The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-01-02

sold, thereby adding greatly to the
wealth Of our county and greatly
increasing our population, and | be-
lieve II our people all help push and
hide their hammers, this result will
be reached.
| believe the man who Il seeking
an investment or home in our up.
lands gets more encouragement
than the one seeking the bottom
lsnds, but II one seeking either min
giles freely with our people, he gets
enough discoursgement on eisher
proposition to usually send him
home without buying,
fhis ts not as shuutd be, Bates
county people may as well make up
their minds now as later that the
Marias des Cygnes River bottom
lands are going TO be agricultural
lands, and shat soon. Most Of our
people in speaking OF the work say
ooh, II the ditch is a success" or 'ii
Il should be a failure" etc. There is
absolutely no reason for putting il
either way.
To be a failure is out OF the ques-
tlon. 1t might be the result would
not meet our fullest expectations,
but it should always be borne In
mind that II necessary we can do rs
much more as We are doing. and
thereby put at rest all boubt OF con-
trolling floods, and yet have cheap
land.
We saw a great deal this season Ia
the press about devastating foods
In Italy and the south of France
people fleeing TO the bills TO save
their lives, etc. Yet, l am reliably
informed that these very lands are
worth from $500 to $500 per acre.
The same is true In Miami river
bottoms in Ohio, except that they
are not quite so valuable, but much
Of Is could not be hought for 5000
per acre and yet they have floods
.te,' d. not co.o.al.
This Ia simply to show that the
fact that we should happen TO have
a food we did not control would not
signify failure Of the ditch by any
means.
Many interested In up.lsnds seem
to think ii prospective buyer Is In
terested in the bottom lands that to
discourage his purchasing there he
will likely buy up-lands. This usual
ly proves a sad mistake, as the re
suit is they usually buy nothing.
II their inclination runs, to up
lands, all the pushing shouldebe that
way, and II to bottom lands, the en-
couragement shonld be to have then
purchase bottom lands.
1t is rule in all lines OF business
that you can sell a man what hi
wants much easier than something
he does not want. In fact, it tskel
a better salesman than most OF III
real estate fellows to sell these hom'
and land investment seekers .-wha
they do not want.
Right here l might say that tn
real estate men OF Bates county ar
a hustling lot Of fellows, and with
out exception, so far as my knowl
edge goes, they deserve the co.opera
tion OF our people along the line
here suggested.
List your land with some liv
agent (not agents. and II he gets
prospective customer, let him handl
the deal entirely.
Iwould like to add also that worl
on the Big Ditch has been the mean
Of the building Of q large up to dat
farm tile factory at Rich Hill, whicl
is now putting out large quantitie
Of tile at prices as low as these til
can be bought any where. Thi
should lead to q vast amount Of I'll
drainage In our county on the up
lands. In fact, l think there is q
urgent need OF tile in our upland
as In the bottom lands. These spot
ted corn fields on our very best ant
strongest land should cease to ap
peaf year after year, and will II tn