The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-24
MORE OREGON TRIPS
An Excursion Monday and Another
Under Direction of Or. Ball
Billed for Tuesday.

/
.....s.
Another excursion OF some twenty
five probable buyers left Fargo Mon
day in private car for the famous
orchards OF the Columbia Land Co.
holdings near Stanfleld, Ore. The ex-
cursion was in charge of Casper
Sands, special agent of the company
at Grand Forks, and Ed G. Smith,
general agent at Aberdeen, S. D., and
Roy T. Baker. general agent at Huron,
s. d. DR. Coe, president of the COM
pany, and T. w. Rourl1e his private
secretary, were guests on the excur-
sion.
DR.. Coe goes out at this time to
| superintend in person the construction
of his large new residence that is be-
ing built at Stanheld. the principal
city of the Columbia lands. The doc
tor is also causing to be built a con-
| crete structure in the business center
of the city which will be usei by the
new bank which he is interested.
j. l.. Parker was one of the mem
bers of the excursion party which re-
turned from that section recently and
he has now gathered UP his effects
which include a large tent In which he
will conduct a restaurant until his
new store can be completed. The town
Of Stanfield is taking on prosperous
look as the new buildings are going
up.
DR.. F. r. Ball with another party
expects to leave Tuesday evening over
The N. P. for Stanfield which will
i ma fxzhr loo5 5p
this section in the week This indi-
Gates the interest that is being taken
| in this wonderful new country which
water has turned inro fruit orchards.
The following are extracts from let
ters written by men who visited the
Columbia Land Co.'S lands recently,
all Of whom were SO much impressed
with its possibilities that 1hey bought
from ten to thirty acres apiece:
j. d. Woods: The enthusiasm
shown by every member of the party
who saw the Furnish -Coe project is
the highest recommendation the prop
erty could have. After we had been
taken through the finest fruit lands
in the world we came upon this prop
/ erty and were more than pleased
People there show they mean business
and intend 10 stay on the ground
Herald Westergard, who gave The
| forum the information 1t published
rpon the return OF the last party in
! August has the following to say.
Whatever / have said or written in re-
| gard to the Columbia Land Co. lands
ras not been to advertise the project
tut the inherent virtues of the propo-
/ ~ Ia
nent. / went with the party rather
| accidentally. / had no motive or de-
sire to stretch it. A large number of
minor details were left untold, but /
have every reason to believe that none
will be disappointed In DR. Ball or
anything he tells you about his lands.
David Aitchison writes: We had a
fine time on the trip, finding every
thing as represented. and a better
time under the guidance of Dr. Ball
than we could have possibly Of had
by going alone. It will be only a mat
ter Of two or three years when that
land will be worth $1,000 an acre.
=. n. Dickinson.
| was one Of the party that left
Fargo on July 81 to visit the Furnish
Coe lands at Stanfield, Oregon. Hav-
ing visited several OF the most Inn
portant irrigation projects in the
United States, Cuba, Mexico and the
Canadian northwest, in the last few
years, / have no hesitancy in saying
that this particular project at Stan
! field offers the most promising re-
turns as an investment OF any I have
seen. Everything considered, with the
bitches completed ready to turn the
water on the land, and the ridiculousIy
low expense Of clearing and prepar-
/ ing lands for crops and orchards to-
| gether with the absence of rocks and
stones, and the most perfect graduated
slope to a soil that seems to be un-
surpassed In richness and depth, the
prices asked per acre for the lands
for the early buyers seem ridicuIously
low. 1t certainly looks good to me
and / consider myself fortunate in
| having acquired a nice tract Of the
land not only as an investment. but
as possibly q future.
/ AS q member of the party of tour
/ lists under the direction OF the Furn-
/ ish-Coe fruit lands I'm the UmatiIIa
Valley, Oregon, I can truthfully say
that In my judgment this company has
made good their representations In
regard to their lands in every partic-
ular They already have their irri-
/ CATION bitches running through the
| land and their large reservoir now be-
| ing constructed under the supervision
of competent engineer is sufficient
/ guarantee that they will furnish suff1-
cfent water for all. The price they
ask Is only about one half that OF sim
liar propositions in that neigIlborhood.
II consider this a fine opportunity for
i q young man to acquire a valuable
i fruit farm In short time. The trip
i itself, aside from the opportunity OF
i investment. is. under their manage
ment worth double the amount II cost
us. III T.. Stafford.