The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-14
BIG OEvELOPM
FOR GREEN RIVER
Story Of Growth of Country Is
Full of Strange and Ro-
mantle Interest.
BUSINESS INSTITUTIONS
ARE FOUNDED ON R0Ck
Plenty of Water for irrigation,
and Steamboat Line Is
Planned.

Strange and full OF the romantic IN
tcrest which distinguishes many newly
developed Western cities is the story
of Green River, living in a little valley,
iust by the side of tho wonderful RIVER
from which IL takes It's name. and un-
I'll recently known principally because
IT constitutes the site for a small rail
road station on the Denver q lilo
Graude railroad.
Four years ago the station at Green
River paid about 500 month, tho
amount being collected mainly from inc
sheep berdcrs Today. the same sta
lions pay about $4,000 a month, large
lv from the results OF fruit cultrNa'
lion in the locality, and the complete
resources of the place are far from
fully realized.
Something of tho manner in which
thc present situation was brought about
is told i'm picturesque fashion by - y:
Winner one of the carly pioneers o'
the place. who has had much TO do
with the recent wonderful development
ar the locality Mr.. WINNER had been
IN the sheep business ln inc NlIsh''s
pf Green River and had purchased q
ranch there for use ms headquarters
and a camp Little consideration was
given to any possibilities OF develop.
mont along lines other than those oil
tho sheep industry, y good deal or
excellent fruit was raised, but inc
greater portion ut ii was lea TO inc
hoes aud the other livestock,
WINNER $ Chance Purchase
b. chance. Mr. Winner was offered
large ranch by ono of the hrSt set.
- l,.'' IpT
$4,000 Not having the ready money
in his pocket aud considering the whole
matter something Of q Joke. Mr.. Nlm-
mer handed his would be creditor big
silver dollar. suggesting that he be
given 4 bill Of sale as soon as possible,
with the dollar to bind the bargain,
and thus went away and thought lit
lie of what he supposed was merely an
attempt 10 'play' BIN Tor suck
er. ~
Not long after this affair, Mr.. Vim
mcr went TO Palisadc. one Of the most
important fruit raising districts OF tho
Grand Junction country, and learned
that good fruit land IN that ylcinlty
was worth 81 800 an acre. Mr.. WINNER
had hunch' right away and re
turned TO Green River to see # hls
chance contract was still in force.
Satisfying himself on this score. the
ploueer proceeded to Salt Lake and
procured the money with Whlch 10
finance his new deal.
The newly acquired ranch was
prompt'v laid out into a fruit farm
and is now one of the finest n the
locality The success made by Mr..
WINNER attracted notice at once; other
settlers turned their attention TO the
fruit industry; new people came into the
place, among them r, T, Merritt from
Chicago. with a number Of other East
ern capitalists whom he had interested
in the project of developing the coun-
try. and the onward movement of the
little settlement was started, All has
not been smooth sailing, to be sure; the
destruction of big darn erected across
the river above the town for lrrlga-
ton purposes brought about failure OF
the crops. and in turn the little bank
which had been established TO provide
The fruitraisers with financial securities
failed, and the wiscacres shook their
heads and said. 81 told you so. -
Founded Upon Rock.
This was little more than year ago,
md. following the panic of the fall of
1907. was regarded by many people
simply AS a phase of the financial sit
uation That the Institutions OF the
place were founded upon rock is cyi-
dent from the manner in which they
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