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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



Let Me Prove That 



10 Acres * Irrigated Land 



Will 

 earn 



$250. 



22 M1,, For You 



I Will Sell It To You For 

 $2.50 a Week 



E. W. SHUTT, President 

 Rio Grande Land, Water & Power Co. 



Irrigated, under 

 cultivation, ready 

 to earn at least 

 $250 a month. 



X /OU know, or can easily learn from United States 



Y Government Reports, that Irrigated lands in the 



X Great Southwest, in selected crops, will net (300 



to 91,000 a year per acre over and above the entire 



cost of cultivating them. 



Anyone who knows the country will tell you that 

 absolutely the surest, sal est way in the world to gain 

 a large and permanent Income for a small 

 outlay Is to get hold or a few acres of irrlga- Old Afbuquera 

 ted land in the GreatSouthwest. 



But always before it has required at least 

 a few hundred dollars and It has been necessary for 

 the investor to live on the land and develop It. 



Now, my company makes it possible for you to 

 get ten acres of the finest irrigated land In the world 

 if YOU can save (2.50 a week. 



You can go and live on it absolutely assured of 

 an Income from it alone of (3,000 to (10,000 every 

 year without fail. 



Or you can remain In your present position and 

 add that much to what you earn. 



For my company wl II cultivate your property for 

 a small share of the crops. 



You don't have to know a thing in the world 

 about farming. 



Now, I can and will prove all this from the 

 highest authorities in the land. 



All you have to do is write me and say, 

 "Prove to me that ten acres of your land will 

 net from (3,000 to (10,000 a year above all cost of 

 cultivating it." 



I have the proof , so read what my company 

 will do for you. 



* * * 



I will deliver to you at once a Secured Land 

 Contract tor ten acres of irrigated land 

 In the Hlo Grande Valley. 



You must pay my company (2.60 a week 

 or as much more as you like. 



Instead ot your having to pay Interest 

 on deferred payments, I agrret*, for my 

 company, to pay you 6% per annum on 

 the money you pay In. 



1 also bind my company to fully irri- 

 gate your land and turn it over to you _ 

 under full cultivation whenever you Bernard 

 desire to mature your contract. 



(2.50 a week will mature your con- SabinaT 

 tract in 10 years. 



But after you have paid (2.50 a week 

 for three years, or the same total amount 

 in a shorter time, 1 agree and bind my 

 company to loan you enough money to 

 make all future payments and mature 

 your contract. 



Remember, the land will be fully irrigated and 

 completely under cultivation, so your first year's 

 crop should net you enough over and above the cost 

 of cultivating It to fully pay your loan. 



You would then own your land outright and have 

 an assured Income of from (3,000 to (10,000 a year. 



Can you hope in any other way as safe and sure as 

 this to nave so large an Income in a few years! 



SANDOVAJ 



* Alameda ^ 

 Martinez^ 



Head 



Gab- 



Not in all the world have I 

 ever heard of so good an op- 

 portunity for men of small 

 means. 



In this small space I cannot 

 tell you all the steps that have 

 been taken to safeguard your 

 money in every way. 



This is investment not specula- 

 tionyet you get returns equal to those 

 from successful speculation. 



And all the white you are secured against 

 loss by the finest farm land In the world, 

 and your Interest in water-rights that no 

 man could buy for a million dollars. 



There la no question ,11 ke finding goid or 

 striking oil about this proposition. 

 The land is there for all time. 

 The water Is there for all time to nourish 

 and fertilize it. 



You don't have to dig in the ground deeper 

 than to plant seed. 



There are no insects that destroy crops in this 

 country. 



Ttiei e Is no chance tor drought. 

 There- Is no chance known to man for a single 

 crop failure, ever. 



And the abu ndant crops of large andln every other 

 way superior hays, grains, vegetables and fruits are 

 equaled In only a very few favored spots, such as the 

 Rocky Ford country. But I am going to prove by case 

 after case that net returns from ten acres of this prop- 

 erty rarely are as low as (3,o< a year and often as high 

 as 910,000 'according to the kind of crops. 



The difference Is notaccording to location of land or 



_ son or anythlngof that kind. 



The land is near a prosperous and growing city 

 Albuquerque the largest city In New Mexico. 

 Our main irrigation canal to run through the city. 

 The main 1 ine of the Santa Fe Railroad runs through 

 our land from end to end. 



And ourown electric line is to supply additional cheap 

 1 2 and convenient transportation to every section of these 

 1 hinds. 



If you want to see the country for yourself, you can go 

 with the next party I take to look at the property. Or you 

 and your friends can band together and send a repre- 

 sentative. 



Or I will send you names of prominent men who have gone 

 or will go and you can ask them M-hat conditions they find. 

 Hut this lathe merest outline of what 1 will show you In 

 detail. 



There are many features of this Secured Land Contract 

 that make It safe and profitable which 1 haven't space to 

 touch upon. 



I am only attempting to mnke it clear to you that If you 

 can possiMy save (2.M a week you can have an assured three to 

 ten thousand dollar Income in a few years. 

 "' Don't doubt I have proof. 



1 have promised to lay It before you. All you have to do la to 

 write for it that can't cost you a cent more than postage. 



And as fast as the malls can carry, I will send you proof that 

 as sure as crops grow where climate, soil and water conditions 

 are perfect, you can be financially independent in a few years. 



* * * 



Now, not to hurry your decision in the least, but to protect the price, 

 write me personally at once. 



For after tlie first lot of ten-acre tracts IB contracted for we will ask more. 

 But I make this promise. Every man or woman who answers this advertise- 

 ment at once can have at least ten acres on these terms unless, of course, all 

 our land should be already contracted for from this one advertisement. 



Now, write at once. I can nay nothing more in this advertisement except 

 that, If I could. I would not tell you all you can confidently expect Irom this 

 investment. For you would not believe it without the proof which I cannot 

 put in an advertisement. Address me personally, and believe me sincerely, 



E. W. SHUTT, President Rio Grande Land. "Water and Power Co. 

 658 Houser Building, ST. LOUIS. MO. 



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