The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-29
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fenced the most rapid as well az the
most healthy growth of any city IL
the west. 1t is surrounded by Il
country unsurpassed by any on earth
for tho richness and fertility of its
soil and the beauties Of its climate.
ANY. and everything that can be
raised in lowe. Illinois, Indiana or
OHIO can here be grown in the great
est rrofusion. Wheat grown in the
near vicinity of Akron, took d.
p!ona fer being Tie best grain of the
kind EXHIBITED at the Nesraska
State fair, held at Lincoln; in Sep
tcmbcr. 1889. And all crops grown
in this latitude can be raised here as
successfully as anywhere On earth,
GOyERNnENT LAND.
There are yet thousands Of acres
Of government land vacant, which
can be taken under the homestead,
pre-cmpti0n and timber culture acts,
which q person can have Tor the
taking. A b0untiful government
will make you independent in few
wears if you viii but act now. The
surface Of the country is nearly a
perfect level, bat still sloping enough
to slrord good drainage. No breaks
OF draws such as ruin or deface so
many western farms. No prOtracted
struggle with rocks. Your first
glance at The country would remind
you Of one vast meadow, only waiting
the pillow of the husbandman to
transform it into an 4 len of beauty
and productiyeness.
The citizcns' advertising commit
tee of Akron have placed in the
bands of the West Side Improvement
Company, ere thousand city lots
that are to be given away for adYer-
Using purposes, and any person who
will aid them in advertising their
advantages can have one Of these
lots free of charge by directing q
communication to }. Faehndricb,
Soc'v at Akron, Colorado, and send
ing hia the names Of ten people who
are interested in the west, and liable
TO be looking for a western location
ard sending four CENTS in stamps for
return of deed. These lots are now
worth from $50 to S125, and will, in
the course Of year, if the predic-
tions Of knowing ones prove true, be
worth four times what is now asked
for them. 1t is an opportunity never
before offered to secure an absolute
title to piece of property in an
enterprising and growing western
city.
The lots referred to are each
25x132 feet in size and all the streets
upon which they abut are 60 and s.
feet wide. They sre in what is
knO8n as 'GIerwood," an Akron
Colorado, suburb, and the citizens
committee through Mr.. Fachndrich
its Sccy. guarantees them to be
smooth, level and upon a slightly
elevation overlooking the town o.
Akron. The title is also guaranteed
to be absolutely perfect.
Akron contains q set of business
men who are alive to her advantages
as we'll as her interests, and this
gear $4,000 is being expended b,
them to indu,e people looking for {
western location to settle amongst
them. They want and are determined
to have 5000 in this city by 1895.
They want lahorers in their Goa
mines, they want capitalists tt
develop theiI silver and gold mines
Akron is today the largest anC
most prosperous city in the state
east of Denver. 1t is a division
station OF the B. &. NJ. R'y and i;
the southern terminus of the Akron
4 Holyolle R'y, which will, in al
probability, be built to Colorado
Springs in tue near future. Akron
Is in the line of the Northwestern r
L. building into Denver. and 1t il
sure to catch it, and the Beaye
Valley branch of the 3. & NJ. will
also be built to Akron, The b, s. Nj
shops are there and material is nov
Oh the ground 10 greatly enlarg,
them. The railroad employ 25O mel
at that point now. The city is an(
will be the railroad centre Of tina
portion OF The state. The population
10 now nearly two thousand and b,
January first next, they believe
will be 5000. A United States Lane
office was recently located at tina
point which means much to that CITY
1t will bring every settler upon Thu
pablic domain in that section to tina
city. 1t will be, and is, head-quar
tnr2 for land cnnlyoro FOr that o,.;