Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-06-10


tonade through this means. IN this sec
ti6n be att1s -]metfods IF cu1tiyating the
soil seem to bes 'q Used and tie country
in places Is almost like the older por-
tions Of Mexico near Mexico City and
Guadalajara where the land has been
breught.te"a"yery. high "Htateso ut! e scultii:
yafi lon W Corn, the like Of which I have
never Seen III ana Illinois was,
to be found through this section. No
rain had been received since last fall.
tfthes end Of tha annual, rainy season
butsa second tcropl ofseornifn the twelve
months vas standing gin smany places
Esixteen feet high,g.getting moisture,
from a system of natural sub-irriga-f
ton: The foothills Of the rockies lie:
short distaneeIaway and, fromsthese
seepssS down. ian abundant supply Of
moisture which: enables. tie growing
crops to continue in many places thru
out the entire year. Il.
a portion of Stiiis main part If the
land isa Beyond question the gem Of
the west coast in soil, climate, moiss
ture and, general y productivity. Of
this section and. in fact Of the entire
tract Luther Burbank, the great wiz
ard, ,saya.inza letterElt0 MH.oEemke
that. there is, nothing which this land
will not produce. Fruit, vegetables,
tobacco, cotton: III fact every product
Of che semi2tropical and south tenn
perate zone can be. "preduced.in album
dance. ! Now that the land has been
opened MP by the Southern Pacific:
there is no question but what ulti-
mately It will sell for many hundred
| dollars per acre just as similar lands
! in California dotoday / The. big rush;
to this country will come from Calf
fornia, whose people realize the value
Eofs this kind Fof land combined with
the climate and are already coming
Into the country BY tie hundreds iii.
Esearchsof3a rfarmings land. The entire
country is a. stir with new energy, new;
ideas, and new capital ready to start
EtEsade9elo piment: (which will make the
klHesl eeasta faian HaEtiman's predies1
ton and become "the garden spot oil
! thesmor1dss nj asa s4ts} aasaa d
ttr In talking with the Mexicans we;
often ask asked. about tie MI. Llemke ali
the head of the comp any which owned
fshe AnesIfact of Ian and often curt
foas nersens sought to learn of the big
fkNorth Dakota company which owned
SO many thousand acres there,v Ali
tthg Mexican Knew 't 81 tie tic 50 acquiring Of;
tthfsa U.s. atthey had seen d
tmanz IN: lkahiIclotAe :Riaingsa mule Oh
horse through the ceant ryf anparentlyI
sightseeing. When they woke up they
tfohpd thatsthbusanas afsaeEes of the
best land the vest coast aesld ,HoasH
had been optioned and within a few
months word Wass sent forth that Hard
rim apfwould ,hqJld a railroad through
the very heart of the land. Thus
William a e5nke - etzad = what ISL pera
haus tue sgaeate est sai easaaeaonportuy
jpity of 1the,ssast fifty years, having
faith III the country, faith in his abils
fifty .toshandle sneh aMs enormous deal
and the knowledge of the coming SYST
fttensef 5s1aaasp sto1
volntionize .the. life. OF, the,,west coast,
and bring to, "a wonderful develop
snentt. t1a'= s Il
A comparison between Mexican
lands and Month Dakota lands can
ct be made fairly. No more could;
a comparison be made with the rich
fruit lands of California when cons
siderings cure northwest wheat landS
We haveathe finest opportunity for a.
big rise In land right here at home
that exists over the entire northwest
Moreover we have our friends, assoc,
Citations institutions, etc. These things
are worth much to us. q. is
On tha other band there is absolu#
ttely no, question sbslt aat there ara
. si,sF , !