The Greeley tribune., 1904-04-07

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active market value of s25 per acre.
At the Decker Railroad switch
near Carr station, Charles Meeker Is
preparing to irrigate his entire l6o
acres of homestead by windmill
tpumpage plants, beginning this year
with the irrigation Of % acres OF
alfalfa. Water depths on the Walker
homestead run from eight to 25 feet,
and Mr.. Walker expects thai six or
seven windmill pumping plants will
irrigate the entire l60 acres.
Instances are rife wherein the irri-
CATION pumpage plant has doubly paid
for itself in the market value OF its
initial harvests, while at the same
time it has lifted the worth OF con-
cerned farming lands from $3.50 and
81. so per acre to $25 and $50 per acre.
In this western Weld county reg
ion steam power is to be added to the
already gasoline and wind driven
pumpage plants. Mr.. E. Linn, an
oldtimer In Weld county and now
resident Of Ault, predicts that steam
and local coal will eventually furnish
most OF the pumpage irrigating plant
power. Mr.. Linn himself in years
gone by raised with a three-horse
power 60 cubic inches per second to
height of twelve feet and irrigated
Herewith fifteen acres of lands.
In addition to:: the exhaustless sheet
water deposits and undertlow current
this region can also boast the exist
ence at depth Of $50 to 500 feet Of
limitless strata OF semi-artesiaG wa
ter, OF which the Hayden we'll at
Ault, already noted, is a pertinent
illustration.
Hundreds Of homesteads have Deen
filed upon in this great upland area
of Weld COUNT, while the up-to-date
purchasers of Union Pacific lands
include. Helmen & Schneider, Boul-
der, Colo, 600 acres; Jonas Burgheim,
Boulder, Colo, 800 acres; KING &
Doughty, Eaton, Colo, l,2sO acres;
j. l.. Dorsey, Eaton, Colo, $40 acres;
Hall 4 Kellogg, Eaton, Colo, $40
acres; NJ. B. Cowden, Fort Collins,
Colo, $40 acres: Charles NJ. Heher-
ton, Pierce, Colo, 5000 acres; Emil
Hedenskog, Eaton, Colo. GAO acres;
W. Fl. Pickering, Bucyrus, Ohio,
l,92O acres; G. F. Picking, Bucryus,
Ohio, $40 acres: r. B. Picking,
Bucyrus, Ohio, $40 acres; S. II.
Swan, Greeley, Colo, $40 acres; w.
E. Dougan, Denver, CoIo., $40 acres;
W. M. Newman, Salida, Colo, $40
acres; Fred P. Newman, Denver,
Colo, 1850 acres; W. W. Louden,
Denver, Colo., 5,l2O. acres; H. M.
Gregor, Denver, Colo, $40 acres;
Fl. NJ. Grekor, Denver, Colo, $40
acres; Everett Anderson, Eaton,
Colo 1880 acres; Reinhert & But
ler, Longmont, Colo. $40 acres; Il.
l.. Sheppard, Denver, Colo., $40
acres; c. G. Dorsey, Denver, Colo,
$40 acres; U. }. Morley, Denver,
Colo, $40 acres: George Ady, Den
YER, Colo, $40 acres: William Nc.
Mullen, LoDgmont, Colo, $40 acres,
NJ. E. Longfellow, Longmont, Colo,
$40 acres; Orton Bros, Elmwood,
Ill, 4,4sO acres; NJ. E. Edwards,
Denver, Colo, 1880 acres; William
Crocker, Denver, Colo, $40 acres:
G. c. Carrel, Greeley, Colo, $40
acres; D. G. Bailey. Denver, Colo,
1880 acres; q. j. McNullen, Hebron,
Iowa, GAO acres: George Stealey,
Denver, $40 acres; c. Fl. skinner,
Denver, $40 acres; Cone & Orton,
Pennington, ILL.,, $40 acres: I. J.
Wyche, Denver, $40 acres; F. j.
Henry, Denver, $40 acres; J. ".
Watson, Kansas, 3,s40 acres; H. A..
Beard, Denver, $40 acres: HALEY
Bros, Carr. Colo, 1850 acres; F. B.
Davis, Denver, 1880 acres: j. II.
Wise, Colorado City, Colo, GAO acres:
G. A. West, Denver, $40 acres; Brown
& Simpson. Eaton, Colo., $40 acres;
E. ]. Mckinney, Greeley, Colo. $40
acres; G. Fl. Ford, Greeley, Colo.
l,2sO acres; @. II. Ward, Greeley,
Colo, $40 acres; Rogers Bros, Eaton,
Colo, $40 acres; @. F. Finley, Wind
sor, Colo, 2, $50 acres; S. II. South
ard, Greeley, Colo, 2, $50 acres; Rob-
ert Boyd, Greeley, Colo. L ,92O acres:
w. j. Rowe, Ault, Colo, ], ,2sO acrc g.;
r. W. and Charles Boyd. Greeley,
Colo, 1880 acres: Nelson Il Olund,
Silverton, Colo, 1890 acres.
This western Weld county region,
or the Lone Tree Creek country, as
1t is locally called, must soon by the
utilization OF pumping plant and un-
derflow development become one OF
the most thickly populated and pros
| lernuS Of Cnlnradn,a an. iaul.1