Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 73, Decatur, Adams County, 26 March 1910 — Page 4

m «e Eg $37-15 HO! TO THt£ $37.15 §g g Round Trip Round Trip || g Lanc j of Sunshine | TUE^U PRIL | SB The Excursion of Tuesday, April sth will probably be the last chance || Byou will have to buy land at La Junta, in Colorado’s Famous Arkan-1| sas Valley. We only have about a thousand acres of this fine irrigated land left and it eg| jig will probably all be closed out on this excursion. This is your LAST CHANCE to get land gg in the famous Rocky Ford district at first cost. Land contiguous to our land costs you eg from S3OO per acre up. Our land can now be bought at from Bn | $25.00 to $125.00 Per Acre | Terms: Land under $50.00 per acre, one-half cash, balance your H own time at 6 per cent; land over $50.00 per acre, one-third cash, balance your own time ® gg at 6 per cent interest. g™ Ss Mr. Robert A. Perkins who purchased 80 acres of this land on the excursion of FEB- ® g® RUARY, Ist., is now on his property and planting this season’s crop. He is more satis- || fled with his purchase every day he has it. - gg ra GET INFORMATION ABOUT THIS LAND QUICK gg |§| To Investors I LA JUNTA, COLORADO. I Facts About the US You may no want to go west just now, but A „ landg for by our company are contiguouß to the clty of AI’KaHSaS \ allC\ WS in our La Junta project you have an opportu- j un ta which now has 7,200 population. This beautiful little city is the 7*24 nity that you inay not have again for a long county seat of Otero county and the court house is not more than 1. Has six sugar beet factories and pro- NbCi BUB time. nine miles from any point on our land. No part of our land is more duces more beets per acre than any other disSlj Ycu can always find a renter for land in this than three miles from a railroad shipping point. trict in the world. VSU 4 dis’ :<‘t. i you improve the land, put up the La Junta is the main division point on the great Santa Fe Railway 9 n ad SKOW on the ground only six days fe- . and - ses, you can rent your land at system. More tnan $90,000 a month is distributed in wages to ern- t his winter. fr< m $lO to cash rent per acre per year. ployees in this city and is mostly spent there. The Santa Fe will soon Water supply is better than any other Or y m can :e.t it out to sugar beet raisers at move its big engine building shops from Topeka to La Junta, which district in Colorado S-Vil on- urth the crop. The renter takes his w m add 2,500 more to the population. La Junta is a magnificent little city ’ STM? 1 ers to the la -tory and the sugar company with a school system that is absolutely second to none. It requires four 4 - sugar beets win net »tm ana up per acre i- mits your share direct to you. The tenant banks to do the business of the thriving little city. p *‘ r season. cannot beat vou. 5. Alfalfa will net S4O to S7O per acre per ESn You not only get good interest on your orig- - — — season. ' jf/W inal investment, but your land will double in (Cut Out This Coupon when Applying for Information). g School system and churches are absovalue in a couple of years. Remember you lutely unexcelled. EyJ CliL'j cannot now buy improved land in this district 7. Has tw j ce ag muc h water as is necessary KB* under S3OO per acre. 190 t 0 ra j ge a season’s crop. KQ Qfnnlz Roian-rc Mr. Chas. S. Peterson, ,»• Reservoirs irrigation ditches and later- Egg Kim DWCK rvdlScl 8 DiSt. Mgr. La Junta Land Co. als are absolutely controlled and operated by D»catur, Ind. the farmers themselves. FhU Find this section of Colorado a veritable ’ 9. The home of the Rocky Ford Cantaloupe, RES paradise. The Colorado pea and alfalfa fed Dear sir ._ P i eage gend me full ln f ormation regarding your irri- the most luscious melon in the world. PCjB hog and sheep always tops the Kansas City 10. No better place in the world for those WU market, on account of t e exquisite flavor of . . who are suffering from catarrh or lung trouble. RlSfl |WB its meat. Cattle mature rapidly on alfalfa gated land proposition at La Junta, Colorado. n w(nterg are mild and there lg an aver . and sugar beet pulp. There are now over , age o j 325 gun shiny days in every year. fjlM 6.000 cattle feeding and fattening on sugar beet I expect to be in Decatur about at which purchased NOW will double in pulp in the Rocky Ford yards. Fnl in Date . . £ HKTVg We take you all over this big improved dis- value n t o years. trict in our large automobiles and you can time 1 wiU call on y° u for verbal Information. 13. No trouble to rent land that is purchashave a chance to see the country that cannot ’ ed for an investment. Can rent either for cash be obtained in any other way. NAME or sbare cr °P- M 3 14. Water and land in Colorado abfeolutely BB* ™ Remember the . a M ™ '"TX*.". ® Last Excursion =============================== RH will probably be runTuesday 5‘K. This What Irrigated LahJ M 63118 “Vo^wi^ne^rbe^MeTbuy land in ■KVB time we will probably go to Chicago via the i<. you win never oe aoie to uuy iaiiu Erie and on the Santa re direct to La Junta It h as always been the habit of the eastern farmer to pity the west- lll ' • A1 Kansas \allej as cheaply as now . N&m arriving there Thursday morning, April 7th. erner who is compelled to irrigate. But It has been proven that it is 1 8. The sugar beet and alfalfa raiser often It is important that you let us know- whether the easterner who needs the pity, not the irrigator. spends his winters in California or abroad. EUI J’ ou ' vant to ~ea member of this party, so With a sufficient supply of water, crop failures are absolutely impossi- "Av not join this class? Our lands are ideal WM® that we can make all reservations for you. ble. Just think of it. If you could have rain just when you need it in sugar beet lands. H Indiana, what crops you could raise. Instead of that you frequently have 19. $37.15 will pay your railroad fare to La FSPg UillF nF ftlP Rllf to ° dr -V or too wet. Hence you do not know whether you will have a Junta, Colorado, and return. Your ticket will _VTCv VUI vfl Lilt: IVUb crop or not. take you to Denver, Colorado Springs or health'nnd wealth. Forty acres of irrigated Think of the Difference! | 20. Fare refunded if you buy land. land will educate your children r id leave you ______________________________ MW a comfortable margin. Compare this with your In Colorado when we need the rain we just turn it on. We never MwK high priced land in Adams ( ounty. have too much rain to spoil the crop. Our ditches are full of water and ■ The schools and social advantages in Colo- when we need it we just open the sluice gates and let it run over the I A T rado are just as good as in Adams County and land. | |f, |/\ | j the climate is incompnrahly better. Live in . Colorado a vear and you’ll never come back to In over thirty years our district has never had a cropl. allure. AX e are ! h several good Adams county fWLj Indiana AND STAY HERE. the r >K bt <Hstance from the mountains to be safe from either hot {armg for gale j do not handle Adam? MSI winds or hailstorms. county land as a business, but the own- gvW There are places in the west where you can get 320 acres of dry land ers of these lands wish to go to La Junta raM LUI -I. UHL XJdllLl f rom the government absolutely free of charge, but, without water on it, invest and they asked me to help is given you when you want it. You yourself something you cannot get, it is practically wor...less. - yoTwaXmves^• in land’n govern your water privileges just as you gov- government will bet you this 320 acres that you cannot live on it you will find these prices bargains, as ern your drainage system here. You elect flyo rg without starving to death. my customers are anxious to sell out syj y° ur own commissioners and you do not pay and get t 0 La Junta in time for this sea- SJC3 UJ3 tribute to a heartless corporation for the priv- You generally lose! ' son's crops. Call on me immediately. KS i!, Fm°out‘ S the <.oupo^ A, in r the center of this ad- My advice to Adams county friends is to go west and whether you buy CHARLES S. PETERSON, vertisement and get free information on this from us or not, BUY IRRIGATED LAND and if your water is all right Wst. Mgr. La Junta Land Co. gB project, before it is too late. you cannot fail. ——— ' " yJ'jS |”T^7ls "ILA JUNTA LAND COMPANY $37.15 lg I Round Trip Chas. S. Peterson, District Manager. Round liip I TUESDAY APRIL DECATUR, INDIANA. TUESDAY APRIL || feP? I H Phone 242. Office with Peterson & Moran, over Interurban Station sth- m j THURMAN GOTTSCHALK, Representative, Berne, Ind.

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I EAST BUFFALO | East Buffalo, N. Y., Mar. 26 (SpecI ial to Daily Democrat)— Receipts, 1,- ? 609; shipments, 1,520; official to New I York yesterday, 3,040; hogs closing I weak. ij Medium and heavy, [email protected]; I Yorkers, [email protected]; light York3 ers, [email protected]; pigs, $10.90© I $11.00; roughs, [email protected]; stag®, ? [email protected]; sheep, 3,200; steady; I larmbs, slaw; tops, $10.40; cattle, I 100; steady. CHICAGO GRA N ! Chicago, 111., Mar. 26—Wheat— May, i $1.14*4; July, 108%; Sept., $1.07. ! Corn - May, 62%c; Ju/l, 64%c; Sept., I 65%c. Oats—May, 44c; July, 42%c; I Sept., 39%c. TOLEDO GRAIN I S Toledo, 0., Mar. 26—Wheat—Cash, $1.18%; May, $1.19; July, ..1.10%. Corn —Cash, 62%c; May, 64%c; July, I 66%c; Sept, 67%c. Oats—Cash, | 45 %c; May, 46 %c; July, 45 %c; Sept., j! 40%C. . LOCAL GRAIN ? G. T. Burk. I No. 2 Red wheat $1.09 I No. 2 White wheat $lO7 | Standard white oats 40c I Yellow ear corn, per cwt 72c I White ear corn, per cwt 70c Rye, No. 2 70c Barley, No. 2 ‘....55c I Clover seed, prime $6.50 j Alsike seed, prime $6.00 I Timothy seed, prime $1.50 ! Timothy hay. No. 1, primed, bailj ed $14.25 | Clover hay, mixed $12.75 * Clover hay, No. 1, straight... .$12.75

I' 1 — Just Received Shipments of Baled Shredded Fodder ALSO Ground Hominv Hearts Very Good Hog and Horse Feed. ■eMe Schlickman’s Feed Yard. I Bowers-Niblick . | | Grain Company | II =====s=== I 1 S, All fresh stock as we have Just Opened up a S I CT Seed Store on Monroe Street just across the alI S ley east of the Gas office. We also handle Rock Salt and Barrel Salt in W which we defy competition as to quality and g price. I S Remember we are selling Alsike Clover Seed at JE ; Y $6.00 and Little Red Clover Seed at $7.50 per ff agfr bushel and have a plenty of Timothy seed at $2 ® I S per bushel. Come in and see .us when you are & I CT needing anything in our line of business. I S Yours to please 1 Robert Case | 1 Manager i How’s This? i 11 and 12 in Horse Collars I sweat pads 18c each or 2 for 35c • High grade Pads I SCHAFER HARDWARE CO.

PRODUCE I H. BERLING. Eggs Butter Fowls io,. Ducks Geese Old turkeys Chicks oNOTICE OF PUBLIC LETTING. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Adams county, Indiana, will receive bids for the construction of a macadamized road in Kirkland and French townships In said county known as the William Adler Macadam road, up to and until 19 o’clock a. m„ on Monday. April 4, 1910 ( at a regular session of said Board of Commissioners, held In the City of Decatur, Adams county, Indiana, sealed bids will be received for the construction of said road in accordance with the plans, specifications and report of the Viewers and Engineer, which are now on file In the Auditor’s office of said county, said road to be built of crushed stone alone. A bond must accompany each bid In twice the amount of the bid filed, conditioned for faithful performance of said work, and that the bidder if awarded the contract therefor will complete the same according to such contract and in accordance with the bld filed. ~ All bids shall be made so as to give the amount for which said road will be constructed for casn, payable on estimates to be made by the Engineer in charge, not to exceed eighty per cent, of any one estimate, out of the funds to be hereinafter raised by the sale of bonds as required by law. Each bidder will be required to file affidavit as required by law. The Board of Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids. H. S. MICHAUD, Auditor, Adams County. Indiana. The successful bidder will be required to furnish, pay and make up whatever amount that be necessary to sell the bonds for said improvement. 10t3