Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-21
BIG PROJECT IS
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1850
Irrigation District !s: for Weber,
Davis and Other Nearby Collrl-
Ties Seems Assured.
CAPITAL IS NOW PROMISED {: {. 2
CAPITAL is NOW PROMISED 1: e:
Chicago Financial Interests Have Conc r
Over Plans and Future Action Tests
Solely Will, Landowners. Il

.phere is no doubt now that an r.
5rigation district will ultimately be
formed OF Weber, Davis and other
nearby counties, under the provisions
of the new law, for the purpose Of
5direrting the waters of the Weber rlN-
Il er TO the arid lands OF the counties
Interested" said prominent member
of the committee working on the
scheme today president J. II. Grant
of Davis; stake. who has taken the i1-1
itiative in the movement, is now max
inE a canvass OF the counties interest
ed, with the assistance OF. other Ia noi-
owners, and there is every indication
that the farmers will adopt the PLAN
which means the reclamation Of from
$4,000 to $4,000 acres of land In Davis
and Weber counties alone.
ITO complete the dam and build all
the canals will requir, 1t Is estimated
s3,15O.O0O Large as5this sum Is, 1t has
been guaranteed by Chicago capital
lists who have made a thorough inves-=.
tieation of the proposition. All trat
remains to be done now u order 10
make the money available Is TO form
an irrigation district, ana TINS step w" " !
soon be taken.
| "That the proposition will mean
much to the state and especially to the
I5counties Interested goes without say
ing The promoters who are all men
| Of practical experience and standinP
in the community, hope to depuiicate
| on the bench lands Of Davis and We
| Der counties what is being accomplish
| ed by the fruit raisers of Brigham City
| and the orchardists north of Ogden.
| and they expect to have the further
4 ADVANTAGE of a full water supply at a
lower cost of delivery less TIM one
| half or the cost of water further north
in the valley.
with the water on these bench
| lands. which are now prac tically value
| less a great increase in their value
! may be looked for. A case in point,
4 referred TO by the originators OF the
! Weber scheme. is found at Palisade.
Colorado, where climatic conditions
and the soil are said to be no more
/ favorable than in Salt Lake valley.
\ During the first three months of l9os,
the following sales at the prices given
| were recorded at that place:
26 sales of raw lands with water
rights, 302 acres. average per
Il acre Observation-Disclosures. ) ofl,od
S sales of land with orchards
one year old. 921s acres aver
Il age per acre ........,..,. 4olVe
IS sales of land with orchards
4 over one year old. 4S6 acres
4 per acre :. I; ! '''e .,
Il or the above sales of orchards over
i one year old there We're Id on Whlcr
the consideration was $1,000 or over owe,
a per acre. and two sales Of small tract
q at the; rate of $4,000 per acre.
PREDICT SIMILAR CONDITIONS
similar conditions will be found her
Il with the completion Of the Weber rive ia
project" said this committee mem
her today. f
s & Lands today which have an intrin
n sic value OF but SIS per acre. when I
a full water supply is assured Wi a
il once command a price ten times great
7 CT, the bench lands particularly a dapfe
B Ito fruit culture will find ready sale q
Ii prices ranging from $500 to sl.oOp pc
acre with bearing orchards.
.It is "a safely conservative estlmat
that the 5000 arid acres in Davis an
Weber counties today worth not to eS
& coed s1.O06,000 within, five years atte
their reclamation will have value e
/, S12GO0,000 to s15,000.00O.
LANDS today dry farmcd with a yicl
~ of say 20 bushels of wheat per acl
) every other year, give the farmer
/ gross return of approximately Slo pr
q acre annually. These same lands III
! der proper cultivation and plenty Z
. water would yield $50 to 5000 per acl
/ in yege tables. and the possibilities (
the returns from fruits would cover