Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 181, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1910 — ROUTT COUNTY, COLORADO, LAND BOOM PREDICTED. [ARTICLE]

ROUTT COUNTY, COLORADO, LAND BOOM PREDICTED.

Keen observers predict a big boom In property inWantland, Colorado, the new town which Is being built in the center of the Little Snake River Valley in Routt County, Colorado. A big Irrigation system is being built to irrigate 60,000 acres of very fine land surrounding Wantland. The land is being sold by the State of Colorado for 60 cents per acre, under the Carey Act, and water rights cost $35.00 an acre, in ten year payments. Sugar factories, flour mills, canneries, etc., are among the possible industries to be located at Wantland. Full information can be obtained from the Routt County Colonization Company, 1734 Welton St, Denver, Colo.