Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-10-25
THURSDAY. OCT. 25, 1894.

Inquiries for real estate increase and
the number of immigrants who wish to
lease farms is growing. There is great
need of more small houses on our large
farms.
The Arkansas Valley Irrigation So
ciety was organized at La Junta on Tues
day. w. A. Colt, was elected President
and Frank Kreybill, Sec. The object is
to advertise the valley. OF which more
next week.
w. N. Randall, Republican candi-
date for Representative, presents his views
on the important subject of Irrigation
Aside from its political bearing Mr.. Ran
dall's paper is valuable contribution to
the irrigation literature Of the valley.
The Chieftain is taking time by the
foretop in planning for state canal Iegis-
lation by the next general assembly.
Any scheme which contemplates the
building of State canal No. before i'm
mense reservoirs arc provided is men,
ace to the established agriculture of the
should be built until there is large and
reliable addition to the water supply of
the Arkansas river.
We congratulate the Chieftain on the
advanced step it has just taken in the
introduction of type-setting machines
and the enlargement of its pages. In the
future the Chieftain will publish the
Associated Press reports in full, and Pu-
eblo people will have no excuse for a
continuance of the liberal patronage
which has been extended the Denver
dailies. Now let the Chieftain's news
gatherer reach out to all the towns in its
patronizing territory and it may become
one Of the great dailies of the west.
The following is written in the in
terest Of fair play: Some person has cir
culated the report in Rocky Ford that
T. Il. Devine, of Pueblo, candidate for
judicial honors, is, and has been for years,
a hard drinker. The editor of the En-
TERPRIsE was one of the first persons
with whom Mr.. Devine became acquaint-
ed when he removed to Pueblo, and we
have known him well ever since. We
can assure all interested that the report
is campaign falsehoood made out OF
whole cloth.
Road Overseer Hale and the ENTER
PRISE drove down to inspect the river
bridge Tuesday morning. We found
nothing being done owing to lack of
some portion of the iron work. Not
withstanding that the contract calls for
the completion of the bridge by Oct.
26th, there seems to be ten days or two
weeks work yet to do. The builders are
evidently proceeding leisurely. not being
hurried by a so-called forfeit of $40 per
to have the approaches graded by the
time tbs bridge is completed.
Our citizens are almost unanimous
in enthusiasm regarding the value of a
successful artesian we'll. A good supply
OF pure artesian water is the one advan-
tage needed to give Rocky Ford rapid
growth that will astonish even those
most sanguine of the future Of the me-
tropolis Of the Arkansas valley. One
newly arrived citizen says that good
artesian well will add Is to the value OF
every acre of land in this vicinity, The
benefits which will surely follow are so
great ms to justify the outlay of 81 600 on
the probability of finding reliable flow.
We trust that those Of our citizens who
have not yet been asked to subscibe will
do their proportion in raising the needed
funds. With prompt work on the part of
the soliciting committee and liberal sub
scripticns from those who will be most
benefited, the well may be flowing a
crystal stream early in the winter,