Show HARDSHIPS OF O PIONEERS I IA A of the tho obstacles es placed in the tha way of or those th who endeavor deavor e to t open up a new nw section ol of o country and build homes for tor their families tamme the tha un unfortunate unfortunate Unfortunate fortunate plight of a number of ot settlers who located Jo ted at Gainesville Caine in ln this state may be mentioned These Theao men had a little irrigation system by means means of at I which they thoy brought their farms farm under I cultivation The severe storms of last I year destroyed the irrIgation canal and i this season the needed water is tot not LO available They cannot rebuild the canal because the hillside has baa been swept bare of ef soil nd lett the rock ex cx exposed exposed posed In order to construct irrigation works of a substantial nature Jt it would be necessary n to blast the solid rock of o othe the hilt hill and then cement the tha crevices The settlers cannot raise raille the m lUcy and needs must give up their little hold holdings holdIngs ings and seek new homes It is learned from the Richfield Reaper that six of them have secured farms lanns on the Mans Mansfield MansfIeld Mansfield field ranch near Teasdale through tha efforts of at the church authorities for tor which they wilt will pay In tho th course of ot time Of Ot the other families two have moved to Grover and two still remain at Gainesville with no prospect of raising raisins a crop It Is celd that Colorado capitalists V with an eye to the main chance regard regardless regardless less of the needs and ot o a others are buying up these lands at Gainesville and being possessed of mondy mon y enough to rebuild the tha irrigation anal will reap a rich reward The amount of ot improvements waa was not taken Into consideration and the sums paid ridiculously small Bishop Hanks was one of the distressed settlers Ho He owned a farm with orchard houses stables and barn and was forced to give It up to the Grand Junc June Junction tion speculators at per acre be because cause they would not purchase the land landof of the other settlers at any price unless they could get possession of at this fine tract So the bishop sacrificed his hold holdings holdIngs ings for the common good People who dwell in the cities and have no idea of the amount of ot the toll toil required the hardships and privations to be ba endured by the urcy pioneers in their efforts to make the he desert smile The first generation In a anew anew anew new country rarely reaps the of honest endeavor It is ls the ones who me Ime I later who are enabled to enjoy to the fullest extent Too much praise cannot be bestowed upon the and women who have blazed he trail for those who come after ater thorn The ten families who met with dis disaster disaster aster at Gainesville have the sympathy of the tho people of the entire state The adverse winds will not always alway blow nor the storms break upon their devoted heads h ads Being made of the right ri ht kind ul o lI stuff they will seek out other and build their homes anew The true I pioneer never becomes disheartened |