Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-28

| ucfe per hnuuiu. rTuit gCOWluX Is disO
very profitable. When at Canon. Col. &,
| was introduced to Judge FELTON,, and
taken through ten acres of irrigated
land which b. commenced TO plant with
fruit trees In Nay, 1881. He told me
that last year the fruit embarrassing
| of grapes, apples, pears, straw berrt"s, ,
| rlums, cherries, etc.-real zed S6025.
The total expenditure was S24O7. being a
clear profit of S36lS. or OVER $3.50 per
acre. This does not represent the full
| result OF his investment, as he bought
the land uncuitivated for 500 per acre,
| aud three or four years ago refused al
| offer of $1,000 per acre from a geutleman
l met separately, who told me of the lat
ter circumstance.
! CoLORADO-THE ROChIES-DESyER.
| Apart from this steadily increasing ag-
ricultural wealth, the state of Colorado
| is rich in minerals. claiming q length of
| 70 miles OF the Rocky mountains. At
| this part of the range they are rich in
| gold. silver. copper, lead iron aud coal.
! There are large smelling WORKS both at
Denver and Pueblo. Col. At the latter
town large B-ssemer steel works have
been established. The hematite iron in
Guunison county, Col. is said TO be ell
most mex baustible.
made tour OF 1000 miles from Dem
yer through the Rocky mountains OF
Colorado and north of New Mexico. As
we gaZei up at the m4gniticeuce of these
mountains Il white speck WAS occasionally
observable, which was known to be the
tent of some prOspectOr. Hs appeared
an Insignificant unit upon the vast region
still unexamIued, and the statement re-
peatedly made to me was that these
mountains were not yet so much as
"srrutrned over. - l frequently came
10 little mining towns of from ln00 TO
$500 people perched as high as 10, 600
feet above the sea. In some of these
were shops with sufficient displays of
jewelry and silks 10 betoken tina; money
was being earned and spent freely. il
was common occurrence TO learn that
tho population had doubled within the
last three years, showing H the mill
erals are now attracting great-r uttpn-
tion. When L spoke TO local wealthy
miusOwuprs of the losses incurred by the
British public through some OF their
mining enterprises, the too often re-
jOinier was, 1T is not VIZ who mlsled
those investors who los. their money,
but the Euclishnen who have come
over here, bought our miues (Otten Sec
ond-rnte one>) ut reasonable prices, aud
then returned TO their own country TO
form companies, which were to repur-
chase them at exornitant profits. -
While | do not think Americans ure to
he cleared from responsibility, | saw
sufficient 10 make IN believe there was a
great deal of truth in this retort.
Denver, the capital of the state, has
increased from So. 600 in 1880 to 40 600
i'm hl la Ind
mediate suburbs adjoining the city
proper. Real property has grown rap
idly in value during this period, and
large fortunes have been made by those
who Invested in 1t. The population con-
tiuues 10 grow, and prices of real prop
erty still increase.
Southwest AND NORTHERN STATES,
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
My next journey was circular tour of
$500 miles, starting from Colorado and
visiting the states of Wyoming, Idaho,
Oregon, Washington ana Montana; also
the Canadian territory of British Colum-
bia and Vancouver Island, returning
into Colorado. traversed some beau
tiful country still reserved to the ln-
dians, part OF which will he opened up TO
settlers in the near future.
Boise City, the capital OF Idaho, which
was admitted as u state only july Inst,
was the first place l reached on this
journey In which we had invested
Here, again, l saw the rich results OF
irrigation. An apple orchard was
loaded with fruit; young prune or
chard was rapidly coming to perfertion;
and q field of clover, also on the prop
erty. was being mown for the third
time this season. When ouce planted,
the clover is thus mowu annually for SIX
years, then fresh seed planted on the
same land. As / walked through the
field l was struck by the freedom from
weeds, and judged that this condition
had been attained at considerable cost
for Ia Dor; but was informed that after
the first year no wre,liug was necessary,
IA the thickness of the crop prevented
the presence of weeds.
The growth of Boise City is being pro-
NOTED not only by the extension of irri- |
cation, which is developing Il beautiful
fruit country. much nearer to the East |
than the noted fruit districts of Culifor- |
MIA, but also by the pres nee of both |
houses of representatives forming the /
state congress, law courts, university, |
aud other general accompaniment to the |
title of capital of the stare.
The area of the state of Idaho exceeds |
the area of England and Wales by % ,9l2 |
sqmare miles, or is half as large again rs
England.
Going Oh towards the Pacific coast,
through Oregon, | Travelled beside the
beautiful Columbln river and the Cas-
raie mountains, TO Portland. This is
one of the oldest and richest towns in
the extreme West. The population has
rapidly increased, and our experience in
the last twelve months has shown that
well selected suburban land hps greatly
increased in value.
From Oregon / crossed into Washing
ton, which has crowd rapidly in popula-
ton an! prosperity since it was coustI-
tuted u state. 1t has beautiful eli
mate. IT is rich in grain, minerals,
lumber and fruit. The last he's been
cultivated TO great profit. When driving
TO look q, some land purchased this year,
stopped at q fruit orchard. | found
hat the yiel of prunes WIS expected to
produce $500 TO $500 per acre. No
an Xiety WAS expressed regarding the eff
feet of increased local competition, a.
greater Output from the district was de-
sired. III order 10 justify special fruit
Trains and rates to Eastern parts.
Tnroma, Seattle, and other towns