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J ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦^♦^♦^^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^^^♦^♦♦♦m»^^^^^^^^^^m»» < »m^» ) »^»»»^ Q \ m 0 i 1 1 q ii 11 t 0 . : v h a 0 0 X npHERK are thousands of people in Southern California today who have money to invest and who are vj \ 1 looking for investments. *; X There are other thousands who are not, strictly speaking, looking for investment*?, but who would ♦* a be glad to put a little money where it would do the most good. fv \ The att- ntion of both classes is called particularly to the rapid development now in progress in 4? \ the settlement of 500,000 acres of land under the Imperial Canal System in the eastern portion of San Diego ♦? A county. \ ... . \i a This settlement is no boom proposition. It is founded on the largest and most fertile tract of 4^s x irrigable land to be found in arid America. I>X X The Imperial Canal System is what its name indicates — the most abundant supply of water 'that 1a I a can be used for irrigation purposes in America. ♦?♦ a Not only is the water abundant, but it is cheap. T/i >x Experience shows that 500,000 acres of such land, when under cultivation, will support a popula- a>X a tion of from 150,000 upwards. J^4 a Such a population must support and maintain at least one city of metropolitan proportions, and ♦ vjj a several smaller cities of less magnitude — from 5000 to 10,000 people each. \x\ (\( \ This is no dream. Look over Southern California and see what has been done. What has been m a done must be done again under similar conditions. a The Imperial Land Company has platted three town sites: 1/1 1 ' if! I Imperial, Paringa and Calexico. « 0 ▼ One of these towns will become a large cit\\ All of them will become cities. I<J ? J A judicious investment in any one of them will return manifold profits. ♦$ 0 The policy of the Imperial Land Company has been to give early investors a chance to make big J() / money. This is a wise business policy. That policy was applied to the sale of water rights. Prices of xj water rights were advanced only because it became a necessity, as the laud was being taken more rapidly +0 Q than the water could be delivered. jd xj The same policy is now adopted in connection with the sale of town property. fA^ xj We want to interest thousands of people financially in the Imperial Settlements, because the more J\ x are interested the better it is for the investors as well as for the proprietors of the water system and the ?\ Q town sites. \ vj In the very near future all the towns mentioned above will become railroad towns. \ xj The towns are laid out systematically, and the Imperial country is being developed systematically. \ x These facts have been accentuated by the gratuitous publication of hundreds of columns of com- \4 x plimentary accounts of this great enterprise in the leading journals and magazines of the East, and in \t x nearly all the papers of Southern California. We have several large scrap books full of these indorsements. \ J In reference to vacant land under Imperial Water Company No. 1, of which there is yet quite an \4 x acreage, we would refer the reader to Oakley-Paulin Co., Douglas Block, Los Angeles. Cal. I /(I Q For further particulars apply to, or address a Ay IHPERIAL LAND COHPANY, d AH HEBER, General flanager, I 1 STOWELL BLOCK, LOS ANGELES, CAL. I \ »♦# »**t* ttttt-ttr a t ♦^♦♦♦♦o^^^^^^^^ ♦♦♦♦♦+"♦♦♦♦+*♦*"♦<*♦ ♦<♦♦*»♦<♦♦*"♦♦♦<♦<♦♦*"♦ X ♦♦♦»»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-»♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦»-»♦♦♦» ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ■ IMPERIAL PRESS 11