Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-01-22
GULF COAST LANDS.
Extracts from Speeches of William
Jennings Bryan in the Lower Rio
Grande Valley.

Grande valley.
(From Farm and Ranch.)
"While we were at Corpus Christi
| attending the Waterways Convention
met my old friend, John J. Conway.
who drew such glowing picture OF
| this valley that I decided to come
and see for myself if what he said
| was really true. The trip through
your fertile valley has been a success
sion of surprises to me, and think /
can say that the show is up to the
advertisement, and that the only
fault I can, find is that he did not tell
the whole truth. 1t is the first time
that have found real estate men
That is saying a good deal about
land agents. This land is much bet
ter than I had expected to see and l
am greatly astonished to see the
wonderful development that has been
made here in a short length of time"
"You have an ideal country here, a
climate that cannot be surpassed, be-
sides having the natural advantages
that God has given you, you have the
advantage that very few countries can
boast of,-that is irrigation"
This land in its natural state, COW
| cred with cactus adm brush, is rep
resented by cypher,-of no value;
the water, flowing idly to the ocean is
represented by another cypher; of no
value; the Mexican labor, in idlencss
is represented by still another cy-
pher,- of no value. These three how
ever, intelligently combined, will ere
ate land values that will surpass even
the present prices Of southern Cali
fornia."
YOU make you are entitled to. The
President has spoken of swollen for
tunes but in this regard you are
creating legitimate fortune. one
that no one will envy you. When you
are producing the various kinds of
| crops you are creating a demand for
same; you are rapidly becoming i'm
portant factors in the worlds COM
merce and in society"
I'VE are glad to be among you and
shall bear away the fondest recollec-
| ishes. lettuce and other delicious
| viands that it has been our pleasure
to partake of. These alone will
bring US back to your thriving eoun-
try.
The following extracts are taken
from the Washington (1owa) Evening
Journal:
Have Sold 10000 Acres
"The annual election of the George
II. Paul Co. was held yesterday af-
ternoon at 2 o'clock in the private
office of Mr.. Paul. A report on the
wears business was made, and the IS
per cent dividend on the $75.ooooo
paid. and the I6 per cent dividend on
stock issued a few months later was
paid from date of issuance up to the
Ist of January. 1909. the holders Of
the preferred stock getting their
checks at the meeting. The report
of the business for the year shows
that the total has aggregated over
$3,ooo.ooo!oo. the company selling
about 10000 acres of Gulf Coast land.
During the year 1907. the company
sold 2rooo acres of land, so It will
be seen that there has been a big in
crease. The greater part Of this
years business has been done during
the past six months. since Mr.. Paul
has got his fine organization working
to suit him. The growth of the bus
mess has necessitatcd the addition of
new hclp. and even more will be re-
quircd to handle the ever growing
business. At yesterdays meeting of
stockholders in the company ma
| ;ority OF both common and preferred
stock was represented. and seven di-
rcctors for the ensuing year were
chosen as follows: George II. Paul.
Col. S. w. Brookhart. Edward Klop-
fenstein. A. ]. Dawson. Fred H.
Smith. S. J. Cocklin and J. II. Shary.
At the meeting of the directors,
George Fl. Paul was elected prcsi-
dent. Samuel ]. Cocklin secretary and
Fred II. Smith treasurer. and the
work of the company will proceed in
the future as in the past. Mr.. Paul
left this morning on the first Janu-
ary excursion. and he will have out
Of Kansas City tomorrow morning
one special train of people. twelve
Pullman sleeping cars, with diner and
baggage car attached This will be
one of the biggest excursions the
compan~ has ever taken to the Gulf
Coast country. There will be a full
car from Pittsburg. Pa: one from
Des Moincs: one from Muscatinc:
one from Omaha: one from Lincoln:
one from Kcarrcv. Ncbr., and two
from Kansas Citv. They will be
made into Il special train at Kansas
CITY. and make the run from there on
their own schedule. The business
has gone bcvond the most sanguinc
expectations Of the COMPANY. and all
arc delighted with the fine showing
made Nv Mr. Paul and his efficient
working force.
Creates. Trip in History.
George ". Paul and nartv returned
Ian. II FROM the first January trip
and il was 'hc BIGGEST excursion thev
st. Il,