Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-04-13

II Is therefore orderly. It has thre
branches OF the Denver Rio Grand
railroad. with lines north, east AM
west. A branch OF the state fish match
cry is located here. Last year thi
hatcned and put into neighborInt
streams 100000 trout. beID,
| 100000 more than the combined out
| put of the Denver and Gunnisor
hatcheries. It Is interesting to watch
the process OF Matching. In fact. In
all her works nature is Interesting
1t may sound strange, but neverthe-
less Is true. that some guiding hand
| gives to each tiny Ash, when tne lit
| tie fellow is no bigger than wig
gle tail. sack Of food which for two
or three weeks. according to condi-
lions, 1t packs about for use during its
period of helplessness The same
guiding principle looked down upon
Southwestern Colorado: saw that it
was isolated, cut on from the rest OF
the world by long stretches OF DIM
cult mountains, and that, therefore.
II would be slow to develop. Just at
seems to have said; Good, I shall
LAVISH wealth and make this a store
house of things that are good. Mans
energy shall find these, and mans en-
ergy shall cut the barriers Then 1t
shall be but step from hidden treas
ure to national splendor."
The first is done, and now. az ut
that time when II was spoken. Let
there be light" And there was light"
tne last is being fulfilled
For a year. government irrigation
engineers. under the wisest OF all tho
protective policies of our government.
that OF reclalming the arid lands OF
the West. have been investigating
and surveying. having In view the rs-
claiming of 100000 acres OF land In
southwestern Colorado and North
western New Mexico. Il contemplates
an expenditure OF over one million
dollars. AT present. It, is believed
that the plan is practicable and that
the storage canals will he built. What
that means for the home seeker, IL
X Is, can not be measured In dollars.
thousand years from now, such
works will continue to do their good.
Tne Pharaohs built pyramids, and
some OF our readers may have climb
ed their long steps and been awed
by their greatness. What our govern
ment Is now doing Is, In different
way building monuments. not OF dead
stone, but life-giving water. and long
after the piles Of Egypt shall have
crnmbled, these monuments OF Amer
lean foresight snail be but in the beA
ginning OF their usefulness. Other
surveyors were at the same time in
the field. Within the last twelve
months the Southern Pacific, the
Phelps Dodge syndicate, the Denver
n Rio Grande and the Santa Fe Cen.
trail have all made surveys for broad
gauge lines to the south and south
west; outlets to the gulf and coast.
The Denver 4 Rio Grande has COM
menced construction and 600 men are
at work. the Southern Pacific ID
expected shortly to begin. Thousands
of acres OF coal lands have been filed
upon by agents OF the roads. and
these are now being opened. It Is
for us the beginning. Today we are
the most undeveloped section of Colo
rado. Tomorrow we begin our strides
OF progress Our pendulum is farthest
back and its very backwardness will
give 1t added swing when 1t starts
For years we have known
what we had but the outside world
did not. II required nerve to hold on.
1t Is glorious now to those here. this
looks brighter. The country Is catch
ing the inspiration 1t Is great,
grand opening day for this section.
We are sending out Invitations to 9TH
ers to come and join us in our good
fortune. There is chance to get in
move. The band will strike up
Marching Through Georgia." and
our army OF coal cars will go through
10 the coast. Back and forth will
swing the outgoing and the incoming
pendulum OF benefits. Eacn day, IS
ilht SlTiheS tutm out Will shoW pug
ress. Industries will spring up on all
sides, one bringing another We our
selves shall have many surprise as
overlooked factors are handled by
some mans energy and converted into
fortunes Wild tobacco, wild potatoes,
wild oyster plant wild canaigre. wild
soap weed, root and fiber, wild rubber
plant what may be made of these?
Within ten years our old-timers shall
90 about and wonder II tnls Is the
country TO which they came so few
years ago This is no dream. Some
of us have done this very thing In
and around Denver. We shall do 1t
here
We want thousands OF thrifty farm.
nrs-GermRns and Scandinavians. and
others. wno. like the Ohio youth, are
huck full of days work. For such
We have lands as fertile as any to be
tound Before II is irrigated It is
lesert Give II water and II will give
back almost anything that grows.
Vot scantily. but abundantly. Wheat.