Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-08-19
SOUTH DAKOTA BURNT UP
to Reports of Some People
Who Know Nothing About 1t

only raise crop up there once
in 10 years; land all underlaid
with rock and gravel; all gumbo
and alkali; can't raise clover nor
timothy; not live tree in the
country; water not fit to drink;
bankers won't loan dollar on
that land; no fruit of any kind
in the country; can't raise
enough grass on 20 acres to feed
one old cow"
These and many other remarks of q
similar nature are what / have heard
about the lands we are selling in Jerauld
county, South Dakota, since came here
to Audubon county. But, however, |
am still selling to some of the best farm
ers, every week, land in this drouth-
stricken country, and expect to be doing
SO when the pansies are growing over
the graves of some of the knockers; and
if some of them are too poor, which |
expect they will be- when they die l will
give them enough land in Jerauld county
ito bury them, if their friends can't buy
| them a lot here.
Last week l heard several remarks
made that everything had dried out up
| in Jerauld county. Maybe it has, but |
| took q party of five up with me last week
and four out of the five will move up
there in the spring This year makes
| fifteen years in succession that we have
raised a good crop of everything; three
weeks ago we had a good rain and in
| the last two weeks we have had over
three and half inches of rainfall.
Our small grain was all cut before the
heavy rains came and in the shock and
stack; oats are threshing out from 80 to
! 80 bushels per acre and wheat is running
from II to 30, barley from 30 to 80 and
spells from - tO,50. Our corn crop was
never better and will make from 40 to
go bushels and at the present time is far
ahead Of our corn here in Audubon coun-
ty. | have sold over 400 acres of land.
since [ came here, to Audubon county
people and have sold to some of the very
| best farmers i'll the county, and every one
has made good money. One man from
I here bought a farm from me year ago
for 81 per acre and last week he sold
the same farm to his neighbOr up there
for SOB. 30 and is going to buy a larger
farm next week when | go back. Our
customers are our best advertisers and
have taken over 80 of the best and
most reliable farmers and business men
from here who have found our country
and lands all we claim for them. l will
be very glad to refer you to any one of
them both in regard to our country and
the treatment received through the
Leach Land Company.
We appreciate the business we have
received from the people of Audubon
county and are trying to treat all alike
and are very sorry that people will cir
culate the stories about the country that
they do without knowing anything about
it; but, however, the time has come that
no one believes what they say so let
them knock about us being dried out all
they want to but when you want to see
a good country and where we can show
you land equal to anything in Iowa
come. and go with us. We have been
talking Jerauld county land for % years
and have seen no reason to make change
yet, as we have investigated every part
of the state and honestly believed that
there is no place in the state that will
equal it.
| will be back again next week and
will take another party out and will be
pleased to have you go with me. Leave
Audubon Monday morning at 500
Don't forget the date August 23rd.
Very truly yours
HI. G. LEACH,
| Phone Ala Audubon. Iowa