Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-19

IT, RIGHAM CITY was named III
honor Of Brigham Young. 1t is
located about q miles north q
ogden on the Oregon Short Line
railroad; and is situated on a large
delta area which occurs at the mouth
nf Boxclder creek as It issues from the
Wasatch mountains.
The soil is u gravelly loan consisting
Of a fine luamy sand containing con-
siderable gravel especially in the SUB
soii The gravel varies IN size lIotn
Nne pebbles to fragments three or Tour
inches in diameter. In some places
there is very little interstitial SOIL thia
being so especially where the slopes are
stcepest and the water action Sreatest.
This type of soil Is the secret under
Ming the city,s Importance In the conf
,nercial4world for It is adapted TO tru',
and truck farming. ana IS deVotea
largely to orchard fruits. consisting OF
sn6jes pears, peaches, apricots, plums
md cherries Small fruits. particularly
strawberries and raspberries. and con-
si,lrrahl. Quantities of vegetables are
pr1wa these often being cultivated US
intermediary crops in the orchards
The ,irst noticeable feature upon en-
lGrlng the city is Forest street, 4 W'ae
.ho.o,t,hfnra due To John w Young,
Brigham City that he deSiueu " '''''nN
1t has home.
IRE city was first settled in 1888, but
m thcst, DAVIS III. delta upon which th9
towu is built was so high anu dry thit5
a was counted as useless until iffiSa-
ton proved the very oppos'te
MOST BEAUTIFUL SITE.
The site is really one of the most
beautiful in the state. \ range OF slio"
Capped mountains, picturesque cn'
son: :, soil that not only makes me
.lnstrurtion of roads nnilecessat " az
1t drains itself but also produces ma :
iyG trees IN refreshing abundance:
streams OF sparkling water: iaEe OF
Inc west; aud a lowland which forms
Tho greatcst duck hunting ground "a
the world-this is the site OF Brigham.
The water supply both for Irrigation
ana culinary purposes is as feliispie Us
any il, the country; and every street
has n stream, pUrling by each Walk.
The fruit tlrves wonderfully and has
n flavor not found elsewhere in the
world In fact tho city is variously
i,rnyVn az .'psachv!lle." Peach CITY
Peach Town as well as THE Sity -
Homes" About nine-tenths of me
population isselnployed In the fruit IN
dustry: and the work Is pleasant for
,aung and old.
MANY INDUSTRIES.
The city has marble works. canning
factories, mills. knitting works. WOOL
a,nrks as well az the fruit Industry:
but the latter is the principal thought
Of the citizens. During the first two
weeks o September oyer ITO car loads
of peaches We're shipped from Brigham
and besides this about 30 carloads wer.
sent out in small lots by express ard
hs.ndredsS OF thousands Of bushels We're
heuIed out by team The income to the
citizens from peaches alone was this
senr s25o.000
The city owns its own waterwork:
the income averaging annually 5000
Nearly every house in the city takes
advantage of the service,
The municipal electric light plant IL
Stalled three Sears ago, mt u cost OF
s20,0u0 mas proved a hig benefit to the
town. which is as well lighted as any
In the state. The Main street is light
ed evtrNs20 rods with a brilliant arc
lamp of 1000 candle power. while the
Idle streets for a radius of two and
half miles have a high power mean
descent globe atSeach corner,
Brigham is railroad junction, the
y 'fe'lia4l valley and the Monticello and