Show TWIN CITIES ON THE areen RIVER making jiant strides to attain permanent greatness canal and other enterprises under way assure the future prosperity of both GREEN RIVER june 27 1906 the company which is about to put water on the land and elgin townsite on th east side of green river is now in working order and it boull be difficult to find more competent and capable organization in the state the organic ahloo which is tho temporary one follows president L P hill omaha secretary J G morgan aide treasurer and general manager chaa E whisler board of directors F bott rell menio la J F ewing aide J W powers lake L P hill and W G english omaha the surveys have been completed and the fact is eg that the proposition instead of being as supposed a difficult and costly one w comparatively heap and simple there will be two canals both fed from the station at the old garn place just three miles north of the bridge the first lift will be 45 feet and will cover 1000 acres and the second lift will be 0 feet and will cover an addi dional acres including the new townsite addition to be known as elgin heights the plant will be fitted with steam pumps and will be convertible conver table to electric power surveys are now being made for the new townsite addition streets lai I 1 out and lots conveniently lu bated As explained else here the anc es of property have advanced wonderful 1 and there is no limit to the advance mr whisler the general manager and one of the heaviest land holders is so confident of the immediate success of the operations that bo 13 making all bis plane for the future on that basis J voorhees bees of anita iowa turns out to be one of the most fortunate in testers in this section of the country and showed most excellent judgment in the selection and purchase of lands in addition to the 60 acre tract of cleared bottom land purchased from J farrer for a song almost in the early dae of green river s boom mr hees has acquired large tracts of land on both sides of the river including du rants island and 80 acres adjoining the present townsite of elgin up to the present time a conservative estimate places the increase of value of his var lous properties at with doubling or even trebling that amount in the next year thirty acres of the farrer ranch has alread been planted in fruit with the gratifying re suit that only about trees out of the planted failed to grow mr hees is working in connection with whisler and his associates to put water on all their holdings on thi east side of green river including tho old and new the probability is that water will be put on both the proposed levels at the same time thus opening i very large body of land in the valley to immediate settlement considering that these purchases were made but a ear and a bait ago the results even now show the rapidity with which matters have advanced here the new water plant will be run by pleam at first but will be constructed so hat it can be op aerated by electricity later on either by water power of their own or by power transmitted from the buell dam when that is completed the merall bolinger lumber co of fruita is erecting and will complete this week a 2440 corrugated iron shed for the manufacture of cement blocks for building purposes the machinery aad appliances are already here and eions will commence on monday under the supervision of D glick the company ill also erect a 2040 temper arv store building also on the new town site and will put in a stock of stoves hardware builder s hardware etc E A adams will be in charge and as soon as the business warrants a permanent building will be erected W A merall president of the company is also here as general supervisor of both the projects it is estimated that the entire output of the concern will be used up here as fast as it can be produced W R haines A N bucklin A bur geron and E atwood are among a part of grand junction heavy in town today looking over the situation with a view to large purchases of land they are extending their investigation down the river as well and all those who have land any quantity are biding out in the brush to keep from selling out J mccrillis J calver aad R F osborne all of ainsworth neb are alao in ton this week mr laborne has al ready purchased considerable acreage here and he as well the others 13 in market for were this nebraska town furnished green river with a desirable colona already and the ability is there will be a goodly addition before the leans out matt maraer la busy grading on the new lon site on hia own ac count he ie gome to erect a brick office building on the lot where hia liver stable will be that is the lorner 0 du and cherry two lity back baet 0 broadway Bro adwa now it that haen t rich sound I 1 liaa m guess the building will be feet and will be for store etc work will be pushed on the streets as rapid sible aad building operations commence as soon the brick can be delivered J dundore and samih and J M rutt and tami lyall from oi tavia neb are here or a few days to vianit dr blur mr dundore who purchased 5 acre ti act intend to secure land as eoon as be can dispose 0 some ot bis holdings at hia home A good piece of work was accomplish ed by J P t ullmer when he turned the river into the nasty pond at the epst end of town and filled it with reah water ae soon as to river goes down the trench will be deepened and this plague spot drained J of octavia neb has purchased a 5 acre lot on the bench un der the new canal the consideration be in in this connection 1 antz lewis report sales to the weekending saturday to the amount of all kinds of lands are included and the pur chasers are mostly from nebraska one sale was lai in orchard home or 82 everything sold is for fruci cul ture and the demand instead of falling off is constantly increasing axelsen ajensen will ore the kiln of brick in day or two and will be ready to deliver brick in a very chort time this kiln is already foi progress on the new bandl is rei arted as satisfactory in all respects the high havo blown a good deal of sand into the ditch but there will aft littia trouble in clearing it when the water 11 ready to be punted in barrer 8 sawmill Is turning out lumber in good shape all things consid red A slight mishap to one of the baws caused some del bu the trouble has been remedied and is flying in a most encouraging minner again quite a number of our people avent to price to dav to attend the circus ibia does not flavor of any particular import ance but considering the fact that it is the first time in the history of green river that people hern had money enough to spare for such luxuries it is enough we have passed the period of ig bosom and dough goda and have entered upon a period of beefsteak and pie store clothes and ailed shirts some of these daia one of our newly prosperous citizens will top bia import ance with a stovepipe bat and then in deed will glory haie come to zion palmer housa guests J P pores man jennie and came belle bores roan J W nan cluff guehne center iowa A 0 genheimer Hen heimer 0 S hollender suit lake geo V kumler denver J 1 wilson llod wimmer john cronin general road master J T berk beimer fc it lake gertrude E miller scofield A A mi waine marks thompson e W M puller donver J H D hamond salt lake A chase helppi J dundore and family J M and family oi tavia neb rev N smith and wife kanc voorhees and family anita low J W solomon capitan N M 8 M smith ills A I 1 dixon provo dr A S I 1 okie R safe G woodworth W merall fruita M F ma V I 1 ch stone W R N bucklin E A atwood A burgeron grand junction W M A brahos T T chislom W S woodruff W A pelton W E pelton L harper denver I 1 G morgan J bihon idos J mccrillis J H calver R F ceburne ainsworth neb miss balut geo maluf dam abacus |