The Holly chieftain., 1898-10-21
CuNDAy SCHOOL EVERY SUNDAY AT
. 10 90 4. NJ, 1T the school house.
I.G. HANNHR. Supt
reowRBs COUNTY DIRECTORY.
ON THE PLANS
A New Chapter N .i1,s Wonders Of
the West

From Angola und } Magnet.
As stated last week. our excursion
party, after Al excellent breakfast at
La Junta. was taken to Lamar. IS miles
east. From Pueblo eastward. the san,.
Fe railroad follows the Arkansas valley,
the road being on The south side OF the
n er. and the country continuous
prairie. Being near the river. irrigation
has been possible at moderate expense,
and the road 10 ffinged with success.
sion Of exceedingly fertile farms. The
soil, dark sandy ham Of great depth,
II marvelouslv productive when sup
piled with moisture. and ~ intelligent
and judicious irrigation system enables
the Colorado fsmer to furnish that With
bu' little trouble and expense. The
crops are ahalfa. wheat. corn. oats. veg
.etables. and slmoss anything grown in
that latitude. Melons and cantaIpupe.
are wondssaal ps9lne. ~ shAr.au4lss
nnsu Asassed, and - the lnsEs cities
along the foothflls and the mining
towns in the mountains fhrnish . sure
and profitable market, the growing Of
nat-ipns has become great industry in
that valley. One huudrd and thirty
car loads were shipped from eight rail
Wa, stations in Otero. Bent and. Prov
: 'raconnties in 1887; and We were in.
formed that the Sants Fs company. If.
ter making inquiry among growers to
asceEtain ~ nearly as possible the mum.
Der OF cars that woulh be required to
promptly handle this years crop, es.
tlmated at lO25 car loads II is great
fruit region withal, MANLY or quiie
equs'inK the couatrv about Grand
Jsnction. Limbs of uipicked apples,
p-as, peaches and pluns, sections of
grapevines and big diplay OF vegets-
bles adoi ned the east erd and platform
Il the Lamar depot on tnr arrival The
limbs were not only plsnomenally full.
hnt the frnit was yerv large and free
firm blemish. The various insect
pests which prev upon orchards in the
east don't appear to have reached Col
orado.
OF course stock raising is = monster
industry, and great herds of cattle,
sheep and horses are pstured on the
plains Of that region. Creeks flowing
fiom the back county ind putting in
TO the Arksnsas river atintervals, furn-
ish an abundant water supply for live
stock. The plains hsve very much
more buffalo srass thanis found on the
prairies Of Sou,h Dakon Il is curly
narrow blsded grass, growing in tufts
bat few inches high. nd the tender
foot would probsbly regard it as of no
acconnt; but it Is wo5derfnl nutritious
as we'll - palAtable. shd animals eat it
in preference to III other grasses.
One peculiar feature of buffalo grass ID
that II retains ns nuritious properties
after It has ripensd md turned yellow,
and for that reason ! = Of great value
for winter pasture.
Twelve or thirteei miles from Lamar
We came to lake lbont = mile wide
and three miles lonG and = mile furth-
or on is another twi q large. A mile
eeyoad the lattsr b{usht % about ! p.
M 70 the tented mp Of the Great
Plains Water Comp,hy. an osssnisation
that 10 building and berfecting the most
offensive irrisatiik system in the
world. II ia composd mainly Of New
YORK capitalists w,S. while planning
for probable rstur,1 from thsiy invest.
msnts. arc aiming y make Il possible
for people With limited means to judi
ciously combine intlligsnt Effort with
> small outlay Of nsosy, sad in due
tIme become prop(roas snd wealthy
fsrmsrs. and to ooyysst . great arss OIL
mid Lands into sfse|ls snd productive
agricultural rssioL
The nasnituds kkhs work Involved
In ths constsucts Y sneA % irsisation
Dvstsm caHnos III epmrsshsndsd ~
u>nesm1a .hn h.~~.K $3.50. .--aAa-. n