The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-06-11
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ed the most rapid as we'll as the most
healthy growth of any city in the
west. II is surrounded by q country
unsurpassed by any on earth for the
richness and fertility of its soil and
the beauties Of its climate. Any, and
everything that can be raised in
Iowa, Illinois, Indiana or Ohio can
here be grown in the greatest profu-
sion. Wheat grown in the near vi.
entity of Akron, took diploma for
being the best grain Of the kind ex.
hibited at the Nebraska State fair,
held at Lincoln, in September, 1889,
And all crops grown in this latitude
can be raised here as successfully as
anywhere on earth.
GOVERNMENT LAND.
There are yet thousands of acres OF
government land vacant, which can
be taken under the homestead, pre-.
emption and timber culture acts,
which . 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 CUR
face Of the country is nearly q per-
feet level, but still sloping enough
to afford good drainage. No breaks
or draws such an ruin or deface 30
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
The citizens advertising committee
of Akron have placed in the hands
Of the West Side Improvement Cons
pany, one thousand city lots that are
to be given away for advertising
purposes, and any person who will
aid them in advertising their advan-
tages can have one Of these lots FREE
OF CHARGE by directing a communi,
cation to j. FAEHNDbIcH, Ssc'y at
Akron, Colorado, and sending him
the names of ten people who are in~
terested in the west, and liable to be
looking for O western location and
sending four cents In stamps for re.
turn Of deed. These lots are now
worth from $50 70 1925, and will,
In the course Of q year, il the pre-.
dictions of knowing ones prove true,
be worth four times what is now ask.
ed for them. 1t is an opportunity
never before offered to secure an
ABSOLUTE TITLE to q piece of pro.
perty in an enterprising and grow
ing western city.
The lots referred to are 25x132
feet IN size and all the streets upon
which they abut are 60 aud so feet
wide. They are In what is known
as "Glenwood," an Akron, Colorado,
suburb, and the citizens committee
through Mr.. Faehndrich. It's Sec's,
guarantees them TO be smooth, level
and upon O slightly elevation, over
looking the town of Akron. The
title is also guaranteed to be ABso-
PERFECT.
Akron contains q set of business
men who are alive 10 her advantages
40 well - her interests, and this year
$50. 1000 is being expended by them
to induce people looking for q VESTS
ern location 10 settle amongst them.
They want and are determined 70
have $4,000 people in this city by
1895.
They want laborers in their coal
mines, they want capitalists to de-
velope their silver and gold mines.
Akron is to day the largest and
meet prosperous city In the state
east Of Denver. II is a division sta.
ton Of the b. & N. R,y and is the
terminus Of the Akron 4
Holyoke Ry, which will, in all pro.
liability, be built to Colorado Springs
in the near future. Akron is in the
line ofthe Northwestern Il. r. build.
Ing into Denver, and il is sure to
catch IL, and the Beaver Valley
branch OF the B. 4 M. will also be
built 10 Akron. The B & NJ. 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 is and will be
the railroad center Of that portion
Of the state. The population is now
nearly two thousand and by January
FIRST next, they believe il will lie g..
900. A United States land Office
was recently located at that point
which means much TO that city. Il
will bring every settler upon the
public domain in that section to that
city. Il will be, and is, head quarters
for land seekera for that entire por.
ton Of the state.
COLORADO EXCURSIONS.