The daily sentinel., 1906-06-15
OUR GREAT COUNTRY.

= Because of the very short per +
Z. iod of time to be spent here, we I
= must make all possible effort to +
4. convey to them as good an i'm :
4. preston of our country as pos :
+ sible. =
+ At Palisade, their first stop in =
I. the valley they will be given +
+ drive through the nearby or :
i. chards. There they will see the +
: tremendous development secur- +
4. ed in a short period of twelve +
4. years. 1t is unquestionable that +
I. the intense cultivation of the +
4. lands and the magnificent +
4 growth of trees in the orchards, +
4 will attract their best attention. +
+ When they are told the story of +
+ the marvellous development Sc 4
+ cured in that section of this cou- +
+ ty and in this valley in the short +
+ space of time, it Will given them +
+ food for thought. +
+ Another feature will appeal +
+ to these men, whose time is ..
+ largely devoted to the settlement +
+ of lands by immigrants and +
+ whose business is to make an +
4. investigation of the possibilities I.
+ of the country. 1t will be the fact +
+ that a family can be supported +
+ upon a five acre tract of land. +
4. Perhaps they have never been +
4. confronted. at least in this coun- 4
I. try, with the possibilities of such I.
+ a small area and this will large +
+ ly appeal to them and will en- +
4. rich their statistics upon lands Z.
+ and their possibilities. in the To- +
r cation of settlers through their I.
+ great bureau. +
+ In this city they will see the I.
I. development of pioneer settle +
+ ment, on strictly virgin lands, to +
+ an Industrial city of nearly eight I.
= thousand inhabitants which is Z
; bound to become the center of I.
+ the interests of a great territory +
+ in western Colorado. almost an +
+ empire in extent and containing Z
+ great undeveloped wealth in =
+ mines of pecious metals, ores of I
= great commercial value and :
+ whose coal reaches equal In ex- =
+ tent any known in this country, I
+ being close rival of Pennsyl- :
+ vanla in its bituminous product. I
+ II is incumbent upon us then +
+ to attempt to convey to our 4
Z. guests the Importance of our Z
+ city commercially. its strategic =
+ location to dominate n great un- :
4. developed territory, rich in al +
= most everything man could de- I
r SIRE. But greatest of all is the Z
+ wonderful productiveness OF our
= lands in fruits, whose beauty I
r and lusciousness have been the Z
+ admiration of the people of our :
+ entire country. =
Z These gentlemen, composing =
= the immigration party are not Z
+ on pleasure bent entirely. In !
I. fact their mission is n broad Z
+ one and those sections which can I
I. place the possibilities of their 4
I. section before them in the most I
+ appealing light. are bound TO
+ reap a rich reward from their 1
4. future efforts. 4
+ Sufficient truths can be told 4
+ to excite the eager attention of 4
+ the members of the party. in I
+ fact the truth of the splendid I
= development, the money pro 1
+ duct of the orchards and the I
= rapid rise in land values, are of 1
+ such marvellous nature that 4
+ We must be modest in their re- I
+ cital to keep from raising the I
+ question in the minds of our 1
+ guests of their truthfullness. =
+ To recite to men whose lives 4
+ have been spent in immigration 4
+ and land matters and whose !
I. minds have been taught to I
+ think of farms of eighty and one I
r hundred acres, the net product Z
+ of which never exceeds several I
Z thousand dollars a year. that a I
+ flve-acre tract will support a Z
+ family and frequently return a Z
net money product to the owner 4
+ of from two to three thousand I
+ dollars, this must be told in I
4. modest terms or we will excite 4
+ the disbelief of those whom we I
:. desire to impress with the won Z
+ derful possibilities in wealth. Z
+ producing, which our lands pos Z
+ sess. 4
+ But particular attention 4
Z should be directed to giving our I
+ guests far reaching idea of I
I. the great surrounding country. Z
4. of its mineral wealth, of the
+ great undeveloped territory, I
+ rich in almost everything which !
+ viii be opened by the construc- 1
+ tion of the Colorado and South I
+ western railroad. A tale of un- 4
+ vanished truth might be told of I
+ this great section now awaiting I
+ the developing hand of man, 4
= which would almost startle our 1
= friends. 1
+ Nor in our enthusiasm must 1
+ we forget that great territory. 4
+ which lies hidden back of Grand
+ Mesa, whose climate is of the 1
+ temperate zone and where 1
= grains grow of all kinds and 1
= where the tilling of the soil 1
= brings abundant returns-the 1
+ Plateau valley. I
+ Sun there is little necessity 1
+ for us to outline to our people I
+ any plan of presentation of our 1
+ wonderful country. The truths 4
= of It are sufficient and in the re. 1
+ cital of these we know our I
= guests will have abundant food 1
+ for thought and speculation, as I
+ they revolve them in their 1
I. minds, after their departure 4
I. and when they are compiling I
I for future effort. the statistics 4
Z of this business trip of theirs 1
+ + = + + I + = Z. = + + + I /