CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-09-17
SOME LAND VALUES
In the Vicinity Of Canon City that
viii be Of Interest to Those
Contemplating Invest
ments In Ranch and
Suburban Prop u.
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number Of inquiries the last few
months from Eastern correspondents in
relation to the price Of land in the
vicinity Of Canon City and its sdapts-
biiity TO agricultural and horticultural
pursuita. Doubtless = great many
letters Of similar import have been ad-
dressed TO other citizens within the
same period. and, with the view Of be-
ing able to reply to them intelligently. !.
the writer visited several Of the local
real estate agents the first Of the week
and interviewed them on the subject.
collecting inform .tion which 1t is
hoped will be helpful to these nom
resident Investigators in forming an
opinion Of the price Of land here and
its productiveness along the lines men
toned.
Most Eastern people are appalled,
when told that irrigated land under .
good water right in the Arkansas val
ley is worth from $3.50 TO $1,000 an
acre, but their astonishment arises
from the fact that they are unfamiliar
with the character of the crops it will
produce and the revenue which IL
Yields. Another thing that people un-
acquainted with irrigation are apt to
forget is that cultivatable land out
here is not subject to the caprices Of
rainfall and drouth, and that failure
OF crops cannot occur. - they fire.
qu~ntly do in those sections Of the
country where artificial means OF
watering the soil to promote the growth
Of vegetation IL not re-orted to.
II you tell q farmer In any OF the
states pf the Mississippi valley that
fruit ranches in Colorado command
from $500 to $500 an acr- he at once
becomes as skeptical as the traditional
Mi--ourian. and he will not be con-
WINGED that you are not joking until he
has been showed that the price Is
predicated upon something more sub
stantial than n spiendid climate and
magnificent scenery. His doubt is .
natural one. ss no man cares to put his
money in property that he thinks can
not be made remunerstive, for every
investor has an eye to the ''main
chance. I"
In spite Of the apparently high values
placed upon property by Canon City
ranchmen they are able to show far
bigger revenue on their Investments
than farmers who have put the same
amount Of money in lands in Illinois,
Michigan or Iowa. although they may
cultivate only one-twentieth ~ much
soil area as the latter, and at les than
half the expenditure Of physical force.
For instance, we know Of man, now
resident Of Lincoln Park, who sold a
farm OF lsO acres in one OF the best
agricultural counties in Kansas thrre
years ago and invested the proceeds in
q hye-scre fruit ranch across the river
from this city, He kept an account of
all the produce sold from his ranch for
the first twelve months. his successor
on the Kansas farm doing likewise for
the same period. At the end of that
time the Lincoln Park ranchman was
ahead of his Eastern competitor sew
eral hundred dollars, greatly to the
told him that he could not make a liv-
ing ou; here on five acres.
Other cases OF parallel character
might be cited, but to multiply them
In the course Of q newspaper article of
this kind would be to poach on the
province Of the real estate men, who
regard this sort Of thing ~ their spec-
iai uprerogative.' Alfalfa land, that
may be flooded ~ often a. necessary
70 produce three crops Of hay. can be
bought at from $3.50 to $500 an acre,
the price depending upon its nearness
to the city and its accessibility from
any OF the principal streets.i Well inn
proved properties. adapted to horti-
culture or gardening, are more valid
sble,, ranging in price from S600 70
ei 600 an acre; in some Instances -
muck ~ u 400 or. even u 800 an scrs
being demanded BY the owners. The
higher prices Of course applies to lands
fully improved with well bearing or
ohards. 'wf j .N hM
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preliminary 70 .. crop Of strawberries
end the mcuey obtained from the prp-
duce Of the coil from one year OF each
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