Land of Opportunity and land company debates in San Luis valley
Newspaper reps tour the San Luis valley conclude their inspections praising the valley's land and noting the Denver News and Denver Times legible dissent. The Denver Republican editor Lute H. Johnson lauds land reforms, claims settlers will gain value and prosperity, and rebuts Monte Vista critics who push for regional favoritism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Luis Valley
Rocky Mountain News
Denver Times
Denver News
Thomases
Denver Republican
Lute H. Johnson
Colorado
Monte Vista
Denver News and Times
Monte
Keating
Valley lands news row handles misstatements
Public sentiment in the San Luis Valley reacts to Denver News and Times coverage. The papers admit that several reports on valley land companies were inadvisable, misleading, and untrue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Luis Valley
Denver News and Times
Has Never Missed a Crop in La Jara Area
John Westbrook, long-time settler east of La Jara, recalls a 1885 homestead journey to Del Norte and early drought hardships. He notes abundant current irrigation with artesian wells and ditches, optimistic about soil and crops. Westbrook grows 20 acres of alfalfa, plus promising wheat and oats. last year is cited at about 60 bushels per acre. Dr Davis of Alamosa will visit La Jara Thursdays at Hamilton's drug store.
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John Westbrook
la Jara
del Norte
Westbrook
San Luis Valley
Dr. Davis
Alamosa
Hamilton
Valley Fighters Promise Reform After Land Company War
The group pledges to cease discrediting the valley and to alter their tactics against land companies that refused advertising in their columns. They vow to avoid future reflections while continuing their stance.
Exuberant Account Of Abner Black Ranching Plenty
In a vivid profile, Abner Black is described as a well situated rancher near town with a half section of land adjoining the Harvey ranch. He hauls hay, pastures 60 to 100 horses, thrashes 2000 bushels of grain, stores oats and bald barley, sows peas and barley, raises white Langshan chickens, and routinely gathers many eggs daily while planning a future home in town.
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Abner Black
Harvey
Mr. Black
Monte Vista
Black
Black Ranch
Langshan
Alamosa Fair
New Industry stir as Onstatt brings horses and cattalo herd
Frank Onstatt of Garden City Kansas arrives with about 20 horses and 62 head of Persian sheep. Draft horses sold to San Luis Valley Irrigation Land and Power Co for Terrace reservoir work. He plans another shipment from his Arizona New Mexico line ranch. He and wife relocate to a rented Watson house for now. Nearby, homesteader Geo. T. Hamil plants beans and onions, selling 500 pounds of beans to La Jara stores and storing 1,000 pounds for planting. He targets 20 acres and gauges the Alamosa reservoir project nearby.
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Frank Onstatt
Garden City
Kansas
San Luis Valley Irrigation, Land and Power Co
Terrace Reservoir
Onstatt
Arizona- New Mexico
Buffalo Jones
Geo. T. Hamil
Douglas Bernard’s
la Jara
Hamil
Alamosa
Weston praises walking trend and Allen's Foot-Ease
Weston, Ocean to Ocean Walker, urges walking as a coping method and notes rising community walking rates. He attributes the trend to Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder baked into shoes, claiming it offers comfort and real merit.
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Allen
Weston
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THE
Land OF
Opportunity
Mr. Johnson
San Luis
Baca
Denver Post
Lar
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Kavalec
G. G. Oliver's
Charles
B.S. Reynolds
New Mexico
Howard
Monte 40
Murphy-Newcomb Hardware Co
M.E
Bowen
the Home Lumber, Coal and Grain Company
Canon City Coal
Oakdale
Maitland
Hardware Company
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