The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-09-24

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fixed to accomodate the itinerary Of the
trip Of the editorial party and country
people and the editors alike enjoyed the
4 little towns wlde-open hospitality. The
crowd from the country was about like
that gathers at Kimbail on similar occa.
!. sions, orderly, we'll dressed and happy.
The special pulled into Lovelsnd he.
meath the shadows OF the mighty cotton
woods, with which the streets are lined,
Just at noon. Under large tent hun
cred OF SO feet long and half as wide was
4 set the tables and lunch for the editors
Outside was other long rowa Of tables
for the visitors from the county and
town. Near BY was the gigantic corn
roast. The editorial party were treated
with hot coffee and nice luach with
hot roasting ears right from the pit and
the finest Of Colorado melons until, un-
I'll, until th ey thought they'd .sbnst.' Ii
was nice spread for SO many people
and there was enough left to have fed as
many more. balloon ascension and
parachute jump by professional fol
lowed. 1t was beautiful exhibition,
The balloon went straight into the air
and the balloonist, colored fellow,
came down within stones throw 0t
where he went up. A company Of col,
0red artists also gave a cake walk upon
an elevated stage. As the special pulled
out at p. m. a base bali game between
two first-class amateur mines was in
progress.
Going up to Loveland the train ran
into several snow squalls and the roofs
of houses aud buildings were seen COW
cred with snow. With less than week
away from the blistering heat at the
Omaha exposition, the change was q
decided one.
Perhaps it is the marked contrast be
tween the fertile and unfertile tracts,
but an irrigated region always seems to
me to be the prettiest country In the
world. This applies fully to the country
traversed by the special saturday-lo
Boulder, Loveland. Ft. Collins and Gree
ley. Where and when man can make
the elements do his bidding he can i'm
prove upon nature by considerable per
cent. Wherever irrigation is possible
success in grain raising, fruit and veg
etables is wonderful. Corn, however,
does not seem to do as we'll, from the
looks Of the fields although plenty Of ii
evidently for home consumption is
grown. The stubbles showed that the
grain crop was heavy. The water is
brought down from the neighboring
hills and distant mountains in grea,
irrigating bitches and rented. The con-
trast between irrigated farms and those
that are not, often lying side by side, is
wonderful. One Is dry and parched as
Dakota pasture after three months
drouth while the other is beautiful
garden, abounding in magnificent shade
trees, orchards hanging heavy with
fruit and on the whole as attractive and
homelike as that of the finest farms III
Ohio or New York. Herds Of Jerseys are
seen from tie car windows every few
miles. showing that the dairying bust
ness is an important one. The country
appears TO be more adapted to datryiDg.
fruit and grain than to the stock indus
try, something true of any irrigated re-
glon, the land once irrigated being too
productive to devote to grass. All this
country Of which this is written lies
north OF Denver where the barren plains
of western Colorado end aud the Rocky
mountains begin. The towns visited on
this trip Boulder, Loveland, Fort Col
lins and Greeley, lie in a valley and the
latter three ere almost as level as q
billiard table and beautiful in trees and
foliage. Fort Collins and Greeley. both
county seats, l believe, as we'll as Bould-
er. are, as seen from the car windows, as
beautiful as any Of the older eastern
towns Of 5000 to 6,O0O people and which
have had five times as long to make
them so as against these Colorado towns.
The streets are lined with gigantic cot
tonwoods. with trunks as wide as a -four
barrel and with foliage SO dense as to
shut the sun from the road bed COM
pletely, and the foliage OF the homes of
the residents is as plentiful and beauti-
full as one could wish. All this has been
accomplished almost wholly from irrlga-
tion and within space OF twenty years
the greater part OF it in half that time
The soil is of loose, sandy nature
which seems to be specially adapted to
fruit. Plenty OF clay for building bricl
is to be had.
From my own experience in Soutt
Dakota and from what I have seen In
Nebraska and this state am firmly con
WINGED that when water can be had t.
keep them growing -as is usually tht
case in the townsville cottonwood is tht
tree TO plant. They are a native of tht
country ard attain satisfactory growth
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and shade in half the time Of the hare
wood trees.
Thorn" has a nice three room offic'
on the second floor in Loveland and Q
course is prospecting. He also has mic
home which time and so much sigh
seeing did not permit me 70 visit.
saw Mrs. Thorndyke, however, and th
Youngest and all are contented an
: happy.
:, On the morning of tho 18th the editor
). ial special train was pulled out Of Den
= ). yer at $50 and up to Boulder. Here nl
disembarked and through the courtes
! Of the Colorado and Northwestern raj
: : way company were taken in two train
= up to Ward, mining camp 2611s mile