Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-03-11
ANOTHER REALTY
DEAL ANNOUNCED
IA FEEIA LAND SYNDICATE PTE
cIIASES 7u1 ACRES OF FRANK
EARR LANDS ~ THE ia FERIN
SEC1 ION DEAL CLOSED
S500,0O0 INVOLVED
PTECHASEES EEGIN SrENEN on
LANDS WITH VIEW TO PLACING
IT ON MAEkET NEEN SOON.
CANAL IMPROVEMENTS

Announcement i> madr here TO-DAY uf
the pur hlSc ~ the La Fcria Land
Syndicate cf 7nrn acre tract ~ land
from Frank ltah. lhr deal involving an
outlay of prac,irall, half million d1l
lars when thr improvements ~ hr made
are taken into consideration The luud
: located in the Ia FcIil section. and
company engineers arc already at work
cutting II up into lots anil hluck~. ami
Nill place the tract on sale at AN early
date.
The deal r. one NJ the largest made IN
the Valley in several months. Mr.. Eahh
does uut dispose NJ al h- interests in
that section. ~ H. Sill holds several
thousand acres there
This new tract VI WY prupu>rd tu cul
ouizc with permanent settlers. II viii
V ~ ut-r~~hr, tn rtt new raHal lines AMI
also wv improve thr I.a Fcria mutual
canal Ia order to care for the added
acreage.
VI The headquarters w the purchasing
concern are al pc> Moiuc>. Iowa. and \.
IG. Collins j. the manager. The tract
hereafter will hr known ~ The Collins
I >uhdiA ision If the L. Fcria tract
n MI. Johnston NJ l.a Frria. manager
who j. iu Brownsville TODAY. made the
. following statement:
THE I.a Frria Land Syndicate " The
successor to the original Missouri Texas
Land and Irrigation company aud thr
ia Fcria Land and irrigation company.
\ Ii owns most of the stock ~ the Ia Fcria
mutual canal. and the entire original
strip W llud taken over ny the company
has hrrn sold and rnlunizcd by a-tual
settlers.
Last week Ne cuuSummatcd deal
With Frank Rabbi 40 brownsville luNuly
iuu half million dollars fur the pur
chase and Improvement az 1unn acres of
ihc Eahh tract near l.a ErriH. Tbs land
has been owned by Mr. Euhh number
q wears and he purchased il 1T a time
hen IN Was rr->ihlr tu secure The cream
ul thr valley land.
In order to properly lrrigatc thc land
IN hn> purchased The company rrupp>c-
tu double the pumping capacity ui the
canal system 40 The river site. and O.
construct n third lrtrr from the river tu
thc second lift pumping plant. We al~o
propose io construct another hran'h If
THE main canal from ihc second lifi pump
through and rj,nn that part VI The kabl
and north uf uc Arruyu Colorado.
II large fore, NJ engineers i> unw nn
the ground ~ub-dividing the laud into lut-
and hloch> for colonization purposes. \
main road will hr constructed from south
to north through the tract. and at every
hall mlr from east tn west .'iuing tht
tract up tp make uniformly drvrlurrt
property of thc new land and the sub
division already sold tu farmers
This new proposition promises MANS
big things for the huStlug little city 81
l.n Frria. The cnnpan, reports tha
with thr present volume WI business thi'
, entire strip Of land should anal viii D.
sold rui. MOSTLY to actual settlers. within
u wear ut the longest.
we expect o. place This tract on lh'
market WI unrr III viii hr known a> th.
Collins subdivision WI The I.a Fer.
grant. after 4. q. collins. manager of th'
l.a Frria Land Syndi ate. Mr.. Collin
has been operating w Valley lands fn
several wears. and Was formerly with th
Star Land company Il~ hradquartcr
are ~ Dc~ MoiHcs. Iowy