El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-03

, are certain provisions for stocking
| them.
Many Large Colonies.
As 10 colonies there are a large num-
I Der in Argentina, some Of which are
many years old. The first colony from
/ Europe settled over so ago and about
! so years ago there were IS different
colonies which were cultivatinE alto
gether $4,000 acres. In 1895 the colo
I MES numbered zoe, and many are now
being established. There is one Ger
man company which has a million
acres occupied by % colonies, with
white population Of 10000. That COM
pany has 10 towns. There are also
Russian, Swiss. German and Austrian
Italian and Spanish settlements Some
1 Of the large farmers have divided
parts of their estates, and are selling
the land to colonists. The government
has established a number Of such set
Elements. In Chabut there are several
Welsh colonies. and a Finnish colony.
There is colony made up Of Beers
from South Africa. There are also
colonies in the Chaco and FormOsa and
in nearly all Of the provinces.
The Hebrew Colony.
Among the most interesting OF such
settlements are those belonging 20 He
brews. 1t will be remembered that
Baron Hirsch set aside $4,000, 900
some years ago to assist the Jews TO
leave Russia He sent his agents TO
Argentina and they bought a tract OF
good bottom land comprising about
S0,O00.OOO acres. For this they paid
sand dollars per square league and the
total sum expended for the land
amounted TO more than 100000
The Jewish Colonization fund has
aided in this work. and there are now
something like 10000 Jews in Argen-
tina. Some OF them are settled in VII
lagos and they own large areas OF
farming lands nearby. They have So
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on the farms. Many Of them own their
lands in severalty and some Of the vii
lagos have 5000 or 1000 population Not
a few OF these people have established
stores in different parts OF Argentina
and there are now Jew merchants ev-
erywhere. Some of the Jews are quite
wealthy. The grain trade Is largely
controlled by them, and they have shown
the same thrift that is common TO their
race the world over.
Land Sold by the Heetare.
The most OF the land here is sold by
the hectare Of two and one-half acres
I have before me a list OF recent sales.
Here is one Of AS hectares, near the
Marmol station. which sold for over
$500 a hectare; one OF IA acres IN the
department OF Moreno, which sCld for
$500 a hectars. and 1900 acres near the
Villa Elisa that sold for about $3.50
hectare. Over 5000 hectares in Bahia
Blanca recently sold for more than $50
each and 1900 on the banks OF the
river Egide for a similar amount. In
the province Of Cordoba 5000 hectares
recently sold for IS pesos each. and in
the department Of General Roca 5000
sold for % pesos.
It defends largely on the character
OF the land and upon its location as TO
the price The soil varies as much as
it does in the United States and some
public lands, sold at auction. bring as
low as Il cents per acre; whereas II
near streams or railroad stations they
may sell for several dollars per acre
There are farm lands near here that
are worth 500 an acre Many Of the
great estates are owned by families
who are always buying lands and never
sell On the other hand. some OF the
largest landowners are beginning 70
divide up their properties The great
colony OF SaIliouelo is on the land OF
the Unzue and Drusdale Brothers. This
colony has q colonization scheme that
embraces $4,000 acres. It is situated
on the boundary between the province
OF BuenOs Aires and that OF the CEN 4
tral pampas-