Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-15
SANPE7E COUNTY
HAS CEMENT NINE
Stuff Holds Things Together
Without Mixing, Says C. R.
Dorius OF Ephraim.
TALKS ABOUT HIS DISTRICT,
Sugar Beet Raising Industry Growing
Icarly-Farms Arc Irrigated--New
Light Plant Established.

{. r, Dorius, of Bphraim, sanpete
county, represents the Fourteenth leg
lslative district in the seventh state
legislature. He comes from a pros
porous section of the state and Is
proud OF his city and county. san
pete valley is about so miles long by
about 10 miles wide" said Mr.. Dorlus
today. There are what might be
termed two sets of settlements IN the
valley--the northern and the southern.
Manti, the county seat, is the largest
city and the center OF the southern
most settlements. Ephraim Is situated
In the center of the valley, and ac-
cording to the opinion of many, Is the
natural location for the capital of the
county. Ephraim has a population of
between $500 and S.0O0 and it Is
claimed that as the majority of the
people live in the northern end of
the county, a great deal OF money
would be saved them with the county
seat AT Ephraim. The question was
voted on once and we lost, but 1t may
come UP again next year, as the people
were not satisfied with the result of
the first contest.
FARMS ARE IRRIGATED.
our people are very DlOSpSlpb
Farming and sheepraising are our prin-
cipaI Industries, although fruit raising
Is rapidly coming to the front. Our
farms are irrigated and our orchards
do best with water. Last year our
county exported prunes. Large guam
titles OF splendid apples, peaches ana
pears are grown.
NATURAL CEMENT.
eve have quantities of oolite in our
immediate vicinity. Our oolite beats
the world. 1t is soft stone easily
worked, but very durable. we nave
a mine of NATURAL cement. This product
needs no lime TO prepare IL Tor use.
Bricks put together with TINS cement
must be chopped asunder If separated
Their are whole mines of this limerick
formation. which seems to be the basis
OF both the oolite and cement II Is
a fossil formation, and in quarrying
tha lodges many fine specimens or
petrified fish have been found
HAS LIGHT PLANT
"Ephraim has newly completed
electric light plant, owned ana cou-
trniIed nv the city. Light is furnish
cd at about cents per kilo watt as
compared with about 10 cents per Is
w charged by outside concerns. Inc
civ also contemplates the erection or
a ilne new system of waterworks.
1--WE are building a new sradeu
school demanded by our increasing
school population. The structure VIII
cost about $4,000. The Snow academy
Is also located in our city. Hish
school work is done by this institu-
ton. which has an attendance OF be-
tween 300 and 400.
HAVE DRAINING SCHEME.
business is good down our way.
We organized new bank last year
with a capital of $4,000, and 1t is
doing a fourishing business The
residents OF the county have a scheme
for draining 5000 acres of land now
under water in the high water season.
This can be accomplished by con-
structing two canals to carry or the
water at a cost of perhaps not to ex-
coed $4,000. The country thus drain
ed will make excellent farming land.
DISTRICTS RESOURCES.
''The towns in the north end OF the
county, particularly Mt. Pleasant, are
growing wealthy in raising sugar
beets. About 10 900 tons were raised
last year There is talk OF erecting a
sugar factory at one of these towns.
We have plenty of coal in our county.
Coal mining is quite extensively car
ried on, although no coal to amount
to anything is exported. There Is con-
siderable white pine timber in the
country. and several sawmills are kept
going supplying the local demand,
There are two planning mills at Eph-
rain where all kinds of manufacture
cd lumber is turned out.
LAND NOT DEAR.
Land values are increasing. es-
pcially in the fruit and sugar beet dis
tricts. Good land for these purposes
may be had for from SIS to $3.50 per
acre, which is not exorbitant when 1t
is considered what the land will pro-
duce. our elevation Is high. being
something near 5000 feet. and we
have temperate climate. Two other
towns destined to come to the front
in Sannete county are Mt. Pleasant
and Moroni. These places are very
prosperous and have resources suf-
ficlent 10 make them prominent in all
lines of industry when they are prop
erly developed"