The Holt County sentinel., 1912-12-20
An Open Letter.

Greene. real estate agents Of This city.
We are permitted 10 publish the fol-
lowing interesting letter from l.. e..
| Irvine. formerly uf this city. but now
AT Mobile. Ma. in regard TO the pro-
ductiyencss. climate and general fav.
orablc conditions Of tina, country for
profitable investments
The farmer or business man seek
ing a temporary or permanent home in
| the Gulf Coast country viii naturally
look over any prospective location
with a view To find out lis advantages.
Ills Investigations will cover
lsi. Health Conditions. ON that
poin, our lands stand ont
most favorably because of high
elevation. rolling surface. porous
soil and the Gulf stream. which
makes summers cooler and win
tiers mildcr. \ college. over eighty
years old, on our ridge ur plateau. has
a record Of over 2r boys yearly. and
| in all that time not a single deaf ~
from any cause. except accidental or
from inherited diseases. such rec.
ord should prove that no healthier
spot can bc found. Farmers coming
to our land out of health are now
strong and able.bodied for the first
time In twenty years.
md. Tie next poin, would In "Liv.
| ing Conditions. our lands hold on,
the best promises for comfortable li,-
Ing with moderate labor. staple
crops. like Sugar Cane. Corn, Sweet
20, a,oes. Cowpeas and Velvet Beans,
with Trucking. " fancied, will give
a net return Of two dollars for every
dollar expended In time and money.
Bcsidcs this live stock j. more easily
and cheaply produced here than any.
where In this country. The Govern.
ment Live stock Experiment stations
on this Coast have demonstrated, dur
Ing the last Ten years, the fact that
beef and pork OF the hes, quality can
be- produced here al ~ per cent Of the
cost In the famous corn belt" We
need only rely on Government Stats.
les 10 prove our claims Ia the favor
Of the man contemplating change.
Adding Ia these staple crops the
wonderful orange. pecan and small
fruit, possibilities here, with the de.
lights OF >ca"OaSt lie. fishing. hunt.
Ing. bathing and boating the wear
round and surely little j. left 10 be
desired.
Jrd. Social aud Edurati unal Condi.
,iunS. In our plan the sci Her finds
conditions practically 'ransplan,cd
from the North. Cav settlement lIaS
It's own trading center, Dawes, com.
posed of Northern people. Dncui tie
hest schools IN the county, connected
with the city High school IN Mobile.
where al county pupils can take the
higher courses free. social Clubs,
Church services. a hotel, stores, depot,
telephone and good roads, make tie
Scttlcmcnl far better jlan any west
crn or soul hwcstcrn pioneer develop
men,. l, Is 80 near Mobile. only
twelve 10 fifteen miles out, with ire.
guenl train service, tha, one hardly
realizes that he i SCI, ling In a new
country.
9Th. Taking these physical facts
and conditions as established In our
favor. We now Gene to consider the
part ocular plan of selling which we
think superior 10 any other. This
company Is more concerned In devel.
oping than in selling land. Therefore
|, makes It's terms easy to all who de
sire To develop for themselves. We
sell Ia you on payments, and let you
earn Out the larger part with your
crops: or We will sell on the crop-shar-
Ing plan outright that Is, a share OF
the crop for five years pays for the
farm outright: or We will sell ON pay
mcn's and oversee for the buyer any
development, ne may desire 10 have
made. We are overseeing and pro.
ducing for nonresident owners, all
sorts OF farm crops ON shares, and are
planting orange and pecan groves for
them and caring for them on iive.year
contracts. These activities of our
company, covering as they do 81 many
developments, assure the new farmer
or fruit grower every chance TO learn
and make 1t praci ically impossible for
him To 90 wrong.
The man Who comes here todeyelop
land must know in advance that IL
takes money Ia produce results. lie
mus not come here broke and eX-
pect 10 pick up prosperity ON the sur
face. lie must come here prepared 10
dig. or have some on. else 10 dig. the
rich profits from our soil, aided by
an almost perfect climate.
The best and largest irui, operators
Of California have looked over oar