Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-11

and plenty of grit Is welcomed and |
offered Inducements over the countrys
natural and created attractions. Water
rights on land under the gravity ditch
are paid on land under the other
bitches water costs about 50 with a
small yearly maintenance tax. This, like
the land, is largely dependant upon the
would-h.e settler and various circum-
stances. These matters are secondary
considerations. promoters in the new
country ask to show settlers their coun-
try. After you have seen, ask about
prices is their motto At this the
promoters are shrewd men for they
realize seeing is buying as well as
knowing In their country
GREAT FUTURE.
Green River, Elgln and Peacharosa
dstrict-all commonly known as tho
Green River district-are destined 10
be the fruit and vegetable centers or
the nations greatest state. Apples
pears. peaches. apricots prunes, cher
ries. plums and all kinds of vine and
bush fruits yield here heavily and they
are delicious. Between tree or push
rows of cantaloupes, uneXcellcd by the
famous Rocky Ford melon and water
melons. grow prolifcally. The waldorf
Astoria and Rio Grande have been con-
Stunning the output of melons of Green
River. buying at cents a pound, and
an acre Yields from 10000 TO oO,OOo
pounds The melons ripped early and IN
cold storage keep until th9 following
May And the Lyon company. a big
eastern commission firm. has Just maue
n contract to take the product OF 5uu
acres planted in cantaloupes. o0-
ton Ice plant Is in operation not Il
stones throw from the main line or
the Rio Grande. The company Is going
10 build spur so these shipments may
be taken direct from storage TO retrlg-
orator cars.
SUGAR BEETS.
Sugar beets go from II to 10 per cent
saccarine according to a test made by
Frank Cole, chemist ut the experiment
station, and from 10 to 20 tons grow
ing to the acre bringing from 30 TO 1880
ton readily make this industry
promising one. Sugar cane, cotton and
nuts are raised without trouble in the
wonderful valley. So valuable do the
Green Riverites consider their land as
fruit land that they pay SIS q ton for
hay rather than devote land to rails
ing 1t. Corn attains perfection and re-
turns from 80 to IS bushels per acre
II sells for 30 cents shelled They plant
nut trees for shade In Green River and
besides getting shade get almonds.
English walnuts and other varieties.
MORE FIGURES.
Wheat goes from 40 TO so bushels per
acre and brings So cents per bushel.
Winter watermelons yield $4,000 to 10000
hounds to the acre and bring from III
to cents per pound. Oats goes 60
bushels to the acre and sells for s.
cents; rye and barley. 40 bushels. and
sell at so cents. Alfalfa, II was found
by the earlier settlers Will yield five
to six tons per acre and worth 50 and
$40 baled. Peaches yield from $500 To
$500 per acre in full bearing. Plums.
apricots, prunes and nectarines yield
as handsome net. Apples bring 81 per
box and the Ben Davis tree, set six
years, yields 10 boxes to the tree.
There is one apple tree In a l5-year-
old orchard--one of the first planted
that Is five feet I'm diameter. 80 feet In
spread and yields 81 boxes every sea-
son. Grapes and other bush and vine
fruits bring top-notch prices. The
great advantage, to repeat fact. wor-
thy of repetition is the fact that Green
River can have its products on the
market two weeks earlier than any
other district In the west-a big item in
high revenue. Livestock does excep-