La Junta tribune., 1907-01-05

$500 yards per mile. and the eapae-
ify OF the dredger Is six hundreI
yards every t~enfy-four hours. Fro
zen ground will not delay the work
Water Commissioner Cres,y. who
is probably better informed on irri-
CATION in thi, section than anyone.
said in recent report: Il have look
cd up the copies OF nay reports to the
state engineers Office for the past
nve years and hnd that the Otero ca
nal had water Tor the number of day.
each year a follows: ISos. 40 days:
- days: 1879. % days. II they had
had their ditch in proper shape in
1908 they would have been entitled
20 water ahou, twen,y-eighi days.
! be intervening time | WAS not in
.oihce and cannot report on them.
hut sih say TINT there Is pracfi-
sally 70 difference IN the four large
eiIctcs a. given IN priority-Hi-
hroo'. Highiine Otero and Bob
treef- The Arkansas. when il gets
high erough for the Holbrook to
haze water. = practically always high
enough 70 gisr al four bitches water.
md when II drops il goes down So
IS, ;.'at there Is very little difference
in the closing of all four headyate>
! don't believe there Is any more than
four TO eight days difference any
year in tie nr,rher Of da~5 they hav.
the beneht OF their different appro-
priations In 1902 the Otcro Wa, out
OF re-air and could only run water
Ten days As lar as ] can see. if the
Otero was Prt in proper shape the
FARMERS should do well under il a
under any late ditch. and when they
get their reservoir completed. the
car7l shorld be frst-clas>.
The ditch Is now in good condi-
tion to carry water. The reservoir l.
only begun and will not be complet-
ed until some time this year. When
the reservoir is finished the Otero ca
nal will be one of the best canals in
the Arkansas Valley. as il will have
perpetual supply of water and it,
hesdgate need never to be closed. but
the water will flow. winter and sum
mer. and every day in the year.
The La Junta Land Company has
the bulk of the land lying between
the city limits OF la Junta and Rob
inson on the east and between the
Otero canal and the Arkansas Val
ley. there being some eight or ten
thousand acres which they own or
control. This land is traversed its
entire length by the main line of the
Santa Fc Railway and there are three
stations now within the nine miles
La Junfa. Mar.hall and Robinson.
The Land COMPANY has laid out the
old Gillen tract adjoining the city
on the cas-; into lots and blocks and
will soon offer lots for sale in this
nearby md very slightly addition:
this will give the city some Of the
6nest residence sites surrounding our
beautiful civ We understand thr
-s,----rr viii -oon ss'- to have this
addition admitted within the city
iir''.s
They have also laid out ahont two
hundred acres in two and orr-ralf
acre plats. just South Of the Gil'rn
>ddi,ion and on both sides of the
King arroyo. to furnish garden tracts
aud homes Upon completion OF the
Reservoir of the Otero System. am
ole water will be furnished for irri-
g,.ion The farming lands hing eas:
Il the city. owned by this company.
7re the finest beet. cantaloupe. gar
len and grain crop land, in this val
lev. and right in the heart of civili-
fatFfn. dtlasinfhE the Npuhty .ta'.
,vi,h rural mail delivery. telephone
,a-i'ities and all the uo-to-date nod
-ru farm facilities accessible.
We understand this land will be
offered soon in forty acre farm tracts
20 purchasers When this ten thou
.and acres east of La Junta are
placed under cultivation this city will
dorble in population and la Junta
and vicinity will be the garden spot
Of the Arkansas Valley. ~
The La Jussa Land Company will
make an effort to secure 4 large SUI
gar Factory upon this land which will
offer a short hauisfor beets not saiy
ior AL this Land hut the lands under
the Fort Lyon Canal ON the north
side of the river. We understand
negotiations are now pending with
thi. end in vie~. People OF La Jun
IA should back up this enterprise IN
every way possible. a. its success
means so much to La Junta-
The La Junta Land Company has
offices in the Equitable Building. in
Denver. The officers and directors
are a. follovs: President and treas
urer. n. A. McInsyse: Vice Pr-s'-
dent. n. w. MeIntyse; Secretary and
Counsel. r. A Williams: Representa-
- ,c l. Iuotz Charles l. Seeley