The Weekly Gazette from Colorado Springs, Colorado • Page 8

7 1 rt v. 'V 1 i' a JcJpOwSfcOly "JfSllftJ '-Sar-V'IVidai i JBU wed an. if 'j suci as' he ebuid be carriea-f GKHIS-: bus a'as iilwaa con- Crom- sx qo VERSJS Grande a- heavy We returned shrouea I Utah, are aem 6onswuctec varioua Mr. R. W.

Tansill Relates Whitf Hie Has AccompHsaca Throagh Irrigation During His Lute Visit to New Mox'co and the Pacific Coast. A representative of THE' met Xr. 51. W. Tansil 1 as Tae Antlers last ip whom he relate, some of his observations on his late Visit to Kew Xexico and the Paeric coast in the interview: "Xr.

Tansii.1, as I learn that you have just'returned from the PaeiSo coast may, I as the -object of your trk li had a double purpose in visiting the spring; nrst, see how southern California woul agree with my wife and myself, and seeonc, -x notice tae development produced by irrigation." "Was your trip "Per so. Before starring for California we spent several weeks at 3dtiy, N. 2C as you know, is our new town ioi the Pecos va.ley and as so much capital lias gone from this e'ty into valley in developing its vjoneerful resources I will tel 1 you about that, country later. Su.Mce to say that We enjoyed pur stay there very much. The were a -jrh'e warm, the thermoraelpr reaching during'the heat of the day, but tlie nights were cool and deiiffhtfu'.

'Jrom the Pccos vaTey we went direct to Ariz. Pnicnix is tae heat tors of tneSalt Hiver Valley enterprise, where they already have C(V 000 acres under They have about LO.OOO-acres suiter, to vie cul tiva- tion of oranges and whi.e rigs promise to a very jroitabie.crop witli tiem. Pluimix is a pretty little western town, 'having a population of about 0000, an e'ovation 1200 feet above the, sea. Arizona is the lightest any part of the, Mnited States, so the air is very light anc dry with plenty sunshine." "And you may think it; is strange, but, season in that val'ey is nearly a ear.ier tian southern Pirenix we went to Riverside, Riverside is situated in is eoncei'ed to be the driest orange 1 rict of California. It is ''nit a ew years ago that the lane: about Riverside was but lirit.e more productive tlian the of Colorado.

But, through the of irrigation anc the hitjj.est state of cul that -and is to-day worth jfrom to per acre, according 'to 4 situation anc cone ition of the orange pfcharcs, and wi" pay good interest on khose rigures. Xo one visit soutaern Ca.ifornia without stopping at Riverside. A drive through a die i i wiia Co.orac» auc for tne farmer or en; eon, but wjon eoasicera now prevailing for lands conoled wk'i 6 farmer or nre OT "ijk rtraixr a 38Tfe: i i "i r- i- OLGV tJO i tv iss tirctw 9fwu feo i ww eon, but! when lone-" 8 1 rounc aey the sbrt w'aere. combed wha rices- fo Sico.i^. that Mexico vestor, through the means of superior to any other section of the "Now please tel 1 us your experiesce in.

ground. Caey aurriec tJe was. lying and found him in. a helpless eondi-JoB, and on a hie TO 'mu'mb a Cromwell man was ecos. va.

"5Cy attention was tarectet. taa Va.ley threft years ago. I docited'to gp see for myseIf what were ita lions and possibilities. 0 an e.evation to per year. dry and anc sta tor cl iniate jcnown for.tjose pulmonary and kindred diseases." is the.Pecos valj "It lies- in the New Xexico.

3Tere the Kte a.SpenSeer,- pf aram.had se 5 in; anci'a serioos Vvss. A i Grcwa "AAM a cut c.ose uncer life 1 loas a wiie live ehil- and came; from At wood, fouc 'esay-. of ac vantage Wood eii Blackman Science rJ an headquarters i Bland jxsycaoiogy; stftdy Gardner and-b Scott ConneL B.and ror C-. lanw.ie* Kextcd, structec, one o.the' and eys- cic 1 ems reservoirs aotl canals. 3ve anc: this countn-.

T.iis is 3QQ 'miles Wanderers at Denver ias aeen Cfu laisioess isen. are avenue alone, to say no-hinjj of the orange will richly repay one for the time spent. 1 Irliverside we went Angeles, with which we greatly It semned ae 'cleanest. city of its size, owing to its freedom from smoke, we visited, waile its possession of lii and ain azords a sp endk" ppporxunity tor landscape, of woich they h'ave taken ac vantage; "this together with its semi-tropic foliage makes it a ju.ty of homes. "Pasacenav pine miies, where the Haymonde have their hotel, is a most charming sjburh.

We next visitec Coronado Beach, across tine oay from San Diego, stopp.n at del Coronac one of California's famous hotels. A Coronac Ueaca -oossesses one of the most'er el inmates in the country is a with tourists. Tae great sweet- water reservoir in San Diego comny, one t-Te largest and most expensive in the country, may he visited fro'm this point yy rail, mailing a pleasant excursion of a few aours. From Coronado we went to Santa 3arlara by rail, altlaough many prefer jnaking the 1 by stetstftor, as it is a lovely sail of about two hundred miles up the coast. Santa Barbara boasts of having one of the dnest cli- mv.es in southern California.

The city. is situatec on ground s. oping towarc the sea extending to the mountains, dis- te a few miles west, while another spur mountains extend into the Pacinc on the 'north, "laus protecting' it 'from t.Jia-s quarter and a combination of mountain, valley anc sea, which for is seldom equalled. The old Mission still in use, establ ithed here as oentury, is, I in tpe best state preservation of any in the, state. Icere too, thanks to irrigation and tie mission a tliers, may lie seen a grape vine the branches of which ccver an acre, aud from which a crop of ten thousand 1 pounds lof grapes has jsen gatherei in a single season eight ppunds is tie yieid.

It is needless to say that 'his is the larges- grape vine in tae worlc, famous vine aTl-Iampvon ,1101 excepted. Next to oranges, the raisin grape is one pi California's most profitable crors. Prosno City, In center of Sao va.ley, presents a example of what may be acc6mplishfed under the rnajic touchi irrgation. la a colony of Belled, there anc l.aic. out izi small vineyards for the purpose ma.nly lof tfae musea-; or loay, on the is in more of.

areacjj structed. The main twenty on. the cottom an from rive to seven feet ot water, acres of tie richest lands in tae: world will be reclaimed are rapidly settled up and improved. There has been expended in this valley over and at wil be expended within the cext year. "Docs t.iis company own these lands?" "Xo; it is not the purpose of this company to box.

lands. Three years they were al. land's, but a portion of them have since been: ea- tered. Tliere are aowever; aboUitx acres under these canals to entry uncer the aomesteac and desert land '-V "Whai are. deec ed -ands under canas worth .1 inelucing a perjetf ual water subject to ah aanuaL rental-of- but 01.25per acre, dan bd purc-iased at frdm" '815- to $25 per making taem the lowest priced irrigated in the H6nce.

the most desirable for farmers of moderate, means, nut these prices advance soon." ''What do these, produce "Bverything thai can be grown wliere in tie Tnitcd States oranges, lemons and on the 1 SaturdaVi The down Caste.lo gulch -and caused damage to the wor.cwoteeviCfiift. men wild George ive feet in' a ver to any Schwanbeck, a visitor in the city Saturday, has lived" on the Divice enty-one jeare bn- je states tl -HSV mdtn sers, leas', nesft s'tf'-we aftVa men jo "oar L-: eny: in 30 pei-ceat-. -or" -J, were llfisses and insurance the ers nes.Sunc-ay morniag a meeting' of Jf the association was aeld anc. a call -was to 3ev. G.

Len 1o 'hecpme-. the minister, "whica 3Cell eo! accepxed. Tae salary of tie minister; w-asnxed at 82.000 per yetr, one is to jae paid tae Am- associatioh. if not Tae- Antl.er8j and his sememe, for keepitt-sf tiae ifamous hotel in the of tae 'puslic is a Guests ubon' so-j-ica- ttop. can have a ebpy whiehl irill ibe f6und very useful and convenient action bf semi-tropstca, "Where faroaera a market their crops?" "A raLroad l-ias been buil" into valley frpmj Pecos, on.

rje PaoHe railroad to nine5y giving it 'corolmunica'iioh wivh the outside Xew the many sides "ha: W. S.Parkereon.-laehero.pf.'ip.e 'v Orleana-ljCaia. troubles, came over "frost Xani-xni; to tais city 'Tuesday witli his sistek--in- law, i caano ver were visitors on Suncay last, by a 'tiarty oi Omaa a resi- Both gentie'inen are fbrttter Sicwell, who was head 0118 Daci of- fergers of. in wins Who served -erm of some ais tae. sapped a.

few Pecos -rngation E.C; hbte-t'began a series hopsWedaescay-evenicg ant; donee, D. DurgJix, It wiS. have charge bf -io n- innej Fairall is 80, cooling 7 VK, i 4 ry.l;^..^^,aiJj(*Qia|- on txi'Sa i -aad.