The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-05-03
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.

notice from your SuDscrlptlOn utpdft-
ment that my subscription to The Sun
expires today and / am only too glad
to enclose you my check for renewal.
We could not get along without The
Sun out here and / am glad to say
that it comes very regularly, thanks
to your promptness in mailing and
our Uncle Sam in carrying 1t to us.
/ want to tell you of some of the
happenings out here as / feel quite
sure they will be of interest to you.
Within the last few days Denver
has been visited by some very notable
persons in the financial world. The
president of the New York Life In
surance company. MIR. Kingsley, and
the president of the Northwestern
Life association, Mr.. Markham. were
both here last week. / understand
they are here looking for investment
for their large cash holdings. These
two companies already have loaned
out in Colorado many millions of dol
lars and they are so well impressed
with the country and its prospects
that they say unequivocally that they
will put out many millions more here
Mr.. Kingsley was located in Colorado
some is or 20 years ago and keeps
WITH posted as to her growth and
progress. Re says in all his travels
he has never seen anything TO equal
the Grand Junction valley. IL is a
well known fact that Grand Junction
valley lands are the highest priced
in the world as they are the most
productive and crops are never fall
ing. The principal crops in Grand
Junction valley are the different
fruits. particularly peaches. pears and
apples, which are not excelled by any
other grown in the United States.
These lands, where they are in fruit
bearing orchards, are worth $4,000
per acre and but very few OF these
farms are for sale at this price.
The agricultural interests in Col
dorado are on the boom and you would
be astonished to see the number of
Irrigation projects that are being put
into effect every month. noticed
IN the papers this morning where an
other company had been formed out
here to irrigate 100000 acres and
their dams and reservoirs will be the
largest in the world. This is only one
of many.
The city of Denver will also issue
81. 500, 600 Of bonds which will be
,c<a 40 o-or nrooduo~ - a Ion 9th
of about ten or twelve blocks. In
opening Broadway. II will be an ex-
tension Of the present street. 100
feet wide and the building in its
course when extended, will be demol-
ished and the property owners paid
for their property. 1t is the inten-
ton to make Broadway the picture
street of Denver and It will equal any
street In the world when II is COM
pleted The city also contemplates a
civic center. which will be unequaled
by any In the world.
Denver certainly believes that our
homes are not the houses in which
we sleep, they are the cities in which
we live. To carry out the plans as
now contemplated for making this
civic center. several blocks OF sub
stantial buildings will be torn down
and converted into parks, driyeways
and boulevards. This will be another
feather in Denver's cap in the way OF
advertisement for her. She is today
one of the best known cities in the
United States on account of her pro-
gress, her cleanliness and her public
lsniritedness She Is fast becoming
the convention city of this country
Having one OF the finest auditoriums
to care for conventions and large
gatherings.
i On the 9Th OF this month the city
gave the residents 20 900 elm aud
maple trees free, giving Instructions
as to how and where to plant same
and the care for them.
After travelling over the plains for
hundreds and hundreds OF miles
when one arrives in Denver. he feels
that he struck the oasis in the des-
lert Denver is a city of about 20O.-
IVVJ 10 ZlV,VOO lnhaDltants, and when
tel you that it only costs the city
1880 a year to remove the garbage
you would hardly believe 1t. Denver
Ipays a salary OF 81 500 year.
TO superintendent to see
that the garbage is properly re-
moved and has contract with com
lpaDy known as the Hog Growers as
ISOLATION. by which all garbage IL re-
moved free OF cost to the city. There
are II members of this association
IN charge OF a given district and IN
der bond to properly perform the
work assigned to him. One OF these
members controls hog ranch In
which 800, 600 invested. The
garbage IL assorted by machinery at