The Greeley tribune., 1907-07-11
place certainly detract nothing from
the former hospitable reputation Of
tho ranch Ghas n Allan vI,o ia

the ranch. Chas, h. Allen, who to
from Nebraska, and at one time .
banker there, took charge Of the
place this spring and Is managing
the entire acreage Mr.. Allan ia NO
early training on . ranch and came
to the Woods ranch from the big
CamHeld twenty miles north. he
has several men under his supervis-
ion, eighteen hundred cattle arc
grazing in the fields, some crops are
being put in this year and some
breaking is being done, so you may
see that the manager of the big
ranch has no idle time on his hands.
There Is no announcement to this
effect but the chances are that the
ranch will be divided up In the
course of time into smaller ranches
and the country will be developed on
the Greeley plan. A Tribune re-
porter was informed by a Denver
capitalist interested in the country
that beet sugar factory has already
been offered for the Hardin country
but the advice of the capitalist was
to wait until the country was devel-
oped year or two and the PROPOSE
tion would be more satisfactory.
The factory representatives were
from a concern in the northern
country where beet growing had not
been found profitable.
i The Hardin Mercantile company
has good store at Hardin In charge
Of T. G. Allard, member of the
firm, formerly of Greeley. Mr.. AL
lard has splendid stock and Is,
from all reports, accommodating .
trade that formerly had to 60 long
distances for their general merchan-
disc. The neighborhood people seem
to think the store people ara all
right and they are deserving the
growing trade they are getting. For
instance, showing the service re-
ceiyed, the store keeps ice constantly
on hand, In spite of the inconven-
fence OF setting it. Then another
instance, the store people offered the
hospitality Of their home to the
aaltkAsallinG scrshesruappsya -
get IN at the eating house Of the
town. and this was offered purely in
a spirit of accommodation.
o. NJ. Swope is the agent at
Hardin and is also postmaster of the
burg. The railroad company has q
good depot with living rooms for the
agent. The company's business Is
certainly in good hands. Mr.. Swope
owns farm up north of Kersey and
is interested in the agricultural
growth of the locality from this as
we'll as from other points Of view.
Section Foreman Wolverton has
charge of the other interests of the
company at Hardin. This place has
furnished an eating house for the
railroad men but for the present 1t
is pretty risky thing to go into
town hungry. unless YOU have or can
manufacture ''stand-in' with some
of the good people in or around
town. There ought to be place Of
some sort where the traveller could
get bite to eat, hut as it is it's ,
case of hit and miss However,
the people Of Hardin aud vicinity
are so hospitable purely in friendly
p way that the Inconvenience of no
regular eating house is almost
counterbalanced.
c. E. Harris has one OF the good
t ranches in the vicinity of Hardin.
] This is 6OO-acre property mile
: and half from town, representing
Mr.. Harris faith and works for the
e past few years. This ranch feeds
e cattle and makes quite speciality OF
J the stock business.
S There are number Of other I'M
S proved places in the vicinity OF the
} town. c. l. Moore owns the ranch
, with residence practically in the
town. MIR. Cooper is the renter the
current year.
, G. L. Shambeau has ranch over
) on the hill northwest. He has been
in the vicinity for some time.
There are number of other
ranches in the vicinity that are
matter of monetary satisfaction to
the owner and of development of the
district.
We almost forgot about educa-
tional facilities at Hardin. There
is good school house at the village
and in addition school house at
the Woods ranch. This is small
building just across the road from
the ranch house. The ranch is =
school district In itself. G. N. AL
| Ion jS nreSidopt of tho Scbno1 boaYd
Mrs. Allen secretary and another
member Of the ranch household il
treasurer. A school meeting was re-