The Greeley tribune., 1907-05-02
WATCH MUM GROW
Continued from page 81

f, F. Rogers is one homesteaoer
who is lucky enough to own gooo
tract of land that will be under the
Pierce lateral, branch OF the
Laramie ditch that is going TO make
rich country of the land that Will
be affected in the vicinity of Pierce
C. G. Swope, south OF Mum, has
big house and a place that will be
rich farm in the near future. lie
came here five years ago enroute ior
point farther west. but liked the
soil, the water and the general pros
poets 50 well that lie selected
| homestead site and settled down
here. His son and daughter have
homesteads also. He has had crops
every year and last year Lad thirty
acres of corn that went forty bushels
to the acre. This year lie will culti-
vate forty three acres of wheat, oats
and barley and forty-tive acres OF
corn. He has windmill and also
gasoline engine, but uses the wino-
mill for pumping water on his place.
He will be under the ditch pro.
jected from the north.
f Row, who is improving the
homestead south of Num- compris-
ing land on both sides of the track,
has good home already and por-
tion, fifty acres, of the place is under
cultivation. The residence is an
especially good one. They have the
plan that has been tried and found
successful in other parts OF the
country for irrigating these dry
lands. namely, gasoline engine
pumping plant. At the house MIR.
Row has thirty-foot well with
twelve feet of water, and this has
been used for irrigation in the yards
there A test we'll has been dug at
the north side OF the place, a larger
engine will be put in to handle a
larger volume of water that will be
used on the ordinary plan for furn-
ishing water for the fields. This
place will be under the ditch later
from the north. Wheat on this
place went twenty bushels to the
acre last year and spuds seventy-fve
to eighty sacks. Miss Row has a
homestead, also, to the east and
south a short distance.
| One of the features that is of great
interest to the builder in Mum is
the fact Of the splendid quantity Of
cement gravel and sand within the
limits of The town site, and which is
| free to every one. Cement walks,
foundations, blocks, etc, are thus
made available to every builder who
can mix and shape the mortar. The
supply lies in inexhaustible quanti-
ties in the dry creek bed to the west.
A residence park has been plated
and dedicated to the town in this To-
cality. The idea of the projectors is
to utilize the dry bed as an artificial
lake as soon as the ditch plans ma
terialize, piping the water out here
and building small dixie.
The town. site company has also
dedicated public square 600 feet
square to the town and school
house site of one block.
Maple Place, Mr.. Russell's FIVE
acre tract. has had some fine i'm
provements made on it in the shape
Of fruit trees Of all kinds which have
have been set out. Two wells have
been put down on the place. One
irrigation we'll with 300 cubic feet OF
water at present will be enlarged to
a storage capacity of 5000 cubic feet.
W. p. Lemonds has been at work
upon an improved irrigation scheme,
putting down we'll Of ample storage
facilities and using an engine for
pumping purposes Mr.. Lemonds
has resources that will make a first.
class ranch of his place when he has
time to work out his plans.