The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-05
Southern Utah Is Coming to the
Front.
EFFECTS OF FREE WOOL.
BUSINESS STIMULATED AND GROW.
ERS SHOULD BE BENEFITED.
Final CIeanup's at the Placer Mines
Oregon Lumber COmpany's
Plants Rebuiit-More Horn Silver
Concentrates-At the ComstOck
The Tax Gatherer-Advance in
Silver-NOtes.

Among the fair and conference visi-
Itors is Thomas Judd, of st. George, one
of the members of the firm of Wooley,
Lund & Judd. AS is always the case,
Mr.. Judd has a splendid exhibit of the
agricultural and manufactured pro-
ducts of the southern part of the terri
tory, known as Utah's Dixie" at the
territorial exposition and his depart
ment is attracting even more than the
usual attention from the throngs which
surge through the fair building. Oc-
cupying the place of honor in the eX-
hibit is handsome showing of cotton
! from the cotton belt of the territory
and manufactured articles from the
same fibre. These latter are the pro-
duct of the looms of the Washington
mills, operated under lease by Messrs.
Woolley, Lund & Judd, the latter gen.
tleman being the general manager.
These mills are giving employment to a
| large number of people and are of
vast benefit to the people of the
southern part of the territory. Their
product has already taken several
| prizes at territorial expositions and
| they are again in the arena on their
merits. Included in the exhibit made
by Mr.. judd for the people of the
south are raisins, the equal of the
California product, almonds, grapes.
fruits, wines and other productions of
the sunny south. These give some idea
of what the southern tier of counties
would do for the balance of the terri
tory and the commercial world at large
with railroad connections. The country
is not yet out of it's swaddling clothes,
figurativeIy speaking, and all for lack
of cheap and rapid transportation. The
resources of the south have never been
even partially developed. There is no
incentive under existing conditions. Its
possibilities are practically unlimited.
To a Herald reporter Mr.. Judd last
evening stated that for lack of cotton
the Washington mills have, until with
in the past few weeks. been idle since
early in the season, but with the har-
vesting of the cotton they have been
enabled to procure the necessary ma
terials and the mills are now
being operated to their full ca
pacity, with the result that
they are producing great quantities of
cotton and wooden goods, all of which
are finding ready sale in the southern
part of the territory by reason of their
excellence. Speaking of the cotton
yield for this year the gentleman stated
that 1t was practically an experiment
in certain sections and not over 200
acres were planted of the valuable crop,
but the coming season would witness a
great increase in the acreage. The crop
this year has been very heavy and the
mills will be enabled to continue opera
lions for at least nine months with the
stock on hand.
Throughout the south the people are
feeling greatly encouraged over the
outlook, which is very favorable for all
of the industries Of that section. Crops
have been very heavy and the markets
have been above the average. The
orchardists are turning their attention
to the Improvement of their trees and
during the coming year they will adopt
new methods in the drying of fruits. in
order that they may cater to the fine
trade. 1t is more than likely that they
will see it to their best interests to
make universal use of the evaporators
noW so generally used in California.
Within the past two years a number
of immense irrigation enterprises have
been launched in the southern part of
the territory and all are meeting with
unbounded success. There is plenty of
good land for settlement and now THAI
the water question has been settled
good titles can be purchased. Prospec-
tive settlers are turning their attention
to the southern part of the territory,
and it is highly probable that the influx
of home seekers will be large.
Down at Silver Reef the chloriders
are working away and taking out some
extremely rich ore. The sandstone
reefs, which gave the camp its name,
are filled with very high grade silver
ores, and with the white metal ranging
above the SOS, operations would be re-
sumed at number of the great pro-
perties. Considerable ore having been
taken out during the past month or two,
the Barbee & Walker mill will make an
other run and the silver bars resulting
from the treatment of the ores will be
expressed to this city.