. Huebinger's map and guide for river to river road;. seat of Jasper county, is located on the C, i>ievVlOIl R I & p_ the Iowa Central and Ft. D., D. M. & S. railways, 35 miles from Des Moines, 177 from from Davenport and 323 from Chicago. Newton is rapidly growingin wealth and population; new business enterprises are being estab-lished, new- residences are being built, new people are coming to locatehere and grow up with the increased business. Newton always extendsthe glad hand to anyone who desires to locate within its borders andwhen the newcomer has resided here long enough t
. Huebinger's map and guide for river to river road;. seat of Jasper county, is located on the C, i>ievVlOIl R I & p_ the Iowa Central and Ft. D., D. M. & S. railways, 35 miles from Des Moines, 177 from from Davenport and 323 from Chicago. Newton is rapidly growingin wealth and population; new business enterprises are being estab-lished, new- residences are being built, new people are coming to locatehere and grow up with the increased business. Newton always extendsthe glad hand to anyone who desires to locate within its borders andwhen the newcomer has resided here long enough to turn around a fewtimes and learn of the many advantages of living in such a city henever wants to leave. Newton teels justly proud of her schools, herchurches, her own electric light plant, her own water works above all Newton is proud of her people. Newton has twenty-twofactories, which employ about 600 people with a monthly pay roll otabout .16, There are several excellent garages here and the town is a good one to make. 22 Colfax The Carlsbad of America Like ancient Rome is Colfax—built upon its seven hills. But unlike Rome, no Nero ever will fiddle as Colfaxburns, for Colfax owns its own water works and it is one of the most up-to-date systems In the world, furnishingample protection against disaster by fire. Another appellation European has this noted Iowa resort gained—it is called the Carlsbad of America. Through-out the country has its mineral water brought it fame. While in a sense Colfax owes its popularity to the curative properties of its water, as a place for passing onesvacation it has few equals, if a sojourn next to nature is desire of the visitor. Nominally the town has 4,000 inhabitants. This must not be reckoned its actual size, for thousands upon thou-sands of outsiders multiply this population yearly, many times. Last year the resort entertained 25,000 guestsand never was there a time when its resources were inadequate for taking car
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