Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-04-15
EARTHLY PARADisEs.
GRErLEY, CoLo., Feb. 4, 1880.
gino, D,-ooui.

Editor D,.ooruf
Earthly paradi.cs are all about us, II
We believe the rial estate agents. let
me see. FLORIDA, Kansas, Colorado, Utah
aud California all have one ar more.
Earthly paradi.es are pretty sure to
spring up anywhere that q live real estate
agent locates. Maine and all the re.i OF
the New England States can have them
u they start out right, In spite of all the
ssd talk about their many dlsldyan-
tagrs. The way Ca get th. REPUTATION
of having q paradise Il to advertise all
YOUR advantages, aud soine that YOU
haven't, AMI Ia keep out of sight all de
advantages.
Let me illustrate With Colorado nrs,,
because that State has hecu INV home
for nearly nineteen years. Sty the .oll
I. fertile, land chcsp, cllmite healihful,
markets good. society excellent, schools.
the beat, churches abundant, the land
easily .ubiuei "a agriculture, roais hard
aud easily made. .c-nery often sublime,
the hshing and hunting incomparahlc.
crops large. Insect pests rarr, winter.
mild, and you do your own rslnlng.
There, that sounds PRETTY well. That
I. nearly all true, and yet there u another
.lie a. IL. There are millions upon
millions ~ accs ~ land IN Colorado,
that, although naturally fertile, that ",
Il has the constituent. Tor producing
IN. crops, L. only fit to holi creation to-
gcther, because insufficient rain fslls
uI,on II a. produce crops. IN spite 81
al TIL. talk about lmmcnsc reservoirs
which are to make few d~signlng men
rich. ani ~ eniingvr the live. anl prop
ertV ~ men Who live below them. most
~ these millions of scrcs vii never do
much toward supporting humtu b"ings,
directly az Indirectly.
And herr let ~. brsn.h OF from NV
main thought Ia say that u v just thi.
unNaiersble land that certain ltni shsfks
arr busy selling to men whom they have
Induced to locate upon them tslllng them
that lfihey will plow deep, ani cultivate
thoroughly they viii mcc, With wondcr-
ful .uccrs.. some ~ those dcluiei I'e''-
pie, under most exinNagtni promlses
hay, located on Land. wh-rr wells have 81
D. sunk over hundred feet to reach
water. have s.-n large families living
In half duguuts. without = single luxury
anil only the hafrst necsssliir. whose out
look for future succc.. must he sad In
d--,i.
Markets can hardly b. called COOL
wherr the farmer has io raise corn bv
Irrigation In competition With corn r,lssd
Without irrigation and sold at ~ Ia GD
cent. pr hundred pounds, and Wh~rr
wheat .omctlme. fall, io - ccnt',
patatoe. To- o. cents. and cabbage.
io sO cent. per hundred weight. "
Co the nshing and hunting, u u.
growing poorer every year, and u ~
very little account a. snyb1'ly nov. y.
fur doing ones own lrrigailng. ih" de
trlhuiion ~ water I. notoriously unfair,
aud tho.e Who have made great dltche.
IN cool faith have hal to SO larger COM
p,nIe. take out iliche. high alroy" them,
snd divert from their dliche. the water
that Justly belonged a. them.
say what one Will. Colorado has a.
vet hsd hut poor success IN ai.lng OF
chard fruits. To have a child ask what
Il walnut. how the I"arh~. or apples
grow, and show the complctesi Ignorance
regarding every Kind ~ tire bat cotton.
wood. and box elders, AMI thousani
~ common things, I. not encouraging.
Every locality h,. glowing advantages
and al dehcicncle. without doubt.
IfI could tell the wicked thing' that
have been done Ia Induce people Ia settle
on arii lands, simply that IN" agent
might .ecur. fc- for locating th"
family, every one would D. Indignant
and this In the fac~ ~ the fact that tie
same famlli-. could have made q splendid
beginning In the older settlements, whrrr
labor AZ least ~. In demand. The NerN
poor. Who have only labof to sell, should
settle near well-to-do people. where
there NAV be demand for th~lr labor,
II for nothing el.e.
In lssO the Official census of the ciiy
of Denver was about Ji,un. The ciiN
has grown beyond the expectations of
the most s,ngulns. II !. claimed to-day
to have l?O,npc population. NJ all events
the plper. have praised the city bv the
mouth. ~ all her prophsi.-the real 80
tate agents, aud money, aud people, w
cludlng many lnyalids have fairly swarm
s,l Into Denver. II Il sali that the bar
ren. treeies., watsrless, sandy, arii de-
ert for ten miles about Denver Ia. been
plated ani much ~ Il .old Tor Thousands
81 doll.r. per acre. There IN. h~cn
somewhat 90 a solid hasl. to the specu-
laiIon, nomely the wonderful growth ~
thI. "Que.n CITY of the Plains" There
has been no laying out ~ additions with
proc.s.lon. aud brass hands, A. In. been
done In .ome ~ the citle. 20 California.
Hut excitement has rln very high, great
fortunes have heeu made, hundreds "
not thousands II real estate agents have
been engaged Ia the buslne.. ~ buying
and .elllng. ani up a. thl. time the Wild
ct real estate lunatlc has proved the
.ane.t busines. man. thousand. 81 va
have deplor-i this speculation craze.
and prr,liCtei ruin just ahead, aud .iill
speculation has gone on and on until
,hon.anis have been svep, Into the
swift ~hlrl. And still say again, this
mad excitement must soon end, only to
d. told that all I. fair. legiilmaie growth
aud time will prove IL. - dreadful i.
the whlrl of excitement that men have
had to run away out of the way of news
p,p-r. To save their reason.
Now underneath all thl. hnrrying Ia
and fro, and this apparent swift forming
In the ranks of business, great number.
Of men are unable Ia ind a stroke ~ ~
muneratIye labor aud disease does u.
terrible work. All these thing. are
never alluded Ia for fear ~ injuring
the city's prosperity.
I understand that the earthly paradise-
81 California are n0 longer sought by
men anxiou. "a profit by advance. In
real estate. Denver Il almost too risky.
but Just now salt Lake City Il looked
upon with favor, and the inner circle of
the .hr.wd are investing money In Utah,
principally In Salt Lake aud Og'ien.
Meantime let q man possess hls humble
soul snd home In patience, unmoved by
the men whose business II IL to cry.
..IIere's a fortune. There's a fortune!
Speculation may do for few sharp fel-
lows, but most ofus must depend on our
humble hands and farms; and. as for an
earthly paradise, IL Il found where there
are good con.cience.. loving hearts,
thrift, economy aud moderate labor.
q. ~.
LIVING IN WASHINGTON.