The silver lance., 1897-10-01
BOOTH WANTS MONEY
ron THE PROPOSED COLONY.
Unless Denver Capitalists Advance Funds
the scheme May Fall Through-A Good
Investment.

Denver, Sept. 25-The Republican
this morning says:
, Persons who talked with Commander
Booth Tucker after the Coliseum meet
ing on Thursday night were led to un-
derstand that he had expected the
wealthy citizens of Denver to manifest
some interest in his colonization
sche ne. 1t was even said that owing
to tine apparent apathy of the wealthy
men of Colorado the plans for a Colo
RADIO colony might be abandoned. In
| California B0oth-Tucker readily Sc
! cured the active cooperation OF Claus
Spreckles and other wealthy men. They
were not asked to give anything. but
when offered good security they loaned
part of the money necessary to estab-
lish the colony in the Salinas valley at
a low rate of interest.
On account of the Clearing House AS
sociation banquet in honor Of Comp
trOller Eckles being held on Thursday
evening the men whom Booth-Tucker
desired to reach were not present at the
Coliseum meeting. His appeal to the
Denver citizens to back him up in his
efforts to plant a colony in the Arkan-
sas valley, SO that he might go to the
capitalists of the East and say that the
influential people of Colorado were
with him, met with no response HIS
plans had not been generally under
stood. for. until he came to Denver, it
was supposed that the financial ar
rangements had all been made in the
East.
When the Republican learned yester-
day that Commander BoOth-Tucker
had gone way from Denver without
having accomplished what he had ex-
pected and that a colony might not al
ter all be established in Colorado. a
telegram was sent to him at Rocky
Ford inquiring whether it was true that
he desired loan of local capital. HIS
reply TO the query was;
"A tangible support in the way OF
loan by the citizens of Denver would
be a convincing argument to the East
that the success of the colony in Colo
RADIO is not only possible, but certain
Booth-Tucker, accompanied by his
wife. Adjutant Ferris, Brigadier Alice
Lewis, Colonel Holland and Land Com
missfonpd Frost and Industrial Com
missioner Davis of the Santa Fe, left
Denver yesterday morning at 800
o'clock They travelled in a Santa Fe
official car Yesterday they were en-
tertained at Rocky Ford by James A.
Crowley, one Of the committee appoint
ed by Booth-Tucker to advise him in
regard to the selection of a location.
To-day the party will visit Holly and
Lamar and will stop over Sunday at
one of the two places. reaching Pueb-
10 Monday. II a colony is to be estab-
lished in the Arkansas valley 1t Is be-
lieved that a tract of land in the vi
cinity of either Lamar or Holly will be
selected. The reasons given by inter
ested persons why these localities are
likely to be preferred are that the land
can be bought at much lower prices
than land of equal fertility near Rocky
Ford or Pueblo.
The commander Of the American
forces of the Salvation Army is prac-
tical irrigation engineer. He mastered
the science of irrigation in India and
looked after the irrigation interests in
that country for the British govern
ment. He understands all the prob
lens of irrigation, and when he estab-
fishes a colony he will see that the
farmers receive adequate instruction.
1t is Booth-Tucker's plan to buy a
tract of not less than 5000 acres of
land and not more than $4,000 acres.
The smallest colony would be COM
posed of 500 families.
There is a probability that another
public meeting will be held in Denver
before Booth-Tucker leaves the state,
with the object Of interesting local capi-
tai in the scheme.