The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-06-18
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within the past three years experienc.
ell the most rapid as well as the most
healthy growth Of any city in the
west. 1t is surrounded by country
unsurpassed by any on earth for the
richness and fertility Of it's soil and
the beauties OF its climate. ANY. ami
everything that can be raised in
Iowa, illinois, Indiana or Ohio Can
here be grown in the greatest profu-
sion. Wheat grown 10 the near vi.
entity of Akron, took diploma for
being the best grain of the kind exs
hibited at the Nebraska State fair,
held at Lincola, in September, 1889.
And all crops grown in this latitude
can be raised here as successfully as
anywhere on earth.
GOVERNMENT LAND.
There are vet thousands Of acres of
government land vac ant. which Can
be taken under the homestead. pre-
enirtion and timber culture acts,
which a person can have for the tax.
ing. A bountiful government will
make you independent il q few years
II you will but act now. The eur
face of the country is nearly q per.
feet level, but still sloping enough
to afford good drainage. No breaks
or draws such as ruin or def..ce 80
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 trans.
form it into an Eden OF beauty and
productiveness.
The citizens advertising committee
of Akron have placed In the hands
Of the West Side Improvement Com.
pany, one thousand city lots that are
to be given away for advertising
purposes. and any person who viii
aid them in advertising their advan-
tages can have one Of these lots FREE
OF CHARGE by directing q communi-
cation to j. FAEHsDRIcH, Sec'y at
Akron, Colorado, and sending him
the names Of ten people who are iD-
terested in the west, and liable to be
looking for @ western location and
sending four cents in stamps for re
turn of deed. These lots are nov
worth Gom $50 70 sl25, and will,
in the course Of a year, il the pre-.
dictions of knowing ones prove tiue,
be worth four times what ID now ask
ed for them. 1t is an opportunity
never before offered to secure IN
ABSOLUTE TITLE to q piece Of pro-
perry in an enterprisiDg and grow
ing western city.
The lots referred TO are 25xI32
feet In size and all the streets upon
which they abut are GO aud 80 feet
wide. They are IN what is known
as "Glenwood," an Akron, Colorado,
suburb, and the citizens committee
through Mr. Fachpdrich. its Sec ,
guarantees them 70 be smooth, level
and upon o slightly elevation, over
looking the town Of Akrcn. The
title Is also guaranteed TO be ABso-
LUTELY PERFECT.
Akron contains q Sc. Of business
men who are aliye 10 her advantages
as well as her interests, and thIs yea.
$50 600 IL being expended by them
to induce people looking for q west
cru ! ca ion 10 settle amongst them.
They want and are determined 10
have $4,000 people in thi. city by
1895.
Tney want labor.s 10 their coal
mines, they want cipittlists n de-.
Velope Their silver and gJld mines.
Akron il 10 day the largest and
most prosperous city In the state
sast of Denver. Il is u division sta
ton Of the b & N. R'y ami il the
southern terminus Of the Akron Il
Holyoke R'y, which will, in ali pro
liability, be built TO Colorado Springs
in the near future. Akron il in tie
line ofthe North western X. X. build
ing into Denver, and il IL sure 10
catch il, and the Beaver Valley
branch Of the b. n N. will also BE-
built TO Akron. The d & ". shops
are there and material is now on the
ground 10 greatly enlarge them.
The railroad employ $50 men at that
point now. The city 10 and will be
the railroad center Of that portion
Of the state. The population Is nov
yearly two thousand and by January
fret next, they believe il will he s..
600. A United States land Office
was recently located at that point
which means much 10 that city. IL
will bring every settler upon the
public domain in that section 10 that
city. IL will be. and Is. head quarters
Ter land seekera for that entire TOR.
ton Of the state.
COLORADO EXCURSIONS.