Show THE SHE A thrifty colony to and hn broic alie amaia col boily of la nil tiie courtesy coar tesy of hon L J her rick places at the disposal of ana STAND ABI the following article which appeared in the alamona alamosa col dinue journal of nov 21 bt we will prove interesting to our readers week I 1 he much talked of fale ot the loncoa r owned by francis L and amma capers at capato zapato was completed F A and S S smith are the porch dEers the former is the of tle san juan colony of utah by the moving of tho southern atea from colorado into tho sin S in juan lands this colony is broken up and out and fore ed to seek new lands for several months a desirable location has been sought for of the many places isit ed esno compared the capato and afier a moet searching tion this vas selected as the one pos the greatest number of addan here are of aaren of tillable til labe land a rich soil of timber near at baad running water a and large residence commodious buildings barns stock sheds and corrals and several hundred acres under cultivation the sale includes 14 fo acres of deeded land a leace of aires of state land all under fence and the water rights and privileges b londing thereto buch is the jiro perty of the emma ranch though by that came no more for this fine estate the sum ot as paid a very low figure lor all that ia em bra ed in the sala of the acreage that lias been cultivated there are ne irly acres of alfalfa one and two years old not a finer stand can ba found in the valey ot the aade aw three cuttings are abt dined during the boason of one and a half to two tons per aero tere are acres of choice meadow and acres that have been used for grain and cardan back of the ranch toward the aid side is large scope of grazing land on the capato and bracca creeks that is controlled by the ranch proper the location on tue caster cde of the ajl ley with a estera and southern exposure and he mountains lor a background make it a moil desir ablo tec lioa tor raising ot the state land which ia all well enclosed by good lancea though it has hitherto been used biily tor gitzing purposes tho larger portion is rich land that will bield crops of ibrain to cultivate un land can b had at an encoe der ibe cost hy the building ul t axe ef within two yeara ahn will probably he done and BO bloing desirable a laika clouy cn be te anred early in tha of 00 forty or fitly fa alies will loine lire from the sail juan io uniti toey are all tt practical and mcce baul farmers who understand irrigation and have maila a g od livelihood at their chosen calling better anen or a new country canart be found the improvements improve menti that have been made will aid in pro tooting the rapid anade oi the jc olony family will cultivate from 40 to 80 acres ahns the gravink reg aill be into fields of rain and garden the population and wealth of this corner ot COB ilia county will be increased and an era of 89 ard advance ment the gummer and nany ra will follow alie ariit the col my and the forty or fifty faini liei will be largely multiplied before 91 from a brief with flammond tte inton naion waa obtained II 11 is io be the moving spirit ami ch ef pro inetor of the colony his plans are broad find comprehensive being a man of sound business judgment leen ability and thoroughly c n versant with the needs aad re for the in band it can te alered hla nanae ement and direction this portion of clatilla Co atilla is to enjoy a firming boom it will be a boom in the best sense of tho term not a aad wild laca to list for a and to ba followed by a re ac tian that will prove disastrous but oae that will a bacura and solid foundation of worth and merit each year will mark a of and there will be no betro retro aradine Kr adine As the details of the cf the colony are determined they will be noted in these columns one of tha farat things to be done will be the providing of water for irrigation for all the and to bj cultivated the system of storage re rio irB will bo taken in land as eoon as poe siM and will project beneral interest and value here is a magnificent e tate its development signifies much for the alley |