Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1890 — GRAND JUNCTION, COLO. [ARTICLE]

GRAND JUNCTION, COLO.

end Affirming Kl« Previom Btot»iwti About This Remarkable t-ruit and Apteultaiwl BecAen, lie General Climate agwl Heaithfelaeee—An Invitation to Send tor Deior ptton and Pardomfiars, ana a Good Suggestion far Metbod of Kxaini nation. Qrazd J unction. Cola,. Mereh 10,1890. Editor Orange Judd Farmer: Since writing my letter of Jan 31. from Grand Valley, many letters of Inquiry have been sent by your readers to the Grand Junction .Boartl ot Tiede. asking whether the statements therein set forth were reliable. I now wish to reiterate every statement made in my former letter, the main points being that Grand Junction Valley, Colo., has an all-year-round climate unsurpussed in the world; that it has no extremes of heat or cold, no cyclones or blizzards, very to w cloudy days, nearly perpetual sunshine: is especially adapted ior those suffering Horn pulmonary trouble, and for invalids oi all classes; Is one ot the finest fruit producing valleys ot the world, and offers agrand opportunities for invalids with a small capital to make an easy and safe competence in raising fruit; that ten acres of land set out in fruit will yield more net oash per year than the average 30U-aore farm of the Western btates. and that, too, with less than one-tenth of the oapual or labor. In my last I spoke principally of fruit raising. Now I wish to calinttention to the fact that vegetables of a l kinds yield übundanUy. and that while .he trait trees are growing sufficient veeota les and small fruits can te raised between .ne fruit trees to more than cay all expenses ot taking care ot an orchard. A large cannery will be built In Grand Junction, ready lor next aunmer's crop of vegetables, and the ; mountain towns of adjacent mining sections furnish ample markets at good profits. Sweet potatoes of a line quality gro-w abundantly In the sttndy land, and sell readily in the adjoining towns at from one dollar and fifty cents to two dollars per bushel. I think that if the people who cent template a change would pool together and send out small committees from amoag their number to look over the ad van tares offered by this favored locality, it would speedily result In turning what is now practically a desert into on's of the most famous fruit valleys of the world. The Grand Junet'on Board of Trade have recently issued a circular that covers nearly all the points of interest here, and their becretary will gladly send a free eopy to any one feeling sufficient interest to write for it . 3 W. W. P.