The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12
EXCELLENT CROPS
IN CACHE VAD|
Speaker Robinson Saws n
Has Been One of Enormas'
Yield of All Kinds,
CuRLEW VALLEY COIIyYpy|
FAST COMING TO Fps'
Practically Certain That ).
road viii Soon Be Rpi'
Through Region,

Z. W. Robinson, speakc. AZ -.
Of representatives of the Eicb,h !,
latlvc assembly, was in Salt r.,
few hours Saturday from Ii. u
in Cache county. Mr.. Robiu,o,
the year has been a bountifn,
the section Of the state whtrr n E. +,
"Tbc beet crop" said Mr. by
son, has been remarkably oo,s
| came along | saw great n,less sVos. ~
waiting for hauling 10 tbo u u
which is overcrowded. al an
near Wellsville there vas Jo
beets that must have coyerad ~ ap
and was as high as the beeis sa.,3 aa
thrown from n wagon S'uia
suffer from freezing. ~
Wheat and Livestock
q" The wheat crop in Cacbs :, e
continued Mr.. Robinson. TTS.
this year was, | believe. ore.t..
IT ever was in Ito history Of !;
been good. too. S''~
'Our livestock is in splend;a i.
We arc constantly trying 10 imn,,s. Ts =,
breed Of our stock all tho ,gy'', ,g;m1
we are making a success of -,
pcriments. The systematic annI;s..
of scientific methods has befrns rsIss -.
TO our satisfaction. r'
we have done n good dsal (,
dry farming in Cache this war
our expectations aud hopes 6ays
exceeded, OF course, the soil of q
is not exactly what YOU miebt rsll:
in the sense that other semi.ariS
arid regions arc dry, but the pars'
areas | mention arc subject 10 sl.,
! ton only by drv farming msi'
Forty bushels TO the acre OF VSssf
common this year. and 7 know oi
number Of districts where OATS h.
three inches. Now the snow VII,
or this and in the spring tho plant,
have so far advanced that il can 4
a period of dronth, -
In Curlew Valley.
Mr., Robinson spoke of the uro-
that is being made in the Curlev
ley, up Promontory way.
y great deal Of interest is h
taken IL the land up there ssid
land nearly all Of it has been IA
The new act providing for 800 J
for homestead entry on dry fan
land has done much for the curlsr
ley in the way Of homestesdine.
manner in which the company br
control OF the Curlew lands diyp
of them is An inducement for bu,
The land is sold to thd highest bi
on certain fixed dates. An inten
purchaser picks out the land Ia
siros 10 buy and makes a sealed
for it, When the bids are opened
highest figures take it. AZ lie
opening Of bids. | understand as 4
as 100000 acres were disposed Of.
payments are easy.
Have Some Water.
"Ot course. the land in the o.
is not irrigable to any great Ell
because there is not much water 4
A good deal Of water has been 81
by boring. Wells driven $50 or 200
will strike water in almost any
of the valley, and the flow is
The farmers have learned a good
about dry farming methods, how.
and they are now applying new
as fast as they come forward.
have now learned TO conssrvs
moisture in sGch a way that exec
results arc obtained.
Town and Railroad.
"Thc land IN the Curlev y
ranges in price from 50 10 $40.
dollars is the price for The lnoa1
lands, and SO the better land. ~
expect u new town IN that ss'
pretty soon. ard there is conadsi
interest in the exact location OF
center. j.,
"That there viii bo a rsl
through the valley within a reasol
short timo there seems TO be nj,
ton now. We believe the rosa
leave the Lucip cut.oh at pom
the lake where the cutoff toneae,
southern end. of the Promol'
Thence IL will 90 north. strlnnss
old line about Monument poln'.
that point it Will go up thronaa
Curlew and the Blue Creek COZ n
into the Raft river country IN y
10 Burley. and thence to BOISE.
told that the railroad COMPANY
shorten its distance and tlme 70
land materially with tins nsm
1t certainly will he a great toilii
the new country in the Curle"'
Don overlook "LIGHIs
SHADOWS OF MORMONlSM