The daily sentinel., 1906-07-27
MIR. wILLouGHBY TALKS.
In an Interview States that Proposed
Railroad has been Financed
Tell of international
Reputation of Our
Fruit.

Two years ago such a thing a.
| Colorado irrigation security was un
known in New York. Today it Is
considered giltedged and in another
two years will be one of the princi
pal features of the stock exchange II
New York.
European restaurants and hotels
are advertising Colorado fruits and
vegetables on their bills of fare and
menu cards and are securing the
fancy prices of e1 or nearly S5 for a
Rocky Ford cantaloupe; l shilling or
l franc, 20 cents in American money,
for a Colorado apple or a Colorado
peach; 40 francs for a dish of Colo
rado fruit; l franc for a Colorado
potato and high prices for Colorado
peas and other vegetables.
These are some of the statements
of d. c. Willoughby. of New York.
London and Berlin, the promoter of
the proposed Colorado and South
western railroad which will have its
terminus in Grand Junction, who is
again in Colorado in the interest of
eastern men, pushing the big railroad
and irrigation propositions Mr. Will
loughby arrives in Grand junction
with party of capitalists this week.
This interview appeared in the Dem
yer Post yesterday:
Colorado fruit and vegetables are
better advertised than the products
of any other state or nation in the
world" said Mr.. Willoughby at the
Savoy hotel. "The mere fact that
the name of Colorado is prefixed to
the eantaloupes, apples, peaches. peas
and other vegetables on the Euro
pean menu cards has brought the fact
lat l.. ,s.,N -.
coined in Colorado fruit lands prom
people who spend their vacations on
the continent.
"The Hotel Ritz and the Carlton.
two of the finest hotels in London,
advertise Colorado fruit on their
menu cards. The Cafe de la PiaX.
the Cafe de Armonville and the Cafe
Richie. three of the finest eating plac-
es in Paris, all have the word Colo
RADIO prefixed to their fruits and veg
etables. 1t amused me to see the way
Frenchmen spelled Rocky Ford on
their menu cards. The glory of the
is blazoned forth as the
Rookie furd cantaloupe.'
"The government encourages ir-
rigation projects and there is no dan
ger of violating federal or state laws
Win SuCn schemes Inc capitalists
do not have to own state legislatures,
or senators. but have
legitimate interests entirely outside
of politics or political influences.
Colorado peaches can be grown
here, shipped to California and will
bring so cents box more than the
product Other Colorado
fruits bring higher prices than those
grown on the coast.
Just to show how the irrigation
security in Colorado is considered.
take the instance of the Colorado e
Southwestern railroad running into
Naturita valley. This road will run
from Grand Junction to the valley, sit
uated in the mountains in the center
of a triangle formed by the Grand
and Montezuma val
leys. The railroad was financed with
out difficulty when the irrigation and
land scheme was opened up in con-
nection with it. There are 250,O00
acres of fruit land in this valley and
water is being put on. The water
comes from San Miguel river and
from the watersheds of four high
mountain ranges.
This enterprise is only one of the
many that will help Colorado supply
the world with her products and will
bring thousands of settlers and mil
lions of capital to the state"