The daily sentinel., 1905-09-07
EDITORIAL
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why a man WIZ proposes 10 utNOie
mis- life to agricultural pursuits In
the Grand valley should be satisfied
| Farming and fruit growing in the
| Grand valley is a profitable bust
ness. Men expect to make as mucn
net from their ranching. as do men
in mercantile pursuits. They are not
! satisfied simply with a bare living,
they expect and do. if they are prov
ident. earn a profit for every year
i they work.
The life OF the average farmer bach
east is a struggle for a living. If he
can worry through life and give his
children a fair education and at the.
\ time of his retirement find, that his
farm has what might be termed
I light mortgage, he feels that he has
done his duty by himself and his
family. He never really undertakes
to earn much more than a Iivlihood.
He may have had dreams as a young
man of doing better than dad" did
on the old farm, but he soon gets
weary of the struggle to do more than
earn good living. There are eX-
eeptions and many of them to this
class, but we are speaking of the gem
/ erality OF farmers.
It rarely occurs that the eastern
farmer on his plat of ground. with
his chickens and live stock ever ac-
cumulates a bank account, beyond his
| necessities. His cash money comes
from the sale of his poultry, eggs.
a calf or two, several pigs and the
excess grain that he raises, which is
usually a very small quantity He
has small ideas of business and from
generation to generation he has not
| enlarged them over the intelligence
| of his forbears.
To what does his western brother,
in the mountain valleys which of late
years have produced such wonderful
/ crops, or the big grain ranches OF
/ Kansas and Nebraska, look forward
to in the conduct of his ranch or
fruit farm. He has been taught to
/ conduct his ranch business on strict
4 ly business principles. He can market
his fruit with the fruit associations
with as much foresight and acumen
as the merchant drives a bargain at
his counting house. He knows the
fluctuations of corn and grain. as
well as the manipulator of stocks
and he wants the very best price he
can get.
The farmer of the west to all in
tents is an autocrat. He expects every
year to earn a good surplus and he is
averse to taking chips and whet-
stones as pay for any of his pro-
ducts. There are very few farmers
in the fruit districts of Colorado that
have not their bank account and IL
he is an exceptionally good farmer
he has one that makes the average
merchant gasp. at the profit earned.
Like in everything else man can
and does make failures in conducting
farms in the west. the same as he
does in the east. But, generally
speaking, he expects to earn a good
1 sized profit every year from the sale
of his fruit or grain.
We take it that the farmer has lit
tie reason to complain of the sue
cess in life which is his in the west.
His sons and daughters are given the
best that money can buy; they are
given good schooling and their par
ents earn a competency. which they
frequently inherit. Today conditions
all through the west are entirely
changed. The young American who
has any ambition had better secure
himself piece of ground and begin
mis- business life upon that. than to
accept position as clerk in store
or work for some one else.
Some people may believe this pic
ture greatly overdrawn in its com
parison of the life and the fortunes
of the farmer of the east and the
west, but we believe that it will
bear the scrutiny of those who see
things as they really are in the farm
er's life.
No. was an hour and twenty
minutes late this afternoon.
-Orson Adams, Jr., and daughter
Miss Ethel. returned today on delay
ed No. from visit to Denver.
Remember your washing is 10
per cent cheaper now by buying
coupon book at the Excelsior Laund-
ry.
Misses Clable Hin and Maggie
Holland will leaave this evening for
Sunnyside, Utah where they will
teach during the school year JUS
opening.
-Cepriano Escudero, who has
been connected with the big Indian
school at Chtlicco, Oklahoma for the
past year. arrived at the Teller in
stitute yesterday to accept the po-
sition as baker.
John E. Ryan. the popular Rio
Grande Western conductor, return
ed today on No. from an extended
eastern tour. He visited n number
of cities and enjoyed his vacation
very much indeed.
The contract for the concrete
work on the new home of the local
lodge of Odd Fellows was awarded
Yesterday by the building committee
to Mowry & Kline. the same fra
that secured the contract Tor the eN-
cavation work. There were several
bidders for the concrete work.
This evening for the first time.
Mesa Lodge No. 55 \. +. & \. NJ,
viii meet in the Masonic hail on y.
Fourth street The new home is
complete in every detail and all the
fixtures and paraphernalia have been
placed in position. The lodge rooms
are conveniently arranged and the
members of the lodge viii find them
both comfortable and attactive II is
expected that the first meeting of
he lodge in the new hall vii be
largely attended.
"A woman has written letter
10 Mayor Bunting stating that there
!, is a place in the city, where gambling
Is going ON. She states that her hus-
band has spent most of his time there
lately. she believes and. that in order
TO gamble he has disposed of his
horse and wagon. The letter was
signed Mother" Now it is not our
habit to pay any attention to anony-
u,pug IptfArs but ~ this tsfnothor.'s