The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-06
land FOR THE Beers,
Waubun Colonization and Improvement
Company Offers to Open $4,000
Acres for Settlement.
A SIMPLE BUSINESS PROPOSITION
President W. NJ Cowell Notifies the Trans
vaaI Society That he Will Furnish
Farms for all, without Pay

The Waubun Colonization and I'M
provement company, of this city,
through its president, Walter M.
Cowe11, had forwarded a letter to the
American Transvaa1 association in
New York offering to throw open for
the settlement of the residents of the
Boer republics $50, 900 acres of land in
West Virginia and Arkansas.
President Cowe1l in his letter to the
officials of the Transvaa1 association
states that the proposition is made
purely as business proposition and
for the sole purpose of opening the
lands for settlement. The vast tract
of land offered is in two parts. The
first u these tracts is situated in the
southern part of West Virginia and
embraces 400, 900 acres of land, secured
by the company on United States
patents. It is situated in the counties
of Raleigh, Mcdowell, Mercer and
Wyoming, and all of it is land that
can be cultivated.
The other Us, 900 acres which the
company offers to the Beers is situated
in White, Lonoke and Prairie counties,
Arkansas. This tract is well watered
and ready for cultivation as soon as
citizens can be found who are willing
to brave the trials of the life of a
pioneer. The company are not asking
anything in return for the land which
is given more than that the property
is to be divided into equal parts, one
part for the inhabitancy of the Beers
and the other for the company. The
vast tracts offer several thousand
farms and the company would divide
them into farms consisting of 40
acres. The land would be available at
once, and the company will be willing
20 make a liberal contribution to any
fund raised to transport the Beers
from their native land to America.
The Company are willing to extend
the offer not only to the Boer Republic
as a whole, but to any considerable
number of men who are willing to as
sist in settling the country. 1t is the
purpose of the company, if the offer is
accepted by the association, to people
the lands in Arkansas first. This
tract of land is ready for the pillow. 1t
is watered by the branches of the
White river and is known in Arkansas
as the 'Iand of the red apple" The
land has proved very valuable for the
production of all sorts of fruits and
with proper cultivation it could be
made a garden spot of Arkansas. The
railway facilities of the land are ample,
as the st. Louis and Iron County Rail
way passes within few miles of the
land The company only recently
opened a large tract of land in Arkan-
sas for settlement, and while the land
was sold at low rates, nearly every
piece sold has been developed into
splendid farming property. The land
in Virginia is mostly on the noun
tains, but ali of It is capable of pro
ducing good crops if it we're properly
titled. Near the tract in West Vir-
ginia are many thriving small cities,
and for some time the Waubun com
pany has had offers to open the land,
but it has held until a more favorable
opportunity was presented.
The Wabun Company is a West Vir-
ginia company with it's head offices in
this city. It has capital stock OF
S5,OOO,OO and a number of wealthy
real estate men in different parts OF
the country are connected with the
company.