La Junta tribune., 1909-05-29
BOOSTERS BANQUET.
Monthly Dinner Of la Junta Indus
trial Assoc eiAtion and Feast OF
speeehmakino on Water Problem.

place at the Sherman Hotel last
Wednesday evening. and although the
attendance was no, quite as large as
at the April meeting Il proved to be
one OF the most enjoyable of the
series.
After the feed mosi II the even
Ing was taken up in discussing .he
possibility OF securing i pure water
supply for L. Junta, X. w. Pait r.
son told of what had been done by
the Arkansas Valley Water Supply
and Power Company. which was or
ganized and Incorporated for the pur-
pose Of developing water supply
from the Horse Greek underflow.
The company has been working Tor
eighteen months on the Horse Creek
proposition, and during that time
has expended between 1000 and So
900 In making exhaustive tests 20
determine the volume Of the IN.
derflow and the quality OF the water
available The quality OF the wa =
Is excellent, testing about forty
grains Of solids, but the engineers
employed reported that the under
flow did not move more than from
eight TO ten feet per day. and IN
their opinion did not think tina, a
supply OF over 100000 gallons 2sr
day could be developed. They "su-|
mated that the expense. OF develop
ing this supply, putting In "galler|
les" etc. would be In the neighbOr. I
hood OF 10000 The members Of
the company finally decided that
the Horse Creek underflow propos- .
ton was not a practical one and q I
was abandoned Mr. Patterson then .
spoke OF the $50 mile automobile I
trip taken by number OF La lun
IA and Rocky Ford people last Mon
day. In which a superficial investi- /
CATION was made OF the pure spring
water prospect on the Mcintyre !
ranch, the Half ranch. and The
Dye a. Stephenson ranch. Thrsc
springs are located at distance Of
about 55 miles from La Junta m
an air line. and he thought they
could be developed 10 furnish a SUI
ncient water supply for La Junia. |
Rocky Ford. Swink. Sugar City and
Ordway Santa Fe chemists Ia e
made tests Of the water on the Nc
Intyre ranch and report that the
quality Is exceptionally fine Tor
boiler purposes. having only ln.5
grains Of solids Fowler water mas
about Is grains OF solids and the
Faw water about 30 grains. Ne WIS
; satisfied that II contracts could be
secured from the various towns IN
the Valley by a company there would
be no trouble in financing the prop
osition Furnishing all OF rhese
towns with water. with the sugar
factories and the Santa fe. would
yield revenue of $4,000 per an
mum. and this amount would pay the
interest on the bond issue Necessary
to buAd the pipe line and provide a
nlhhlhg luhu lo 'N'uAuaiis NtF' bht
the bond issue.
Mr. McNeen. who is also an ~
thusiastic advocate OF securing a pure
spring water supply. also spoke brief
.ly. He estimated that the pipe
line would cost between $500 oYt and
5000 600, and II IL was demonstrated
that supply was ayailbal-. lac
thought there would be no trouble in
financing the proposition, Ia } M
"a is the key TO the whole slluhtion.
and II a determined effort Is mad.
to secure this spring water the ether
towns In the Valley viii be only too
dad to fall In line.
Mayor spaldins was among those
who made the trip. and was also "a
youihly impressed with the project.
lie said every ii,mb.r OF the coun.
ell was OF IN. sauc mind, providing
II was shown that II was prNcti-
cal schcm. ami could be financed.
lie sas o' the opinion that Il sou'd
in.an a population Of between io.-
200 and i5.ooo to La Junta In ak
: years. providing a spring water sup
4 ply Was secured.
.. A. Bole. OF the fAirmount coun.
,yy. Was introduced and advocated
organizing = company among tbs
ba..ncss men and farmers. and buiid-
Ing an alfalfa meal factory. The
tanners were Interested In n proj., (.
Of this nature. and II there was
money In II for = foreign corpora.
tIon there certainly would b. Tor .
load institution owned here at home
His ruyseStion Was referred 10 tao
committee on manufactures. for In.