Abilene Semi-Weekly Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 75, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 29, 1911 Page: 4 of 8
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( Affim.
INVEST IN TEXAS
Money A Bift lt
will grow .Mpr will grow
anywMbre Bf faster in
MArlrol 0ur Ilu cty ofJtors attraotion fr tfao man who want o
TEXAS IN SPOTS
wi live economically wiunn ins own moans and yot onJor nil
thriving town of good people.
moral
McklrAl Ostlinft-i " imi ol special
finrtnt4t.kfi i
n"atlWll0l800WngW
an lnvosuucnor a nomc in a now country with new opportunity!
ho can mako an lndopendont living enjoy Hfo and prosperity with I. e
.... nt nnunfrv tin tinlnalo mnV " ' W1U1 "0 t)rO-
tit Texas kW our land.
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... .. . i in ..i i. .i. nni .... Morkol: 200 nrrnn In nnn hn.i i ......
In tho beginning God created tho world and the history our section When you see aomv fellow Squirting his eoou nousc we bh winuum 8 u . ... . ; ------ - " ' '" uuvauon ovory-foot of
of every people country and clime (from Biblical times pl about the "high dry and Windy west" you put it 100 acres in eti . ltlvat on. Price $2 0.00 per acre one-half two jood two f vo'nents two 4-room framr
todate) recounts numerous wars sacrifice of life suffer- down that ho la a regular old town croaker a very cash and and liberal terms on ba lanco: I ean soil any ou a wells aM 1 wtodmlll; shed barns and plank
tag from famine and disaster. Every step of progress of narrow-inmded citizen or efso he is some big land holder Quarter out of this raw land for $15.00 per acre on good tote toMod lTZnTt- ' ?JW 4"Wlr fencoJ
...... . . . V ........ . ... i t. ... ....- .- iT..n ui ..... .. iAiw fnrmn. ' "uleu "luul1 proor public ronrtn nn.t i
me numan race in science religion or govornmeni is mmn. cuav wuu nouut v nv ".";d wi w t.u. ... . ........ ... . . ... around ninnn' i n . u mno all
marked by sacrifice. It Is the price paid for peace pro- his sorry worn-out kind when ho knows deep down lu "28 ACRES NORTH CJf MERKEL; A tract o land In $U2f ' ' cho0'. abatraot title. PrIc
tress and prosperity. his heart they court do bettor In our part of the world. hte Clear Fork valley. Noodle creek through place and J2M6 P acie 2000 cash and balance' on good emS
the most or iana ricncsi icvci vnuey sou; w Hurcs m " nuuu iur oiuck land farm in Dallas
cultivation and would make an Ideal stock farm. There Colln county at cash bargain prices saino as my Val "
are three or four tenant houses on the tract and It Is t'n. ua
offered nt a bnrsaln flcurc simply to enable throe joint 315 AGUES! Improvod farm 2 1-2 mlina m
le interest and a part owners to divide their interests. Price $300000; $10000 Wiles west of Morkelj 117 In cultivation; all tlllabr '.
than to pay all of the cash and terms on balance. 3-om house well windmill and tonic; barn lots etc. ir
of five of tho men who. BARGAIN IN GOOD FARM; 557 acres of improved land Ues f Sweetwater. Price $20.50 per acre; one-half
five miles nortnwest or niorKei; zou acres in cultivation """ """ uuiuuuo on goou icrms.
and balance In mesquitc grass and timber; all lovel land 19 ACRES: 5 miles south of Merkel; 115 in cultivatl
except 5 or 10 acres; two good houses with wells 25 or 30 acres of balance tillable; 5-room house- 1"'
windmills cisterns barns sheds hog pastures orchard barn; 3 1-2 acres undor irrigation from big lake on I)5'
garden etc.; public road on east and south; no Johnson o Mulberry and this has paid owner $400 to $500
grass or rock and no better farming or grass land any- 'ear 'or last three years raising truck; well and windinMJ
where. This tract qan be cut In two and sold to two par- at house and throe windmills on lake to raise water i
tlcB or give one buyer choice. Price $27.50 per acre; irrigated garden; on public road and convenient to schoT
one-third cash -and balance 1 to 5 years at 8 per cent and church. Owner hns moved to town to educate chin
interest. ' ren and will sell for $22.50 per acre; $1000 cash and
LAMAR VALLEY FARM: 320 acres of land 2 1-2 miles balance In 4 equal payments 1 to 4 years 8 per cont.
southwest of Mcrkel 230 acres In cultivation balance GOOD FARM NEAR MERKEL: 160 acres 2 1-2 mil
except 10 acres good; good house of 7 rooms 2 halls? Butheast of Morkel; 80 acres In cultivatlo-i nii
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Texas has suffered from crop failures caused Dy too mucn stone gathers no moss" and the man who gets discour- - porcnes j euuius.; w m j"' """ tiaigiu m uuck -vr aiuail uiuucu mrougn place 6-room house n
and too little rain. The same is true of East Texas ana I aged and changes location every year never amounts to nail Darn- DUBey uuuae ulieu uoubu bubus iota -eio; ".D Uu una wmamm; cistern; on public rnni'
THE HISTORY OFDUR COUNTRY. HERK RENTERS BECOME OWNERS.
We havo read and studied tho history of our own 1 can make" tho avorage renter of the east a home
country. 1 havo travolod over every state west of tho owner in Our country by selling him a place with a
Great Father of Waters and all of our country but the small payment on terms that he can meot I can show
Atlantic and Now England states and by observation and you that it is bettor to pay a little
absorption havo learned something of our country and its on ydur own home for a few years
conditions. I know that every stato and section now rcrit as long as you live. Four out
enjoying prosperity has suffered privation. own homes in our country came hero and bought their
I havo traveled over California now known as the land on a credit I can show you a few who made enough
"Garden Spot of the World" and have read of the drouth i none crop to pay for the land but I can show you
during the sixties which lasted for three long years and several hundred who havo made and paid out their
when a small Irrigated garden was the onlygreen Bpot places In a fow years?
In the now beautiful and evergreen Lob Angeles country. You can buy bow and get the benefit of the increase In
I read of the great progress and development of other value and do as well as any of them if you are made out
states and know of the price the pioneers paid. It is the of the right kind of stuff andif you are not If you are
Barce with the history of our state. I read overly day of faint-hearted afraid to try or have any feathers on your
tho rapid development of Southwest Texas and reflect leg's I advise you to stick where you are and fight shy
that 1 was through that section a number of years ago of West Texas for we may have another dry year to
-when the boll weevils for three successive years destroy- test your metal. This is necessarily a part of the history
ed their crops and caused a panicky condition. North of any new country with new opportunities. A "rolling
was raised In Central Texas and know the variegated
history of the black land belt
It is one thing in one section and something else in
another bumper crops here one year and somewhere else
the next It may be a drouth in Texas and grasshoppers
or green bugs in Kansas. Every state and section suffers
i f in . ..A.. 111.- AT.. .......... Unn ! AM.fM ... . . ...
jib seumuita. mver.v viw nne iu uuum.i.y ua8 no njnifc town witn good nomes schools churches and people. We
periods. San Francisco and Galveston were almoBt des- have an altitude of 1800 feet and your physician will
troyed by earthquake and flood. It is the bitter that goes reCommend this country for you if you are suffering
with tne sweet. from any of the malarial diseases asthma stomach be
THIS ISAM1T uuuatjik. or lung trouble.
The Merkel country Is practically a new land with new We have surroundinc Merkel the best hortv of
opportunities and just nW when it is suffering from farming iand to be found around any town In WdftTexas.
. J....A1. .m-. .Mna tnUlflli Vina nffAAln 41tA lYlftff ft .. J? if
a. urouux mi iwu jream nuiMu uuo oi:Cu mD uiUO Qur territory lies between the rolling land
our whole state and sunny southland) Is entering upon of Abilene and Sweetwater on the east and w
an era of permanent improvement and development. mountains and Clear ork river on the
It was but about a quarter of a century ago when a aorth We have'a rlch fertne soll ranging
few brave pioneers blazed the trail for civilization through sanfly loam to the biack waxy land We hav
West Texas. It wbb first an open cattle range and is dance ot d water at a d th of f - f
now fast becoming a great cotton patch. Our country at aimost every home in our C0Untry you will find
una mauB taytu. pjuisicoo nu.u me ucb. b ..... J. well an(1 a faitnful windmill pumping water for.
now and thte is the trying period m our nistory. ine re- and beast( domestic use and for irrigating the
anlf here will be as 'twas ever true the brave and rhc averaEe rainfall of our countrv iB 2S in
strong will work and win and the weak and faint will year and m& i8.shown jptefoven by the United States
ueauoii ouu itwi. m. uc uccu . v uU.u. uuu.uu woatlipr StatloM at JftitlPn whiph hnn' Uot ii-AA
.. .... . -tou nccpuig
reaks
d the
i and
and
good
land
torn1
despair ana ran. i nave Deen in me newspaper uuaiueaa -yeather Statio
at Abilene and Merkel seven years and I know of hundreds record for e
of stories of success and failure. I wish that I could
tell you of the stories of success I know to be true
for it would show to you that our country is full of op-
portunities for men with brave hearts brain and. brawn.
NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY.
The rich man who advised his son to buy when property Btpduce oneVhalf to one
was cheap and sell when high was a philosopher and
gave away the secret of his success.
If you are looking for a home or an investment now Is
the time to buy and the Merkel country offers tha best
opportunities in the state at this time. If you own a
black land farm worth $100 to $200 per acre and follow
the advice of this man you will sell and buy a home in
the Merkel country. You will be as gray-headed as a
mt whnn vnur land advances another S50 ner acre ancLthe
.. . . j
improved farms I can sell you in our country from $25500 -j(
A. Jn tt m. nAWn. Wrvlll jAllhlA 4t 9fl1l1ft fn YlA TIAtI flv9Jk
to $40.00 per- acre will double in value in the next five aa
years. Our soil will produce just as much with a good ls
season and one man here can properly cultivate 100 to
150 acres two to four times as much as he can pi j
older or blaelc land and at less expense. These are the ifc.J
plain facts in abe case and I will convince you of everyajj cl
statement i matie. premil
THERE IS A REASON. stock
The only reason I can sell you a good home at a nes j
sacrifice in our country is on account of the two past years
a tinker's dam in this country or anywhere else. It's the - sooa orcnaras goou uuik nuimc roau on norm ana "wiwi ioam; goou little orchard. Price S4 000'
man who sticks to the bush who wins. "est; telephone and rural mall service. The most of this one-naif cash and balance 1 to 5 years 8 per cent This
THE MERKEL COUNTRY. " 's valloy laila an(i wil1 and nas produced good ' crops s a rafe bargain.
Merkel is a town of about 2500 (all white) located 178 everV 'ear- " ls one of best farms In West Texas- 134 ACRES- mUos northeast of Merkel; 90 in culti-
miles west of Fort Worth on the Texas & Pacific rail- Write to any farmer this country ahout this place for vaUon. all good but two acreB; 3-ro.onr house well shed
road. We have a clean sanitary healthy and moral 1 have lt t0 sel1 exclvely and it is one of best bargains barn. c. on good road and good' community. Price
on my list. Priceio.oo per acre; one-half cash and w."i pe racre; $1500 cash and balance on terms or will
balance 1 to 10 ywxB 8 per cent interest trade for small black land farm of 20rto 80 acres close
SEARS LANDjN NOODLE VALLEY: 380 acres 8 miles to tQwn.
due north of Jfcrkel In Noodle valley; 193 acres in cul- 160 ACRES: 1 mile north of Trnnt? inn i .......
atlon; enWe tract except about 20 acres level as floor on 4-room house; good tank and cistern- tin nwu
cK waxy soli; two sets of improvements with road: has been sold for $35 per acre and has mnri ki.
e'room houses -wells and windmills; grass of cotton per acre. Price $22.50 per acre; all cash but
est turf In entire Sears rancliP- Public road nn $1600 which is on cood trrma
d west Owner of same grajnvof land adjoining AN IDEAL HOME: 125 acres 2 miles north of Mefkfi
$40.00 per acre for 400 awes and I have just olx Plke road; 85 acres in cultivation all first-elani innif.
s property which Is ownjJFby a citizen of White- nw $1000 house well and windmill: barn and nt
tfrightGrayson county to seplt $35.00 per acre; $3000 house; R. F. D. and telephone; close to Merkel northslde
cash ad desired terms ojhe balance. This can be school building; a most desirable place. Owner has two
sold tptwo parties or cumd give one buyer Mb choice farms and one must be sold. Price $37.50 per acre-
SBfTH FARM AT SACRIFICE; A well Improved tract $1500 cash and terms on balano.
148 acres one mMr south of Stith good five room lg0 ACRES 'NEAR TRENT: 2 mllo woo nf rp. n
house barn twoPells and windmills which furnish Bood except creek through land; 7 Oacres in cultivation
water for abouuJrdozen families living in the dry dis- aatl 30 more ready for plow; 3-room house and inexhaus-
trlct east of yJrtract every foot of this land level and tlble supply of good water; well and windmill; orchard
good black JiRy soil and all in cultivation but about 20 and sood garden; hog pasture; barn lota etc. R. F. D.
acres. I vim not give price of this place here but for and telephone. Refused $35.00 per acre for this land
cash I cmr deliver you the best bargain In this country a years ago and now
Inthlsjpfoperty and if desired believe 362 acres adjoin-
ing' qdrsouth can be. bought right Public road on three
sidjrof this tract If you are looking for this kind of a
laJJpositlon write me for particulars.
CANYON VALLEY FARM: 320 acres 8 miles southwest ln estivation 20 more tillable; 3-room house shed barn:
of Merkel on public road; 125 acres in cultivation 75 ul 8UCQ a sooci looker but best little farm In communi-
more tillable and balance roughest mountain land. This y' gooa WeI1 of water; sold for $31.00 per acre two
200 acres of valley land ls richest in Taylor county and years ae Prlce now- lt Bold- by Oct. 1 $18.00 per acre;
some of which has produced two bales of cotton to the 15 cash and balance 5 or 10 years. This is little snap-
acre. I can convince you that this ls the bast Investment for someDOdy-
fleurlnE from a standpoint of retumn nn th- mnn nut 102 ACRES NORTH MERKEL: 6 miles duo north on
A small out. In this part of the world. I know this farm and what main road; 60 lQ cultivation 42 in pasture and timber;
plenty of m11 a0 Price $5000; one-half cash and balance 1 Z. ' UUUBe ol rooms wen and windmill; R. F.
Owner owes $1900
College of T
amount of mi
to raise abu
dry year as
k:an show y
aua
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ihovf and prov
ire is sufiici
r ctop on our
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number of
countryfas a whole
ake another cron
principal crops are
and oats. 1-cli
ock countries in
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bajfej)
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Ane
The A. & M.
o you that this
t wiypproper cultivation
oll.rrhis has been a very
this article and yet I
of cotton which will
f cotton per acre and
de this year plenty of feedi
offers lt for $20.00 Dor .ir.-
$1000 cash and terms on balance. There Is no better
bargain in Texas.
125 ACRES AT SACRFICE: 10 miles northeast ot
Merkel. right at Compere school and church; 60 acrer
lion mnomaize kamr o
we nave one of the best caRon
state and refer you JUFour
st Dlanters ftQd atdBkmen. Our natlvn emaMia nnri
f ... y . W. .... .K
mesquite leaves and beans will simply Jnze and
more tbck than any similar grow
of IarfiT. to raise a ffiw'hnlpR of w
few mule colts and a few hogs wifrmake anyone
rand independent living. The ojcrop idea man
mly citizen taking any chances M our country.
have no doubt read of C. M Iffrgent's ranch. He
of the biggest breeders of Hereford cattle in the
He owns "Queen VlctoriaJfthe champion cow of
sea and wins every yeamore blue ribbons and
money than any sjfgle exhibitor at the fat
hows of the southHls ranch of 3.000 acres
three miles nortbfof Merkel
G?r V.I
to 5 years at 8 per cent interest
O. and telephone; dark sandy loam.
OVI1 trlll inf.. ntt . m .t
GOOD FARM EAST OF MERKEL: 320 ecres 5 miles T casa I0r e1ultvJ balance on terms to
east of Merkel; 150 acres ln cultivation balance except t Wl11 toko about ?760 fIr8t of January lor aU of
n o . J... . . ... cash necessary maybe not so mtmh Thin ia . .-
Ego for the benefitfbf his health. He has regained
hard years. Many of our farmers bought a -whole section his health and amassjl a neat little fortune. It was
of land on a credit when they should not have bought our country and hWfthard work for he did not know
but a quarter and now they must sell a part to protect the anything about theSow business tf hen he embarked in the
rest The reason our values are lower is because we are new enterprise&e says that he would not give his land.
Just farther west We have ae good farming and stock acre for acreAor any land in the black land belt of
country as any and a healthier country than the most
sections east but wu are "way our west" to the unacquain-
ted who have never visited our country. There are
thousands of good honest and hardworking farmers cul-
tivating some poor sandy land or some thin hill side
fy'
Texas if he had to live on the latter in order to make
the exchange. Ho realizes that health ls even more
valuable than wealth.
MY LIST OF IiANDS.
SECTION AT A SACRIFICE: 640 acres of first-class
2 or 3 acres flrBt-class tillable or grazing land; on Mul
berry creek and soil is red sandy to darker loam on
north of tract; 4-room house well windmill and 272
feet of small piping; zinc cistern; orchard of 44 trees;
good crib and sheds; no rock or Johnson grass and I
know this land will suit any man who wants to make a
He came here 13 living out of the ground for it will produce the crops.
rrice $2b.50 per acre; all cash oxcopt $2689 ln loan
company due 1 to 5 years with option of extending the
same for 10 years 8 per cent interest
HALF SECTION AT STITH: 320 acres two of tho best
improved and best quarter section places adjoining the
town of Stith on west 7 miles northeast of Merkel and
firet time in history of country they have been on the
market; about 250 acres In cultivation and not a foot
necessary maybo not so much. This is an ODuor-
tunity.
125 ACRES NEAR MERKEL: 2 1-2 miles northwest; 75
in cultivation and all good land not a break or draw;
3-room house with two galderiea; well and windmill
barn lots garden small orchard. If you will come and
buy this now I can give you a special bargain. Price
$30.00 per acre all cash but $1050.
A BARGAIN FOR ALL CASH: 200 acres of land about
3 1-2 miles northwest of Merkel; 125 in cultivation and
all good but 5 or 10 acres; 3-room house well and wind-
mill; public road on two sides. This is a genuine bar-
gain for $6250 all cash.
FORTY ACRES CLOSE-IN: 1 1-2 miles nortweat of
Morkel; fl acres In cultivation and all good; neat 4-room
house celled papered and painted; well and wiridmill
way back east who will be glad to have me tell them and fannlng land iocatcd c mUes west and 2 mes north of
euqw mem oi me opponuniueB uerw. B SnrinB. nll RVPy lftnd PP( lnnm n. - M.
ft XVnntn Innrl fn nntlrn n vtl ViIaI. . i .
poic; ;.;;;. i ;t; ;T7i: r:.ttr! r oorcsu""r wro " tor rste
acre; maue good crops tbts year; two large aoujarnl ffil'JZ'tr" " """" a" - "-
for ConnldArnhlv l.mn thnn thnv no . aj - I ' w """" """""k '"i wnwJi u.CTm
The only reason values are higher there is because aa any jn country.80 to 100 acrefl ln cultlvaton and mucn 8elllng. ThlH and vlll 8Ult anybody'aiTd buyor ihroh place ta cultlvaUon; 60 more good land;
nit. Miintw la nlilar Th Tiiiv mn Tor 1hT(1 nnrt ...-.. " "uw run Z-room honan tvnll ham otni.m t.n..n. nl taWIr J
their country is older. They pay more for land and of bala dMl havo country. Price 't'T I!oua9' wolI;barf' "J hoV e3d
then pay another premium for fertiUzer while our virgin now 4.roomOU8er crn; fenced cro8a.fenced: all $45.00 per acre; one-half cash and balance 1 to 7 years J S? VV. " T MBOk land' PrlCe 21?
soil beES for someone to make it produce ita share of the . . . . . Jtl.. .. . . o . .. .1 . .....' ' years $1000 cash and ba anco in three years. 8 ner cent
....... . - . . i .. . .. lujpiuvomouio u buuu vuuuiuuu yu puuug roau in gooa uv o utjr ceni miereai. i can SOU these two tracts Bonn. I ' '
world's clothing and food. Your land would not be worth commiinltv. Th ftSll lB Btnrt fh mft i...iwi h rntiv nnd t rrr n u " v ' "5 acres: 6 miles northeast of Merkel: 90 acres. in.
w - - - - wr -rwm- . mmm mmm wws ww J tf WH1IU1J 1 J J wmmm sJ I b K.U UU TLfUn H 1 1 1 mill Ml T4 I I II 1(1 ----. -r r ."
as much as this if development had started at this end
of the line and none of it would be worth anything it old
Columbus had not discovered America. The develop-
ment progress and conditions make the values of all
properties everywhere.
t I AM NOT A KNOCKER.
Please understand me that I have nothing bad to say
of any section of oar country. It is all good and your
lands are worth their present values and will enhance in
value in the future. I know this Is a fact but I also
know there is something wroftg when good land is worth
W - W " rw --.. W U4IUl . r
Dallas bank and ls offered for almost one-half its real SECTION NEAR POST CITY: 640 acres of unimproved cumvauon anu balance on branch good grass; 4-roow
value to satisfy a note they hold with this as security land five miles south of Post City7 an everlasting spring hoUBe' bart1' 2 welfl and x windmill; irrigated garden;
Price $15.00 per acre; one-half cash and terms on bal- of water; at least one-half tillable land and all of it red and black 8andy 8oU and ono ot DeBt 1ttl0 Placeff
ance. good grass and timber. This nronortv ia ownnd irtintiv h. n country. Price $27.M per acre and will take teani
SECTION NORTH OF MERKEL: 640 acres Improved a Merkel man and Dallas woman and they offer to sell f B00d mules or horBefl aa caan PaynJnt and make good
13 miles north of Merkel 8 miles west of poodle; about cheap in order to divide their interests. It will make a
300 acres ln cultivation; all but 40 acres flrat-claBs farm- raoBt desirable stock farm and owners will consider good
wg man; uiree seia oi improvements vwo woiis anq traae ai casn prices near Merkel. Price. $10.00 ner acra
one-third cash and terms on the balance. Seven sections of good grass land 14 miles south of Mer-
SECTION NEAR TRENT: 640 acres of land 4 1-2 miles wth abundaco of water with good fences and value
oasy terms on balance.
BARGAINS IN GRASS LAND.
windmills; 400 acres of this land lies in a beautiful cove
and when properly Improved will make one of the pret-
S5 ner acre here HOC Inter acra lTaaother nart of th Ueat an dmot Drofltble nY fRnna alK Noodle southwest of Trent Nolan county 100 acres in cultivation ' 'ad almost in wood and cedar posts. Price 5.00 per
state $250 per acre ia Iowa and Illinois and as high aa crwk' ThlB U offered by a ba9H for U8t the amount 20 more g00a ac"ural land; balance fine grazing acre; '5'000 caah and rmB on the balance.
$1000 per acre in older countries. There will be a J agalmat t PrlCe' 22'E PW r'' '5'00 C8Bh ladJ BOUthweat m runa P mountain; 4-room Three sections 15 miles south of Merkel; sage and mes-
rsckonlBK some day and thea you will know that I was
telling you the truth in this advertising matter about the
opportunities in our country It is all good
money but right now we offer the beet opportunity
vesisMHt.
I never knock and bats a knocker worse tbaa I do a
rattlesnake. I thank goedss our altitude is so high
and fcwUky here that they do not thrive in this seetloa
W hav a few but a very few for a pan to he a real
ei kaoekr has art to s real sour on tb world and
have a nsUy fuU t UU. I; 4o not say anythte aUm
any country and only laadbaat flu fallow who knocks on
and terms on the balance.
SECTION JOINING CLAYTONVILLTS:
house and 2-room house; fenced and cross-fenced: 1-2 oulte Erass: Elm erenk makwi annth Una: Homn Hollow
140 acres of mile to switch on Santa Fe: soil red sandv: well nf anrlntr on thin nionn na. a n t.i0orv of .ia nonutrv:
r r -... w r- -V3 v mrmmmt rww TVS UIJ UtVkWI n yywH" W
and worth the ? laBd Joi!?C.tfwm f ?85rVLIen.iP!sber C"Ulty' Water and wdml nd i. Price $6400 bonus another good spring and plenty of water underground;
rtunity for in. " 'f8 n0T f wwtr North Cottonwood creek ($1.00 ps racre due state) all cash or $12.50 per acre 3 head of Durham and Hereford cows; two males and
through tract and abundance of heavy timber; - nty of $2000 cash and balance 1 to 6 years at 8 per cent calves. Owner is getting old and wilt sell' for what he
good water; one quarter section Is well Improved with 320 ACRES WE8T OF MERKEL: 3 1.2 miles west of
JNO. G JACKSON -
MEHKEL TEXAS.
Real Estate
gave for the land a few years ago and throw in all of the
cattle. Price $4.60 per acre; $3500 cash and terras
SECTION AT BARGAIN One of my clients has 640
acres improved; 3-roora house and 75 acres la cultivate
as much more tillable and I can sel this place for $450
per acre. It ls 16 miles south of Merkel and $1BW or
less with some good stock wjU nandls the daL
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Abilene Semi-Weekly Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 75, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 29, 1911, newspaper, August 29, 1911; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth314656/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.