The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1902-06-13
Boulder Letter.

I
received from parties wishing to
come here for employment of va
rious kinds.
This Is splendid place for skilled
workmcn such as carpenters, pain
tcrs, brick and stone masons, plas-
tcrcrs ETC., Please understand
mo, this Ia for fine and fancy
workmen who are skilled in their
trade. For wood butchers or
botch painters, paper hangers or,
In fact, wood bc workmcn or has
bccns, the woods are full OF them
(should have said mountains).
II n pcrs on thinks of coming To
BOULDER to secure position with n
big salary and not having any
work to perform my advice Is To
hold on to your rail road fare aud
buy bread with II for this country
wants workers. Often we hear OF
dudes with collars reaching above
their ears arriving In our city and
II they do not secure II snap OF n
job where they can have promot-
crs wait ON them, they 20 away
cursing Boulder and vicinity.
II parties wishing employment
In n country unsurpassed for
health, beauty, and prosperity and
are willing to do hard work they
can find employment but II you
are looking for soft snaps aud big
salaries don't come here. There
are In dustrics here that are work.
ing their men double time. 10
hours per day paying them $500
per 3 hours. Cant wear high
collars ON these Jobs however,.
Often you hear of some young
man asking for positions Ia Dry
Goods, Grocer or Drug Store aud
proprictors will ask him IL he H.
in this country for his health and
II they are they don't want them
as they want rugged and able
men and women to do the work. 4
\ great many positions are filed .
by students during vacation from
the University. :
For the first time | have taken /
In the oil Fields of Boulder to-day .
and there is no doubt but what
there IL plenty OF oil here and In .
paying quantity. IL may be some
time before all their prospects are
producers yet new strikes are I
found almost every day. Next .
month will find this town crowded .
with people from every state at
tending Chatauqua. Here Noun
tain Excursions will be almost
every day and camping up where
trout fishing and sports OF all
kinds can be- had To while away
vacations and escape the extreme
hot weather which is prevailing
mt that time Of year farther east.
Strawberry picking has COM
mcnced as the sun comes up from
the eastern plains or about . a. m. |
they are lined up for their work.
The berries are as large and fine
as are grown In any state.
There Ii no dew to drabble your
clothes or soften the berries, con-
scquently they keep much better.
After the days picking IL over
which usually closes about ten a.
m. The Ranchmcn turns the wa
ter on aud there are no dried up or
withered berries. | have been In
the extreme southern berry fields
OF Louisiana and Florida but
never have ] seen such luxurious
vines and mammoth berries as
Boulder produces.
The fields of not only strawper-
ries but OF rasbcrries, currents,
gooseberries, blackbcrries, grapes
In fact all fruits are loaded full and
will be plentiful until September.
There Is more produced on one
acre of irrigated land than FIVE of
most any other place as they can
water when needed and It is seld-
ON that some time during the
season, father east, our fields and