The Lamar register., 1910-01-05
The Granada and Holly Irrigation
District.

The Granada and Holly Irrigation
District.
In this weeks issue appears the
notice and petition for the proposed
Granada and Holly Irrigation Dis
trict. The petition which has been
signed by almost every person eli
gible to participate in the organiza-
ton of the district will be presented
to the county commissioners on Mon
day, January "a, and it is believed
that there will be no difficulty what
ever in effecting the organization
Of the proposed district. The form
alton of this district is proposed in
order to take advantage of the
splendid reservoir system filed on
by Mr.. X. E. Messenger in Rule
Creek in Bent County. This enter
prise has two merits to commend 1t
TO the owners of lands in the east
end of Prowers County. One is
that 1t is the only possible enter
prise that will irrigate the splendid
country east of Wolf Creek and
south of Granada and Holly. The
other is that 1t is a perfectly fea-
sible enterprise and is backed by
a man who does things.
There has been no hot air back
of this irrigation enterprise. X. +
Messenger who knows a good thins
when he sees 1t, saw the possibi-
lities OF a reservoir in the Rule
Creek valley. and filed on it. The
reservoir is not very far from thu
Arkansas River. 1t will be filled
from the flood waters OF Rule Creel
and from a ditch taken out of tho
Purgatoire River. The waters will
be turned into the Arkansas river
and from thence will be taker
through the Colorado and Kansai
canal which will be enlarged FOL
that purpose to a ditch to be con
structed by the proposed Irrigation
District which will carry the water
to the splendid valleys of Wolf
Granada. Plum and Butte Creeks.
This enterprise in no way con.
flicts or interferes with the Benz
and Prowers District II simply
waters and develops a country that
that district does not promise u
reach. The Bent and Prowers has
taken on new life lately. and the
construction OF both bitches will be
devoutly hoped for by every person
who has the interests OF Prowers
County at heart. The success OF
both enterprises will mean that the
whole country south OF Lamar. Ora
NADIA and Holly will be settled and
developed IN the same way that
country north of the Arkansas Riv-
or has been developed. and 1t will
further mean that Prowers County
can have no rival as the banner ag
ricultural county OF the state.
The new district will have ad
vantages that no other district to
our knowledge has ever had. They
will have no worry about the sale
Of bonds or any Of the other pre-
hminary matters which have gener-
ally proved SO expensive to new dis
tricts. As soon as the organization
u affected Mr.. Messenger will
make his proposition to construc,
his reservoirs and bitches and turn
his system completed over to the
district and accept the bonds of the
district in payment for the same
Mr.. Messenger is well known to the
people of this section as q resource
full and enterprising man. He has
in the past proved himself capable
Of conducting large enterprises. and
in either the management or con-
struction Of irrigation enterprises
he has q state wide reputation. And
the people south Of Granada and
Holly are fortunate indeed in that
he has discovered a way whereby
the splendid territory south of them
can be irrigated. And they may
rest assured that he is a man who
keeps his promises. And II they
are 80 fortunate as to organize and
make a contract with him the dirt
will be flying long before summer
time
I'd like to be an expert
And with the experts work,
With forty dollars daily pay
And up my sleeve a dirk.