Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-11-13 | Page 19 | Complete Town Offered for Rent Blind Chiropractor Chief Owner

Com Complete let Town Offered d for Rent i Chiropractor Chief Owner f VERNAL Nov 13 The The Ute Coal owner of ot the once pros- pros l erous town ton of ot Mt It tr Streeter eter located between Craig and Meeker C Colo lo has offered the entire town I for tor rent for tor a peri period d of or two years or less At the expiration of two years ears the the company Intends to re resume resume re- re sume activity In a proposed railway and in the operation of or a coal mine it owns owns' at the the town A few years jears ago 1 Ml Streeter was the center of or activity in that part of northwestern Colorado with a a bank building hotel barber shop mercantile establishments garage blacksmith shop and a a. school in full operation Se eral substantial residences had also been built All Ail these buildings have ha been been t Kept In good order and amI it Jt Is owing to the expense of or the upkeep that the owner o of the place including every ery building on the townsite 1 13 offering offering offer otter ing It t for rent Hard Bard times hit t the e town when a development company failed several years ago and ton con on- on work on the railway and Sand development of the coal property ceased The Tha sheriff of or the county took charge of affairs an and the town was put under the hammer Lee H U Pattison Pattison Pattison Pat- Pat tison of South Bend Ind a n blind chiropractor who was a heavy stockholder In the development company company company com com- pany formed a syndicate composed of himself and other stockholders the and this syndicate purchased entire town and the coal prospect The syndicate Is now engaged in securing sufficient funds through Its I I own membership to enable It at the the- expiration of two years t to establish establish establish lish a u. railway connection with Craig and anti develop eloi the coal prospect Into a mine The town lown Is located on one of the principal highways o of f i northwestern Color Colorado do and i is s equipped with Cement cement dement t. t sidewalks I electric lights and pow power r and a water water water wa wa- ter and sewer system f r