The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-14
ZION LOOKS GO0l|
TO MINNESOTA
Capitalists From Twin Gill
Are Heavily Interested
in Utah. ldl
HAVE UTMOST CONFIDENCE
IN FUTURE OF THE d
People of East, They Say, B
Confidence in This
State. 4

o. A. Robertson Of St. Paul and
henaston of Minneapolis, CAN'T,
and business men, arrived in tbebO
Saturday morning and registered 4 q
knutsford. Mr.. Kenaston ls a J
manufacturer of threshing mach
which are sold throughout the
mountain country by his agents.
Utah Implement company of Salt I
In the course of an interesting COZ.
sation with Tribune represe ntaf
Mr.. kenaston said: =:
We visit Salt Lake on An sves
OF about three times a wear. Be
our interest In manufactured macb;it
We own considerable land in Z
which we are putting in shape for
tlvation. Our coal interests in RI
Columbia are Of considerable mi
tude. The quality of our coal is \
anthracite and bituminous, the y
coking coal to he found anywhere'i
furnish coke in large quantities I'd
smelters Of British Columbia ami
the United States to the smelter6l
the States Of Washington, Mon
and Idaho. The duty on coke impo
into this country is 90 cents a
and 63 cents ton on coal. Tho
madam Pacific railroad runs thfi
our coal fields, which are situated n
sixty miles north of the National
der line,
"My partner, Mr.. Robertson, 4
large timber interests In British
umbia, and is heavily engaged in
manufacture of lumber. for which {
is strong local demand. That
country up there, which is az lara
three or four Of our Western 81
is settling up very rapidly. At
100000 farmers have been goif
there and settling yearly during
past three years, 60 per cent Of 4
arc from the United States. That \
scope of country lying between All
and the Eastern boundary OF Nam
is about the richest to be found in
country. They raise immense crol
small grain, and as grazing cod
it can t be beat 1t is a great cou
for stock, and those engaged in
stock raising industry are doing
and making money.
| OOlllS bdl &c DuoIilcSS'
"During the last SIX or seven J
we have been buying lands froml
Government and the railroad compa
and disposing of them in large q
to companies and parties founding
J onies. Up in Alberta I notice the
a large colony of Mormons, princil
from Utah. They are going into
sugar beet business, and ought d
we'll, as that country is admit
adapted TO the growing of beets
splendid degree of perfection,
''Our land interests in Utah u
the counties of Emery and Millard.
own about 10000 acres. Our reser'
are about completed, which will
these lands under perfect systen
irrigation. We have everything a
in shape to turn the water on.
land, with plenty of water, will
immense crops. Emery county is
for tho excellent quality OF the luc
seed raised there, and this crop ca
made very profitable 1t is also
celled for the quality and quantlt
the fruit which it produces. I
lands, which carry a sufficient v
| T1Snt WlJn lne lillS, eio eetiniolo 10
be worth from $50 to 500 per
There is no future water charge.
the only expense is for maintaint
"The people in the East are bt
ming TO learn that Utah is safe
profitable place in which to engag
agriculture, horticulture, etc, and
Salt Lake City is destined to bee
the foremost business center IN al
intermountain country. Salt Lax
now taking a start along progres
lines from which she cannot recede-
development of the great mining
sources, the expansion Of agricui'
horticulture, etc, in the State, by
impounding of the manifold "
streams that flow from her moints
and the centering OF several conn ne
railroad lines here are fast deterhl'
Salt Lake 5 future greatness. :.
The gentlemen, after nttep/,nl
their business, will visit the/ iaI
interests in Utah before returning