Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-02

the belief that 1t might rcBain pleas
amt for weeks yet The "chinook" thut
takes its birth under equatorial skies
nov breathes balmily across the
prairieS, sinking the snow banks i'll us
path and setting the lakes awaSh with
sfush and rotten ice. 1t Is wonderful
wind the chinook" Away to The
southwest where the Rockies rear their
great snowbound SUBMITS. clouds that
lie low and fleecy ON the horizon begin
TO form stretching from southeast 10
northwest as far as the eye can see.
the unfailing tokens that usher in the
melting winds which mean to man and
beast alike, freedom from the tyranny
of cold According to the Oldest IN
habitant, the Indians and musk rats.
none of whom have proven very re-
liable in the past, we are to have an
open winter. but as all signs fail i'll
Canada we who are here arc looking
for what we will get.
We had a seed fair recently and the
government officials who came as
judges said the showing OF wheat had
been unequalled In their experience.
One especially clean sample weighd 6S
pounds to the bushcl and nothing weigh
ing less than 6S% pounds to the bushel
was considered as Il possibility a.
prize winner Never had they weighed
such wheat, and one OF them, an old
Nebraska farmer. but now Canadian.
said this district should produce as
good wheat as could be raised on Garth.
1t may be estimated how good it was
when the lowest sample shown graded
higher than the wheat which took first
prize at Billings at the recent arid
farming congress. The heavy wheat let
me say, Is Alberta Red, a winter wheat.
our spring wheat falling a little less In
weight. being 90 pounds to the bushel:
Land that produces this seed and
which will run from 40 TO so bushels
to the acre in winter wheat and from
so to 80 bushels in spring wheat, is SELL
ing at from $40 to SIS per acre. 1t Is
common thing for one crop to pay for
the land on which it Is grown. and not
infrequently it will pay for 1t two or
three times over,
The sugar factory is just closing its
run having harvested practically all of
the crop, which Will give 1t an output
OF between $500. 900 and 100000 pounds
of sugar from this years beet crop.
The Japanese contractors have been
quit successful, so much so that next
year will see them with extended aras
for beet growing.
Grain threshing is practically over
with the exception OF the sugar COM
pany which has a considerable crop
awaiting Its turn. Last year the COM
pany gathered into its mutitudinous
granalies 65, 900 bushels of wheat. oats
and barley. this year II is expected the
yield will be practically as great
The preliminary spasms of our annual
election are creeping up and down
the municipal spine and the contest
will be between progressive factions
whose ideas as to progress, run along
parallel lines with exceptions. Progress
is the slogan and the electorate Will
decide at the polls which brand they
prefer
We are having a very busy season
at the Opera House, and as an In
stance of how far the fame of our hall
has spread. the railway employees for
something like 100 miles east west and
north will gather on Friday night next
for their annual ball. Special trains
will be run and it is the purpose of the
promoters and the citizens to make 1t
notable occasion.
Our district school is progressing
nicely, being almost rooted in work con
he prosecuted inside. The Church
school has practically suspended worlr
for the winter. AS respects the latter
buluding the intention is now to COLI
struct the outer walls of white brick
instead of red, which, it Is thought,
will greatly improve its appearance
Our harvest has been a bountlful one
and VIC are thankful that we live in