Delta chief., 1883-04-25

Delta has municipal government Mr.. J.
J. Barker is Mayor.
The Town company in September. Issl,
lec,cd about 500 acres for a town, which has
been surveyed and plated. The company is
composed Of George A. Crawford, president
aud general manager; Harvey \. Bailey,
s;sicnt manager; NJ. e. Nandeventer, sccre-
tary; together with d. {. Dodge, general
manager Of the Denver 4 Rio Grande; W.
\. Bell, vice president of the Denver 4 Rio
Grande: W. r. Wcitbrec manager Of con-
struc,ion of the Denver & Rio Grande, as di.
rectors. There are also Hon. Allison White
and II. L. Rood, Of Philadelphia; F. VI. Andcr.
son. W. q. stephens and VI. +. Frc,lcricks, of
Delta, and tl;s Denver x Rio Grande railway
company, stockholders Of the company.
THE COUNTY.
The boundary lines of Delta county are as
follows: Beginning at a point three miles
south OF the third correction line extended
west to point Of intersection with the
I079 80 west Longitude: thence due north
along said degree of longitude to the divide
between the hcadwaters of the Grand and
North Fork of the Gunnisou rivers thence
along said divide in a sauihwcstcrly direction
10 point the extreme southwestern ex-
Of the Grand Mesa; thence in southwest
erly direction to the mouth of the Rio
Domingucz: thence due south to n point
three miles south of nn extension of the
third correction line; thence due east par
allrl with said extension of the third cor
rcciion line to the place of beginning. The
county seat is Delta.
the VALLEYS.
\ recent writer has said of the soil of the
valleys that IL Shows ai least four distinct
characteristics. The first. running in a mar
row belt along. the bank of the river. is a
dark. rich, sandy loan, largely covered with
cuttonwoods, willows and underhrush. The
sagr-brush lands come next in order, in ap-
pcarGncc resembling the fertile lands of Utah
and California, carrying bnt n small quantity
OF sand, are also very productive and dcsir.
able. The grcasewood lands, being the mos,
extensive of the valley lands, do not appear
to contain particle of sand. They are light
and dusty when dry, and sticky and slippery
when wet"
The valleys propcr-of both the Gunnison
aud Uncompahgrc are from two to five
miles wide, back of which rises the first mesa
to a height of from thirty 10 fifty feet. This
mesa is an extensive bench of good land
which will in time be irrigated and covered
with farms. This mesa exists ON both sides
of the rivers and extends back to the foot of
the plaicsus, or rs they are generally called,
the grand mcsas. The rivers run through the
central part of the valleys, so that good farms
ARE located on either side. An abundant
growth of cottonwoods extends along the
banks of the streams, and it is from these
built their cottages and for n new country,
il must be said, these places are very pretty
yellow pine of the best quality covers the
mountain ranges. There is belt beginning
near ouray and running parallel with and ON
the west side of the uncompahgrc and Gun
nison TO Utah, which is from fifty to sixty
miles long, and from five to twenty miles
wide. II is fifteen miles west of Delta, and
can be reached by wagon road. II affords
good opening for saw mills. The lumber
made from this timber is MS good, if not bet
ter than the best Chicago or Milwaukee lum-
ber.
The lands since July IS, 1882, are open to
presumption, to town.site entry andt entry
under the mineral statutes, hut not to home.
stead or scrip entries, or timber culture. A
government survey has been ordered, but the
prc.cmptor will have about three yours to
pay for his land.