The Holly chieftain., 1918-01-25
OlD enA Inn FILES
TELL EARLY history
yte0s q the Days Whso ~ 0hase-
tain VA Yeung anA 1elly
Was Just Learning -
Walk


earth from among the dsbris OF
the shop equipment some old>1lss
Of the paper which are soilsd and
faded with the years and which
tell the story Of the town from the
date Of the tirst publication twenty
on. vears go. These papers wese
diseovered - the result Of . oi1i
-ent search following an aeeidsnSsa
discovery Of an early issue . eoup's
d.vs seo and old-timers VIII nno
much in their columns to insese'
and 10 entertain.
BEGINNING with this issu q unoe.
. separste head, the Chieftain "in
publish each week . few items oI
the early days of the town for the
benefit Of those who may DO 'nts'-
ested. The items in this issue ware
taken from the issue OF February
10. 1897. The paper st that time
had just been started and d. ".
Milford was the editor. The paper
contained four pages. with ewo
pases home print. Among the a.
vertisers were C. l. HcPherson.
druxxist, whose place Of business
w.s located on Santa Fe Ave; Ars.
Belle Hollis, furniture; The HaSs
Side Livery Stable, james AenoA'
proprietor; The White House HOTEL
Mrs. Kate Millinger, propr'eeoI:
The Fourth Street Restaurant y. ".
Holman, proprietor; J. l.. Wooa =
Son Lumber dealers, II. A. Petite
81 the Bar So ranch. dealer In hay
and Johnny Simpson. drayman. L.
| N. Ellis was Holly's physician ana
IT, L. Wilson was . contractor, q.
IL. NcPherson was postmastG. sum
day school Vas held each Sunday
] In thu, ,sehoolhouae and Arthur
! Fliis ~ W. ths Z s;aap kf1tsIa IasAk II
This old copy Of the Chieftain con.
tains 1 lengthy reprint from ths
Rocky Mountain News coneernine
the organization Of the Great
Plains Water Storage Co, which
was the pioneer in the irrigation
work in the lower Arkansas Val
| ley. The article reads in part -
follows:
"Visitors in the city from Lamar
and vicinity are enthusiasts IN
their praises of the large New YORK
syndicate which has undertaken 70
reclaim 100000 acres Of land tor the
Great Plains Company.
The engineering corps has located
fine natural reservoir sites with .
leombined capacity Of $4,000 acre
| feet Of water for q certainty Of stor'
| ing to irrigate 100000 acres OF land
Funds have been provided and the
materials have been ordered for Inn
mediate operations.
1T will require eight miles OF
ditch to convey the water to the re-
\ servoirs. The company has arrsng'
ed to utilize the first forty miles Of
the La Junta and Lamar canal and
| it win be necessary to build only
forty miles of canal to reach tho re
servoirs. The reservoirs are about
fifteen miles southwest Of Lamar.
One Of the reservoirs is sixteen miles
in circumference The Esnteman
says that measurements Of years
past show that the food waters In
the river are Ave times as great "a
can possibly be utilized in the five
reservoirs located by the Great
Plains company. Other parties are
looking over the country and It is
probable that the system Of storage
near Lamar win be adopted by new
companies higher up the river. The
Great Plains company may find it.
self in position to sell water to
other companies and q proposition
to take up land under the Carey
act is now under consideration. It
is estimated that water rights un.
der the reservoir will command $40
an acre. II will require an expen.
diture Of $4,000 to carry out the
plans Of the Great Plains company
and it Is claimed that every dollar
of tho amount required Is in sight.
-o
Mrs. Fred Brwnlee and little son,
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