The Greeley tribune., 1905-10-26
; At PIERCE.
=, WHERE THEY DRY
y FARM FOR SURE
.,,.sr;pg Tank Developing
[.o a Thriving Town
nti,izing the Underflow
for Irrigation

,,, station, consisting OF a sta
a so section house and water
tbe latter supplying the Union
l. engines with water known
,o is now awakening from Its
.ont state and in the near
will give Weld county an
1.-Two bustling town. A town
,Ov has been organized and
ed quarter section of land
,.,y owned by l.. N. Priddy,
tOvn lots, making four blocks
,ots d by l4o feet. These lots
ow selling from s25 to 800 a
dfty.three having already been
khile quite a number have been
ed by prospective buyers. The
bdioins the railroad and across
rack lust east of the station
The Pierce postotiice Is al
established. and the district
house is in close proximity
new town site. The school Is
,trict No. 40, and at present
an enrolment of twenty-six
hs presided over by Miss Alma
bp, very intelligent and
Bile young lady, highly esteemed
who know her.
e first new building to be
ID in the new town is now be-
uilt for Il grocery store by Mr..
u. which will be the first busi-
house of the town of Pierce.
Priddy will also erect coal bins
Gales, for which the foundation
eady in place. The next most
ID adjunct to the business of
ew town is a lodging house for
tents, and a small livery barn.
lis section of Weld county pos
as fine agricultural land as
be found in the state. While
bill under ditch or in cultiva-
for miles around the dry land
een located and many quar-
ctions already have comfortable
built on them. This is par
arly so east and north of Pierce.
that portion of the county not
Under ditch there appears to be
nderilow at a depth of twenty
to thirty feet which, it is
kht, can be utilized for irriga-
purposes through the means of
wells and steam pumps. Those
have sunk small wells at their
lor domestic purposes enjoy
lns themselves with as cold
pure water as ever flowed from
Ing.
IT, Whiting, owning 100 acres
ali mile north of the town,
large we'll reaching this under
rom which he irrigated and
agood crop on about forty
and believes the we'll will
sufficient water for the entire
cres.
m II. Nix, whose land adjoined
Writings, also sank a large
fourteen feet in diameter, for
s'loh purposes, but after passing
sh the water gravel at the
oi twenty-seven feet came in
ct with hard clay and could go
tlher This we'll holds seven
pl water but the flow is not
enough to sustain the depth
'ef during irrigation season.
pele are wells in the neighbor-
winch have not been exhausted,
NA Is Of the opinion that he
feu TO miss the current of the
'No" and will sink another we'll
rVlilef part of his farm this fall.
NIX had thirty-tiye acres of
painted this summer which
'.eu lhirty-five bushels of solid
u lhe acre. Three acres of
ptouuced one ton for which he
,'0 80 And this without ir-
M holter, holding 100 acres.
''ea the sod and planted four
VI corn, and without cultiva-
irrigation produced seventy
,''els OF we'll filled solid corn
austrian kind.
'l 0eels grown by Mrs. q. G..
r.ouuced we'll, without water
,"'lon' many measuring
h eS III diameter and of good
~" Instances are mentioned
ro'V Oh the assertion that the
ss,, quaI to any in the state.
# A.. ,'edu OF Greeley and Sulli-
s. MulV have just completed a
tb, Wy ior running a lateral
u', '-aFlner canal which will
ot.sh o"sh Pierce, and the resi-