The Delta independent., 1895-08-07
Zed Watson has acres of orchard in

part of the Watson place, has 3 acres Of
oats, G Of corn and in new orchard.
d. W. Mckee has in acres of alfalfa.
10 of corn. 10 acres o. orchard, acre Of
it in peaches being in bearing, and ll0c
tomato plants.
Charley Scales, another Pitkinite, has
in acres of alfalfa, Il acres Of young
orchard and 100 more trees ready to
set out this fall. He is building a ne:%
stone cellar for storage purposes.
j. A. Robbins has acres i'll alfalfa,
and 3 of young orchard.
H. Y. Griffin has in % acres OF alfalfa
and of orchard.
L. II. Chiles has u acree OF fine corn.
10 of alfalfa and OF young orchard
which is making an exceedingly fine
growth.
Geo. w. Fry has acres Of alfalfa; of
corn and 20 acres of orchard, 3 of which
is in bearing and heavily loaded with
fruit.
This entire mesa is red soil of great
richness and depth, easily worked, free
from alkali and supplied by the purest
Of mountain water from Holy Terror
and Hubbard creeks. With its warm
southern slope it is Just the place for
heavy crops. BY the time the circuit
was completed it was noon and on re-
turning to Mr.. Curtiss' place an invita-
tion to stay to dinner was accepted and
most enjoyable hour passed in re-
counting experiences of the early days
OF Pitkin, Tin Cup and ST. Elmo mining
camps.
After dinner spin down the hill
brought US to Z. F. Edwards ranch.
He is building new house on the edge
OF the mesa and has l3 acres in alfalfa.
Of corn, Of potatoes and 3 in orchard, l
acre Of it being in bearing.
W. 7. Hawkey has a beautiful home
nicely surrounded by fruit and orna-
mental trees. He has Is acres of alfalfa
and 20 OF orchard, 6 acres OF which is
bearing heavily and the remainder just
beginning to bear. Mr.. Hawkey has the
reputation OF handling his fruit very
nicely and the heavily loaded trees gave
evidence that he will have a busy time
for some weeks to come in picking and
packing their product.
Thomas Thompson has new place on
which there is I acres Of orchard. most
of the ground also being planted to gar,
den.
d. L. Beezley has l5 acres of alfalfa,
10 OF corn, 10 OF orchard. about l acre
Of which is in bearing, and 30 stand OF
bees.
Z. c. Fawcett is located apparently at
the mouth of the canon. although there
are few ranches still farther up. He
has G acres OF alfalfa, 10 in orchard
most of which is in bearing. and small
garden.
From Fawcett's place the back track
to Paonia bridge was taken and in less
than an hour we were at the ranch on
ID. Blanchard. who has acres of corn
2is Of alfalfa, Of new orchard and
stand of bees.
At this point side { was made to
where the men were at work on the new
Stewart ditch, which is taken out OF the
river three or four miles further up. 1t
is one OF the most extensive ditch enter.
prises in the county and when complet.
ed will be about 10 miles long and sup.
ply water for at least $500 acres OF
ground. besides putting number Of
consumers from the Minnesota creek
ditch in shape so that they can sell their
interests in that water to those who
have lands above the line Of the Stew
art ditch. thus enabling several huni
dred acres more to be brought under
cultivation. At the ditch we founG
w. .. Dresser, who has ranch nea
the lower end OF it, but no crops in a
present. J. L. Freeman was also
work there. He has ranch farther u
the river, in company with w. Z. Gerr!
where they have in 6 acres Of alfalf;
and acres OF young orchard.
Returning to the road the ranch
D. S. Stephens was visited. He has
acre OF corn and garden, 2 Of young o.
chard, 20 cattle. 20 horses and 10 stan
OF bees.
d. j. Nelson has purchased porto
Of the N. NJ. Goodwin place and ha
about SO acres of corn, 5 OF alfalfa and
of orchard. acre OF it being in bearing
There is also 30 acre orchard on tn,
Goodwin place, acres Of which is il
bearing.
Hammond Bros. ranch was the mex
place reached and here bountiful sup
per was enjoyed by the writer. Thes
enterprising young men, c. NJ, Melvin
Guy o. and +, NJ. Hammond. have 5
acres OF alfalfa, . OF corn, OF orchard il
bearing, 10 stand Of bees, 30 horses an
from 400 to 500 head Of cattle. c. n
Hammond has recently been admitte
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