The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-01-31


districts in the West.
In addition to the reservoir filing
for the storage OF water, the district
has flood water filing, which enables
1t to run water during the irrigation
season through the inlet ditch and
reservoir and distribute it to the lands
under the outlet.
The outlet ditch is twenty-six miles
long. twenty five feet wide at the
bottom, thirtyfour feet at its top. and
four and une-half feet deep. 1t can
carry 400 cubic water per second. The
Peterson and Settlers bitches, whose
courses you can follow on the map, are
also used as distributing laLerals for
the reservoir water. They have, res
pectively, pri.rties Of $50 and $50
cubic feet per second OF time in the
normal flow OF the Platte River. which
is in addition to the reservoir and
flood water filings for the High Line
ditch, and which, when expedient,
can be taker from the river at the
head-gate OF the inlet TO the reservoir,
This 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 Julesburg, Sedgwick and Weir,
are side tracks where farm products
may be loaded for shipment, with
twenty-fOur hour run to the market of
the Missouri River and a twelve-hour
run to those OF Denver.
The 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-
tion district is desirable and ad-
vantageous locality in which to live.
The soil 10 Of the best, being a dark,
sandy loan. The elevation OF the
district is 3,456 feet.
HC cCclSOu dDu StCUlcIb OfNutS
have been in operation for some years.
have been abundantly and profitable
grown. The soil and climate are also
we'll adapted to potato and sugar beet
raising, and now, with abundant
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 Is
noted. But for this more intense
farming we need more farmers. We
have room for hundreds Of families,
and the district needs them to help
develop and bring 1t under the highest
state OF cultivation possible. With q
view to supplying this need, and with
the greatest confidence that any who
are induced to cast their lot in the
Juldsburg irrigation district will be
repaid for coming, the Julesburg
Grit-Advocate will gladly place people
in touch with responsible nun OF the
| district. While other realty com
panies in other sections can say to
prospective land buyer that they can
sell land which will probably dou BILE
in value in a short time, We can truth
fully say that we can sci land at such
| prices that the purchaser may QuadS
ruplc his investment within very
few years. AS proof TO this statement,
| we can point to the Greeley, Fort
Collins and Loveland country, where
Onl few years ago land was selling
| for from 1925 to $50 per acre and is now
bringing $50 to $3.50 per acre. The
storage of water in reservoirs brought
| hi oh har
have the great benefits and advan-
tages Of an irrigation district within
eachresident frecholder has voice in
the management Of the affair Of the
district. Instead of having to pay
from sl5 up TO $50 cash per acre for
water as a first investment after buy
ing the land as they do and have to do
most Of the other vicinities where
irrigation is had, you have merely to
pay an annual assessment to meet the
interest on the bonds for maintenance
, Not until after ten years will the
district begin to pay off the bonds,
when this assessment my be doubled,
and even then your water will not cost
you anywhere near 50 much as water
renters in the Greeley country are an
nualy paying, and you are gradually
paying off; SO that after twenty years
you are to get perpetually free water
and a part of ownership In a water
supply that will be constantly in
crea>ing in value.
The little town of Sedgwick is six
miles east of the Reservoir on the
Denver line OF the Union Pacific
J Railroad. 1t is now about eighteen
months since the town was plated
/ It's population numbers $50. The
Platte Valley at this point is broad
and fertile, furnishing an abundance
of farming land tributary to Scdg-
wick TO issue in the near future the
building and maintaining of IA town of
loo people. The various business
enterprises represented in Scdgwick
at present are creamery, lum Der
yard, two general merchandise and
grocery firms. one farm implement
firm, hardware and furniture store
drug store, butcher shop, livery barn,
blacksmith shop, two real estate firms