Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-27
ADDRESS BY PGTEK is READ
Colorado Commissioner Called Away,
but Proxy Acts.
TELLS OF GORGEOUS CLIMATE
Mr.. Patek's Paper Points GOT Colo
RADIOS Need for Thirty ThousRnd
Farmers and Explains Won
derfui Advantages.

derfuI Advantage
An address by Alfred Patsk. Coorado's
commissioner Of immigration. was read
Thursday At the Land show in connection
with the Colorado day exercises. Mr.. Patek
vas called back TO Colorado on a business
mission and could not remain at the Land
show for the program for his state. he
forwarded this speech for the occasion. 1t
was follows:
II send YOU an invitation and a message
from land OF sunshine. health. wealth,
big crops and opportunity Colorado
1T IS fitting that on this day, when the
attention OF the people Of this great Land
show and the middle west Is centered on
my state. that Colorados invitation to You
should be given.
colorado invites you TO make your
homes in It's cities, TO find profitable in
vestment in It's lands, manufacturing pos
sibllities and mines; TO obtain wealth and
contentment on its farAs and in the midst
Of it's orchards
Colorado needs 900 more farmers, hog
raisers darymen, fruit growers. truck
gardeners and poultry raisers. 1t furnishes
a home market for over S82,OOO.OOO worth Of
the products Of those industries.
Fine climate Described.
I'VE have a climate in Colorado that l
believe Is the best in the world. II Is eX-
tremely beneficial for people suffering with
asthma. catarrh. bronchitis and other
throat and lung troubles. That II keeps
the healthy people well Is proven by the
evidence OF the Colorado men and women
themselves Colorado has a dry mild eli
mate Very little rain fails. We have no
billiards or heavy falls OF snow. Snow
fho hnf a
time so that Colorado has no such winter
as less fortunate states have. Grass Is
green in Denver from March TO November.
In some parts OF the state farmers pillow
In January and February. While other
people are hugging the stove. we Colorado
ans are enjoying weather that Is crisp,
yet not freezing I contend that we have
in Colorado an ideal climate; 1t is neither
too hot nor too cold. Our climate Is mild
yet we have a touch OF winter along in
December, January and February that
keeps things stirring, and helps make Colo
RADIO towns and cities hustling, lively com
munlties of boosting citizens.
Then we have such mountain scenery as
has made Switzerland famous Our noun
tain ranges peaks lakes and tremendous
chasms form a panorama that is a never
ending delight TO the eye and feast for the
lover Of the beautiful and majestic.
Has Most Irrigation.
But mountain scenery and climate are
only side dishes so to speak, that accom-
pany, in Colorado, the rich agricultural
possibilities that are making the state a
leader OF all the great states of the west
OF the 100000 acres Of cultivated land I'm
Colorado, 100000 acres are watered artifi-
cialy. Colorado has more irrigated land
than any other state in the union.
"On this land there was produced last
year over $4,000 900 worth Of hay, grains,
fruits and live stock This means that
every acre of irrigated land in the state
produced a crop to the value Of $40
irrigated land is worth S25 to $3.50 an
acre. Much Of this land can be bought on
easy terms that make It possible for the
homeseeker with but little money to get
home OF his own.
There are not many farmers who can
count on getting a sure crop every year
from their land. The men in Colorado who
are cultvatlng irrigated land can do that,
however. And why2 Because two things
which cause the failure of thousands OF
acres OF promising crops. are eliminated.
These are the drouth and flood. Go
through the agricultural states Of the mid
die west and ask what caused the crop
failures Of their respective districts What
killed our wheat. our corn, our potatoes"
Go through other states where there was
no crop harvest in certain sections. What
do they say the trouble was? Floods! Too
much water!'
No Floods or DFOutbs.
why not farm in a state where the
farmers worry not over drouth or flood
Come to Colorado.
In our state we raise twenty-five to
sey enty-five bushels OF wheat Der acre
fifty to 100 bushels of oats, three to six
tons OF alfalfa hay, 100 to 400 bushels OF
potatoes to the acre; thirty to sixty busehls
OF barley per acre, ten to twenty tons of
sugar beets per acre and one and one-half
to two tons Of timothy and clover hay per
acre
The man who goes into truck gardening
or small fruit growing, can make from
Si5 to $500 an acre II he plants an orchard
he can make So to $50 an acre from ap-
pies, $500 to $500 from peaches or 81 200 an
acre from pears one man in the Grand
valley Of Colorado made 1850 from an
acre OF mixed fruits.
Railroad facilities in Colorado are all
that can be desired The roads are keen
ms pace with the progress and develop
ment Of the state. Last year l07 miles OF
new track were laid, making a total rail,
roSd mileage OF T25l miles. There are
twenty-five railroad companies operating
in Colorado. Three hundred and thirty.
three miles OF new track will be laid IN
1911, IL plans now contemplated by the
roads are carried out.
state Has Good Roads.
we have good roads We are getting
better ones. our State Highway commits
sion intends to spend s22JOOOO in 1911 in
constructing good roads This is lust one
OF the many inducements we offer TO men
Ia our effort to make them see that Colo
rado not only needs and extends a hearty
welcome TO all who come. but Il is 10
their interost-the interest OF their families
themselves and their pocketbooks-that
they should come TO Colorado
But while we offer Inducements that are
ahuring to the men, we also have some,
thing, 10 draw the women to our state
Ladies. II YOU come TO Colorado / promise
mat YOU may vote A woman is as good