Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-11-15
BUY onA,n AND MEAT LAND.


sound of all investments.
In war times there is much |
satisfaction in owning fertile
farm, for if all money. stocks and
bonds were wiped out. the land
would remain and there would be
crops and food The lands that |
will produce large crops of staple !
foods are most i'm demand.
While the war is on and for
many years afierward. the dis
tricts that raise cattle, hogs,
sheep, corn, beans, potatoes, cab |
bage, onions, all other vegetables,
sugar cane, all kinds of grasses.
fruit of all kinds and such neces-
sities-such land will enhance
more in value than any other.
Nowhere else in the e. s. is
there land that will produce so
many varied crops, or as many |
crops per year as in THE LOWER
RIO GRANDE VALLEY. They can
grow crops every month i'm the |
year and from two to four crops
every year. The soil is as rich
and fertile as the Valley of the
Nile. The climate is unsur-
passed. The average mean tenn
perature only varies % degrees
between summer and winter.
Moisture when needed and in Just |
thu nl1anfit nnnI Inv of
The water supply is ample if you
locate under a good system. The
lay of the land and texture of the
soil are perfect for irrigatins
has no equal anywhere.
Soil, climate and moisture are
the elements that produce crops
in abundance and without failure
in this wonderful valley.
We can sell you land, cleared.
fenced, plowed and ready for crop
any time in the year as low as
S250 per acre, il you buy now.
Land is actually worth what il |
will produce and what per cent il
will pay on the investment. On
this basis, compared with land i'm
older countries that have been |
settled for number of years. our
land is worth over $1,000 per
acre. The one who tills the soil
eventually determines its value.
not the land man.
Naturally you ask, IF this is
such wonderful country, WHY |
has it not been settled long ago."
Remember: There was no rail |
road i'm this valley ten years ago. |
also that this land was of little
value until recently put under ir
flgation. Think of the settlers
who came to this county back in
1897, sixty years ago. They
bought our best Iowa land for
$i.25 per acre. The folks at home
back East thought they were fool |
lsh; advised them not to go. and
told them the Iowa land wasn't.
worth "shucks.'
There is absolutely a greater
opportunity in the Rio Grande
valley today than there ever was
IN Iowa, with no pioneering or
nardshlps to endure. just the OBJ
poslte, more enjoyable place to
live in than Iowa. with more adj
Vantages than any place YOU have
ever seen. That country will ad-
vance more in value and deyclnn-
ment IN the next ten years than
Iowa has in sixty years. and if
don't take a long headed man to
see it.
Health as we'll as wealth is one
OF the great assets in this battle
OIL life. In the climate of the Val
ley malaria, typhoid, catarrh. La
grippe, pneumonia, hay fever,
asthma, bronchial trouble. lunp
trouble and rheumatism are UNI
known, and the climate is a sure
cure for those so afflicted
Wouldn't YOU like to own a
nome or investment i'm such a
country? Help win the war hy
aldlng development there. M
Wnere else can crops and stock
DE produced in such quantity and
so quickly as in this small valley
BUY grain and meat farm. Our
company will take Liberty Bonds
as payment. Make your bond do
double duty.
IL Is necessary to see This conn
Try TO believe about it. We make
regular special train excursions
ti?efe at very low rate. includ
ing board, berth, entertainment
ana all necessary expense from
me tlme you leave until YOU re-
turn. Our next trip leaves ON
TUESDAY, NOV. 20. 1917
1t is a fine, enjoyable and in
stfuctlve trip that will do Won
good. You will never regret If
Dut VIII remember with pleasure
all your life, especially if Won in