The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-09-09
0PPO UNITY
in S { Al E
OF Ut All

"Why people OF ordinary intelli'
cence continue 10 pass through Utah
10 take up their residence in Wash
ington, Oregon or even Idaho Is
mystery OF the first magnitude to me,
and ] cannot understand it except on
the grounds that your wonderful state
here is not advertised so extensively
and persistently as are other sections
in the northwest
With these words. b F. Stonecifer
well known railroad man and investor
Of Fort Wayne. Indiana, expressed his
Views Yesterday, after having returned
from an extended trip through the
northwest in search OF facts and fig
ures relative to the Inducements now
being offered coloniStS from the east.
lone who takes an interest In such
matters" said he, knows from read
ing the newspapers and an occasional
bit of advertising from this section
that Utah is one of the prize states of
tho west, but the great run OF people
who are intent on their own affairs.
but at the same time are susceptible
10 the call of the west know little
of the real conditions of affairs in this
state They have been reading moth
ing but Oregon. the Banner State OF
the Pacific Coast Washington, where
the Big Red Apples Grow; Idaho. the
Land OF Promise Seek Ye the Pay
cite Valley, Idaho. for There Thou
Shalt Become Satisfied and similar
literature. which has been flooded in
upon them like a great tide of pic.
torinl inducements TO pull up stakes
and go west
Twelve OF fifteen years ago recall
an attractive booklet that was sent out
by some irrigation company in the
Bear River valley. which bore on its
title page the expression A Noun
tainWalled Treasury of the Gods 1t
was perhaps a bit grandiloquent. but.
as Senator Tillman would say, 1t stuck
in peoples skulls and STAYED there.
We all read the booklet and some OF
MS investigated the proposition adver.
tised, but learned OF the financial af.
fairs of the company and decided not
10 venture.
II came out here several weeks ago
and. after looking over Utah, and es-
pccially the Bear River valley, de-
Iermined to look over the northwest
and satisfy myself II they had any
thing up there TO compare with Utah.
has her garden spots that are wonder
ful. The great wheat fields OF the
PalouSe country outrival anything in
that line in the world. The Yakima
valley produces immense crops, at
times. and about Walla Walla the fruit
industry has reached a stage that is
remarkable Weisef, the Payette val
ley. Nampa. Boise valley Mountain
mir al oil
OF Idaho arc all prospering, but in al
most every instance I found some
drawback, which at times proves
serious Perhaps it is 4 drouth,
sand storm. early frost. animal cpl
demic. alkali soil, salty water. poor
drainage. lack of railroad facilities.
distance from steady market. wheat
rust, potato rot, wormy fruit, made
quate water supply, poorly financed or
improperly managed water companies,
etc, etc.-always something TO de,
tract from the general success of the
district
After the most careful inyestiga.
lion do not find these difficulties
present in Utah sufficient TO be
termed real DRAWBACKS to the dis.
trict and any fair-minded person will
bN'ti .iIi' Jul III lut statement. Inc
knockers. pessimiSts and dscour-
agettes, who will always haunt any
lnhabitablc region on earth and down
IT if they can, may perhaps take ex-
ceptlon to my views. The Weber
club and other business organizations
In Ogden have much before them If
this section Is TO receive its just
recognition from the tide of western
, immigration"
Mr.. Stonecifer and his son Paul.
after completing brief visit with
l)r. Stonecifer and family OF this city.
left today for their home at Fort
Wayne, Indiana.