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Show OIU'll AKI CKI.KHRATIOV. Wednesday at Grand Jtiuction, Colorado, Colo-rado, was a day of general celebration jmrticipntod iu by the people of that and neighboring counties and by dignitaries dig-nitaries connected with tho administration, adminis-tration, of public Hiiairs in the Cen-teouiul Cen-teouiul slate. The day has boon named "Peach Day" and we presume it vvas so christened in honor of the fine quality quali-ty nf that sort of fruit grown in t'.:at section. It is reported that in tho exhibit ex-hibit of that fruit some of tho finest ' varieties were shown of good size and Uai;ty aud of the richest llavor. It soeiita that eel laiu sections of Colorado have adopted this uunUo idea of the He ting aside of a cerlaiu day of the ye tr ou vvhicn to make a show of the products which ttio locality produces bed. A placo called llocky l ord in that stato has a watermelon day.asthuy car. produce watermelons superior to an.' other locality in the west. Theso flajs are made holidays and all the people peo-ple gather from far aud near to feast and have good cheer to t.peak a word of encouragement to each other, and go to their homes with new courage and their hopes and ambitions strengthened. strength-ened. These occasions are usually attended at-tended with interesting ceremonies, and a;e mado enjoyable to ail. We belisve tho idea is a good one; the graving of crops beat adapted to the soil is encouraged; and by the. meeting together of tho people and their interchange inter-change of experiences much gaud must result. Hut the thought thrt Grand Junction should have a day net apart to ooiu-luemoriUe ooiu-luemoriUe its fruit-growing pos-ibililius pos-ibililius iuspircs ihe recollec-,ioa recollec-,ioa that certainly not more than ten years ago, there was only a desert where a city, thriving aud prosperous, now stands. There Were no farms, no orchards, no happy and contented peo- TiIm liv'imr in eito :i irl it 0 i. loo.,, 1 1- ic i on of the thoughts suggested, that ihn west, what was once ru'arded as a sterile, inhospitable, ungenerous region hat would never respond to the touch id industry, is after all section of almost al-most matchless possibilities. A'ltl that, too suggests the other thought that its trj.ition today is due entirely to irrigation irriga-tion that water hm been fed to the tiorsty soil, making it give forth its luscious fruits and gulden grains. It has been demonstrated there that t:io Jand and climate are icott favorable to the C -'tiva!iou of fuch crops aud with the clo;e proi.inity of the mining camp, a food home market is assured. Vi hat experience has proven iu Colorado t;t.s been as cou-clusively cou-clusively Ut.-iiio nitrated in Utah. We hav.j iu this territory the name advantages and can produce the samo resnUs. Perhaps there is not a great deal to boast of in ot.r present productions produc-tions in that li tj e. but we have here the tic.iv si,.ry tleoitiits to make us the successful suc-cessful rivals of even California in the Rowing of most varieties of fruits. To acliievo prestige in tbat direction would not require sd much liine as it would duuaud courage. We think most of our present orchards should be destroyed des-troyed made into tin wood. There is a need for a better vaiicty of fruils and a more intelligent cultivation than tins heretofore been practiced. It has been the custom to Slnnt tno orc.iards and thereafter to lot them care for them selves. This- i rot the ruie which makes str-h a branch of farming profitable pro-fitable elsewhere, and wheu our people are made to realize that orchards need the same care sod cultivation that a crop of potatoes does, then they will ' reap the results that the industry is! -ady to give them. j |