Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-01-30
Enroute, January 10, 1913.
Standard Land Co.,
Kansas City, Mo.


Kansas City, Mo.
Gentlemen:
We the understand composing excursion party leaving
City January Sh desire to extend to the management
your and your sincere thanks and ex
press appreciation this most excellent and profitable trip
Leaving Kansas City Standard Land Company special
train with the Thermometer standing below in
when we Lower Rio rande Valley we were surprised
TO find bamy spring weather. stock asuug green pastures
farmers active fields with their mdwnter crops flowers
blooming profusou every hand and most pleased
printed matter descriptive OF your most wonoeru
country is not in the least overdrawn.
I'VE visited the Rio Gaude River and surprised at the
quantity of water available for irrigation We carefully
inspected your different pumping plants and canal systems and
were greatly pleased with everything OF the most modern
tyne and the construction labor has been spared
complete We found the soil IN this
valley be euuaed fertility The surface of lands
is level gently opng and especially prepared TOR easy
irrigation found hand evidence of the greatest pros
ueritv among the settlers and in the towns
I'VE taken through districts formerly sold by your COM
pany now populated with Northern people whose farms extend o
miles and everything in the most splendid and prosperous
coalition and these settlements we informed made in
the years. We thousands OF acres OF winter CABBAGE
planted growing well as lettuce onions and other winter
crops and were informed by these settlers OF the large PROFITS they
make ON same young orchards planted to oranges ana
lemons grapefruit and other fruits also figs and
fruits all in healthy and splendid condition. I'M
affected by freezing We fields OF cotton broom
corn sugar and other staple field crops and was
there that their alfalfa cut from SIX 10 egnt times pei
Welding ton Der cutting selling from $1,000 to $500
per tom We that growing and were informed y the
settlers that their crops yielded thirty sixty bushels per
acre and one field which they claimed yielded high lis BUSH
els of variety grade that would with the best OF the
Northern corn We informed that OF are raised
Der season in this valley.
I'VE inspected sugar mill and the management informed US
that from yielded from SoOo 70 S1UVV
per acre clear profit per season.
1--WE saw hogs cattle sheep poultry well as other Stock
animals and the most healthy and splendid condition. we
saw the building of inerurban railways throughout the district
which will penetrate nearly portion OF this valley being con-
cted for the convenience farmer the large
duction from their fields
I'm our opinion the health conditions IDEAL being To-
Gated near the Gulf in district with dry atmosphere modi
fed BY sea beezes escaping the extreme heat in summer and the
cold Indictment weather winter We found splendid roads
feet condition and no the world and constructed at
slight expense
I'VE found the that the Standard Land Company are of
ng for sale surrounding Enbug the county seat OF Hi
dalpo County extending south nearly to the town OF Mcen to
he the heart of this valley and the richest and most productive
lands that have ever SEEM
h excursion party represents people gathered from Ohio
Illinois Iowa Nebraska Kansas Missouri Oklahoma Texas Ar
oua representative of American farmers and business
60 favorablE were impressed with the wonderful posi-
bl of this valley that this excursion purchased and
od nearly 100000 worth of land within hours time after
;r0 same We believe this valley has been rightfuly named
'sThe Garden of the american Continent"
1--WE thank you many cOurteses extended this party
and urge friends and to investigate the lands be-
ing sold by your company"
The letter was signed by eighty people II of whom were from
Tro;s from Ohio Nebraska % from Iowa. from Mis-
sour q from Kansas from Oklahoma and from North Texas