Semi-weekly herald., 1909-07-15
Ignacio City and
the Carey Lands
{From Mondays Daily.)


es and thele . were two passengers to
every seat, the ilsd lckets numbering
over 150. The ain was pulled by two
! locomotive PssiDly 1875 got off at
4 ignacio city. ils new townsite, the
remainder epmlig - Durango and re
turning this morning. There was quite
number of women in the bunch.
3 The advance guard come to give the
land thorough inspection before Thurs
day.
A representative OF The Herald Wis
tied Ignacio City yesterday There
ia boarding house capable OF seat
ing from 15O to 200 at a time. This
4 building is of lumber, also the main
hunk house where there are accommo.
dations FOR about 100, two in bed
Then there are numerous tents for
men with wife and family. There are
plenty of tents TO be erected as de-
mand requires.
There is an office building where
registrations arc being made. Then
there is large tent on curcus pat
tern where the sale takes place. Five
hundred to one Thousand people can
! get under this tent.
The Denver < Rio Grande has put
IN a siding and Division Superintend-
Ont McAiee's ear is on the siding, Mr..
AicAtee remaining until after the dis
position of the lands.
r-.a.s.... hf.-4t.a.. i,,. Rssad an q. "a 90
tack and commencing Wednesday viii
entertain visitors with horse and In
dian races the remainder OF the week.
There VIII be Indian games. dancing,
etc.
OF course everything at present is
improyised for the occasion, perma'
nent improvements coming later.
1t is the intention to have news
paper. the first publication to appear
Thursday.
Arriving at Ignacio City last evening
was party consisting OF Manager
Mcdonald. Mrs. Mcdonald. Mrs. Sig
Ter. wife OF the president of the Amer
lean Colonist company, who is at
present ON the grounds, the Misses
Willis, Flanagan and Moran and Eu-
gene Boltz, the latter of the American
CoIonist company. There were also
{ en- the train L. NJ. and Harry Sutton
< and H. r. Henderson who were re
turning from Denver The three lat
ter gentlemen came through to Du
range. the Messrs Sutton returning
this morning.
In the party arriving yesterday was
A, b. Kimball, editor of the Bellevilie
4 (Kan.) Freeman. with a large party OF
I kansans. Dr. o. E. Webb OF Hutchin,
son. Kan, also landed with fifty-tive
powers of attorney whose rights he
will exercise. DR.. Webb and Mr.. John
son of Cottonwood Falls, Kan, men
tion of whom was made in Saturdays
isue. are looking over the land to-
gether. and will probably take in diff
ferent portions OF this southwest sec
tion with view of investing
The list OF homeseekers included
en- from dozen or more states,
many from Iowa, Nebraska. Missouri
and Kansas.
Another large delegation is expect
ed this evening. but the big delegation
Will land tomorrow night. possibly 500
on more. requiring special trains to
handle the people. There will be more
arriving Wednesday night, but the
greatest number want day or two
to look over the land
The company has few teams and
there are private rigs ready to show
+ people over the land.
The first special train to run out
{ OF Durango will be Thursday morning.
the Herald wants TO inform the
hcmeseeher that this paper aims to be
lair In all things aud would not de-
eeive a single individual coming TO
investigate the Carey act lands under
any consideration. The Herald is rec
osnized as conservative The editor
has received many letters the past
q stNo Aohihb ltbdIulub IdnQS
and advantages Of this southwest sec.
ton To one aud all we have an
.~ered; Come and see for yourself
DO not buy land without lnvestigat
hg@ We believe in The future of this
southwest section. We have been 20 |
ing over these hills and mesas for a !
third OF Il century. Years ago land
mat is now worth from 500 TO $500
ai. acre WAS considered worthless. The
Carey act lands are just as good land
as can be found In the state. Every
acre can be irrigated or you do not
have to pay for water. You pay for
water on land only that can be irri
gated. All land that cannot be cover
ed by water is omitted 1t is as GER
tain as day and night that this land
WIN be worth 800 an acre inside of
three years. Twenty-odd years ago
the writer took trip through the
northwest. We took a ride acrossI
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