Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-20

1t has had wonderfully rapid
growth.
1t is growing the fastest now.
Its future is the brightest.
1t is the prettieSt.
1t will connect with San Diego by
means of the new railroad and will be
the hub" of San Diego's future Back
Country
Its present values are legitimate and
afford splendid basis for speculation.
1t has the Los Angeles idea.
Its citizens believe in the town and
pull together in the same direction at
the same time, in all matters where
the welfare of the town is concerded.
1t has good churches.
Fine grammar and high schools.
Electric lights.
Is about to install a new modern
municipal water system.
Has good, broad tree-lined streets.
Has more ornamental trees planted
than any other town in the valley.
Has laid out a park system that will
make it the most beautiful town in the
county.
Will have a gas plant, cotton gin, and
an alfalfa feed mill, within a year.
Because it can grow oranges and all
kinds of special garden products and
deliver them in the holiday season four
weeks ahead of Southern California
fruit.
Because it has modern, up-to date
stores, good poStoffice service, and So
cial, political and religious organiza-
tions that compare favorably with
those existing in the large cities.
Because there is no better place to
establish business and develop it with
the rapid growth of the country.
Because no agricultural section in the
world has developed SO rapidly and ac-
cumulated so much wealth in so short
a time.
Because if all the horticultural and
agricultural crops being tried in this
section turn out as predicted by ex-
perts, land around Brawley will COM
mand a higher price in the next ten
years than any other agricultural land
in the world.
Because Secretary Garfield of the in
terror department says that "a man
can raise a family and keep them we'll
supplied with luXuries, on tweney acres
of such land" as lies adjacent to
Brawley.
Because if you're going to farm you
want the best land, good transportation
facilities, plenty of waiter, close proXi-
nifty to a good market and the social
surroundings that make life pleasant
for your women folk
Because it is and always will be a
temperance town.
Because the region round about it
will produce everything that will grow
anywhere, in greater quantity and of
better quality.
Because it has a civic improvement
association and an active, energetic
citizenship working harmoniously to
make it the largest and best town in
Imperial valley.
Because if you're going to speculate
you should know that people who
bought lots in Brawley at 5000 have
made from 500 to 1900 per cent profit
in five years, also that Brawley's fu-
ture is still away ahead of it. In ten
years its population will be 10000, and
present prices will then seem ridicu-
lousy low.
Because the money, brains and en-
ergy of the world are focusing on this
western coast and in twenty-five years
the commerce of the world will be on
the Pacific ocean and Los Angeles will
have over a million population. I'm
perial valley must furnish the food sup
ply.
Because if you are going to visit the
Imperial valley it is with the idea of
buying ranch, investing in land,
specializing in the rapid increase of
values or establishing a business that
will develop with a rapidly growing
community.
Because if you're going to invest
you will find that land at Brawley at
present selling at $50 to $3.50 per acre
will produce from SIS to 5000 annual