Delta chief., 1883-03-28

Delta has municipal government Mr.. NJ.
c. NandcVcnter is Mayor.
The Town company in September. iSSI. Sc
lcc,ei about 800 acres for a town, which has
bccn surveyed and plated. The company Is
composed Of George 4. Crawford, president
and general manager; Harvey 4. Bailey, MS
sistent manager; ". {. Ndndeycnter, secre-
ulry; together with u. e Dodge, general
managyr Of the Denver & Rio Grande; W.
A. Bell, vice president Of the Denver K Rio
Grardc w f. Wcitbrec, manager OF con
siruciion of the Denver & Rio Grlnde, a di-
rsctors. Thsrp are also Hon. Allison White
and H. ERocd Of Philaaclphia; T. NJ. Andcr
sou, ". O. s.cphens and II. 7. Frricr!cks, Of
Delta. and the Denver 4 Rio Grande railway
company, stockholders Of the company.
THE COUNTY.
The boundary lines of Delta county are rs
follows: Beginning Z: a poiai two miles
south Of the thiri cor. Sction line extended
west TO point % intersection with the
l15 80 west longitude; thence due north
along said degree Of Longitude to tn, divide
between the heaiwatcrs Of the Grand ana
North Fork of the Guanison rivers: thence
along said divide in southwesterly direction
to q point on the extreme southwestern eS-
oC tle Grand Mess; thence in southwest
crly Objection 10 the mouth Of the Rio
Domingucz; thence due south to a point
twu mile, south of an extension Of the
third correction line; thence due eas; Iar-
allcl with said extension Of the third cor
rection line to the place of beginning. The
county sea; is Delta.
THE VALLEYS
4 recent writer has said of the soil Of the
valleys that il shows a, least four distinct
chufnc:eristics. The first, running in mar
row belt along the bank of the river, IS a
dark, rich, sandy loam, largely covered with
cottonwoojs, willows and underhrush. The
sage-brush lands come next in order, in APP
pcaraucc resembling the fertile lands of Utah
and California, carrying but a small quantity
of sand, are also very productive and dcsir-
able. The grcasewood lands, being the most
extensive of the valley lands, do not appear
10 contain particle Of sand They are light
aud dusty when dry, and sticky and slippery
when wet"
The valleys propcr--of both the Gunnison
and uncompahgrc are from two TO five
miles widc hack Of which rises the first mesa
to a height of from thirty to fifty feet. This
mesa is an extensive bench of good land
which will in time lie irrigated and covered
with farms. This mesa exists ON both sides
of the rivers and extends back to the foot of
the plateaus, or rs they are generally called,
the grand mesas. The rivers run through the
central part of the valleys, SO ,ha; good farms
are located on either side. An abundant
growth of cottonwoods extends along the
banks of the streams, and Il is from these
trees that the settlers have for the most part
built their cottages, and for y new country,
il mast be snid these places are very pretty.
yellow pine of the best quality covers the
mountain ranges. There is q belt beginning
near ouray and running parallel with aud on
the west side of the UncompahUro and Gun.
nison to Utah, which is from iifty to sixty
miles long, and from five TO twenty miles
WIDE Ii is iiftcer miles west of Delta, and
can be reached by wagon road. IL affords n
good opening for saw mills. The lumber
made from this timber is as good, Il not bet
ter than the best Chicago or Milwaukee lum-
bcr.
LAND.
The lands since July IS, 1889, are open TO
prescription, to town-sitc entry, and to entry
stead or scrip entries, or timber culture. A
government survey has been or,lcrc,s but the
pre.enptor will have about three years to
pay for his land.