The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-05
MANY FARMS
DURING :'A|||.S|':I.1|'Y AT:
Commissioned KoinersHas Done
Mitch for Immigration
s Work.
WORTH MILLIONS TO STATE 5 ]! !. Il.
Estimated That Over Twelve
Thousand Located III Virginia I
During Past Year.

In the past year there have been more me re
fn,nls sold in Virginia than during any
other year liz tho history OF the state.
This was doubtless due In considerable
measure TO the Immigration work Of COM
missioner Koincr and the States exhibit
III ST. Louis rho commissioner mas
snthered approximate statistics from the
counties Of tho state. and the reports re-
b ctiyed, show that about $500 farms nave nave
been sold iii the past year,&Wlth Rtot tai
acreage Of about 10000. Industrial al e ''.
:, rts claim that each new settler II, q
staln. IL worth to that commonwealth
$1,000 during his lifetime. Estimating
,,non the usual btlss OF five persons 70
ench household this would show tina ! VIZ f:
r.nln has given homes to H.bOO sersons
during the past year. If this pc 500 tH n
according to the claim Of the industrial!
experts Virginia will receive In Increased seq
wealth during the lifetime OF these I'M
migrants, s126O0,0 900.
The list which Is printed below, rePl - g
SCENTS the inquiries received by Commis-
sloner koner during the month Of . Wy wy
They embrace every variety OF question,
to The best territory through which 10
run q railroad trnverslng the State from
the Tennessee line ID the Atlantic Ocean.
The INQUIRIES represent n section from LOS
Angeles, Cal, to Massachusetts,. while
there are several outside the boundaries
OF tho United States. "a. al
Prospective Settlers. s,s
Following Is the list: rs
tRoxie S. Grimm. Greenwood, s. d.. Re-
sources Of Virginia: S. 8. Hoag & Co.. %
broadway, n. Y, Information About Vir-
GINA; 70. r. Bailey. SanIbel. Fla, lnfor-
nation About Virginia. u. G. Brunkner.
Raycna, Ncb., Locate in Virginia; Elmer
c. Wells. Station z, Arlington Nd.
| Sheep RAISING; VIM. c. Feigenspare, 3o4
sixth Avenue, N. Quincy, Ills Mineral
Information. James ", Morrison, Canto,
md resources Of Virginia; A. Claude
| murdoch, Gull Lake, Asso, Nn3 W -,
canada. Resources; =. H. Powers, Bits
tol,fi Tenn, Locate in Virginia. cara
hawthorne. Bloomfield Neb.. Locate IN
virginia.; Frank H. Plat, Burton ,Haroor,
Mich, Locate In Virginia; Mrs W. y
/ Thomas, Secley Creek N, y, X =. -, ~
No: e. Resources: H. H. Corson MIN
ncapol,s, Mimi, Locate in Virginia: j.
Iones oa7 Walnut Street, Blue Island,
I III, Locate In Virginia; y. II. Heppcrt'
/ 2aO F,a st Fifty-fourth Street, N. " In
formntIon About Virginia; C.P. Berkeley.
/ Centre Il Ind Agricultural Resources; !.
/ a Graham. West Union, Neb., Agricul-
4 tural Resources:: Henry Eagan BoIle
l Founchc, 8. D., Agricultural resources
i Fred sIVintIsch. Prairia Depot, ono Asrl-
/. cultural Resources; 5Cuarto,5 o2o Lam ue'a.
i Mexico City, Agricultural Resources and
i stock Raising II. Won Schon, Detroit,
/ Mich. Water Power in Virginia; G, Dean,
! Gordon. Neb., Agricultural Resources IN
4 Virginia !: M. dc JBclleficld. Box AZ Troy,
i N ~. Goat Raising in Virginia; Thomas
! Ball Wichita, Kan, Resources Of Vir-
GINA; w. l.. 5I3lackman. Jr., ftinsdolc ~
/ Geological Survey Of Albemarle; Fred n
1 Durfree, 391 State Street, CloYersv1lle. y.
VI, Poultry Raising; w - MOOT ,H GJn
nclsvlle, Pa, Water Power intSvl rgihiA'
1 John S. Sampson, Jr.. 2so3 West Tenth
! street. Los Angeles, Cal, Cattle Raising;
i AUTH Copeland, Parker, KAN, If Fruit
! Growing and stock Ralsing Jno.s -
i Sampson, Jr., 1908 West Tenth Street, Los
Angeles, "a Call, Cattle Raising; I. ~.
steele, Findley, O.. Agricultural re
sources; L. w. Goode. III Broadway, n.
/ y. Run Railroad Through State -. y.
Machman. Bowling Green. O.. Bee Gull
4 turc; u. r. Russell. Bath, O., Dalrying;
| Carl McPcek, II. f. D. ,35, New Concord,
i @. III ocatc in Tidewater Section; G, w.
/ Bliss, Pana, ILL.,, Corn Growing j. ~.
i Davis. % East Scyenty-fourth Street, CHI
i cago, ILL.,, Corn Growing; II. A. Clingen :
CELL, Jotlnstown, Col. Stock Raising ~
! II. Kilby, Fremont, Mich, Locate N VIZ
1 cinia Mrs Sadie M. Lee Fairoaks. Cal,
Locate in Virginia; c. J. EgEerichs1 RI !
VIENNA, O., Locate Near Richmond or
/ Near Some City; Louis Sulflohn, liar-
mony, MINT, Agricultural Resources;
l ". M Odds, Bowling Green, O., Locate
/ In Circenvlle or Meckcnburg County;
Frederick Taylor, Beacon Street. Chest
| nut Hill. Boston, Mass. Minerals; G. ".
Drewett, seaboard, N. c., Agricultural
Resources; M. i. Rhodes, Tioncsta, Pa.
\ Agricultural Resources; +. Z. Anderson.
i 44o sEdgewood Street, Philadelphia, Tim
Der Lands; j. D. Conovcr. Middletown. n.
r., Locate in Eastern Virginia; r. G.,
z sloan $500 West Sixth Street, Duluth,
s MINI, Agricultural Resources; j., W.
3 Green, Iuka Ill Agricultural Resources;
]. w. Douglas, Minneapolis Mimi, Agrl-
cultural Resources; r. l., Byrd, Carriage,
4 Costa Rica, Agricultural Resources; r. II.
( Mason, 1o1 Melton Street, Pittsburg, Pa,
Agricultural Resources; ]. {. Watson,
punxsutaway, Pa, Agricultural Re-
sources; T. II. Patt, Benton Harbor'
Miss. Sheep Raising; Herbert g. Co., Co
dar Rapids, Ia. Agricultural Resources
WHAT UNCLE SAM GETS.