Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-09-30

sioux Oity Mo. valley, however, ha
be been for some years completed, runrin
Ir- along the Missouri river for seventy-fv
Is miles. II is said that the valley tbroug
mr. which it passes is one of nnexampled beau
es ty and fertility. There is now a quit
10 fattering prospect that a road known a
IN the Iowa Pacific, running from Mc1rego
ID to Council Bluffs, across the State dag
D. onally will soon be constructed. Th,
is President of the road has just returned
d from Europe, where he successfully nego
IT tiated bonds to the amount of $1,000, 600
IS aud some Of the iron for the track accom-.
q panied him home. The friends of the en-.
: terprlse claim that in Importance it will
g be second to none in Iowa. Another i'm.
!, portant road is the St. Paul & Sioux City.
l 1t furnishes an outlet for the grain for
e which st. Paul affords market, and gives
. access to the dense numbering region Of
S the North. DosMoines is rapidly becom.
+ ing the Indianapolis of Iowa. Toward
7 every point, west, east, north. northwest,
: and southwest, railroads are radiaing from
, this common centre. Of Iowa's one hun.
dred counties already eighty have railroads
! within their borders undoubtedly within
five years the remaining twenty will also
have railroad communication with the out.
side world-anti-mouopoly or no antl-mo-
nopoly.
The several railroad companies control
a large share OF the desirable land which
is now in the market. Their agents are
located at every station, and with maps
and other facilities are ready to show pur.
chasers the advantages they have to offer.
Most Of the companies have three plans
for cash, on short. time, aud on longtime.
The cash plan ofcourse is simple and easily
uncerstood-the only trouble being the
condition of the currency the purchaser
has, whether its volume is expanded or
contracted. The sEort-time plan is sub.
stantially this, the buye pays one.fourth
cash, the balance in one, two and three
years at six per cent. interest, payable an.
nually IN advance. Tho longtime plan
generally requires about one -tcnth of the
purchase money down, aud then after two
years one.tenlh Of the remainder each
year with rate Of interest usually little
higher than six per cent, say eight. For
all cash at time Of sale deduction of from
i've to twenty per cent. from price of land I,
is made. q
But little that would be definite can he
'ald as 10 the price of land. 1t varies 81
according to location and surroundings. !, u
10 some places good land cpn BIZ obtained :.
or three dollars per acre, remote from O,
aflroads aud villages. Perhaps from II
light to twelve dollars is fair average eI
rice for land in the market. Timbered
and is worth about double these figures A
All things considered there eau be little =,
ouht but that at any OF the prices at
'hich land is offered at is cheap. 1t is W
laimed, aud we believe the claim is un. tn
ontradlcted, that the 6rst crop Of wheat u
rdinarily will pay for the land at ten dol u
'rs per acre, as we'll as for breaking aud Or
,ncipg. Of course allowance must be -
ade for weather, lateness of the season, wi
10. The purchaser is assured that no y.
uestioD about the title of his land, when "
ought Of 'he several land companies, will Ne
yer be raised. The land has been d.. eli
'ctly conveyed to them by the govern M
ent. Hence there is no opportunity for III y,
implications There are now no lands W. ~,
Iowa subject to presumption. But IA,
'eat deal, and of the very best character wa
the northern part of the State, which Is G(
BID by pre-cmptors or by parties who have ia
lrchased Soldiers rights" so called, is , t.,
tered tor sale at reasonable prices. idl
"A word about the north and north. Re
est portions of Iowa. 1t is a coun.
y of unbounded resources as vet but r.,
'rtlally developed, nay. but mere 1.-THE ,ou
IFS capabilities IS known. The climate -
'pears to be all one could desire lon,
1t not torrid summers, delicious autumps. -
sharp winters. but tempered
tn bright sun, and clear weather with. ;;
t that unhealthful dampness which is the ,or
ne of many localities. We are told the car
nds that sweep over this part Of the OF
rth are rather penetrating, but this does can q
necessarily scare New Highlander. I.,
isk winds with dry ard invigorating wa,
nosphere are to be preferred to dead iD I
ms with attendant miasmatic inApences est
e water is clear aud sparkling and a.a .
olesomc. 1t is better adapted to the p'
sing Of wheat than other portions of the sil
utry--so admit the State Immigration proc proc
ard. Twenty bushels per acre is not v yv rs
unusua! average. and forty even has S sese
N tnowp l.ts .ro .xonI g. ccLL biOo
az b'o' io' h''y oush- Bite
In potatoes Beuna Vista county has =, ~
eeded any other in the State for Weld son i