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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-01-30
EXPENSES

The Report also shows salaries of
Experiment Station Sup+ McClellard,
$500; Sectv Fielder. 1920; Assistants
Colliver $3.50, Milhsm $500.
State Normal:
Principal Picken $27O0 Teachers:
Shive'v $3.50; Matthew, Kent. Pelham,
Bird and MICS Keller each s143O: Reach
ard Tredwa~ each 1925; Miases Fos+-
er, Nicklea ard Stone each $110O; libra
rian Rice 1925; jeri+or Frankenberger
$3.50; Gland Bice $3.50
The Greeley tribune., 1909-04-28

foudre,-and those who arc living
I'VE Il years from now will see a maeni-
hcent farming country under tho ex.
tension of the big Poudre valley
tne highest up" ditch on the pou-
dre' monument to the pnck and
enterprise of Moss and Davo yuy.tt
ana others, who began svsta,, too
great to be carried to complete fruit
'ioh py private capital, and which ia
no" oeing prosecuted by means of n
great irrigation district didn4 90,
INTO the Poudre Valley ar the .+er+
put subsequently acquired coma ,toc,,
~ H. IL was commenced and car
rled along to its present status at an
expenditure of $3.50, 900, bv Tho o,d
lerry Lake crowd. So wban =. +,
ihished' and thousands of prosnerous
farmers are cultivating the rich coil
under the proposed syeten, +.
De sa'o that "Ierry Lake did Il"
wish now to invite tho atta,+ion
OF the investing public TO a gran. M
.erprise now being prosecuted h.,
uieeiey men, In the main. rho An
zero d Lost Park Reservoirs - ~,
@ @iish Line Canal. This canal Was
@ pulll oy Gov, Eaton for the Enulish
company in 1879 at a cost -, an ns''
'hihg less than three-o,,ar,an ~ !,
,niliioh dollars, and it is said th.t ~
Governor lost heavily on tha COW
' eiact' IN consideration of which tho
eoiilpany gave him a chance ~ ra.
coupe ms loss in building Tho Iari
the enginan. eru Gen, Nettleton was
almost AIN s1e,neer a, for both bitches. In
Is IKE the Larimer & Weld s :. as has
The Greeley tribune., 1909-04-28
A Reminiscence m4~ Prophecy
By
HORACE C. CLARK

about the same carrying capacity, At
the intake. although longer, being IS
miles in length against 65 miles for
the Larimer & Weld. 1t bears about
the same relation to the Platte River
that the Larimer & Weld does to the
Poudre, that 10 to say, 1t was con-
structed about the came time. and at
so late period that its river appro-
priation is not enough Of itself to in
sure good general crops. Usually a
wheat crop can be made, although
the supply. like that Of the Larimer
4 Weld, may run short for second
irrigation. One crop OF alfalfa can
always be made. and often two, but
seldom third. And potatoes and
beets, and similar crops, cannot be
successfully grown because of an en-
tire lack Of water in the latter part
of the season. Nor can gardening
be carried on profitably in normal
years, like it is on the northwest
side of the Platte to the west OF
Glitch Gardens under the Rocky
Mountain ditch. But with good
supply of stored water for late use
it will become as safe a ditch TO
farm under as the Larimer & Weld.
and the Larimer County; and the
water that can be stored in normal
years in the great Antero basin, will
make the supply of water, under the
High Line, early and late, all that
can be desired. Why it is that Dem
yer has allowed the farmers under
the High Line Canal to burn out
year after year for thirty years, while
the northern part OF the state was
expending millions for stored water
for its ditches, passes my compre-
hension, unless 1t be that Denver's
The Greeley tribune., 1909-04-28

h'ohled men We're. until the past few
years, devoting their time and meana
10 mining and other enterprises car
ing nothing for agriculture As for
'he orlelhal builders and owners Of
.his oitch, the English company.
the1r course is easily understood
Ahgered by hostile legislation ON
acted especially to reach them. and
ny adverse court decisions. and an
unfortunate feeling that prevailed
tu,'e , generally for many years inim-
icai 10 anything English, they simpIv
auie. Ihe Larimer e. Weld had tn
ouilu l's own reservoir system tbev
would not. The Loveland G. Croa,o,,
"as iallure until the farmers got
hoiu OF IT, And the High Line is n
'epetitlon of the Larimer g. wo,d
ana the Loveland e. GreeIev Canal,
our english and Scotch cousins sim
p,y soured on us. and said II we
uioh want their money we needn,t
nave 1t. That was all. Ana GO 49,
quarter of century. this
uiss race TO the capital city or Colo
'auo mas continued, and rs 900 aero,
ol as FERTILE land as the SIM Go
shohe upon, lying south. southeast
.as'' northeast, and north of Denver
Intended by James Duff. Gov naton
anu thelr associates to be hro,.t,.
uhuer cultivation, has remained ,e
great extent part of the cro,t
American Desert. ' ''e"l
eie ID an opportunity of n life
I'M .ue ior investors. I don't care In
% mhlch OF the above directions fro,m
ehyer you go, land, anywhere undar
'he H'gh Line Canal, from intake -
The Greeley tribune., 1909-04-28

One hot and dry summer Day
nineteen years ago, | met ID, H. wy
att. better known as Moss, in front
of Harris harness shop on Nam
street, and we discussed the scarcity
of water in the Eaton ditch and our
suffering crops. lived in Greeley
but was farming by proxy northwest
OF Eaton, and the boys used to ap-
point me "A committee of one to rustic
water. We had twenty second-feet
of old water in the Larimer Weld
canal, and No. 3 ditch would eX-
change with us once in while, take
our little dab and use it Ior seven
days, and give us back seven times
the number of feet for one day. In
such ways we occasionally got run
of water. But it was hard farming.
Our potatoes ripened too quick, on
account of the lack of late water,
and wouldn't pass as Greeley pota-
toes. The No. 2 farmers pitied us.
but said. Il told you So.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-04-28

utilized the water from Windsor Res
eryoir by and exchange with No
ditch. as he could fill the lake from
the Larimer & Weld. but OF course
couldn't get the water out OF It onto
lands under that ditch. So he tool
by consent No. river water for th'
Larimer 4 Weld and replaced 1t will
Windsor Reservoir water, delivered
directly into No. 2 ditch. But one
year the Poudre was unusually low
and No. 2 had no river water to OK,
change for Windsor Reservoir water
for the last irrigation of potatoes
The owners of Terry Lake loaned the
Governor water. or exchanged, TAX
ing chances on the river coming UP
and getting it back; or possibly they
had pooled with him earlier In the
season, using river water the Gov
ernor had secured from No. 3 in the
early part of the season, and saving
Terry Lake for the last of the season.
but however it was, Terry Lake water
made the Governors big potato crop;
potatoes brought high figures that
year. and the proceeds of the Gov
ernor's immense potato crop put him
on easy street, besides demonstratng
to his creditors the great value OF his
land. and his financial troubles We're
a thing of the past. Terry Lake did H..
Looking to the north of Greeley
we see an enormous body of land ly-
ing on both sides of the U. P. r. R.
above the Larimer County Ditch. t
can be watered by means Of storage
reservoirs, and the exchange Jf
water, and with water brought across
The Medicine Bow range from the
Laramie Liver to supplement the in
sufficient supply available from the
The Greeley tribune., 1909-04-28

but had broken and about bankrupted
the old Larimer County Ditch Com
pany. II seems to me it had not been
at that time rehabilitated. Long
Pond had been filed upon, and had
stuck up in cut on the south bank
of same where the magnificent outlet
now is door frame. | have laughed
many times during the past nineteen
years whenever the vision of that
door frame appeared to me. | sup
pose Alec Mead put it there, and |
have often meant to ask him what
his scheme was, but never got around
to it; | reckon it was intended to
perform the same function as four
2x4's do for squatter on govern
ment land.
Rocky Ridge may have had little
work done on it, but not much. I'M
mediately after the construction OF
Terry Lake followed the No. 2 or
Timnath Reservoir, Long Pond,
Rocky Ridge. Windsor, Fossil Creek
| and others. But Terry Lake was the
pioneer reservoir. and its success
save OtLtlS tIc courage W lHttSi
| tner money in storage water enter
prises. We were told that our reser-
voir would break and ruin us and
everyone below us on the PouGre.
Seems to me the Johnstown. Pa
horror occurred while we were build
ing, and that didn't help any. Suits
were started by frightened residents
| below the outlet of Terry Lake to
restrain our filling same. Judge
Downer stopped us once at twenty
two feet, and we had to take out a
/ perfectly safe I have always
/ thought lumber outlet and replace
| 1t with masonry; and because OF a
law suit we were then prosecuting
as water right contract holders OF
the Larimer & Weld ditch against
the owners of the property to enjoin
the sale of any more water rights
we were denied the use of our. own
ditch through which to carry ouI
stored water to our burning pota.
toes, and were compelled to secure
court order to do SO. But we got
there finally The water was wet
like any other kind, and it made 8
potato crop. notwithstanding it hat
been predicted tnat it would not be
as socd as live water, or river water
not as rich, and that it would alkal
the land. And from that moment
reservoir building began for fair.
Land under the Eaton ditch wa.
selling at that time, when it sold a
all, at $4,000 per acre and less, thi,
with water rights in the canal Be
ginning with our first run of reser
'olr water it began to go up, unit
today we see the choicae. farms
around Eaton and Lucerne valued a
S25O,oO per acre. Terry Lake Reser
Volr did the business. And when W,
consider the great value it has been
directly and indirectly, another pur
pose it served should be mentioned
GOV. Eaton built the Windsor Rese :,
voir after Terry Lake was complete.
: and in operation. Now, the Governo
The Greeley tribune., 1909-04-28

four. Thousands upon thousands OF
| acres of this land. now classed as
cheap farm lands. will be cut up into
five and ten acre tracts within three
years, and instead of quarter sec
| tion supporting one farmer 1t will
{ maintain from sixteen to thirty-two
families; for here is big city grow
ing by leaps and bounds. city des-
| tined to have a population of half
| million souls within a decade, and
the growth 10 in the direction Of
these lands. south, east, northeast,
and north. Go over the Platte in
| Manhattan Beach. and thence west
toward Golden, and you will see a
| country that will make you think Of
! the best orchard and vineyard sec
tions OF the Eastern states. Here
you will see hundreds of five and
| ten acre homes. with magnificent i'm
provements. brick houses and barns,
: artesian wells, beautiful walks and
drives, every foot of soil intensely
! cultivated to small fruits. celery, to-
matoes, asparagus, or the like. And
they not only make a living, but Il
| good living. and support and educate
their families. having all the advan-
tages OF both city and country life.
Their holdings are worth from $1,000
per acre up. And their success IS
due entirely to the fact that they
best. mind you. but Just fair, from
the Rocky Mountain ditch. With a
still better water supply under the
High Line, of both early and late
water, now absolutely assured, lands
now on the market at from S3o.oo
to 100000 per acre, according 10
proximity to Denver and a street car
line, will command from $500 to
$4,000 per acre in the very near fu-
ture. Mark the prediction.
In conclusion | wish to advise all
my old friends and neighbors who
have known me for years, and VINO
have been associated with me IN
some of the various water enter
prises | have been connected with
during the past twenty years, to IN
vest their surplus funds in lands un-
der the High Line Ditch. 1t Will
beat any other Investment you can
make. The Good Book says that
Riches take unto themselves wings
and fly" and 1t is just as true today
as it was when it was written. Banks
fail and depositors lose their money
the stockholders lose the value OF
their stock, and are liable for any
deficit there may be between the as
The Greeley tribune., 1909-04-28
A
lateral.

Well, Moss and | talked reservoir
and reservoirs were a new thing then
| had hunted him up to get him tC
sign with me call for meeting o.
water right owners at Eaton, as him.
self and Dave Wyatt were the larg.
est water right contract holders in
the Eaton ditch, aside from Gov.
Eaton. He signed the call. with me,
and l think Herbert j. Thomson, de-
ceased. did also, and thus began res
ervoir construction on the north side
of the Poudre river We had heard
of natural depression about two
miles north of Fort Collins, known
as Terry Lake. George Anderson.
for many years engineer for the Eng
lish company, the then owners of
number OF bitches, and part owner
with Gov. Eaton of the Larimer &
Weld, had run some levels around
this site, and then the matter
dropped.
That was the reason we farmers
took hold of it, because the company
would not So we took an option on
Peter Terry's farm. which was about
the heart OF the site, organized a
reservoir company. and began doing
business. Looking back over it all
now, it seems miracle that we sue
ceeded Talk about fighting Why
1t was scrap from start to finish We
had a rough house at our first initial
or organization meeting at the Eaton
Srhnnl hnuSa t.1
tendent and a prominent farmer
mixed it up after a brief exchange
of courtesies during which the lie
was passed. The prominent farmer
lost front tooth. and failed to re-
place it with false one for several
years. He finally became a repre
sentative to the legislature from
Weld, while the superintendent of
the ditch became Superintendent OF
Irrigation, for which position | be.
lieve he was heartily supported by
the Honorable Member,-thus dc
water fights assume strange phases
had great deal to do with ar
enormous amount of litigation which
followed the organization of oul
was at the head of the committee
having same in charge, and for year:
was regular attendant at all courts
County. District, and State, and i
was furtherest from my thought!
during all that time that some day
would be the Clerk of the State Su
preme Court, whose decision in tn,
greatest irrigation contest (startet
by our company ever tried by it wa
destined to play SO important a par
in our affairs. All, me. The whirli
gig of time brings many changes
But we triumphed over all obstacles
and laid the foundation for tn,
greatest and richest farming section
in the United States, if not in tn
world.
There was not at that time, if m,
memory is not faulty, a single res
ervoir of any size in operation OF
either side of the Poudre River out
The Greeley tribune., 1909-04-28

Ss. ,g'S Of the s,,l
""se o"s , in mind /
%" Cne'i fourth Of \
ono hundred h
toId uIId''ero'ls ere li,tl,
Sia bank N.e closed its \
MS, MS stock was NY
a"a Saan that nat, it rssS|
"eeh "'eIa able to !
D,n.s work all his lil.']
al'er ate this conv,1
n"s ae, that the e,1
,ad nad b, been Ouyiss|
ana =. the public \
H. a run was u,]
posi'ors ' and tb.'
friends stock ~ \
" ,wenty-four hou'
.hat a judgu,
against himself I
e.s es lor a big /,
other day In,
The Greeley tribune., 1909-04-28

widow o. the CI
lionaire, had appQ
protect her agal
of her ,urniturs
creditors, Yerka
regarded as one
men in Chicago,
ownership idea b
the taxpayers Of \
street railway
and he couldn't
and so We see hi
tinated At seyer
dollars at one
lump Of ice in a
you won't lose [
put il in land.
and panics may
go into the hands
may go down III
but the land will
It may depreciae
value. the mom
turns to the ooH
again. and in N
figure than vhe1
place.
Denver people |
don't even now |
ply Of reservoir |
Line ditch means
the chances ihereI
on the aprreclau
very door They |
two years rom n
buy the land at Y
the price it Is no1
don't appreciate !
der the High a
they have not +!
that we have had
rado !
| extend a cora
my acquaintance
in Denver Wheh
pleasure in pu''ll' ~
GOOD things in th'
will give them a
around the city !
nave e time a
expect to run som
Antero reservoir
glad to have any y
who are interes'e0
up there with ne
the greatest Tese
west When you =,
n ,.,aa with III
eryoir is in a clI |.
three OF the Ant !,
rec rectors are grad d.
Lake and the Larl
the wyatt Broins a,s
"" 4O5 symes Bio
The Greeley tribune., 1909-04-28

side the mountains. Chambers Lake
had been in existence for some years
Evening star., 1909-03-05

self-evfdent in view Of the recent ex0eri-
ence with the clements he said, that
words cannot make the argument any
stronger. Yes. heartily favor the change
promised, and believe future fnaugura.
tions should be held on the date in April
on which George Washington, the first
President. was inaugurated.'
Mr.. Stellwagen was notified by Com
missioner Macfarland today that he is a
member of the national committee on the
proposed change of inauguration day by
reason of his appointment as chairman
of the Inauguration committee of 1909.
He was requested to attend meeting
Of the committee to be held next week.
]. II. Small, president of the Washing
ton Board of Trade. is warm advocate
of the proposed change of the inaugura-
ton date. He said today:
81 am decidedly in favor of the pro-
posed change. Every one who has had
any experience with the month of March
in general here. and Inauguration days
in particular, is aware of the pressing
necessity for a change. l would not favor
any date earlier than George Washing
tons inauguration day-April 3O-because
of the occurrence of April showers: My
preference, however, is the first week in
May. which, in my opinion. would be an
ideal inaugural time
The Lesion in Adversely.
William F. Guide. president OF the
washington tndmDer O1 commerce, Is
also pronounced in favor of the proposed
change.
II sincerely hope no one will be so
shortsighted,' Mr.. Guide said, "as to op-
pose a change in the date of the presi-
Dental Inauguration. The conditions yes
terday were simply deplorable; but If 1T
requires an occasion of that description
to insure a change in the date perhaps it
is well to have experienced the discom-
forts. 1 have talked with hundreds of
citizens, and, speaking for myself, in the
name Of those 1 talked with. and also
speaking for the Chamber of Commerce
as body. I express the hope that we
shall never have another inauguration on
the 4th of March. 1 favor April 80 or
some day early in May"
by all means hold the inauguration
later" said Rev. DR.. j. w. r. Sumwalt,
district superintendent of Methodist Epis-
copal churches. The minister also de-
clared that for some time past he has
thought that the date of the ceremonies
should be changed to a later date in view
of the climatic conditions of the Capital
city, and that he hoped some action
would be taken in the matter.
Evening star., 1909-03-05
SIGHTSEERS OUT IN FORCE
LIVELY SCENES ON PENNSYL-
vANIA AVENUE TODAY.
inaugural Visitors, Bands and
Marching Clubs Contribute to
Happy Incidents.

Post-inaugural activities of the visiting
organizations made Pennsylvania avenue
lively today, and hundreds of the visitors
to the city swarmed up and down the ia
nous thoroughfare watching the bands
militia organizations and marching clubs
Adding to the general activity We're
gangs OF street cleaners. who this aft
ernoon completed their task of cleaning
all the snow off Pennsylvania avenue
from the Capitol to the State, War and
Navy building.
When that work was finished Commits
sioner West direcred that the street-clean-
ing gangs begin work on the side streets
cleaning out the cutters and widening the
crOsswalks ard much is expected to be
accomplished along that line.
Commissioner Yves. said this afternoon
that the work of cleaning Pennsylvania
avenue of snow for the inaugural parade
and other Festivities of the season has
cost between $1,000 and IS coo.
Evening star., 1909-03-05

| through concerted action by the
states, Il change in the inaugural date
| before the next President of the United
| States is sworn in
Evening star., 1909-03-05

be appointed to good place somewhere
else
Secretary Carpenter has decided to keep
with him Assistant Secretary Foster, who
has served with ability under several
Presidents. Mr.. Foster will occupy the
desk adjoining that of Mr.. Carpenter. who
will sit at the desk used by Mr.. Loeb.
President Taft Is also using the desk
of President Roosevelt The latter had
his chair sent to Oyster Bay, and an
other has been put in its place.
Secretary Carpenters new doorkeeper is
William NJ. PennelI, colored. who was Mr..
Taft's doorkeeper- He succeeds John
Hans. who has been transferred to the
patent office.
President Taft's doorkeepers are
Thomas Z. Stone and Charles Pusey. a
Maryland man. brother of Assistant
Treasurer Pusey of the Baltimore SUBJ
treasury.
Say Taft Is All Right.
Among the throng of visitors during
the day were j. C.. Napier and DIR. r. f..
Boyd, prominent colored citizens of Nash
Vile, Tenn. They said the colored man
will find that in the end President Taft
will be his best friend. president Taft
will be a good friend to the colored man.
said Napier. "and our people must not
forget that"
A Message From Cuba.
A warm message from President Gomez
was received by President Taft today. 1t
was brought by Gen. Demetrio Castillo
of Cuba. President Gomez conveyed his
hearty good wishes for the success of
President Taft, who received the message
with evidences of appreciation.
Reports around the White House today
were that President Taft will soon send
to the Senate the name of Oscar Straus,
now Secretary OF Commerce and Labor.
ITS ambassador from this country to ia
pan. Nothing official was made public,
though.
Evening star., 1909-03-05
Building Permits Issued.

The following building permits were is
sued today:
brick fiat and store, at 32O D street
northeast: architect George S. Cooper;
builder. James F. Sebold estimated cost.
$500.
To James J.. karrick, 10 repair brick
dwelling at $40 C street northwest; archi-
tect, Charles Gregg; contra ctor, James L.
Karrick: estimated cost, $1,000
To Lansburs & Bro, to repair one store
at 421 to 425 Sth street northwest; archi-
tect and contractor. Marshall & Marshall;
estimated cost, $2,70O
Evening star., 1909-03-05
Don't Forget Your Friends

who did not come to the inauguration.
Drop in The Evening Star ofiice. lath
street and Pennsylvania avenue, and send
them copies Of The Star of the I'D. 4th
and 5th for Is cents. Six beautiful souve-
mir post cards will be given to any one
leaving a subscription or list of names at
The Star office. No postals sent by mail
Evening star., 1909-03-05
CANNON
TO HELP CHANGE
INAUGURAL DATE

(Continued from First Page.)
Evening star., 1909-03-05
Earnestly in Favor Of Change.

Edward ]. Steliwagen. chairman Of the
inauguration committee, is most heartily
In favor of changing the date for future in
augurations. He belives the change should
be made at the earliest possible time.
Although Mr. Stellwagen was still very
busy man today giving directions for the
closing up Of the final affairs of the en-
inently successful inauguration of Presi-
dent Taft and Vice President Sherman,
yet he found time to give serious express
sion of his views on the proposed and
much desired change.
THE necessity for changing the time of
holding the inaugural ceremonies is so
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-11-25

Norwood, Ca, Nov. 20, 1909.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-11-25
NEWS OF THE MOVEMENT.

Mr.. J. J. Brown, our State man
ager, reports that he Organized a
strong Jeffersonian Club at Fellow
ship Academy, in Hart county. Ca,
last week. Reports as to the Off
GERS and membership will be pub
lished later.
Our club buttons will be received
this week, and distributed as soon as
possible to secretaries of clubs who
make application for them Mem
bers of local clubs and of the Ma
tional League are strongly urged to
wear these buttons as an outward
and visible sign of the Reform
spirit.
Meeting For Appling County.
Arrangements are being made for
a large meeting to be held at Bax-
ley, Ca, on Wednesday, December
LIST, to organize a Jeffersonian Club
for Appling county Several prom
inent speakers are expected to be
present.