The daily sentinel., 1913-01-09
THE DAHL Y SENTINEL
LET'S CUT THIS THING OUT

rlHE Sentinel will probably be condemned by good MANY
EE people for dealing with the theme going deal
Ca with Just but ready take medicine
Will blandly contend that guilty of
1t yet too late to make New Years resolutions
here resolution this section should make and stick
That resolve that will quit talking about Grand
Valley lands being the highest priced orchard lands the country
and trying make people believe that there orchards
this valley worth from $1,000 to $4,000 per AS OR
CIIARDS.
We contend that this policy has proven detrimental to the
growth and prosperity of this section that has
ed financial injury many desirable settlers and that pol
icy that neither justified or commendabc
We ruthuly contend that there finer apple
peach orchards vaabe orchards the nation than
orchards that fruit conditions here superb and that orchard
investments here profitable but CANNOT make the last
contention if couple with the declaration that orchards here
profitable producers the purchaser pays from 500
$4,000 per acre for these orchards.
he Sentinel contends that NO APPLE ORCHARD in the
Grand Valley any other county Colorado any other
the nation worth $1,000 2,5oo per
mercial proposition There NAV be single acre now and then
that would prove profitable this price but this doubtful
Furthermore, The Sentinel contends that NO PEACH OR
C1ARD in this valley other section of the
worth commercial proposition from SI,5oo per
Personally, do believe that any who
has paid from aoo up acre for orchard of
re located anywhere this valley has found fair annual
profit when taken with another his her invest
The sale of orchards at remarkably high prices have made
good newspaper and good tell friends and
send but have these sales proven of substantial benefit
community What happens when the who here and
crops for several of and
We all know what happens There need
The prices for orchards this valley have been TOO
HIGH We have contended for years Values have been in
aed profit producing possibilities have been exaggerated
There bound be reaction That reaction has
under way for time
Not only this in Mesa county but all other
apple and peach and pear growing sections of the
We hold that of the given
valley the story far and wide that peach orchard
the Pasade district had sold for $4,000 per We
that this transaction alone has hurt this valley
great degree, because Settlers attracted by that story
leved that if peach orchards profitable $4,000
IN Colorado they getting bargains if they here and
bought peach orchards at from per acre
Of course generally known that this $4,oo or
hard sale included magnificent country home worth probably
$4,000.
There have been other incidents like these that have proven
exactly the opposite from what they expected prove
as advertising this valley concerned
his valley stop taking exceptional orchard sales and
advertising them average sales stop taking exceptional
homes and nnoenty otherwise, making appear that the
price paid for average orchards and ORCHARDS
ONLY, saying nothing about the fine homes thereon.
here apple peach pear growing section in the
try excelng the Grand Valley Few, sections
ored along this line but that why
should be inflated prices beyond justification placed on orchards
and impressions orchard values co
try.
If Grand valley orchard land prices had been out
OF sight there would be different tales tell about
some conditions in this valley
We have got the orchards, have favorable gen
era conditions have got the right kind and we can out
distance any other commercial orchard continent
when the quality OF the production but this no excuse