New-York tribune., 1871-07-26

ground shall receive especial study and attention for.
should it lie as ayoraby be desired the amount Of
fields extremely favorable FOR irrigation, and the
exceptions are small pieces However these obstacles
What might be considered o most fortunate state Of
things Is Ia several Instances proving otherwise. but
only for THIS year All the meinlsrs Of the colony are
temperance men, and quorseiler dare appear In
town. They also generally Intelligent. many
well educated. and all Industrious. such men
ambitious The opportunities for achievement arc great,
and necessities impc Men OF ths class have active
temperament, and they will attempt all they posi-
biy perform Ia regard to crops of small grain they
some have in part failed The large canal was com,
p pleted early IN tho sprihg but almost az al,
although they sowcd grain they neglected to build late
raj water C. urses, expecting Spring rains wond fall az
usual AT last dscoy cred that the grain needed
moisture without delay. At once everything else was
dropped the lateras were completed almost simuita-
ncousy, and then every one wanted water OF course
the canal not Of sufficient capacity for sach de-
mand, and the only to be pursued was to so the
has been that parts OF three four large Ieds have
been abap1oned and small parts saved MeanS e those
having small fields have generally had no irouDle ana
fine stands Of oats, wheat and barley are tu 1l promise
That we shah raise our bread thefe can DE no doD NOT
wthstanding the losses above mentioned KNOW OF no
who Is not succeeding in other respects, s tine hn
whose loss is heaviest In grain has ye acres OF me pO
il must Of necessity bring more or less of loss.
building IN the town aud vicinity Is htiil gong on ana s
our population must be considerably Ia eneess Oh LOW
while new arrive by every train business -
little slack this hot weather sum tneIe Is ,t Jn
heavy trade with the valley ranchnen ana e t m
country Three lines OF stages run from our town 10 az
week large grisDill was raised near me towh ~ $40
res high. aud it is to DC ready for grinding by sept
Several brick business houses are TO Dc erected THIS sum
mer also brick Methodist Church The Baptist Church.
fronting the Park, is now about ready for oeeupaey
business streets Main and Maple. which many
houses that would be credit 10 any town anu ~ En'
there q strong cleaning OF lights from thc Wihuows
particularly on bIanst while there is constant tramp
OF feet along the sidewalk during the uy @
riages and horsomen come and go, and atogether we
are settling down into prosperous town comparaby to
many East dozen years Old ,,., -, o,, oro,,ross
particulary when it is considered that less than 10
months ago. not dwelling, nota human Delhg ana no
living thing, except the prairie dog or the ahteope'
could have been seen In this valley . A., . $50
The Chicago Colony at LOngmont Is the most pros
about 400 people on grouEd they have beautiful
scenery, good SOIL and, for the most part the people
are ind dIsrious Longmont is 80 miles from Greeley
sta line has been established ana the agltai0h Oh
narrow gauge railroad tner & mas M @ Nc uar r. 70
be had at LOngmont ana the only pace "h'Ie II was
sold mysterOusly took fire and burned
The Colony at Evans has some 200 members. Tney
nsspaner has been started There was town there
before and some buildings have been added but they
labor under the difficulty OF having srog-shoPS ana
ping there seeing these the first thing, did not lose the
train. and they came on to greeley ana bctleu ilils
Colony has fine location, and If they nave snIhceht
backbone suppress the liquor ac tney Ought 10 10
The Tennessee Colony 27 miles below has commenced
canal 20 miles long, but it cannot well be finished this
year Their location has great advantages, Tor hey are
beyond the railroad limits and all the land belongs to
the Government, while they on what is certainly
destined to be great through railroad line up the Platte
Valley, which, $50 miles below them, IL Will
inhabitaBt better farming region than
along this valley is where to be found.
The population OF Colorado is increasing FAST ana next
Winter it should be admitted as state owing 10 tne
facts that irrigation necessity, that large portions
must always be devoted to stock growing the population
in the aggregate cannot be large, but this no reason
why Colorado not entitled to selfgoyerninent Inc
gold and silver mines make another large interest," ana
this is constantly increasing. More or the precious
will he East tins than for several years
past and the discovery Of new and valuable mines Is
announced almost every month. The mines discovered
last year at CaribOo still open rch and 1t is SAID
that they have paid well from the beginning An actlve
town is growing around them and rs they are nearest To
us of all the mines interested In route ththeT
that may find sale for our agricultural products. We
are sending from two to four carloads OF nay every
other day the mines which brings here SIG Inn Dut
being taken around by Denver and transported by way
ons 80 40 miles the producer pays nom 800 To Soa
tun.
The weather is warm. From the first week in May
we have had neither cloudy chilly weather, nor
at any time have fires been needed. There II less
in the mountains than usual aud the rivers are un
commonly At Denver there Is deficiency OF water
for irrigation, and IT div ided out certain days by
sections wards. We have abundance, and hundreds
sparkling streams equal to large spring brooks, run
along each side of every street Of town. and who
ever will turns the water upon his garden grounds
Often fish seen and sometimes citizen picks up
one large enough for the family breakfast.