Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1905-10-07
MESQUITE

MESQUITE
u,-9uitr- was first settled IN ISL.
.Iundoucd after two or three years and
,.r,ir ,,tti,ql in 1874. 1t iton the right
p,pk # the Virgin River and has N
;rri,g,,ion ditch covering 100, acFes, all
ii which has been purchased from the
STATE and can eventually bc irrigated.
With little alteration thcglitch can hc
,,,,I,, h. cover 900 acres additional.
BUNKERVILLE
!, Brukrrvillr. on the left bank Of
tbr VIRGIN River, five miles below Mes
qaitc. ~ acres are irrigated i'll hold
mo. averaging Is acpSS There il but
opc ranaI.ewhich heads III the river
alnut three miles above town. TlS'
dam nj the head ui the canal was first
built IN lS7s, but has Gccn washed out
fully twenty tjmrS since then, each time
iprrring a las. of from 800 To $500.
In th..dry season this94Nal diverts the
rntIr, river. hat Omuch of the water
.rrp-3 back before reaching the Bunker
,iIL frbt purHug the months OF July
and Au.n-t the water l. carefully ap-
rar,lanuI. but fur the rest Of the year
ro limit y pnrc,l on tlR amount used.
lrri.at.1y l. commenced in March md
rantinao- until late in fall
Until lano Buukcrville was the center
of potion raising ON tl9 Virgin River,
hut ov.ng H. the closing of the cotton
mill at - Gcorgc the sruwth of this
nrrduc. ha, been discontinued. The
principal producing years were Nom
lNN. to 1854. At that time cotton goods
u,rl uthr Virgin River settlements had
either ln nc manufactsrcd in st Grortc
or ,hUrad from salt Lake CITY, much.
nj the dj-tawc bS team. Thi, made
hr r"i.c OF cotton products high,
Iuliu- up tine Industry on the Virgin
River. I'm one year 1900 pounds OF
.ut na~ sent from baskerville to
'hr = ',corgc factory, netting
~ cent, per pound Ia trade,
discounted ubuut unc-olrd. \ test
crop ua- uladc unc year by Edward
Bunker, l, Three arreS yielded 2,56S
pounds nj lint, or uvct five bales 10 the
tIur. frr>, lut the average yield nr
'Ic settlement was only 6nc halc-to the
0crr
Thrrrrm't, nov RAISED at Bunker
vile are principally alfalfa, small grains,
,urslam aWl secrilcs> raiSins, the latter
TOW hrlu- he most important. In l!sn
me imuyr took 1900 pounds oi raisiu,
'rnm three acres which selling in
buukrWt0h fur & cents and in Salt Lake
'or 1'2 cents per pound, netcd $50, or
TI'o per acre For xix years this farmer
not'ed 800 per 2tcrc. Alfalfa produces
Mr cuttings, averaging SIX tons to HE
acre, which, at the prices prevailing
pr"r- to l'->3. brought about S36 per
acre. ne cuttings are made in May,
1wc July, August anti september,
"hca, averages p bushels to the acre,
worth 80 cents ,9and sorghum yields 100
GALLONS worth - cents per gallon,
SToTHoMAS o.
ihtt" are three bitches at st. Thomas
"Rin- water from the creek, with Il to-
al length oi sin miles, From these
s"nt 'm acres are irrigated. in hold
mss averaging 60 ACRES, Formerly cot
"n was raised at St Thomas II was
''n>der"i profitable crop at eight to
'h cents per pound Water in 1905
'> valued AT $3n Ia S35 per acrei
ovERToN
Iher are >iS duches at Oyertoh, AZ
S'esatng clever miles in length and
watering 'I6 acres in holdings averaging
" "fr> Land Ut Overton in 1903 was
"Iurd at S2i0 to $1,000 per acre, the
,"''tr hrlng comparatively choice and
"af'hs S"mc improvements. Although
capitalized at Sl.W per acre, water
usually Sold at $1,000 per acre.
LOGAN
" L".au five miles above Dvertdhi
''e'" are tive bitches, aggtegating five
'','' ~ length and irrigating 42l acres
y" ho'diugs Of - acres. Conditions anu
'"inriS are similar tu those ri overton
"nd = Thomas.
RIovILLE
'''''lle l. the point where the Virgin
''" The Colorado River. Here 100
80 '' are irrigated, consuming the en-
,'a, rv how ot M fitsih ,lHring the sum-
,nl,, ~ s,ubseqHthl issues The Ase will
siyin,h sish additiUhal, interesting facts;
,ann'S y history of THE settlement Uf the
m.", lF the Mormons, the develop
NAH; =" agriculture. and the bfesent
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