Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 26, 1916, Page 9

OMAHA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER A : ' Why Pay High Prices . | for Land in the East? Crop Producing Country sW"there Wheat Is ng Awaits the Man of Ambltxon A 0G0 0 Al Tk st T B Y Y L iR il A I ALl A AL ‘ Why Be a Renter of Land When You ? Can Be An Owner ° THE TIME TO BUY IS NOW--- e mmhmmmmmmmmmmw e i o We Own and , ands of Acres The Treasure State of the Finest of Per Acre o i Small An authority on the history and resources | vation Montana may be reasonably expected i i [ of the State of Montana says: “Montana is | to lead the states of the union in the pro- CROPS FOR FIFTEEN YEARS. H Fa l 'mln an S big enough and rich enough to support itty | UCton of foodstuffs. e o Pa ents million ‘people: Jipan does it and Montana| TH® SVverage acre in the state of Montans 225 2 2 3 8 " | has proven to produce more than the aver- g 5 2 kB g @ ° is bigger and better than the land of Nip-| yoo ‘were in any other state in the wnion, | s 3 .8 g pon. We have prairies broader than K- | The following figures taken from the final 5 £ 0 e a n own sas, more mountains than Colorado, matel!lfim“_! of the United States department : ] . timber than Michigan, more copper than | Of 8griculture for 1915 show the average S e % = ok - yield in bushels per acre during the season | it TS s & . Spain, more cattle than Texas, more sheep | o 1915 for each of the crops moted in the Indiana 172 40.0 280 . 0 160 3 than Arizona,\more waterpower than New | states given. The table to right gives the Winols Siofeaafaaiels L S a e. u ance England, more game than Alaska, more gold ’ -:::-n ytil;d dnu; m:h Inmhu-hell for ‘m m‘{;m'n','(‘n 7 46.5 35.6 1% E m:o ;;:g ? b ; states noted during the 15 seasons since | Minnesota 0 43.0 30.5 10.5 1060 19.5 3 than all the eastern states combined, more 1568 Tk 9.8 40.0 310 9.0 10650 18.6 ° sunshine than California, more rivers than Missours 12; 260 26.0 8.0 98.0 136 easona e North Dakota 18.2 40.0 82.0 9.9 90.0 16.0 3 r TR e e S B CROPS IN 1915 Nobraska o183 350 8170 110 106.0 17 ! an S a e l n h 5 Nebras '3 32.0 81.0 11.0 105.0 17,5 Bl thei Kansas 1205 265 81.0 5.7 83.0 16.0 : Montana is the last of the public land | — United States 16.9 87.8 82.0 10.1 “95.6 17.2 * states. Here are the last free homes the 8 ¥ ? G Montanayy, . 10:0160,0,84:0,19:37186.0/83. 510 & 4 K : United States government will have to give e e g & u S S e s e P away, Nob many vesvs bgo. the. wublle » : g 4 Ac.eardlnx to the .l-ue report of the com- H , thought of Montana as a state of wide pas- : : : ,, : | missioner of the United States general land E tares and deep mines onls. But thie iden| i 11:: : 1;5 office there yet remains in Montana more D e AT e D 154 811 282 17, 78 | than 19,000,000 acres of unreserved and un- w e e l' a s S tana has begun to add her large quota to | W8 . 177 810 256 182 81 | appropriated public land, over half of which the world's breadbasket. With but one- | Michig: 15.1 318 251 16.0 g3 |18 sultable for farming. In sddition to this o § eighth of the tillable soil of the state yet | Mitreac B H FRE e 75 | public land, which may be entered free un- L] § under plow, Montana stands 12th in the | Nebraska 17.0 25.9 22.1 16. il DR B A C DD G L R | B Y North Dakota..10.8 28.1 213 1619 1180 85 000 oo "0 000 000 acres of high srade £ production of wheat, 17th in the production | South Dakots..11.3 28.9 22.9 16.4 1.81 81 100 R F o oae, 13th n bariey and 0 in fux. When | Q01 150 88T 212 160 100 84 lnd. which 1t selle on Z0yeur payments ¢ | — e I the entire 85,000,000 acres of tillable land | United Sta 14.2 20.8°25.8 101,141 9 (8 minimum price of $10 per acre, with in- § L ? in the state ehall have been put under culti- Montana .....26.4 432 34.8 22.8'L84 148" terept at 5 per cent on deferred payments. 5 O un les H i ® e e et m-mm.mmnmmmmmwmwmmrlwlmnmvmmrm:mzn-mmmnmnvmwm-mmrg 21 RTINS T OO YT 1T 0000, RO SRR B L LT T S T Pt TR AT NI e T B T YRRTPSTEETMONYEOEN REYS TV T S COME AND LOOK OVER OUR PRODUCING LANDS T YA 11100 A0 500 T G T AT N TR e “In the Heart of the Wheat Belt”’ TO THE EASTERN INVESTOR OR FARMER: If you want to benefit by the pros- perity of the undeveloped west, then come to the LAKE BASIN of Montana without a day’s unnecessary delay, and look over the opportunites which she is offering to you Your Chance for Greater Success T T T A 10100 T4 VR T T 10 Drop a Card to Any of Us for Information AT T, T4 9 T N AT — e 1 Oto North, Billings. Geo. Leonard, Broadview. L. H. Box, Lavina. | 8 E. J. Mo, Big Timber. E. B. Kingman, Columbus. Strong & Strong, Ryegate. !