Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-30
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OREGON SHORT LINE STATION, TRENTON.

| He got busy. He went out and told EN-
! that they had the finest country In the
J world. They knew that. but they need
| ed to be walked up. He interested out
| side capital to assist in finishing tho
| canal. He opened a store here, ana lat
er another store was opened. Th"n
came the big flour mill which grinds
! Hour that has no superior I'm the
state Next they got fine passenger
| station here. where the through trains
| on the Short Line stop. Then came
| postofiice with daily mail. Next come
| electricity. to operate the -four mill
| and light the homes of the people. Then
| came telephone connection by which
| they could talk with anyone in the IN
termountain country just as well as
they can from Salt Lake City.
| Answering your second question first |
| would say that the company has start
| ed out to make of Trenton the garden
spot of the state. What their plans are
| they can tell you better than |. but If
| they keep at it the next five years as
| they have the last two years they Will
| make Trenton one Of the most dcsil-
| able places in the west to have a little
| home. Your first question, who is the
Trenton Land and Investment company
| has already been answered in part. The
| officers of the company are Charles y.
| Smurthwaite, president. Thomas III.
Cutler vice president William f. Toll
Ter. secretary and treasurer, Alfred
| Smurthwaite and Roy n. Rasmussen.
directors and 7. d. johnson counsel
| If YOU know any of them YOU know
| that they will do what they say. BY
| the way" said the old man you Will
| find Tom Cutler over there in the big
store. We all call him Tom here, FOR
we all like him. He's done u whole lot
| for this part of the country in the last
| three years with a parting good bye
| the old man climbed into his wagon and
said Better get in on Trenton land
now and not wait another eight years.
YOU won't have money enough then 10
buy one acre" II was a mean shot but
II was meritcd ana | had TO stand for
il.
The officers of the company as named
by my old friend We're familiar names
TO me, | had known Charlie Smurth-
waite and his brother All for over 70
years, though i'm recent years we have
seldom met. Years ago Aft and tho
writer worked for the same company
and many were the pleasant hours that
they spent together, 20 years ago.
After a trip through Cache county
for the firm for which we both worked,
All said to the writer: Cache county
is the finest county in Utah and IL l
ever get money enough ahead of my
expenses | am going to put every cent
of IL in Cache valley lands" For the
been one of the leading grain buyers
in the west
The writer needed no Introduction to
Nh Rasmussen, Mr.. Johnson or Mr.,
'roller. He has met all OF them, the first
named Is the horticultural inspector of
Weber county and in his official capac-
ity has made a most cnviabc record.
7. ID. Johnson is one of the best known
members of the bar of the state Mr..
Toller is secretary and treasurer of one
of the largest produce companies in the
west
But it was tom" cutler. the man on
the ground" that my old friend had
advised me to see. had never had the
pleasure of personal acquaintance
with Mr.. Cutler, All of his friends call
him Tom" and before | had been with
MIN a half hour ! fell into the same
familiarity. Before ! left Salt Lake
city for the trip north an old friend
said; IF you stop off at Trenton SEQ
Tom Cutler Since my visit to Tren-
ton I have learned from source other
than MIR. Cutler that he has Travelled
every part of the west and visited every
valley I'm Utah and finally decided 10
cast his lot at Trenton.
The writer found Mr. Cutler at his
store lie was busy waiting on Gus
toner Coming from behind the counter
the genial merchant said. NOW sir,
| " 1di tdn I no Abi NNh llit IufSAlbll
stumped me for a moment Really |
hardly knew what he could do for mo.
Finally / said lust stopped of be-
tween trains. An old man down at the
station told me that you had some of
the best land in the west here and told
me 10 see you about n,
And Tom bed pardon, Mr. cutler.
| told me about the Trenton Land and
| Investment company project
t,IJ NJ, fptI.r tb. ,,,t..t ,b.+
| might not buy q foot of land. Don't
| care II you don't. but II you arc looking
| for a good Investment or for place
| where you can make your home and In
a few years he Independent you viii DO
| wen TO hear VIVA; we have 10 offer
It is the best shipping point for
| q large part of the richest district in
| Cache county Last year they shipped
| from Trenton 40 carloads OF wheat
alone The Amalgamated Sugar COM
| ranN has established at Trenton the
| largest beet dumping platform in the
| state and soon we VIII have a sugar
! factory over on this side Of The county.
| | know what | am talking about. The
site for the factory has been selected
aud while YOU may think that / am
| "strlnging' YOU | know that little
| over half of the capital stock for the
| factory has already been subscribed.
| nnd why not? Last year the beet
| land of Trenton nettcd as high ms $50
| per acre, aud this year the Trenton
| district has planted 10 per cent Of an
| the beet land I'm Cache county Tho
| orchard that you have Just visited viii
| sOon bc The finest In tho state. and tne
| Trenton apple vii be widely known,
| because every one of those trees are
| going 10 be carefully tended. and they
| mc the best trees that can be pur-
| chased Thcy are adapted lu this soil.
| ana climate are going to pHy $500 pcr