The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-11-18

at length and in detail on the theme.
oft heard thruout the evening that
Denver was overlooking its opporauni-
ties in the Eastern Colorado regions,
especially as to loaning money to the
farmers 10 make their improvements.
Thereupon Mr.. vallcry and several
others called for particulars-why il
crops were 50 bounteous, the ncces-
sary funds could not be had there at
home; and why didn't the Eastern
Colorado bankers themselves make
the loans and apply to Denver for
what additiOna! moneys they needed.
Reminders By Briggs
Frank N. Briggs of the Interstate
Trust Company a member OF the Den
vcr party. reminded the Julesbu7s
citizens present that Denver had fl
nanccd the S65Q,OOO Jumbo Reservoir
system when it was buih and had
helped to swing many other Eastern
Colorado projects
"If you gentlemen will form local
trust eonpan. t" look into the needs
Of the farmers OF your section" said
Mr.. Biggs, "you will have NO trouble,
when yOa come up TO Denver, in get.
ting NIL the iund> you need to take
care of them
In view Of the fact that many
bankers and iinancicrs were members
nf tho Dnnrcr nartr ,pJ .l.<, Mo Co.,
that the main purpose OF the invcsti-
cation trip the party was making WAS
tc ascertain the Investment possibili-
tics OF the eastern -egioa, these re-
marks cleared the atmosphere con-
sidcrably and served to bring about
'c frank understanding. Denver money
/, L. ready to help develop the dry farm
ing region. it was announced, but only
when the lenders became convinced OF
the safety CT their investments
Prosperous Julesburg
Julcsburg Is the county seat of
Sedgwick County. 1t has popu!..-
t;Cn of 1000. There are thirty-siX
mercantile. establishments. The town
has municipal water and lish. plant
sewer system, three miic5 Of central
ste:m heat ard ten mile, OF ccmcn.
sidewalks. The ScGgwick Coun,y
High SchOo! is locatcd Il Julcsbu"t
Tlis handsome and prosperous little
town Is 191 miles from Denver ani
81 niles from Om"ha.
SeGgwick Ccun;y'a area is 10000
acres, divided into irrigated farms
$4,000 acre: lands subject to dry
farming. 100000 acres: grazing and
hay land, 5000 acres Ii is estimoted
that there wcrc this year 5000 acres
OF sugar beets in Scdgwick County.
2o.0oO acres OF com and 10000 acres
OF small sraW. The livestock census
/ shows S.0G0 range cattle, $500 hogs
1000 horses and 1000 milch co:;s.
The Fc:,ilc Piutir
Riding westward up the broad valley
Of the Platte the morning OF ;h, j.;n
the Denver men Were treated to Il
vivid panorama of the best that Colo
RADIO produces with its combination Of
sunshine and irrigation. The crcar
crop of sugar bccts was in its prim.
and entering harvest The rich green
fields stretched away to distant hills
on the north and Off TO the rive; boi-
tom on tn" south. In the purple haxr
miles away to the south could be seen
the gray flat uplands of South Table
With u.eir nonirrigatcd farms. travcr,
ed the day before Distant brown
wheat stacks appearing like so many
warts on the horizon
Thrm"nt the >ixttCn.nIile iomrnr, to
>ed2Nick the travellers ieM>tcd their
eyes "n prosperous farms. one Joining
the other. with only an occa> >ionaI
pra! eHpan>e Of pasture land.
And ever and anon tie hog, Hogs
rootr'! II alfalfa patches and amonsst
the corn shocks They were thor
along that road in spacious swinerics
and about the barn yard. Their grow
ing, porky ilaunCics forc,nid tn, lift
.
and milk cows also grazed the fields.
and in every barn yard there was
poultry.
stored Wealth In Water
The building Of the Jumbo reservoir
in th" hills West Of SeGgwick back in
l90. accomplished all this array Of
farm wpultE IL. water: today nroI,Irp
cr1ps on o0.oon acres aloMg tho v;licr
ana thor. is sufficient for thousand,
If acres more. During the morning
We rode along the top of TIL. dam ri
til" reservoir. w!ich sprcads n,"r 20.
"'p acres. and sn" the tsousan!s %,
acr@-f"ct of water awaiting the sun