La Junta tribune., 1910-07-16

- gain up t-N scattering
threads The Ssa'hsr h hot and b
long far tua cool broezes 4 CosraaD.
and before these lines ar iH print,
unless ! change ny plans, as ] haF"
done very often rbls s,ason. siil
gree, ny friends again IN la Jants
Travelled n. entire I1nEth Of ths
STATE Of Louisiana. from northwest 10
sguthslsr. and from New Orleans,
along The gulf Goa ~, across The south
~rn pau % Louisiana ana through
Tcras 10 Brgwusslll T'Has. thence
70 Laredo. 1u rho RIO Grand. and
the Mexican boTI.r.rb.ure Into south
west Texas. as far s..i as san Al
gelo and then throIEh northern
T.1as b. aay Of Fort Worth 10
this little city. have seen much
nno country. indeed. as rich country
a. ls 70 be found 10 the United Staicf
aud some poor country. sim. have
seen tuf liitl. oOunfry where man
could DOT max. q nYm.
The gulf coast country Is lux and
Iagei. scarcely reaching an altitude
Of nfy feet. nffy miles from the
gulf. uatI one reaches rha western
part Of this country. and nowhere b.
Dc rough 0r biuy This country s
q vast prairie. sas. about one hun
dred mlI's westward from NaU or
leans and about on. hundred miIss
eastward from HEo~uzIIlr. The for
myr covered z.th a dense forest Of
large trees. small trees and uairr.
brush ~ thick rh" eye can not pHu"-
tfat". and The later covered With
mesquite. rhappsr,l and other thorn
brush. and rrsar caets This Cyuu.
try ls boomtd aEayvhsra OR "a ri'
rua fruit aud lE country Iu fact.
Boo southern Texas. fhe real asfa.s
men are claiming rhaf dafH baHa-
mas and ara.g tropical fruit raH bH
sra-u The sar-nua orange. Jap
an.. uuana.. BE- claimed u Erus Boo
....
small. rHta.rad. juicy aHd finely Cav.
orrd orange o. ta % daaFi aud Dr.
recommended only ah'n Franad on
q vud orange stock. called the triip-
nau The urf0Iaa Orange is de-
ridI0us that Is. lr Sheds lrs lraE rs.
and ls not an evergreen aud H hard.
iar and rhriE.z IH O. colder climate
than ta. standard varieties zTDsu Boz
California and Florida To NY mind
the satsuma orange il only aH er.
pertinent o. seems from the Tests
80 FAR made that u viii seldom be
killed - frost EhoH grown on the
gulf coast. especially lu M. extreme
south Of TrHas. say from Corpus
Chrisu 90 Brownsville lt 10 very
reliable producer The most serious
question Is the commercial value Of
tho orange ahru Er0Nu iu large guam.
titles not enough hay. been gnDuu
20 determine Eh,rhsr there will b.
a demand for these oraug's=sush
demand that vii mak. th, Pric. r-
muueraIi,r 10 tho grower Millions
Of trees / miEht say. are being
planted II nus.trnlh ~ one per cent
oi tho country claimed 10 be- adapted
10 thK orange is st out TO oranges.
ihoy ~ill has" 10 ship them to Cal
iforuia and Sicily for a market There
are many Ayhsuts 10 catch the iuuo-
cent Ia tho sale of orange goYss,
Lars, tracts ar. being ioulht up At
= nominal nEurr. divided Into small
tracts 0f from one 10 ton acres anu
sold 10 p.opl. all over the country.
especially 10 WHE" "afuvfs Ia m"
north and east. upon small cash
payment and. thereafter. a small
monthly payment Tor a number OF
years. I went out 10 src tract uf
tprb.y uIr hundred acres. not far
from Houston. wiih ooupl. of pro.
moters from Massachusetts This II
a prairI" land tract aud vas bought
at twenty seven aud oHehalt dollars
per acre. They propose 70 set out
this land In satsuma oranges. or
three acres In oranges and tNo acr's
Ia nrs. cultivate Il for i've yrars aud
turn h over 10 he purchaser, Who h
20 pay five hundred dollars per acre,
ten dollars per acre cash aud ten dol
lars pr acre monthly They propose
TO max. contract Nth uun"ry
frm to prepare the land, st out
IN" oranges and nEs aud care for
them for IA. five years. These pro.
mot"rs do not propose 10 put any
money into the scheme. not even to
pay fYr the land. but TO max. pay.
mHHta on the land out Of the money
received ia the sale Of these ofans"
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