The Raymer enterprise., 1910-12-22
Merry Christmas to you.

Merry Christmas to you.
Read the ad of the Raymer meat
market.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Murphy and
children arrived here with their house,
hold goods last spring from Belmont,
Iowa. Mr.. Murphy purchased the Ray
men livery barn and Mrs. Murphy pur-
chased The Hotel Raymer and since
that time they have been numbered
among the enterprising business people
Of the town.
Fred Seifried has lived in Colorado
for sometime but took up homestead
about two and half miles west of here
last winter and since that time has been
making it his home. He has number
Of good improvements on his claim, in
7 GLIDING house, barn, 60 acres fenced
and 40 acres broke.
McEvoy & Dugan have the most COM
plete general store from Sterling to
Cheyenne and the large amount of bust
ness done there each day. proves that
they are most highly appreciated.
( B. NJ. Scofeld, one of the leading and
most foremost of all Sterling business
men is from Seward, Nebraska and is
enjoying most handsome trade from
this part Of the country and also around
Sterling. He has one of the best and
most complete stocks of hardware and
furniture in Colorado.
l.. NJ. Sweigard, one of our enterpris-
ing and foresighted citizens who landed
here last April with $4,000 pounds of
household goods, stock and feed, enough
to carry him through the summer, joins !,
our little town of New Raymer only 60
rods south of the prospective depot. and
the buildings that he expects to put up
in the spring ranging with main street
running north and south will be great
credit to our town. Mr.. Sweigard has
one Of the very choicest of farms in
Colorado all fenced and cross fenced with
the best giden galvanized three wire,
and posts two rods apart. A fence that
will stand inspection in any state. He
also had eighty acres broke last season
and expects to break out the balance in
the spring and put about half of it in
tame grasses just as soon as the soil is |
tame enough to seed it. He also owns
24O acres:of decided land joining the town
of Buckingham. seven miles west of
Raymer. which he feels real enthused
over as there is prospective Railroad
to build across his land. A survey was
made over this land last March. Mr..
Sweigard says, this isn't the first wild
west venture, but thinks this is one of
Of the best investments that he has yet
made for quick returns. -
Mr., and Mrs. George Motsinger took
up their residence here last spring.
coming here from Canada. Their i'm
provements include house with cellar,
80 acres fenced and % acres plowed.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fritz and child
rem, former residents of Depew, Okla,
arrived here with their household goods
last spring TO make their home on a
choice half-section homestead about 4
miles northwest Of Raymer. He has
! made quite a number Of good improve
ments, among them being good house,
well, barn, cave. chicken house, Is acres
fenced and 10 acres broke and planted
to fall wheat.
Gottlob Fritz and family arrived here
last spring with their stock and house.
holdgoods from Randolph. Nebr. Their
improvements, on their claim 5 l-2
miles northwest of town include a good
house, barn, mokehouse. cave. well,
chicken house, 800 acres fenced and
cross-fenced and 10 acres plowed and
planted in fall wheat
1 Martin Hanson and Hank Ficken are
two Of our energetic homesteadcrs who
have choice claims south of here and
have busted themselves digging wells
at odd times and making good money.