The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1913-01-17
From Alabama.
MOBILE. ALA. Jan. IL. 1919.

3 'rhh SENTINEL. ''REtH'N. MO-:
FRIENDS: 1 am nov in Mobile.
! Alabama. IN the interest of Greene h
Grcene. real estate agents. Of Oregon.
] came here In company with Mr..
L. i. Fitlmaurice. whom you all
know a. one Of the mos, successful
farmers and stock raiscrs of Old Holt
and man Of unpuestionably good
judgment.
Well. We spent about two weeks
travelling over this, one Of the most
beautiful rolling count ries We ever
passed over With all its shipping
facilities. by water and land. we he.
lieve We see In this country a great
future.
After carefully studying this. and
and seeing the growing crops. noting
the development on the farms. our
friend. Mr. I. J.. FitLnaurice. acting
upon his good Judgment. purchased
four hundred acres Of the most beau.
tifully laying land. lie or /. and |
might Say anyone, ever looked upon.
Just rolling enough to drain. | have
some photographs of this farm and
you may see them 10y calling al the
Office Of Greene y Greene. Oregon.
Mo.
honestly believe If there l. any
man In Holt or any other Of the coun.
Ties ~ Northwest Missouri who de.
>lreS TO change his location. or would
ike to make a profitable invest mrnt.
where lac can double IL in Tess time
than IN any other country. 1, l. right
here. Mobile county. Alabama, with
beautiful sunnyclimatc. land ON which
two or three farm crops can he raised
each year. All kinds Of garden crops.
oranges. pccans. figs. grape fruit.
konluat>. grapes, guava, straw Der.
ries. In fact. almost any kind of fruit
l. growing here. We know this. for
W. have seen II, and seeing l. belicv.
ing We had tie pleasure Of visiting
one small orange orchard Of one and
ohe'half acres, which Melted the own.
er 5000 The trees are only live years
old.
Then again those coming here from
Holt or any adjoining counties Willie
given greater advantages 10y having
volt county boy from Oregon. Mr. l..
I. Irvine. In takcyOu over these lands
and slow you what great development
Is being done. through his efforts. lie
l. using for his model. Holt county.
and believe within i've years We
viii have 4 greater county IN farm.
Ing, >tock.raising. fruits and yrgcta.
bles, than vs. now have in Dld Holt
county. ! believe. IL you will come
and see Ihe>r things yourselves you
viii he as strongly impressed a. we
are that this county has every pros.
pcci for agricultural success and that
In the very near future.
We have been highly entertained
while here by Mr.. l.. &. Irvine and
wife, al their beautiful home on
Spring liill, On New Years day.
Mr.. and Mrs Irvine, Il. T.. Fitzmau-
rice and myself visited the town Of
fairhopc. Just across the hay. The
town celebrated it, 18th birthday.
This l. the iirs, Henry George Single
Tax experiment colony In the L. =,
where no man owns his property and
pays no tax merely rents his land for
~ years and does his own improving.
Last sunday We visited The old
town of Codcn, on the Gulf took a
b. a, ride on, To Dolphin and Coffee
Islands stopped our boa, abou, half
way out and had the pleasure of
catching onr own oysters. Right
here ! want Ia SAY that Tim fitz-
maurice l. some Jake on oyster eat
Ing. but he got Tiled To the limit:
had u pleasant trip, but Mr.. Irvine
plainly demonst ratedio us hat he was
purely dry land DuCk, for ON our
way back lle became seasick AilcrI
We landed and we lad assured him he
was on the land he hastily recovered.
To those who feel Interested ! will
say ] win 1" home In Oregon IN few
days and will he able To answer any
questions you may choose to ask |
Hoping To see you all soon, ! win
clee. With best wishes to TmE SEN.
TINEL and my friends, am.
Yours Respectfully,
JErriiA l.. GREENE,