Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-11-12
A Few Suggestions


so nov we can begin to count our
profits end Losses.
l was told the other day that we
had raised some twenty thousand
bushels Of grain; not near enough TO
bread us
The question Of vital Importance
Is: what are We going to do to bring
about changed condition? Our cit.
liens own upwards OF one hundred
Rccd teams. Eighty rer cent CT them
VIII not earn their feed from now IN.
til spring. We have upwards Of
hundred aud City able bodied young
men. Their fathers and mothers have
20 provide for them ia many instauc.
es. while they are kept in enforced
iilsrcss with go prospect OF lettering
their conditions. They gather In
groups on the streets with no appar-
ent object 10 life. Something should
be done to provide for our constantly
increasing population. zeal estate
Is outTageously high Unressonsbly
80 In and around cur little city.
While in radius of from two to
three miles out 10 three directions is
TO be found better land that has In
the past gone begging for the insie
ni6cept figure of two and a half to
three dollars per core.
Greek water is allowed to 90 to
waste Ia many instances while sor
fsce water can be had nearly my
where Ia our valley at depth CT
from IL 10 20 feet.
Now here is combination of i'm
portrait elements: Lsnd. Water.
Teams aud able. bcdied men bow
ehnl we proceed in tine best posslh Bile
manner to utilize these valuable es-
SITS SO az TO make II produce gold
en- harvest?
iii venture to offer some sugges.
tiops for the cousidera !ion Of my
friends The 6rst item is for those
having land adjacent to each ether to
meet and orsanize themselves into
big or little companies; decide on
some spot that will beet serve their
general inter. st order a bill OF lum-
Der ard erect some company houses
sink a we'll then, you can accom- lisb
something. Make yourselves com-
Portable and so TO work. Every core
You clear Is qnsdrupled in value.
Land that is once cleared ready for
blowing is worth from $40 to s12 an
acre. We have hundreds Of acres OF
land covered with rabbit brush that
could be rolled or hive log pulled
over II and by the crushing and brerk
Ing the brush. aud selecting day
with little bree re. hundreds OF acres
could be burned off
Now 1 wasn't TO make some CON
pariscns ST pposiug some me were
to come into cur settlement and offer
three dollars day for men and
teams, we would think that we had a
picnic. There would 10 scores Of
teens and men n hand bunting such
chance s. When by organizing cur
selves into grours aud erecting some
shelter for ourselves aud our animals
we could clear aud break up hun
dreds Il acres Of good land ready for
spring cropping and have he ter pic
MIC.
Think of what Was accomplished the
winter orr folks got out the lumber
for the Normal. That winters work
has given Cedar name and q prize
that cannot DO counted in dollars and
cents.
Cedar az a residence town has no
equal in the state. Not another spot
where there 10 as much wealth clust.
cred together in such email area.
Our mountains and fertile valleys
covered with minerals of every vsrie.
ty extending clear into the western
boundary of our State.
Mr.. Editor l want to offer another
suggestion right here, and that Is "a
prize of 50 or $40 be offered for the
best write-up of our resources" open
to all who may wish to compete. Pat
me down for enc dollar.
There are many other matters OF
Importance that might be of interest
but let ne get together and make our
selves richer by eight or nine thous
and dollars by next May.
subscribe myself yours for al
that advances our material and edu
cational intaraat i PARRY