The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-26
Party of Eastern Capitalists
Profoundly Impressed With
Offering in Idaho.
WILL TELL FOLKS AT HOME
ABOUT WONDERFUL THINGS
Travel in Special Car, Guests of
Promoters of New Big
Fruit Tract.

The way to sell land is 10 sell it, That
much is admitted by everybody who tries
10 sell land. There arc many ways OF
selling land however, and il is not every
ono who knows how. Yet there are a few
who do. and included In these few are
The people who arc pushing 10 the front
tho Council Idaho. fruit section. These
people will tell one that there arc three
essentials in the science of land selling,
First YOU must have the land; second,
yoU must have the man with The money
third, you must show the man with the
money that he can make more money by
buying your land.
That is precisely what the Council
people did First they got tract OF
fruit land In the Council valley. on tne
mesa. This lanu was proved scleutlilcal-
Iy and otherwise To be the proper thing
in fruit land. Seven miles away is the
north fork OF the Weiscr river. To con
meet The water and the land was the next
undertaking. Seven miles of main canal
was built. Then fine distribution sys-
tenn was Installed, The dam holds enough
water for the irrigation OF lV;o0V acres.
The systcm will be completed by June
L. The Council mesa is sixty three
miles north of Weiser on the Pacific,
Idaho & Northern railroad.
Interesting the Buyer.
Having got the land and the water
INTO lnitinStc relationship, lhS 'pujl'i
people went on a hunt for the man pe-
hind the money. They found him scat
cred Throughout, the states OF Indiana,
Illinois and Iowa They said 10 MN:
Come out and see what we have; that's
all we ask you to do. They preached the
gospel In the cities OF these states and
The people Of various communities ap.
pointed certain wel-knoUn. Influential
rnsn TO come westward and investigate
the representations made By the Coun-
Gil valley boosters.
These representatives were the guests
OF rhe Wclser Land &. Water company in
q special car, Forrest They left CHI
caso MAY u headed for the orchard tract
of the Council Mesa Orchard company.
They were entertained at Boise on May
20 and saw some OF the fine orchards In
that vicinity. Then they spent three days
cn the Council tract, and came away sat
isnad.
on the way Ia Salt Lake they prepared
q report. This report will be submitted
10 the residents of the communities ny
whom they we're sent. The report. In ct
feet Will say that all the representations
OF the Council land people have been
found 10 be trnc: that tho investment in
fruit land in the tract is safe; that there
is no section richer In promise.
Home of Winter Apples.
The Council men say that their region
IS favored beyond all others They pro-
pose TO specialize In winter apples, and
point with pardonable pride TO the
prizes and premiums that have come to
contiguous to the Council mesa. AT Coun-
ell Bluffs they say. apples from this dis
trict won thirtyhve OF thir;y-eisht prizes.
twenty-three OF which were firsts-which
Is a record. They point to the fact that
the soil is the finest for fruitGroHinG'
that the air drainage iS perfect and that
there is no danger from frost They like
wise point TO the excellence OF the plans
which they have laid for the reclamation
Of the tract and The planting thereon OF
fruit trees. This year already 1900
trees have been set out Next year S
contracts call for 100000 more, The tract
is 5000 acres in extent At the end Of
fvc years the land will be delivered TO
The purchaser at $500 an acre. a town
site has been laid out In the middle OF the
tract. A clubhouse TO cost $500 will be
erected Immediately, and a hotel is TO be
built at cost of 100000.
"A direct result OF the speclaiocar trip
Aas been that more than 100000 worth |
OF land has been sold.
See Sights Of Salt Lake.
Tho party stopped in Salt Lake for
r brief space Wednesday. The members
OF the party took advantage OF the stay
10 see some of the points OF interest and
10 express their astonishment at what
they saw. The members OF the party from
the east were Joined at Boise and Weiser
growers The roll of the travellers as
they reached Salt Lake and proceeded
eastward was:
Captain Percy W. Thompson OF Chi
cago now retired, formerly In charge
Of the United States revenue cutter sery-
ice on the lakes.
Edward A, Hunter OF Des Moines, Ia,
capitalist.
i. NJ. Mann of Des Moines. capital |
ist.
John Breeden OF Hlndsborough. H.,
farmer
William F.. Bahan or Chicago. who rep
resents 600 members Of the Chicago Mas
ter Plumbers association.
O. NJ Webster OF Denver, Colo, cap
italist and orchardist.
Thomas Donnell and wife OF Mattoon
i'll. retired merchant
T. L. Ainsworth Of Franklin Grove,
ILL.,, formerly field manager In Iowa for
The HyIo Oil company. Has decided 10
locate In Idaho.
NJ. Z Manson of Charlottesville. Ind.
who represents Cra wfordsvile capital, is
interested in Indiana coal mining.
l.. y. Carter OF Oakland. H., inter-
ested in oil. timber and iron ore bust
ness.
u. G. Hannold of Kansas. ILL.,. agri-
cuiiurist.
r. G. Hull of Franklin Grove, H..
Carlos wheatlcy OF Charleston, III. re-
tired farmer.
A. ]. Craig OF Charleston. Ill, retired
farmer and capitalist.
l.. ]. Kaiser of Newman, H., mayor
and grain merchant
X. r. Raffenberger of Dixon. H.. real
estate and insurance.
], W Reeds OF Oakland. H.. banker.
II. p Cross of the Chicago Tribune,
here In the interests of the United States
Land Irrigation exposition.
DR.. T.. r. Barclay OF Chicago. in charge
of the publicity department OF the Weiser
Valley Land & Water company.
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