The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-01-27
BUYS LOUISIANA LAND.
Captain H. i: Bedeli of international
Falls Returns Full Of
Enthusiasm


from the International Falls Press
and will be Of interest to readers of
the Pioneer.
The Louisiana Delta Lands Co. is
being represented in Bemidji by
Huffman, Harris & Reynolds. {
1t would be impossible to find a
more enthusiastic man than was
Capt. H. l. Bedell upon his return
from his two weeks trip to the delta
lands of Louisiana last Sunday MORN
ing. The genial Captain made the
trip upon the request of former
Representative P. H. McGarry who
visited our town few weeks ago in
the interest of the Louisiana Delta
Lands Company, at Paradis, La. and
for the purpose Of securing an agent
for the sale of those lands through
out this county. Aftar due consid-:
GRAFTON the real estate firm of Bedell
& keyes made arrangements to take,
hold of this proposition, provided
that a visit to the lands in question
would corroborate the statements
made upon the literature furnished
by the company. 1t was for this
purpose that Captain Bedell made
the trip and he returned with proof
of the fruitfulness of the land and he
declares to us that after ten days of
careful investigation lie is assured
tina .tthe proposition he is now able
to make to those who desire a home
in the south or an opportunity to
make little safe investment there
for their future years is deserving of
consideration. AS The Daily Journal
said in a recent issue.
Captain Bedell has pulled off more
successful real estate deals in this
section than any othe: man in the
country, and he has not promoted
one which failed to give himself and
associates splendid profit on their in
vestment. So sound has his jude
ment always proved that when he
sees a chance to make good turn he
finds his friends hunting for him to
get in on the same. many of his
speculations having been of a syndi-
cate nature, His judgement is al
ways formed by a careful investiga-
ton of conditions, which policy he
pursued in an unusually careful
manner in Louisiana. Discussing
the trip with the representative of
this paper, Capt. Bedell said:
MY trip south was one of the most
enjoyable / have ever made and /
have been to the artic circle and a
coss the continent from coast to coast
When Mr.. McGarry told me of his
proposition. l was a little inclined
to be skeptical and Went south feel
ing that they would have to show
me- left here New Years night and
going to Chicago proceeded at once
to New Orleans, it being but an over
night ride from the former place. /
might dwell at length upon the pic
turesQueness of New Orleans and the
advantages of its location with refer
ence to ocean traffic but I want to
tell you of what I found at Paradis
(Paradee), the fourishing city which
is growing up in the midst of the
thousands of. acres of lands which
are being reclaimed by the Louisiana
Delta Lands Co., which sthe parti-
cular property l went to see. These
lands are some twenty-seven miles
north of New Orleans and so
thoroughly have they been drained
by bitches and canals that railroads
connect Paradis with New Orleans,
while the canals give water trans
portation to the market center, as do
the wagon roads over which we
travelled to and from New Orleans by
automobile. In the first place the
climate is fine the year around. On
Sunday, Jan. 7th, l picked organges
in my shirt sleeves and at no time
while automobiling or on the water
did feel the need of top coat The
climate in the summer is said to be
Pleasant, too, as the altitude of this
particular section is sufficient to give
it the benefit of the gulf breezes,
which are always COOL The Louis
lana Delta Lands company is SELL
ing its property in ten acre tracts or
multiples thereof, and they have
demonstrated that ten acres of the
same planted to sugar corn will give
the owner net income of from $50
to $3.50 per acre per year, thus pay
ing for itself in one years time. For
the man who merely wants an invest
ment, it is splendid proposition, as
it will give him a handsome profit
upon his investment The company
as part of it's contract breaks the
land and for a very reasonable sum
northern men who reside there per-
manently will care for, harvest and
market, the crops. Many northern
men are going into the district and
obtaining tracts of land simply to
have a place to spend part of the
winter pleasantly, and are finding
that their crops pay interest on their
investment and taxes, and leave
them more than the amount of mon.