Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-22
A PROGRESSIVE PEOPLE.

| sive lot. New hope came To them two
| years ago. When one OF them come,
| TO Salt Lake he has glowing tai,
| TO tell Of this valley.and the enthusiasm
for it's welfare is certainly infectious
| A promising feature IL that the men
| who are down there are native TO the
soil. know IL. and love II as a home
land. Their work promises TO be better
than that OF Adventures and eXploiters
who would carry away the wealth u
they could swing II into stock COM
panles OF eastern capitalists.
S. II. WELLS STORY.
Samuel n. Wells is IN town from
there this week, and he is the third
visitor from the valley whom the
News" has recently interviewed. His
tale is more glowing than the others
by six months OF development. In that
time the water rights have been Sc
cured for the people against all attack
from private exploiters. the titled lands
have increased, and Salt Lake has en-
joyed the first fruits OF the valleys la
Dor. But Salt Lake had no monopoly.
Mr.. Wells says that the 20 cars which
were handled through G. s. Martins
Commission house In this city. went 70
other points as well as here. Mime
apolls got some. Los Angeles took a
carload Of melons. Butt. Portland.
Helena, Denver, all were IN the orders,
and reports show that the goods were
much appreciated on account OF their
flavor In Los Angeles melons brought
30 cents a crate more than California
melons and were sold first. Similar re-
ports came from Butte. which wanted
more when II was too late
SAW A BIG CHANCE.
Mr.. Wells knows how 10 boost for his
little valley. He says he was born dow,
that way. and lived there most Of his
life-not In the Moapa valley, but I'm
ST. George. Utah. Two years ago he
was a student az the J.. ID. $. university,
for he is siill young man. He heard
of the Clark railroad touching the Mud
dy valley district, and as he had been
through II a short time before, It inn
mediately occurred TO him that here
was big chance 10 develop new
section. He became interested al once.
interested others and secured an option
on land from old settlers who were
ready TO quit. Afterwards the Moapa
Improvement company was formed and
he was made its superintendent IL
secured more land, and has been the
principal shipper this year
FINE WINTER HOME.
He says II never SHOWS down there.
In November there are a few frosty
nights The altitude is three-fourths
Of the way down 10 the sea from Salt
Lake. II ranges from 1000 feet to 1900
feet. and rain falls but seldom. while
the springs give out constant flow
TO the Moapa river. He wouldn't rec
ommend Il for a summer home for Salt
I.akers. bnt fails 10 see how II can be
improved upon for winter headquar-
tiers. California IL warm and wet, while
Moapa Is warm and dry, and the In
valid can't stay sick there IN winter
no matter how hard he may try. The
children play all winter without wraps.
Mr. Wells likes the way salt Lake is
growing, and wants TO see the good
work kept up-for the benefit Of Moapa
he langhingly says. over In Nevada,
Tonopah and Las Vegas. and Goldfeld,
are being watched for the same rea-
son. Moapa already furnishes most Of
the hay and grain for the Nevada
camps and hopes TO furnish much more
as the area OF titled land increases. Mr.
Wells is here on business. and he says
Il won't be any use trying 10 keep his
district down, because II IL going TO
become within a very few years an In
termountaln garden center, to furnish
the whole west with fruits and vege-
tables whom they are out OF season
everywhere else.