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Show COLORADO'S GOOD LUOK. When Now York had its famous blizzard bliz-zard in 1SS8 a visitation that cost tho life of Roscoo Conkling it was looked upon as an unmitigated evil. Only tho other day a similar blizzard put Denver neck-deep in snow. Naturally the eastern east-ern peoplo extended their sympathy to Denver in Colorado, but if they will take the troublo to glance over somo recent issues of tho Denver papers they will noto with surprise that Colorado is crowing loudly becauso of tho storm. In headlines red, wido nnd docp, one newspaper news-paper declares that tho storm has givon Colorado enough water to irrigato 9,000,000 acres next season. A few more snow stormB will fill every ev-ery roaervotr in Colorado to overflowing. overflow-ing. Thoso who depend upon tho surplus sur-plus wators for irrigation soo a golden yoar ahead. For sovoral seasons some of the projects which dopond upon tho surplus supply havo practically been without water, nnd as a result Denver and Colorado have been eubjectod to hard times. The gTeafc storm, therefore, whilo it has brought somo acuto privation in tho citios of Colorado, will prove a great boon for tho elate, and when the eastern east-ern peoplo understand tho situation they will not wondor that tho sounds of jubilation aro wafted on the wings of the blizzard from tho Rockies ' clear down to the Atlantic. |