Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-26

Democrat. If we recollect correctly,
Mr.. A. s. Coon of Delaware town
ship. sent one of the best samples
from this part of the state. AS
result of these tests sugar beet
belt was marked out across the
state in an easterly and westerly
direction, the side lines rising lit
tie to the north as they extend west
ward.
The enterprising people Of Bre-
mer county have dycommenced
the work of establishing a beet SUI
gar industry in Iowa. Ii we are,
correctly informed a considerable
quantity Of good sugar beets were
grown in Bremen county last year,
and shipped out Of the state for
manufacture, but that this years
crop will be manufactured at Wav-
erly. If this Iowa beet sugar bust.
ness is success, Manchester should
not be slow to follow where Waverly
has led. There is no danger of the
business being over done for sever
al years to come. This country
does not yet produce more than
one-fifth of the sugar which it uses.
/ trust that l have not conveyed
the impression, that the sugar beet
industry Of Colorado, vast as it is,
has monopolized, or is likely to
monopolize all the good irrigated
lands Of that state Nothing could
be further from the actual facts.
About 60 miles up the Arkansas
River from Lamar is a town called
Rocky Ford, which is known far and
wide for the excellence of its canta-
loupes and musk melons. And in
ordinary years large quantities Of
fruit are grown on these irrigated
lands, but this year the late frosts
killed, the fruit in Colorado as well
as in Kansas.
While the history Of civilized mar
in Colorado if largely confined to re-
cent years, to a period within the
memory Of those who are still living
, the region which / have been writ
ing about was visited by Spaniards
more than $50 years ago.
Early in the sixteenth century til,
, Spaniards occupied the Rio Grand
valley as far north as the presen
state of Colorado, and during tn,
following century Great Britain ant
, France planted permanent colonie
! on the Eastern shores of Nortl
America. While the colonies nea
+ the Atlantic coast pushed back rap
idly into the wilderness as far as tn
!, Mississippi River, it is strange tina
: intercourse between these settle
Q ments on the east and those of tn
a present mountain states was delaye,
0 until the nineteenth century. 1t wa
9 not until afteS.She Louisiana pu,
g chase in ls03,s that a journey acros
these intervening plains was eve
: attempted.
" For many years before the day
y Of the railways the Santa Fe Ira
d was the chief route for what wa
d then known as the commerce {
o the prairies." This trail extende
o westward from Missouri altng {
d near the Arkansawa River until
g reached the mountains, and the
n turned southwestward through R;
9 ton Pass to the ancient city of San'
d Fe. l expect to say more about th
it trail at some future time. The liz
q of the Achison, Topeka & Santa l
y Ry.. through the country abo,
which | have written. was locate
y practically on the line of the o.
,e Santa Fe Trail. The railroad fo
n, lows the Arkansas River from Hutc
le inson, Kansas, to Pueblo, Color
ii do, a distance by rail Of just AZ
miles. :
at In future articles / intend
le speak at some length about the a
ne Gent history of the country to Il
ne south and west from these Kans
lie and Colorado plains.