La Junta tribune., 1915-02-27
COL0xuATlON PROsRDCT.

COLONIZATION PnOoIDCT.
Poety FanniIs WIN - Locaasd
Upoa Fessy Acre Tsacts % ths
Rsynoads' Fasns by Nay lse
What La Junta needs more than
aAything else u good farmers To-
catsA upoa snail tracts In the prom
isias agricultural territory that sur
rounds II. Il will do moro 70 dsvel.
% he material prosperity Of this
community than anything elss. II
. poor man buys poor land and pays
for 4 he Il still poor. II . poor
nan can buy good land. no matter
vnat the price. on terms that hs can
meet from sure CROPS, when he gses
II Dsid for he 10 NO longer poor.
There IL no better land anywhere In
the Arkansas Valley than Rsynolds'
Farms. . tract Of $500 acres Of ir-
risated farm lands laying about three
miles east Of Ia Junta.
There b q very good prospect Of
l.Soo acres Of this land being divid-
% Into forty acre tracts and every
tract having . family located upon
Y By Nay lst. A. Z. Reynolds. Of
Dsaves. ths owass Of this tract, has
about esaeludsd the preliminary
srfaagemsats for the transfer Of
i.seo acres Of this tract. mors or
les, TO coloay Of farmers from
Austria-HuAsasy. representing about
forty families. B. A. Unger. OF
Chicago. Of the Law and commercial
tranooetioa bureau for Austria-H Hun
easy. vhe holds IN official govern
neat position to look aftsr the In.
forests Of his eountrymen In America.
was IN Ia Junta last Tuesday for the
pufDoes Of making . personal In
spection Of the Reynolds Farms.
and after his Investigation expressed
Ainsslf - being veil satiseisd With
the representations that had bees
oads - hin.
Lase Tuss1ay eftsrseea NJ. Uaeee
~ . eeeSeesaes Nm . aunbse q
ssoessoalaaivs bes1oeGD ~ q -
I1A1A = ~ lisselees' reea q ~
cSoaoe alslno1kAnA JsusG O..
ss111so 49, hs-lo1 oa1W cool 80
tioa. He visAs1 - have ~ assur.
sacs Of ths busissss nss Of La Jss-
q that . coloay of farnsrs from Aus.
tria-Hussary. Who are known - the
best sugar bsst farmers In the
world. would b welcome 70 this
community. Ar. Unssr said that the
preliminary arrsagemsats with Mr..
Rsynolds for the purchase Of 1900
acres Of the Rsynolds' Farms were
about 70 b concluded. aad that Il
wss the intention to locate thirty
families upon forty acre tracts there
not later than May LIST. The aver.
age price 70 be paid for the 1900
acres u Siss per acre. Each family
will have At least $500 In cash
enough 70 pay $3.50. or one-f0urth
Of the purchase price down on each
forty acre tract and have snough left
% keep the wolf from the door until
they become established. Each fam.
lily u 70 have ten years time 70 pay
the remaining three-fourths Of the
purchase price. with Interest at 8
pr cent.
This colonization proposition has
The sndorssmeat Of the Catholic Col.
oaisasion Society Of he Usitsd States
Of America, sad NJ. Uasss u work.
lag u eoaJuaetioa with then % -.
care ~ locatioa Of thls eojsoy uDoa
ehe Rsysolds' Farms. vstAss Dllly
b vssy nueh iatsesses1 n securing
The locatioa Of ~ cosoay % ths
Rsynolds' Farms. aad accoapasied
Mr.. Unsss q bic TIP 70 Dsavsr last
Tuesday aight for ths Dufposs Of
heldias . fiaal eoafsfsscs With NJ.
RsSnslds, aa1 also = secure ths %.
1osseosat Of Governor Casisoa - ~
leeatloa q thls eoloay - Colombo
lss1e. NJ. Uasss was aiso givea
lsstsss Of sadorsosat sisns1 ~ tAs
officers q he Il Juats Industrial
Assoeiatioa. ssd ~ peesldsat es
easA oas Of he basks, asd sivsa ~.
cry asusascs. locally. that bic eoloay
woull - givsa Q cordial welco0e 10
L. Justa.
Tho Rsynolds' Farms laeiude Q
esase q issieatsd farms q about g..
go aeAaa. 0oRlnnlnR n n D0lnt