The Holly chieftain., 1899-01-20

ARMY COLONY.
Past Nlssssy ana Future ptans ~
the osssnises 0slsNy
Outlines.


0utljned.
frsa tAs Denver News.
Eight mile west of the Kansas line and
. half mile from the main u NJ Of ths
esata Fs line. In the Arkansas valley, Il
located the Amisy Salvation Amy
colony. thriving settlement Of onlS 4
few months Life. bat which pls,,l,
shows tho grand success Of Oap.s;n IN
fuckers orisinsl plan % lie .sr
unfortunate mankind.
The colony IL An entirely s.r brsncl,
Of the army sd = sonsAs.sa .upos
lines certainty usique, 1t embraces The
idea Of socialists to help ono auo, er,
and not leach man for himself" Not
many months ags It was decided that q
colony should be started somewhere in
the West. Idle people throughout The
conRested centers Of the East were rap
idle becoming discouraged and on a
fair road to evil. The army knows this
class and set i's machinery in motion
TO relieve it. A private car was placed
a. the commanders disposal by the
Santa Fe road and officers Of the line
we're with him wheu he made his trip
from Chicago to the wns'ern coast, Al
Rocky Ford Commander BooIi, Tucker
found many families making COM
fortsble living ny raising melons on
small patches o. land. The, wers ali
contsnted and happy. Thst took the
commanders fancy al once. No,hing
could be better suited TO his purpose
He wanted the colonists to live we'll
with small oull.y. He returned to
the east satisfied that no better spot
for hIs proposed colony could be found
than in the Arkansas valley.
Colonel Thomas Holland was sent by
the commander 10 Colorado to buy the
necessary land, He purchased GO
acres from the Great Flsirs Water ccm-
pany, ON long time. The agreement
was that watsf inust be- furnished ~.
cisnt to supply Ill the colonis.s' psrds
Il 50 cenfs - acre per year, the right
n tap the bitches being paid for whom
The land WAS hoaght The country
sbout Amity h alnose q isvsl . . biz
lizard tabls. The Ba6Alo ditch liss .
mile b the north. owssd BY the eonpa-
nv. and 70 long ~ the ditch has wstsv
the coloniats must est their share II IL,
The land was At onos divided OF into
sixiy-four lcss VI ten acres each, Each
b $50 feet wide and quarter mile long.
The square section makes four rows Of
lots. sidteen In each row.
Il was on April is lsst that the Rrst
bunch of coIonists; sixty in number,
arriyed At Holly ,our miles from tho
propoaed settlement Colonel Holland
was the guide, ard carload Of farming
implements and almost train load Of
lumber which he had ordsred, arrived
severrl days afterwords. A heavy rain
sst 10 aud fell internationally for several
days. In fact. il was May lot before the
we're able 70 instsll them.
selvss upon their future fhrma. The
broad prairie stretched far away % al
sidss and savs The soantry wild. dsse-
late sppssrsncs. This Impressd The
colonis'A sspeciail, tt,oss from tke
ersst cisiss. ~ . lIssls snfhvprsble. ~
Colenel Holland uss not > nan v ~
diseosrsssd. The vork Of tsasstseaa
tion could NJ IN and tbe lad sssvest-
- Into sasdsa spet. Hs pusehaeso
hsssss ard sslploted hrmsss 70 bssan
the 80.
AZ tbis sims ~ solony ~ living in|
tent. II ths csp,sd we're sbur saEpsp-
Ten aud i ~ vouths who .could saslssl
yesm, theh tlsees - atcne siaSsn.1
}ssy sxss tSld I'M nnnt thcm dSssas
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