The Delta independent., 1911-01-20
from the leading agricultural dis
lricts of the United States.


pretty fair return from an or
;hard? That is land boomers
story, you say. Well just write to
L. NJ. Sweitzer who owns a forty
acre orchard a mile and half from
Delta, and he will tell you, that he
has realized this sum per acre. Mr.
Sweitzer is truthful man, but to
convince those who do not know him.
he has made affidavit to this fact.
The same story can be told of other
growers.
What is true of fruit applies to
other crops. There are many men
who have neither the capital or the
patience to develop an orchard, and
30 they grow sugar beets which run
as high as thirty-fve tons to the
acre and sell for s5. a ton. Others
grow cantaloupes, of quality unex-
celled in any other district, pola-
toes, all kinds of grain, hay, vege-
-aDIes, and in fact anything that can
De found in any agricultural com
munity.
A visit to the town of Delta will
Dro'e these stories OF prosperity bet
ter than any words can possibly do.
there are no vacant houses, not
Tithstanding the fact that fifty
handsome residences have been built
iuring the last year. Half a dozen
| business blocks were built in 1910,
o say nothing of $4,000 church
erected by the Methodists and an
other handsome structure by the
addition to the school, for the peo-
pie of Delta take pride in keeping
their schools among the leading edu-
cational Institutions of the state,
have succeeded Also the new gar
age must not be forgotten. Delta had
two, but the business grew so large
that third was needed. That tells
something about the wealth of the
/ community Whenever a farming
/ district needs three automobile gar
ages TO take care of the business,
there Is something doing in the way
of prosperity.
| However. the man with small cap
itaI should not be alarmed at these
recitals. One does not need a for
tune to make a fortune in Delta
Land there costs from $50 and acre
up to 81, 500 an acre, but the person
with ability and determination can
make the $50 land worth the high
er figure in a comparatively short
time. Mroeover he will have the
benefit of the years of experience OF
the other growers, and they are more
than willing to help the newcomer IL
every possible way.
Delta also has a thriving business
mems association, composed of the
4 active business men and farmers o.
the community. No attempt has beeI
made in this article TO give records
of production or statistics, but
letter to the secretary of the associa
ton will bring the reply in full and
detailed information on any topic
concerning the country.
You will be told in the letter that
Delta has more miles of fine side
walk in proportion to its size thar
any other town in the state thai
its death rate is low; that it gets
its water supply from the mountains
l3 miles away, and is pure; that Il
has a fine sewerage system; tina
it has within its own boundaries
a splendid grade of coal, which car
be bought at the mines for $3.50
ton; that it has three banks with
constantly growing deposits to prov
the prosperity of the people, and
hundred other facts to prov
prosperity.
That is the story. In future year
when YOU read of party of frui
growers chartering special car t
take trip to the Pacific coast 10
the winter, as the Delta people di
last year, don't say that you wis
you had known something about tn
country. so that you might have ha
l Delta ranch. This is your war;
ing.