Show all it R ES 1 ENCE MUDDY RIVER emery co EDITOR for sonic some time past ray iny mind has bas been impressed with the thought that a allty duty I 1 owe to many of your townsmen and readers of y your our interesting te paper is i to set before then them in an all authentic manner a brief account of the recent calamity that occurred at this place my object in addressing your columns is to set before the people tile tho present condi condition tio nand n and future prospects of 0 our ur little colony who are endeavoring through industry and an d persever anceto establish es homes in this isolated laterre region 0 conand and when I 1 have concluded my por correspondence I 1 think that all will acree agree with tile me that our supposed loss jos s is a blessin blessing 0 in disguise there has been a townsite kaied out this about two years since since an all irrig irrigation aaion company was ns organized v to locate and work a lar large lare e canal to convey water from froin the muddy river to the proposed townsite in order to carry out this project broj act it was found that a canal must be made a distance of four miles 1240 feet of which would necessarily have to lie be tunneled before any water even for culinary purposes could be brought brough upon 11 our land pur little company undaunted by tilis ponder lell ia will arl nery ey soon we ratified gratified and encouraged by witnessing our ranks rapidly swelling by people who came from regions far and near to seek homes and who soon became enthusiastic thusia at our bright prospects and invested their means in cap ital stock still the work progressed b and we rejoiced cod to see our task completed but alas how bow soon our hopes were to be blighted at the entrance to the tunnel was a large hollow or ravine down which largi large fr fresh ebbets ets often how flow during rainy seasons and over which we constructed a levee to coave convey y our waters to the tunnel be beyond yond in order to form an artificial lake aa e or pond in which the company intended to breed carp this then is where tile the disaster occurred to test tile the strength of the lc levee v ec the water was turned into the canal but the levee proved to be insufficient to bol hold ld the amount of water that the ditch was capacitated to carry and as a consequence was broken and washed away and wit 1 it the hopes ot many of its founders but here is where the blessin g in disguise comes in had this disaster not occurred till sometime in the future when tile the people had erected their houses and planted their crops our loss would have been a hundred fold greater than the one we have now sustained today to day we are based on oil a more and substantial foot ingin that we have completed the breech in our canal by continuing up tile ravine crossing n at a point where it is very shallow ow retreating down the other side and intersecting the tunnel at its source and thus completing our canal once more this time without A any levee and a proof i a against 12 our invading foo foe the fres freshet liet in future I 1 am ar ell lin saying that by th alie 0 I 1 sr next there will be water i iti M k 4 itkind 11 ll 11 et t ance upon our townsite estimated i that over sa 4 choice land can be b brought cultivation and accessible 6 ty y this canal i fr the original 0 capital Stoc koiT f lh e company was placed it at 1 2 I W today to day it far exceeds thatis tha nt capital stock can now be p burch re as ed by those desiring to rge it e ii 1 from the company with ass e s ss ments worked till tile the to those who w no desire to fita mab blish i f h homes for themselves yes we ite waffer 06 greater inducements than rm community in tile the bouli t 0 r future i future prospects are andee I 1 71 r i b g tp our resources and bacill t ies for fo founding 0 a growing 0 and d e air L pris i in ing city inexhaustible sav althin AV thin twelve miles of our to wils 14 1444 is an abunda abundance nee 0 of I 1 choice sa W li in ber where will be erected a sted 61 saw mill during the present 6 summer am m er fa this timber can be easily n p ched and will prove a formidable fictor to the growth and develop of 4 our community I 1 n c ail b tible F supplies of L firewood fire wool 1 and ia are within three miles of town which U 0 ri the settler can go ga u ir lucill by anyone and help him q there is also an excella 1 mar kit ket afforded for all the thoo duc t 6 9 WS baiso A wasa ft r cash ys 5 for exchange h n c r e I 1 rh brun dilating du lating country for r n auiles es anda miles alfords grazing ranga for our cattle and sheep tha is unexcelled though somewhat late we intend putting in crops of pota potatoes toas and corn as we consider that our climate will warrant var rant us in taking such a step and our water will be upon the land without fail at the above I 1 stated time I 1 those who are favorably disposed to settle in this region would do well to coal this fall or next spring purchase stock in the canal and locate to upon the land of their choice and grow with what is destined at no distant da day Y to become a thrift thrifty i r enterprising and persevering community jos SIMKINS Ns |