, 1908-03-11
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.FLOURISHING SWEETWATER

Hon. Robere Morris, formerly of
Cheyenne, but now the leading mer.
chant of Green River, has been in tae
capital this week visiting relatives AMI
Old friends. He was n great loss 10
the Capital City. While there he took
much interest in all kinds Of civic i'm
provements. He delighted In encour-
aging the building Of b~oulevards, tho
painting of trees and the identifying
of lawns. The Carnegie public library
at Cheyenne, the finest of its kind in
a town of the size, was promoted by
Mr.. Morris and to him belongs the
credit for the splendid selection the
state miscellaneous library possesses.
Since going to Green River Mr.. Nor
ris has succeeded in getting a Carne-
gle library at that place. His store is
a gen nral one N the largest in the
Sweetwater county seat. He also runs
n bank with $50, 900 deposits.
Green River and Sweetwater county
have in this progressive merchant an
able champion. His account does them
great credit The soda business there
is being developed by a large Colora-
do company. Although the company
is stocked for $500, 900. something like
100000 additional has been spent in
the works and in other development.
The stock has recently been increased
500 900 in order that the work may
go on without being financially hamper.
ed. II Is the purpose to go ahead in
April with even greater vigor than
heretofore. The soda business figures
out on paper wen as large as the
sheep business. To produce a ton of
soda costs less than ST. and it brings
$50 on the Denver market. That Is
making money rather fast.
While Green River was hit to a Ger.
tain extent by the furry" business
1t Is not reported bad by Mr., Morris.
Last year was his banner year and
even January and February were not
months to be complained about. The
railroad is to build a splendid brick
depot, 235 feet in length. The main
structure in the center will be so fee
long. the wings taking up the remain
ing space. II is expected that the work
of double tracking to Granger will be
resumed in the e future, the grad
ing having been nearly completed be-
fore the panic came on. The iron for
the double-track bridges is already on
the ground. There is also a strong
prospect thai the road between Rock
Springs and Green River will be dou.
b~le-tracked this year.
Green River, according to Mr.. Nor
head of navigation on the beautiful
stream from which il takes its name.
A German just from the fatherland is
to make a boat of sufficient capacity TO
do quite a traffic between Linwood,
Utah, eight miles down stream, and
the Sweetwater town. This boat is to
be forty feet long and will have a drats
of about two feet, 1t will cost $4,000
and local capital has been unable t.
get into the Germans game. Although
a small enterprise, it shows what may
be developed by men with the means
and the will. Linwood is in an agri.
cultural country. The boat will haul
farm produce, lumber, etc, from Utan
and will take back supplies that can
be purchased more reasonably on the
line of the railroad. The building of
this boat has put a lot of the young
men of Green River to talking about
pleasure boats on the stream. And 1t
is not improbable that other business
boats will follow.
Mr.. Morris feels proud of his county
1t boasts a valuation in excess of sew
en- million dollars and has a tax levy
one-half as high a Laramie county. Il
is first in coal, second in sheep and is
opening to entry a very large area OF
farm land under the Carey act. This
new enterprise is known as the Eden
advertised. S~weetwater county has
oceans of water for irrigation, and mag
nifcent deserts TO be irrigated. If she
could only carry her large water sup,
ply to the soil of the Red desert, what
development there would be, but the
Red desert is not unproductive.~ The
salt sage and the other forage of this
section furnishes splendid winter for.
age for sheep and hat is why the
county stands second among its sis.
tiers in this industry.
If all our citizens n business men
were as good TO advertise their towns.
and tc push for their communities as
Hon. Robert Morris it would not take
long to populate the state.