The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-10-16

specially is farm lands and farm
loans. They have done 40 little H.
eating, too, and many there are who
are grateful " them for pointing ths
way to locations and consequent pros.
perity.
While both members OF this com.
pany were bred on farms and ara
practical farmers we wish To empha.
size the fact that they are by no man.
ner OF means engaged in farming tbs
farmer, or CT milking dollars out Of
tenderfeet.
For eight and ten years respective.
ly they have been residents of this
very town and vicinity and both have
regulations as clean as a whistle.
Of. e. U. Thomas, Malheur county
has been his home for Is years. For
z 12 years OF that time he was deputy
sheriff, has ridden practically all over
this and Harvey county, has observed
and studied their lands in detail, and
knows their capabilities, possibilities
and values by heart. Moreover, be
Will give you straightforward e-shou-
der truth about every property
whether he makes a sale or not, for
he can not afford TO tarnish the repu-
tation he has been SO long building by
a questionable sale, however large the
profits.
Mr.. Thomas has equipped himself
with II years experience in realty op.
eratiOns in Nebraska and Oregon. IL
linois is his native state, and he has
lived in turn in Missouri Nebraska,
and Iowa, hence he knows by perso-
nal experience the advantages of this
nook OF the nation over the four states
named and he would be pleased, We
are satisfied, to tell what those ad-
vantages are to any parties from those
states who wished to know.
The unbounded confidence of Mr.
Thomas in Malheur county is hand
somely demonstrated by his invest
ment in three farms, aggregating over
500 acres, and in a residence and some
Of Wales most desirable town lots. He
the K. OF p. orders. The place MIR.
Thomas holds in the confidence and
esteem of those who know him best
was eloquently voiced two years ago
when he was elected
President of the Vale Commercial club,
an honor that he had earned by reason
of working with patriotic fervor for
every public spirited measure promis-
Ing the advancement of Vale during
the years he has been doing herculean
work in its making.
Thus we have limited something of
the kind of man G. 0. Thomas is,
man who has done Unreasonable work
in making the path to competence
smooth for many, and for practically
all that he has located either In Vale
or in all the countryside. A compel
ling, forceful, personality is his, and
he combines with enthusiasm which
is tempered with sincerity, experience
and judgment which prominently fit
him for his work as an empire build
err In a word, Mr.. Thomas generally
is conceded to have been the master
home-fnder in Malheur county for
the past four years, is recognized as
an aggressive force which has given
civilization a new impetus In these
parts, as a man who has made many
personal sacrifices to advance the In
terests of this community, and as
man who will show you the bad as
well as the good points about every
piece of real estate he may negotiate
with you about.
OF the other member of this com
pany.
G. Il. Hammond,
he has been Identified with every step
Of progress in and around Vale the
last ten years. Six years ago he
homesteaded l60 acres, three miles
east of Vale, and such acres. the soil
ranging from IS to 70 feet deep, fact
which Mr.. Hammond Is eager to dem
On 'rate to all who will give him an
opp rtunity. and every foot Of this
100 aces Is now productive and every
acre Is easily worth $50, an Increase
In value In six years of 600 per cent
for when he homesteaded the place II
was without value.
Like Mr.. Thomas, his business as
sociate Mr.. Hammond was born ana
raised on farm. and no man can
point out the advantages that Malheur
county offers az rlculturists over e'-
Their Wisconsin CHS native stated OF
Illinois, Indiana o. Minnesota III III
of which states he las lived and peen
close reader of conditions, In crop
production especially, better than No.