The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-12
Transforming Green River District Into Fruit Garden
poNDERFUL DEVELOPMENT OF
PICTURESQUE REGION FULL OF
AGRICULTURAL POSSIBIL tiles

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= T. d. Spaulding, president of the =
y Commercial club. said: Many men \
4 will be needed to handle the fruit 4
= raised at Green River, and we want !
y the right sort of men. Printers ink =
= is needed to bring In settlers. Our Z
y what the Green River district will 4
y become in few years. In one orch =
y ard there is peach tree four feet =
+ nine inches In circumference, and in 4
y another an apple tree five feet in =
y circumference. The peaches and 4
y pears grow so thickly that some of 4
\ the growers foolishly refuse to thin \
<them out
There are coal mines five or six \
y miles above Green River, from which \
y an abundant supply OF coal can be =
\ obtained for fuel and for pumping
y plants and industries.
\ IF the government puts In the \
y dam twenty-five miles above Green y
y River the area OF the great fruit \
\ raising district will be Increased to
= tremendous proportions. The gov
\ eminent dam would also afford wa
\ ter power for the generating of cleo
y tricity for pumping plants and for =
y lighting the homes of the district
y zone of the first things that We y
y should have is a bridge over Green
\ river"
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through the valley. they declare that
crop failure is an absolute impossible
ity.
Three years ago there were about 100
persons living in the district which
surrounds Green River. Today there
are 1000. 1t is believed that in five
years the valleys will support 10000 in
habitants. not only in comfort. but In
luxury.
few years ago land could be bought
near Green River for SIS or s35 an acre.
| The price has advanced rapidly and
land is now bringing from $500 to $1,000
an acre. AS the Green River fruit
growers claim that their soil is better
than that at Palisade. and some OF
them are men who learned the art OF
fruit growing at Palisade, they are
/ looking forward to the day when Green
River land will command the prices
that are demanded at Palisade.
Green River has this advantage over
Palisade: The district is larger and
there is more room for the expanding
of population. At Palisade there are
at best only a few thousand acres OF
land suitable for fruit growing. At
Green River there are many thousands
of acres.
Under water today there are about
COO acres of fruit land in the Green
River, Elgin and Peacharose sections
These acres are supplied with an
abundance of water by powerful pump
. ing plants, and the cost of the water
supply is said to be from one-fourth &c
, ane-half the cost at Palisade-
Irrigation enterprises are now on 100,
which will add from 10000 to $1,000
. acres of fruit land to what is generally
! known as the Green River district.
: In addition to this an effort VIII d
made to induce the government u
: build a dam in the Green river. aDou
) twenty-five miles above the town o
. Green river. This dam would cost from
So, 900, 900 to s., 000, 900, but 1t would add
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, | \ For four years / lived in the or
, l. chard district of Palisade before NOV
: l. ing to Green River" said DR.. u T.
{ + Coleman, secretary OF the CONNER
4 cial club, land / know that the Green
I + river valley has all the advantages
! / of soil and climate of the Palisade I
/ region But as there Is more land (
/ available for fruit culture at Green :
l. River than at Palisade. the Green (
/ River district Is destined to become :
y / far more important than that OF :
L \ Paiisade.
!. \ There is room here for many men :
n / to earn the substantial returns that :
4 await the successful orchardists and
| / we want the right sort OF men among
IL THE Green River Commercial club
e / was organized a month ago with
" / twenty-five members. We now nave
\ forty members In another six weeks
g. i the membership will be increased 10
'e 4 sixty ....AAAAA