The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-26
GREEN AND GRAND
VALLEYS INVITING
Only a Question of Few Years
When New Empire viii BE
Added TO Utah.
EXPLORERS FROM ZION
NOW En- ROUTE HOME
Spend Thanksgiving at Moab
and Are Royalty Entertained
by Citizens.
Special 10 The Tribune.

Special 20 The Tribune.
MOAB. Nov. 2j.-That the develop.
mcnt Of the wonderfully fertile bottom
lands along the Green and Grand nv
ers between Green River and Moab
will be only matter OF Few years.
rs the result Of the establishment OF
a line OF steamboats, on the rivers be
tween these two cities is evident from
the report given out by members OF
the party OF salt Lake City business
men who arrived here today IN gaso'
line motor boats after an exploring tour
of the river occupying r period OF
ten days The party, which LETT
Green River Tuesday. November l6. in,
cludes +. 7. Merritt and t. G.. VIM
mer, Jr; NJ. L. Cummings, \. II. B,r
rell, G. \. Gray, II. 5. Scohcld, I'd X
Thompson, W. n. Griffith and II. J.
Bowles. representing The Salt Lake
Tribune The boats Marguerite and
Utah were manned by 4. I. and y. J..
Wolverton. LLOYD WINNER, Harry How
land, Captain H. +. Blake and Harry
Anderson.
Thorough Inspection.
The trip included a thorough exam
ination OF the fruit land AZ Green
River and Elgin, the ranches along the
two rivers and the river channel, 20
determine the possibilities Of navlga'
ting the streams.
\ government surveying party, un'
der the charge Of Mr.. OpenheimeT,
which was encountered on the route, re-
ported the condition on the river OK,
cellent. More than 10000 acres of land
are available on tho Green river alone
for raising peaches, pears, apples,
grapes OF all kinds, and in fact all
sorts Of vegetables and garden truck.
The fruits mature fully a month ear
lier and last month later than they
do in Salt Lake, thus extending the
season two months longer than IT If
IN that city.
The land requires little irrigation
and can be made 10 produce nearly the
year round.
Beautiful and Grand.
Tho canyons arc comparable TO the
Grand CANYON Of the Colorado. In beau
" although the walls are not so high.
The ruins Of the homes Of the ancient
cliff-dwellcrs are not the least interest
ing features of tho scenery.
The trip under the direction of com
petcnt river pilots and with the proper
kind of boats can be made from Green
River 10 Moab in about two days or
three at the most.
Great possibilities for the develop
mcnt OF the country around Moab are
contained IN the establishment of line
Of boats from that cltY TO Green hlEcr'
On tho arrival of the party at Moab
at about noon today leading citizens
received the Salt Lakcrs and escorted
them 10 tho hotel. il being Thanksgiv-
ing day. special arrangements for enter
tainment for the newcomers were made.
Pony races in tho afternoon, dance
and a masquerade in the evening not
to mention a grand banquet, were only
q fow Of tho good things provided.
To say that nothing was too good for
are being given the time of their lives.
Arrangements have been made for side
visits TO the fruit farms here tomorrow
and the party will leave here Saturday
morning for home via stage 70 Thomp-
son Springs. thence by ID. 81 L. g. rail
road 10 Salt Lake City.