La Junta tribune., 1906-01-03

IRRIGATION PROSPfO.
How The Oteio Irrigation District
Was Organized.
HISTORY OF 0IfR0 CANAL.
wfd Has Baen Done during ths Past
sne tte PuSped fer the future.
SssnS HuGh to Ia Junl..

Tn. -Dt-rn ditch shicH p" mauy
E.eopI. ln Ia Juuta had - utti" latin
ia. ana which many people are pr
-ist-ntIy inclined 90 iisCTedit and sfiE-
natiz- Whenever aU occasion presents
H.~If. has a v~ry promising "uil""k
At the present time ani "A brilliant
pro-T,.-rt Of becoming an important
factor Iu the development Of La Junta
aud H. Immediate yiciuits The canal
has been enlarged and extended G" IN"
county line and water viii be running
it, .utir. length within the next
thirty days More than twenty th"us-
and acres Of virgin soil surrounding
th.. city Of Ia Juuts will thus he mad"
availabI for colonization purposes a4
of which uIu b. tributary TO tn
county seat Al 81 this land, IS hirh
j. pronounced by experts who haF"
made an analysis OF the soil =" D"
equal To the best lu the valley needs
hut the application OF water Co make
n an agricultural paradise
The Dtarn canal j. owned by IN"
otTro Irrigation District, and AZ MS
time It would probably b. arron"-
TO say something as TO what '"n-ii-
tut-- an irrigation district Tn" laN
authorizing the organization Of MI
CATION districts I'm Colorado VAS pass
.-d in Ispi II provides Tor an "rgaui-
zation similar 20 a school district
with three directors who have power
to call elections to vote upon Issuing
boni-. and control an other matters
connected with the development and
operation u the system. The bones
being issued become the Indebtedness
of the district the same a.
school district bonds. aud are paid by
q tax upon all IN. land In the district
Th.. cost of maintaining and "pfrai %
ing the canal and reservoirs j. also
paid by tax upon an - the band
b.usnt~d. and the taxes are collected
by the county treasurer. VIII" j. al~"
treasurer "f the district, in the sam"
way that county and school district
taxes are collected and at the same
tims.
A. water taxes sre levied and coll
i..ted from All The lands In the dts
trict and ~ water II distributed in
accordangs with the number of urre-
assessed to each owner, there IL NOT
much danger uf the owner allowing
his land tu remain idle Will. he T.
waiting Tor an advsu," in price. ~
each will be- compelled - pay for IN"
1filtIffN f.t..f|l'~ W IiA' "a NN.aAnf
vance possible.
Early iu ls0. the farmers owning
land under the pt-ra canal secured
an option pu the canal property and
pfoc.vIaH % organize the pteFp lrri-
CATION District U order TO enable
them tB vote bonds aud thus secure
funds for uur, hHsiDE the canal build
ing reservoirs and otherwise develop
ing a complete Irrigation system The
Dtaru Irrigation District wuz organ
lied tu February. ls02 and tn" FIRST
act Of the directors was TO secure an
option on the property by which they
agreed TO pay $4,000 FOR tn.
canal aud $4,000 for the water
rights I1 December. 1909. an "isc-
ton was held authorizing a bond is-
sue % sg10 900 and not one vote was
east against issuing the bonds. The
deed for the Dtsro canal property
was turned over To- the otsro Ifri-
cation District IN january. 1903, and
since that time development work has
been continually iu progress.
Nearly an "t the 100000 bond issus
has been Sold and the money sNpend-
81 iu The development Of the system