The Greeley tribune., 1907-06-06
AULT RURAL NOTES
Some Good Farming Land il
That Section

Mr.. Miller bought the place . short
time ago and put In hard work get
ting things as he desired. He had
built block cement house, aprettY
place, had barn aud other build,
ings planned of the same materia
and part of the work was done when
the moving spirit OF all these i'm
provements was thrown from the
wagon and received injuries to his
head which it was thought would
terminate in death. BE did not die,
however, but is getting stronger
physically with his mind consider
able of blank. He Is in Denyer at
sanitarium where is it hoped
time may restore fully his old time
energy. NJ. D. Hazlett, who has
been in the neighborhood four years,
is farming part of the place. Mrs,
Miller's uncle has charge OF Mr.,
Miller's ranch work for the re-
mainder of the season. Mrs Miller,
who has been In poor health the past
winter, has her sister from Idaho
with her for the present.
John Bowen and H. L. Bowen
farm the two eighties comprising the
Bowen ranch property. The former
has twenty-five acres of potatoes this
year, with additional crops Of wheat,
oats and alfalfa. H. l.. Bowen has
on his eighty forty acres of barley,
twenty of potatoes and four of beets.
c. F. Pixler has been In the Ncin.
ity six years. He owns Ranch Of
Ill acres. He has this year forty
acres wheat, twenty of harley, fifty
of potatoes and the balance is in
alfalfa. Three years ago the
''spuds" on this place went 225
sacks to the acre. There are 100
head of hogs on the place. Mrs
Pixler has 400 chickens, this years
crop from the wooden hen." One
setting 4of l7s eggs matched out l6S
chickens.
j. c. Walker owns two eighties
north of Ault. One Is worked by
W. D. Campbell, whose helper, J..
w. Stranahan, lives in the house,
j. E. Martin, who Is taking care of
beets in the vicinity, is living in the
other house.
A. Allison, at present the popular
mayor of Ault, owns a half.secton
of good land just north and west of
Ault. Mr.. Allison's sons, Albert L..
and Edgar c., are. mAnAeipg the
place. There are two houses on the
ranch. The Allison home residence
is fine, large residence with sur
roundings of improved grounds and
farm buildings OF the best order.
Seventy acres Of wheat are on the
place, the bulk of the land is In
alfalfa. Mr.. Allison has been In
the vicinity for twenty-five years
and has made himself useful In
various ways in the building up Of
Weld county and Ault.
S. A. Dickey has finely Improved
farm over IN the Rowe district. He
has been here five years and has con.
siderable to show for his work. He
owns a half-section, fifty acres OF
which is in beets this year forty In
potatoes and wheat and alfalfa are
the remaining crops. Last winter
l,50o sheep were fed on the place.
The Dickey home is fitted with all
the modern conveniences, hot and
cold water, furnace heat, ETC., and
is model country home.
The Rowe school building Is in
this vicinity. This is one of the
pretty school buildings of the
country. which at one time was used
FOR church as we'll as school purposes.
( There are some fine houses up in
this locality and farther north. j.
= >. Newell also has modern home
equipped with hot and cold water
and built for comfort and conven-
lence. The Newell place is one of
, the well-kept and improved ranches
, that 1t does one's heart good tn sac.
Ihe crops on this place are directed
somewhat in the interests of hoo
raising as 1T is the PURPOSE NJ the
owner to 20 rather extensively into
chat branch of stock raising The
crops are wheat, barley. seventy
acres oats and alfalfa and went '
acres potatoes.
George Haynes has beautiful
nome just south of Pierce. He took
. great pride in improving the .ur-
roundings in every particular Ha
mas set out three acres o, every con.
celVable kind of fruit trees The
mouse Is large eight-room structn,s
with closets galore and cemsnt
cellar. Mr.. Haynes has been in ths
3 vicinity since 1890, buying his pres. .
5 ent ranch eleven years ,,o n.