epot which he considered valuable. Had two small houses.
Rented one. Raised alfalfa. Was sole agent for a coal company. Claimed
he made $1,500.00 last year, mostly in the coal business. Said draining
now being done on the Colony was very expensive. Considered the Colony a
good thing.

No. 2.

Middle aged man. Married. One child. Had experience in the country
before coming to the Colony. Had forty acres of Colony land which he had
rented, and which he wished to sell at $106.00 per acre. Had mostly
worked for the railroad in the station office. Wished to leave the
Colony. Said he could not raise a vegetable garden owing to alkali and
insect pests.

No. 3.

A new man. About thirty years old. One year out from Chicago, where he
worked at different trades. Had wife and one child. Rented a house on
the Colony and worked in one of the Colony stores. Had no money saved
and saw no immediate chance of betterment. Liked the country better than
the city, because his wife had better health.

No. 4.

Young married man. No children. Son of a Colonist and married to a
daughter of a Colonist, whose father was sheriff of the County. Had good
looking cottage and barns. Was doing well.

No. 5.

About fifty years old. Salvation Army officer. In the Colony six years.
Had son twenty-one, and together they worked a farm of sixty acres. He
owned twenty and rented forty. His life was despaired of by the doctors,
but he was enjoying good health at time of interview. Doing well
financially.

No. 6.

About forty-five. Original Colonist. Married. Had four children. Came
from Chicago, where he was a carpenter. Owned land in the Colony which
he rented out. Ran a hardware store in the Colony and was partner in the
Colony bank. Had property valued at $5,000.00. Had no capital when he
came to the Colony.

No. 7.

About forty-eight years old. Original Colonist. Married and had nine
children. Was railroad clerk in Chicago at $12.00 per week. Owned a
corner lot on the town site where he ran a grocery store. Had property
in Chicago worth $1,000.00 when he came to the Colony. Was worth
$8,000.00 at time of interview.

No. 8.

A farmer, from surrounding country, induced by Colony management to
invest in Colony land and tract as a "pace-setter" to the other
colonists. Thus secured forty acres at $70.00 per acre. Had introduced
the sheep industry. Bought up young lambs in Mexico, fattened them, and
sold at a profit. Had been t