The daily sentinel., 1909-01-01
TRUE PICTURE OF
WONDERFUL LAND
Splendid Description Of the Resources Conditions Riches and Pos
sblies Of Grand Junction and Mesa Couny--The
Richest Little Valley in All America

1t VIII be most appropriate in this
New Years issue of the Daily Sen,
tinel when a building summary is
made and reference is made to the
splendid growth Grand junction has
enjoyed in every way during the veal
that has just ended, to reproduce for
the first time locally, magnificent.
ly written article on the Grand val
ley and Grand junction, which ap-
peared On December %. in the Den
yer Post and which was written by a
member of the reportorial staff of
The Post who visited this city few
weeks ago. The article accompanied
an immense cut giving a panoramic
view of the Grand valley, looking
north from Wellington Heights,
showing vast stretch of orchards, a
section of the great Grand Valley
canal, and Grand Mesa in the dis
lance. The article appeared under
this head, Grand Valley More Fer
tile Than the Valley of the Nile -
The article is conservative, accurate
and truthful and gives an excellent
picture of this rich section. The
article follows:
The valley of the Grand is in re-
ality The depression of the Grand
river from its source way up in the
mountains on the western side of the
Continental divide, near Longmont
down to its mouth. or where in Utah
the Grand river joins with the Green
and forms the Colorado. But the
Grand valley that is famous for hor-
ticultural interests; the Grand valley
that is known as such throughout
the United States because it contains
the highest-priced lands in the world
and yields the greatest returns per
acre per annum of any place known,
begins at the canon about four miles
above Palisade. covering a line on
both sides of the Grand river vary
ing in width from about one to
twenty miles. and extending on the
west to point below Mack. almost
TO the Utah line, being about forty
five or fifty miles in length,
Roughly speaking. the Grand val
ley embraces an area of about 120,-
600 acres. which twenty-five years
ago was covered with cactus, grease
wood. rabbit brush and sage brush
but today a large portion of it is in
bearing orchards producing the finest
fruit that can be found on this con-
tinent.
The climate in the Grand valley is
as good as any in the state of Colo
RADIO. and is far superior to the aver
age climate on the eastern side of
the Rocky mountains. In the past
twenty years about half of the win
ters the thermometer has failed to
reach the zero point, and there have
been not TO exceed two really cold
winters.
In the summer there will not eY-
ceed three or four weeks of very hot
weather, and it is always comfortable
i'll the shade. The summer climate,
however, is warm enough to produce
fruit which is celebrated for size.
shape and quality; fruit that will
bring from one and a half to two
times the price of Eastern markets
that Eastern fruit will bring whether
it be peaches. pears, apples or what
not II is well known that bushel
box of well sorted and nicely packed
Grand valley apples will bring n
much in the markets of the East as
a barrel of Eastern apples.
The horticulturists of Grand val
ley have learned how TO cultivate
their fruit to produce size. how to
trim trees and produce color. how to
spray the fruit and bring il to perfec-
tion. and how TO pack it to suit the
fancy. Because of their great skill
they have always been able to top
the market with their fruit.
Phc railroad facilities are OF the
highest crade. The valley is travers-