Show HOLDEN IS PRETTIEST TOWN IN THE COUNTY The Chronicle publisher motor ed ad over to Holden Mon Monday ay for forthe or the purpose of 1 king over or the crop and md fruit conditions condition and view g the town generally Holdens Holden's Hoi Hol- dens den's near the mountains and with her gigantiC gigan gigan- tiC shade hade trees flower li gardens and ind green a lawns own together ther with the many substantial brick dwellings and well kept yards surrounding Impressed ed us he as being be- be mg ing the prettiest town how m In the county The fhe rippling streams of few clear mountain water running down wn the canals on the SIde aide of nearly arly every street added to 10 1 its home beauty lauty and gives Holden a home like f and prosperous appearance to say the least The orchards 3 were literally loaded T With apples les peaches plums pears and varIOUS various var- var IOUS other kinds of fruits a suffiCIently suf suf- large yield to supply the entire ente county with fruIt for lor a year or more The grain crops surrounding Holden were abundant ant thIS year alfalfa turned led out outwell outwell well and barley was exceptIOnally good many fields thrashing out as high m as 40 bushels and more so we were informed Another thing we particularly noticed was that all the livestock thereabout was rolling fat and sleek and that the citizens of the town were prosperous and apparently well contented contented and and why shouldn't t they be be They have everything any community could offer olier for satisfied living A magnificent new school house constructed of brick and modern in m every respect respect re re- IS now under course of constructIOn construction con con- and wIll be ready for occupancy m in two months it alone speaks wonders for that progressIve progress progress- Ive community and her citizenship citizen citizen- ship hIp IS deserving of high praISe for leaving nothing undone regardless regardless re- re ot of cost to properly and co educate their child child- ten ran For Hor ten miles this side of Holden there are we large tracts of fine level acres that are us not at present under cultivation owing to the lack of water and the uncertainty un un- certainty of ram rainfall fall at the reqUired required required re re- time but in m as much as a flowing well has recently been obtained by Mr Graham on his acre ranch it IS now thought that flowing wells can be obtained obtain ed ad on all aU this land and Bud if this is the case all wi this productive and beautiful country will own oon be cultivated and improved The County Commissioners h have v a let the contract for the drilling of a awell awell awell well eight miles this SIde Bide ol ot Hoiden Holden Holden Hol- Hol den and If a flowing well is obtained ob ob- tamed this will well encourage homesteaders homesteaders home home- to get busy on their tle varIOus farms at once putting do down wells and watering their the crops I 1 here is not m one mortgaged home m in nolden Holden |