The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-02-18
A PROSPEROUS TOWN,
A Correspondent Gives a Descrip'
ton of DeSeret.
Its Advantages Described-Some Facts Abou
Irrigation-Efects Of the Extension
Of the Railroad.

Aauu duu Wdtof 10TH the p2Sl8 OF 1QQ6-
pendence, of comfortable homes in Utah,
and there are hundreds of families in our
prosperous territory eking out their ex-
istence, with no prospect Of improving
their condition while located upon land
which they do not own and for which they
are continually paying rent. Others still
there are, who own small plats Of ground,
that through the advance in prices,
have become valuable, upon which the
owners are paying high taxes and deriving
but little profit. Many can now look back
and feel that some friend would be justified
in kicking them for their ''hind sighted
ness" IN not securing more land and water
when it could have been secured by simply
taking. The growth and development of
this lnter-mountaln region will rapidly alb
sorb the small surplus of arabic land with
available water, and send prices skyward.
1t would seem that those situated as
above described would do well to secure,
while the opportunity affords, sufficient
| land and water at least for homes To
those who desire TO become independent
and prosperous, Deseret is the best, if not
the only place in Utah, where those pri-
mary elements of wealth-land and water
can be obtained at low figures. Here we
have about one thousand population, with
ample facilities for 10000, if the land
already taken were even moderately well
| titled.
Heretofore there has been decided ten
dency on the part of many to monopolize
the water, but general desire to part
with portion OF their expensive holdings
has been forced upon them by heavy as
sessments and the fact that men holding
ten shares of water have irrigated fully
as much land as those owning from one to
! two hundred shares
Perhaps no place in Utah has been so
perslstently damned as the Sewer river at
this place. We have been damming for
thirty years until it has become kind of
monomania and is catching. At least the
Deseret and Salt Lake Agricultural and
Manufacturing company-principally of
Salt Lake city-seeing a good open
ing for investment, Joined our local
irrigation company, and under the
supervision of the champion dam builder of
Salt Lake county, MIR. Charles D. Haun,
an S., 900 structure Of timber and Stag has
been placed in the Sewer river about six
miles above here, and it's there to stay
MIR. Haun has put in five dams in the Jor-
dan river and will warrant this one. Thus
are our water difficulties practically ended.
Deseret Is centrally located in Pahvant
valley, Mlllard county, and has the boss
climate Of Utah-hence Of the world
While the residents of our sister settle
ments near the mountains are "slushing'
around in snow and mud, we are enjoy
ing bare ground and dry roads. The
Sewer river brings US the blessings OF
heavy SHOWS with but few of its discom
forts. The Union Pacific railroad runs
through hare, connecting US with "clvlliza
tion.h The extension of the railway tc
Phoebe will afford US an excellent market
for all surplus products. Nearly all the
supplies for Osceola Taylor, Ely and Snake
Valley come by the Union Pacific to this
point, thence overland. There are two
pretty good passes through the granite
range, about thirty-five miles west; the
Antelope pass, via Antelope Springs, ant
Margum's pass, about ten miles to the
south. A little union and push on the par
OF the Union Pacific and residents here
could make OF Deseret an important out
, fitting point for western Utah ant
eastern Nevada. On the east oil
, US we have our ambitious neighbol
Oasis; to the northwest, abou,
! nine miles, Zarahemla, the headquarters O.
the aforesaid Deseret and Salt Lake Aeri
cultural and Manufacturing company, witt
full township under their canal To tn,
, west about twelve miles we have Lake
, town-the scene of the present and futur
, operations of Messrs. Hyde, Jensen an,
, Whitmore, of Nephi, and Messrs Davit
Crofts and sons, who have between twenty
uV6 anu thirty square miles OF natUra
{ lakes, which they are utilizing for reser
. voirs, and from which they can draw from
/ four to six feet of 'live'' water, witt
/. thousands of acres of good land. Som
FIVE or six miles south Of Laketown is th
/ prospective city Of Swanville, wit
t even . larger area of 'liven water
t stored away in Swan Lake, and with a,
9 abundance Of the choicest land in Utah
This property is principally owned by som
: Of Salt Lake City's bankers and othe,
n wealthy mon, who, tits said, intend to max
d things "hum" at Swanville in the near fu
ture. An exodus from Fillmore to Swan
vile is being discussed. They are wakin
up over at Fillmore to the situation an
will follow up the county seat.
1t requires no "peep-stone'' to sec Ion
avenues Of shade trees stretching out O.
all sides, and our vast plain, now princ
8 pally covered with greasewood, an undu
lating sea of grain and lucerne; pleasan
and happy homes on every hand, with
string of ranches following the river bo
tom from here to Laketown.
The residents areas industrious, peace
able and honest as any community on th
d earth, and will extend hearty welcome
# any that will come to assist in the labor {
a transformation. 1t is no place for dude
:. and swells. Practical, hard-workint
= enterprising citizens are the kind needed
and they will succeed. To those, we ga
IS come on; there's plenty of land, water an
: climate. A. GREAsEwoopER.