LAND OPENING! 76,000 Acres of Choice Fruit and Agricultural Lands Thrown Open-Most Wonderful Oppor tunity for Those Who Are "Land Hungry" Ever Known In the History of Land Open ingsA Proposition that Will Probably Never Again Be Equaled! ACT NOW-No Chance For You to Lose Registrations Accepted BY MAIL yt you are FJiilbU according- to the CUulflratlon riven below and II ynu are weary nl the drudgery aod toll nf a small wace or salary or from rrntlnr someone else's land, with the cart ol living soarlns; skyward or If mm auv cause you hare Islled tn realiu the freedom and Independence you have longed for why don't you nd in your fUglttratlon for this grsat Land Opcnlna NOW? You bare TUTthbig that mikti Ufa worth IItIks to CAIN, you can't potalblr Iota. LISTEN! Down In the Missouri Oxarks, about 4 hours' ride by rail southwest nf St. Louis (the fourth rJty In slit and Importtnre la thp United Ktates) there's a tract ot 74,000 Acres ot Fine Agricultural aud Fruit Land that has been thrown open. It' all hlcb Isnd-l.OOfl Iret above sra level not an acre of swamp lanrt In tha entire tract. Right In the Missouri Ozark Fruit lirlt. Kluest kind ot soil too 1 mainly a rich, sandy loam, varying from deep black tn coffee color. t is a soil remarkably adapted to the production nf the very finest fruit, both In quality and color. Uesldes growing many kinds of fruit In abundance, adjacent land are now growing as high as 73 bashrls of corn per acre, fine wheat, oats, alfalfa and ah other staple crops. The rllinate Is most healthful and Invlgnratlng-tvphold mslsrla and arue are practically unknown, ami there Is au abundance of axcaptionally flna spring water, and besWes wells spnk to at depth of from 20 to 100 feet And au unfailing supply ol puro water, l'onds and cisterns art easily made and an ample annual rainfall ol 41 Indies keeps them filled. Why Has Development Been Delayed? A nntural auestlnn-th raaion Is also a natural one Prarioua Lack of Railroad Transportation. We NOW haTa a rallroad Ths Missouri Southern Kallroad runs right through the 78,000 Acres and about 70 nt same lies from adjoining to within SH miles 'nf the Railroad. tSo now the next step Is to get the 'people, Nn doubt you remember when a few years ago the Northern Taclfln (from a portion ol their mtanslro holdings) gave away one 100 Acre Tract out ol every 640 Acres, a an inducamant to aattla up tha country. Railroads on account of having a monay-maldBg.aftar consld oration in-Tlaw ran aaailydo what pHralo companies cannot afford to do, therefore, to accomplish our Urrose, a portion of ourExtentlTa Holdings i being Included In this most ramatkabla, mutual and liberal Land Opening, the llkenl wmcn we tee) quite positive win never again ba equaled In the 11I810HY OF TliiH COUNTRY, tha deposing nt which will, uf course vary naturally Increase the value of the remaining Acreage to many times what It would have been worth without I hi Open ing and the Hetllers. Then, IIKHIDKH, there's our NEW Townslte ot FRUIT OfTY which wn have recently "Laid Out," located on the Missouri Southern Railroad adjoining the big 8,000 Acre Orchard. There will ba 6.IO0 limine and lttiMrnce Lota In Fruit City, but NON1C ol the lots will be tncludad In this Opening. Vrult City has a great future. Titers is nn doubt In our minds at all but what It will reach the fi.ooo mirk In less than twenty-four months after the Open ing. A FULL BLOCK upon which to oract the Court llouta will bsaet aside; and sine five-sixths ol the people NOW In tha County live along tho railroad, we atiould experlencst but very little difficulty, If any, In moving tha County Scat to Fruit City when the tlma comes to vote, a the County Beat Is at present located at a littlo Inland vUlaao aigbt milss from tho railroad with a popoUtion of 300. Well then. What does all this mean t Fruit City It should mean a thriving, pros peious ana suiisianuai uity oi aevarai inous and within a very short time after the Opes- Inff LA11H MKT to our Association from the Sals ot the fi.000 Lots. Not a LOT will be often for Salo In this anticipated future Metropolis until ON and AFTER tho OPENING DAY. These" Circumstances Make Possible "Your" Opportunity This 76.000 Acre Tract la to ba dlvxled Into 6.000 Farm as follows: 8.000. 10-Acre Farms; 1.W0, 20-Acre Farms; 100, 40-Acre Farms; AO, KO-Acre Farms; and 60 100 A- e Farms. It doe not follow, however, that the first 6,000 ItegUtiants will secure the fi.000 Farms. Tnls Opening will be conducted In a manner somewhat unlike the method which bu pre vailed at Government Land Openings, tha Important difference being as follows: When the Government conducts a Lnnd Opening, the NAME of oach RacUtraal (regardless oi the NUMBER of RaaUtranU) Is included In the Opening, consequently there arc always eonaidorably E9or Registrants thsu there are Farrnt to be dUtribulad. To guard against disappointment ol tbla rature, we have made the following provisions: The Opening will iaelodo, beside the 6.000 separata Farms, 8.000-Acre Orchard, consisting of 2M Acre ot Apples. 800 Acres of l'rache and V00 Acres of drapes, Now being Developed, Improved and Equipped, at an expense of about Four Hnndred and Fifty Thousand Dalian. It will be one of the largest, and most hlblr developed and finest equipped Orchards In the world. It is being equipped with 40 Tenement Houses; 1 Winery, 'nclud tng all necessary Presses, Tuns, Cellars and Dulldlngs; 1 Complete Vinegar riant, Includ Ing'ali up-to-date Equipment. Electrical and otherwise; 1 Complete Cider Milt Plant. Including Storage Tanks and all up-to-date Equipment. Electrical and otherwise; 1 Com- filetq Canning Factory and Buildings, Includ ng all iip-to-dsta Equipment, Electrical and otherwise: 'I Evaporating Houses; 2 Fruit Tacking Hheds; 40 Fruit Spraying Outfit; I Large Cold Btora-e Flant; 1 Large Cool Storage Warehouse; 1 Large Hotel; 6 Largs Hams; 100 Head of Mules and Harness; AO Farm Wagons; 60 Turning Plows: 60 Culti vators; 60 Double Hhovels: 60 No. A" liar lews and a number of Hprouttng Hooks, Pruning Knives, Haws, Axes and a lotot other miscellaneous Equipment sufficient to thor oushly equip an Orchard ot this magnitude. Now every person whose Registration Is accepted for this Land Oncolng wilt secure either a Farm or 100 Snares ot Orchard Stock but no Registration will be accepted unless ho Reiclstrant pays the small Regis, tratlon Fee of $76; this entitles him to ono Contract and a Full.Patd-Up Certificate and ho will bo sure te reeerro at the Opening (without having to pay us any mora than the tW one of thn 5,000 Tract nt Land or 100 Bharcaol Htock in the3,O0O- Xen Orchard. Rfmerahr. that the Abarract are held is Trax tiy the OLD COt-CNY TRUST SAVINGS BANK, ol Chicago. III., and that they CERTIFY every Full. Paid-Up Certificate that goca nut to each Registrant. The Deed and Abstracts will be turned over by the BANK on Day of Opening and will show the 74,000 Acres FREE of ALL h cumbrances. You will be given a Warranty Deed and Abstract to the Land, which means that you will be the sole and uncliiputed possessor nt that particular Tract of Land. No addition al cost will bo made for the preparation of Deed and Abstract. Moreover, while w are very anxious to have everyone who gets a Farm move on to It, yon are under no oba J rations to do so. You don't have to live on t. Improve It, or do anything with It unless you want to. If you get 100 Hhare ol Or chard Htock thre will be no further assess, ments, because the Stack Is Fully Paid and Non-Aatetsable. You will simply own 100 Shares of Block In what promises to be the most complete, best equipped and biggest paying Fruit and Orchard Enterprise this country has ever seen. However, each Unit Included In the Opening will be ol aa nearly equal value aa humanly possible. Opening To Be At Fruit City You Don't Have To Attend The Onenlnr will be held at Fruit CltV and 10 dava In adrsnre. and Plot of tha Land will occur as aoon after the closing ol Reg- and Orcbara will bs mailed to each accepted Istratlona as arrangements can be made. Registrant. From the way Registration The dais of same will be announced at least are now coming tn the DATE of the Opening REGISTRATION COUPON ACT NOWI RE8I8TRATIONS ACCEPTED BY MAIL. THE FOLLOWING ARE ELI8IBLE AND CAN REGISTER. 1. Any Man or Woman (married or single) over XI years of age, who does not now own over u Acres oi L,anu, 2. Any Widow, regardless of age, who does not now own over 40 Acres of Laud. I. Any Orphan, over IS years of age, who docs not now own over 40 Acres ut I An J. THE RAILROADS UNIMPROVED LAND ASSOCIATION In Car Of REGISTRATION COMMITTED 14th Floor. Great Northern Building:. Chicago, 111. Gentlemen- I find from vour Claxlflcatlona that 1 am EHelble to Register In your "Big Land Opening," therefore you will find herewith cucloscd this Registration Coupon properly tinea out, accomparurq by a iteminance oi limy reg istration Is accepted please send me a Receipt covering the amount of my Remit tance, which wil' guarantee that Immediately upon the payment of my Registration see oi su.uu m iuu, i win oe euuura to us. oniraci ana win nu.civc a riui-raia. The said Full. Paid. Up Certificate it to and will further guarantee tha, I will not bo required to pay yea oaf penny more than my Rrgistrstlon Fee of 115.00 either befora or alter the ODenlnr -and that I WILL BE SURE TO RECEIVE at tho Onenlnc- wlthout having to pay you one penny mora than the $15.00, either a 10, 'JO, 40, CO or too acre l raci oi uma, out oi we aescnoeq vo.uuu Acre or iuu onares oi ruuy ram and Non Asef able Orchard Htock. In tha described 8000 Acre Orchard and that the Ht lttN DOLLARS ALSO INCLUDES the preparing of ttic Deed and Ab. tract. II I get a Tract ol Land, or the Preparing ot the Stock Certificate, If I get 100 Shares of Stock. It is further understood and agreed, that If after a thorough Investigation of this Proposition, It dots not appeal to me ns being desirable, or II for any reason 1 wish to withdraw ray Registration, I have the privilege of notifying you to that e fleet any time within 30 days after date of mailing this Rerr'stration Coupon and you will promptly refund the full amount I have remitted. It Is further agreed that In the event my Registration Is Rejected, you will immediately refund the full amount 1 havo remitted. Name City., State. Stret:orR.r, D. No.. Age Married or Single,-.- ...... ...Widow or Orphan... r. i Occupation.. ....Nationality., Da you own over 40 Acres of Landt.. (WHITE PLAIKLT) g Have you, to the best ol your knowledge, truthfully tnswered ail the above questions? 0 , Nolei-Tbls Registration Coupon will not be RECOGNIZED unless all the ahovo a questions are pmperlr nlltd In. Every person who I Eligible can Register ONCE, I but ONLY ONCE and NO MORE. J cannot be far distant. You do not havo to b on the ground on Opaning Day or send any one to represent you unless you want to, lor there Will not be Ihs slightest favaritlua shown to anyone, LL, rich and poor alike, have an equal or.P'TtunHjr. Tou will Imme diately after the Opening, r ooW.c-i sa to Just what Tract .or Interest you have t- cured, but yo. VJW KNOW In adrance that It will be aitL' 4 100, 80. 40, 20 or 10 Acre Farm, or 100 Shaves ot Orchard Stock No blanks No disappointments. You Can Regltter By Mall Now And Get Your Money Back Anr Time Within M Days If After Fuller Investigation You Wish To Withdraw. It can ba eery safely predicted, comparing this Land Opening with those of tha past, that there will be far moro Registration than ' thero will be Contracts for, therefore ws would advise that you send In your Registra tion NOW. If you aro Kliglhle, or else yott are liable lo be TOO LATE, for there wilt be but ONE Registration accepted for each Contract Included In the Opening and no more, and the BANK will Certify only ONE Full-Paid-Dp Certificate (or each Contract In cluded lu the Oprnlng and no moro. This be log the case, and Registration now being re ceived by the bund reds, it will beboovoyau t reach our Committee with your Reglstratlor. before the Contracts are ail gone When all havo been spoken for thero will bsue more aeallable, consequently we shall be forced to REJECT aU EXCESS Registration and re turn tha Registrant's Mosey. Tou can pay the $16.00 all In cash or at the rate ol S3.00 per month. There Is only one way lor you to make aure that your Registration will reach us In time and that ti by sending In your Remittance (either the entire IIS or the first installment of (3) at once. We wUl then send you full deecriptlTo literature explain lng the "Big Opening In detail and ynu can take your own time to Investigate. It alter a thorough invostigatlen you desire to forfeit your Contract, all you need to do. Is to notify us to that effect any time within today after sending Is your Remittance and wo will promptly refund every pansy of tha money sent us. Make your Remittance direct tn The Ra ti ro ads Unimproved Land Association, In Tare Ot Registration Committee us log the Registration Coupon to your LEFT lor that purpose. All Remittances vlll be duly ac knowledged and Receipts covering same promptly mailed aa outnaed and GUARAN TEED In our Registration Coupon. Respect fully, The Railrs.s Ummprtvid UmIAsm. CMICAS0. IIXtMfrt