Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-21
CROP FAILURES UNKNOWN.

There never has been a crop failure In
Utah. The high mountains that sur.
round Bear River valley AFFORD a pro-
lection against any cold or hot winds
Sudden or extreme changes In the tenn
porature are rare. Blizzards, tornadoes
and cyclones are unknown. Potato
bugs army worm and cut worm are
also unknown. The millions of sea
gulls from the Great Salt Lake are the
scavengers that rid our farms of these
insect pests. The elevation OF Bear
River valley G,2l0 feet Is one. of the
reasons why hog or chicken cholera
never made It's appearance. There are
no rats In Bear River valley.
On June 20 1900 S. Y. Cole. John
Ferry, James Ferry and Geo. Hickock
Of Waukegan, H., started westward,
looking for farms. Mr.. cole and Mr..
Ferry, Just previous to this time. had
been through Iowa, Missouri Kansas.
Indian Territory and Texas, looking
Tor farms. On the oath of June they
arrived In Bear River valley, and after
spending few days there Mr.. Cole and
Mr.. John Ferry each selected 100 acres
and Mr. Hickock so acres. on their
return they looked AT irrigated land in
Colorado and Nebraska, A little later
Cole and Ferry took trip through
loaho, oregon. Washington and Brit
ism Columbia, and after all
their search and careful lnyes-
tigation they decided that Bear
River valley presented more and
better opportunities than any place
they had seen They moved there with
their families. Mr.. Cole bought so
acres more land Mr. John Ferry has
great faith I'm the future OF Bear River
valley After purchasing the first 1850
acres, Mr.. Ferry added 10 acres more.
then 20, then SO, then 100, then So then
SO acres.
Mr.. Geo. Hickock added 40 more acres
to his so.
AS TO THE "MoRMoNs."
These men (Cole, the Ferrys, Hick-
ock and Cropley), are all Methodsts
and viii tell any one wishing to know,
what they think of the "Mormons" as
neighbors business men, and citizens.
Address Corinne, Utah.
They all sold their Wankegan, ILL.,,
farms to John Alexander DOwie upon
which that famous leader built a part
of his much advertised Zion"
TWO years ago Q90S the Utah Sugar
Co.. the richest concern In the state.
built sugar factory, costing over one
million dollars, In the northern end of
the valley, but to their great surprise
they find the average yield OF beets
so great that they had to stop con-
tracing for beet lands early I'm April
of last year and this year, they are go
Ing to increase their capacity over two
and one-haf times.
You will notice by the map Send that
Bear River valley is 81 miles long with
an average width OF less than 10 miles,
and that two railroads traverse its en-
tire length. To insure short hauls to
market. the Malad branch ~ the Oregon
Short Line has placed sdings and
dumps every two miles. This is one of
the examples Of how Utah, from the
first has bent her energies to favor the
farmers, and the unprecedented devel-
opment and prosperity of the state has
shown the wisdom OF her course.
Mr., Moroni Mortensen, In Bear River
valley. has seyen-acre apple orchard
Urees six to ten years old). He sold
from this orchard 700 boxes first class
apples. and 500 boxes second class.
These apples netted him on the ground,
after paying for the boxes, the first class
80 cents box, the second 30 cents a
box. or 1890 net from young seven-acre
orchard. His peaches, pears, prunes,
plums and cherries did equally we'll Il.
Hanson, who owns l5-acrc orchard,
received as much per acre for his or
chard as Mr.. Mortensen.
Tom Lynch, who came to Bear River
valley from Peoria, ILL.,. harvested In
1904 1000 bushels of brewing barley AMI
1926 bushels OF oats from 20 acres This
same land yielded In 1903 1l6 bushels Of
oats to the acre Of the entire &c acres.
But enough now. More next week. -
Alice Z. Bishop,