The daily sentinel., 1906-08-07
JUST a FEW FACTS.
Some Interesting Statements from the
Booster Iowa Edition of the
Paiisade Tribune-rhey
Are Eye Openers.

Cleaned from the Booster edition OF
the Palisade Tribune, relating to the
fruit industry of the upper end of the
valley around Clifton and Palisade.
In round numbers there We're set
1926, 900 fruit trees in this valley last
year. 1t is safe to say after a care
full estimate that 1 1000 acres, or
about a fourth of this magnificent
total, was set in the neighborhood of
Clifton.
From the books of the real estate
men and estimates of sales made
privately 1t is safe to. say that the real
estate sales in the vicinity of Palis-
ade for the past year amounted to
100000 or 100000. One real es-
tate firm reported $223,560 of sales.
From the books of the real estate
men who have done business within
three miles of Clifton and from a
careful estimate of the private sales.
We think it safe to say that the total
of the transfers in the neighborhood
of that little town for the last year
will amount up to S250,000. w. II.
Dilley conducted his large fruit ranch
had no office and in fact was in the
real estate business only as a side is
sue, and yet his sales from Dec "a.
1905 to July 1 1906 footed up SAL
800.
For a place of heaped up abund-
anee you will find none in the val
ley that surpasses Jas. Whiteley's. a
short distance west of Clifton. You
will find pictures of his house and
packing house in this issue. OF his
40 acres of orchard, 90 are in bear
ing, the rest in young trees. And vet
he and others estimate his crop this
year at 5000 to 10000 boxes of
peaches. and 1000 boxes of other
fruits. With even fair prices he will
clear this year from his bearing 20
$4,000 or $1,000 He won a silver
medal and diploma for a general dis
play of fruit at the St. Louis fair.
ais came to Grand Valley for fruit
from that fair than to any other equal
area in the United States
If you're afraid to come here with
only little money. just read this eX
ample of nerve and success in man
long past the prime of life. Mr.. b. a.
Smith bought 100 acres west of Cliff
ton years ago with $40 in money
and is safe to the good with a place
worth-well, we shan't say, for "a
acres of the 100 arces are now set to
fruit and 40 acres of it are bearing.
Last year. only 1 5 acres were in bear
ing his crop brought 5000. Why.
2 1-2 acres of p. Barry pears brought
$1,750. You'll find a picture of two
rows of those famous pear trees in
this paper. Mr.. Smith finds the
working expense of this vast ranch
only about $50 a month during the
busy season. But just a hint as to
what this place is worth-he could
have borrowed money last spring on
it on a $4,000 valuation.
You will want to know how the
fruit is handled. At Clifton the
Grand Junction Fruit Growers as
sociation has a branch provided with
an immense building. a picture of
which appears in this issue. Last
year this association shipped $50
cars of fruit, and it fully expects to
handle 175 cars this year. The In
dependent association also ships from
there, the output last year being "a
cars. very conservative estimate
of Clifton's fruit output this year
would be 225 cars. In Palisade there
are three big associations each with
immense floor space. Including sheds
their floor space is about an acre. In
the busy season they employ about
1876 men. These are the Peach Grow
esr' association. The Pallsade Fruit
Grawers association and the Grand
junction Fruit Growers association.
The output of fruit from Palisade
was 354 cars of fruit last year. II
is expected to be $50 cars this year
So you see that this year from
small section from 2 to miles wide
and about ten miles long the fruit
crop. mostly peaches, apples and
pears. will be about 675 to 700 cars,
and If prices come up to the average,
the net price will be close to half
million dollars.
Here is the difference between
Grand valleys producing power and
that of the mining communities.
Every bit of wealth in this valley
stays right here to make better hom-
es, more. .conveniences and Injuries.
In the mining communities very lit
tie of the wealth remains to enrich
the country. Most of the mines are
owned by foreign capital and all the
profit of the mines goes out of the
district where it is created. Take the
famous Camp Bird mine near Ouray.
for instance. Although this mine
produces a million and a half every
year, except for the small part which
goes to the workmen the whole of
this vast sum is sent to England to
enrich the capitalists who bought
ont Tom Walsh II is Oftpn remarly-