The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-09-25
Desirable Citizens from Illinois and
Iowa Invest Over $4,000
In Lands Here.
Returns from Minnesota Valley In
proyement Co.'s Advertis-
ing Campaign.

We are discovered. The mission.
airy work of the Minnesota Valley
Improvement Company. in commits
sioning Messrs. Thompson, Welsh
and Wells to go and tell the glad
tidings about the fertile Minnesota
valley lands to be had for less than
one-third the cost of lands Of equal
fertility in the central west, is bear
ing fruit. No large excursions have
come and gone, but little companies
of business men and farmers have
come from Illinois and Iowa, and
most of them have carried back an
impression that this a pretty good
country to grow up in. Not all
have made purchases, but a few
have bought during the summer,
and last week six we'll to do inves-
tigators did not stop at throwing
bouquets at the good looks of our
city and vicinity, but showed their
faith by carrying back the title
deeds to half dozen valuable farms,
all in the immediate vicinity of Red
wood Falls.
The visiting delegation which came
from Illinois and Iowa last week
were, shown about the country. by
Messrs. FL. A. Baldwin and w. H
Sold, representing the Improvement
association, and the result of the
showing was the sale Of the follow
ing tracts, all at terms satisfactory
to both buyer and seller.
The HER farm, a little over a
mile east of this city, on the Morton
road, was one of the important sales
made. 1t has been farmed by ten
ants and it has now most fortunate
ly passed into the possession of
thorough-going Illinois farmer who
has recently sold an eighty acre
farm at $207 per acre, which is evil
dence in itself that his farm had
been made particularly desirable
one. Mr.. Jones, the new owner Of
the HER place of 200 acres, paid
over $50 an acre in spot cash for a
farm nearly three times as large as
the one he sold. He will not be
able to bring his family here until
September of next year, but has
already made arrangements to have
an orchard set out on his place and
other improvements made.
A we'll improved farm, four miles
northwest of this city, that of ]. A.
McGettrick, has passed into the pos
session of G. l.. Lefevre of Iowa, at
SAT per acre for the quarter section.
Gus. is now looking up house in
this city for his family, as he is to
give possession to the new owner
next March.
Liz WGIl-llIlSu AIRES VI VI. Il. N1dlC-
by, south of this city, took the fancy
of the Haskins Brothers of Brad
ford, H., and they pay $50 an acre
for the so acre farm and will take
possession March 1st. The three
preceding sales, aggregating over
sd, 900 in amount, were all made by
the Improvement Company repre-
sentatives.
The Gold Coopcr Securities Co. al
so consumated the sale of three good
farms during the week. They sold
the w. T. Wilcox farm south of
this city, which has valuable inn
provements and went to I. r. Voor-
hees, an Illinois business man who
was particularly pleased with Red
wood Falls as town and expressed
a desire to become a citizen at some
future time. He paid $57 so for the
Wilcox quarter.
The w. G. Banks and ]. P. Cooper
quarter section farms looked good
to C. C. King of Fairview, ILL.,. and
hn clocod +hn r,,1rnhacn 0f both nf