Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-02
DEsERET Ev ENING NEVIS WEDNESDAY. FEBRU AIRY . 1898

Colo, about fifty miles to the north,
and to move the enormous crops such
Il distance 10y wagon is n physical inn
possibility. Although everything on
wheels was pressed into service day
and night. only part Of the great crop
was moved. Some $50 900 pounds of APP
pies and pears We're hauled overland to
Gallup, n. NJ, on the Santa Fc rail-
road, and about five million pounds
were hauled up and distributed from
Durango, Colo.
The superiority of Farmngton APPLES
over those raised anywhere else In
America, has attracted widespread at
tention. and n large proportion of the
apples that were shipped out went to
supply the fancy trade of the far east
ern markets While several hundred
thousand pounds were secured by east
ern parties for export to Europe The
balance of the great crop was put up
INTO. dried fruit, cider and wine, and
what was left of course went to the hog
pen, where Mr. Porker revealed in ali
the delicacies of the season.
owing to Its isolation from the rest
oil New Mexico and the necessity of
marketing fruits via Colorado points
much of the fruit raised here finds its
way TO the eastern markets as choice
colorado fruit; and only q few weeks
ago an entire trainload Of Pennington
apples was made up Mt Durango and
ever, the Denver & Rio Grande rail-
road promises 20 speedily remedy this
disadvantage by building a Branch
from Durango to this productive region
and proper railroad facilities win make
this country one of the most favored
spots on the continent. People are be-
ginning to realize these facts and the
last few months have witnessed a
steady stream of homeseckCrs and bus
mess men to this vicinity The town
of Pennington. located In the heart or
the fruit belt has experienced n verit-
able boom. Building OPERATIONS of
the most substantial character may he
seen on every hand. There 's not n
vacant house to he had, and people
are compelled to camp on The outskirts
of the town in tents. owing TO the
scarcity of other shelter.
Improved fruit and farm lands un-
der old bitches are selling at from sos
to 5000 per acre. There IRE, however,
| many thousands of acres Of fine gov
| eminent lands on the VI ira between
| the rivers which can easily he irri-
gated If taken told of by large irriga-
ton enterprises. Work of this kind
has just been commenced by the AMI
mas River Land and IRRIGATION com .
pany on a twenty foot canal, which will
cover some 10000 acres OF govern
ment land. This land may he taken
up as desert claims, aud water OBJ
famed from the company Mt merely
nominal figures. Larg" bitches to
cover 10000 acres additional will he
built by the same company next
spring. so that in short time the
area of lands under irrigation in this
county will be nearly doubled, and the
| crop output augmented accordingly
Aside from its agricultural ana fruit
interests, this country has other vast
and wonderful resources. The bars
| of the La Plata and San Juan rivers
are rich with placer gold, The hills
are full of minerals and Chemicals.
while the entire country is underlaid
| with great seams of the fines. coal.
some veins cropping out forty feet
| thick and evidence of oil and natural
| gas may be found on every hand.
Canaigre grows wild IN great profu-
| sion everywhere.
This country offers grand opnortu-
mites to capital for Investment J. the
canning. evaporating and 9istilling Of
fruits. the manufacture of beet sugar
extraction of canaigre. mining and
milling. with cheap fuel and an abund-
ant supply OF the finest winter power
i'm the West, which win not 20 beg
cling long for substantial attention
The future of this district looks most
promising and the coming year will
witness great strides in development
| and improvements.