LITTLE SNAKE RIVER VALLEY. 



THE LITTLE SNAKE RIVER VALLEY, in Routt County, Col- 

 orado, is the magnet which is attracting the attention of farmers 

 throughout the country, as well as all others who are interested in 

 securing a good irrigated farm at a cheap price. 



Fifty thousand acres of what is described as "The Best Land in the 

 New Empire " are to be opened by the State of Colorado under the Carey 

 act this summer. A large canal, sixty-five miles long, with a big reservoir, 

 is being built by the Routt County Development Company. 814 Seven- 

 teenth Street, Denver, Colorado, to irrigate the land, the price of land and 

 perpetual water rights being fixed by the State at $25.50 per acre. 



Preliminary contracts, insuring the holders the choice selection in the 

 tract, can be obtained by a deposit of $5.00 per acre in either the Inter- 

 national or Continental Trust Company in Denver. This deposit draws 

 interest at 3 per cent, until the tract is thrown open. If the depositor is 

 not satisfied with the selection of land he is able* to make under his option, 

 his deposit is returned with interest. This relieves the settler of the neces- 

 sity of examining the land until the time comes for definite selection. 



The Little Snake River Valley is in the center of the greatest stock- 

 raising and stock-feeding country in the West, and the Moffat Road and 

 the Union Pacific are both building into the valley. The tributary coun- 

 try is very rich in mineral. Extensive coal fields, which will attract thou- 

 sands of people, lie north and south of the valley. 



Under the Carey act, one person can select 160 acres, or a legal sub- 

 division — 40. 80 or 120 acres. This right can be exercised, even if a 

 person has exhausted his homestead, timber and stone, or other govern- 

 ment land rights. 



One-eighth of the land must be reclaimed within three years or less 

 from the time the canal is completed. The State then gives the settler a 

 patent to the land. The settler owns a proportionate interest in the canal 

 system. When 90 per cent, of the water rights are sold, the canal system 

 is turned over to the settlers as their property. 



Work on the canal was started last year, and will be resumed on 

 the extensive scale May ist. Many preliminary water-right contracts are 

 being sold to farmers with teams, etc., who will go into the valley and 

 work on the canal, examining the land at their leisure, so they will be 

 ready to make their selection when the land is thrown open. 



All water-right payments will remain in escrow until the canal is 

 completed. 



The Little Snake River Valley is very fertile, as is shown by the 

 products of the farmers under small ditches in the valley. 



