The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1911-10-25
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Thursday and Friday celebrated the
coming of the railroad to Walden
the county seat ofJackson county and
the greatest event in the history OF
North Park. Nothing that has ever
happened means as much to Jackson
county as the coming Of the Lara
mie plains Line. 1t means the dawn
of a new era of prosperity, an era
of greater development. The railroad
has been looked forward to for more
than twenty-five years and at last
great event is realized through the
efforts of Pres Fred A. Miller and
his associates.
The Railroad day celebration Thurs
day and Friday marked new era of
prosperity forNorth Park. With the
opening of traffic on the Laramie
Plains route Walden and Jackson coun
ty will take their place as one of
the best towns and counties in the
Rocky Mountain region We now
have transportation facilities the one
thing that we lacked to make it one
of the best counties in the great
state of Colorado. We nave AN un
limited amount of line coal, besides
silver, gold, lead, copper and zinc. We
raise the finest of hay, barley, rye,
oats, wheat and Vegetables, Our cattle
are noted all over the United States
We have the best watered county in
the entire Rocky Mountain region.
We have good public schools, and a
good county high school. The climate
is as healthful ascan be found. The
country is new and the resources
are undeveloped and Railroad day
celebrated the coming into our county
of a railroad that will mean the de-
velopment of our resources, the COM
ing of larger population from the
east to our county which will settle
up the vacant land and make our
barren places to bloom like gar
den. The chances for a poor man
who wishes a home or the wealthy
man with money to invest are no
Plenty of good government land, and
lots of cheap water, railroad facilities
and a county that will develop more
in the next few years than any other
section oftheUnitd Steates.
The Laramie Plains line is local
company and Pres Miller has assure
us that it will do all in it's powerto
cooperate with the people of North
Park to help develop its resources
Let us all get together and present
what grievances we have to the rail
road company as unit and the mat
ter will be adjusted.
The exhibit of county products at
the county offices was credit to
our county andwhile not extensive
marks the beginning of a spirit Of
public pride that means much for the
future development of our county,
The time is now ripe for the or
ganization of a County Fair Associ-
alton for the purpose of encourag-
ing the raising of more and bet
ter grain and vegetables and the
breeding of better stock and the
general upbuilding ofour county. Get
busy, organize an association, agitato
the matter of selection of seed, prep
aration of soil and cultivation, and
show the people of Colorado and Wy
oming what can be done in North
Park. There were exhibits of coal
from Coalmont, Stryker's Marrs,
Kerr's, Winscoms's and Monahan's.
Ore from Teller, Red Canyon and
from the east side. An exhibit OF
fine barley andhay by II. G. Riddle,
some fine oats, both in sheaf and
threshed, by Oscar Anderson, barley
of fine quality by Ed Wattenberg, n
dozen rutabagas that weighed so
pounds by VIM. Kerr, fine CARROTS,
turnips andcabbage by j. W. Riggen,
cabbage by Jake Fox, kohlrabi by
Robert Boston, a jar each of select
currants, gooseberries and rhu-
barb by Mrs. p w. Fischer, some
timothy seed from Attorney Van
Horns ranch. The display OF prize