Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1906-08-27

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Rich Agricultural Section Be
ing Reclaimed by water
from Pine River


shaping valleys, glades and glens
furnishing soil of adobe, sand and
loan. 1t is in the extreme southeast
part Of La Plata county, joining the
New Mexico line on the south and
the line of Archuleta county on the
east. 1t is east of Pine river and its
only irrigating ditch takes its water
from that stream south of Bayfield,.
Alllsons name should be Sunflower
since bringing water there has grown
sunflowers everywhere that the farm
err has not planted and grown some
thing else. Probably. no other sec
ton of the west has made greater
progress in substantial Improvement
during two years than has the ALI
son country. A townsite has been Sc
lected at the point where Vallejo sta
| ton was known so long. An effort
was made to secure the postofilce in
the name of Vallejo, but the post
office department objected an account
of there being such a postofiice in
California Gala" and Colo"
There are probably over 800 miles
of wire fence in the section, all new
and OF from one to four strands, with
substantial cedar posts.
A few small crops were raised there
last year, but there are 30 or 40 this
year, varying in area from 10 to near
| ly 100 acres-hay, oats, wheat and
corn, and gardens galore. few
small orchards have been started and
others will be put in this fall and
next spring 1t will be one of the
richest grain and orchard countries
in the west. At one place oats six
feet high were seen.
The farmers were handicapped this
year by not getting water through
their ditch until the middle of June
and a few grain crops were burned or
parched. The ditch is 16 feet wide
where 1t is taken from Pine river and
line reaches the settlement. North
and south laterals have been con-
structed to cover about 10000 acres.
1t will be practicable to enlarge the
ditch and furnish more water. On
the east side of the section is a vast
acreage of good land which has not
been provided with water, but it is
probable that within year or so this
land will be brought under cultiva-
ton.
The country is made attractive for
modest elevations or rounded knobs
here and there, and more than half
of the houses and barns have been
built in wilderness of pinons and
cedars cannot be seen until you come
on to them. Durango folks would be
surprised tossee some of these COM
modious ranch homes, which com
pare favorably with the best in the
| southwest. Some of them are two
story five to eight-room houses.
The line between Colorado and
New Mexico places number of Colo
RADIO people in New Mexico. Among
these are d. F. Mentzel and neigh
bors on the west. Nearby, in Colo
RADIO, is Samuel Burnsides, and all of
these are ideal farm tracts which are
being rapidly changed to a high state
| of cultivation. In this locality are
ID. w. Pollock, ]. C, Sanders and L.
Hyatt. Over the mill on the north,
are ]. C. and Frank Briggs and J. j.
Schenk, and further north are VIM
Brown, Joseph Mitchell and F. NJ
Engler, and still further north are w
II. Wigglesworth and others. G. e
Tiffany, ST., and G. 70. Tiffany, Jr.i
and Ed Tiffany have ranches mere.
On the east of Allison station are
VIM. Babcock. r. B. Newcomb, NJ. ].
Wicklin, J. w. Scogin. Dominic Val
sando, l.. Lnchini. Frank Perino, Dom
inic Procairone and others. North
east of Allison is the very pretty
farm tract of Blair Burwell. and on
hoi VI iOT ScNtIdi ihuto tht Stteiththl
extends. South Of Allison are several
new homes starting. 1t will not be
extravagant to say that within a few
years this section will support two to
three thousand people.
AT present a boxcar is used at the
station for a depot, but 1t Is probable
a better structure will be provided |
before next spring. There will be a
large quantity of grain to ship out |
from there this fall and several car
loads of potatoes. The people are
sorely tried with the present express
service. Articles marked to be put
on at owners risk at Allison have
many times been carried 20 miles fur
Their west to Ignacio, and sometimes
held there, when the express charges
had been prepaid. But In the near
future the country will be important
enough to command station service
with an agent, to look after such mat
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