The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-31

" would not be proper to close lhes,
colorado articles. which have been ap
pearlng IN the GRAPHIC at interval
since the tour OF the state by the Nation
a Editorial association i4 September
without ying something at least oil til.
plains district lying i'll the southeastern
portion Of the state, especially after re-
sewing such friendly and courteous
reception as was given The newspaper.
men and their ladies ty the enterprisinq
people OF this locality.
After taxing the editorial spccial
train Of Pulllnans al! over tho mountain
districts, II was planned that the last
gay should BE- given to seeing tile irri.
galsd district in that portion Of tne state
referred to. The party consisted OF be.
tween four and five hundred people, The
GOWNS tO Ue visited were small aud Ii
was originally arranged that the dele.
CATION was to be divided, half stopping
AT Rocky Ford and the remainder ot lie
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party taken on farther east 70 Lamar
And entertained there. Az The last mo.
ment, however, IT was learned thai
Rocky Ford could not nlake The ueces.
sary arrangements, either from lack OF
sunds or for other reasons. Upon learn
Jug This the little town OF Laalar, OF less
shan fifteen hundred people, prompt,
Wlred that she would take caro- of tile
whole sho0tln' match, aud right we'll did
sue Keep her word. All things cunsld.
cred, II was the finest reception that Tic
irWspapermen received III the state.
NO one knows better The Opeil-handed
hospitality of the western people than
|stt'.e south DakOtasls, but it Will open
thelr eyes Q little to know soingthiAg. OF
how they do it III Colorado. This little
tOWn OF LaMar, scarcely ten years old,
,lth Its future all before 1t, lLs people
~ limited circumstances, just starting
out tO build a town aud competence
l0r themselves, raised something like
three thousand dollars within a week tt,
entertain the National Editorial associa-
tlon, half of which was contributed at
tie last moment after its neighbur,
Rocky Ford, flunked.
Lsaylag the mountain district near
fueblo the Santa Fo road runs east
shTough the counties OF Otero, Bent aud
EProwers. Rocky Ford aud La .Iunta are
IN the first named county aud tho latter
Town the county seat. Lamar is the hub
| OF Prowers county. At La Junta is one
Of the famous Harvey hotels OF the Santa
Re system and it was here, wGy off in
another county, that we had the first
Antlmatlon OF the kind OF people they
mad off in Prowers county. al La Mar. An
elegant breakfast was served here at the
expense of Lamar and the tram hen
sped on TO the home OF the hosts. Lest
forget it, on the return trip tack tC
Denver that night au equally el. gan,
supper was also served our four hundred
odd people at La Junta and again aJ ii1e
expense Of Lamar. Wherever we were
that last day Of the tour, covering three
counties we were practically the guests
Of Lamar. Lamar itself was reached
about 10 a. ~. and the Whole town ant
country was on hand to receive us. 4
large humber Of carriages. over fifty IL
all, were en- Land to convey as many al
would like to make the trip, out over til,
prairies to the irrigation system now ii
course Of construction by The Glea
Plains Water company, while arrange
ments had been made to take The best O
care at Lamar Of those who preferred Il
rest up a little.s A flne display Of th,
products OF Prowers county had bee1
made upon the station platform, anon,
which was q great variety of fruits To-
which this county is already famed. n
Tae Arkansas river breaks away from
the mountains at Pueblo, theretr, Il
plows Its course through tho sand,
wastes Of the plains in q southeastern,
llrection to La Junta aud then almos
straight east through Bent and Proven
counties to the Kansas line. Tho waite
| OF the river IS used o irrigation alon,
| the Arkansas valley for distance OF Is
miles. This uses up the river and dur
ing the summer months its channel be
comes bed Of dry sand only broken b
4 pools long distances apart. Dung tn
lspring and early summer months til
melting snow Of the mountains turn
The river into a flood and how to hol
and retain this great volume of waite
flowing Oh, to the Gulf Las been th
prOblem OF the people of that district fo
iyears. This IS Gsjng solved by the Gree
Plains Water company, who are now 8
!, Work constructing the most importan
and remarkable irrigation system in tt
United States. The mGst notable fe,
J lures of the plant is the system Of grpt
reservoirs, the most extensive of til
kind in this country ifnot in the worl
LaMar 10 located Gil the ArkanBas II
) miles from Pueblo. From twelve 10 {:
] teen miles north Of Lamar five lare
natural basins have been utilized Il
t reservoirs. These basins are located il
9 on the uplands Of the plaius aud owe
e look the valley.
I The contour Of the country is exact
g like that OF most portions Of easter
South Dakota. The soil, however
vastly different, being ola loose, SAINT
!, nature which produces hut limit,
9 amount Of grass aud as nature left
y more adapted to jack-rabbits. pair
. dogs, owls and other natural inhab
. . ants. There is no such grazing land
d is found all over tho prairie country
: South Dakota, But the land once .irl
= gated Is wonderfully productive, espel
4 ally OF fruits and Alfalfa. The soil.is
L just the right substance to produce an
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