The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-08-13
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Ahions Soiotouot hno pIOuduiy
within the past three years experienc.
ed 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 its soil and
the beauties of its climate. Amy. and
everything that can be raised in
Iowa, illinois, Indiana or Ohio can
here be grown in the greatest profu-
slon. Wheat grown in the near Viz
entity Of Akron, took diploma for
being tue best grain Of the kind ex.
hbited at the Nebraska State fair,
held at Lincoln, in September, 1889.
And all crops grown in this latitude
eau be raised here as successfully as
anywhere on earth.
GOVERNMENT LAND.
There are vet thousal. de of acres of
government land vacant, which can
be taken under the homestead, pre-
emption and timber culture acts,
which a person can have for the tax,
ing A bountiful government will
make you independent ir few y, ars
If you will but act now. The sur.
face Of the country is nearly a per
feet level, hut sill sloping enough
to afford good drainage No breaks
or draws such as ruin or leface so
many western farms No prOtracted
struggle with rocks. Your first glance
at the country would remind you Ot
one vast meadow, only waiting the
plow Of the husbandnan TO trans
form it into an Eden of beauty AMI
productiveness.
The citizens advertising committee
of Akron have placed in the haLd.
O! 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 thnis advan
tages IN have one Of these lots FREE
OF CHARGE by dire citing a communi.
cation TO j. FAEHSD4 ICH. Src'y at
Akron, Colorado, and seniiGg bin
the names of ter people who are in~
terested in the west, and liable to be
looking fer a western location and
sending four cents in stamps for re
turn Of deed. These lots are now
worth from $50 10 Sl25, and viii,
in the curse Of year, if the pre-
dictions of showing ones prove true,
be worth four times what is nov ask.
ed for them. 1t is an cpportunit,
never before offered to secure an
ABSOLUTE TITLE to a piece of pro-
perry in an 'enterprising and grows
ing western city.
The lots referred to are 25xl32
feet IN size aud all the streets upon
which they abut are 60 and so feet
wide. They are IN what is known
as "Glenwood," an Akron, Colorado.
suburb, aud the citizens commi tee
through Mr. Faehndrich. its Sees,
guarantees them TO be smooth, level
and upon a slightly elevation, over
looking the town of Akron. The
title is alsO guaranteed to be ABso-
LUTELY PERFECT
Akron contains a set OF business
men who are aliYe to her advantages
IS we'll as hei interests, and this year
$50 900 is being expended by them
to induce people looking for a west
ern loca ion TO settle amongst them
They want and are determined Il
have $4,000 people in lhi, city by
1895.
They want laborers in their Goa
mines, they want capitalists to de.
yelope their silver and gold mines.
| Akron il to day the largest ant
mcst prosperous city in the stat.
east Of Denver. 1t is a division sta
ton Of the B. & N. R'y anu is III,
southern terminus Of the Akron 4
Holyoke R'y, which will, in all pro
liability, be built TO Colorado Springs
in the near future. Akron is 10 tht
line ofthe Northwestern X. Il. build
ing into Denver, and il Is sure t.
catch il, and the Beaver Vale,
branch OF the b. Il NJ. will also b,
built TO Akron. The b s. NJ. shopi
are there and material is now on th,
ground to greatly enlarge them
| The railroad employ $50 men at tina
point now. Tie city Is and will b,
the railroad center of that porti u
Of tie state. The population is nov
nearly two thousand and by Januar,
first next, they believe it will he 5,
900. A United States land offic,
was recently located at that poin
which means much to that city. /
will bring every settler upon tht
public domain in that section to tina
city. 1t will be. and il, head quarter
Tor land seekera for that entlrs or
ton Of the state.
COLORADO EXCURSIONS
On May 10Th. and in Jane cx
cursiOns will be run from oil poipL
Of the East and south to Akron. TIL,
rate will be one fare for the rount
trip, over the Chicago. Rock IsIan,