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Show K A Few Impressions. H 1 recently had ilio prlvledgo ot look- H Ini; over considerable land in the Arlc- H nnsaa vnlloy, in Colorado nml it ia n lino ficdion. It hns Iouk lieeit noted ns n j producorofiino fruit mid mclomj mid H wchopo to eco the tlmo when it will bo- H omo us noted for rich sugar boots . Thoy certainly have the Innd mid climate nnd only need intelllgontatid systematic E work on the part of tlio formers. The I splendid crops tlnit nro raised nro proof M of tlio productiveness o( tlio land, as I much of it is not farmed hut simply ' 'scratched over". Corn Imid is listed nnd not plowed and the- middle of the row gets plowed every other year It is I ngreut alfalfa district, especially in .the I west end whoro tlio fanners llnd a ready I nnirltet for their hny in I'aoblo. Thisl U spiing tliey liavii received as lilh as I I from :f7 to UO a ton fov it but tlio pi ice M has been higher than usual. Many I farmers nro loatho to give up this crop to grow HJirar beets. Near tlio city ol Pinblo nro in.iny Italians v, ho nro engaged en-gaged in market gardening. Tlioy are very industrious, even tho women and children assisting In the work. They sometimes make as higli as $250 Irjm nu ncrc of giiideu truck. They uso a curious system of inigating. Instead of making rows as we do, they thiow up ridges a few raids apart aud II od f. the open spaces. Tina would never do ' jf the laud was noi u lLjht sandy loVffi . Tuere U no land ,(hure that will bake but I fear it will blow away if we have much wind Air; A. K. Aulereon was here last ve looking ojr tlu bsel l.ni 1 l" i'uubio county, lie u Joing u great deal of truveliu in tin vallsy and saya if lie etays until fall Ua will kiio.v more people peo-ple than any man in the valley. lloth . the farmers and factory people eeeni to like him. Mr. Hyium Timothy is now loiated ut Lamar in tlio east end of the valley and will likely have charge of that district. dis-trict. Tlio people in that vicinity are taking hold o( the industry in good shape ' , and Mr. Timothy expects to show aome flW"P'iiiaiiy stories of tho poor, downtroden women of Utah but I have not yet seen them working out in tho llcldi ns 1 see them litre almost every day. lint the i -' ottt.door work seems to ngree with them ' for they appear to bo strong ami healthy. Moslof there women uie Italians ai.d ( ', "' Mexicans. In this section can be seon many te-.'; te-.'; maindorsof Spanish or Moxirau oo $ cupations. llutashoit distance fioln ; this aity can bo soon an oxnmple of '" -jshfl'' what this city would ho worn It not for " , tlicpiogreeaivotoucliof the Anglo-Saxon 1 ' race. This is a little Mexionn villus with long, low roofed nilobe Jiousej, in liltlo chinch, its numerous dogs hist as 1 existed hem half a century ago, no changes, no progress. On tho bluil above them towers tlio many building jj ' and tall smoVo stacks ot u large smelter ' And steel works whose dome clouds of smoke aro perpetually Mining heaven- I word, and whoso walls are constnntl) lingiug.wtili tho mighty anlhtm ot "! censcletb industry. This u u stunm ob- ; jtct lesson in the difference of me races, j. Many lmprovoinentii tire being made !nt the llesseiiitiu steel wot ks ami when completed, will bo by far tho largesi in the west and will employ 6,000 men. "w I Intend visiting them when Igei nnop- , , pgrtunity and may wiite a brief ins cription of them. |