The daily sentinel., 1908-12-14

had splendid story oi her VISIT.
Miss Kelly said:
After all. the eastern slope is only
one part of Colorado. Denverites are
rather provincial in the matter of
seeing nothing outside the splendor
of their own municipality, but the
other side of the range is tolerant
of our ignorance and determined to
educate us.
Just one step in the campaign of
education was the lively entertain
ment planned by the Colorado Mid
land railroad, the Chamber of Com
merce of Grand Junction and moving
spirits of the new orchard town of
Iona for a few benighted newspaper
people of Denver, basking in the sun
shine of one side of the Rockies and
totally oblivious of the great pulsing,
throbbing life of the Grand valley.
Every year the Chamber of Com
merce of Grand Junction has a BAN
quet which draws citizens from all
parts of the valley but this year
Denver furnished the honor guests
at the board. II was a doubly sig
nificant occasion. Not only was the
usual run of events of interest to the
fruit-growing communities discussed,
but the promise of the government to
build the Garfield canal for the irri-
CATION of $4,000 acres of land was
the occasion of general pollification.
The Denver guests We're guided
through the fruit district by Lee
Haney of the Midland and Clarence
Lyman of the Iona company. The
party left Denver Wednesday night,
arriving at Palisade about noon on
Thursday. After luncheon drive
through the fabulously rich orchards
..e, - tI..,, IA ret rDn
surprise of the trip. Stretches of
ground that cannot be purchased for
$4,000 per acre, and others which
yield half that amount in single
season were pointed out by enthusi-
astic fruit growers.
A special run from Grand juno
ton for the occasion brought the
Grand junction reception committee
to Grand junction was short but in
The leading citizens of the Junction,
the bankers, the statesmen and the
general boosting community parti-
cipated in the welcome. The run
OF Grand junction was short but in
teresting. Arrived there. the com
mittee ushered its guests into auto
mobiles and began the drive around
the valley and in the immediate vic
unity of the metropolis of the fruit
district. Werner Il. Reed assumed
charge of the entertainment and es-
corted the Denver guests through the
sugar beet factory, the first in the
state. by the way and through the
maZes of limitless orchards.
The banquet OF the Chamber of
Commerce at Margery hall that even
ing was the real event of the trip.
Nearly 200 plates were laid and the
best citizens of the valley gathered to
discuss vital questions. New light
was thrown on the tremendously i'm
portant irrigation project which the
government has authorized. 1t is
expected that opening 10000 acres of
land with perpetual water rights will
cause an influx of settlers never
equaled at any point in the valley.
/ While the business men of Grand
Junction entertained at Margery hall,
the women of the city honored the
visiting women with a dinner and
reception at La Court hotel.
On Friday the Denver party went
in automobiles west of Grand juno
ton. where an excellent idea of the
LAY of the land to which the gov
ernment will shortly give water was
obtained Fruita sent a reception
committee to extend welcome as the
Denverites passed through. The Reed
fruit farm was passed on the way TO
Iona. and at the picturesque little
ranch home where V. Il. Reed makes
his home while personally looking af-
ter his land and fruit interests lunch