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Show BIG LAND PENINGT) I 76,000 Acres of hrnce Fruit and Agricultural Lands j Thrown Open Rflost Wonderful Opportunity . I For Those Who Are "Land Htsngry" I Ever Known In The History Of I Land Openingsa Proposition j That Will Probably iever I Again be Equaled! yF ACT NOW This Is "YOUR" Opportunity Registrations Accepted By Mail. y J Jlflil I 1 THE FOLLOWING ARE ELIGIBLE HUB REG8STER: j Y. Mm? i 1 Any married or single person (man or woman) over twenty-one years of age, who does not now own over 40 Acres oi Land. ' cJ , 2. Any widow, regardless of age, who does not now own over 40 Acres of Land. r1 HJ4 y KPC 3. Any orphan, over fifteen years of age, who does not now own over 40 Acres of Land. tP -r fe If you are Eligible according to the abo e Classifications and if you arc weary of the drudgery and toil of a small wage or salary with cost of i 'fy 0 yr f ! living soaring skyward or if from an) cause yon have failed to realize the freedom and independence you have longed for why don't you send in your S ( . j ' Registration for this great Land Opening NOW? Ypll have everything that makes lite worth living, to gain. I f IS) f V Listen: Down in the Missouri Ozarks, about four hours' ride by rail southwest of St. Louis (the fourth City in size and importance in the United j 1 A Y I V States there's a tract of 76,000 Acres of fine agricultural and fruit lands It's all high land about 1000 feet above sea lccl and not an acre of swamp 1 ) j !i?klrv land in the entire tract. Right in the heart of the Missouri Ozark Fruit Belt Finest kind of soil, too mainly a rich, sand) loam, varying from deep black I i " iiflifcSi f' jri to coffee color. The subsoil is very deep, and 1 a Red Clay Gravel! which is the verj best. It is a soil remarkably adapted to the production of the vcrv J V "fiit--- ffi?frj" .tV finest fruit, both in quality and color. Resides growing many kinds oi fruit in abundance, adjacent lands are now growing as high as 75 bushels of corn per j K V J 5ua?7 acre, and fine wheat, oats, alfalfa and all other staple crops. The climate is must healthful and invigorating typhoid, malaria and ague are practically un- ' V I VS T Jy l known, and there i$ an abundance of exceptionally fine water Resides the numerous bubbling, crystal flowing springs on this tract, wells ?unk to a depth i . f """ f of from 20 to 100 feet find an unfailing supply of pure water Ponds and cisterns arc easily made and an ample annual raint all of 48 inches keeps ihem filled. j J j j fry I Why Development Mas Been Delayed fkt Necessary To Be On the Ground On Opening Day Why, then, you ask, has a garden spot of such wonderful promise cific gac away one 160-acre tract out of every o40 acres, as an in- You can be on the ground the day of the Opening or Money Back in 30 Days If YOU So Desire of such great fertility, and so close to the fourth largest city in the ducemcnt to till up the country with people. They arc now reaping hae someone to represent vou it you choose, but it will j! COUt;rnJJIl,'!rad ouiV,nn0PvirTllflrsnn ,s ,!, flr,.i ,n, r d bv hauling out the products and by the increase in the not bc at a11 necessary. It will not make a particle ot dif- You Cnn Regi.ter by Mail Now nnd Get Your Mo.7 i A cr natural question yet the reason is also a natural one ' v ' ference one way or the other so far as the outcome is Back Any Time Within 30 Daya, If After Fuller Iaiaitt. i, preriou. lack of railroad trn.Port.tion. value ot the land they he d. to many times what it would have been concerned, as every Registrant's interests, whether ores- cation v Wi,h to Withdr-w ; Here are facts: This 76.000 Acre Tract is part of a large body of worth without settlers Railroads on account ot having a money- eat nr not wiu bc fuy .guarded all have an equal s"l,on T ou W"h to wlhdraw. choice timbered, truit and agricultural lands, which was purchased making after conaideration in view, can easily do what private emu. opportunity There will not be the slightest favoritism We strongly ad ise prompt action or else you are lit- j several years ago, and has been held ever since, waiting for railroad panics cannot even think of doing because the private companies shown U) a onf A Applcation. that are acceptctl hIc to bc too ,ate. you want to makf sure th t developments. cannot afford to do it So as stated wc now have the railroad ,,,vl wi bc recorflcd and lreatC(1 on an , basis b u for .. . , , p ,t " " !r ,11 . Now, we have a railroad. The Missouri Southern Railroad runs land, the next step is to get the people, therefore to accomplish our therc wij not b(. ,nU ON Rct.)stratloll acCepted by us lor phca,lon reachcs us 111 tin fnr to be accepted, for as I right through the center of this tract About 80 per cent of the 76,000 purpose .i portion of our extensive holdings is lein included in this EACH Contract or Unit uc have, and the Old Colony 5tatcc1' ol1,y ONE Registration will be accepted for eack I Acres now offered lies from adjoining to within 2lA miles of the most remarkable and unu.uoj Land Opening, the like of which we Trust & Savings Rank will ONLY CERTIFY bm One Full- Contract or Unit we have and no more. There is only one fiW4 . , t , , , rnl-'vTPv" v:,U ,nrv,cr b the HISTORY OF THE pnid.UP Certificate, for each Contract or Unit we have, way for you to make sure that it will reach us in time, and The next step is to get the people, for you know that land, no COUNTRY And. of course, the disposing ot this tract will very ard no more. ybl betnff tbe case and Registrations now u v j- r. , u u 1 I matter hon fertile it may be. even though it has a railroad, is not naturally increase the .alue of the rema.nmC acreage that wc arc being r, criv(.d ky the hundreds 'it will behoove you to M ' L'y endin? , -vour Kcance (clthr the entire i productive without people to cultivate it holding to many time, what it would have been worth without this r, ai h r,ur ( ommittee with your' Registratibn before the J ? r installment of $3) at one. Then you can No doubt you remember when a few years ago the Northern Pa- Opening and the settlers Contracts are all pn-ior you NOW KNOW in advance lipZl iVtaturpSng ou gStti vzmw fn A JBL fSA that our Units will be composed of a 10. 20. , 80 or lr, You can, if you like, visit the land ,n person and The New Town of Frust City c-- ; . r ., , , Shares ot Fully Paid and Non-Assessable Orchard Stork c i :n i . Then there's our NEW Townsite of FRUIT CITY which we have present located at a little inland village at least eight miles from the m thc aboyc JC(;crib(.d 3m Acre Orchard adioinitlB our morc P0,ACfl,1 n w,.n PPea to you Hovever, it altera recently "laid out" located on the Missouri Southern Railroad ad- railroad, with a population of about 300. New Townsite of Fruit City thorough investigation you desire to forfeit our Contract j joining our big 3,000-Acre Orchard. There will be 5,000 business and Well, then, what does all this mean to Fruit City a town with ' and do not care to go any further, all you will need to do, li residence lots in Fruit City, but none ot" the lots villi bc included in excellent prospects of being a County Scat town, located on the rail- When And Where Opening Will Be Held s to notity us to that effect, any time within oO days alter ' j! this Opening. road adjoining the biggest and thc most highly developed and finest Th finonimr k hM ,t B1 Hi a 1 nATP you have sent in Remittance and we will promptly refund Fruit City has a great future There is no doubt in our minds but equipped Orchard in the world to be inhabited and surrounded wit h- nf '1: , ,i nrnlL ,H , l,Vr' in , I ,nr, every penny of the money .ent u. , what it will reach the 5.000 mark in less than 24 months after the in a short time after the Opening, with an overflow of splendid c.ti- tS'S!! LnJ fWhSS will h?SSl?H U a" Se Cfy "l uPrCdlC-ndu thr ,h"C ?" w " Opening. We are giving a FULL BLOCK upon which to erect the zens from pract.cally every state in the Union. It should mean a u earn Tcceoted Rearfatrait Th n!?nio-;i1 no!-ifr ac mor Wicat.ons than there ill be Contracts for. Wksa Court flouie", and wc intend to contribute $30&j0 toward the building thriving, prosperous and substantial City of several thousand, within f! TSLtSS JllnSSlnt! H hoV boc,n 8Pkun ft 'V" T be -n m?,re of it. Five-sixths of the people NOW in the County are living alonf a vcrv short time after the Opening, and at least a HALF MIL- lreior Ln L mld? WhUe e canno? statdffinSiv C!tqntnty we shall be forced to reject all excess Ap- I the railroad-this combined with our donations in the way of land LION DOLLARS NET to our Association from the sale of the 5.000 JJ J 'rfmSia.f thBffuunlS P,icatIO" nd return the Applicants money. Therefore, f and actual ca.h, should enable us to very easily move the County Seat lots Not a lot will be offered for SALE in this tuture Metropolis J from the R e ffis t rat i n s -l no! ! SSiSl S" WC iiV,l th5t 'ou, send Jn yvr .'"V,0" 1Z to Fruit nty when the time comes to vote, af the County Seat is at until ON and AFTER the DAY of the OPENING 7L1m iSSlio& ,n t, llTn.T; ,f J'U C E ' V 7? J'" b I 4-ia.e.M-ai mm - -. . ... ti B rs P . , . and as t hey are almost certain to come in. m still Creater disappointed for remember if your Application is sc- I THESE" Circumstances Ms Possible YOUR Opportunity .$mBB&lsS I S nrJrS T"Ct t0,bC d'VCd "1- I UrpC C,t; and et bc 'dependent in the free- other Legal Papers to each Registrant after "mMakc Remittance direct to The Railroads Un.m- ma ZhX "dOubtfu1 if ST Opening "JS 5.000 Trac s ranging size from 10 to 160 dom of the country, surrounded by your own the Opening The Old Colony Hrust & Sav- ,cd u Associition in carc of Rcffi8trat10n Commit- r aea.n be ecma ed in the history of thi. ceuntry Own Acres as follows j GOO 10-Acre Tracts. 1.200 growing crops, your ripening fruits, have an ings Bank ot Chicago. Illinois. CERTIFIES h Reffi,trat,on Coupon belov. for that pur- j!" aff bu?ld vour homt in hfT land of the "Big M 20-Acrc Tracts 100 40-Acre Tracts. 50 80- Acre abundance of poultry and eggs-.n fact live every Full-Pa.d-Up Certificate that goes OU if ,fk , rPcm,t to thc 0H Coj 7 rac s an(1 ,5 lfc-A"cfT" maknS 5- the ,ife f independence-wouldn't you rather to our Registrants and will not Certify but Trust & CUlr0 A1, Remittances will be .miles and where the sun shines almost continually lr3C 5 a- a tOt,tf300?AcreS: NE be SO Mtua,ed than a,ua-VS tC bc dependent ONE for each Contract or Unit included in duh lcknowleLed and Receipts covering same promptly .-f", 're 'ent la ndsdo "of VhTpurple Ozarks Tract out of every THREE will be a 20-Acre on others for a mere job" or renting some- the ripening. Vou can pay the $1500 either ma;lcJ Thc afj Rccej $how hat the RJggtr;nJ Zrc hc Jr oure and !K irSw an nCt r 7" u- n- . one else's land, giving them from !i to V, of all in trash or at thc rate of $300 down and immediately upon the payment of his Registration Fee of A" V.Ince of cka nure cold 'va er is' ten pishing from I Remember this fine Tract is located only y our labor and profit, each year? Well. then. $3.00 per month. You will NOTE from the S15 Full, will receive I Full-Paid-Up Certificate. Certi- a'Xnd orincrs Pwhcr : the soil ,s meuSw an! rich ; ! ,LT.LUri.r"le hr"xX trom St- Loui lhi" ,s "yur" opportun.ty-if you are Eligible above that you arc given an Ab.tract, as well fied b the Qld Co,Q Trust & Savings Bank of Chicago. a . t h!l n n n n 2 1 r a i n fa H i s 48 inches where crops are Jife1 M,r?Uri SouthB R.Uroad lor tins Great Land Opening as a clear Deed to your Tract of Land If Wm The said Full-Pa.d-Up Certificate w.ll grantee " where Won nWvrii,.u Xo Application for Registration will be ac- these Abstracts and Deeds had to be secured that Thc Kailroads Unimproved Land Association will ' ''.'u" fourth "a cest Ci th,,V9yL?NT YOli hke to. own one of cepted unless the Applicant pays thc Small by each of thc 5.1)00 Registrants, singly and not acccpt anv ,norc tha ONE Registration for each OU" 5? Cand " EiX wheitKill I pV?f R u i mS V" t,hl$ "laKnificent "rk Recistr.tien Fee of $1500 to help defray tbe separately after the Opening, they could not Contract or Unit included in the Opening and also that ga"1C "nit ""f? A, ocatu' ;tnm.fe w hours' ride of expenses of advertising, arranging for and hope to get them properly prepared and de- thc Qid Colony Trust St Saving, Bank will not Certify ,s wo"n . v..,r f ono tne largest Cities in the United States conducting the Opening, preparing, transfer- liverd by a reliable Abstractor for much less any more than ONE Full-Paid-Up Certificate for each You DO Want ONE Of These Farms And This Is itur enjoy al1 the advantages and comforts of the ring and delivery all Deeds. Abstracts, and than $15 00 each. Contract or Unit included in the Opening; and will further OPPORTUNITY TO Get One . ij pa p a 2x guarantee that thc said Registrant will not be required to Fill in the Registration Coupon below' and mail today H IB IB II tem leGlnmJtfJ Bb H LHa fffcl V a 4t pay u one panny more than his Registration Fee of $1: ,vith your remittance enclosed, direct to our REGISTKA- I WlUUU r 3l iTiS BBBCByOGO 111 I KiS U Di1IRP u,hcr bfrc r aftcr ,i; 0pemnR n,: 'h!! 'A Cn- TION COMMITTEE, Fourteenth Floor. Great Northern BBBJ J " 1 W IVIUUI bUli B DUIJ Vjt gBaiBBg titles him to one Contract and a Full-Paid-Up Certificate Building, or. if you like, you can remit to the Old Colon) I ; . iJ Take particular note of the fact that there and 200 acres of Grapes, whirh is now being earn from 10 to 40 per cent annual dividends. pays his portion of all expenses for advertising, ar- Trust & Savings Bank, Chicago, Illinois. pfififuS ?JmS l . fmn,U(1',d ,n this Land developed at an expense of about a quarter The Orchard Stock itself, should be worth ranging tor and conducting the Opening, transferring and RAM ROARS UNIMPROVED LAND ASSOCIATION, . Pu xmu l d0VnS0tDfal-l0W'h0wever'that 11 ot' a milllon dollars- h Wl11 bc tH lorgest many times our $15 Registration Fee As a delivering all Deeds, Abstracts and other Legal Papers to RespHltUlly UI6 nAILKUAUo UKIMfKU "JJ'uhois. ' ':4 l f,inj1 rnts v,ho fc- and moat highly developed and the fineat matter of fact, we propose to make this the each Regiatrant after thc Opening. tl e. tn,e ,JUJ tarms Thl Opening will be equipped Orchard in the world. It is being moat highly developed and the fineat D HK,aB,nniMiHiManMn m - MHHMHMM9 .UCiC AnuaumannCr 3,mcwhat like thc equipped with a Canning Factory, a large equipped Orchard in thc world, ltistobci"""""""""""""" 1 'l n W C s Prailed at Government Hotel, 5 large Barns, 40 Tenement Houses, 1 demonstration Orchard to show what the r e C T D II T BJ BABIDlBJ I J-and Openings, the important difference, Winery, including all necessary Presses, country is capable of in the way ot produc- B Offe'Wtl I D lUBl WrWrVii - 'I nowever, Deing as follows. When thc Gov- Tuns, Cellars and Buildings 2 E'vaDoratimr inr fine apples peachy and "r'aDcs and of H m . DrrKTcB ' ern ment conaucts a Land Opening, the nemo Houses. 2 Fruit Packing Sheds, J? ? Fruft cor -eu l il 1 Act NOW-Reglstratlons Accepted By Mall. The Following Are ELIGIBLE And Can REGISTER. I BFRm- pi'5'?"! (regardless of the NUM- Spraying Outfits, 100 Head of Mules and all Stock-Holders will share, prorata, to the 1 Anv marrie.i or mgle person (mm or woman) over 21 yean of age, who doe. not now own orer 40 Acre. o( Und. j niJ: registrations) is included in the Harness. 50 Farm Wagons, 50 Turning Plow s. number of Shares each holds in the yearly 2. Any w.dow, regartle-, oi age. who doe. not now own over 40 Acre, of Land. jPcmng, consequently there are always con- 50 Cultivators, 50 Double Shovels ' 50 "A" profits , of the Orchard However each Unit " 3. Any orphan, over 15 year, of age. who doe not now over 40 Acre, of Land. . 'rii nrm?tKT,rf EfPFVH tU:in, arc Harrows, a number of Sprouting Hooks, included in the Opening will bc of as nearly B TKE RAILROADS UNIMPROVED LAND ASSOCIATION. "M J SS-SSSS-.!! PrlunIne.K"ves. Saws, Axes and a lot of equal value as humanly possible and will be H Uth'nSr m'IumSScmIS, IB. I ;Mr Registered are doomed to disappointment bc- other miscellaneous equipment sufficient to disposed of on Day of ODenino as our gen- ' -t Nrthe,n Buiidim. cnicga, . fioJ I ggjjg; arC not cno"Kh farms for All thoroughly equip an OVchard of this magni- S3 pined UwirefpdiSd She Reg- G.-U find Tom yo, a.a.mc.i.oa. that I . El.g.WIe to R.f..t.r i. your - Land Op-" i : '.'3 V luv t,t, ,- i , tUCev. Istratioil Fee of $15 is ALL you have to pay herewith enclosed RagUtraUon Cipon, properly rilled out. accompjnied by a Kemittanee oi S th t medl- k : j. Ken Particular pains to guard Now every bnit included 111 thc Opening US NOW or at ANY OTHER TIME as it Cn- H my Rcsl.tratln la Accepted please Kend me Receipt covering the amount ol my Remittance, whirh tl'". "5,d Co!oay -, i Al against any disappointment of that nature bv will be comnoaed of k 10 ?f) dfi gn " , ij&i "L 8 ,i . L Z r inj;K f c ii p.; p" the payment of my Regiatratioo Pee of flS.00 in full. I w,il rece.vc a Full-P.id-up CertiActe. Certified by ihe ow v o r I makino- the following nruiJn. TK- t . composca ot a in ZU, 40. 80 or loO-acrc titles you to one Contract and a Full-Paid- Trust and Savinaa nnk oM hicaito. Itlinola. which Turtbei u.r.ntee. th.t I will not be required to pay you one peany mere in w-J me will inc1uarhrfi? -nrJ PCn" TCrx-0t V ,100heS of Fully Paid Up-Cortificte and thc Old Colony Trust & my Reritleef" s Top rttbeS kef.re oi oft.r the pen,ng Ind that the 115.00 entitles me to Olf nntr.ct and la - ';f SJ m ?mn I n"i S 5,000 .scPara,: and Non-Assessable Orchard Stock in the Savings Bank will not Certify anv morc than Ccrlificata and wyi mj portion bl all epensca of advert, n,. arranging for snd conducting PP'" ffe i.r-" tblt I V, , A 'UW acre Orchard, Consisting of above described 3 000 arrr nVk. C. l OMP -,.ll U.; n r . C "Si . l , v,n "nd delivering ll Uce.U, Abstract:, an.l ulhcr Igal lapern to each Registrant after the Upening-and which fh old ftJepy 9 2,500 acres of Annies 10f) -A.t f i. v, u X ti ' TW aC" Ur-h.ard Stock ONE 1 ull-Pald-t p-t i rtlhcatO fur each Lon- , .ccept ny more thn ONE Registration lor each Contract or I'mt mcluded In the Ocminc and that the J h' ' 1 APPles- JU0 acres t Peaches which should and in all probability will soon tract or Unit included in thc Opening. Truat mod Savings milk wttl not Certify any c than ONE Kill-P.id.Up Certificate for each contract or Unt cddfd,V(w B ! ia . . W Opening, and that your fn.ts will be composed of either a 10, JO, 40. SO or lf Acre Tract of Land MW if the aboee ollf m izm- flAnrl nWA Arin4aMAA M X ID Df.fl 1 ll a I 1 T W I ft".) or lOO Sharei of Fully Psld nod Non-Aawaaable Orchard Stoat in the above decr.bed ?.fl00 Acre Orchard adjoining H m ubbo ana Austracts ot b.UUU Acre He n n Trust Bv Rank B ,f - vn - - riov iruranr Otfa nwW VI W V riUIUO IftUlU III I I UOl Ie9 U CI 3 1 1 1 H hcing deainble, or if for anv reason I wih to withdraw my Application, I have the privilege of not.ly.ng yon If ll't '""y IStI The Deed and Abstracts to this 76 000 hf th, ertl a 'I with" 1,cr oatc of rn'1"'" ,h" Registration Coupon, and you will promptly refund tbe full .oi.unt I have reni . ff-l acres are held in Truat by the Old Colonv th t m r l t Undisputed possessor of n.aeaamenta, because it is Fully Pd and It i, rurther agreod lhat in lhe cvent my Reglatratlon i. Rejected, you w.ll immediately refund the ameuat I have tm . Trust & Saving. Bank of Chicago, Illinois. whilewe are ?ntt ?tfu?K Non-A..e..abl.. You will simply own 100 Name , Ctt, or Town State mm SiiSSnk? on to our 'sffiTO J3S Share of s,,ock what to b; lSe r or R. R D. Wa A,e I SPiSJJJ&tiKS' Sult,vat,on- yu arc u" no obligations to moat complete, the beat equipped and thc " HI mthe Dind Ab.tO , tyt. ,t ST " "p rd Enterprise . " " 9T" Nationality . SW acres. The Deed and Abstracts will show Vn,, r n ",g I UnleSS you want "J- th,s contrV has ever seen. In that case. Do you own over 40 Acres of Land' (WRITE PLAINLY) - BBBBB the 76000 acres to hr FRFF f am . ou can nae it tor a home, or sell it out- our beat advice to you will be "Hold on to Have yon, to the beat of your knowledge, truthfully tawered all the above question. t , jo oalr WSSk I 'u rREE of ALL cn- right at once or hold it for more monev voll, Sinrk" fnr JL ?2a. Vo,lirt that I OTE:-This Regi.tration Conpon will not be REUJoMZED unle.s all ot tl above queatlona are Pr)y j tieB, ,o BBBBB cumbrances. later on when it vilni in,,?. ti y your btock lor we confidently predict that n9 Rtgtstratlon can be made in any usn nains All Rero.ttancc, hould be made to The Railroad. Unimproved Lana SnBcr g You will be given a Warranty Deed and thr- U vl, m c , nrCaSCS Thcn " W,H SOOM bc worth maY times the RtglS- care of R.ffl.tr.tl.n Committee, but If fOV Hke. ou may remit to the Old Colony Trt and SnvwgS Bank. Dearborn and va BBJ 1 At.,M. to, thend. hich n,, , rou siocic unon",.',fclf "w. wlUb""' "cT", S""Ul" ' "' I '"- - " - - |