The Grit-advocate., 1907-10-25
best, ii not the best, water supplted
| districts In the Nest

districts in the West.
In addition to the reservoir nlino
ior the storage of water, the district
la> hOpu Water filing, which enable.
IL W run water during the irrigation
seasoh through the inlet ditch and
reservoir and distribute il to the lands
under the outlet.
1he outlet ditch is twenty-siX miles
long. twenty five feet wide at the
DOttom, th!rty-four feet at its top. and
1our ana one.half feet deep. 1t can
carr! 400 cubic water per second. The
peterson and Settlers bitches, whose
courses you can follow on the map, are
also used as distributing laterals for
the reservoir water. They have. res
pectlVely. pri,rties Of $50 and 25O
cubic feet per second of time in the
normal flow Of the Platte River, which
IS IN addition to the reservoir and
mood water filings for the High Line
dltch, and which, when eXpedient.
can De takeE from the river at the
neao-gate OF the inlet to the reservoir,
Inls Is another very important and
valuable feature is our irrigation
system.
BY means Of these three bitches the
entire district can be irrigated in less
than ten days
By referring to the map you will
note that both the main line and
Denver branch of the Union Pacific
Railroad extend through the district.
thus furnishing that most excellent
mail, passenger and freight service for
which the great Union Pacific System.
Is noted Twelve passenger trains
pass through the district daily. Be
sides Juleshurg, Sedgwick and Weir.
are side tracks where farm products
may be loaded for shipment. with a
twenty-four hour run to the market of
the Missouri River and a twelve hour
run to those of Denver.
1he wagon roads of the district are
always good. The several country
school houses in the district are
located on the map. They are all
excellent frame buildings, and are
supplied with libraries and organs. a
nine months term Of school is con.
Quoted in each. These facts very
materially enter into the consideration
and reason why the Julesburg irriga
tlon district is a desirable and ad
vantagcOus locality in which to live,
The soil is of the best, being a dark
sandy loam. The elevation of the
district is 3, 456 feet.
The Peterson and Settlers ditches
have been in operation for some years
Alfalfa, wheat. oats, barley and corr
have been abundantly and profitable
grown. The soil and climate are alst
well adapted to potato and sugar bee,
raising, and now, with abundan,
reservoir water held in storage, more
time will be devoted to the raising OF
sugar beets, onions, potatoes, canta
lOups and all the more highly
remunerative products, for the sue
cessful raising Of which this section i:
noted. But for this more intense
farming we need more farmers. W.
have room for hundreds Of families
and the district needs them to hell
develop and bring it under the highest
state Of cultivation possible. With ;
view to supplying this need. and will
the greatest confidence that any who
are induced to cast their lot in the
Juldsburg irrigation district will b.
repaid for coming, the Julesburt
Land Company, with branch office a
Sedgwick under the title Of Parker
Bros, is fully equipped to buy, sell
exchange and deal in lands in tn,
y IulStIlSl. w LltlN cCnCl lChAOS toA4
panies in other sections can say to
sell land which will probably dOubl
in value in short time, we can truth
fully say that we can sci land at sucl
prices that the purchaser may quad
ruple his Investment within Yer.
few years. AS proof to this statement
we can point to the Greeley, For
all I ,s,L,,
only a few years ago land was Selln:
for from S25 to $50 per acre and is nov
bringing $50 to $3.50 per acre. Th
storage of water in reservoirs brough
this great change here. BcSines "
have the great benefits and advan
tages of an irrigation district With
eachrcSident freehOlder has IA voice il
the management Of the affair Of tn
district. Instead OF having to pa
from Sl5 up to $50 cash per acre 70
water as first investment after buy
ing the land. is they do and have to d
most of the other viCiniticS wher,
irrig gation is had. you have merely /
pay an annual assessment to meet I'll
interest on the bonds for maintenance
Not until after ten years vii. tn
district begin to pay oil the bonds
when this assessment my be doubled
and even then your water Will not COS
you anywhere near so much as wate
renters il the Greeley country are All
nually paying and you are gradual
paying OIL so that after twenty year
you are to get perpetually free waite
! and a part OF ownership In "A watc
supply that will be constantly in
creasing in value.
The little town Of Scdgwick is 81
miles east Of the Reservoir on tn
Denver line of the Union Paclii
Railroad. 1t is now about eightce
months since the town was plated
It's population numbers 80. Tn
Platte Valley at this point is broa
and fertile, furnishing an abundanc
of farming land tributary to >cdg
wick to issue in the near future til
building and maintaining of a town o
| 800 people. The various buslne>
enterprises represented in ScdgWlc
at present are a creamery. !umoe
yard, two general merchandise an
grocery firms. one farm implcmen
firm, hardware and furniture store
drug store. butcher shop. livery barn
blacksmith shop, two real estate firm
and two banks. The Methodist
have a church and Sunday Schoc
organization. and the Sedgwick schoc
district is preparing to erect a ncN
So. coo school house this summer
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