The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-22
LOOK FOR RUSH
OF COL0NISTS
Railroads Work to Bring Settlers
to Utah and Idaho.
AIDED BY THE DRoUTH
ADVANTAGES OF IRRIGATED
STATES ARE PRESENTED.

There are no crop failures IN Ccat. -
Every man his own rafn-maker."
With these ana other slogans the
land agents of the Rio Grande and
Oregon Short Line roads are preparing
TO swOop down upon the farmers of
the middle west and corral them by the
hundreds to settle them in Utah and
Idaho. Efforts by several western lines
TO have the cheap 'shome-seekers" rates
abolished have failed ard the local
roads are preparing to work up this
fan the biggest cOlonist business ever
known.
The drouth and partial crop failures
last summer in the middle west brought
forcibly home TO the farmers the I'M
certainty of agriculture in these states
dependent upon rain. The railroads are
preparing to take advantage of this
feeling of discomfort 70 draw the farm
ers to Utah and Idaho where the crops
ripen and are harvested whether there
is rain or not.
The low rates of one fare plus 50 for
the round trip apply on the first and
third Tuesdays of October, November
= December. The first big excursion
49, = oected to arrive the first part of
OctoDer. the tickets being sold at these
reduced rates Oct l.
The Rio Grande Western has at pres
ent six colonist agents in the field,
together with a dozen sub agents The
work of this character keeps up all the
year round, the advertising of the ag-
ricultural resources of Utah being per-
ennisl, but extra efforts are now being
made to catch the formers immediate
ly after they have finished harvesting.
Catch Farmers at Fair.
The county fairs will soon begin. -
said Passenger Agent Hefntz of the
Rio Grande, ''and we are preparing to
catch the farmers at these gatherings.
We are covering Ohio. Indiana, Illinois,
Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and
Nebrask the states which we find af-
ford the best field for our propa ganda
Our agents will visit the fairs and dis
tribute literature about Utah. talking
personally with the farmers and telling
them the advantages OF this state. Ow-
ing TO the drouth. 1 look for an unusu-
ally large emigration to Utah this sea-
son. We shall distribute the newcomers
wherever they wish to go all along our
line Stop-overs are allowed, and if
they wish they can visit every point on
our line beginning at Grand Junction
and working west. provided they are
investigating conditions with a view to
settling"
Fire Hampers Short Line.
The Oregon Short Line is tempered
in carrying out its plans because OF
the recent destruction of its general
offices.
we are preparing for a lively colo
mist campaign" said General Passen-
ger Agent Burley. but the FIRE de-
stroyed all the advertising matter we
intended 10 use. we are having dupIi-
cate matter prepared, however, and
VIII get sitter the business as rapidly
as possible. There ought to be an ex-
cellent opportunity for colonist business
this fall
The Short Line Is paying particular
attention 10 Idaho in its colonization
eiIorts. while the Rio Grande is bending
its efforts upon Utah
There has been a remarkable de-
mand lately for Mr. Heintz's circular,
Facts About the Lands of Utah" Mr..
Burnley is preparing new editions of his
booklets. "Irrigators in Utah" and "Ir-
fiSators in IDAHO" telling of the won
derful agricultural possibilities in these
two states.