Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24

II went around to see the merchants.
and did not find. In a single instance,
where beet sugar was put up in %.
80 cent and one dollar packages.
would not attempt to tell you how
many bags of cane sugar l saw. About
80 per cent of the production OF the
valley is going to the Missouri and
East. Fifty per cent of the money Is
going out Of the state, about 30. 900 bags
last year. The other $4,000 bags went
into the sugar companies pockets. and
$4,000. Why do you market SO much
of your sugar out OF LaJunta. Were
you making honest sugar or bad sugar
two years ago? We would be glad II
you had any bad. sugar. II you would
let us know. we would be glad to
remedy 1t.
LAND SALES BETTER.
Mr. Fenlason then spoke as follows:
''ln answer to the gentleman's as
sertion that we do not achieve the re-
suits expected from the Chicago land
show. l wish to submit the following
figures. and say that we have sold
more land in the last four months than
was sold in the last three years prior
to that time. Here are n few sales:
400-acre tract. $4,000. and a 16U-
acre tract. $4,000: an So-acre tract
at $4,000; a 60-acre tract at $4,000:
16O-acre tract at $4,000. and a 100
acre tract at $4,000. l do not know
what caused that, but we have sold
more stuff. Whether 1t Is from the
efforts OF the Arkansas Valley asso-
citation or whether it is from the local
association. or from the great Immi-
grafton bureau, there have been moro
people coming to this territory in the
last four months than In the last three
years"
Mr.. Marvin said: I'VE have had
fnnIIiriau intn NINA &
since the Chicago land show than. We
had during the last eight years
in behalf OF Las Animas. ! want to
say this: that We have a big institu-
tion here. the United States Naval
hospital. We have 500 people out
there consuming your flour and every
thing else that you produce. and We
want you to see it,
Mr.. Lambright Of Rocky Ford was
the last speaker OF the afternoon. He
said: MIR. Chairman. ! think this
is the first experience 1 have ever
had In which Las Animas was associ-
ated with Rocky Ford in compli-
mentary way. and I was very much
pleased to hear that we were even with
them on the using OF sugar. The eN-
PLANTATION made by our friends from
Holly was new to me. ! had always
heard that the sugar factories shipped
to Kansas City and charged us the
same price so as to give the railroads
the benefit of the freight rate Using
that same analogy. that Is the reason
why La Junta people are shipping from
California.
81 do not know whether you are In.
tcrested In land or not. We have 500
| people in the town and 1000 In tn
l county. with probably 100000 acres o
| land adjacent to this immediate vicin
| ity. We have got an irrigation enter
/ prise of .0.0c0 acres on Rule creek an
$4,000 acres In Smith canon. We ar
reclaining 1900 acres by . drainag
| system. Then there Is Mr.. Colt'i
scheme OF 100000 acres going through
These all are legitimate and goot
schemes. They do not need to be In
vestigated. We are going to start q
factory very shortly for the purpose
of canning anybody that does not bou-,
for Las Animas.
we don't need any pickle factories
here. We have been picked too long
and we don't want anything Of that
kind around here
The meeting then adjourned until
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