Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-22
,,,,,,r,ps and Growing M, Aoapa
P' w.. Soil Products Are
Becoming Famous
..,,,oIIs WINTER CLIMATE
Nd, River Water That is is A.
' .'s Clear and the Rich VAL
H. by That It IrIgates'
of LuSru a Ycar--frui'
" and and cantnloupcs That Beat
The World

The World
FL 10y i nearing Of the Muddy valley p,
'i,' =. e, MUDDY river Nov they '.. WIN u
- w ,,.,.t both Of them and insleap
- .i 'o,,-. section will sprins INTO
\, the agricultural ceh'erS
IS O", 80, under a neT eosn,9. +.
lhG Ss. OuigroVn oo'n l''
aas 49, valley, irrigated by the
| yapa river ,..-s,ed for he.
N'.., ,,n,l,te. Travellers know that
ff W. W. tingwater river ia wyoming u
% sa, ,ss eoeu and clearest OF
re Of uls 4 M sov come the Moapa peo-
f.', I..lsring the Muddy river isl
y ,SSvstsli I, Is clear, and us NaleI I
nloa, II has It's rise in clear, pure
goe "a he Aow runs through clay
si',. = Zee. e,.s over with willows ana
O. zines The most distinctive ih,n pc.
.,st d ana one which disIllguis snns
ts.. ". - cher rivers. Is that us now
NV r,fv peroeptihly the year round
80 ~. arc m foods. and there is no airy
- once in a while the hottest
~. syaporste more water tnah we
', ~. , onss 50 that the lower end OF the
o. ~ ss,s a smaller stream than at
,hI tines
SPRING" PLANTING SOON
vs,a wants salt Lake 10 grow. Her
.,,,, Is entirely selfish. for Moapa
s.,l. ready according 10 the boast o.
,,.vg citizens. 10 take care Of 4,5oO
~ farmers and 10 furnish table
'..,blts picked one afternoon IN Mo-
- h delivered on the salt Lake
20, ne next morning. Incidentally
!, Month Of the year al which the
| ~ fruits can come. matters but
IN A resident who was In Salt Lake
M s.sk was hurVing back 10 put up
\, aiish crop, and to plant his let
~ Re talks OF January deliveries.
IA n the sixth crop Of lucern he
VII IL taking up along IN November.
vrs yaney-mark the absence or
v,,i Vudiy-ls one Of the little places
"a, Prove the Great American Des-
nj va, fiction Of our forefathers.
NAME CONTRADICTION.
Why he name. then. Muddy val
lyy A peculiar explanation comes
lpr SAMUEL Il. Wells, who is stalking
NJ sh0ls hope o. success IN life IN
Ne nss district The word "Moapa" is
n Indian word found by the whites
iuolg iie pluies
The 'spa" means water. and the
'ro' mta0s clear The Indian,
n'l hM the river named rightly,
.lr ,ht ulley was full Of mesquite
bans he piuie name for beans
va Moody and the white men
tll3 he English variation Of
ih' T'anE Hence the name went |
l0rr % ne maps as Muddy River |
'fIer a bsagtiivl clear stream being |
fandstd m the Transaction, and a |
'aley Of great numerical possibin-
lss nov that he Salt Lake route pro-
,'ses 70 carp rs products to mar
~ EAs beclouied IN misunderstand-
FINEST OF SOIL PRODUCTS.
NJ railroad was finished TO the
..sa o the Moapa valley two years
v "a three car loads of fruits veg.
- ana melons found their way
y ne market AZ that time. This
III lory car loads have gone out.
isil year there will be an increase
lleh GREATER proportions. The
-...s 70 lar has proved that Moapa
--,ulpes can beat out California
,-.s0lpts IN a California market
Z ala Instant sale IN the east. where
,' ae reported as having a flavor
il.1.tl man any other melons. an
~. t Which the farmers explain
2 and % hot 10
HON GARDENING PAYS.
-. =. year there were about ~ acre,
p. ~ ' s1s. cultivation. This sea-
,Bi. IT, e'les were planted. The
s-.a,on Increased from n few scat
-. ,euler 70 500 souls and there
INA 49,. s 700 more. The area
|s,,, = ,Dsl can be cultivated nv Irri.
h, 4, e'uolits 70 about 1000 acres
M i . y valley about II miles long
4, ! . ne aud 2 han wide. Tho sids
"a me- o .ga hllls " sand and gravel
"a -,.l .,er n me valley Is nned
y. 49,, ~ ,suu'ial deposit that makes
NJ, ~. Alhq " son The bench |
p, ~. Nndr clsy and ~ rcurse
8 r5ss 80 sesulis N orchards than
~ ~. ssrdens Tho crops so Gar
n ,,', , a's peaches alfalfa melons
ir'. '.n' lettuce asparagus cranes
,.,... WV egislatas onions s,eo,
w,io, W The 1000 acres under |
ssl.s7,, q. s'o ar IN alfalfa. 20 IN
s d 4, - ~ orchards. rs In mel
q, I. Vineyards 1000 IN grain
M 49,. Uuek garden The hoots
d, rs ''s 'ne past two years show
40 ss r' on ihe land ~ from $50 |
WI agre' per annum.
SALT LAKE THE MARKET.
! v,,1 s'S ,..,, has mentioned before
th,rsi re- :, valley ana the work ro,ng
r. or ~, p gong 10 materially AZ I
L tirn,,, .-i' western country To- 1
rgl A. - y a topty-turvv ih,ns a 'o
'srab,s. , ~ 70 give us fruits ana |
h ~ snen We least eSpoc, thsn,
h Ia, J. most Interested becs,se
sitr bound 10 be he p,in ,sus
~ ,,..Ih INC Moara calsnas, V \.
m ihs,s ~ lne climate. spring 1
ssa ls,, pas ceased &c he plsp,ins
n hv,,'.. instead ' of fearing fhe rIo,es
a. No r,-- -p stores for II Inc peonle 1
r. an '' an ana plan to be bur yp'
ru 10, Z, winter the thsrmom r',,.
'''-,- 4 49,, ~ on 81 degrees ana ~
y bs,s Y roots ~ 10 100 and runs ~ ~
~ ls ,,l.sal spurts IN 10 no ,uns s, on
~ a.,. ~, NE big task beib months ~ SO. o.
'Ai'upe' 10 market t''s 10 ship
- FARMERS CALENDAR. |
il' a'n''' oal'naar /. .om,,s,D,
"a, ls,,fs.l.anting season 70, ,,.,u /
M Dale to cut sixth cror ., |
pa '''''-P''n'ins tim, for late |
.ss pS,,,, Planting time for Ma, |
Fss:ss,, -p.,,sntIns date FOR r,,,.,
!, : rss 80, ars, harvest 's si.
: iaa' , w. 70 reach he sss,.J A'p para,
s1Bply ' (, The price is Sls ss,s mar n,
Ns-fk most limfea 's'' hhf /