The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-10

GRAZING LANDS IN DEMAND
Stockmen and Flockmasters of Lehi
Have Applied for Several
Thousand Acres.

Lehi, Sept. 9.-During the week nearly
1900 acres of grazing lands in the noun
tains west of Lehi have been applied for
by Lehi people. The lands will be pur-
CHASED from the state at $3.50 per acre
S stni,, vii De PAID for in ten yearly in
more VIII be applied for by Leh and
american Fork stOckmen and when all
Ine applications have been granted a
grazing corporation will be formed and
the contracts be assigned to the corpora-
tion: rms large tract will be used ex-
cluSlvely for summer grazing for cattle
ana horses Sheepmen are also securing
large tracts for lambing purposes
Draper sheepman recently applied for
seVeraI thousand acres in Beef hollow
Just west of Jordan Iiarrows in Utah and
Sait Lake counties, and William Carson
or Fairview has secured four sections
northwest of Cedar Fort on which he
VIII Craze his sheep
Inlrty or forty young men met I'm the
CITY nall last evening and voted to or
ganIze Young Mems Republican club
william A Knight was elected chairman,
ana William Crabb. secretary w A.
Knight, S. w. Ross. John Y. Smith. Nor
gan evans and Sidney Gilchrist were
elected a committee to draft a constitu-
uon and bylaws which will be presented
at a meeting next Friday at which time
the organization will be perfected.
me primaries tomorrow night at which
delegates to the county and state conven-
lions will be elected promises to be the
iiveliest primary ever held i'm Iehi. owing
10 several local aspirants desiring to Sc
cure the Endorsement of the local polti-
clans before going into the county con
vention
c. L. CrandaI Of Springviile has force
or men and teams at work constructing a
spur from the Salt Lake Route track to
the Ctan FIRE Clay companys clay beds
west of Lehi. The Fire Clay company
has been shipping about ten cars of clay
week and Will materially increase its
output when the two-mile spur is com
pleted.
The acquisition of large tracts Hand in
Cedar valley Is leading to the formation
OF several large companies which are
FORMING Tor the purpose of growing dry
grain on an extensive and economical
scale This week the Cedar Valley I'm
proVement company was formed with the
following officers: President. S L. Chin
men; vice president. James II. Clark; sec
rotary and treasurer, Eli J. Clayson In
addition to these the directors will be w
X. Hurdley, w. B. Smith and r Full
mer. The companys lands lie principally
between the towers of Cedar Fort and
Fairfleld. The company has ordered a
steam blowing outfit, which will arrive
this week, and operations will be begun
at once. Lehi people whose holdings are
principally south of Fairfield met last
Tuesday and will form corporation and
order a steam blowing outfit. Cedar Fort
and Salt Lake parties who own six sec
tions in the east side of the valley have
ordered steam pillow and intend to begin
operations this fall. William Barney and
his seven sons of Spanish Fork have ac-
quired two sections in the extreme south
end and have two fOur-hOrSe teams on
dOuble-diSc plOWS turning up eight acres
a day. Mr.. Barney has eighty acres
planted which was plowed this spring
Several Lehi and Pleasant Grove parties
have purchased double-disc plows and will
go over next week and commence plow-