Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-25

valley Lands that now range from $50 TO
Sl5 per acre In price will easily double
IN value by the completion OF the dam.
a side from the profitable industries OF
frult, cattle, grain and alfalfa growing.
the production Of cantaloupeS and tuck
farming Is giving TO Mesa a name that is
onVied among her sister communities.
Mesa holds the record of the world In
quantity as well as quality of cantaloupes
raised from an S0-acre tract over 800
crates per acre were gathered and ship
ped from this tract of land, and hundreds
OF crates rotten on the ground, for want
OF help to gather the immense crop. In
1904 some ~ cars Of cantaloupcs were
shipped from Mesa and in 1895 there was
some 50 cars shipped TO Chicago. netting
the grower from $lO0 to 500 per acre. ana
TINS year there Will be In all probability
from 500 to so acres planted as against
l5 ana 80 the past two years.
The building Of the sugar beet factory,
by the Easter Sugar company at Glen
dale. which Will be completed by May J.
1906, and be ready to reduce the 800 acres
Of beets that are now being planted will
bring another revenue to the valley that
will assist in making this land choice
above all others.
There have been nearly 1000 acres of
heets signed up for, In and around Mesa,
and although the factory is 25 miles away
yet the company viii pay the same price
for the beets on board Of cars here as Is
paid at the doors of the factory The pres
ent builders Of the factory promise us a
factory here within two years.
These conditions, augmented by the
abundance Of rain that we have had the
past two years, Is sure to double the
value OF lands, when the full possibilities
or Its development is grasped And to
those who are seeking a milder climate,
that has possibilities Mt its very doors
that cannot be surpassed IN any part OF
the country, this is the place and now is
the time, Tor you to come,
The Priesthood and people Of the Mari
copa stake, under the leadership of the
new presidency OF John 4. Lesueur and
his counaelors are lmbued with the spirit
of progress and rapid development that Is
going on around us and are advising Inn
proyements In the homes and surround
ings OF the people, and especially In the
public buildings and s{rGunds.
Plans have been laid and committees
appointed whose object IL the bcautlfy-
ing OF the tabernacle, and the improving
OF the grounds. which will cost about ST.
600 Electric chandeliers have been order
ed for the Interior a substantial fence
Will surround the grounds, and well
Will be started In a few days from which
the water will be raised by windmill
power into a large tank 20 supply the
water for irrigating the trees and iow-
efs and grass that VIII surround the house
OF the lord. This same spirit OF improve
ment has found Its way into the wards
and the buildings and grounds of each are
being improved,
The people here are satisfied that this
is goodly land, and Is a good place for
the Latter-day Saints, who desire mild
or climate, and who possess means to get
start here, for while they would be ben
citing themselves. they would also assist
in building up and thoroughly establish
ing this stake OF Zion.