The Lamar register., 1911-01-25
CAPITALISTS TURNING FUNDS
TO COLORADO
Issuance of Severed Million Dol
Lars, Worth of Irrigation
BOaids Planned

Ahat 4Sv0AOPAhSht III SoAO
radios thesaurian natural wealth
will in 1911 be carried on more
vigorously and successfully than
1t was in 1910 admits no longer
of any doubt. The loosenings of
pursestrings in the financial mar
aets of the East is certain to have
highly stlmulative influence on
agricultural, mining, irrigation and
team and electric transportation
undertakings. The eyes of many
capitalistc people. desirious of a
larger return on their money than
hat yielded by the ordinary class
II Eastern securities. are once
more being turned towards the
lpacious and alluring fields for the
exceptionally gainful employment of
heir funds which the West affords
It the present time.
A more assertive spirit of enter
Prise is already noticeable in Col
Jrado The issuance of several
million dollars worth of irrigation
.onds Is known to be contemplate
ID Before the lapse of many
nonths these securities should
ommand a broader and better mar
ct than they did since the latter
art of 1903. The appreciation in
leir value will be gradual. No
,recipitous rise need be looked
or. Knowledge OF their unques-
ionabit intrinsic merit may be re-
led upon to Apread from month
month. and that. from the very
iatune of things. should make 1t
n Increasingly facile task to dis
lose OF them.
Previous estimates of the OPP
,ortunities for irrigation in Colo
, ado are faA going a-glimmering.
che inventiveness of the skilled hui
|, nan mind. audacious scientific en-
cheering. and the intensifying lure
# enormous blinking rewards bid
air to give US. eventually. an IT.
[, igated area of at least 100000
,cres. There used to be any num-
yer of caustbc sooffers in years
gone by, who ridlculed the a.gricul-
.urai pretensions of the Centennial
/, tate. What has become of them?
hey have grown still in the land.
.onfounded by the marvellous full
iliment of the hopes Of undaunt-
BILE men and women.
Preliminary surveys are now be-
ng made OF the great irrigation
project in Bent and Prowers coun-
les which is computed to involve
n expenditure of $4.oOo.0o0. In
..nticipation Of its construction. Lane
;alues IN the eastern end OF the
alley display a firm and rising ten
Jency. The influx of settlers is
. onstant. and that is not at all
surprising. in the face Of the null
lfarious signs and wonders that
he wayfaring man may observe
sn the counties named. and. for
hat matter. throughout the length
Il the Arkansas valley.
Gardening and farming property
lose to rapidly expanding cities is
we'll worth buying for purposes of
practical utilization as well as of
investment. Fine fortunes have
,een made on such holdings by pat
,,,nt people. Numerous instances
of this have been chronicled in
)enver's realty annals. Quite re-
narkable gains have been reaped.
Likewise, in or close to the smaller
owns of spsrial promise. such as
,ort Collins, Greeley. Boulder.
.serIng. Colorado Springs. La Jun
"a, Pueblo. Canon City. Lamar.
trinidad, Durango. Montrose. Delta
md Grand Junction. Additional
marked growth in values will be
registered in every one of these
towns and also In. number OF
others who are aggrssiveely forg-
ing ahead in every part Of the
state.
The man and woman, endowed
with a modest sum o. money. and
anxious TO invest 1t in way prom
issory OF speculative profits. can
not possibly make a mistake by
placing It in acre tracts adjacent to
towns Of vigorous growth. Neither
moth nor rust can corrupt such
earthly possessions. nor can thieves
carry 1t off. nor panics permanent
iy. impair their intrtn sic values. To
be successful in imaterialistic
sensa one must make 1t point to
keep ahead of the crowd. to an
ticipate its constructive activities,
the presence of its swelling aggre-
gate. the multiplication of its wants
and the diversifying of the subsi-
Diary agenoies catering to its whims
and subtilizing sense of comfort
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