Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-02-29
LIVE OAK, PERRY
and GULF RAILROAD
Offers Farms Of 70 to 100
Acres Along Its Line
Free of Cost on Unus-
TALLY Liberal and
E.asy Conditions

tally Liberal and
E.asy Conditions
General Offices at Live Oak,
Florida
The Live Oak, Perry g. Gulf Railroad
popularity known as the "Suwannee
River Route" traverses one of the
richest. most productive and healthiest
sections Of Florida, starting at Live
Oak and continuing westerly through
Bowling Park, Perry and Hampton
Springs, to a point near the Gulf of
Mexico, with a branch to Alton. Live
Oak is one OF the best little business
cities i'll Florida. with population of
about 5000. is 20 miles west of Jackson
vile and about % miles south of the
Georgia State line, is a junction point
for the Seaboard Air Line the Atlantic
Coast Line, the Live Oak, Perry g.
Gulf and the Florida Railway and is
the County Seat for Suwannee County.
The section of Florida served by the
Live Oak, Perry e. Gulf Railroad is the
heaviest timbered section of the State,
and numbering and allied industries are
being developed in big way in the
several rapidly growing towns along
its line. This means unusually good
openings for all classes. These heavily
timbered lands are also. naturally, the
richest agricultural lands and it is
these lands that the Railroad desires to
settle with good Woodworking progress
sive people as fast as the lands are re-
leased by the operations OF the big
lumber milling companies.
Suwannae County. lying as it does
between the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf
of Mexico, with the never failing cool
summer breezes from east to west. has
a climate as cool in summer as in the
North and yet ideally perfect in winter.
and with ample fall for drainage and
an abundance of pure drinking water,
Suwannee County is an especially
healthy spot A rainfall of over 81
inches per annum makes crops as GER
tain as possible.
For the purpose of encouraging set
tiers to Immediately occupy and Guilt
waite all the unoccupied lands in Suwan-
nee County and thereby materially in.
creasing the tonnage and earnings Of
our railroad. we have succeeded in in
ducing the several big lumber compan.
les on our line. who are owners of large
tracts Of agricultural and timber land
to let US have $4,000 acres Of the best
agricultural lands in Suwannee County
to be put on the market to actual set
tiers. We absolutely exclude speculat
ors who wish to buy more than 800
acres, while to the actual settlers we Of.
fer land practically regardless of prices
or terms. In fact. on ridiculously easv
conditions to reliable people. we will
furnish from 40 to 1GO acres absolutely
free of one dollars cost, on a plan
much easier than land ever could have
been obtained even under the Govern.
ment homestead law And, it will be
remembered that millions OF acres tina,
were first acquired from the Govern
1nent without cost are now worth from
500 90 to 100000 per acre. The owners
OF these Suwannee County lands have
consented to our opening them for i'm.
mediate settlement on our heretofore
unlleard of liberal terms and conditions
only because they know such settle
inert will greatly enhance the value oil
the quarter of million acres they have
yet to put on the market
Just imagine-these lands are located
right along our line of Railroad; som,
adjoining townsites. some not far from
our local metropolis. Live Oak. anc
none OF them more than four mile
from railway service close to gooc
schools, churches, markets. neighbour
and only about three hour ride to til,
great city of Jacks onville. with its sea
port markets to the world These ar,
the best lands in the State of Florid;
for the raising of corn, cane, long stapl,
cotton, upland rice. all kinds Of hay
and fodder. cowpcas. velvet beans
cassava. peanuts, potatoes. Cloth swee
and lrish) vegetables of all kinds. fruits
nuts, cattle. hogs, mules and horses
while the conditions for poultry raising
bee keeping. and dairying are idea.
We hope within another two years t.
see Suwannec County we'll settled ant
all under cultivation-a veritable gar
den spot-and lands selling at $1,000
per acre and upwards. But, for TIL
present, our Railroad needs more set
tiers and more tonnage: therefore
prices and terms on these lands are III
object. In short. ii yor, can convinc
us that you are capable of farming
from 40 to 320 acres and that yo,
could, if necessary, come to Florid
with a cash working capital of $4,000
or over, preferably 100000 or more
you can on, the transformations mag
Unable secure through us. without on
dollars cost a farm of from 40 to lG'
acres under warranty deed to farm,
hold. sell or do with as you wish.
If Interested. we would be glad t
tell you all about this country. on