New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-24

Odst) TWO OanHs -FOUR cDurcne5 anu slk Nh"O" "'b~"
Nations three schoohouses tannery running lareey
on buffalo robes OF which 700 will be cured TINS years
two livery sablcs brick yard &c -Four iles OF stage,
a round house, their wednesdays and dDiDg hOtei
at place The churches are rather better man
was built fret. and for this reason received Donation
of $500 from me agent IRON Soo tTo & ne e"be
ORGAN costing 500; the Methodist IS larger, bnlt Q!
no1Ier Int neatly finished; the CongreSatOnalists
have a neat place; the EpiscOpahans meet pa rehuu
bs and the Free Church people assemble By turns In
graded school building OF brick e nearly inclOsed
not much less IMAM $4,000 The size Is % ees square.
ana It is Of four stories including 9lSemen ."' y
IL of modern Gothic. trimmed WIN ifeeS.0uF' inoio
are sir principal rooms each "a by 30 feet Tue ehFoho
hight is 81 feet the higa ., 'e 9ocof Wbcn needed
Il intended have the best teachers ana al
GTeeey Hss become xed center OF trade for all That
portion OF Northern Colorado beyond ne toacn " e
yer. which Is O. miles distant dssc I 6a)o and
prices that IL Is object for people 70 cDP
have been built across the Cache Ia Poudre about $50
long and costing $500 aud bridge across VA"
Platte, coo feet long, costing 5000 - ,,,.-,
The houses are superior to those OF other new "eso,a
stav. The best stores are OF brck win larss pa'e
windows and the dwelling houses contain from Tour 70
eight and ten rooms athed and pastercd. and nvara-
bly, painted either white or drab; lar proportion
blinds, while pOrcles and ornamental Work are adoeu
from time to time. The $40 OF residence iOs Is nVE1
less than 5Ox9O rect, others 10Ox99. and others
2OOxi0O last on the outsile hinsts Oh ths
GSInt 70 saw where town aud country for nj
Joining lots are hye,acre block tneh san a
twenty acre pieces, less bum upon bo)Opa
are farms TO- and 100 acres "A rue every AOua'
in town is represented 10y an outlying iarhi'
MILES TREES PLANTED
Early attention was paid to planting forest trees as
preliminary to, and protection for the culture OF
fruit trees There miles Of trees along the Streets
many ten feet hgh often in two rows along each s'd0
walk ana as streets oil 100 feet "idc theso ee'
when grown, will form beautiful yistas. stream OF
eha ffun NJ
outside OF the sidewalk. Many OF The hyc acre Di3cE
and residence lots have been surTounned WIN ~,
forest trees largely cottOnwO0IS Out lnsIo 81 co
manies Inns lOclsts, ashes golden Wlllo"s' dDv NNy
Tado NAPLES and protected by them, pear apple. ahn
cherry trees are dong wei, anu ~ loty rown frnt
thriving. There IS no DOUBT Dut natHc Siy ~ sart
trees would DO best, and we need Some one e. s. 49,
nursery we have another want that u n nrstclass
hotel for the acconpodaton OF uyads and Others ana
citizens woul1 feip in such undertaking. Toe gen
erl appearance OF the town Indicates thri anu ~
shabbiuess and temporary structures 1ut ~ so ~
snba of residences are exceedingly neat with 6e1s OF
flowers and wellkept walks AZ theIe ure NJ irnny,
| Is sold in the town, the colony DOMAIN. au
shop started the frs year ana u Wa oT opned
1--WE miles from town. and one night all Tue n4u'' va
u'''iO'e' FOCAL CONDITION OF THE PBorLe.
Let IL not be supposed that there Is such thing ~
| community OF property, common religious hea or
| faith except in regard to temperance According 70
an Eastern or say Boston, standard the literary attain
mens Of the people not high, for everybody IS IN
some business or industry SIN this Is cultivated ana
| reading community, and more would be read II thofe
| were moro books. A good select modern library IL
needed but 1t will come In time leliilous
| the chief literary entertainment. and farmers cinb
holds weekly Sessions in the Winter. several ob0lrs anu
exhibition u taste and culture relates 10 music III
many Of the houses will be found piano or caDhebOf
The Daority Of the people are poor They have been
called upon with many subscription napsro tliey
without earning anything that not dor 70 eic on "
the house and home nay some are re bc Cree free some.
however. who hold paying Offices ana VINO nave tnre
ing iicb 0ne and half aud two per cent month have
been grevOus ,burdens We nave Deeh 700 al ,
no sefsacrfcng. But there IS not man v 40 wines
he had been less so. We shall work 0u attcr uine'
with dying cOlOIs' - -
Last wear we raised our fret paying crop and there
was in the aggregate such OF grain that II
loads Of wheat were shipped no time to 81. Louis TO
make thar nice -four which the Boston people must have.
whatever may the price. This year the yield about
the same. but it should have been much greater. Why
It is not IS because the grasshoppers came and because
It WIS feared they would come for they laid their
last Fall They visit this county once in five years,
though it Is said they were last in this valley in
They hatched IN patches ana always where there
was green vegetation. On dry fields they dif not come.
for they could not i've Something moro than hail OF
tho gardens have been mostly DESTROYED Late wheat
and oats ruined Several farmers fought them suc-
were then sci on fire. II is now that much more
codld have been saved hayethe TeFpt 'ton u nGyBR
been cleaned out the most completely Of any When
they gone people laughed ut her fears, ard 10 was
seen that the grasshopper Is an nSgnhc ,nt enemy.
Take all the fields that destroyed and abau.
dOned. and some needlessly aud the average yiid
| of wheat is IS bushels 10 the acre That is, five
| bushels above the average of the nobfe State Of
OHIO. The average Of the fields untouched II fully
| 20 bushels and some exceed a. bushels, they say.
know have blocks OF wheat, oats and potatoes
Of from 800 stretching 40 intervals for Is
will clear $500 others y 600 and as heJ say VIII got
and 40 dense that looked more Ike thicket Insects
cannot destroy the whole crop Of country, nor oan
floods hail. The only nug hat can is urOutb, and
ms never can hurt u.s. Only small part OF the land
under our great canal is IN cultivation. being held by
weak handed owners by tradesmen aud some non-rvsi
dents poor but energetic man with only team and
provisions enough for tue could rent % OF thu.
fine start IN the world Raising wheat t0 make money
ia mere more like successful speculation than anything
else. Men of capital are going INTO TIE business AMI
into farming a. tg sureso thlS they can nlu Vaeo
out his canals. and he can water 800 acres day.
| Much of his land IS IN hay meadows he has half q
hay 500 eet long he has planted forest trees by
the mile, and having invested s2OOog Is read 10 invest
more Land can be had ready Tor the pOw, all fenced.
with water-right secure few niles tom town, for
$40 Probably the dearest land in the worlds
that bought OF government remote IfOm SCHOOLS on
society, at 81 10 an acre.
Our enterprise has been wonderful success. Ii
long habit with certain persons TO berate Mr. Geeey
and TO speak Of what he supported and commended
embracing ism or some lnpraetoable scheme Of
All the members or this colony have been readers OF
THE TRIBUNE for years; They were TRIBUNE men
and nothing else. The colony ontgrowth of Dir.
Greeeys ideas, and what work In him In theso
people BY side OF the practical the ideal and the
most effective OF the worlds workers see visions and
dream dreams.
Twenty miles away are the everlasting mountaiS
which, in the pure air, close at hand Firsi
are the Black Iinls next the forest mountains.
aud finally the Snowy Range, rising IN innumeraDle
peaks and ridges, and precpices, like an ampnheatet
facing tue plains sunset IS lneonparaDiy DeautiuI
Quite another view Is presented before Sne s.h