Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-09-19
The Prosperous Atwood Colony.

" lON NOWp ltoub HUH WIG
Atwood colony, in Logan county, Colo
RADIO, may not BIO undressing to many
Of the readers Of the REFLECTOR. There
are number Of farmers in the colony
who formerly resided in Dickinson coun-
ty-one Of the best in Kanpas.
Crops Of all kinds in this colony are
abundant and Of excellent quality.
G. G. Wheden lives in his fine proper
ty in Atwood. He also owns good 80
acre farm under irrigation, near town,
and 800 acres on the table lands. AS a
farmer and stock-grower he is prosper
ing, and is one Of the farmers in the COL
ony who believes that a farm without
trees is not tho kind Of farm that looks
creditable to the owners good taste and
enterprise.
Adam Purves, now almost confirmed
bachelor, is the owner Of one Of the best
improved and most valuable farms Ia
Logan county creditable to the colony
and the county. A fine farm residence,
thrift, orchard, n beautiful forest grove,
ten head OF blooded horses, big crops on
his we'll cultivated, model farm Adam
Purves deserves to be a prosperous hap
py farmer.
John Harbottle, who was for several
years postmaster of Abilene, and one Of
Dickinson county's best farmers, has a
nice home In Atwood, and is the owner
Of 100 acres of as fine land as tho sun
shines upon, all under irrigation, on 50
acres Of which he has this season from
two cuttings put into ricks 800 tons of
alfalfa hay, and a third cutting will prob
ably yield an additional 100 tons. Mr..
Harbottle improved two good farms near
Abilene, on which he planted fruit and
forest trees and you may be sure that
his new home affords evidence that tree
planting is still one of his specialties. He
is well pleased with the country and the
healthfulness Of the climate, and is pros
pering.
John W. Wilson publishes the LOGAN
County, ADVOCATE, and resides on his
finely improved l60-acre homestead farm,
near Atwood. 1t would delight Dickin-
son county farmers to see Johns heavy
crops Of oats and wheat, and 50 acres Of
alfalfa. lie has good farm residence,
a large barn, fruit and shade trees, and
works on his farm several days every
week.
}. l.. kerby, an early commissioner of
Dickinson county, has moved across the
river opposite Atwood, and is comforta-
bly, settled on his well cultivated 40.acre
garden farm, in the new and growing
Schneider colony, He recently sent a
few samples Of new potatoes to an old
friend at Abilene; ii required only seven
Of them to weigh ~ pounds. Kerby is
good farmer, and believer in trees,
and plants and takes care OF them land
they grow. Blessed be the man who
loves trees, and beauties his family
home.
Hon. Henry Schneider who owns and
resides upon the new colony lands, oppo-
site Atwood, containing about 5000 acres
in all, will realize over $500 from his
6.acre garden alone. In bis apple orch
ard you can see as fine fruit MS is grown |
in any country. He has 1900 tons Of |
alfalfa and native grass hay this year.
The gross income last year from his irri-
cation canal and 3,0l0 acres Of cultivated,
pasture, and hay lands, was sl5,9AOO.
The Schneider property is the finest
layout for prosperous colony IN Colo
RADIO.
In addition to ten irrigation canals al
ready completed and in operation in To-
gan county, strong company has re-
Gently been organized to construct ca
nal, 80 miles In length, and a reservoir at
the Pawnee Pass, above Atwood, that
will store an abundance OF water to irri-
gate more than 100000 acres Of new
lands. 1t will be by far the largest artl-
fetal reservoir in the United States, and
will store at one filling l,5O0,0qQ,0 900 cubic
Feet. The cost of the CANAL aud reservoir
will be one million dollars. Logan will
be very rich county. % haArw5oDs I 1