Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1912 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Michigan Wants Farmers! A Good Place To Locate MANY FARMERS from the north and central states are going to Michigan’s most progressive district, where new towns growlng up and a thriving community is being established. This district is in Mason. Manistee and Lake couna ? rgie of , land most fortunately located for commercial and agrciultural purposes. It is known as the Swigart u h °x are famll,ar w,th conditions in Michigan recognize that it has entered an era of development such as has never been seen before in the state

SOME SPECIAL ADVANTAGES that are drawing to the Swigart Tract more settlers ..than to any part of the Wolverine State are as folows: It lies in the center of Michigan’s Famous Fruit Belt, and is especially adapted for fruit growing, the lands being just near enough to derive the greatest benefit from Lake Michigan’s Influence; mild, even climate; a combination of the elements insuring successful crops; local markets, including Ludington and Manistee, with over 30,000 combined population, on the edge of the tract; surrounded ,by a well settled country; four lines of railroads; products delivered by lake steamers to Chicago and Milwaukee over night; schools and churches throughout the tract; home conditions ideal; many thousands of acres to select from; the place for the renter to come who is tired of farming where farm Hands are owned by the wealthy alone; the place for the man to come who is tired of working for someone Nowhere can one find lands for sale at $lO to $35 per acre that can be made to so quickly produce a living. DO YOU WANT a productive piece of farm land that will support you in plenty while you build it up into a property becoming constantly more valuable, then buy in the Swigart Tract. There’s where your money will go the farthest. For

<nvrrA > 'RT ite r» tUre and BiU t partlcular s apply to GEORGE W !r ’ 8t Natlonal Bank BId «- Chicago,

0. J. DEAH, Rensselaer, Indiana.

Advertising in Mark Twain's Tima. Mark Twain used to have soma funny things to say, says the Philadelphia Record, whenever he was in the mopd .and the talk was on the subject of old-time advertising. Ha worked on western papers, both as compositor and reporter, and knew all the ways of the country printing offlce. "We marked the ads,” said he, "but we seldom paid any attention to the marks afterward; so the ||fe of a ‘td* and a ‘tr ad Mas equally, eternal. 1 have seen a *td* notice of a sherUTs J sale still booming serenely along two’ years after the sale was over, the sheriff dead and the whole drcum-‘ stance become ancient history.** Advertising the Lubricant. Years ago when I first produced my baking powder, I started in and spent every available dollar In advertising,ln the newspapers.' Results were satisfactory. Month by jnortK rny -Wtppt Increased .and month Jy ponth , I tyengasfd - my. advertising expenditure. Evsry <Jp|lar I could spare from purchasing material jyid running .tse fagtoiy ,1 put into publicity, for quickly I perceived that Advertising was the "magic that made the wheels go round.”—Dr. V. C. Price.