The Greeley tribune., 1910-04-07

At . moderate expense gives an ad-
ditional insurance against the dan
gers OF an insufficient supply.
While Mr.. Camneid could not be
present In person owing to pressing
business engagements Secretary Me-
Crery OF the Commercial club read
MIR. Camfield's paper on the Poudre-
Valley enterprise. MIR. Camfeld
wrote In part a. follows:
| 1T has been my fortune 70 help
form and construct irrigation works
for the following irrigation districts
In Colorado. viz: The Julesburg.
North Sterling. Hillrose. Riverside.
Fort Morgan. Green City. Monte
yuma. and greatest Of all. the Gree
ley-Poudre irrigation district.
OF all the above named districts
the Greeley-Poudre irrigation dis
trict is by far the best in every es-
sential respect. The lay and quality
OF the land Ia ideal. Its water supply
is abundant. Its railroad facilities
are unsurpassed.
"If this district has all the above
mentioned elements OF success. and
II has, as anyone can ascertain, by
investigating. then II II the duty OF
all persons who have the good OF
Greeley at heart to investigate and
thereby become boosters AZ II means
so much to this city
Make the Greeley Poudre trrign-
tion district a success and you make
Greeley city OF $4,000 souls In
a radius of twenty-five miles OF
Greeley. including the Greeley
Poudre irrigation district. over 9OO,-
600 acres under ditch. all as produc-
tive land as there is in the world
with railroads diverging from Gree
ley in every direction and more to
come in the immediate future
Think of this great annual wealth
producing empire surrounding us
and YOU will get glimpse of what
Greeley will become II we but take
advantage of all the opportunities
knocking at our doors. The develop
ment OF the Greeley-Poudre irriga-
tlon district rounds out the Greeley
farming district.
Let us now start to make II the
financial commercial and as far as
possible, the manu- featuring center
of the surrounding country. 1t can
be done and will be done If YOU all
work in harmony with that end in
view Instead OF wasting our time
wranglng over the location of the
postoffice. the depot. or where the
next business block will be located.
let us devote our energy and money
to furnishing the farmers with the
means whereby they can develop
their farm lands. Let our merchants
secure his trade by selling as cheap
and by having stock so large and
varied that it will pay all to trade
Let us offer inducements for such
manufacturing as can be done here,
and with the cheap power that is
coming much manufacturing can be
done here. If we will do this. we
shall have business blocks built on
streets we never dreamed Of
While IL may be out of place just
now | wish to say few words in re-
gard to the Union Pacific railroad.
! The fact that this road spent some
thing like two million dollars in
building two branch lines. and Is
now buying right OF way for third
line. prior to the construction OF the
irrigation works. was one OF the
strong points that gave the bond
house confidence and enabled us to
sell our bonds and thereby made
the district possible, and best of all
it made Greeley the center for these
branch lines instead of Kersey as
originally contemplated. This change
in center from Kersey to Greeley
will do more than any one thing to
make Greeley the great city north OF
Denver"
Following the speeches in COM
mendation of the neterprise the
Commercial club extended vote O.
confidence to Mr. Camfiold and his
o-worker, Mr.. Tew, and gave the
project the hearty endorsement c.
tho cluh