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(INDUSTRIAL SECTION Devoted to the Development of PROWERS COUNTY COLORADO An Empire of Undeveloped Irrigated Agricultural Wealth, in the Lower Arkansas Valley, Colorado 200,000 ACRES NOW UNDER IRRIGATION 260 Miles of Main Canals and Storage Reservoirs The Land is Young. Opportunity Beckons You to Industry and Profit. Insure your Future Success and Contentment with a 40 acre farm in this Rich Prosperous Valley t Incorporated and These \alley Lands Banking Towns Prowers H the follow- Crops Lamar Hoiiy 2.000 * Wiley Si Can Granada Oats. Wheat, Hartman 500 Bristol 400 con- All on railroad and for Dair >’ 1,1 « exceptional commercial and aJld •octal advantages. raising is proven successful A PPOFIT YIKLIIKK IN PKOWKKH (XIUXtY COUNTY SEAT LAMAR, COLORADO POPULATION 5,000 PROWERS COUNTY XHE METROPOLIS ELEVATION 3.700 The Irrigated Area in the Trade Territory Tributary to Lamar is the Largest in the Great West. Lev is situated on the Main Line of the Santa Fe R. R., Eight Churches, Carnegie Library, High School and Public 000 miles west from Kansas City and 260 miles east from Den Schools. ver. Lodges—Masonic, I. 0. 0. F. and K. of P 3 Banks, Aggregating 3-4 million dollar deposits. Lamar regales in hsr * * Colorado Climate ’ 1 and in her civio The American Beet Sugar Co. Factory—Capacity 600 tons and commercial attainments. daily. _ Flour Mill, COO bbls. daily (Second largest in the State) m^^&jnssssgrnST.'iu Post Office of the 2nd class, City delivery and Free Rural Auto Fire Wagon, Steam Laundry, 15 miles of Concrete sidewalks delivery. 3 Weekly and 1 Daily Papers. For General Information and Literature address, The Lamar Commercial Club E. H. Gerecke, Secretary, Lamar, Colorado.