Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-12

more land VIII be at high demand
or the mesa
Miss Hamlin of Fruitland is visiting
her sister. Msr. ]. A. Siade, and win
return home in few days.
Mr.. Craft is building bridges and
doing work on the road in his neigh
borhood Others should dc likewise
and not depend altogether on the pub-
lie or at least keep up the bridges on
their own bitches.
There is a rumor afioat In regard To
the building of reservoir to irrigate
the Cherry creek mesa. which lies
west of Cherry creek and west of the
Fort Lewis mesa and If 1t natures
will throw open for settlement some
10000 acres of fine land, as fertile as
any land in the southwestern part oil
Colorado. and give homes to thousands
| Of families. Every acre can be farm.
ed. On the Fort Lewis mesa the
farmers are cutting their places into
40 and so acre farms as fast as buy
ers show up and several sales have
been made lately 1t will be n great
help to Durango, which should lenI
a little push and give us a helping
hand in the Advancement of this sec
tioa as already the extra taxes paid IN
\ by the mesa taxpayers are noticeable
| II the yearly reports. Why should
such vast amount of land lie idle
| when few dollars would build res
| eryoirs and store water to irrlgate
| them? Hundreds upon hundreds OF
| fomiltes are looking for homes, espe.
| cially In Colorado 1T the present time.
In Montezuma county they are pay
ing exorbtant prices for lands, not
| any better than we have here in La
| Plata county We raise as fine fruit
| as can be found II any part OF Colo
| rado. IN Montozuma county they are
spending one million dollars for
ditch and reservoir system and 1t ~
considered only a small item consid.
oring the return upon the investment.
While here to irrisate 10000 acres oi
fine fertile land the highest figures will
not reach over one dollar per acre
We wish Mr.. So and So the greatest
success in his undertaking and wish
he would let MS attach his name to
the upbuilding of La Plata county, as
he has long been a resident of Monte
yuma county and knows all about the
project before him
ls II the difference in the atrnos-
phere between Kline and Durango that
changes the weight of grain. or 1t IS
the change of the scales that makes
the grain lose weight Something is
wrong and must be remedied or the
pesa farmer will haul no more gram
TO Durangos elevator. Mr.. J. II. Eaton
weighed his grain at home and loaded
2.400 pounds of wheat and In Du-
ango 1t only weighed / 900 pounds
Clearinghouse. merchants. took In $50
pounds OF wheat and In Durango I,
weighed 1,ls0. The farmers here ow.
some honest debts In Durango and
when they get honest weight they ara
! ready to haul in grain
The townsitc of Kline will soon don
her own and by her own name. Kline
will soon nave "A place on the map.
Just keep an eye on us and watch
rs grow. Buildings are going up and
lands are soaring higher and higher.
The wedding bells rang for Mr.. Les
ter Holgote and Miss Fanny Slade at
her parents home on December ., and
o wedding dance was given in the
evening. Everybody was invited. We
wish them a happy journey through
| life.
The county commissioners have ac-
| cepted the road as established and
| mapped out and voted by the citizens
OF Kline. And meeting is called by
Mr. Bert Stratton for Saturday De-
cember IA, at p. m. at the Kline
school house for the purpose of getting
down to business and helping along
the good work. Everybody should turn
ont and give helping hand and when
IN time Of need not stand back and
depend on the county. but help.
Miss Jesus Sampson died at her
home on the La Plata river Sunday
morning. December s, after an Illness
of two years. She was lG years Of
age.
| The United Show company unde-
| the management Of Mr. and Mrs. Gar
linghouse viii give show and en-
tertainment at Kline. Saturday, Dc
ccmber 14th. Mr.. and Mrs. CARING
house are not amateurs at the show
| business. They returned from tour
of four years over the western states
last July. In their travels they GOV
cred thirteen states and witnesses
tie San Francisco earthquake.
| SALVATION ARMY XMAS EFFORT.
The salvation Army is as ever alive
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