The Ordway new era., 1906-12-14
ssonosas OF COLORADO
iYAs Wssrss sAesss - irse-~es - ss
Nxrveli,us Resea~ees

os TIE American Smelling al. Rsaa-
trs Cor.saay foza1 eastern sI.vossozs
eagerly hooking ior places G. so=a. IN
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coao-xGo he Es.isse1 more tally ,ASa
svc- ia; ShsTe 5 10 osAer STATE %
ssz-sioss wAie.4 o1ers saeA saAHcs>
meats - his Ao-as state Ncs
,sryaay lie furnished reasons toc the
/ .aiiA tAz; Is n htza xzd gave uoa-I
ae-.a.iy Interesting s=rVey ~ the &.
at ssrsaes taSsa ~ the state IN re-
cezs Years Aza ;o,a @. What IS IA
sore in tie zexs year O. two, Mr..
GsCse.Aei-a Is a trained Business
n2z os SQUAD Judgment and his STATE
meats carry torI,e and oazVto;ioa- In
al Experiments aaa branches oi in,
{ dus.-r. in sugar bee; az5 fTEis eGl;aTSa.
IN agriculture generally, in mining. tho
stsfe las gcae ahead ana Il has Ne;
cooa way 70 80 10 reach the reai;h.
Tae World should be nsade aware Q:
what Colorado has 70 o@eT,
! vAS never - much Impressed by
the erNStncsS - Colorado As oa nv
rs<eas Vissi 70 NV York said Mr.
. :
weeks I was away I rad several In
te-v:sWs in the pcavor papeCs rc>aui-
Ing 4 sensi-osa;eaaiai celebration fof
this city. ! am heartily in tavaT ~ 81,
i I believe Wc shcald show tho world
What Colorado has 10 cec- Our crrat
I need Is poople who viii come hCT,, with
4 money 20 iuVeS1 or Who arr ambitious
10 become citizens of the state Tse
/ sreS, NEED ~ the PeNNlc 81 thc East
IS opportunity for investment aud
\ employment. Il Is certain tha- people
who are looking fo- new locations or
Investments will pass us by ualcSS We
/ reveal - them the world-assoalshins
4 possibilities OF this state
When l saN We can aS;oajsh the
world mean IL talked with \
building contractor in New York who
i vas employing men eNcAVatinc ! base
Il uieut for si-sS day. When told
him the beet growers Of Colorado
would pay $500 a day for those uacn,
Il and hoard them. he WAS astcnishcd
IL reminded me Of the days whrN Colo
the sncSr industry in this state had
rreS; future.
4 recall visiting the nrst SUGAR fac
tory :: Grand Junction six years aeo
| when q was standing idle. and hear
ing people say the industry would
never ec profitable here. Now our fac
/ tories have n capacity OF 10000 tons
OF sugar every twcnty.tour hourS
and tcets are piled in the hclds
because the tillers OF the soil
have outs;ripHcd the hcadlons
pace at which capital has been
preparing to care for what they raise
Ii would take eastern people many
years to accomplish what We have
dn.N IL, half n iNrgu wears
| Il wish We could exhibit 20 the
world the marvellous strides In the de
selopment Of our agricultural lands
Coming into Denver the other dag
over the BURLINGTON | saw scores OF
prosperous farmhouses between herr
and Otis. lsS miles east. which were
built IN the past year. The short,
.;rass' country in Washington and
,fiuma counties IS coming into its own.
An the way to Chicago l saw evidence
that the Colorado land agent was At
Mrrk. can remember the timc whom
boa couldn't find n man selling Colo
gldo land. II YOU were to tell tho
Wonderful advance OF the prices OF az
riculturai lands OF Colorado To east
srr people they would not believe YOU.
They need such an object lesson Ms
au exposition would provide, When |
told New Workers thu Il the rast five
years the area Of irrigated land In
|, northern Colorado had increased fit'
teen per cent. while the aggregate
value had actually doubled. they
thought we were having boom
told them our SAN Luis valley irrigated
acreage had Increased twenty per
cent and that over on the western
slope and down in the Arkansas val
ley the irrigated acreage had doubled
and the value increased twenty hvd
per cent. assuring them there was no
land boom nor any effort TO make one.
"You know in the East farm lands
are actually depreoiating. II they only
irealized what we have here, the
scenes at the opening OF n government
reservation would be duplicated. Five
years ago what is now called dry
farming land, was being sold for
taxes. This was in the short grass
RI gion OF eastern Colorado and In the
section far north OF Greeley. Now this
land sells for $40 and si5 an acre,
"The Union Pacific railroad had for
years great difficulty In selling land
for $h an acre. In Kit Carson county
some friends of mine recently paid sic
an acre for land that the railroad
wanted to sell five years ago at any
price. Two years ago ranches out in
Adams county were going begging ut
1880 an acre; 10000 acres have re-
Gently been sold there for $3.50 an
acre.
"The Bijou ranch, in Ebert county.
30, 900 acres, has recently been sold
1.-THE poorest OF II bringing $3.50 and the
best $40 an acre. Three years ago 81
aIf acre was the highest offer they
could get. In Montrose county, rs n
, result OF the government tunnel, land
(which absolutely had no value few
lyears ago Is selling at an average price
of $40 an acre. Over In Routt county
four big bitches carrying 1900 cubic
feet of water n second In the aggre
gate will water 10000 acres. The lare
est OF these bitches, when empty. can
! be used for a road where heavy wag
Ions can easily pass. Five years ago