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T HE MERCANTILE TRUST COMPANY.

A. w.

Krech,

Esq.,

No. 120 Broadway,

New York City.

Bea1~ Sir:

NEW YORK.

January 23, 1899.

We are in receipt of your favor of even date

enc lo sing check of the Ami

t :y

Land_,.;'~ornpany

on

the First

National

Bank

of Lamar for $2351.58, also ~heqk of W.

J. Platt, General Passanger

Agent of the Atfhison,

Santa

Fe Railroad Company for

$25.90,

both

checks

drawn

to your order

and

endorsed

over to this

Compan:.'.

In compliance with your request we have placed the amount

to the credit of the Turner Loan No. 1.

Yours respectfully,

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THE MERCANTILE TRUST COMPANY.

A. W. Krech, Esq.,

No.

120 Broadway,

New York

City.

Dear Sir:

We ar·e in

enclosing check of the

Amity Lan

Bank of

Lamar,

for

$230~.,

which

the George

v.

Turner Loan

No.

1.

NE::W YORK.

December 27, 1898.

your favor

of

even date,

ompany on the First National

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THE MERCANTILE TRUST COMPANY.

NEW YORK,

December 20, 1898.

A. w.

Krech,

resq.,

No. 120 Broadway.

Dear

Sir:

We are in rec ipt of your favor of even

date, enclosing check of

Company on the First

Amity

Land &

Irrip,ation

of Lamar for

$6,242.79, which, in corrlliance with your request,

we

have placed

to the credit of the GBorge V. Turner Loan;

No. 1.

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MANUFACTURERS OF THE

BRAND OF HORSE NAILS, HORSE RASPS, LEATHER APRONS, HICKORY SPOKES AND HANDLES AND "THE DANBURY" DRILL CHUCK.

F. A. HULL, PRESIDENT. H.

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HOYT, SEC'Y & TREAS,

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J8J .MAIN STREET.

4, 6 and 8 LIBERTY STREET.

WHOLESALE DEALERS IN HARDWARE, IRON AND STEEL. CARRIAGE AND WAGON MATERIAL. BLACKSMITHS' AND HORSE SHOERS' SUPPLIES.

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MILFORD, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

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MILFORD, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

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PLATT ROGERS, JOHN F. SHAFROTH.

LAW OFFICES

OF

ROGERS AND SH AFR OT H,

TABOR BLOCK.

DENYER, COLORADO,

Januar:r Bth, 1809.

Mr.

A • ,\ •

K:rc ch,

120 Broadway,

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before

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thG

ser ions illneus of Col. Carj and the illness of Mrs. Cowles,

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bGon

week before Xmas .

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Denver R0publica_ in tho l!!attcr

and will send you trncler sopnra.t e covor a copy of the !)aper

contnin-inB an ecti torial heftr:i.ng upon tho snhject.

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lfows

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lettnr

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PLATT ROGERS, JOHN F, SHAFROlH.

LAW OFFICES

OF

ROGERS AND SH AFR OT H,

TABOR BLOCK.

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PLATT ROGERS, JOHN F. SHAFROTH,

LAW OFFICES

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PLATT ROOERS, JOHN F. SHAFROTH.

LAW OFF ICES

OF

ROGERS AND SH AFR OT H,

TABOR BLOCK.

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LAW OFFICES

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TABOR BLOCK.

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(23)

PLATT ROOERS. JOHN F, SHAFROlH.

LAW OFF ICES

OF

ROGERS AND SH AFR OT H,

TABOR BLOCK.

DENVER, COLORADO, ..

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(24)

LAW OFF ICES

O F

ROGERS AND SH AFR OT H,

TABOR BLOCK.

DENVER, COLORADO,

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(25)

PLATT ROGERS. JOH N F. SHAFROTH.

LAW OFF ICES

OF

ROGERS AND SH AFR OT H,

TABOR BLOCK.

DENVER, COLORADO,

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to

socurG

the

exch·'\.

1ce

of ·rnr hl }sr la1 ds fnr lands which we miL;ht

select ,

if

th

f1~"-'"~c, en its krt v-0

1

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to offer

tho

l:t

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of Gecretar:r

Bliss

to rcsien,

(26)

LAW OFF ICES

OF

ROGERS AND SH AFR OT H,

TABOR BLOCK.

DENVER, COLORADO,

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l

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in·

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about (~" ,

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for

the

St·.te th

c

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x,

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been lo:-;t .

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favorable

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th

Secrothry

(27)

LAW OFFICES OF

ROGERS AND SH AFR OT H,

TABOR BLOCK.

-

8-thG l

O_)Osi tio11 mo

;t

you H})J>ro

Ll , yo·t 7il1

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0 be reach oc: , a.nc"i

in the

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the Gene-- l G

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(28)

(29)

THE AMITY LAND eeMPANY.

Th e Holly Ranch Irrigated Farm ing Land

J:vir.

W. M.

Wiley,

Holl:,, Colo.

Dear Sir:

HOLLY, PROWERS CO., COLO.,

Denver, Colo. Dec. 7,1896

W . M . WILEY, Manager E. C. HAWKINS, Chief Engineer THOS . BERRY , Engineer in C harge

I

havA just had a long talk with Col. Carr about the

sale of school lands,

and

hA is firmly convinced that this will

be

the last and only chanc~

to dispose

of the same.

He is

heartil:

1

in

favor of the sale, believing

it

to be for the best interests of the

school funds,

but

he sa?s so:r.1ethin3

must be

done to satisf~r the

Governor. It

seoms

the Governor is equally desirous of makin.ti the

sale, believing it is the only proper thing to do, and

yet he feels

that some concession should be made

by

us in the matter of selling

water to others under

the

line of canal.

Col.

Carr sufmests

a

pro-v is ion, which,as he frankly admits, is nothine more or less than

what the law already provides, that ;ou shall aeree that after you

have applied all the water upon the lands owned and to be acquired

by

you, the surplus may be acquired

by

others, uponterms and

con-ditions to be fixAd by the proper authorities. With some such

ar-rangemAnt, he says the Governor will approve the sale/

To

put the matter in brief, the Colonel said that the form

might be

such

as

in

mJ judgment

would.

be

agreein[~

to do no more

than

we

are already obligated under

the

Statute

to

do.

I

have

filed all of th0 petitions from Lamar concerning the sale with the

RegistPr of the Board. These petitions should be sent direct to the

Board and not to me. Let me know about ~he Colonel's proposition

at once.

Very sincerely yours,

(30)

The Holly Ranch Irrigated Farming Land

Mr. W. M.Wiley,

Holly, Colo.

My

Dear

Mr.Wiley:

THE AMITY LAND C8MPANY.

HOLLY, PROWERS CO., COLO.,

Denver, Colo. Dec. 5,1898.

W. M. WILEY, Manager E. C. HAWKINS, Chief Engineer THOS. BERRY , Engineer in Charge

In enclosing Judge Nowell's letter to the r~gister of the

land board, I accompanied it with a letter- a copy of which is

here-wth enclosed.

I have

also

wr-i

tten to Col. Carr·

of

the land board

calling his attention to thA recent decision of the Circuit Court

in

the United

States for· the

district

of

Montana, which disposes of

all questions about your·

rieht

to carry water into Kansas.

I

have

not

heretofor·e called :,ouJt>· attention to this case as

1 t

was

only

reported

in the 8'9

Federal Repor·ter,

on

November 22nd of this year.

It holds that state lines are not to be regarded in r~spect to

ap-propriation for purpose of irr~eation.

I went a f~ain at noon

to-day

to see Alderman Newt;on, chairman of

the Committee appointed

by

the F.O.S. of A., in connection with the

sale of school lands, and was surprised to hear from him that the

Committee met on Frida:, last nd had a.greed to do nothing except

enter a genera l protest. I priesume the f1overnor· will be afraid to

act with out the approval of the P.O.S. of A. This unintel ligent,

uninformed protest, can be considered to mean nothing more or less

tha n an objection to any dealings with any outside capital or even

h ome capital, so far as that is concerned, lookine toward the

dev-elopment of Colorado. I have tried from time to time to do what I

could for the State and have endeavored at all times to keep its

interests in view, but if the people concerned have no care in

that direction, I shall have to revise my sentiments and determine

whether I have any.

What, if anything has been sent to the Board from the

citi-zens of Lamar? As you know,they meet on Wednesdo.y at which time we

ought to ha,,e some disposition of the matter·.

I unde~stand the Farmer's Meeting was satisfactory all

round, and that Lamar will be a unit at the comine annual election

of the Fort Lyon.

Very sincerely yours,

(31)

GUIDES OF THE NORTH GERMAN LLOYD

(Guide through North America)

ARTHUR SCHULER, EDITOR,

31 Nassau Street, - - Room 1422

CABLE ADDRESS : RELUHCS1 NEW YORK.

NEW YORK ..

F.e.bru.ar.:y ... 9t.:1. •...

189 ;l

Mr Alvin W.

Krec~ .•

C/ o Merc 3.nti le Trust Co.

"

_{180 Brmadway - City.}

Dear

Sir:-I beg to conf irm

by

t :~e

r; re s ent the arra.nge1:1ent

23. de

,,-:i

t~1 you

• f or t :ie Gre g,t

Pl 1ins

Water Comp any

i Yl

rebard to

t he' article, w\ic1.

?Ti

11 a11 pear

i

1

₁

t :rn next edition of t he Norti German Lloyd's Guide and

en-close therefore a contract

t i nd ly

~dk

you

to

return to me

... 1·

·~ne

s

t;;-

... .

an~ 1-n~ you -... "or

.1.; J. I'-- i CJ

order, I am

Yours very

trµly,

~/;£~~ ~£-<

(32)

(33)

The Holly Ranch Irrigated Farming Land

THb AMITY LAND C0MPANY.

_{W . M. WILEY,}

Manager E. C. HAWKINS,

Chief Engineer THOS. BERRY,

(34)

2 every newcomer. The price per acre including the water priv;t.,lege is

o.-The Territory

company

K·wa County

and

ProwerJ County

in Col0rado.

The office is in

Holly,

Prowers Co., Colo.

Information about these land.3 ar~

erfully: giv n by Mr Alvin ' Krech.1

the N. Y. representative of the

company,

120 Broadway

New

York

City.

The writer considers t!1is enterprise not alone as

one

of t:1e most

wonderful

in conception

and execution,

but

also as

one

offering the

6 reate

st

chances

to the

farmer,

w:rn

wishes

to sett f e

in the

United

(35)

A Suggestion to HQme Seekers.

When the author of this book visited Colorado

:1is

attention has been

called to H-n

enterprise,

w:

ich he bellir,ve ;:; his

duty

to

recommend

to

those

seeking

:~ornes in

the United

States.

Where

V1e States

of Kansas

and Colorado

meet

are

situate· lands

of

immense productiveness. These

lands are

just

beginning to be developed.

Only a few

y

ars ago the lack

of

~Nater

in t:ie heat of the Summer prevented sett l rs to attempt to

work t:1is soil. Ma.n possessed

wit~'1

great sp.e,rit of

enterprise

concei:v

d

to irrigate

these

lands.

They

have built five enormous reservoirs

like

imMense lakes comprising

together

264,827ac~e feet or 11,525,102,948

cubic feet. From

these

lakes ~ ingenous system of

1:mam:1ei

irrigation

has

been

laid

out

through

this

inti

re

Territory known

as

the

Arkansa~j

Valley, Colo.

~nan

t~e rivers ar

I

_{dry and lack of rainfall prevails}

the water gates of the lakes

are opened,

t :1e water

flows through t~e

Channels

and

t:1is

whole

cou ..

try

is

irrigated.

This system is very

im-portant because of t~e immense results derived from

it.

The climate naturally favorable in

thej e reg~ions

can

be

uti lized

to

its

ut,,ost

capacity. It is a remarkable fact, that the range of

produc-tion is a

larger one

in

irrigated

lands than

elsewhere,

and so is the

quality

of the various fruits. Is

it

the soil or the sun of Colorado,

I do not know, but

it

remains a fact,

t!1at

whatever is produced in the

Arkansas Valley is of superior quality. In consequence the products

find a convenient market everywhere and the best prices are obtained

for them.

The

lands of the Great Plains Water Co. \ are

very

well

sit-uated. The largest railroad system of

the

United

States, the Atchison

Topeka

&

Santa Fe. R.R., runs t:-irough these lands.

They

are therefore

in contact

wit·~

the who le world.

The Great Plains Vater Co., in the Arkansas Valley, Colo. is selling

(36)

GUIDES OF THE NORTH GERMAN LLOYD

ARTHUR SCHULER, EDITOR,

31

NAssau

Street, -

-

Room 1422.

CABLE ADDRESS: RELUHCS1 NEW YORK.

(37)

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RESERVOIRS.

LOCATION 15 MILES NORTH OFLAMAR,COLO . _

TOTAl._fAPACITY 264,822 ACRE FEET. (11,525,702 ,948 CUBIC FEET.)

AVAILABLE CAPACITY, 182,630 ACRE FEET.

(7,955,419 ,428 CUBIC FEET.)

AREA 14-,000 ACRES, MAX.OEPTH,90 FEET. DRAINAGE AREA 12,200 SQUARE MILES

FROM ARKANSAS RIVER ANDTRIBUTARIES .

E.C.HAWKI NS, CHIEF ENGINEER.

THOMAS BERRY, ENGINEER IN CHARGE

AMITY CANAL

BUFFALO CANAL . KICKING BIRD CANAL . SATANTA CANAL . COMANCHE CANAL . PAWN EE CANAL .