The daily tribune., 1906-07-23
FLORENCE AND
HER RESOURCES

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Bas fsw II Any plapss In tbs stats of
Colorado have the natural rssoaross
that Il possssass. 70 tbs snnth and
wsst are vast dsposits Of coal. . the
south and IN the immsdiass vicinity
IRE still nnknown qnantitis. of oil.
both Of which have been extsnsively
developed. and which will continue
10 yield 70 tbs citizens thereof large
returns for ti,s invsstmsnt. Daring
the hat ten ysars our milling In.
dustries have been : continual souroe
Of revenue to our people. There are
other resources than those herein
alluded to thatwe hare done noships
to develop. and which are vastly moro
important because more lAsting than
either OF those named. II IL not my
purpose to belittle oor oil. ooal or
milling resources. these each and all
are most important 10 the developments
Of our fair city. II should be the
policy Of Florence to encourage more
extensive developments Of the same.
While we do not wish to disparage
what We have or what we hAva not
done. still It should be our policy to
develop all our resources.
About Ms on every side lies An un-
developed resource. ON which will
bring our people permanent income,
and which will not burn down or ex.
haust itself as the yeara pass BY.
refer to the vast agricultural possi-
bilities lying to the south, west. north
aud east Of Florence At least TWEEN
ty.f five Thousand aores OF the richest
agricultural aud fruit lands Of Colo
| RADIO lies In the immediate vicinity Of
our fair city. All OF this vast areh
can be brought under high state Of
cultivation by the application Of
water thereto. / wish to discuss
with you the means to this end.
The solution of the water problem
! is possible II We only utilize the
means now at hand. wish to
bring to the people the means by
which this end may be attained.
believe that the solution of this
water question is % easy to rs ~ il
has been to the people of adjoining
states. l have just spent ten day.
in . flying trip into southern Idaho
to study the irrigation projects there.
in projected. made this trip &C
that might zee for myself what they
were doing and what they had Aesiev.
ed. 90 that might suggest means &c
the end Of overcoming our water
stringency. For . number of yeAIs
have been convinced that our wAteI
supply WAS sufficient, IL properly
conserved. 10 irriRats all OF our arid
tracts In and about Florence. There
are three ways by means of which
we can solve this question. We have
the National Reclamation act. the
Garry Act. and the state statute oi
voting bonds for tho construction oi
irrigation canals and reservoirs. The
first two are govern .nent acts. the
latter . state statute. each Of which
are broad and ample TO accomplish
it purpose. We have done nothing
In either OF these lines. our people
are putting forth no effort to secure
national, state or local aid in the
reclamation OF our arid lands. The
people Of Florence are not awake "a
their possibilities under these acts.
While we are supinely doxing our
time away. the people Of adjoining
states are actively awake. and aohiev.
ing wonders That the people OF
Florence may know what their neigh
Dor shave achieved under the above
reclamation aots. will In nv next
contribution to the press hastily sci
before you the present achievements
Of the people In the Boise PAyette.
MinidokA and Twin Falls reclamA.
tion tracts. do this not to Advertiss
these tracts. or to induce our people
to 10 thereto. but that We may dc
something In these lines to develop
our arid lands I believe In Florence
aud shsll use my best efforts to develoT