New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-08-18

ton Of IN, rrgany canal that made II is an easy
matter To watch and food their fields whenever Necessary
This season u has nor yet DI3h Seuerny leeIel ou'
the process must be frequently repeated. Against the
negie Of slOppors there is 10 protection, tins yGar,
however promises to be free nom that scourSe:
Tbo regetables in the garden the foot of the bluff
were thriving finely But out of 80 grdpe-ynes which
Capt S has imported, but dozen arc now nling AL
though the Winters remarkably mia, nefo are nov
od Rcn davs of snch extreme cold that vines and fruit
trees of all kinds perish. II the yong treeS were pro-
cured from Minnesota rather thah hursost ~
thev vould probably be more likely to endure the climate
Tins far the attempts at fruitgrowng have Deen aiures
vet tho fact that Salt Lake, much urther 10 tn9
there has been perfect Success shouu tue "o
h,,"r dining with Ire Captain and his amabe famywe
rotnrned by a road skirtng Clear Creek to Fishers
Rancho whore saw QUO of grain IN one body Inc
entire number of acres planted in the Territory this year
estimated at 20 0O0which will supply the wants Of the
entire population The more sangulne expect 70 scnu
small surplus to Montana. This is really an astonishing
fact In Territory only years DID, 600 miles rom
other settlements which attracts principally mining
and Specializing population and was supposed 70 naye to
most limited capacity for agriculture tho people arc al
ready independent selfsusaining, in regard TO food
NV friend Mr.. ID. 4. Smith, pOted me around tho I'M
mediate ncighborhood Of Denr ana gave me nar ,,t
Ia Clear creek had suggested saw that the country 10
the east Of Cherry creek and the Platte IS quite as fertile
as that the westward and could easily credit the assef
ton of Gen. Pierce that the supply of water is sufficient
with an adequate irugsng canal to bring under cutya
ton 400 900 acres of land have doubtt will be found
true of all parts Of the Plains that wherever water can DO
had farming will be profitable. Even where there are no
running streams, wells with water wheels driven by WIND
as in California may supply theL place a. Old E2ni.eI
man assured that Wherever there town OF praIrlo
dogs wator will DO found at depth OF from ~ 70 ~ ieet
Now In my memory the road from Fort Ellsworth 70 tho
Platte is one grand praredog metropolis 80 there ought
to be scarcity of water In Kansas living springs are
making their appearance as the country becomes cqa
ted Nature after vanly attempting to drive oil Man.
makes up her mind TO reward his persistence Perhaps
dwell little pertinacousy upon this one point but tne
truth is. have never been more astonshed than Oh a
ing this central region 80 very different from "na'
previous accounts had led me to imagine.
private company is at work, constructing large
ditch which IL TO water tho streets and gardens OF Den
vor This win give the place the one charm IT. now lacks
Add yoruro its superb suaOn, and IT VIII DC ono oi
tho most delightful inland cities in the country Ihere Is
at present small stream, the water OF which chieny
enped TO tho of young cotonwoods both
poplar and willoweaved which are set out so th,cKy
around some houses that the evidently DO not OK
poet tho half of them TO grow Some OF tho trees were
ourshng vigorously, with good prosPectof he Others
although irrigated withcred and dying The diuef
ence doubt lay in the care with which they had been
This morning left Denver for my mountain tour As
Ear as this place. the base of tho first rangea distance
of about IS milesthc country Is rapidly coming under
cultivation. bitches being carried from Clear CreeK
over all parts Of the unduatng slope stretching down rom
the mountains and 1t cheering sight TO hnd large
field Of the greenest wheat upon one OF inc highest
in the midst of PLAIN studded with cactus snort as
lance from Donvor Of the bitches has been turned
into natural basin milo in diameter, forming lake OF
that eKent around which large herds OF catue were
grazinr We found number of men at work. construct
ing new bitches by very simple process Several burrows
arc first pOwed and then the dirt Is shoVeed out rapdy
by broad frame Of timber drawn by horses IN lateral
direotisn Our course was sometimes impeded by tue
number Of these dtches which are not YET Ordged es
pocialy IN descending toward Clear Creek, when we
struck three miles below the point where Issues trothe
Here we were favored by an invitation to visit The farm
of Mr. Miles and try the favor of Colorado strawberries
fIornan I aDli
Is cents the pound $40 80 per bushe and now sohg
his entire stock of strawberries at $50 bushell Inc
severe Winter three years destroyed almost nus
entire stock of plants but the few he saved are now nch
repaying him for tho loss.
Nj Miles was not at home but his wife welcomed US 10
their neat cottage of concrete which, with tho barn,
stables and haysacks already air OF old settle
ment The gadon though still IN the rough, was very
luxuriant. The strawberries ALBANY seedlngsl seemed
10 mo of smaller size but OF finer flavor than IN the East
With the golden which our friendly hostess tIr-
nshod we could not have sskcd for anything more deli
cous Around tho house tho lupin coreops's arkspur
and sweetpea were growing Wild -.
cultivation Part OF the bottomland originally aka
line the white streaks being still discemibe yet the crops
growing upon were, If anything more uxurant than
elsewhere Captain West, my companion to Golden Clty
informed that upon his own rancho an alkaline patch
bare of vegetation become the best part OF ms
garden The OF said to neutralze the ska
in very short space Of time
Before US rose the elevation known as the Table
Mountain. As from Denver " resembles slice OF
lying its side. and with crack through the
middle Immediately behind it is the first range of tho
Rocky Mountains and this apparent crack Is the canon
through which Clear creek makes its way On approech-
ing nearer the straight, slantiug summit breaks into
very irregular outline, with bold rocky butresses ana
deep ndenations The top both sides of the Creek,
is mesa or tabeand which furnishes superb pasturage
for cattle throughout the entire year. small Lake sup
plies the herds with water and the grass however parched
In Autumn dry in Winter never seems to lose its taen'
ing properties.
drive of about miles through the gorge between
the two parts of Table Mountain brought 10 the bean
tfu little circular valley in which Golden City lies hid
den just above the place is the present limit OF farming
mountains; but there pasurage in all the nights Each
one of the Creeks which issue from the mountains to join
the Platte is attracting farming population On Bear
Creek 20 the SOUTH and the branches of Boulder Creek
10 the north hear there are already many fine farms
Ii system of agriculture has been learned ana
such results attained within six years is it too much to
assert that the farming interests OF Colorado VIII keep pace
with the development of her extraordinary mineral wealth,
and that matter what amount of population may here
be attracted TO her mountains her plains are capable
OF feeding them B. l.