Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-07

Inc man VINO mas lnVcSlBateu the
different sections of this country and
really looked into the true merits OF
the different localities, wonders why
thousands of people are rushing to
the thigh plains country OF the
great southwest, when they can buy
land almost as cheap right here in
Central Missouri, in fact, can buy it
wen cheaper, when you consider the
cost of improvements. When land in
the plains country was only fifty cents
to a dollar an acre, there was some
reason for buying it as a speculation.
But why train loads are rushing in
there today and paying almost as
much as land brings here with i'm
provements, is past finding out. Is
it a Mania, on Siambede, or what?
Central Missouri is as far above that
country as the stars are above the
earth. The high plains country for
.hree or four years has had good
crops, they have had good crops be-
tore but always to be followed by
,casons Of drouth. hat has depreciat-
ed the prices Of land and sent thous-
ands Of people back to their "wife's
people," Conditions are the same
there today as ever. The little land
chat has been put in cultivation has
not changed the conditions. The
same dry weather will come, the
anne hot winds will blow, and the
,ame people will turn their ''prarie
schooners'' towards the clear running
streams. the never failing orchards,
The blue grass pastures, the clover
md timothy meadows and pleasant
nomes Of grand old Missouri. Even
il the plains country had a crop every
season, there is no comparison be-
.%een that country and central
Missouri. Here we can raise very
thing they can raise there, and mrny
things they cannot raise, especially
lttc king Of all crops, CORN. Then
Iuoh at the Missouri orchards, her
s'me grassc,, her water, and especial
5 her markets. Central Missouri,
irrorndcd by such cities as St. Louis,
i<ansas City and Chicago, offers the
farmer opportunities to dispose of his
products that the plains farmer never
dreams Of, and never will. Our CEN
trail Missouri climate, with its woods,
praries, its spring streams. its mild
bree2es, its cheap fuel and nearncss
To- the best cities Of the country, offers
It, citizens an opportunity to enjoy
!ilc, that the citizen IN the great plains
country, with It's blowing. sand, its
hot winds sweeping across its t~reelcss
plains, its distance to good cities and
markets and high railroad rates never
VIII and never can know. Yet pro-
I,erty can be had here, counting the
improvements at the very lowest val
~nation, at a less price than parties.are
for land in the far west, where
= good; corn field is ncver seen, and
r,c '.tig Missouri red apple" would
a whole family crazy. Good inn
proyedfarms, with every convenience,
en- be had here in, Central Missouri
At from twenty-five to forty dollars an
acre. Good improved farms with
timber on them, just enough,
had'for from, about t~wenty-twol
collars to thirty dollars an acre.
.i5ood. clcarel-ot timber farms, where
ucn, are not only making a living,
4ut making money, sell from, taelsc-
lily to twenty dollars an acre, while
thousands ol. what is known rs ''open
i nhef grass land" caR,he had frnmi
r.r -. e:teen, dollars IN acre. This
,Ien aMtsi coup'r& is Hst beginning !
- be appreciated. 70 rart,oitne land