Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-20
THINKS THE SOUTHWEST
Is Best for HOmeseekers. No Long Cold
Winters to Contend WIth-Land
Values on the Increase.

TO those looking for homes, and
who have small capital, there is no
opening so good as the southwest.
Farm lands in the older states have
reached so high Il price that. in order
to realize anything on the investment,
owners must charge rental so high
that it takes all and often more than
the land will produce to pay the rent.
The money required to pay the rent
on these farms in two years will pay
for a farm in this country.
In Oklahoma and Indian TerritorY
New Mexico, western Kansas, Arkan-
sas and Texas, you can raise more
grain, hay. vegetables. fruit, etc.
than i'm any other country on earth.
You have the whole year round to
raise a crop. The seasons are so long
that one hardly knows where one sea-
son ends and the other begins.
You have no long, cold winter to
contend with. All the great staple
cereals grow abundantIy; semi-trop-
ical fruits of all kinds, and as to veg
etables, they grow the year round.
Southwest Oklahoma and Indian Ter
ritOry are particularly attractive.
One driving over this country for the
first time cannot help but be struck
by its beauty and its many advan-
tages to the farmer or stock grower.
The lay of the country is gently I'M
dulating, with a beautiful stream of
clear water every six to 10 miles;
and the banks of these streams are
bordered with fine timber. while in
many places the very best of building
stone abOunds.
What more could be desired? 1t
would seem that nature reserved this
veritable garden as the last to be
made state, as if leaving it as a
crown of glory to be worn in memory
and distinction for the many good
things showered upon the most God
favored people that ever lived.
In Indian Territory are more acres
of good farming lands. more good
timber more coal, and better oppor-
tunities for the poor man. for the
man with small capital, to induce him
to come here, than in any other part
of this continent. To the capitalist.
the manufacturer, there are oppor-
tunities unsurpassed. Here at Adding
ton, where the writer lives. we have
in ineXhaustible quantities the finest
of shale for the manufacture of
pressed brick, thing, etc, that can be
found in any country. Our town lies
on gently sloping ground. giving fine
drainage. We have an abundance of
the purest water. and as to health.
there is no healthier place on earth.
p. II. STEELE.
Further information about Okla
hOma and Indian Territory is given
in Rock Island States Southwest" a
64-page booklet recently issued by the
passenger department of the Rock
Island System. For a copy. write
John Sebastian. passenger traffic man.
ager. Chicago. Ill.
The Rock Island System also issues
monthly paper called the Western
Trail and devoted to the territory
traversed by Rock Island lines. Each
issue contains letters from men and
women who have bettered their con
dition in life by removing to the
southwest. The Western Trail will
be mailed you for one year for p
cents in stamps or silver.
Homeseekers' excursions twice a
month via Rock Island System to
points in the southwest. Full infor-
nation at all Rock Island ticket of.
fees.