St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-04-30
is the sole crop.

is the sole crop.
Following are the prices Of lands
il St. Landry today: improved farm
lands $25 to $50 an acre, according
to location and quality Of improve.
ments. OF course lands near Opel.
ousas sell for much more and up tc
500 an acre. Anuvial lands. partly
cleared and partly timbered sell for
SIS to $40, according to percentage
Of land cleared and quality Of i'm
proVements. Pine timbered lands,
from SO to $50, governed entirely
by number Of feet each acre viii cut.
Cut over pine lands can be bought at
from $3.50 TO $40 per acre. Our
hardwood tinbered lands, in the al
luvial belt. Of which st. Landry has
some 100000 acres, can be had at
from So to $40 per acre. This also
depends upon the amount Of timber,
the quality Of the land and the proxi-
nifty Of railroad transportation. These
latter lands are the richest To he
found anywhere in the United States,
and when cleared, drained and inn
proved, viii be the most productive
lands.
The future value Of lands through
out the length and breadth of our
State will no doubt increase to a very
great extent within The next ten
years, to that Of equal or greater
than any other State. Statistics
already show our State products to
have a greater money value than any
other state. With the completion Of
the Panama canal, and the doors of
New Orleans thrown open to the
world in 1915 in the celebration Of
this grand event; with thousands Of
visitors from all parts of the world
thronging her thoroughfares, and
there viewing and being t ID of the
vast and wonderful resources Of our
State, all Of the great railway sys-
TENS of this country will be brought
TO the realization Of the necessity of
building numerous other railways,
which will necessarily put every sec
ton of our State in touch with all of
the great northeastern and north
western markets, and also in direct
connection with the great coal and
iron fields. The construction Of San
ders' good roads throughout the
State, the installation Of trolley cars
various sections where conditions
them, the revstting Of the
of the Mississippi, which
not only facilitate navigation.
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but which will fortify the levees and
give absolute protection to
Ill of that section from overflow; the
completion Of the deep waterway
the Great Lakes to the Gull,
which will increase transportation IA
and relieve the railways of
much heavy freight; the increased in
tallation Of irrigation plants; the de-
Of u gas oil and mineral
.elds, thereby decreasing the cost of j
.ght and fuel; with our game and /
81 protected; with the infusion of I
blood and a broader knowledge i
+ the agricultural business; with at
ractive schools and churches Of all {
nominations; in a climate that is S
ealthful and SO temperate that j
overs bloom all the year round, a
1ese conditions will inevitably be S
and are certain to attract a h
Iost desirable immigration to this, =
DDS glorious country-which will t
len be truly the land Of milk and
oney." y
All Of these conditions cause me to 7
ok forward to the lands in every ii
ook and corner of our fair State 2 :
aching q price of 500 to $1,000 :
r acre. il
G. G. Dnson at Sanitarium a
w. w. Duson has returned from q