Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-05-28
'A' " "A''' PROPOSITION
Steele Forks and Little Horse
Visited on Monday
BUSINESS MEN
AND CITY COUNCIL
View the Arkansas Valley Water
Supply Co.'s Expected Source
and Are Well Pleased.

Seven automobiles were required to
carry the party of water seekers who
left this city on Monday morning.
The mayor and members of the coun-
Gil, the mayor and several business
men of La Junta. and the committee
appointed from the Rocky Ford
Board of Trade, composed the party,
as follows:
From Rocky Ford-Mayor Van
Buskirk. E. J. Kellogg. NJ. L. Meyers,
G. NJ. Coffman, Paul NJ. North, Ar
thur S. Betmer, DR.. A. Coleman, H.
I. Maxwell. w. J. Brown. L. R. Fen
Jason, J. N. Kimsey, George c. Max
well, DR.. E. w. Kearby, D. v. Burrell
and F. Y. Hauck.
From La Junta.Mayor B. NJ.
Spaulding. F. NJ. Bisbee, R. w. Pat
terson. Charles Reynolds. Fred Ma
son, Grant Harbour. James McNeen.
M. R. McCauley, John Fisher, X. N.
Kirkpatrick, Andy Mayors and Rob-
ert Anderson.
1t was almost o:3o o'clock when the
start was made from this city and
the trip to the Little Horse and
Steele Forks country was made in re-
cord time, excepting to two of the
Rocky Ford autos, which ran into
terrific hail storm that compelled
them to turn about and take n sharp
peppcring for about IS minutes. With
this exception the trip was one OF
great pleasure to every member OF
the delegation. as they found plenty
O: water, OF the purest and best. and
"a secondary consideration of course
10 the party-they saw some fine
famrs, sheep and cattle ranches, that
but few OF the party had any idea ex-
listed throughout that supposedly arid
section.
A called meeting Of the Board Of Trade
was held in X. Of P. hall on Wednesday
forenoon and the attendance Of something
like one hundred business men and eiti-
zens sttested the intense interest that
has been aroused by the all-important
water question.
P. J. Refel was chosen chairman and
John Bowman secretary and the meeting
settled down to an informal discussion Of
how and where the city might secure
plentiful supply Of pure water at rea-
sonable rate.
Amongst those who aired their opinions
was the Hon. B. U. Dye. who is perhaps
as well qualified as anyons-through his
almost a quarter century Of ranging all
over the Horse Creek eountry-to give
reliable statement upon ssthe different
water propositions. He stated that he
knew positively that Col Faw's PROPOSE
ton would not hold good to supply good
pure water. from the fact that II was
impossible to keep the alkali imprsgnatsd
surface water from sssping into the un-
de,flow. The water at It's outeropping
on Little Horse and Steele Forks was Of
the pursst quality and II diverted into
pipes at the springs could b kept rurs.
Geo. c. Maxwell said he had on Mon
day visited the Steele Forks and Little
Horse country. about twenty miles north
Of Antslops Springs. All along these
canyons the water kept brsakiue out and
there was no question Of there being an
Unlimited quantity Of the pursst noun
| tain spring water. At D. v. Burrsll's
pumping plant on Box Springs they
found identieelly the same quality Of
water and he believed 1t came from the
same source.
D.. v. Burrell wac next called upon and
stated that he did not have any water for
sale. He estimated that he could develop
flow of a million gallons at his wells
but he only proposed to take sufficient
for his own use. He had no faith in any
staguant water proposition and would
unqualifiedly say that is his opinion the
best place to procure supply Of water
for the eity's needs was from Steele
Forks and Little Horse.
J. N. Kinney said that he thought the
best source Of supply would be from near
the head Of Little Horse and there ap-
peared to be an abundance Of good pure
water.
Alderman Coffman took the floor long
enough to say that his only objection to
the Steele Forks and Little Horse water
was that it was about sc miles too far
away.
WI. Brown. another member Of the
Board of Trade committee Of investiga-
ton, agreed with MIR. Maxwell's state
ments. He had within the last few
weeks visited all the water propositions
adyaneed-the condensed water scheme
at Las Animas. the Faw and the Steele
Forks projeets-and he considered the
last named the only feasible one. He.had
learned from Mr.. Patterson of La Junta
that data upon the probable cost Of OBJ
taining this water was being prepared.
tests were being made, ETC.. and the re-