The Greeley tribune., 1908-10-21

,lat Mr.. Camiield and his associates
nave brought together under one
"eau ana viii finance and comDlete
The cost of the tunnel route will
We approximately 5000 900. includ-
,ns lhe completion of bitches and the
pulluins OF several storage reservoirs
inoluulhs Cobb lake. The northern
'oute would cost 100000 more
lhah the lower, but would also bring
uhuer water considerably larger
area of land.
Ihe Poudre Valley ditch and the
oHlehslon under construction will be
ABOUT 20 miles in length. This will
pe punt whether or not the INNER
route Tor the diversion of the Lara
me river is adopted The line for
tne upper route ditch as SURVEYED
VIII carry the water about l15 miles
before 1t is distributed upon the land
"hile by the lower route the water
van De made use of shortly after It
gets outside the foothills. This line
wiz reclaim strip, or ribbon of land
ABOUT five miles wide and 81 miles
| iohs, extending far east of the Union
racine railroad and adding an i'm
ilehse territory of rich country for
that road to draw from.
by the upper route the shane of
lhe section of land to be reclaimed
VII be somewhat different. Instead
OF long ribbon of green running
east ana west, the eastern end of
thls ribbon will be bent back upon
itseli until it assumes the shape of
the letter I, with the cross bar eX-
tending north and south along the
Lone Tree creek.
Paying the Bill.
Ihe next question that will natur-
any nave to be taken up is who
VIII pay for all this?"
A rev years ago the state legisla-
ture passed law authorizing the
organization of irrigation districts
very much on the same plan as school
! districts are organized. Under this
law a district can be bonded to
llnance irrigation enterprises for the
betterment of the land. The organ
ization of the district must be ap-
proved by the commissioners of the
county in which the district is locat-
ed, and when so approved the county
acts as sort of trustee for the dis
trict handling all of its funds, fur
nishing money for current expenses
out OF the general fund and leyying
this against the property of the dis
trict in the way of taxes. Interest
on the bonds of the district is paid
in the same way, although the county
as a whole does not stand responsi.
Bile for the interest. except as is car
enforce payment against the individ.
ual the same as it can upon any 9th,
er taxable property, i. e.. if the taxes
are not paid, the land Will be put VI
for tax sale.
To illustrate: one man in an irriga
tion district is not able to pay hi!
taxes which will include enough 81
that the county can pay the interes
upon his proportion of the irrigation
bonds of the district. The propert,
is permitted to go to tax sale, and j
nobody bids in the property the coun
ty simply holds this.
Meantime the amount upon whiCl
this man had defaulted will be charg
ed against the rest of the district
so that the income to the count
will be the same. The following yea
possibly the man is able to redeer
his property by paying up the bac
taxes and all other legal expense
When this is done the taxes OF tt
district will be just that fractio
lower that his mite amounts to,
the next assessment.
AS there is no security better tina
that afforded by a mortgage upo
good irrigated land. and as the cour
ty acts as a sort of trustee that in
!. sures regularity in all dealings be
. tween the district and the purchaser
. of the bonds of the district. it neCes
. sarily follows that bonds of an irri
cation district are about the safes
. and best investment to be found.
: II is upon this method that tn
new enterprise in which Messrs. Cam
. field and associates are now engaged
. will be financed. 1t is upon thi
plan that several of the big irriga
tion enterprises that Mr.. Camtiel'
has carried through have been tinanc
:. ed. The present enterprise will EN-
brace not less than 125,000 acre
of land in northern Weld county
; land will add something over one
third to the present irrigated area
To get such a district organized
and everything done in such a way
that the bond buyers are absolutely
secure. requires an immense amount
of legal work One of The men who
has met with great success in this
line. in fact about the only one who
has taken up this line of work, is
Charles F. Tew, of Greeley, who has