The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-16

No region in the west is attracting
more widespread attention today than the
imperial territory of Northwest lowaa and
none is or could be more worthy OF such
regard. To the anxious inquiry of the
settler, where shall | 90 to secure to
myself and family the greatest number of
advantaUcs?' Northwest Iowa lifts up
thousand voices from her broad and fer
tile meadows, her immense corn fields,
where fifty bushels to the acre is now ri>
pening, unhurt by the frost; from her
countless herds of fat cattle, her stacks
of wheat, oats, barley and flax; her acres
of tame grass, seeded upon the virgin sod
without cultivation, from her innumera>
bic streams of living water, and from her
thrifty and growing villages and says to
the whole world, Here is the place; come
to this fertile region and be convinced
that you have at last found the spot
where you can make your home in the
certain knowledge that your labor will
meet with sure and ample reward;
where your children will have the advan:
tagc of the best school system in the
United States and where you can find
good society and all the modern civiliZa.
ton which is nowadays demanded by the
man of enterprise and push. Iowa is no
experiment; nountried country where the
settler launches out in uncertainty wheth-
err the venture will bring him veal or woe,
but prosperous and beautiful region,
Offering its gifts to all who have the good
sense to settle within its borders and pars
tade thereof.
They do not claim the monstrous crop
claimed to be produced in some To-,
al ! 4; Ipt
paying crops that come every
year and pay every year; no
doubt this year, big crop next year,
and flood the year after, but good, solid
Iowa crops, and the statistics will show
you what that means.
AS to her soil, every one knows what
Iowa soil is. From two to six feet of rich,
black, sandy loan ovcrlies subsoil of
clay, beneath which is found a strata of
gravel in which is found the pure, cold,
wholesome water that Iowa is noted for.
The heavy growth of native blue joint
grass that covers our prairics is suill
cicnt index of the richness of the soil.
Lying in the heart of the United States,
| within the arms of the Mississippi on the
| east and the Missouri on the west, Iowa is
| destined to become the richest and most
| important state IN the union.
Railroads traverse every county in the
state, and although comparatively new
state. only two states in the union can
| boast of more miles of railroad. If you
| want farm in the best state in the union
now is your time to get it, Only small
strip is yet open to the home seekers
and it is rapidly closing up. This strip
is composed principally of lands in the
counties of Pna Alto. Emmett aud Kos
suth, and the excursion agency of The
same in Rock Island and adjoining coun>
ties have been placed with Messrs. Medll
Il Whitehead, the cntcrprising real estate
| firm of this city, who are now engaged i'll
running weekly excursions to Emmetts>
burg, Pala Alto county, Iowa. leaving
| Rock Island via c., II. |, Il p. railroad at
| ten minutes before 5 o clock every Tues
day morning.
| Among the number, and of the most
| prominent citizens of our county who
have purchased lands in Northwestern
| Iowa through Medill & Whitehead,
| are Captain j. NJ. Montgomery. OF
this city, b. f. Ramsey and Philip Iahn
of Milan, Daniel Bopes and Jacob Harris,
of Edgington. John Bozold and Mr. Gal
lagher of Rural. and VIM. Sacrllle, of
| Coal Valley, all of whom are highly
| pleased with the country aud its sur
roundings, and to whom may be referred
anyone doubling the truth of above state
ments. These lands are being offered at
the extreme low price of IS and IS. 80
per acre. One fourth cash and balance
in six years at six per cent interest.
| Railroad fare returned to buyers.
| 1t may be safely said, that the tide of
actual settlers that is pouring into this
section Of the country and securing
themselves homes, will enhance the value
of land to such II degree that three years
hence. this land cannot be bought at
twice the present price.
| Now is the time of year to buy, when
the crops are yielding forth their abund>
ant harvests and you are able to sec for
yourselves that the land is not barren,
but rich and fertile and produces plenti
fully.
| Remember the date of cXc'..sion (neX'
Tuesday morning.) Go look at the land
| and inspect it carefully, for in seeing is
believing, and in believing, you will buy.
thus rendering yourself both rich and
happy and drawing upon you the bless
ings OF your posterit