The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-09-30
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FTtllk Exhibition o. ihFm lf"oN'tH
IN Denver thie week. ~ ccnnec-
A lion with the annual eonrcnsion
Of the International Dry Farming
congress Is described hy Denver Field
and Farm az to "a certain extent a
lnnd booming scheme." and the we'll.
known farm paper uscs the exposition
ne tho haais for . rather interesting
sermon on legitimate and widest
land promotion. with a word OF arm
ma and q word OF Encouragement
combined.
There has not been much specula-
u6n along thls line for ihc past few
years a y ~as time 70 get some
thing going says the farm paper,
- csurae ths Americans arc coming
aro,snd 20 the point wbers They will
wslke up suddenly and find mat there
Is M more free land TO be had. Il
viii BE- a rude awakenlns n then
we can expect a great rumpus In this
country. our sociallstic discomfort o.
the present day will be nothing at an
as compared with the noise the pro-
letariats viii make when they discover
That there Is no more lana Tor tho
asking.
There IL a certain element OF
chance in every form OF Investment.
A man can moi afford to take some
thing for nothing any more han the
other fellow can afford 10 give Il away.
The farther a chap keeps away from
opportunities thai appear TO be sure
things the better on he viii be and
the more money he will have len in
his pocket. This principle will apply
= o the land business just as logically
as 10 faro game. when a man offers
land worth $40 an aero for $50. look
out. for IL Il a cinch that there Is a
joker IN the deck somewhere. In
nIne-ienths Of n land deals where
the purchaser gets Tho worst OF Il the
buyer himself Is as much or more 70
blame than the man who is selling.
There are so many good PROPOSE
tions In this great west. and the gen
uine opportunities for investment
where the risk Is reduced 10 a mini
mum aye 20 many hat there is abso-
lutely no excuse for validating. Go
into any prosperous and progressive
looking section, learn the natural re-
sources OF the land. investigate the
water rights II Il is an irrigated terri
tory. take into consideration the
proximity OF the land to market anc
be reasonable. II you do this YOU
are bound 10 make e profit On you
deal. simply because the country b
sim growing and there h plenty o.
room for the actual settler who b
willing 10 get down to brass Jacks an'
work like the dickens. Demand q
steadily Increasing for both land an'
product and the natural appreciation
that comes with demand IL going g
create a proat on an such invest
mepts.
"Of course values can he stimulate.
by improving land and tlling b
%yery dollar expended on road IAN
nroyemea, In the vicinity, every tim
a neiehDor Improves his own INCEST
ment even II nothing more tha0
planting a shade tree or building
chicken house. every time a nes
settler comes into the ne%ish3orhood
every extra train hat the railroai
company places In service ON that al
vision. In fact every improvement o
whatsoever nature that IN made II
the county adds "a certain p%ereentag'
OF Increment 20 every mau's invest
ment. II all works N logically u
the md.
"a few years ago w used TO hea.
a good many miry taies about extra
ordinary yields and unbelievable prof
it's. There were big stories Of pho
nomonal rises Ia land values, tales 70
enormous prices nnld Tor ccrtdii
tracts In given sections until every
thing was doomed 20 death. For th'
last five years there has been a re-
action IN al this business but the huI
IL beginning 10 work again aid 90
boosters are coming around for an
other inning. u IL just as well TO q
a little slow and be cautious ~ pay
ing a thousand dollars an acre e.
peach land ma h worth only a HUI
ared dollars Tor alfalfa purposes. =
tive same time the buying game mut
not be pat over 10 long. Tor there !
only one crop Of land and IL may sool
be too late 4 pick up something goo'
NJ a reasonable price.