The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-30

Heckler & Meister. Mount Pulaski. Ill.
GoGtor a. b Still, kirksville. Mo.
5. T. Silver, Lexington. Mo.
s ?. Jeffers, Dexter. Mo.
H. r. Holley. Pigsott, Ark.
l. w. Harlan. Piggott, Ark.
"A. l.. Harty. Bloomfield, Mo-
PROFITS IN THE LAND.
1t Is easy to understand why they were
bound for the new country. Mr.. Bosler of
clayton has been selling land for German
Ing fso, IN 81 .o Louis County for prices rang
G,sared s,.;: farms three and four times as large
cnnn+ri rne s same money in the great swamp
ited i,.y n;y,, or southeast Missouri. He is cred
,n,t H., stoddard County land which he bompht
,,.i., ,.Ht year 1t has been turned over apain
which t pr,Ges Mr about about $4,000 higher than those
Boser will bring over about iHS ialr "a LINZ, Mr
rom rom Germany and Sweden for colonizat;on
situation s as follows: The men a.he MI: ms
.ne sicO and $50 acre farms with W. m"I ID owl, M
end i, 10 10 leave They have compatenu'. et no.
the hundreds aslsied @i, But there are tenants by
af MHers from 5000 to $500 and Who Will n. any
swenr eIu 10 Duy farms In our country rha
come 70 'ountay r1,y Is their paradise. They can
nuy "a large farm at prices ranGin,.M missouri;
iiyss go an an acre 1t is the opportunitS ~ their
trip to oAd find dot ~ 10 be missed. I am on this
afford to chase over ae PES Pest land They can't
as a sort of scouting agent an
ooS acrel G r'aup i,i OF Chalmers. Ind. bought H.
last October As for rs Sounty .Grs near Kennett.
oneFed ,,T $50 couple of months apo ne wa: was
for uh, f,,st, OF $500 He Is still holding ne Lam
ior iqr'her Increases +"e ia'u
ID. r.. Cruikshank OF Fort ,,,a,..
Nissse,st, several families to Southeastarn
into its1uLi, arI, and Is now looking further South
Frank Hosiek t1r of rer,, even Cheaper properties.
1Ioge OF White County in Parapnn,d q" A ris uN
from 'TId 1nhiI him -, that there were 800 families
faragould Is the county seat. VI WHICH
WELCOME INVASION.
IL is an invasion of Northerners which &c
welcomed. The newcomers are teaching
ti'at olVersitication of crops pays better than
n'uoS, nuo.oi. Ihey are showing the value of eide
~ p'uue,si S.l.Is On short notice "A dozen boxes
tate samperrles nav ,e were shown to the real es-
which averaged twenty-five herpias =, M, ~.
Dot poNi another native told of his success in
tha as .,,. WMatermelons and cantaloupes for
iound IN Clarendon shell b,itton Factory
Win WIN! twenty-five machines. The White
isyee Whs sheiis ,h brought sll ton on the bank.
3Brtton factories of Iowa. In the Whits
NV hiver the shells are SO thick that many of
In e pirES husSel drsdgers earn $40 and sl2 day.
the side Of Crowley's Ridge that mixed wifi II,
Oil would paint every barn in Missouri Tba
and gum 1afreres frees so are utilizing the red oak
used us, for sidewalks in Brinkley. Ark. aa and ID
'oa enesf beanfH lurnitpps in st. Louis
OF Arkansas. Peaches. apricots. and ali Of
the small berries make those of the North
f.h I states Tbsmnndnk shrink in comparison. Colonel
could raise apples on his farm. In comnetj.
ton at the National Apple Growers Asso-
frst min IN 81; Louis last November he took
ss In wiener Ri,ze over the famous Ozark product.
shoulder high will yield fifty to sixiv h,,sf.
,s,.a,1, els an acre They were sowed last fall. a
SOM. editor of ef tbs s9RrtIherners W. B. Fol-
preaching diversification of crops and n
great future for his county When the lazy
nafiTes nad s, laughed he purchased seventy acres
year; even while operating the best paper
IN the county. In Stoddard and Dunklin
GountIes ,,o,,nd the visitors learned that not a
great drought of 1901 There are mo no
orphgnts ..t,sa IN the swamp country.
estata ARE are some Of the things that the real
no. nolhes they Will he missionaries preaching
In .ae S new gospel of the great country south
oIos' OIL 81. LOUIS. The railroads encourage in
tor II means future revenues for their cof-
,s.s, .eis. Every pound of grain which may be
aasea rsai IN excess of local necessities will be
increased hSIea in numbers. Already this has
aaaed money to the companies 1t is esti-
mated ma mat Of those who come to look at
the land one-third remain to buy.
only TWO railroads in the st. Louis terri
aory nave gone into the business of inter-
esting the real estate agents of the North
the Cotton Belt and the Frisco. Formerly
home-seekers' excursions were the thing.
NOW Ieai estate agents can be the eyes
and ears of all their Northern neighbors
ana tell the glad tiding Of the new land. 1t
IS exploitation on a business basis with
minimum OF unsafe speculation. Those who
own the land and those who provide the
transportation are more than satisfied with
the Northern invasion as now conducted.
IL means millions for St. Louis and for the
new population which is settling there.