Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-03-06

say, that we have never been an
agent of theirs; do not hold con-
tract with them for present work:
and do not know, as we ever will in
the future, but We have bought land
from them and sold it again max
ing very satisfactory profit. We
have visited nearly every office they
have and are personally acquaint-
ed with the men at the various
offices. They are all business men,
clean, honorable, honest, fair and
upright in their business dealings.
Ii this write-up comes under the
notice or observation of anyone,
who is DESTROYS of investing in
cheaper lands for home or specu-
latlon, it is with pleasure and con
hdence, we recommend them to this
ilrm, whom we know personally to
be honest, fair and truthful, worthy
OF the confidence of any, who may
desire to profit by the superior adj
vantages, they offer to the public.
The following is in part the adj
dress delivered by G. A. Marlin, of
Extra upon the subject, Dakota"
at the Lund Banquet, Thursday
evening, February q, 1902, at the
kirkwood hotel, in Des Moines. 1t
is not printed in full, owing. to it's
length and our want of space. After
neat, attractive and compliment
airy address, he said
An address delivered on an occasion like
this is remembered for the practical and
consistent truths it contains or for the wit
ty and logical nonsense of it's mechanism,
and as my predominant traits of character
ana peculiar makeup compel me to deal
with things real and true to life and exist
ing conditions 1 will leave the idealistic,
the beautiful, the fancifu1 the witty and
the parade of scholastic attainments to
the others who may address you.
love the broad expanse of the prairies
that sweep before our vision, covered with
the green verdure and crowned and deck
ed with tlowers-the beauty of spring and
the cheer and comfort of autumn 1t is a
country where purling streams whose
banks are fringed with dropping lilies and
fragrant budding roses wend their way
through rich valleys, where the broad ex
panse stretch out far on either side
as the eye can behold. country where
lakes filled with crystal waters surround
ed by sandy pebbly beaches; and over
whose wave-tossed, crested pillows the
steamboat glides freighted with crowds of
gay companions enjoying the social ties
of friendship, while the boatman plies his
oar across the harbor near the shore re-
1ninding us of the place
Where the waters ripple to the lakes
green shore,
Timing the diDninp of fine boa ,c
A country, a state, where the farmer goes
forth and with his plowshare tickles the
soil and reaps bountiful harvest from the
large fields of waving corn, and the acres
and thousands OF acres of golden grain. l
love Dakota for it is blessed with all the
necessities of life, the common products
OF nature that makes it's possessors rich !;
and happy indeed are those who possess
the products of wealth.
Years of experience and close observa-
ton are necessary attainments that one
must possess in order to be fair Judge of
the real worth and the true value of a coun-
try being enabled to study the soil, climate,
water, the products adaptable to such and
the natural advantages and 1nateria
growth and development and the future
trend and advancement that may be ex-
have been privileged to travel from the
Great Lakes to the Gulf, from the dark
Atlantic, where the constant beating of
the waves break on the rock-bound coast
to Golden Gate where have stood and lis
tened to the constant tapping aud the per-
petual roar of the proud Pacific. have seen
the New England and Eastern States with
their rocks and rillS and wooded hills.
have studied the manners and customs of
the people, closely observed their condi-
ton and know their environments. I have
visited their little farms, been shown
through their diaries, strolled through
their vineyards, and enjoyed their quiet
hospitality. have examined their sources
of wealth, seeing their illimitable supply
of iron and learned of the vast amount of
wealth it brings; have passed down into
the depths of their mines and beheld the
rich treasures of their coal fields. Have
looked with wonder and astonishment up
on their inexhaustible oil regions where
more millionaires have been made and UNI
made than any spot on earth. 1 have CROP
ed my way through the deep impenetrable
forests, both north and south, and saw the
numbering camps producing their millions
Of feet of lumber, and filing from the pro-
ducts of the mill the Golfers of the owners.
have visited the rice swamps of the south
and know the value oftheir products; have
passd through the cotton belt and know
the commercial value of that great com
modify. have visited the factories, heard
the hum of the spindles in the loom, and
the ring of the anvils at the forge; have
visited the great metropolises of the Nation
and in all the avenues of commercial and
financial activity in the various martes
and trades, know something of the outs
and ms of life's daily toil-the accomplish
ments of the past, the realities of the pres
ent and the hopes for the future But,
ladies and gentlemen, am say ing beyond
what l know when in all earnestness and
in all candor based upon observation and
experience say, that Dakota affords the
most inviting opportunities and greatest
| inducements for future gain, permanent
security and profitable investment of any
place that has come under my observation
| in all my travels?
All present, possibly, have seen Iowa in
her virgin beauty and, with a feeling OF
pride, beheld the beauty and grandeur OF
fI,a OF &c -.