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CONSERVATION 



The near-by mining regions furnish 

 an excellent market for everything that 

 can be grown in the valley, but so great 

 is the demand for fruit produced here 

 that frequently Chicago buyers take the 

 entire supply, making it impossible to 

 get Uncompahgre fruit in Denver or 

 other local cities. 



This valley offers a golden oppor- 

 tunity to the man who desires to make 

 his home on the soil. To be sure, but 

 little Government land remains subject 

 to homestead entry, but many of the 

 early settlers took up farms containing 

 more land than they can obtain water 

 for under the Reclamation Act. These 

 excess lands can be purchased at prices 

 ranging from $25 to $100 per acre. 



The valley contains 20,000 people, 

 and has three good towns, Delta, Mont- 

 rose, and Olathe. There is room for 

 many enterprises, including a sugar- 

 beet factory, flour mills, alfalfa-meal 

 mills, brick factories, cold-storage 

 plants, fruit-box factories, canning fac- 



tories, evaporators, etc. Professional 

 and business men will find good open- 

 ings here, also. It is an ideal spot for 

 the sportsman, as bear, elk, deer, and 

 grouse are plentiful in the foothills and 

 surrounding mountains, and the moun- 

 tain lakes and streams afford excellent 

 fishing. 



In the elaborate preparations which 

 are being made for the celebration the 

 citizens of Colorado will proudly dis- 

 play the products of mountain and val- 

 ley. There will be parades, speeches, 

 much handshaking and cheering, and 

 everybody will be happy ; but some- 

 where in the throng, in dignified si- 

 lence, Chipeta, the favorite squaw of 

 old Chief Ouray, will walk alone, a 

 vivid reminder of what has been ac- 

 complished in one generation, the turn- 

 ing of the hunting-ground of a nomad 

 tribe to a highly developed region where 

 flourishes the highest type of modern 

 civilization. 





Hennlgcr Flats Nursery, San Gabriel Forest Reserve 





