The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1923-05-31

and about the most expensive thing
| Is a road through an uninhabited Sec
ton.
We have never tried to bring new
naopIe into the slate. We have never
made any effort to tell other people
of what we have in Mississippi. How
did people learn of CALIFORNIA; eli
mate? Somebody in California told
them, and they believed 1t.
There are hundreds and thousands
of people-good people-who would
gladly come to Mississippi II they
knew about Mississippi-and we must
tell them. But before we tell them
we must believe in our state our
selves: we must know our state, we
must give her the same loyal support
that we give our ball teams-we must
think Mississippi, believe in Missis-
sippi first and always-then we can
qualify to tell others about Missis-
sippi.
In spite of the development in
lairying in Mississippi in the past 10
years, we have people in the state
who will tell us that dairying cannot
be followed profitably in Mississippi.
During a recent heavy snow storm
| In Wisconsin the railroads up there
|
TO clear the tracks, and in many in
stances the snow plows themselves
became snowbound. On one of these
occasions the conductor was sitting
on the roof of the plow and noticed
| farmer on snow shoes sticking
long pole into the snow.
"How deep is it?" asked the con-
| ductor.
"Damfino," replied the farmer, IT
amt measuring; I'm trying to find
my barn"
| want to say that II a man in Wis
consin, where it is necessary to probe
for his barn, where it is necessary to
steam heat the dairy barn for six
months in the year and feed the stock
every mouthful they eat for eight
and nine months in the year; where
1t is necessary to run a rail from the
house to the barn so that human be-
inCs can find their way to and fro
should a blizzard blow up-I repeat,
il 4 man can make a success dairy
Ing under those conditions, and thou
sands do, Mississippis climate, her
native grasses and her other natural
advantages offer ten times better op-
portunities for successful dairying.
Our primary need is not laws, nor
Is it the selection OF any given man
or group of men to office--it is man
power. And to get the men to fur
nish the manpower we must unite in
IN unsehish and determined effort to
tell the story OF Mississippi truthfully
and simply to the men we want to
come and aid us in the development
of our state.
would like to tell you briefly of
the effort that Is being made by the
Gulf. Mobile and Northern Railroad
toward that end. We have sponsored
the organization OF the Alabama Mis-
sissppi Improvement Association for
the purpose of developing the cut
over and other surplus lands in the
territory served by this road.
In this organization we are band
ing together the business and COM
munity interests in the territory. to-
gether with the Railroad, in one body
with but single purpose. We do
not conflict with any local agency
working on larger scope. On the
other hand, we wish to aid them and
will.
The big sawmills and other own
ers, holding thousands of acres of
cut-over lands which are standing
idle, are anxious to see them devel-
oped They LIST their land with tho
Association for sale. In doing 40 thew
agree to give tbe purchaser of tho
land five years' exemntion from nav
ments on 1t, interest on the deferred
payments and taxes, provided he in
turn pays cash for such improve
ments, as for instance a residence, q
barn, a well and such fencing as he
from fabricated improvements on file
with the Association. The land owner
agrees to sell these improvements to
him at cost. Houses will range in
cost from $500 I'm. and barns from
5000 up.
Under This nlar Won w,,, rood;,v
see that a nroSnect,yo 10 nrr m n"u ann
select sncb Observation-Disclosures pn oa IN ha
knows be CON now sor Th m
cash for and tb pa yondown m1se , ne pays
on the land for him at cost p ,ha NM.
chase nr;ce ~ Tho ir,nro 80 ~ pu.
Ing as cash navuart Nv .bn 49, 80
pronertv Tho n,rcbasor ~, TX
five Years without worry oxoant 90 70
a living for bimseIf ana his tpn,; 90
After he has investad his '@ naah IN
the improvements ~ ~ 10 nooasaar,,
the g.. M. e. N viii ,ond h,r s"ff,'
cient funds with which IN nnrcbasa
five good milk cows ana MI ~
mules The railroad vii, a,s p@A NM.
chase a number of rey;starad na,na
for the free nse ~ tho noso Gu mares 80
aid in building nm and imnrn1,no
their herd
We propose not on,v n hrirn rav
people to orr territory hrt 80 m
those new neonle satis,,od " W. a'a nw
pect to live with them and ~ "a,
them in overcominr aver J,.; az